A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF LAST OF US OR YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS OF BOTH!
Chapter 13: Cannibals- Part 1
It was nearing the end of winter at this point. Jack, Crow, Akiza, the twins, and a severely injured Yusei had managed to find an abandoned house that was secure enough for them to hide in. Yusei was weakening everyday but he was holding on. The healthy ones had managed to find some military medical supplies and sealed his wounds. But Yusei had been pretty much unconscious ever since. But he was also growing a fever and his injury was getting slightly infected. They knew if they didn't do something soon, he wouldn't make it.
Where they were at the moment was near a small forest that allowed some hunting to be done which they each took turns doing, even the twins.
At the moment, Leo was out hunting and managed to shoot a rabbit with the bow and arrow. He picked it up. "That won't last us long," he stated. He took the arrow out of the rabbit and slid the rabbit into his backpack. He turned to leave when he noticed a deer. The deer walked off and Leo slowly followed it.
He came up on a rig and hopped down. He noticed it was gone. "Where did you go?" the boy whispered. He hit a twig and the deer came running out. It hurried away. Leo silently followed it again. He lightly touched a branch and the deer bolted. "Great." He followed its trail that it left in the snow before he found himself able to get a good shot of it. He pulled back his arrow and released once he got good aim. It hit the deer as it cried out in pain and ran. Leo hurried to the blood trail left and followed it. He quickly found the deer again and was shocked to see it still standing. "Alright," he stated in practically an inaudible voice. He released another arrow and hit the deer which darted yet again. Leo followed the blood trail long. "How are you still alive?" Leo followed the trail over a fence. He slowly followed the blood trail again until he saw a small village or something surrounded in fences and it looked like a prison or something. "What is this place?" He shook his head and followed the blood trail, remembering what he needed. He went through a creepy, broken house until he came up on the deer. As he did, he looked it over to ensure it was dead before he heard a snap. He immediately pulled his bow back and called, "Come out!" Two men slowly came out.
"Hey, hey, easy," the first man called. "We just want to talk."
"Any sudden moves and I shoot," Leo threatened. "What do you want?"
"Um, my name's David. This here's my friend, James," the first man introduced. "We're from a larger group- women, children. We're all very, very hungry."
"So am I- men, women, and children- all very hungry too," Leo retorted calmly.
"Well, maybe we could trade you for some of that meat there," David suggested. "What do you need? Weapons, ammo, clothes-"
"Medicine," Leo answered. "Do you have any antibiotics?"
"We do. Back at the camp," David answered. "You're welcome to follow us-"
"I'm not following you anywhere," Leo immediately refused. "Your friend can go get it. If he comes back with what I need, the deer is all yours. Anyone else shows up-"
"You put on between my eyes," David finished.
"Yep," Leo replied. He couldn't believe he was willing to kill these men. But he needed the medicine and he got a bad vibe from them.
David looked at James. "Two bottles of the penicillin and a syringe. Make it fast," he ordered. The man he was ordering was seemed reluctant but ran off at David's urging.
Leo noticed a rifle on David's back. "I'll take that rifle," he stated.
"Of course," David agreed. He slowly set it on the ground before backing up and away from it. When he was far enough away, Leo quickly put his bow and arrow away and grabbed the gun, quickly aiming it at the man in front of him while checking its action for a bullet. After a minute or so, the man said, "He's probably going to be a while. You, uh, mind if we take some shelter from the cold?"
Leo slowly answered while gesturing to the deer, "Bring him with us."
The man grabbed the deer and dragged it by its antlers to a small building with Leo keeping the rifle pointed at the man. After they entered, David created a small fire.
"You know, you really shouldn't be out here all on your own," David told him.
"I don't like company," Leo lied.
"I see. What's your name?" David asked.
"Why?" Leo replied still not liking the vibe he got from this man.
"Look, I understand it's not easy to trust a couple of strangers. Whoever's hurt, you clearly care about them," David replied. Leo looked down slowly. "I'm sure it's going to be just fine."
"We'll see," Leo responded. They heard some Infected approaching. They each bolted to their feet as a Clicker walked in. The boy took a step back and it twisted to him. It began to run at him and Leo shot it to the ground and it flailed around and cried out. David came up with a pistol and shot it in the head. "You had another gun?"
