Author Note: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of it's characters
Axel Dixon and Cath Carver belong to me
Emily Carver belongs to HiddenTruthandLies2
Benjamin "Ben" Rugby and Timothy "Tim" Rugby belongs to AquaDestinysEmbrace
Chapter 55: Crawford Part 4
Tim's POV
In the sewer
Me and my brother are in the sewer and drop the last paper bag of supplies that we loading in bags from carts.
"Alright, bro. That's the last one." I said.
"Good, and we're going back to that hellhole again which mean leaving supplies behind?" Benny said in disbelief.
I narrows my eyes at paper bags with load of supplies.
I don't think no one will find them in here, and we know we all and the others in the school, plus that Vernon's group are the last survivors in Savannah.
"No one will find them. Let's get back into the school and see how's going with Molly and the others." I said firmly.
Benny sighed and complaining, "Glad that you are so confident." I rolled my eyes.
We climbing up at the ladder to the manhole. I hope everyone are alright and got the fuel.
Lee's POV
At the alley
I've finished the walker who were going to escape through a fallen fence by the perimeter, but it was too late for him because he probably got something on him what I need.
I bend down and searching around the body.
Eww, wish this is the last time I doing this shitty job.
Then I got something in his pocket and reach it out: It was a tape.
"This might be just what we need." I stated and then I found a note from the doctor's pocket. On the note, it has some numbers. "And what's this? Looks like some kind of code, but Vernon said the safe combination was only four numbers."
I put the tape and the note too in my pocket and were going to get moving back to the school, but then I heard the walkers outside of the alley have probably heard me, but I don't think I can stay here in the alley longer.
"Shit. Time to go." I muttered in horror and start running away from the alley.
Axel's POV
In the nurse's station
"... And the boat can't hold more than five people." I explained about the situation which it made Emily surprised and shock.
"No way... and why didn't you or Lee or Kenny told us earlier before we heading to Crawford?" Emily inquired.
"Look, I'd probably should tell the rest of group earlier, but that would lead a hard discussion while Doug and Omid getting worse." I replied calmly.
Emily looked down and have a disappointment expression on her face. I'm sure she doesn't like about the group are gonna split up.
"This is getting too far, Axel. I mean, do you or Kenny really wanna tearing the group apart for a boat?" Emily inquired and looked disbelief on me as I sighed. "No, but there's no other option and besides that, do you really think someone wanna be left in this cursing city behind?" I retort as Emily looked despair and didn't say a word. "I don't like this either, but we got some other people we have lost in contact. Tim say we're going to the north later where your older sister Tess and your parents can be there now, right Emily?"
Emily just looking at me with a doubtful look and turned around to the window. I take a seat on a bed.
"It will be alright, Em. Lee, Clem, Kenny and the others will be alright." I enlightening Emily, but she still looking outside through the window.
"Which who will come with the brothers and Molly?" Emily asked lowly. "You, me, Cath, Doug and Ben." I replied as Emily turned around to me with her wide-eyes in shock.
"Wait? Just five of us? But that would be... six left and the boat can carry five people. But that means one person will be left behind?" Emily inquired in disbelief as I sighed.
Yeah... if ALL of us will make it from this damn place...
"That's right... but we don't know if all of us will come back to the house alive. Someone can die in this hellhole or..." I said, but trailed off then as Emily approach me and take a seat right next to me.
"Please don't say that." Emily said and don't want me to think about losing a friend. "Sorry, but I'm just saying we can't assuming that everyone will survive through this." I said.
"I know what you mean. Doug isn't gonna like that, about split up." Emily said and looked down as I close my eyes, but then she got a wonderingly expression on her face and looking at me. "Axel?"
"What?" I replied and opened my eyes again.
"I was wonder about... Ben. Since what happened with Katjaa and Duck, he was little quiet and didn't wanna talk with me. I know he was happy when I told him about me and Doug, but he's still mute like he saw a ghost. I'm getting worry about him." Emily explained about Ben which I look away from her with an anger look so she can't see it.
I can't stop thinking how he left the girls behind with walkers and was so confident they'll be fine outside in the backyard when there's a stalker who want something with Clementine. If he doing something like that or worse again, I'm going to tell Emily and the others about that. I shook my head little and change my anger look to normal.
"I don't know. Maybe he got something in his mind like secrets, I guess." I replied as Emily didn't understand what I mean. "Do you think?" Emily asked.
I shrugged and say, "Like I said; I don't know, but let's focus on medicines. We'll talk with him later." I replied as Emily nodded and we got up off the bed. Emily continue to search around as I do.
