I Will Survive

19 - Corrupt

"Why did you bring the baby?" Persephone giggled.

"She my sister and I vowed when we lost our parents that I would keep good care of her..." Harry smiled.

"That's so cute!" Persephone smiled.

"Yeah, this is why I'm going out with him. He is the sweetest thing alive!" Charlie said whilst kissing Harry on the cheek. Lucas frowned as he watched them kiss but he just let them get on with it.

"How did you guys meet then?" Persephone wondered.

"Well we all lived in Oberlin before this started so we were school friends!" Lucas grinned.

"That's sweet! Also we are almost there so get ready to meet new survivors!" She laughed.

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Gabe sat with Mia, George and Kayleigh at a table which had monopoly on it.

"It's been ages since I have played this game!" Mia laughed as she rolled the dice.

"Yeah, I used to play it all of the time!" George also laughed.

"Yeah, and he would always beat me..." Kayleigh grumbled jokingly.

"Josh, you coming to play as Well?" Gabe shouted over to him as he played with his toys.

"Yeah Gabe!" He smiled as he ran over and picked the cat game piece.

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*Thunk! Thunk!*

Wellingtons big doors went as Persephone, Harry, Lucas, Charlie and Winter all stood outside of them.

"Hello? We are here to see the leader of this community!" Persephone shouted. Turner then arrived at the door and opened it up.

"Hello! New people?" He asked delightfully.

"No, just here to discuss a deal..." Persephone replied.

"Okay, sure... Come in...." Turner then said unsure.

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A few hours later Turner showed Persephone around and introduced her to the several people living there. They than sat at the meeting table.

"Okay, so as you know I'm from a community called Oberlin, I was wondering if you would sign this trade and aid sheet for our community's." Persephone smiled as she revealed a sheet of paper and a pen. "Basically it means that our community's shall share whatever resources we have and will help each other if one of us ever gets attacked or raided."

"This is a good deal but I don't want to put Wellington under any pressure of helping others when it's still fairly new and needs to defend itself..." Turner sighed.

"But this deal could set both of us for life!" Persephone gleamed.

"I know, but sorry I'm not going to sign it..." Turner sighed again.

"But we need supplies! We are running low and my people are getting worried..." She groaned.

"I'm so sorry, but please would you leave now..." Turner replied emotionless.

"But-"

"Leave" Turner interrupted as he stood up and opened the door. She scowled at him and left the room. Outside there were Harry, Charlie and Lucas all stood next to the exit of Wellington with Winter in her stroller.

"Come on let's go!" Persephone growled as she let herself out of Wellington. "You better be prepared!" She shouted as she went away and headed back to Oberlin. Turner felt bad but he did what he had to do to protect his people.

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"Did you find any food Michael?" Debra asked as she lay her head on Dylan's shoulder and Michael walked down the stairs.

"No, I'm sorry. All of the shops seem to have already been raided..." He replied.

"We are going to starve in here!" Dylan barked, "We haven't eaten for days and there is non outside for us to loot. We can't send big parties of people out to get the food as the wire up there can only hold one person, and I'm surprised it hasn't snapped yet. The zombies outside haven't even started to clear out and if we do find food it won't be enough to feed us all. I'm sorry but I have learnt that the worst thing you can have in an apocalypse is a big group. I'm going to have to make some of you leave or dispose of some of you myself..." Dylan growled as he stood up with his eyes bloodshot and red.

"What?!" Michael shouted, "there is only four of us!"

"Yeah, four isn't many!" Jackson glared.

"Well none of us are moving besides Jackson here so I think we should start by getting rid of the lazy people!" Dylan flicked his blonde hair to the side. Jackson ran his hand through his hair as he didn't know what to do.

"Yeah like you!" Debra said whilst hitting Dylan over the head with a chair leg. "What should we do with him..." She asked.

"Tie him up, we don't want to kill him otherwise we will be as bad as him..." Michael stated whilst standing up and picking Dylan up ready to take him a chair to tie him to.

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"One, two, three and four we will come knocking, on your door. Five, six, seven and eight and don't worry, we won't be late!" Someone chuckled whilst hiding behind a bush that was just outside of Wellington."Oh don't worry, we won't be late..."