Author Note: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of its characters.

I own Axel Dixon and Cath Carver

Emily Carver belong to HiddenTruthandsLies2

Benjamin "Ben" Rugby and Timothy "Tim" Rugby belongs to AquaDestinysEmbrace

Chapter 63: Gone

Axel's POV

We have been walked over the streets and almost all of walkers are gone. Well, some of them was still around on the streets and we had encounter them easily. Lee was leading us back to the house and he looks little serious now, probably because of Clementine's safety and that guy on the radio has messing him and us too for no reason.

I'll swear I will push that guy so really hard and then I leaving him to Lee for the rest, if he... well that's the promise.

When we took the next corner, we saw a walker limping right to us as Lee picked up his gun and shot it right in the head quickly.

No on messing with that guy even he lost his arm.

Then we noticed that brothers's and Molly's car is... gone?!

Molly drop her jaws down in shock as everyone looked the same.

"What the?! Where's the car?" Molly said with a doubtful look.

Has someone took it?!

"YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!"

We heard a familiar voice from the shed as we looking at each other.

"Benjamin?" Molly yelled and went to the shed as we followed with her.

When we rounded the corner and saw the doors of the back of the shed is blocked by a shovel.

What the hell...?

"Open dammit!" Another familiar voice exclaimed.

Christa?

Lee took the shovel out of the handles and opened the doors.

We found Benjamin who standing right at the doors and got some bruises on his mouth and his left eye. Behind of him, we saw Omid, Christa, Tim and Ben were looked fine, but... the BOAT?! It's gone?!

Wait?! Cath isn't with them?!

"What the fuck?" Kenny asked in shock that the others was locked inside of the shed and the boat was gone.

"THEY FUCKED US!" Benjamin exclaimed angrily and stormed out of the shed.

"What? Who?" I demanded.

"It was Vernon and that support group." Tim grumbled and walk out of the shed as Omid, Christa and Ben too.

WHAT!? VERNON AND HIS GROUP TOOK THE BOAT AND THE CAR TOO?!

"They didn't have Clementine as what we saw. They've even asked where is she." Christa said. "After we answered what happened, it seems like he blaming us for what happened with her."

"But where's Cath? She isn't with you guys?" Emily asked and looks so worry about her little sister as Omid and the others looked so sad now.

What? Tell what happened with her!

"They took her along with the boat and the car too." Omid replied as everyone looked terrified by that bad news.

"WHAT?!" I growled.

"Yeah, and here's the worst part; That fucking doctor injected her with a fucking nail fill with a drug so she can't struggle back!" Benjamin exclaimed as all of us widened our eyes in surprise except him, Tim, Omid, Christa and Ben.

HE DID WHAT?!

"What?" Lee exclaimed.

"That sick fucker!" Kenny exclaimed with a disgusted look.

"Damn... how could he do that? He just... fuck..." Carley mumbled with an angry look. "I've never expecting that what Vernon is that capable of." Lee grumbled.

"No... no, NO!" Emily exclaimed as Doug comfort her to calm her down.

I'm getting really angry as my blood's getting boil now. Vernon, you fucking son of bitch!

"Wait, does fossils took the other girl, including our vehicles too? Both of them?" Molly asked so hesitate.

"Yeah, they came out from nowhere like they're devils from the underground. They must have waiting for the chance until when you guys left us behind for looking after Clementine. I... I swear they will regret this!" Benjamin explained and grumbling around. "Anyway, they probably using our car as a goddamn transporter for the boat to the water."

"The invalids?!" Kenny snarled.

"Well, their actions, uh, contradict your characterization, but yeah. The invalids." Omid criticized.

"I can't really believe they did this to us and Cath." Doug mumbled and feels so betrayed while comfort Emily.

"It's fucking sick, for real! They use our goddamn sympathy for sick folks and then stab us right in the back and kidnapping a fucking child." Kenny hissed.

No doubt about it...!

I approached the wall of the shed, right next of one of doors while the others still arguing about the betrayal.

"They didn't "use" shit; except what they have done with Cath, they did what anybody would've done. They've been living like ghost forever and they fed up. That's it." Christa spook up as Benjamin got a distasteful expression on his face by Christa's statement.

Well, we've taken food, we've killed to survive, but it doesn't matter anymore. Not after what Vernon have done with Cath...