Then I saw a lot of blood on the floor by the camera and it's dried, but it leading over this room to the door.
Hmm, someone has been injury as hell. Maybe it could be that doctor's blood, and it seems like he was in a hurry while he dying. Maybe I should follow after and see where the trail of blood leading to.
"I'm going back to outside for a moment, won't be far away from you." I said.
"Don't take too long and be careful." Vernon said as I nodded.
I open the door and went out of the room. I see the trail still leading to the hallway as I going after it. I rounded the corner and the trail of the blood leading end it by one of lockers. When I stand right front of it, I saw there was two hands-print of blood on the locker.
The doctor were actually heading to his locker when he's dying. Seems like he didn't make it to open it.
I saw there was a name on it, "LOGAN". Could be doctor's name.
"Axel?" I heard it was Lee who calling me and come from the deep of the hallway.
I'm glad he's okay.
"Lee, how's going with your doctor-friend? Did you found something?" I asked as Lee reach out a tape from his pocket. "Yeah, this might will show us the codes. And, I found this too." Lee said and reach out a note.
I looking at the note and it's have the same name on it with another codes which mean it could be for the locker.
"You know, I was followed after this trail of blood from the nurse room and it leading to this locker. These codes on the note you found could be the locker's." I stated as Lee approached the locker and going to open it.
After a few seconds later, Lee opened the locker and then he reach a thing out of it.
"What did you got?" I asked.
"It's another tape. Could help us to tell about what's going on here." Lee replied.
"Great, now we got two tapes and I hope they will shows us the codes to the cabinet." I said as Lee nod with a smile.
We walk back to the nurse room and when we got in, Emily, Christa and Vernon still looking around in this room.
"Hey, guys. I found two tapes. One of them is day 83." Lee said.
"That's the day after the first one we watched." Vernon added.
"Put it in." Christa said as we went to the video camera and Lee put the second tape in it.
Okay, let see what's happened.
We all watching at camera's little screen and it shows there was a woman who looked sad and sitting on the bed right next to the cabinet, and a man who look old and wearing medical scrubs, probably the doctor.
"Have you made your decision?" The doctor asked as he approached the saddened woman and standing beside of her.
"I thought you said I didn't have a choice." The woman retorted as she glancing at the doctor. "Well, technically you do. You can terminate the pregnancy, or leave Crawford. Other word, that would be a death sentence both for you and your unborn child." The doctor said with a serious look.
I looking angry at that doctor. What a selfish old man!
"Maybe that's best, I mean why are we even trying to survive and to keep on living? I guess this is what it takes like this is the only to live" The woman said and placed her hands to cover her sad face.
"I don't make the rules Anna." The doctor trying to ensured Anna as she let her hands of her face and pleading to the doctor. "Doctor, I'm begging you, please help me."
"Maybe one day, when things are different, you can try again." Doctor Logan said and went to the cabinet. "But for now, today, we have to do this."
I watching little closer on the screen to see the codes as doctor punch four codes on the safe, but when he grabbed the handle, Anna get off the bed quickly and took a nearby scalpel and stabbed the doctor, right into his torso from behind. The doctor yelled out a pained scream.
"Jesus..." Emily gasped in shock.
Damn... well fuck that mad scientist who refused help Anna's unborn baby.
Then Anna took the doctor's gun and rushing away from the room, then we can hear so many gunshot from the hallway in this video camera. Doctor collapsed down and bleeding on the floor. He crawling to the video camera and turned it off.
Good work there, atta-girl. I would done the same thing.
"Now at least we know what happened in here Crawford." Lee said and took the tape of the camera. More importantly, we've got the combination." Vernon retort as Christa walk away from us.
We notice she whimper something as we looking at each other and don't know what's wrong with her.
What's wrong with her? Wait a minute...
I rubbed my forehead and shook my head in disappointed as Lee approached her and ask, "Christa, are you alright? What's wrong?" Christa turned to Lee with a sad look. "It's... nothing. That was just... hard to watch. Don't worry about, I'm fine." Christa said as I glancing at her.
"Don't worry, let's get this over. I don't like how did they treat with that poor pregnant woman either. So let's get medicines and get out of here now." Emily comfort Christa as Vernon opened the cabinet.
"Now we're in business." Vernon said.
He and Emily grabbed so many of the prescription medication as possible they can.
"Okay the, I think we're good. This is more than enough for your people and mine. Let's go." Vernon said.
"I'll stay here for a little moment. I found another tape in a locker outside. Maybe there's something else on there?" Lee spook up. "We got the meds. That's all I care about." Christa added and went to the door as I sent a glare to her.
