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Chapter 25 ; Hostage

-  i'm churning out chapters surprisingly, 👀almost done with the book

"Mitch... I.." Willy can't finish whatever he had to say as he starts crying again over Mitch, holding his limp hand in his.

The smoke from the gates is still prevalent and you can even still see some coming from the rotting zombies on the ground, the smell wafting up to your nose.

You feel eyes on you and you turn your head, seeing Ruby staring at you with a shovel in her hands, digging a grave. You swallow harshly and look away, stepping over to Willy who seems like he hasn't moved since last night.

"At the start, I was so little. And... and Mitch looked after me," Willy says, his eyes red from crying. "People said he was a dick sometimes, but he was always nice to me. And now he's... gone."

Willy shakily breaths in. "Stabbed in the eye by some asshole who never even knew his name."

"Look. I promise you, Willy, the people who did this? We're going to hit them back," you say and place a hand on his shoulder, the venom laced in your words. "They're gonna regret ever coming near us."

He sniffles. "If Mitch were here, he wouldn't cry. He'd find a way to get our friends back. Then he'd bash Lilly's brains out with a rock."

"Hey." Violet says, making you turn around. "They're waiting for you in the basement. We got Abel tied up tight. He's alive, but he's out cold."

Everyone walks up. Violet crouches down, glancing at Mitch before looking at Willy. "We should bury Mitch. It's time."

He pauses for a moment and looks down at Mitch, his face now covered with a cloth. He nods sadly, his eyes filling with tears all over again.

Tenn looks down sadly before stepping opposite of Willy. "I'll help you carry-"

He gets cut off when Willy shoves him, he falls to the ground. "Get away from him! You're the reason he's dead!"

"Willy!" Ruby says in shock.

"Well, it's true! We had a plan and that idiot messed it up!" he yells.

"C'mon Willy, none of this is Tenn's fault. You know who's really to blame," you say angrily, trying to be rational.

"I can't believe you're defending him! This.. this is bullshit!" he shouts, glaring at Tenn again. Tenn runs off, not another word from him being said.

"Tenn!" Ruby calls for him but he doesn't stop running.

"I'll take care of this. Talk to Abel, go find out where Lilly took Louis, Omar and Aasim." Violet says, bringing your attention back to her. "And Y/n... don't be afraid to, you know, hurt him a little. Maybe you'll get more out of him than we did."

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You head over to the cellar, getting chills as you think about the last time you were down here. You pick up some things you may need, (though it would probably be debatable if you would actually need a sketchpad in this situation). You shake the thoughts out of your head and head towards the back of the hall, freezing when you see the blood on the ground.

"Brody.." you whisper sadly, remembering the red glow of the flashlight you held in your hands before.

Rosie's whine breaks you out of your thoughts, you sigh and kneel down, scratching her head comfortingly then Milo's, who rested next to her. You rise back up and head over to AJ, seeing Clementine stand right next to him. She glances at you worriedly as she examines the bags under your eyes, though the tired smile you give her is enough to make her heart flutter.