"Sorry," the man replied. They heard more Infected coming. "Okay, I'd really like my rifle back now."
"No. You have your pistol," Leo immediately denied.
"I hope you know how to use that thing," David responded.
"I've had a bit of practice," Leo assured.
David closed the door and said, "No matter what, we have to keep them out." He took a sheet and hid the deer under it. "Let's hope they don't find him. Cover the windows."
"Right," Leo agreed. Some Runners came up and began trying to break the wooden boarded placed on the window. Leo shot them and quickly killed them. He turned as he noticed David begin to back up and shoot and saw some Infected coming in through the window. Leo shot a couple while David punched them until they were dead.
"You weren't kidding," David stated. "You are a better shot with that thing than I am." He began to push a metal cabinet. "Gimme a hand with this." They quickly pushed it into place.
But suddenly, a Clicker came and grabbed Leo. The boy fought to avoid getting bitten and David shot its head with his pistol. They turned as a couple Runners hurried in through other windows. Leo shot one and David shot the other. They turned again as another Clicker climbed in. Leo shot it down with a couple bullets. He looked to see he was out of bullets.
"Here," David called. "I got more rifle ammo."
Leo grabbed it and reloaded. "Thanks," he told him.
They turned as more Infected came. A Runner hurried in and Leo shot it down in an instant.
"More Infected on this side. This is a big pack. They must've follow you," David told Leo.
Leo shot another down. He turned as a Runner came at him from another window and shot hit down with a couple bullets. He turned hearing a Clicker fighting with David. Leo quickly aimed and fired. The bullet hit the head of the Clicker and killed it.
"Thanks for the save. Nice shooting, kid," David told Leo. They heard a horde of more Infected coming. "Fuck it. Screw this room!" Leo watched as David kicked a door open. "Come on!" Leo didn't hesitate and followed him up some stairs. They reached another room. "I'll block their path. You cover the stairs."
"Right," Leo agreed and got his rifle ready. He shot a couple Clickers down.
"Follow me through here," David told him.
"Do you know where you're going?" Leo asked.
"Never set foot in this place," David answered.
"Oh, great," Leo responded sarcastically.
They ran around a few piles of junk and other gear. David asked as they climbed more stairs, "How you holdin' up?"
"Don't worry about me," Leo replied.
"Okay," David agreed as they ran over some platforms. He climbed over a fallen vent and onto the next platform. Leo followed but the platform under him fell.
"Ugh…" Leo groaned as he got up.
"You alright, kid?" David asked.
"I'm fine," Leo answered.
"More Clickers," David stated. "Get out of there!" The man ran as Clickers ran by.
Leo hurried and hid behind a wall. He was able to learn how to listen carefully and figure out what Infected was around him during his time. He listened and saw a couple Clickers and something a bit farther out that he couldn't tell for sure but thought was a Runner or a Clicker. The two known Clickers were coming towards him. Leo pulled his bow and and arrow out, knowing he should be as quiet as possible. He aimed at a Clicker and fired, hitting it in the head and killing it.
'Better shot than usual,' Leo thought slightly pleased with himself. He listened as to where the other Clicker was. It was standing a bit farther away on the other side of the wall he was on. Leo slowly walked forward and silently got near the Clicker. He aimed his bow and fired, killing it. It cried out a bit and Leo turned as the other Infected he couldn't tell came hurrying up. Leo immediately switched out for his rifle and hurried back before shooting its head.
Leo silently ran back and away before he fell into a small hole. He heard another one coming and looked up to watch it for a moment. He silently walked through the lower area hallway that he was in. He stopped behind a wall as he heard a Clicker near him. He listened and noticed a Clicker walking around. He slowly and silently crept around the square wall of concrete until he was behind him. He slowly pulled out a small dagger he had found before and stabbed the Clicker in the back of its head, silently killing it. Leo turned and climbed up the ladder.
He came above it and stepped off of it when a Clicker noticed him. It came running towards him when a couple pistol shots sounded off and killed the Clicker.
"You alright?" called David as he came out.
"There you are," Leo replied.
"Come on. The door's this way," David told the boy and they ran for it. He looked up. "We need to get up there." He looked at the ladder. "That ladder might help."
