Hey everyone and welcome back to The hellish world we live in! Episode finale! Time to do this, the episode finale, you've been waiting for it and here it is! Just realized that Meghan never actually said anything yet too. XD New poll also on profile, head over and vote now! I won't spoil what it is though, you have to go and check it out yourselves!
Also, while you're reading this, go on YouTube and look up 'Sabaton; no bullets fly.'
3rd Person POV
The rag-tag group left early next morning, leaving those who had decided to stay behind. An old man by the gate entrance yelled at the group as they left the place where they had been safe for only a few days.
"You aren't welcome here, be gone! And don't come back!"
"Some much for that…" Chad muttered. Mike rolled his eyes and Rebecca crossed her arms as they walked into the distance. A few moments of silence passed before anyone spoke.
"Will… will we all survive…?" Will looked at Tess and smiled.
"Yeah… we'll be… okay."
"I think." He added under his breath, turning his wearied gaze back to the front of him and grimaced. Shiana trudged on, silent next to Chad. James walked next to Jose, and they talked quietly. Meghan and Rufus talked towards the back of the group with Rufus holding onto his pistol and Meghan a damaged machete. Sal walked alone, carrying a hunting rifle with safety off, scanning the woodland for any signs of bandits or otherwise. The trees were dense and you could barely see through. So far, the group only had food enough to last a few days and limited ammo. Not the best, but they would have to make the best of it. Suddenly, a twig snapped to Rufus's right and he raised his pistol in the direction of the sound while the group also pulled out their weapons.
"Come out where can see you!" Rufus said.
"Guys?" A voice called back. Rufus lowered his gun slightly.
"Daniel, is that you?"
"Yeah, it's me." Daniel slowly came out of the trees, hands raised.
"You can put your hands down." Will said, lowering his crossbow to the ground. Daniel sighed with relief and put his hands down. Shiana spoke up.
"You okay?" Daniel glanced at Shiana and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm good, how are you guys?"
"We're fine." Meghan spoke up. Daniel nodded again.
"Okay… so we good now…?" Sal sighed.
"Yeah sure, come on." Daniel smiled grimly.
"Okay then, down the yellow brick road we go."
5 hours later, 11PM
3rd person POV
It had begun to frost over and everyone's teeth were chattering with the cold. Above the small camp, an owl hooted. It was now late into the night and Jose and Shiana were taking watch. Jose scanned the trees in front of the group while Shiana made sure their back was good.
"AGH!" Shiana cried out as a bullet connected with her thigh, drawing the attention of everyone in camp. Jose immediately rushed over and kneeled down by Shiana's body. A rifle was instantly placed against Jose's head. Will, Sal and Daniel instantly ran over, surveying the scene.
"Drop it!" Will shouted as he raised his crossbow to the dark outline.
"Why should I?" The man asked in a barely audible whisper. Sal and Daniel started to raise their guns but before they could shoot, they both felt the hard metal of a gun tip at their backs.
"Drop it." A woman growled. Sal and Will hesitantly dropped their guns. The group groggily got their feet and was instantly surrounded by men and women in rags of clothing as they took whatever the group had left.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" 'That voice…' Sal thought.
"A bunch of lost children we have here!" A group member called out. He fell to the ground a second later, a bullet in between his eyes.
"ONLY I TALK YOU BAFOONS!" The dark outlined man yelled at the group as the men and women backed off a little. The man came out from the darkness to reveal… Carver himself.
God dammit…
"Now, how's everyone doing?" Carver inquired, circling around the group, a wolf's eyes looking at his prey.
"Fine until you came along…" Will muttered. Carver grinned deviously.
"Oh yes, I almost forgot about you Will, now, where's Drew?" Carver asked, looking around.
"Dead." Shiana spat. Carver swirled around to face the wounded woman.
"Ah, Shiana! How nice to see you again!" Carver said, grinning still.
"Go to hell!" Shiana growled. Carver made a pouting face.
"How mean of you…" Carver than walked over to Shiana and kicked her where the bullet had penetrated. Shiana screamed in pain and withered in the grasp of her captors. Carver than grinned like a mad-man again.
"I knew you're group was special, from the very start, when you killed my seven companions…"
Flashback
Drew's POV
The bandit took aim and fired at us, hitting Sal in the leg. Sal let out sudden cry, falling to the ground, clutching his leg. I picked up the shotgun he had with him and began returning fire. I'm not letting you two down. Not like John! I thought, hitting one of the bandits in the chest, sending him sprawling toward the ground. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see trying to hold onto his life, until with one wheezing breath, went dead. Two down, one to go. The other bandit looked shocked at his two dead companions and jumped into cover behind a tree. Cross fire continued for a while until I heard a rustle from one of the bushes next to the man. Jumped out was what I dreaded. More bandits. Five to be exact, the man couldn't keep missing now. Time to get to solid cover! I pulled Sal who was crying out in a pain and a dumbstruck Cristina over to a conveniently large rock. I could hear the bandits firing at us; one bullet clipped my ear, bringing forth blood.
