The New World (Days Gone Fanfic)

The Escape

My father has always been god ridden but ever since the death of my mother two years ago when the outbreak hit he's developed a major god complex, to the point where he full-heartedly thinks that god is in him, talking to him and making him lead the wizard island militia.

I grew up with his crazy spews of religion and his harsh actions and it didn't stop when the world ended it just got worst and more frightening. I wouldn't mind that much if he kept it away from me as he used to when mom was around but since she's not he has gone full force. Yelling and screaming his beliefs as he hangs people.

Mom kept him in his place, he only hit her once or twice when he got really worked up about something but it wasn't an often occurrence. not like now, not like with me. It started off small, just little things like a look of disgust or a glare for my very existence and I just brushed it off because I understood. He blamed me for her death. But it didn't stop there the hatred grew into full-blown beatings, sometimes even to the point of me losing consciousness.

He didn't see me as his daughter anymore and now as the person that killed his wife and I believed him, maybe it was my fault.

Things only got worse when they found a doctor in the shit who said she could find a cure, my father of course fed into the bullshit and allowed her to use me as her lab rat and she did without any ounce of sympathy or hesitation. At first, it was just blood testing, then they started bringing in newts and that's when everything changed.

The newt had no reaction to my presents and the doctor couldn't figure out why, then soon came to the conclusion that they either couldn't see me or chose not to, and thus began the real test. She had a group of us sent out into the shit near a horde sleeping ground. She dragged me behind her with a chain attached to a caller made of nails that dug into my neck whenever I lagged behind a step which was often as I was heavily bruised and battered while also running off an hour tops of sleep and an empty stomach.

We made it to the cave just as the sun was going down and the guards went to find a safe place to hide and observe as the doctor tied my chain to a tree that was a little off to the side of the cave entrance before running off towards the guards. My hands started to sweat and shake as I heard the approaching sound of screams, gurgles, and rushed footsteps. My heart then dropped as the horde hurtled itself out of the cave and started making its way toward where I was chained.

I close my eyes and await the inevitable pain of being torn apart only to be met with the harsh body slams as the horde pays no mind to me and moves down the hill. my mouth opens in shock as they just bump passed me. my shock slightly dissipates and I look around for the team I came with only to see their faces as shocked as I imagen mine to be. The doctor looks at me than the passing horde before whispering something to the man next to her, he nods and they both look at me.

A rush of fearful thoughts flow through my mind as I think about what they're going to do to me when the horde leaves so in a swift motion I move closer to the horde so it's harder for them to see me. I then look around for something to break the chain with and find a rusted metal rod just a few meters away. I drop to my knees and reach for it resulting in me being kicked in the head by multiple rushed feet. I place the rod through the chain link and twist till the link breaks.

Still crouched down I slowly start to match the pace of the horde and follow them as they move down, never once thinking to look back.

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It didn't take us long to make it down the hill and when I was down and way out of sight of the team I started to run in a random direction. Once I felt the burning feeling in my chest I forced my legs to stop for a moment so I could catch my breath before continuing at a slower pace down the unknown road. I wasn't sure where I was going but I had an idea that it had to be better than crater lake.

The weather took a turn for the worst when I started making my way up a mountain trail trying to bypass the blocked tunnel, the wind bit into my bruised exposed skin and stinging my open cuts. but I pushed myself forward, I told myself that it wasn't far enough away and they'd find me, so I continued through the growing blizzard.

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Finally making it over the pass with the moon high and bright, I started to feel my body shutting down and the need for sleep was too much for me to pass up so I found an abandoned car on the side of the road and decided that I could manage to stay in it for a good few restful hours.

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I was jolted awake by the sounds of roaring engines and the bright sun shining into my steel blue eyes. I waited for the sound to fade before moving to look out the grungy window to find the road now empty and with a final stretch, I crawled out of the car and started off into the woods thinking that it would be best to stay off the roads in case of rippers or marauders.

After a long few hours, I came to the end of the woods and found a town with a statue of a lumberjack holding a stack of pancakes, I couldn't help the small giggle that left my mouth at the weird-ass statue for a restaurant. Taking into account for my lack of supplies or weapons I decides it couldn't hurt to take a look through the buildings.

I didn't find much but I do have a handgun and a machete now so that's good. I also found some bandages that I could use to cover up some of my cuts. I noticed as I was going through the town that there were quite a few nests that no one had burned out yet and trust me I would have if I had the supplies to make a molotov with but I couldn't find any. But someone really needs to get rid of them because the smell that their letting out is fucking disgusting, it's like they all just shit themselves at once.

Finding nothing else in the town I started to make my way over a small stream when I distantly heard running footsteps but they were going in the opposite direction as me and they didn't sound like a newt or a freaker, brushing it off as just a trick of the ear I continue on through the overwhelming heat in a direction I don't know.

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I probably made it an hour before my vision started to blur and my knees gave out, I fell to my side with my eyesight going black and the faraway sound of a bike engine.

___Deacons pov___

"hey Deek, it's Tucker. stop by the camp when you can I have a job for you" I let out a sigh, there's always a job to do. " hey uh ya alright, I'm in the area I'll stop by soon" don't get me wrong I love being able to help but there's just so much to do and between finding O'brian, Lisa and all the ambush camps I'm getting really tired.

I'm on the road on the way to Marion forks when off in the distance I see a stumbling freaker coming down the road, I'm about to just drive by when it suddenly drops to its knees and topples over. "not a freaker" I say quietly to myself as I speed up.

I slow to a stop next to the unconscious girl. Stepping off my bike I come to crouch next to the girl and slowly reach a hand out to move her hair out of her face. Her hair is surprisingly soft, the color mostly dark brown except for the blonde tips that seem to be crawling up through the brown. Her face is covered in mud and dried blood just like the rest of her.

Looking her over I find that she has bruises, scars, and cuts littered all over the exposed skin.

"Jesus shit, what the hell happened to you? where did you come from?" I whisper yell as I look around our surroundings before slowly and gently lifting the girl up. She's about a foot or two shorter than me but her small frame makes her seem shorter. She looks to be around the same age as me.

I don't know why I'm taking in so much information about her but she intrigues me and I don't know why. But I do know that I can't take her to tucker, not after what happened to Lisa. I'll take her to Iron Mike and have Addy look at her.

I lower her on the bike so she's in front of me, I cage her in with my arms as I start to turn around in the direction of lost lake. I can feel her fully lean into me as I drive and something changes in me. something that I don't know is good or not, but I do know that I need to help her. Protect her.