Leo noticed a ledge not to fall away he could get to if David helped him. He ran towards it and told the man, "Boost me up."
David hurried over. "Ready?" he asked. Leo put his foot into the cupped hands and the man lifted the boy onto the ledge. "You be quick… and keep a lookout for those things."
"I know," Leo responded. He slowly walked along the platform, trying to be as quiet as possible. He quickly noticed a Clicker come out of a doorway as he reached a corner and kept still as he brought out his bow. It came towards him and Leo released one and it hit its neck, but it still continued to walk. Leo shot another and it finally fell.
"What's going on up there? Everything alright?" David called.
"Yeah," Leo replied trying to stay as quiet for a call back as possible. He carefully walked around, checking for any Clickers as he neared a doorway the one Clicker had come from and the final corner. He soon reached the ladder and carefully handed it down to David. "Here." Leo jumped down after it.
"Alright, look out," David stated setting the ladder up. They both hurried up the ladder. They hurried through the door and paused for a moment. Leo took the supplies he had and created a couple nail bombs, just in case something else happened. As they pressed through a hallway, Leo heard screaming Infected and it did not help him ease any sort of nervousness he had. "We need to find a way outta here." They hurried through the next doorway when Leo found they were in a room with no exit. "There's gotta be a way outta here."
Leo went up to a higher floor of the room and found some bodies, arrows, and two nail bombs. He looked at one body. "Seems like someone already fought those things and lost."
"Ah, Lord. I've been lookin' for these boys," David stated. He shook his head. "Doesn't matter. Grab their gear. I'm gonna look for an exit."
Leo looked around and saw a couple molotovs as well. He grabbed a few more supplies and made another molotov in case he needed more than that one. 'This should help me big time,' he thought.
"See anything?" Leo asked.
"No," he answered bluntly.
"What do we do?" Leo asked nervously.
"We hold our ground," David answered.
"Any other choice?" Leo asked.
"We die," David answered bluntly.
"Right," Leo gave in.
"Get ready," David told the boy as they saw Runners hurrying in.
Leo and David quickly shot the first two Runners. But a third came and grabbed Leo who quickly grabbed his dagger and stabbed it in the eye and killed it. He noticed two Clickers coming up and pulled out a nail bomb.
"David, stay clear of this bomb," Leo told him and tossed the bomb directly in front of the two Clicker's path. The two hit it and it exploded killing the Clickers in an instant.
"Nice, kid!" David complimented.
"We can save the compliments after we make it out alive," Leo retorted as they heard more Infected coming. But it was coming from above them. "They're on the roof!"
David shot the one that came through while Leo shot a couple more that came through the hallway again. Leo turned as a Clicker came in through the hallway while two more Runners came in through the roof. He quickly killed the two Runners while David was fighting from getting bitten and Leo shot the Clicker's head and killed it.
Leo turned as two more Runners came in front the other side and Leo shot them while David dealt with another on his side. The boy shot one dead and hurried to help David kill that one. He turned as an Infected sliced at him and Leo stabbed that Infected again.
'There's just no end to them,' Leo thought as he and David ran onto the higher platform.
"We're doin' fine, kid," David assured.
"Doesn't seem like it," Leo retorted.
"Just stay focused. We'll make it," David reassured. They turned to see more running on the roof. "Here comes more!"
"How many of these things are there?" Leo asked.
"I have no idea. Just keep at it," David answered.
A couple Runners came in through the hallway and windows and they were quickly killed. While David killed a one of the two Clickers that came in, Leo dealed with the other one. That's when he noticed an Infected he did not want to see at the moment as it fell from the roof.
"It's a Bloater!" Leo exclaimed.
"A what?" David asked.
"A giant, dangerous Infected," Leo answered.
He threw a molotov at it and it exploded right on the Bloater. It ran around a bit in pain while Leo dealt with two other Runners and David shot at it. But it didn't go down and launched a ball of spores at him. Leo managed to dodge it though. He threw another molotov at it and watched it burn for a moment while David took care of another Infected. They turned as the Infected stopped coming in and the Bloater finally fell. Leo let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"You know, kid, I think we did it," David stated as they walked down the hall.