Really? What about the other one you care about?
"I stay here with you and see what this tape have.
"Don't take too long, this will be overrun soon or later." Emily said as I and Lee nodded.
Vernon, Emily and Christa headed out the door as Lee put the other tape we found in the doctor's locker into the video camera.
"Now let's see what this one have..." I said when we both looking at the little screen.
When the screen was on and showing us there was two figures, the first one was doctor who were right front of the camera and it seem like he putting on his pants. When he moved away from the camera, we can the second figure and it was MOLLY?!
What the hell, Molly?
We saw she wears leather jacket and green jeans, and it looks she and the doctor have done something before this tape.
The doctor opened the cabinet and say, "Listen, as fun as this was, I have to put a stop to this little arrangement. This is the last I can give you." Which it made Molly surprised and betrayed. "Why?" Molly inquired.
"Oberson had someone come down here yesterday taking inventory." The doctor explained as he grabbed some prescription medication. "He's really cracking down. I just can't risk it."
"We had a deal!" Molly exclaimed.
"Yes, we had a deal." The doctor said as he turned to Molly and handed her some medication. "We don't anymore." Molly took the medicine and said, "My sister needs this medicine. Without it, she'll die or she'll start showing symptoms and they'll take her away, and you know what'll happen when Ben finds out." Molly exclaimed as the doctor walked away from her who still exclaiming at him, "Me and boys can't just let that happen."
"I'm sorry, Molly and I'm sorry for your sister's boyfriend too. I've done all I can, but I had to look out for myself here." The doctor said and looking at Molly over his shoulder. "As Benjamin would look out for himself and his brother. You know what'll happen if someone protest against the rules and Oberson, and that's it."
I wide raise my eyes up in surprised. Molly's sister is Benjamin's girlfriend?
"Yeah, that's the Crawford way, isn't it?" Molly sulk as she shoved past the doctor.
We heard she shut the door as the doctor turned the video camera off.
"Well, shit." Lee mumbled.
"Yeah, no wonder why they're acting weird in here place." I agree. "We'll better find the boys and Molly, and talk about what's going between them and Crawford."
"I know it's their secrets, but how can we trust them then?" Lee nodded.
We headed out of this room and then walk into the hallway. While we going, I looked down with a gloomy face.
I hope Benjamin will better not fucking around when I'm going to talk about his lost poor girlfriend. Something must have happened with her, even all these facts we have now, I feel sorry of Benjamin now because it reminds little about me how I throw chances away like accept Ashley's apology instead refuse listen and dumped her back in that day.
And Jessica, I left her behind and that probably lead her into the jail as I found out the newspaper in the RV and it said she was caught for a few days ago before this shit started. I don't know if she's dead along with other prisoners or worst even she's alive, she is in the hands of that fucking sick Police Warden Thomas-
But after when we passed through the hole to outside at the roof, we heard some sounds from behind us which we turned around quickly.
"Jesus Christ." Lee gasped.
It was Molly and brothers Rugby too? What the hell are they doing up on the roof outside?
"Where the hell have you been?" I asked to Molly and then looking at the brothers. "And why are you two doing with her instead go back to the classroom after packed supplies into the sewer?"
"Sightseeing." Molly replied as I and Lee didn't get it about what did she mean by that, but I assume it's a lie.
Lee frowned at Molly and say, "I'll take that battery now."
"Oh yeah, about that..." Molly said with a sheepish look which it made Lee looks worry now, but I crossed my arms over my chest and glaring at her.
Don't tell me that she lost it or another lie.
Then Tim just rolled his eyes and approach to Molly's backpack on her back. "She's just kidding." Tim said as he opened Molly's backpack while she carry it on her back.
He reach the battery out of the back pack and handed it over to me and Lee. "Here you go." Tim said as I accepted and put it in my own backpack.
Now when I was going to tell them about what we saw on the video camera, I notice Molly holding something with her right hand, a picture perhaps. But I didn't take a good look at it.
"What's that?" I asked and starring at the picture that Molly holding. "Nothing." Molly said when she put it in her pocket as I frowned at her.
I looking at Benjamin and Tim with a glare. "Lee, you better talk with her alone while I'm doing same thing with them."
"What's talk about?" Benjamin inquired as I ignored him and waving my hand to give him and Tim a signal to come with me.
Brothers do what I want with no doubt as we three walk down the hallway and leaving Lee and Molly behind so they can talk in private.
I stop right next of the doors where we came in through it into this floor.
Okay then, here we go...
