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Chapter 10:

The woods were quiet as Miguel walked through the thick foliage the next morning, everyone else was still asleep so he figured he'd take a walk to clear his battered head.

He got about half a mile before a rope snagged him around the ankle, sending him sprawling onto his back before he was lifted in the air upside down.

"Fuck!". He cursed as his pistol and knife dropped onto the grassy ground, the force of flailing around causing him to smack into a sharp tree branch, impaling him In the stomach.

An hour eventually passed as Miguel hung upside down, his head aching with all the blood rushing to his brain.

He was on the brink of passing out until two men came walking out in front of him. "We got a live one!". The younger one exclaimed happily, looking at his prone form.

Miguel groaned when the older of the two cut the wire, sending him sprawling back to the ground with a whimper as the wire was unwound from his ankle.

"Damn he's fucked up". The older of the two laughed, seeing the growing blood spot on Miguel's blue button down.

"Is he really worth slowing us up?". The younger guy asked, watching as his partner took Miguel's pistol and backpack.

The older guy went to respond but couldn't as the younger guy suddenly backed into a snarling infected that was trussed upside down in a tree.

"You alright, you get bit?". The older man asked urgently, getting up and checking the younger man's arms.

"I'm fine, we should reset him though". The younger guy replied, looking up at the walker that he had obviously trussed up.

In his dazed and delirious state Miguel couldn't help but laugh at the wide eyed look on the younger guy's face. "You shit yourself? Little bitch...".

The older man sneered and advanced on Miguel roughly pulling him to his feet and dragging him towards the snarling walker. "You like funny?".

Thankfully the guy was around Miguel's height, so even in his dazed state he was able to easily jab in the stomach with his elbow and push him into the jaws of the walker.

He retrieved his belongings and quickly shot the younger guy in the head before sitting on the ground, starting to feel a seizure develop, probably because of the recent excitement.

He waited around fifteen seconds before slowly reaching for his pack, managing to bandage his stomach wound before a loud shot rang out in the direction of the group's camp.

Despite the pain Miguel ran through the foliage until stopping six feet away from the settlement as Benji was standing by with his gun drawn, Lacy's crumpled body laying at his feet.

Benji looked at Miguel with a regretful look. "She was gonna shoot me, I had to stop her".

Miguel nodded and looked at his niece and nephew. "Kids, come over here". He instructed calmly, getting both young adults out of the way before returning his attention to Benji.

"Benji, give me the gun". He said in a hushed voice, carefully walking forward as Benji placed the gun under his own chin.

The curly haired man released a shaky whimper but did as told, handing the pistol over to Miguel as the four of them walked away from Lacy's crumpled body.

As they were walking out of the woods Cedar locked eyes with Luca and Benji, wondering if they also saw the gaping bite mark that was steadily bleeding along Miguel's upper right arm...

Chapter Cast:

- Mauro Castillo: Older Raider.

- Wilmer Valderrama: Young Raider.