Tales of the Wasteland

Honey part 11

Dex set us free. He was the one that came into my room the other day and dragged me out of town to a wear house where I got up by Hayden to just let us go. I allowed Hayden to go wild on my body with a knife for nothing. I shredded blood for nothing. He killed himself for us.
I feel confused and upset yet grateful, thankful for Dex's sacrifice. Tyler and Sabina would have been killed, Miles and I would have been sold as slaves and well that would have been it. A life of pain and guilt. Know we have a second chance of life and freedom. We are heading to Apple Tree settlement with nothing but the clothes on our backs. We couldn't go and grab our belongings because Hayden and that would have just caught us again. After Dex let us go and told us to run we did and we haven't stopped. I have no shoes and cuts all over me. The stones, glass, gravel and whatever else is on the road is slicing my feet open but I ignore it and keep running next to Miles and Tyler who holds a mad Sabina. She has started to loos it. The wasteland has made her mad, we are in desperate need to get out of it and just find a giant town. A refuge. Dex said we needed to change our names and our looks. I have no clue what I'm going to do. Who am I going to be now? I'm always going to be Honey Conny Swansin and Tyler is always going to be Tyler Xavier Swansin. But who are we going to be? What are we going to do?

"We huh" Tyler puffs "we need to keep going. There should be a few towns in the area but, huh, I know a few people where, huh, they will never dare to look." Tyler runs a little faster and Miles and I are behind him. I have no clue how longer my lungs can be starved of air, I just need to keep up with Miles and Tyler. If we go to this friend of Tyler's place then maybe we can get more organised with changing our appearance and that. I hope they don't have hair die because I refuse to die my hair, I love my red hair and it don't want to loos it.

Tyler's friends place seemed further away than he said it was. Running for most of the night sure is hard especially when you are missing shoes and cut open multiple places. Miles and I walk slowly behind Tyler towards and upcoming town with a high smoke trail coming out of the town centre. I walk extremely close to Miles holding his hand tight without even knowing it, I have no clue when our hands even locked and even less of a clue how long we have been doing it for.
The closer we get to the town the more nerves I get forcing me to grip onto Miles hand tighter. He side hugs me with his arm around my waste supporting each other. The whole outside of the town is fenced off and spikes stick out of the walls of the town with dark blood splatter on them, signs are posted with writing written on it saying 'turn back' or 'no trespassing' Tyler ignores the signs and continues to approach the town. He stops.
"Okay just do what I do and. Don't freak out keep it cool and calm they won't hurt you."
Miles and I look at each other fearing the worst. It's a reminder of that day back at my house when Miles was knocking at the door and I was scared it was going to be the worst kind of person.
Tyler knocks on the huge gate made out of old train carriages, a loud muscular voice calls out "Who knocks on our gate?" Miles and I grip each other tighter.
"Tyler Swansin. I'm a friend of Growen." Tyler calls back.

"Tyler? Come right in." The voice calls again shortly before the high pitched squeak of the gates opening. We are welcomed by a large Muttie wearing a burned truck tire over his shoulder along with some home made steel chest plate and some thin fabric pants that are too small for him, a set of goggles sit on top of his build head. His skin is a dark green with red lines sticking out of his neck. He is a giant. He smiles, his teeth are yellow and gums are dark red.

"Tyler! Have not seen you in a long time." The giant green man laughs walking closer to us.
"I know. Eal this is Sabina and then the two people behind me are my sister Honey, and Miles. Guys this is Eal. He is one funny SOB."
Eal smiles and urges all of us to come into the camp. Of all the stories I have heard about Mutties I have never heard any about them being nice.

The whole town is full of Mutties. The guards wear the same outfit as Eal and the rest wear different clothes. Every Muttie that sees Tyler calls out his name cheerfully. They stomp around talking and working shaking the ground but living like anyone else in a town would. Maybe everyone has misunderstood Mutties, maybe they are like people some are nice and others aren't, good and bad.

"Before you see Growen I take you to Doc to get cuts fixed up and cleaned." Eal tells us "Doc will be happy to see Tyler and his friends. Doc has assistant called Pearsion. He human like you." Eal walks us over to the doctors and walks us inside. The doctor looks like Eal, everyone does accept he hears a large since coat with a thin fabric pants and top, he has stethoscope around his neck.
"Oh Tyler! I haven't seen you in ages." Her voice calls, I didn't now she was a girl. Her english is better than the other Mutties and her voice sounds sweeter too. Tyler places Sabina down and gives her a hug. "Oh I see you and your friends have gotten into some trouble."
Tyler nods and introduces us to her.

"Can you please stitch us up doc? Honey has cuts on her and a busted head, Sabina has infections in her cuts and Miles and I might need some water or something."
"Oh of course I will. No charge either. Pearsion!" She calls and a middle aged man walks out closing a book "Pearsion I need your help with stitching this young girls head up and disinfecting there wounds because I can't get right in there my hands are too big."
Pearsion jumps right to it sitting me down on a chair with Sabina on the bed sleeping and Tyler and Miles next to me. My hands are still locked with Miles as Pearsion does his work on my head. Is this going to be the new start of our lives? Living amongst the Mutties who are sweet and caring?

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