Brothers Rugby was right front of my back and I turned around to talk with them, Benjamin have a irritation expression on his face.
"Okay, what do you want now? Look, if this is about what happened back down there; I'm sorry for being asshole, but I didn't asked for your-" Benjamin start to babbling now which I just ignoring him and spook up, "Yes, it is. Part of that, of course. Most of all; You LIED to me."
Tim and Benjamin looking at me with strangely expressions on their faces. "What?" Tim asked.
"Excuse me?" Benjamin frowned at me.
"I know you two and Molly are from Crawford." I explained correctly which Benjamin wide his eyes and then glaring at his twin-brother. "YOU told him?"
"No, he didn't, but he was going to tell me. I found a security camera in the nurse's station. Your friend Molly was on it and she mentioned about both of you. She have a affair with the doctor who runs that room before Crawford fell down into this mess." I said.
"Whoa hold on there, we didn't lied to you." Tim defended.
"I asked you how you three know about Crawford. You said you just heard about stories." I added.
Benjamin shook his head and point his finger on me. "Listen, we just say there were stories about Crawford. We never said that's how we knew about it. We NEVER lied to you or your people." Benjamin spat.
My fists is getting hard by his damn compliment.
"I wasn't done to ask completely about how you do know about Crawford, you're the one who changed subject back in the river street." I shot back.
"Slow down, both of you." Tim said with a serious look as I and Benjamin stop arguing each other. "By the way, doesn't matter if we lied to you, not after whatever happened with these bastards. I mean we don't own you anymore after I made a offer to you."
Well, he's right there. But how can I take this risk to trust them when they might have dark secrets about this place?
"You're right, but I didn't say non of don't own me. But how can I trust you now when I found out you three are from Crawford? The only thing I don't know now is why didn't you guys leave from this damn place." I said.
Benjamin sighed out his annoying air. "Are you and your buddy really wanna start with this conservation right here and right now?" Benjamin said with a disbelief look while I see Lee and Molly talking each other now.
"It's up to you two." I said.
Benjamin look down with a sad look that I've never see before as Tim place his hand on his brother's shoulder to comfort him. Then Tim look at me with a sad look too, but not much like his brother's.
"Me and my brother used to live here with Molly and her little sister, Hilda. Like us, she was fourteen years old. Benjamin and her comes to their hands and that's so. But... it wasn't easy for her in this damn new world, because she was diabetic. When the dead starting walking and Crawford shuts itself in. Then Oberson step up and make everything for us to survive. Everyone, including us saw him as a hero, but that made him so power hungry and made these horrible rules. No-one who couldn't justify their place, earn their keep. No-one who required special care. By those rules, that made Hilda nothing but a liability. But we've saw already what they become before doctor Logan broke the deal and we thought we could keep secret about Hilda's diabetic from those son of bitches." Tim said as Benjamin looking at us with a remorse look.
"It was my fault... I could-" But Tim cut him off. "No, Benjamin. It was my fault too and so Molly's too. But I don't blame anyone but myself."
I was speechless and feel sorry for them.
"It's... okay, you don't need to say no more facts. I understand. And... I know how it feels to lost a girlfriend when I have the chance to stop from losing. Even before the dead started." I said with a gloomy tone as Benjamin and Tim widened their eyes and staring at me in little shock.
"What? Did you lost a girlfriend even before this shit?" Benjamin asked in shock as I wasn't sure how I gonna answer that.
"Two actually, but non of them weren't killed. I dumped my first one when she told me that she was one of people who hurt Cath's and Emily's brother and my best friend. Then he forgiven one of them, a girl and they become a couple while I didn't listen and forgives my own girl." I explained as Tim looked little surprised by me.
"Damn.. it's quiet opposite between you and your friend, but still was cold." Tim spook up.
"Yeah, but what about your other girlfriend?" Benjamin asked. "I left her behind, not exactly to dump her but cut out of her gang. Then later the police caught her, I'm just figured out for a couple days ago on a newspaper from that day when everything started." I reply as Tim and Benjamin looked shock.
They probably are shocked when they learned that I'm was a criminal.
"Wait, you're a criminal?" Benjamin asked and narrows his eyes as I nod. "Yup, like you guys, I was trying to save my mother. She had a cancer and didn't have much money for a operation. I'm was trying to get enough money for her, I was close when she's died..." I said and fell my face down.
Tim and Benjamin looking concern at me. "Whoa shit, I'm... truly sorry about loosing your mother." Benjamin said and looked down.
Thanks for your concern.
"It's okay, I'm got over her death already when this mess started." I said.
