FEAR

Time

4 MONTHS LATER

Isaac's POV

Life sucks. What's the point of living if you have no one. I mean the people here are nice, but they aren't family.

My mom has been gone a long time ago. She got bit when this all went down. My dad died a month ago. His cancer got the best of him and Roma supposedly put him out of his misery. I have no friends. No family. I'm just stuck living in this nightmare all alone.

"Cheer up Isaac." Roma says.

She has been really friendly and helpful. I found out Amara lied to me. I can't forgive myself for blaming Roma for all of this because it was partially Leslie's fault too. She told me about it and Roma just kept my dad in her house because I threatened her.
Amara didn't do anything to us, so I guess that part was true.

I still haven't read the letter my dad gave me. I can't. It's the last thing my dad gave me and I told myself that when I feel that it's the right time, then I will open it and read it.

"If you want to visit him. You can always go to the building and sit in front of it. That's where he was put out of his misery before thrown in there." Roma tells me.

I shake my head no.

"Well, I got to go to Amara's. Something about new people. Call me if you need anything." She says and walks away.

I walk to my house to rest, but stop when I hear Leslie running after me.

"Hey Isaac. Why aren't you up at the front? Everyone else is. We got two new people and they are beaten up pretty badly. We can't tell if they are bitten or not. There is a girl that is your age. Would you like to meet her?" She asked me.

I shrug my shoulders and walked behind Leslie to the front of the safe place. There is a boy and a girl. They are sitting on the sidewalk in front of Amara's porch. Everyone is surrounding these two.

They both have blonde hair and blue eyes. The girl is very skinny and the boy is very tall. I'm guessing they are siblings. They are both beaten up badly. Who ever they got into a fight with, they shouldn't have pissed them off.

I see Jake, Maddix, and Colt come out of Amara's house with Amara. I'm guessing they found them or let them in. I see Hunter and Max pushing their way through the crowd. When the new people turn their head, I couldn't help but here gasp come from Max, Hunter, and Leslie. Do they know these people?

"Dalton?" Max gasped.

"Kaiden?!" Hunter gasped and ran over to her.

"What happened to them?" Leslie asked.

"Roma, Cassidy, Kelsey, Leslie, come inside with me. Hunter and Max get them two and bring them inside. Maddix come tell me what happened. Everyone else can go back to whatever you were doing. They will be okay. I will update you on how they are doing." Amara says.

They all go inside and get to work while everyone else clears out. I go to sit on Amara's porch swing. I'm curious to what happened myself. I guess I'm going to just have to wait here.

Kaiden's POV

"OW!" I yelp in pain as I slide across the floor.

I have just been kicked in my side for the 5th time today.

Ever since Wes told us what happened, I've been dads little sidekick. I wanted him to confess to me about what happened. He taught me a lot of things that I need to know to survive. He has let me go on runs and he said that I was becoming just like him. I've been helping him raid stuff and I've seen him kill people. I've killed someone too. He was trying to get me and he said some inappropriate things to me so I pulled the trigger. Dad said that you couldn't trust anyone. No matter how well you know them. Dad said tat they are all traders. I knew he was referring to Dalton. Dalton had been ignoring me, but every so often I would see bruises on him. I've been wondering if dad did it........ About a month ago Wes went missing. Dad said that he opted out. He couldn't do this anymore, but I knew that was a lie. No one asked where he went or even care that he was gone. Dad took over being leader and if something happened to dad he said I would be the next leader. 3 days after Wes's disappearance, Dalton went missing. I got suspicious and started following my dad around wherever he went. One day he went out of the camp and walked to a shed far out of eye sight. I looked in a tiny peep hole and saw that Dalton and Wes were in there and he would yell and hit them. I went and made him confess to me about the shed and mom. Since then we started arguing and fighting. He called me names and I called him names. He said one day I will become just like him, but first I needed to go through the pain that he has went through....... One night when I was asleep he carried me to the shed and tied me to a pole. Since then I've been in here and being beaten like the others.