'Should we stay here longer, let the horde move on a bit more?' Daisy asks.
'If we go now they won't have dispersed as much,' Nix says 'I know another route to the other base, it's longer but we'll be out of the way of the horde'.
'Okay, let's go'.
There's no sign of any cult kids along the way, Nix had warned this is their area but they must've all retreated to the island to avoid the horde.
'Do you think they knew we were going to storm the island?' Daisy asks as she tightens her mask.
'Who? The cult?'.
'There's no way they planned that attack for no reason,' she says.
'Who would side with the cult though?'.
'A fucking fool,' she says.
'Too right,' he chuckles.
They make it to the large base, it looks more secure than the other and is filled with people running around frantically. It looks like an old factory, with large sheds providing cover, it's surrounded by watchtowers and an iron fence.
They push past people as they try to make their way to the main building. Daisy follows Nix closely, as he scans the area, presumably to see if he knows anyone and to see who made it to safety. Daisy just focuses on him, if she looked for familiar faces she'd only fill herself with hope and be let down when she wouldn't see them.
Zoe and James stand solemnly in their office.
'Oh thank God,' Zoe hugs Daisy 'we just missed off the horde, all of our outposts have went quiet'.
'We went the long way round, can't tell you if they made it our not,' Nix says, he frowns as he spots a Polaroid on the table 'no....'.
'I'm sorry,' James looks away.
Daisy picks up the picture, Ciaran's head has been bashed in, his T-shirt drenched in blood, she picks up the other picture of Ciaran smiling with Joey, the number four is written on the back.
'Their vehicle was hit, everyone was dead, we found Ciaran in a petrol station close by, had him tied to a chair, I don't know if they got him to talk,' James says quietly 'but they must be close, and missed off the horde'.
'Fuck....' Daisy feels her heart drop, she'd held out hope for so long that they'd find that girl before she found any of the rest of them 'what's the plan?'.
'We're gonna hold out here for a week, until we get word from outposts and watchtowers, can't our numbers then we're gonna storm the island,' Zoe says 'hold out there for awhile until we find somewhere more suitable'.
'We're taking their base for ourselves,' James adds 'we can't stay here with a horde that size right on our doorstep and we don't have the resources to fight them'.
'That's fair,' Nix says 'but I'm killing that girl before we storm any island'.
'Me too,' Daisy looks at him.
'Make sure she suffers,' James looks her in the eyes.
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Aer II
Horror*unedited Four years after the events of Book One. The groups are thrown into war with the cult. Above ground has turned into a war-zone where nobody is safe. As the groups prepare for one last battle one member finds herself stuck in the middle...
