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

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Chapter 70: Countryside

Axel's POV

My was closed and it was so dark... until a light streams over them through the windows.

I open them and see it's the next morning as the sun has raise up again.

Ugh... damn. What a clatter yesterday...

I hear the car's engine stopped running and saw the brothers has take a sleep for a while. I turn my face behind and see Cath's still sleeping too.

Wonder where we staying now.

I grab the handle of the door, and open it. I get out my seat and are outside of the car now. It appear we're on a countryside, there was high grass and some high hills. No trees and nobody here except we, at least not even a walker either thank god.

On the left, I see Savannah from here and looks it's no more than destiny land.

Okay, for now on, never enter into a big city like this one, especially not in New York City!

Then I heard someone yawns and some footsteps from inside of the car. I turned around and saw Cath step out of the car. She looks little alert right now.

"Hey, Cath." I say as she notice me and start rush at me. She give me a hug as I widened my eyes in surprise as I hear she starts sobbing little. I sighed and place my hand on her head. "There, there, it's okay now." I ensure her which she stop crying.

"Thank you..." Cath moaned as I smile at her.

Inside of me is filled of anger now. I really can't believe it about what Vernon did to her, well, he's dead and Cath's fine. That's all for matters now.

Cath separate from me and look at me. "What happened with Vernon?" Her voice sounds little cranky, but have anger tones in it which she's really upset at Vernon.

I sighed and lower my head.

"Vernon is... dead and his group will never hurt us anymore again. I beat him down, just like what I did to Amanda... but when I was done and go away, he was going to shoot me from behind, but Benjamin did to him before the old man could that to me." I explain as Cath looked surprised over my actions and about what Benjamin did to Vernon.

But then she huffs out and looks calm down now.

After a little moment, she got a questionable expression on her face and look around.

Oh no. She wonder where's Emily and the others...

"Where's Emily? Clementine? Lee? Where're the others? Shouldn't they be here?" Cath asks worriedly as I let a sigh out of my mouth and look away while pondered her words.

Ben, Kenny and... Lee probably are dead too if he lost too much blood. And Clementine... Emily, Carley, Doug, Christa, Omid and Molly weren't there when we face with Vernon and his group. They probably couldn't get to the river street on their own way or...

No, no, no, no way they could be dead!

"Dix, where are they?" Cath repeat her question again as I turned around and approach her. I bends down to her level and take a deep breath before I speak out.

Okay, here goes nothing...

"Look, Cath. I... There was too many of them and... I told Emily and the others to meet at the river street, but... after I and Rugby brothers saved you, there was too many of walkers in the street to wait for them..." I trailed off as Cath looked shock and then lower her head down sadly.

"And... Ben and... Kenny... they're dead." I confirmed as Cath look at me so shock by this terrible new. "Ben was messed up. We couldn't save him, we tried. We're really tried to save him, but we couldn't." I explain with a gloomy tone in my voice. "Then... Kenny make sure that Ben will never feels the pain before... you know." But trailed off as Cath looked still sad and shock.

"Clementine and Lee are alright, I hope. All we can do now is waiting for them." I say as Cath had been unresponsive now after learned about what happened the rest of us and turned around to watch at the city without saying a word back.

I sighed and stand up on my legs before turned around to the car. I see Rugby brothers are awake and are outside of the car. It seems like they have listened the conversation.

How long did they stay there?

I approach them slowly.

"Hey, guys. How are you doing?" I ask to the brothers, but they just starring around of me as I look on myself.

Oh, now I get it. I still covered by walker's guts on my clothes. I smells so foul.

"Fine. Just... whoa, what a hell night." Tim has finally answer back and then looked amazed as he gesture at the city now. "Yeah, but now I am glad we're not in that damn city anymore and at least we will never go back there again." Benjamin agreed as I glance at his words.

Never going back to the city... but Clementine, Lee or Emily could be still there...

We can't just walk away now. I know it's too risky to go back in the city, but we can't just forget the others.

"Look, I agree about the city, we can't just leave right now." I spoke up. "I'm just saying that..."

But I trailed off when I got instinct in my head from behind us.

I turned around and saw three dark figures on the top of one of hills. They're moving too fast for a walker. Who are they?

But they are far away from us and can't barely see, neither they didn't saw us... yet.

"Guys? We got company." I say while keeping my eyes on the three figures.

Tim and Benjamin looking at the direction where I looking at and saw the figures too. "Shit. Can't be geeks. Moving too fast." Benjamin say as he pulled out the rifle and aim at the figures.

"Cath!" I shouted out, but lowly so the figures can't hear me and anyone but themselves. Cath turned around and saw what we looking at. Her eyes widened. "Who are they? Walkers?" Cath asked.