"Like we killed all of them?" Leo asked.
"Don't sound so disappointed," David replied.
"More like disbelief," the boy muttered.
"I'll check the bridge," David stated. They walked to a broken wall that let the outside air flow through and stopped. "Listen."
"No Infected," Leo realized.
"No Infected," David repeated. "What'd I tell ya?" He gave a soft laugh. "Alright. Let's head back and check on that buck of ours." They walked back in silence. Once the reached their original room, the man stated, "You handled yourself pretty nice back there." He laughed and gave a light sigh. "I'd say we make a pretty good team."
Leo scoffed. "We got lucky," he responded. Leo had to admit to himself, since seeing all this and having all this started, he had grown a lot stronger and confident in himself. He had really stepped up from the kid he once was who all he cared about was dueling.
"Lucky?" David retorted. "No, no… No such thing as luck. No, you see, I believe that everything happens for a reason."
"Sure," Leo retorted.
"I do. And I can prove it to you," David responded. "Now, this winter has been especially cruel. A few weeks back, I, uh… sent a group of men out- nearby town to look for food. Only a few came back. They said that the others had been, uh, slaughtered like a crazy man. And get this, he's a crazy man travelling with a group of friends. Including to kids." Leo froze for a moment. "You see? Everything happens for a reason." Leo grabbed the rifle and pointed it at the man, standing up. "Now don't get upset. It's not your fault. You're just a kid." He looked behind Leo. "James, lower the gun." Leo flipped behind him and aimed the gun at the man.
"No way, David," the new man, James, refused. "I'm not gonna let her go."
"Lower the gun," David ordered again. James brought the gun down. "Now give him the medicine."
James tossed the medicine to Leo where it landed on the ground at the boy's feet, saying, "The others won't be happy about this."
"Yeah, well, that's not your concern," David responded.
Leo grabbed the medicine, keeping his rifle pointed. "Move out of the way," he ordered James. He backed up towards the doorway, keeping his gun pointed at the two men.
"You won't survive long out there," David told Leo. "I can protect you."
"No thanks," Leo refused before running off.
He hurried back as far from the area as possible. Once he was back to where he got the rabbit. He checked he had everything still in his bag and was relieved to see the Rabbit was untouched. He continued his way back and quickly arrived at the house. He opened the garage door and entered, quickly closing it behind him.
Luna came out to greet him. "Get anything?" she asked.
"I got a rabbit," her twin answered.
"What took you so long?" Jack asked. "You couldn't have caught just a rabbit with that amount of time."
"I was chasing down a deer. When I had finally killed it, these guys appeared asking for some of it," Leo answered as they walked into the basement where Yusei was lying unconscious on a mattress from inside the house and a blanket covering him. "Saying they had a large group in need of food. I told them that I needed it too. They offered a trade. I got this rifle and medicine for Yusei while they got the deer. Of course, I had one of the men go get the medicine since it was back at their camp. While we were waiting, we were attacked by some Infected."
"How much?" Crow asked.
"I'm surprised we even survived," Leo answered. "I can't count how many Runners and Clickers we killed. We even had to kill a Bloater before the Infected disappeared again."
"You actually faced a Bloater?" Akiza responded.
"Only reason I survived was because of a couple molotovs and some shots," Leo replied. He brought out the medicine and handed it to Akiza. While Yusei was missing, Akiza had begun training to be a doctor and knew more about this stuff than any of them. "Give it to Yusei. It'll hopefully help him." She nodded and carefully pulled the sheets down and looked at his injury.
"This'll hurt a bit," Akiza whispered to him. She pulled a bit of medicine out of the vile and into the syringe. She carefully placed the needle into him, right next to the rim of his injury. He winced and groaned slightly in pain but didn't move much. Once all of the medicine was out of the syringe, she pulled it out. "It'll be okay, Yusei." She pulled the blanket back over him and felt his head. She turned to the others and said, "As long as things go well, he should be fine." They nodded a bit. "Let's try to get a little bit of sleep. We all need it." They nodded and all lied down in their separate areas to sleep.
. . .
The next morning, all but Yusei were awoken to voices talking outside. Leo climbed onto the washing machine that was under a window. He looked out and got tense.