"You're right. We all have lost our families." Tim said as we notice Lee and Molly are coming to us.
I see Molly looks little sad now just like how Benjamin was when we talking about Hilda.
"Hey, Molly. Look, I wanna say that I'm sorry about your sister." I said as Molly looked appreciated by my sympathetic.
"It's okay, and I'm sorry for wasting our time but I... just want have this." Molly said and show me the picture that she holding.
It must be Molly sister, Hilda. She looks like Molly, but younger and brown hair.
Suddenly, we heard a ringing bell, but this time it wasn't Molly or boys either.
What the hell?
"It wasn't us if you two thinking that." Benjamin said as I shook my head.
"Whoever what's going on now, we need get out of here now. We got all what we need." Lee said as we all nod.
When we walking back to the classroom, but then we heard a creak which we five stop walking and holding our weapons.
What was that? It sounds like it comes from around the corner.
But I got a felling that it couldn't be a walker. A walker shouldn't giving us a surprise except playing dead until a prey getting close.
"Wait." I said whisper as I sneaking to the corner while Lee and the others staying behind.
I stop sneaking and staring at the corner. Okay then...
I took a step right now as someone appear from around the corner and going to attack me, but I grabbed both of the attacker's hands and push against the wall on the left.
"Wait, wait, wait, it's me." I looking completely at the face and it was BEN?
I released him, but still glaring at him as the others approached him.
What the hell is he doing here and why did he hiding here?
"Ben. What the hell are you doing here?" Lee inquired with a serious look. "Sorry, sorry, I'm just thought you guys were walkers and I..." But he trailed off.
I shook my head and sighed. Seriously?!
"It's okay, Ben. But don't think about the walkers will get surprised by being attack from nowhere." I said with a strict tone. "And why are you here?"
"Kenny sent me out here to look for something to bust the door open. And I found this." Ben said as extended his hand with a familiar hatchet.
I wide my eyes in surprised. Wait a second, it's that not the same hatchet Ben given to Lee back in the backyard?
"Hey, Lee, is this not your hatchet? Have you drop it?" I asked, but Lee didn't answer me back as I looking at him and saw he looks worry now.
Huh? What's wrong with him?
"Uh…Ben, where did you get that?" Lee asked.
"I just found it, it was stuck between the door handles down the hallway back there." Ben explained and pointed at the door behind us.
I raised my eyes. Stuck? Why would Lee-
"Oh no." Lee mumbled in horror.
Then I got something crack in my head.
Oh shit. Don't tell me what he means...
We turned around to the doors, we saw the doors slams open by walkers right now and they getting in the hall.
"Fuck!" Benjamin exclaimed as he, Tim and Lee reach out their weapons and aiming at them while Molly and I went to them.
You idiot, Ben! I getting angry by his stupid, but I'm still concentrate like I've already took two and then three walkers while Molly kills a few of them with her ice-picker. Too slow...
But then, a walker grab me from behind while another who crawling to me and trying to bite my left feet. I trying to struggling them off while Molly got trouble too when a walker grab her weapon.
"Boys! Lee! Anyone! Shoot this fucker!" Molly calling for help as I wish could, but I'm in busy right now.
Then Lee firing his gun at the walker, but he missed.
"Don't shoot, we might can hit-" Tim yelled, but interrupted when another gunshot appear and this time it got right through the skull which Molly was free.
Who-
BANG!
Another gunshot and it hit at the walker who was behind of me, and it collapsed as I stamp at the crawling one, on the head.
I looking at the others and the girls was with them.
What the... was it them? Instead to being angry for sneaking out the classroom, I'm feel proud of them this time.
"Good working there, kids. Nice shooting." Molly said and looked appreciated for saved her and mine asses.
"Thanks..." Clem said lowly and looked little frightened for using a gun and the other walkers.
Great, too many! Time to go!
"I'm really proud of you two, but let's talking about it later!" I yelled as we start running back to the classroom.
"I swear that fucking stupid boy will regret this!" Benjamin growling with an angry tone while we running to the classroom.
For this time, I'm with him. It wouldn't that happen if Ben didn't took the the hatchet from the door handles and the walkers wouldn't get in here this floor.
To be continued
A/N:
As you fans can understand why I chose Hilda for Molly's sister, the same name of Molly's signature weapon. It's probably Molly's sister real name, but it's not confirmed. Other wise, Negan named his baseball bat, Lucille after his deceased wife as you can read "Here's Negan".
Letter Hacks:
Brothers Rugby knew Molly and Hilda almost over a few years before the outbreak.
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