It was Packie's idea to split the team into several groups, each group searching a section of the city for David Erics.
Carly had a feeling that one or more of the groups would find the Altruist cult before finding Erics. She and Johnny had taken to searching Algonquin and were currently in Little Italy.
Something was bugging Carly though, Lester should be gotten in touch with them by now… it wasn't like him to just drop off the grid.
"I don't like that look, it means that your 6th sense is in overdrive." Johnny says, rubbing his hand up and down Carly's back.
"Something ain't right, Lester should've let us know where Erics is by now." Carly says before Johnny turned onto the street to where Lester was staying at. Both got off the Hexer and ran up the steps, Carly seeing that the lock was picked and the video cameras were shot.
Johnny stepped back, kicking the door open before he and Carly ran in, seeing Lester on the ground, not moving.
Carly ran over and checked for a pulse, breathing in relief.
'He's unconscious… not dead.' Carly thought as Johnny dialed 911.
"Carly?" Packie says through the earpiece.
"Packie… Lester was ambushed. He's alive but whoever did this knew what they were doing, this wasn't a random break in." Carly says, seeing something written on the computer screen.
"Damn it! I'll tell the others, you and Johnny make sure to stick together!" Packie says.
"Got it." Carly says, Lester's eyes opening. "Hey, L. You'll be alright." She says.
After the ambulance took Lester to Lancet E.R, Carly glanced at Lester's computer and saw a message written on the computer screen.
"We shall be free once more!"
"Damn cult of cannibals." Carly said, Johnny seeing the computer before Carly grabbed her phone, taking a picture of the message and sending it to the others.
"The fucking cult ambushed Lester?!" Michael shouts over the earpiece, everyone who heard him flinching a bit.
The last time Michael got this angry, things didn't end well...
"I am sick to death of you trying to kill my daughter! Then to make things worse, you kidnapped her and tortured her!" Michael yelled at a tied up and beaten up Ivory, Carly standing being pulled up to her feet by Johnny and feeling the pain caused by Ivory's beating but not showing it.
"Your daughter… is nothing but a sarcastic bitch who deserves to be put in the ground-" Ivory says, Michael jamming his K Bar knife into Ivory's head, severing his brain stem and killing him immediately.
"So… damn uncivilized." Carly says, blood trailing from her mouth as Johnny held onto her.
The three left the warehouse, leaving Ivory's corpse to rot.
Carly shook those memories out of her mind, leaving with Johnny and continuing to search the city. Exhaustion was starting to sneak up on her but Carly was more determined to stop the cult once and for all.
"Lester did nothing to deserve that kind of brutality… they could've killed him." Carly says, her arms locked securely around Johnny as he sped into Northwood.
Carly's p.o.v
Damn it, what the hell could Lester have done to be beaten to a pulp?! I've had enough of this cult… they say they're trying to make the baby boomers rise once again and they do that to one of their own generation?!
Why?! Just because Lester's a computer expert?! He has to use a wheelchair to get around, he's not a threat to anyone!
Johnny and I hear shouting in the distance, Johnny trying to slow down but crashing into a van and sending both of us flying off the Hexer and crashing 25 feet ahead.
"Lord Zapho has guided us to them!" We hear one of them shout… oh, so this is how you cannibals try to kill us, huh?!
Johnny grabbed his M16 and shot several of them after we take cover, me shooting them with my AP pistol until there's one left… the one who stabbed me.
I stand up and walk towards him as he throws his Carbine Rifle down in frustration, grabbing his K Bar knife and swinging at me.
"Not gonna work this time, you murdering fuck!" I say, twisting the knife out of his grip and stabbing him right in the throat, him falling to the ground and choking on his blood for the last few seconds of his life.
I thought… I'd feel some semblance of justice… instead, I feel numb as I walk over to Johnny, who immediately pulls me into a hug.
I close my eyes for a few seconds as I hang onto Johnny, trying to process this.
"You two need a ride outta here?!" Trevor shouts after driving up and stopping in front of us, Gordon in the passenger seat.
"Yeah. Bike's totaled." Johnny says before we let go and jump into the back, Johnny hanging onto me as Trevor speeds off into the downtown area.
"The cult ambushed Lester… why didn't David's gang get the chance, they're the professionals." Trevor says.
"The ones who tried to kill us were low ranking members, meaning the higher ones are looking around the entire state for us!" Johnny says.
If that's true, we're screwed!
"Let's go find these fuckers ourselves!" Trevor shouts. I can't believe I'm about to agree with this but hell yeah, let's make these crazy bastards wish they never met us!