"They're men from those guys from yesterday," Leo stated. "They probably tracked me."
"It's alright, Leo," Akiza responded. "It's not your fault."
"Their leader, David, he was wanting me to join their group. Said he didn't think I should be out here," Leo stated. "They're probably looking for me. I'll draw them away. You guys watch after Yusei and protect him. He ran out before the others could argue, grabbing his gear.
Leo silently slid the garage door closed and hurried away. He listened as a man asked his friend, "Are we even sure he's here?"
"Man, there were little kid footprints heading here. He's here," the friend replied.
Suddenly, a man grabbed Leo from behind. But the boy quickly grabbed his dagger and stabbed it into the man's neck.
"What're you waiting for? Shoot him!" the first man ordered.
"But, David said-" the friend tried to protest.
"Fuck, David. Shoot him now!" the other ordered again and fired. Leo narrowly dodged and ran.
"Grab him!" a man ordered.
Leo, however, being smaller and faster than these men and was able to avoid every grab they tried to make. 'There are so many of them. David was right when he said he had a large group,' he thought.
"He's getting away!" a man exclaimed.
He ran faster and faster. A bullet grazed his shoulder, not as bad as Yusei's. But it sent him falling down a rocky slope. He landed on the ground a bit dazed. But it didn't take him even a second to remember the situation at hand and run.
"He fell down the hill somewhere," a man from above stated. "I don't see him, though."
Leo immediately got low and crept away. A hit a ledge and jumped off as a man exclaimed. "Right there!" A couple bullets shot passed him. Leo hurried towards the cabins he saw in front of him. "He's heading for the cabins!"
Leo hopped into the cabin and walked through it, grabbing any supplies he could find. He soon arrived at the entrance and took a couple arrows lodged into a chair and placed him with the ones he had. He opened the door and heard someone asked, "Are we really killing him? David said he wants him alive?"
"He doesn't get to make that call. James told me it's one of the kids from the University. How many of our guys were killed there?" another replied.
'Maybe we wouldn't have killed them if they hadn't tried to kill us first,' Leo thought as he walked to the other side of the house.
"Oh shit. I didn't know it was one of them," the first responded. "Screw, David, then. I'm not taking a chance with this."
"I just want to finish up and go home. I'm freezing my ass off," the second stated.
Leo focused and saw a two guys from the other side of the cabin and two in front. 'How am I going to do this?' he thought as he heard one coming to enter the cabin he was in. Others went to check other cabins. He listened a bit before he silently hopped out of the house and hurried to the pavilion across from it with a low wall able to hide him.
He listened quietly as he saw the one from the house come towards the pavilion. Leo reached behind him and pulled out a pistol which he had carried around in case Infected came. The man came up and Leo shot the man down. He was shocked for a moment that he killed the man, but quickly got over his shock as he heard people coming up. He also had killed a few people and Infected before, so it helped him get over it faster.
Leo noticed the man's fallen shotgun and ammo to it and grabbed it. Another couple men came up and shot at Leo but Leo used his shotgun and killed them.
"Can't hide there forever, you know," the final one called.
Leo looked over a second to see where the man was. When he caught only a glimpse, he ducked back behind the board as the man shot at him. Leo pulled out the rifle again and immediately shot the man down.
He listened again and couldn't find anyone else around. He walked around a bit, grabbing any supplies he would need. He made a couple makeshift first aid kits before hiding behind a box by stone structure. He was quick to notice another man coming around a house. Leo brought out his bow and shot him with ease. He noticed another man beside him but hadn't noticed him. He listened around carefully for a moment to be sure that no one was too close around him. When he could find anyone, he jumped out and knifed the man.
"There!" a man exclaimed from the stone structure. Leo turned to see two men coming down, firing at him. Leo quickly hid behind the box again. They also hid behind areas of the structure. He listened and still found he couldn't get them.
'I still need to work on that,' Leo thought. He hurried behind a boat that was on shore and manage to avoid a couple shots. From there, he could see the two men. He shot one down while getting nicked slightly by the same guy's bullet in his upper left arm, just above his bite mark.
"Motherfucker!" the last exclaimed and came at him. Leo immediately killed him with his dagger.