"Too fast. But we stay low and see what will happen next." I state and grab my crossbow.

We all four be on our guard and keep quiet until we'll see if those figures will see us and the car at least or they just keep moving on their way.

The figures still keep moving to their own way. I trying to analyzing the figures, but not much details what I found about them. One of them looks shorter than two other. The two other looks taller and although their bodies looks little thin, skinny of course. One of tallest has a little bubble I can say on the top of head.

"What if it could be-" Cath say, but I cut off and make sure to have my back to her. "Wait, Cath. Not after what happened yesterday."

"Damn right, who knows it could be the lunatic doctor's friends? They were three left after I shot him." Benjamin suggests as I narrows my eyes.

It could probably be them, but one of them isn't short-lived like Omid and... Wait a minute?! Omid! That's right!

I lower my crossbow as the brothers notice it and looked disbelief on me. "Axel, what are you doing?" Tim asks while held his gun at the dark figures.

"I think I know who they are." I pointed out.

But I'm only sure that one of them is Omid, but not the two others...

Suddenly, the figures stop walking as we getting uptight now. Then it looks like they looking to another direction, on US!

Great! Now they see us!

"They see us now. Get ready..." I mumbled as Benjamin held his rifle and keep his aim at the figures while Tim holding his empty gun. He knows it's useless, but at least he can use it to threat them.

Now they start walking onto us as I held my crossbow so tightly, but not aim at them.

They getting closer and closer as the sun-shrines streaming over them which I can see their colors now.

Familiar clothes on them...

It really must be...

After a half minute, a familiar voice shout out in the air.

"Axel? Is that you?"

Emily?

I widened my eyes in shock and drop little my jaws as the brothers did too, but Cath got some tears in her eyes and looked really happy.

"Em?!" I gasped lowly.

Eventually, I see it's Emily, Christa and Omid... It is really them!

They saw us as Cath squeezed through between me and Tim.

"Emily!" Cath cried out and rushed forward her older sister as Emily squatted down to Cath's level and the sisters hugged each other.

I smile at their warm and happy reunion after they almost thought that they would never seen each other again.

"I thought when I couldn't..." But Cath trailed off when she start snob again as Emily hushing her. "It's okay, Cath. I'm glad that you're alright and with me." Emily holding a tear back in her left eye.

"Man, it's good to see you guys are alright. And I knew you got Cath back." Omid greeted us as he and Tim hold their hands to shake. "Same here, man. It was really tough and... intense out there."

Christa smiles at the sisters and then at us, but then she got a concern expression on her face.

What now?

"What happened with Vernon and his people?" Christa asked as I noticed Emily's eyebrows are frowned now at the mention of the doctor who drugged her little sister and try take her with him to the water. She still hold Cath tightly.

Probably she still holding a grudge at him, but then she sighed out.

I frowned not just about him, but me and my actions too as I lower my head down and starring at the ground.

"Vernon is... dead." Tim respond little speechlessly.

Christa, Omid and Emily widened their eyes in shock about the doctor's fate. Cath and Emily separate, but big sister still held her hands on her little sister's shoulders.

"What happened out there?" Omid asked.

"That fucking stubborn lunatic doctor refused the negotiate, and then Axel came from nowhere to apeshiting right on his fossil face, pretty hard. After that, Axel decided to leave him behind so badly, but that guy stepped up and pulled out his gun to shoot him so I shoot him before he could do it." Benjamin explained. "That's what happened. And about his people, they took on their foot away from us. Hope the geeks got them."

They looked shock and little horrified about my actions and then stare at me and my hands that they're covered by bandage, but I didn't bother their reactions or their gazes either.

I sighed. I know, I know, I have done a horrible thing, but I'm not sure if Vernon wouldn't still let me to take Cath back if I didn't as he still trying to shoot me before Benjamin did to him for me.

Then I look around and realize that Carley, Doug and Molly isn't with them?! Where the hell are they?!

"Where's Carley? Doug? Molly?" I ask which it make Emily lower her head down as Christa and Omid did the same thing. They looks sad now.

Wait... no, no... no!

"What are you...? What happened with Molly?" Benjamin exclaimed worriedly.

They didn't answer back, eventually Emily start snob little in Cath's shoulder as the little sister comfort her.

"They're... gone." Omid respond as I and the brothers widened our eyes in shock.

No... It... It can't be...?! How... Fuck...!

I lower my head and turned away from the others so they can not see my feelings.

Carley... Doug... and even Molly too...

"We found the boat, but not you guys or the car either until now. Then walkers came up from nowhere and grab Emily. But Doug sacrifice himself to save her. Then... Carley and Molly were surrounded in the meantime..." Christa explained about the whole story with gloomy tones in her voice.