"Well, what about me and the boys? We have been living like ghost too on roofs and towers. We could have steal your shit earlier, but we didn't. So what's the between we three and those fossils? Just because they're old people and can't barely kill an ant either?" Molly said with a sarcastic tone in her voice as Christa just looked down and doesn't have a chance to answer back to Molly's words.

"He also says he feels bad about his actions and leaving Clementine behind, but after what happened with her, he doesn't believe that we're not capable of to take care a child so they took Cath with them." Omid said. "And the boat was an opportunity they couldn't pass up."

I squeezed my fingers so hard by anger after heard what Omid just said. He's not feel sorry for taking a girl from her older sister!

"Vernon must have planned this out after the second time he laid his eyes on that boat and saw the herd from the tower back at Crawford." Carley added as Emily shows with her upset face which is mixed by sad and anger.

"He had NO RIGHT to take my little sister like this. I hope he'll regret this when he'll see me and you guys." Emily snapped as everyone except me and Benjamin was a bit surprise by her anger look.

"No." I mumbled and referring about Christa's statement and others's opinions about the cancer group as everyone start looking at me while I starring at the shed.

Then suddenly, I roaring and push right on the wall of the shed as a piece wood of it broked off.

Everyone widened their eyes in shock what I just did.

"It doesn't matter anymore. Not after what they did to Cath. We might have done horrible things too, but drugs and kidnapping a child, that is one of ours limits..." I snarled as I reach up my fist to forwards my face and stare on it. "Fuck 'em. Cancer, no cancer, saints, sinners, who gives a shit anyway. They might are old people, but my grandfather is over seventy and still strong terrible man, so despite the age, they're people who knew what they what they were doing."

"Yeah! SCREWING us!" Kenny agreed with a snarl.

"I wish the cancer have got him." Benjamin grumbled.

Heh, I won't be so sure about that if Vernon standing right front of me.

Then everyone was quiet now and didn't say a word. We all looked down and suffer by Vernon's betrayal.

"I'm going over the fence and open the behind of the shed. We shouldn't be out in the open." Molly spook up as some of nodded and she walk away to the house.

We're wasting our time now. Cath is out there with those fuckers and so is Clementine too.

I looked up and say, "Let's get 'em before it's too late." I said firmly as Benjamin start scoffing. "Hello, have you forgot about the car? They're probably in the water now and there's no other boat in the city as Crawford took every single of vehicles."

I sulking and looked down. He's got a point there.

"Or maybe not... yet." Doug spook up as we all start looking at him.

What did he mean "not yet"?

"What are you talking about?" Christa asked.

"How long was it after Vernon and his group took Cath and vehicles?" Doug asked back to her and the others who was stuck in the shed.

"I'm not so sure, but less than one hour seems like it." Tim replied.

"Well, that might be good chance to get back Cath and Clementine too. The river street is right between the hospital and the house and we have ringing the bells back there, and some point the walkers in the city must have blocked or at least slow Vernon and his group down before get to the water. We might have least time to get Cath back before it's too late." Doug explained as everyone getting hopefully now.

Yeah! That's right. Vernon and his group will never get to the water so easy when there's so many walkers roaming around on the streets in the city.

"Good point there, Doug. Seems like the walkers did us a favor to get back Cath." Lee nodded.

"Yeah, now there's a chance to get back the other little girl and our shit too." Kenny agreed as Doug shook his head about something. "Not really sure about that, Kenny. There's another problem if cancer people will have trouble with the walkers. Once we get there for Cath and there's gonna be worse than an ordinary conflict which mean it can cost some of ours lives." Doug said with a serious look. "And the walkers will be attracted by our crazy war against Vernon and his people which we might don't have time to get the boat and the car back too before walkers will get us."

Hmm, he's got a point there. But at least, the girls is our number one. They're important than a goddamn vehicle.

"I think he's right there, Kenny. It's risky to get back the boat and the car when we have thousands of walkers in Savannah." Lee said as Kenny sighed with a defeated tone.

"So we're just gonna ditch our vehicles like that?" Benjamin hissed in disbelief as some of us nodded slowly which he start groaning around. "This is bullshit! I mean we go to get both of girls back and then what?"

"We get the fuck out of cities. I'm done with cities. We go into the countryside and make a go of it." Christa replied as Ben smile at her words. "Yeah, that seems like a good idea to me." Ben agreed.

"Nobody asked you." Kenny snapped.

"You just did." Ben said back.

I sighed. Oh man, here we go again...

"Don't get fucking smart with me, Ben." Kenny said with a snarl.