The young boy panted before running up the stairs they had come from, as the it was the only way through. As he reached the top, he found a sign pointed to the far side of area and read, "Nature Track".
"That should get me out of here," Leo muttered. He hurried towards it.
As Leo moved towards it, he found that some of it had fallen into the water below. Leo slowly inched across the one area of wood that was still attached to the rock wall, praying that he didn't fall into the water. He soon made it to the other side and silently and carefully ran across the broken pathway above the water.
Leo was relieved as he got back onto solid ground. He hurriedly ran through the trail, hoping to find a way back to the others and get those men off all of their trail while he was at it. He soon came to a ledge and dropped down.
'It's okay, Leo. It's okay,' he tried to reassure him. But the pain in his arm and shoulder didn't help. He reached a pipeline just big enough for him to crouch through. He quickly came out of the pipe and hid behind a stairwell right next to it. He looked a bit and listened to find no one around.
However, he still knew he was well from clear, and saw another pipeline. He hurriedly, but continued to be silent, found his way to the pipe and made his way through it. But as he got a little bit farther, he noticed a piece of wood blocking his path.
Leo walked out and found what was blocking the pipe. He pulled it back and jumped a bit at the slightly loud, but not too loud bang that it made when it fell a bit.
Leo hurried back to the pipe and crawled through it. Leo came out to a small platform and hid behind a large pile of snow. He looked and saw the way he needed to go to get back. He couldn't see anyone around, so he jumped off the platform since there was no stairs left.
He got behind a wall and quickly wrapped his shoulder since it was bleeding the worst and was starting to throb the worst.
Suddenly, a voice ordered, "Cover the grounds! Make sure he's not hiding somewhere over here!"
Leo looked at the gate that was blocking the entrance and knew the only way to get to the exit was through the house. He sighed and carefully found his way close to the house. But he quickly noticed a man coming up close to him.
He looked and listened to see where the others were and they weren't too close. So when the man was not facing Leo, the young boy quickly stabbed the man. He hid behind the box again as two men were walking up. One coming up from the other side of the box that Leo was at and one coming up from in front of Leo. The boy tried to step back from view but the man in front of him caught sight of him and shot. Leo brought out his rifle and shot the man down. The other man hurried over with a pistol, but Leo managed to kill the guy, too.
He turned as two more men came from the side he was facing and began shooting at him. Leo used his rifle and got them both. Leo ran onto the deck and up through a hole in the roof. 'I can't get trapped in here,' he thought.
Leo walked through a door and into the center of the lodge, a man yelled while firing some bullets inside, "He's on this side of the large!"
The young boy hide behind a wall just across from the window the man was shooting from and used his pistol to shoot the man down.
Leo walked into the room to the right and noticed a man hiding behind a table in the center hallway. Leo grabbed a bottle and threw it to the other side of the room catching the man's attention. While the man came out, gun at ready looking in the other direction, Leo ran out and stabbed the man.
Leo walked into what seemed to be a dining room where a man walked in and almost immediately spotting him. The man tried to grab Leo, but the boy shoved his dagger into the man's gut and killed him.
Leo slowly walked out into the lobby and stayed low as he hid behind the desk. He didn't see anyone coming or hear anyone around, so he carefully but quickly ran to the door and pushed against it, but found something was pressed in front of it. Leo pushed on it with his power and just as it gave way, someone grabbed him from behind.
They kept their arm, tight around Leo's neck, nearly choking him. Leo tried to fight back, but the person called, "Relax… I'm keeping you alive here."
With the lack of oxygen, Leo's mind slowly went black.
. . .
Leo woke up to a throbbing headache and in a cage. He heard someone cutting something and looked out to see a man butchering a human arm. The boy gave a light gasp and hurried back to the other side of the cage.
The man turned to him and Leo recognized him as James. The man merely scoffed and walked off. Leo immediately grabbed the door to his cell and tried to break it but a chain kept it shut. He tried to find a way to break the chain, but he couldn't find anything.
Suddenly, a familiar man walked in asking, "How are you feeling?"
"Great," Leo answered sarcastically.
"Here," David said sliding a plate a food under the door. "You should it." Leo didn't budge. "I know you're hungry, been out for quite some time."
"What is it?" Leo asked bluntly and tense.
"It's deer," David answered.