The boat?! Oh no... If we didn't stay at the river street as longer as we could, they'd be still alive... Dammit!

I clenched my hands about myself.

"Are you sure Molly and Carley are really dead?" Tim asks and looked little questionable about their fates. Christa take a look at Emily who still snob little over her deceased boyfriend while Cath comfort her before the woman talk back. "We saw Doug were tearing into apart, but not them. Although, it was too many and it's impossible to get out of there."

"Molly is a tough one that I ever know. I'm sure she maybe is alright." Benjamin said, but not so confident about his own words.

I starring at the city again. Yeah, Molly is the toughest gal after Jessica, and Carley is a great sharpshooter, so they would be a good teamwork to get out that damn city.

I rubbed on my other hand and keep in my own distance from the others to have some space. It's sting little, but I hold my pain sigh back.

All we have to hope that Lee and Clementine did make it out from the city. Lee didn't look good when I saw him last time on the street outside of March House.

"Axel?" Christa's voice called me as I turned around and see she and Omid are standing right to me. They looked little worried, but it seems they got something to tell me.

"What is it?" I wonder.

"Look, I know Clementine is not your responsibility, but since Lee thinks that he probably's gonna make it so..." But she trailed off as I raise a eyebrow. Yeah, what? "Now Kenny, probably Carley and Lee too is gone, Omid and I will look after Clementine. For real." She continued as she and her boyfriend looked so confident.

I blinked with surprised at those words from her. Really?

But...? I don't know what I have to say back, but Clementine and Cath too likes Omid's humor and Christa looked after Clem when Carley where busy. They might be are new good guardians for her. That's what Lee would agree if he is here now.

Then I smile at them. "You know what? Thanks. You guys will be really good for her. Lee and Carley would really appreciated." I told them.

"We're doing our best to keep her safe." Christa said with a smile as Omid nodded.

I nod back, but then my smile feel down. Wait a minute, what about the baby?! Shouldn't Christa worry about it first to begin with?

"Are you really sure about this?" I ask.

"Axel, we're sorry about how we sink our guard down back in the mansion and let Vernon take Cath easily, but we'll never let that happened on her or Clementine too again." Christa said remorsefully.

Wow, that's not what I meant. There's no blame for that. It was just on that fucking doctor.

I shook my head. "It's okay, but that's not what I meant. I mean the little one inside of you." I refereed the baby as Christa frowned down. "Oh, it's... We'll figure out this later."

Which Omid look at her with a bit of surprise look. "Wait? Did you told him?" He asked.

Christa look at him and open her mouth to answer back, but I cut off. "I'm just figured out, Omid." I say immediately.

Omid just looked surprise at me. "But you two better tell them, especial Emily so she'll see what she can do or maybe we'll find a safe place where there's a doctor..." I suggest.

But it seems Christa looks disagree about my latest theory. "Look, I'm think we're going to tell them, but now. And I don't think we can take any chances for now, not after what happened with Cath. This is how we lost so many friends and barely got out from the city."

After she told me, she walked away to the others. I sighed. She has right there, we took the food back in the woods even how should we know that it wasn't abandoned, and then later the owner came seek for his revenge on us. But I'm afraid we can't change the past, so what's done is done.

I turned around, but before I could walk, I noticed Omid watching at something, far away from our distance.

Did he see someone or something?

"Omid? Where are you looking at?" I ask and he didn't respond back in the moment. He still watching at something... or someone. I stand right next to him and looking at the direction where his eyes aiming at.

Now I see another figure a little far away from us, down by a tree and a wrecked car.

Who is this now?!

I narrows my eyes so I can see clearly. This time I see the person is smaller than the others and held up something, probably a knife or a gun. And it seems like the person saw us first already.

But I didn't grab my crossbow or any weapon, but still keep my eyes on that figure.

"Axel, do you think who it is?" Omid asked and still looking at the figure, but I didn't respond back and keep looking.

After a moment, it feels now that I stop being wary now as my lips forms into a smile. Yeah... It could be...

"Guys!" I callled to the others at the car who got their attentions of me and then I let a little scoff out of my mouth. "Someone's coming..." I said gently.

To be continued

End of No Time Left

OBS! It's not the end of this story. It will come ten more chapters.

A/N:

In the last ten chapters will focus on months of Christa's pregnancy. And I'm really so sorry about that I didn't spare Lee as some of authors just hope Lee will be spared. I'm so sorry, but Dixon Saga will have some big surprises that it maybe can cheer with you guys up.

Oh, gotta tell you about ten last chapter will be so short like between 500-1500 words and have less details.

So see y'all on the epilogue episode. ;)