"Yeah, tell the guy who didn't move any muscles against those fossils fuckers." Benjamin groaned.

"Hey, they were armed. What did I supposed to do?!" Ben whined.

"We all were surrounded, Ben 2." Omid spook up as I smirk over that new nickname for Benjamin.

"Don't call me that again, man. You and your girlfriend had a job to look after Cath while I and Tim guarding the car and the boat too and this kid, what's his results?!" Benjamin shot back.

"Chill!" Christa hissed, but Benjamin ignored her as Kenny start babbling out. "Do you guys remember we have a boat? A boat!" Kenny spat.

"Get over it!" Ben grinned with a nervous look.

"Everybody, calm down! Nothing has changed, has it?" Lee shouted out.

"Nothing has CHANGED?!" Kenny exclaimed in disbelief.

"I mean immediately. We stay the course. Don't turn on each other." Lee correctly as Ben nodded. "Yeah, chill out, Kenny." Ben said which earned a glare from Kenny.

Oh-uh, they're gonna fight again...

Then the door on the other side of the shed has opened by Molly.

"We can do this in the yard." Christa said as rest of us start heading for the backyard through the shed except me, Lee and Christa.

I heard Kenny continue to scowling at Ben. "Ben, I swear to god..."

Christa, Lee and I looking at each other.

"What do we do without the boat and the car too?" Christa said with a snarl towards me as I widening my eyes by her intense glare.

"Excuse me there?" I frowned.

Did she knew?

"Excuse?! Do you think I'm still stupid like the others?! You've planned to leave the group with the brothers and Molly without telling anyone?! What did you've thinking, Axel?!" Christa scolded as Lee raised up his only arm up.

"Calm down, Christa. He just told me and Kenny yesterday. But right now it's not important to discuss this." Lee enlighten as Christa sighed.

Then Lee walk away to the backyard as Christa was going to do the same, but I grabbed her shoulder to stop.

"Hey, I'm sorry, okay? But how I'm gonna explain to the others like Cath? Besides that, Christa, you'd be the one who talking like that?" I hissed lowly.

Christa's just widening her eyes in shock by my lowly outburst as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Christa inquired with a glare.

Seriously?!

"Really? Cut it out with that act, lady. You're fucking pregnant as you try avoided from strangers from you and Omid before us." I snarled as Christa looked shock now. "You think I'm so stupid to figured out? Like I heard Omid mentioned about "when it comes" back at the wreck where we meet and you were so upset after we've watched that tape at the camera back at Crawford. And you planning to get us being surprised that you're pregnant?!"

"Look, I'm sorry. But I have-" But I cut her off. "But nothing! You've put your baby at the risk like being on your own with your boyfriend who have tried to find the hope for the baby and you just denied of it. So you don't act like you and Omid able for anything like you or Omid are a doctor for example. Your baby are lucky to have Emily around right now." I snap as I stormed away to the backyard as Christa followed me.

She looked little angry at me, but feels so ashamed by her philosophy for being alone with Omid... and the baby too.

When we were in the backyard, I saw Kenny yelling at Ben as we passed through them and join with the others.

"What're we gonna do now, Lee? Without the boat?" Carley asked to her boyfriend.

Lee didn't answer back in a few seconds until he spook up, "Get to countryside. We have already dicked around with cities, boats, and coastlines as long enough. Live as safe as you guys can with the girls." Lee replied as Carley widened her eyes in a bit of surprise.

"Please, Lee. Don't say like that." Carley pleaded.

I starring at his bleeding stomp and wonder how's feel with it.

"How's going with your arm, Lee? Doesn't work?" I asked concernedly as Lee look at his bleeding stomp.

"I don't know. It might have save my life, but still lost too much blood. So, who knows?" Lee said.

Everyone but Kenny and Ben looked down and was sad over that new from him. Then Benjamin says, "So what's the plan? Are we gonna get Cath or Clem first? My opinion say we go after for Cath as she probably hasn't much time for be in the mainland so long."

"And we don't know even where Cath and especially Clem is. Unless..." I rubbed my chin and thinking. "Lee, you don't think that guy on the radio could holding Clementine at that hotel where her parents staying?"

Lee widening his eyes in surprise. "Yeah, that's right. The guy said he got her parents. Even it's a lie, he took her to that hotel to make her believe him and his lies. That hotel might be a good spot to find her there." Lee figures out.

Great, now we have a plan and-

"Where the hell do you get off?!" Kenny asked with an anger look as we all started looking at him and Ben.