"Cristina, do your job! Make sure Sal doesn't die of blood loss!" I shouted for myself to be heard over the whizzing bullets. Cristina shook her head, as if coming from a trance and immediately began working on Sal's wound. I struck two more bandits in the head, sending them to the forest floor. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the first bandit get up, reanimated and started making his way over to the other bandits. One of the bandits, the one to shout for reinforcements, tried to warn the other but it was too late. The man got mauled by the walker, the man screaming while it tore open the man as easily as walking. I looked down while he got eaten, the other bandit I could see was on the verge of tears, and he just witnessed seven of his people die, and then gets eaten by one another. The man killed the walker and rushed over to the other, kneeling over the other while the man whispered his regards. The man put a bullet through his friend's eyes and then turned to me.
"I'll kill you! I'll goddamn kill you, you hear me? I will get my revenge!" The man shouted before running farther into the woods.
End flashback
"Oh my god…" Sal muttered in realization. Carver laughed.
"Ah, yes, NOW, YOU REMEMBER ME DON'T YOU?!" Carver shouted at Sal as he kicked Sal repeatability, all while laughing.
"NOW YOU REMEMBER ME!" Carver shouted again. Carver then stopped shouting and kicking and took a step back.
"I was on a scouting mission, looking for my… missing people, isn't that right Rebecca?"
"Go to hell."
"Uh-huh, our baby wouldn't want that-"
"IT'S NOT YOU'RE BABY, IT'S ALVIN'S!" Carver's smile vanished and he snarled.
"In that case…" He growled, aiming the rifle at Rebecca's stomach. Rebecca was on the verge of tears now.
"Please, stop! Don't-"
*Bang*
Within an instant, the baby was dead. Carver laughed as Rebecca withered doubled over, clutching her stomach and crying.
"Now, you're ready to commit me a proper heir!"
"No!" Rebecca sobbed.
"Not- not again!"
"Lock her up in the van." Carver snarled. Rebecca was forced to her feet as she sobbed, being carried into the distance. Carver laughed and then turned back to the group.
"Wondering how I got out of that hell of a fort I made, that you destroyed?!" Carver asked, snarling. No one answered, and he pushed the rifle harder into Jose's head.
"Yeah…" Chad muttered. Carver smiled again and released his pressure on Jose's head.
"Good. I was presumed dead by most but in secret, I was alive and well. Only my most trusted knew I was alive including that idiot Troy and some guards. I had told Troy that I would be leaving and he was in charge of the camp. I saw that the horde was coming and I knew that it would hit, full force. So I escaped with a few others. Ah, that idiot Troy, what a shame… Just kidding, not really." Suddenly, moans started coming from various directions and the men and women that held the group released them and brought their weapons to bear in vain as walker teeth crunched through the human flesh.
"RUN!" Daniel shouted. Jose glanced up at Carver and took advantage of his shocked state to knock Carver off his feet with a tackle and take his gun, staring down Carver who put his hands up. A walker stumbled towards Jose and Carver and Jose took one last glance at Carver before taking off with the new gun. The group ran around, dodging walkers and bullets alike.
"AH!" Rufus shouted in pain as a bullet hit his right shoulder, drawing the attention of walkers, which turned towards him and knocked him over, begging to eat him.
"NO!" Meghan screamed, drawing walkers towards her only to be saved by Jose's new rifle.
"COME ON!" Jose shouted, scooping Meghan up and running into the scenery. Shiana stumbled along with Chad and Daniel, Shiana begging to lag behind due to her bullet wound. Daniel glanced at Shiana and realized that the woman was slowing them down. He ran back to where Shiana was and pushed her, Shiana falling to her knees as walkers started to close on her. Daniel didn't look back. James ran alongside Will as they disappeared into the trees, Will forgetting one thing, Tess. Tess was currently being scooped up by Sal as dragged the little girl along with a retrieved desert eagle pistol in the other hand. Only time would tell what would happen to this now separated, confused and supplies-less group.
Well. I don't really have anything to say about this. Talk about being a doubled edged sword for the group, with Carver and everything huh? *Lee voice*
Next time on The hellish world we live in, episode 3: Old day past
Where is everyone…?
Oh my god…
Why did you do it?!
It wasn't me!
Everyone, calm the fuck down!
Their coming…
…For us all.