Chapter 14: Captured and a Rescue Plan

They just kept running, they stopped when they felt they finally got away from the walkers. Tut wasn't with them and neither was Arnold. Maybe they were both dead. Dexter looked back at where they ran from and yelled out, his voice full of anger.

"We're idiots, WE'RE GODDAMN IDIOTS!"

"Dude, calm down," Hogarth said, "we tried to save him, but we couldn't."

"You're fucked in the head asshole, we should've gotten him out of there, that blood is on our hands now."

"I didn't cause this to happen and I didn't want it to happen so stop placing the blame on me," Hogarth snapped at him.

"Would you two calm your shits down," Danny yelled interrupting their argument, "What does any of that prove, we fucked up and we lost two of our friends, whatever the case we have to get Davey and the thugs out of the way."

"GUYS!"

Tut came running after them. He finally caught up to them and tried to speak but he was disoriented from the constant running.

"Tut, you alright?" Hogarth asked with concern

"You didn't get bit did you," Dexter said.

"No I'm fine, Arnold's alive."

"He is," the three boys said with uplifted voices.

"Yeah, I saw Davey's gang come out and get him up, we gotta go after them, we gotta save Arnold."

"You're right, and Tut we all owe you a bit of an apology," Danny said.

"For what?"

"You said to us that Davey would probably come back and we didn't believe you, but you were right this whole time," he told him apologetically.

"I hate to say I told you so," Tut said sarcastically.

"Asshole," Dexter said.

"Come on let's get back to camp and tell the others, we gotta come up with a rescue plan to get Arnold out of there," Hogarth said.

"Right." They took off again back to the camp.

Arnold was walked by Davey's gang into the forest. As much as he wanted to escape, there wasn't any possible way. He was trapped now and he had to follow orders, no matter how much pain it was going to cause him.

"You're going to find that trying to fight against us wasn't the best idea kid," the leader said to Arnold. Arnold didn't care and just looked away from him

"Hey" he snapped hitting Arnold in the face, "Listen to me when I'm talking to you."

"Whatever," Arnold responded apathetically.

They kept on walking and eventually reached their destination. A small cabin in the woods. They went inside and walked through the claustrophobic living space until they got to the basement. Arnold was taken to the basement and shoved onto the ground. He looked around and saw a dark room with only a shaft of light coming from a small window in the top of the room.

"You stay here until we found out what we're going to do with you," the leader said sternly.

Arnold got up on his feet and looked at them as they left the room. He looked straight at Davey, who lit up a cigarette and puff a couple smoke rings as he smirked at him.

"What did I tell you kid," Davey said, "I never lose," he then walked out of the basement laughing as he closed the door behind him.

"Asshole," Arnold said to himself, "if I could just get out of here through that window," just then he remembered that they'd be watching him, "no that won't work dammit," he cursed stomping his foot on the ground.

"Hello."

Arnold looked around in the darkness, trying to find the source of the voice.

"Who's there, come out right now," he said threateningly having his fists clenched as he was ready to punch the person.

The shadowy figure stepped out of the darkness, it was a kid who looked to be around twelve.

"Please, I don't mean any harm," he said scared.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you kid," Arnold apologized calming down when he saw the kid.

"Why are you here, were you captured too," the kid asked.

"Yeah, these assholes caught me back in the woods, my group is out there and I got to get back to them. What about you kid?"

"I was just going out to get food and then I found this cabin, they caught me and said they were going to do something to me," the kid got down to the floor and began shaking violenty almost like he was having a seizure.

"Hey calm down, we're going to get out of here," Arnold said trying to calm the kid down.

"But how," the kid asked.

Arnold looked out of the small window, "I've gotten out of locked classrooms when I got detentions back at school, and besides" he said as he looked at the kid. "I have friends in my group that won't let me down, I know that they'll do everything they can to save me."

"Okay," the kid said getting up

"Oh and my name's Arnold," he said.

"Rudy," the kid said, "Rudy Tabootie."

Arnold snickered like an idiot when he heard the stupid name of this kid. In response the kid punched Arnold in the shoulder.

"Woah, you're tougher than I thought," Arnold said.

"Only when someone talks shit about me," he said, "anyway let's out this plan of yours into action."