"I'm just saying that we should ALL chill! Not just you!" Ben whined.

"CHILL?! Lee's bitten and we have don't know he will make it, Clementine is who the fuck knows, and Cath is gone along with the only hope that we've left!" Kenny exclaimed.

"So?" Ben asked.

"So Lee and Axel should have left your ass in Crawford." Kenny replied smugly as Ben widened his eyes. "We got enough problems."

"Alright, enough, Kenny! Just leave h-" Emily exclaimed, but-

"FUCK YOU, KENNY!" Ben shouted so angrily.

Emily and we all including Kenny widened our eyes in shock by outburst as we have never seen like that. Not even Emily hasn't too as she and Ben knows each other for years.

Okay... now what next?

"Whoa, Ben." Emily took a step forward to Ben, but Christa stopped her. "No, let him."

Emily was hesitant to let Ben continue to yelling at Kenny, but she wasn't doing anything.

"I am so, so, SO sorry about Katjaa and Duck and I am. I know I fucked up, but just STOP pushing me around and STOP wishing I was dead!" Ben exclaimed as his voice getting cranky, but angry too.

Kenny opened his mouth to say something back, but Ben cut him off,

"NO! You know how they died! You've said goodbye. I never got to see my family. My parents, my little sister... do you get that? Your family is gone, but at least you had them to lose. I never made it back home to my family. They could be alive, or dead, or walkers, or WORSE and I don't know! SO GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!"

Everyone was quiet and didn't say a word after his fricking outburst. I didn't expected like this from him. But now... me and the others feels sorry for him. I've never thought about my own family. Can't even believe that I never thinking about my brother, my father...

Kenny has dropped his jaws after heard of Ben's story, he looks sorry too.

"Oh, Ben, I'm..." Kenny said, but cut off when we heard something behind of us as we turned around and saw the walkers on the street are heading for the house. A LOT OF THEM!

"Fuck! Here they comes!" I exclaimed.

"In the house! NOW!" Lee ordered as we rushing into the house quickly.

In the house

When we're inside of the house, Lee slammed the door to shut it.

Damn, that was so many of them!

"You think they will get in here from the fence?" Benjamin asked.

I don't think so.

"Nah, they're not able to get into the backyard." I said so confident.

But then we heard a thump so loudly as I widened my eyes and then sighed. You kidding me?!

"Me and my big mouth once more again..." I groaned to myself.

"We can secure this place!" Christa enlighten us as Lee nodded.

"You're right. Christa, Benjamin and Tim! Search the house for weapons!" Lee ordered.

"Yes sir!" Tim replied as the three went away to searching around.

"Kenny and Doug! Move anything you can against the doors and windows!"

"That's what I was thinking." Kenny agreed as he and Doug went into the living room.

"Emily and Ben! Take our hidden supplies and get upstairs! In case if this house will be surrounded!"

"Got it! Come on, Ben!" Emily shouted as she and Ben dashed away for our secret supplies and then to upstairs.

"Carley, Molly and Axel! Kill anything that gets in!"

"Sure, Boss handsome." Carley smirked as Lee rolled his eyes before I and ladies make a rush into the living room.

Once we're in the living room, we prepare our weapons and get ready for anything.

"Omid!" We heard Lee shouted, but this time he didn't order him. "What is it?"

I didn't hear of him, but some deep loudly footsteps from the kitchen, through the hallway.

What's going on now?

"FRONT DOORS!" Lee yelled out.

I raised a eyebrow in doubtful. Front doors? What the hell is he talking-

But when I heading for the other side of living room, I noticed front doors is wide open which Vernon and his people didn't closed it after before they took Cath and vehicles. Then Omid appear from the hall and shut it quickly. But some arms appear through the cracks and Omid can't close the doors completely.

"Guys! Front doors! Help Omid!" I exclaimed as we all make a rush to the front doors and help Omid keep it shut so the walkers can't get in here. Ben and Emily was still upstairs and didn't come to help us, but Emily called us, "Guys, what's going on down there?"

"We're okay, Em! Just keep going what Lee ordered you and Ben to do!" Doug replied while still holding against the doors.

Fuck... We can't keep going like this forever!

"We have to cut these damn arms off!" I exclaimed.

"Lee! Help us!" Carley shouted.

"Get a knife or something else where's sharp enough for their fucking arms!" Benjamin exclaimed.

Wait! The meat cleaver!

