The invasion - Anna Shumate

Chapter 13

No one POV

"How is he doing?" Joe said referring to Tyler. Sam had kept a close eye on him.
"He's stable for now." Sam assured him. "What did Marc say when he got back?" 

"How are you sure that he even made it back?" Joe asked curious, he hadn't say anything about Marc.
"You wouldn't have found us this quick if he hadn't told you where to look." Sam shrugged. "If he even did that." 

"He didn't." Joe started. "He came back and said that you were dead, in front of everyone." Sam widened her eyes and the comment made Tyler perk up. 

"What a dick.." Tyler rasped out.

"He really said that? In front of everyone?" Sam asked. Joe nodded in confirmation.
"He did and then Brandon yelled at him." Joe chuckled. Sam and Tyler couldn't help but laugh either; Tyler quickly stopped because of the pain. "But then he cried, so much that he cried himself to sleep." Joe added. Sam's chest tightened, she could only imagine how he felt, how all of them felt. 

"But you didn't believe him?" Tyler whispered. He was almost past out because of the blood loss and the pain. 

"His story didn't add up." Joe said. He looked in the rearview mirror before continuing. "And I couldn't live with not knowing for sure." He had never really told them how much they both meant to him, but they knew; especially now.

They drove 20 more minutes before they were almost at the camp.
"We are almost here." Joe said, taking the radio. "Tower 1, come in. I repeat, Tower 1 come in." After a few seconds he got an answer back. 

"Tower 1 here. Did you find them? Alive?" Lucas asked. 

"We did. Tyler is hurt, so have Daria ready." Joe instructed Lucas. He looked back and silently asking Sam if she wanted Brandon, Connor and the girls there. Sam nodded, not wanted them to think they were dead for a moment longer. "Can you ask Mary to bring the girls, Connor and Brandon to the gate?" 

"You got it boss." Lucas replied.


Back at the house, they were all sitting in the living room. Connor and Karina were both reading a book or trying to, just to keep themselves busy. The others had already given up on keeping busy, they were either sleeping or staring into thin air.

Mary had been making them a late lunch when her radio scratched, getting the attention of everyone in the house.
"Mary, come in." Lucas said. "Mary, are you there?" Mary rushed to the radio and then into the living room, she knew they all wanted to hear what Lucas had to say. 

"I'm here. What have you got Lucas?" Mary said into the radio. 

"They are almost back. They found them." Lucas said. The whole living room held their breaths. "Alive." They all let out the breath they were holding, tears coming to their eye's seconds after. 

"We'll be right there."

They basically sprinted to the gate. They got there just as Lucas came down from the tower. He gave them a smile before making the guards open the gate. Daria was standing with a few nurses by the hospital, ready to help when they got here. Mary noticed and looked at Lucas.

"Tyler is hurt." Lucas informed her. Mary looked at Karina mostly, her eyes widened at the information. A minute later the car pulled into the camp. Joe jumped out and opened the door for Tyler to get out. He put his arm over his shoulder like before and helped him out. Karina was there in a second. 

"Tyler." She whispered, seeing all the blood.
"Hi babe." He whispered back as they put him on a stretcher. They got him to the hospital and Karina followed them, holding him hand the whole way. 

On the other side of the car, Sam jumped out. Still covered in blood and sore, but otherwise okay. The first to reach her were Brandon. His arms locked around her waist as he sobbed. Sam wrapped her arms around him as tight as she could. 

"It's okay B. I'm here." Sam whispered, but Brandon kept crying and holding her tight. Sam looked up and her eyes connect with Anna's, tears streaming down her face. She ran to Sam, wrapping her arms around her neck, holding her as tight as she could; just like Brandon did. 

"I'm here. It's okay." Sam whispered, trying to make them both feel better and calm down. A few seconds later, Sam felt more arms around her. It was Eva and Connor, joining the hug. Sam smiled, holding them all tight. In this moment, she felt at home.

Their moment of happiness was interrupted by the one and only Marc. He was walking out of the hospital, probably getting a glimpse of Tyler in there. 

"Joe? Was that Tyler I just..." He stopped as he saw Sam standing there. "Y-you're here." He stuttered. Sam got out of the hug and walked over to Marc. He was scared out of his mind; his face showed more fear than a dear in headlights. 

Sam pulled her hand back, punching him right in the face. Joe couldn't help but smile, Marc deserved that one.
"You fucking let us!" Sam hissed.
"I-..." Marc didn't get one more word in before Sam punched him again. This time he fell to the ground, grunting in pain.

"H-how are you h-here?" Marc stuttered as he got up from the ground.

"Chuck and I went out to look for them." Joe hissed. "Your story didn't quite sit right with me, and now I know why." Marc looked around for a second. "Where is Chuck then?" He asked, for some reason probably hoping to have Chuck on his side. 

The look on Sam and Joe's faces said it all, making some gasp; even though some had figured it out when he didn't get out of the car with the others. Marc put an angry face on. "You got him killed!" He yelled at Joe. Before Joe could say anything, Sam did. 

"You better shut your mouth right now!" Sam yelled before walked up to Marc, backing him up against a wall. "If YOU hadn't left us out there, Chuck never would have gone out in the first place! If you were just half the man Chuck was, he would still be here! YOU got him killed!" Sam hissed.