The cars stopped. Jax put the map between Caroline and himself.
"We can't go and find Zekera if it's only the 6 of us. We need to regroup. Do you have any other people nearby?" Jax asked.
Caroline looked at the map and pointed to a spot around a hour away.
"Here." Caroline said. "Before- ya know, everything happened, I had a few friends who lived by here. They were Parker's friends too-" she said.
"Then let's go and see if they're still there." Jax said.
They drove down the road again as they finally reached the place. It was a gated community, but it appeared the gate had been busted open. They drove inside and saw the houses had been burned down- but it looked like days ago.
"No.." Caroline said softly as she knew Zekera was here. "How did she know?"
Jax kept driving down the road until Caroline told him to stop. They got out and stepped into a pile of mud, since the snow finally melted, everything was mud. Caroline showed them the way behind a house into a small garden. The grass had been burned by the fire, and so was the garden. It was a decently large garden so it was like a maze in there. Mud and ash mixed together, sticking to everyone's shoes. They went into the garden to see if they could find anything left behind, but nothing had survived. Jax saw a bit of blood on the ground and he followed it. He started to see pieces of skin- then bone, finally until he saw them. Three bodies, with their heads completely bashed in. All of them laying down next to each other. Caroline came up behind him and saw the bodies as she realized who they were.
"How did she know." She said as she kneeled down next to them.
"Parker." Jax said. "You said Parker knew these people too, right? I think whoever he was talking to on the walkie, was someone from Zekera's group. Whoever that Brandon person was."
Malcolm, Casper, Jordan, and Greyson came up behind Caroline, seeing the bodies. It was about mid afternoon, so they decided to set up camp near the garden.
"I'm sorry about your friends." Casper said to Caroline.
She looked at him and cracked a smile, but it quickly faded. Casper continued to look at her and thought about everything they have been through, after all, they were family. Malcolm came up behind Casper and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Greyson, Jordan and I are gonna go look for food in some of these houses. Want to come?" Malcolm asked.
Casper put his hand on Malcolm's and looked at him. "I'm okay."
He said smiling up at him.
Malcolm nodded and walked away with the others. Jax was still kneeling by Caroline's dead friends. He looked at them, remembering that brutal day. Three. Just his luck. Caroline came over and sat with him. Casper was sitting alone when suddenly something came over his head, and a hand went over his mouth. He was quickly dragged away and out of sight. Caroline turned around and saw Casper was gone. She looked at where he was sitting, seeing footsteps in the mud, footsteps that weren't familiar. She got up quickly and followed them, when she suddenly saw Casper get thrown in the back of a car, as the car speeded away out of the community.
Malcolm, Jordan, and Greyson all walked outside as they heard the car race away.
Malcolm looked at Caroline. "They took Casper!" She yelled down to him.
Malcolm's eyes widened as he realized what had just happened. They might have been following Zekera this whole time- but they were being followed by her too. He realized now that he had just lost Casper, and that he might never see him again.
Greyson put his hand on Malcolm's shoulder. "We're going to get him back." He said confidently.
Malcolm looked at him, his eyes watering with tears, one of them falling down his face, but he nodded and agreed. They were getting Casper back.
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The Dead Studios: Season 8
AdventureAlone. The definition for alone is 'having no one else present'. That's exactly what Jax had. He had no one. And all he did was walk. He ran and he crawled. But most importantly- he survived. He had been through so much... but nothing will prepare h...