"I think I've put the meat clever back in one of drawers at the kitchen!" I explained.

After some seconds later, we're still keep doors shut while the walkers try forcing open it. Can't they just give us a damn break?!

Then Lee has finally showed up with a meat cleaver and cut the arms and some fingers too. Once they were cut off, we have finally slammed the doors shut for good.

Phew, that was close, but...

"Shit, now what?" Omid asked.

I narrows my eyes. Everything seems clear for now, but not for long...

"Get ready to fight." I replied with a serious tone in my voice. "This place place seems sturdy to me. I think we're fine now." Christa said so hopefully.

Suddenly, the walkers smashed through some windows in the living room. And in the kitchen many walkers has knocked the door down and roaming inside for us. Shit!

"Sturdy my ass!" I exclaimed with a sarcastic tone. "Get upstairs!" Lee shouted as everyone get dashing upstairs, but I stay for a moment and going to kill a walker who got first in here through the window.

Alright then, let's... what the?!

When I see a familiar face of the walker and it was... Brie... Oh shit, she must have cam back as a walker after being eaten and get in the house from Crawford somehow.

I raised up my arm as the hidden blade pulled out from the bracelet.

I don't if you were part of Vernon's fucking plan, but at least you helped us. I stabbed right in her head and she collapsed down as I turned around and heading to upstairs.

I passed through Omid, Tim and Carley at the stairs as they aiming at the walkers in the living room and shooting some of them. When I ended upstairs, Emily and Ben carry couple of bags with full of supplies as Vernon and his group didn't found and took them. Kenny, Benjamin and Molly pushing the desk into the doorway of the hallway. Before they reach it, everyone including me too heading to the hallway as Christa shout, "Everyone get to the end of the hallway!"

When we are at the end of the hallway, Molly and Benjamin has jumped over the desk and leaving the rest to Kenny who finish to pushing the desk to block the doorway.

"Now what?" Ben asked worriedly.

"This'll slow them down. We get to the end of the hallway and... take a fucking stand." Kenny said as we all pulled out our guns and get prepare for the stand.

Damn right! I aiming with my brother's golden Desert Eagle.

Then Kenny jumped over the desk and join with us as he holding his own gun.

"We can't let ourselves get trapped." Lee said while still holding out his gun.

Hell no...

"Let's get as many as we can. When we see an opening, we go for it." I planned as everyone nodded as I check on how many ammo I got left. "How many bullets do you guys have left? I've got five left."

"Three." Christa said.

"Five." Lee said.

"Three." Kenny said.

"Five." Carley said.

"Four." Omid said.

"Three." Molly said.

"Same here, three." Doug said.

"Two." Benjamin and Tim said in twin-style tone which they have four bullets together.

"Three." Emily said.

"Two." Ben said.

"Good, forty bullets might be good enough to make a opening." I said, but I wasn't sure about that.

"You all know where to aim." Kenny said.

I nodded slowly. Hell yeah.

"Get ready." Carley growled as we all holding out our guns and ready to fire once they appear right front of the desk.

During a moment, nothing changed, but we still keeping our aim and waiting for them. Except no sign of them, we heard their sighs getting louder and their steps on the stairs. Then, a walker appear from the corner and limping slowly to the desk as I pulled the trigger and shoot it off.

Suddenly, many of walkers limping from the corner for us and are attracted by my gunshot as we all start fire at them. Non of us didn't barely missed them. After fifteen seconds, some of guns start to click and then mine too after fired my fifth and last bullet.

"I'm out!" Christa exclaimed.

"Me too!" Kenny said.

"I guess we all are out!" Tim yelled.

I sighed and shook my head. The walkers is still too many even we killed less than forty!

"Crap! What are we gonna do now?!" Molly inquired.

"There's no goddamn opening!" Kenny exclaimed.

"Everyone, to the attic!" Lee shouted as he pulled the rope that concealed to the ladder came down. "Go!"

With no doubt, everyone start climbing the ladder up to the attic quickly before the walkers could reach us when they start crawling over the desk.

When we were in the attic, Lee was the last person who followed us. After Lee came up, he pulled the ladder up so fast before the walkers could grab to hold it back.

To be continued

A/N:

Everyone is kind of surprised that Vernon has become the secondary antagonist in this episode after the stranger, huh?

Letter Hacks: One of deleted sequences of Episode 5 was that Lee and his group had 40 bullets to fight the walkers in the mansion, but it was cut down to 13 or 15 (if you saved Ben) later.

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