Nightmare County (Reader x Seed brothers)

Chapter 24: The New Guy

You had spent the last 20 minutes searching for your phone. You were hoping Joseph brought that along with all your stuff. You remember leaving it in your room the day you pretended to be sick and check on John's baptism. You found everything else except your phone. You had found some old speakers and the charger for it. But no phone, you even found an old stray small chalkboard and some old chalk that you don't even remember bringing with you but no phone. You knew the chalkboard was yours though because it had "The Balls Thief" scribbled in your handwriting on it. You laughed when seeing it but imagine if Joseph saw it. Probably left him confused or concerned, maybe both.

Maybe Joseph assumed you would use your phone to contact your family, maybe even authorities. Who knows maybe you would have, but your main priority at the moment was to at least find something to be able to listen to your music outside of the bunker. When searching for the bunker yeah sure the cult songs didn't loop then cause there was enough to not loop. But if you were planning on adventuring more outside of the bunker, if you even were going to. You don't want to listen to Now He's Our Father, Help Me Faith, and Oh John on loop, you could imagine it would get annoying after three times.

You gave up though once an hour passed. The room was a disaster but you were going to clean it later when you weren't all burnt out from tearing it apart looking for your phone. A thought still plagues your mind though, if that room was made to pertain to you then would the same thing go with the other three rooms. You didn't want to think about it. You were lounging on the couch. Your attention turns to the radio, you were supposed to listen to it to understand what was going down outside of the bunker but that was for tomorrow afternoon and well it was now nighttime so not that long from now. Screw it, it was the only source of entertainment you had other than the knick knacks in your room and the computer which was currently blasting your music.

You walk up to the radio and turn it on, turning it up. You then head to the computer that was blasting your music, turning it down, so you could still hear it as background sound but also that it wasn't overpowering the radio. You walk back to the radio, setting it up on the little coffee counter near the couch. You sit back on the couch listening closely to it. It was just Joseph doing his sermons talking to his cult. You switch the station. Now the resistance but they were talking about how something feels off with the cult today. Like something is coming but they just don't know what. You switch the station again.

"Oh little pup, you better pray to god that you're not in Hope County still because if I find you, and I will find you." Your eyes widened at the voice, it was clearly Jacob's station, it seems that you must have switched the station to his region's own. "Let's just say you would wish you were dead then deal with what I'm going to do with disobedient mutts like you. Or maybe you might just enjoy it, who knows. Only you~" You quickly switch the station, Jacob's words plaguing yours. But then Joseph's words come back to your mind, only Joseph and you know of this bunker. If Jacob knew where you were he would have already gotten you.

"Oh my darling (y/n), I hope to find you in Hope County." You hear John's voice boom through the radio almost causing you to jump out of your seat. Seems their radio's were back to back. "Once I do, I don't plan on letting you slip out of my grasp ever again, and don't worry about Jacob, I'll make sure to keep you a secret from him. Just me and you." You switch the radio again hearing Joseph's sermons again.

You sigh, Joseph was right, his brothers were on the lookout for you. Good thing you listened to him and went into the bunker. Jacob sounds like he was ready to snap your neck in two. John on the other hand was planning on keeping you to himself, probably locked up from the sound of it. Chills crawl up your spine as you think about how passionate both of the men sounded.

You turn off the radio and turn up your music on the computer before heading into your room. Seeing the disaster you left from earlier when going on a rampage to find your phone and failing in the process you sigh. You take some time to clean your room putting everything where you thought seemed fit since this was your room for the time being. Once done and completely burnt out from everything you lie in the bed. The clock read 11:00pm. You yawn and decide it was a good time to sleep. You had to be awake by tomorrow afternoon anyways so it's good to get an early rest.

You woke up an hour before 12:00 which is when you were planning on listening in on the radio. You made yourself some breakfast and brought it to the couch. Turning on the radio and chowing down on the pancakes you had quickly made. You flip through the stations trying to find any out of the ordinary broadcasts. That was until you heard another voice through Joseph's sermons.

"Joseph Seed, we are here for your arrest." Was what you heard that caught your attention as you stop touching the radio and now listen in as you stuff your mouth with the pancakes. By the sounds of it Joseph was about to get arrested by the police. But his cult seemed to have other ideas as they apparently broke the helicopter the cops took Joseph Seed in. Seems all the officers were taken. Was this really what Joseph wanted you to listen to? Just some cops get taken down by his crazy cult. You lean back on the couch putting the now empty plate down next to the radio.

"That really couldn't be all." You think out loud to yourself as you flip through the radio stations. "Maybe I just have to wait. Maybe I might just find something if I keep flipping through." You continue to mess with the radio for the next thirty minutes hoping to find something. At some point you had turned on autopilot and were flipping through them half listening as you thought of other things on your mind.

"Hello, can everyone hear me?" You hear a rough voice sound through the radio. This was something new, it wasn't the usual resistance radio but they must have set up a new one.

"Loud and clear Dutch, but now's not really the time the cult is taking all of the resistance points all at once." You hear another voice sound through the radio followed by gunshots.

"That's what I feared," The assumed Dutch said, "But I think I might have just found a solution to all our problems, I set up another radio channel that only we can hear, well everyone with a resistance radio. On this line we also have one of the officers from earlier, The Rook, she's going to go and try and help all of you."

It was interesting that Joseph had not just lent you a regular radio, he had his hands on a resistance radio. Seems they were smarter than you thought they were. They made radios specifically for their men just so they can broadcast across each other. You don't want to know how Joseph had his hands on one but who knows how long he has been listening to their plans this entire time.

"That's right, tell me where you guys are on the map so I can mark it so I can keep track of it all." A feminine voice says through the radio. "I'll be sure to help you all take care of this cult infestation." You assumed this was the Rook. You quickly rush off to grab your map and a pen from your room. You make it back to the radio. Different voices list their location on the map, you mark them all up on your map.

"Sounds good, I'll update you guys on which places I liberated and everything else." The Rook says. This must've been what Joseph was telling you about. But you didn't see the purpose in listening in on the resistance. Joseph didn't seem like he was planning on visiting you for information anytime soon. But you took note of everything they said nonetheless.

"We're going to take down this cult once and for all thanks to the Rook. We have a plan on killing each of the Seeds and getting their bunker keys to destroy them piece by piece. And getting Rook's friends as well from them." Your eyes widen at the plan Dutch says on the radio. "No more backing down from these cult guys anymore." Seems the Seed's had something coming to them. But there's no way one person could do all that. Still it's not unheard of...

Why should you care anyways, this was coming to them. You don't care if some police officer kills them, right? That would help you leave Hope County, you could finally escape. But was killing really necessary, I mean you hated John and Jacob for what they did but they didn't deserve to die.

What were you saying? They held you captive and tortured you. But did you really hate them... They made you feel wanted and loved even if it was just to use you to their advantage. You shake your head at the running thoughts. Seems you were split between two opposites. You knew one thing for sure though that you would save Faith, it was the only Seed who actually helped you. Even if it didn't work you had to return the gesture.

But John and Jacob... Something at the back of your mind was telling you to save them. Something that you wanted to detest or revolt against. But you knew deep down that you were going to do it. You just had to listen to the radio and plan ahead accordingly. Maybe this is what Joseph knew you would do. His little plan, his words hinted at this. You sigh, you're hopeless and twisted in the head.