"With some human helping on the side?" Leo retorted still tense. He was hungry, but he didn't want to eat anything with human in it. It felt so wrong.
"No. No, I promise," David answered. "It's… just the deer meat."
"You're an animal," Leo stated angrily before eating pieces he knew were deer meat.
"Oh, that's awfully quick to judgement," David responded. "Considering how many of you and your friend killed my men?"
"They didn't give us a choice," Leo retorted.
"And you think we have a choice?" David asked. "Is that it?" Leo just stayed silent. "You kill to survive. And so do we. We have to take care of our own. By any means necessary."
"So now what?" Leo asked. "Are you going to chop me up into pieces, too?"
"I'd rather not," David answered. "Please tell me your name."
Leo pushed the rest of the food that he wasn't sure what it was back through the ground. "Like I'm telling you anything," he retorted. "You're so full of it."
"On the contrary, I have been, uh, been quite honest with you," David responded calmly. "Now I think it's your turn. It's the only way I'm going to be able to convince the others."
"Convince them of what?" Leo asked gripping the cage, defensively.
"That you can come around," David answered. "You have heart. You're loyal. And you're special." He placed a hand on Leo's.
Leo gave a soft face, placing his other hand on David's, before yanking David's finger back, breaking it, and trying to grab the keys on the man's waist. David, however, pulled and pushed, slamming Leo against the cage until he let go and dropped to the ground. David backed up, growling in pain and holding his hurt hand.
"Ow…" Leo muttered.
"You stupid little boy," David growled. "You are making it very difficult to keep you alive. What am I supposed to tell the others now?"
Leo wiped a bit of blood off his nose. "Leo," he stated.
"What?" David responded.
"Tell them that Leo is the little boy who broke your finger," Leo replied.
"How did you put it? Hmm?" David asked. "Tiny pieces? See you in the morning, Leo."
Leo punched the floor with his hand before moving to stop the blood dripping from his nose.
. . .
Yusei woke up with a start. He looked around to see his friends were asleep, though Leo was absent. He slowly sat up, ignoring the pain, and looked outside to see a familiar terrain. He went wide eyed with worry. 'If Leo's out there right now,' he thought and began to try to stand up.
Akiza slowly opened her eyes and noticed the Firefly trying to get up. "Yusei!" she exclaimed waking the others up. They immediately ran to him.
"Yusei, you need to lie down. You're still hurt," Crow stated.
"Where is Leo?" Yusei asked.
"He went to lead some gang off," Jack asked. "He hasn't come back yet. Why do you sound so worried?"
"I need to find Leo and we get out of here," Yusei replied weakly, standing up.
"Why?" Crow pressed.
"This is one area that even the Fireflies are afraid to go to," Yusei answered confusing them. "First time we were here a few months back was the last time."
"What's wrong with this place?" Luna asked.
"That gang that Leo is leading off has a camp not too far from here. Though they do eat normal food once in awhile, their main source of food is human flesh," Yusei answered shocking and worrying them. "If we don't find Leo soon, he will get killed."
"What if they already caught him?" Akiza asked.
"When it comes to younger people, they'll try to get them to come over to their side and work with them. If the kid doesn't, they'll kill the kid without mercy," Yusei answered. "The only thing that might save Leo if he uses it right is his Infected bite mark. If he calls that he's Infected and uses it, it might give him a chance. But I need to find him."
"We're coming with you, Yusei," Crow stated.
"No," he immediately said. "I can't worry about one of you guys getting caught as well. It'll be enough of a problem getting Leo out of there. They have too many people. Besides, they'll have it out for me especially."
"Why?" Jack asked.
"Because I killed some of their men back at the University," Yusei answered bluntly grabbing his stuff.
"You mean those men who came at us were…" Luna trailed off.
Yusei nodded. "Stay here until I get back. As soon as I am, we're leaving this place," he stated. "And we're heading straight for Salt Lake City."
"Right," they agreed slowly. They didn't like him going on his own while he was still hurt. But they knew they couldn't argue with him, as he knew more than they did and they didn't want to drag Yusei down by worrying him like that. They could also see a blizzard coming in which only worried them but they knew he wouldn't be able to see them then.
Yusei nodded before running out.