"Right"

Hogarth, Tut, Dexter, and Danny were still running back to the camp. As they kept getting closer they saw a horrific sight in front of them. A small herd of walkers surrounded a man who screamed. They stood still and tried not to make a sound as they saw the man b"eing ripped to shreds in front of them.

"NO, NO PLEASE, NO, NO, AHHHHHHHH," the man let out a final scream as the walkers took him to the ground and began to feed on him. There was so much blood and the sounds of flesh tearing and being eaten.

This sight sickened the four friends as they tried to keep quiet. Dexter couldn't take anymore of it and he threw up on the ground, giving away their position.

"Crap, I'm sorry," he said frantically, realizing what he had just done.

The walkers turned and slowly went towards them, there wasn't any way to run now as they were about a dozen of them and only four of them.

"Can we take them down here," Tut asked.

"No there's nothing else, we shoot em down we lose all ammunition and attract more, if we can get an opening we could probably..."

Danny interrupted Hogarth midsentence and huddled themselves together.

"Hold still guys, I'm going ghost," Danny's whole appearance then changed and he turned into his ghost form. He then made the whole group invisible with his powers, "walk slowly they w"on't be able to see us."

They walked right through the walkers! They didn't touch them or anything, they just walked right through them, and they did it. Eventually they got away from them and Danny made them visible again.

"Phew that was a close call back there, sorry for that if I didn't act like such a pussy we wouldn't have been found out," Dexter said.

"Hey I watch a lot of horror movies so I'm used to all the blood and gore, but if you can't stomach that then that's fine, just be sure to be careful next time," Hogarth said, "and Danny thanks for getting us out of that, how'd you do that anyway is that another one of your ghost powers."

"Yeah besides overshadowing people I can make people invisible and able to walk through certain things, it might come in handy this time around."

"Anyway, we've got a job to do so let's get back to the camp quickly," Tut said.

"Uh Tut, we're already here," Dexter said.

Tut must've been scared shitless to the point that he forgot that they walked through a herd and were now back at them camp.

"Oh, well that was convenient, well let's go."

They ran inside as Cleo opened the gates for them. They were greeted by Elizabeth and Tucker who came up to see them.

"Hello boys, where's Arnold," Elizabeth asked.

"It was Davey, the guy we abandoned on the road, he teamed up with the bandits we got away from and they kidnapped Arnold, they're gonna kill him."

"Oh my god, we gotta do something," Tucker said.

"That's what we're planning, and we need help from everybody here, if you can all help us then do it, who's with us." Hogarth said as he tried to rally up members of the group.

Annie, Tucker, Sam, Elizabeth, and Cleo all stepped forward and all said, "We are."

"Good, now let's come up with our plan."

For the next couple of hours they brought together their plan. When it was done they and Hogarth recited what they were going to do.

"Now here's what we're gonna do. Danny, you'll overshadow one of the bandits and create a diversion as Elizabeth and I sneak in and get Arnold out."

"Right."

Dexter, and Tut if anything goes awry you'll notify both of us on these walkie talkies that Tucker gave us."

"Yes"

Mom, Tucker, Sam, and Cleo, you'll watch from the trees and take out any bandits that come our way."

"Affirmative."

"Alright, I guess we're good to go, now let's get into the woods and get Arnold back."

"We're coming with you," Martin said as he came up to Hogarth.

Elizabeth knelt in front of her son, "No son but you can't it's too dangerous for someone as young as you."

"But Mom, I told you I ain't scared of nothin, I'm the bravest mouse in the..."

"You're not coming," Elizabeth told her son firmly, "there's nothing you can do and you're going to stay here whether you like it or not."

"Fine," Martin said disappointed.

"Wait who will watch over them while we're gone though, one of us has to stay back."

"I will," Cleo said takin a step forward, "I've watched these kids before and I'll do it again."

"Cleo are you sure," Elizabeth asked.

"Yes, I'm not doing this because I'm backing out, I'm doing this to be good to the friends I've made. And you guys are the bravest people here that I've met, and I'm going to make it up to all of you."

"Good, now let's go into the woods and get Arnold back," Dexter said

They all nodded and set off into the woods as Cleo shut the gates to the perimeter and watched as the walked off.

"Good luck guys,"

Alright we've gotten to a huge point in the season and it will be coming to a close very soon, I think the next chapter will possibly be either the ending or the second to last chapter, possibly the second to last chapter. Thanks for all the followers I've gotten, and happy holidays.