Is he really gone?

II

There was not a single boat on the wide ocean, I exhaled with my suffering knowing I had to build a new ship/boat from scratch, how am I going to do that and that alone! I walked through rooms of the hide out to find any single blueprint how to build a freaking ship, anything. As I approached the big table we used to out maps on it, I found a piece of a blueprint, you gotta be kidding me! Now ai have to find the pieces to put up this damn blueprint.
I searched other rooms and found some fitting pieces, I guess whoever did this, didn't want the blueprint get into wrong hands so they cut it to pieces. There were no pieces left anymore and the blueprint isn't finished, I need more. I found a note on the table and it just said "The Raiders", what is this, this name doesn't help me out at all. What are the Raiders! On the back of the paper it says go southwest. You gotta be kidding me now I have travel somewhere Southwest and find some Raiders?

I stand up in exhaustion and get to the bus, wait I need more equipment, what if they got guns. I searched the arsenal and found some left over stunguns Thomas and I used. I put it up, good it was loaded, so I stuffed it in the shotgun slot I had.

I went into the bus and started it up, I exhale again. "Time for some adventure Newt", I told myself and drove off. I headed Southwest as the note told me, the way was really strange, I ended up in some weird burned down forest. There were still some trees left but everything else was burned. What is this place, I never seen it in my life!

As I was driving all of sudden stands infront of the bus shouting me to stop. I got startled and hit the break pedal, the bus stopped before I hit him. What the heck was that, is the guy insane?

I stopped the bus and got putting my hand ready on the knife, if he is thinking to attack me. "Who are you!", the guy asks me. "Not telling till you tell me who you are!", I respond. "I am Jake, I am with a rebel group called the Raiders, this is out property, now tell me who are you!", He responds. "My name is Newt, I got sent here by my rebel group, do you know anyone called Thomas?", I respond to his question and ask him one. Jake nodds. "Yes, I do know somone called Thomas, why did he send you here?", he asks back. "I found this note in our hideout", I show him the note. Jake takes it and looks at it. "I need to build a ship, my group is on an island, I got no ship to get there!", I explain him. 

He points at the bus. "Is that yours?", Jake asks me. I nodd. "Yeah I stole it from WCKED, don't worry they are destroyed, thanks to Thomas and his crew", I add. Jake looked like an ordinary guy, he was probably about 22 years old. His hair was slightly going in the blond way, I can't really tell, its really dark in this forest and what I am seeing he loves wearing black cloths. His eyes looked crytal blue, never seen such a pretty eye color ever. The weird part is that he was taller than me, I mean I am 27 right now. 

We get into the bus and I start it up again. "Just keep driving straight foward, you will eventually reach the village", he said sitting down close to me. I started to drive towards the village. "So, did WCKED torture you too?", I asked him keeping an eye on the road. He sighs. "Yes, they did, I was in that maze way earlier than you, that's why you never seen me. We managed to escape but never got the guts to fight WCKED directly", he explained. "So we hid deep into the forest", he added. "Also, we hid so long, that WCKED lost interest in us all and moved to the next generation", he added after remembering what he wanted to say. I noticed something strange about Jake, he kinda started twiching, like not really twiching but having weird ticks. "Uh, Jake? Are you alright?", I asked him looking worried. "Yes, I am f-f-fine, d-damn I having t-t-ticks don't w-w-worry", he started to stutter. 

Then again he yelled. "STOP!", I got startled again and hit the break with a huge force. "Can you stop doing that? You are scaring me everytime!", I yelled back. "Oh, I am sorry, I can't help it, it just slips out, the village is right there, let's go", Jake said standing up. 

I stand up from the cockpit and walk out with Jake. Then something unexpected happens, he freaking tied up my hand behind my back. "Hey! What are you doing! Jake stop!", I started to yell in defense. He didn't say anything and continued to drag me in the village as a prisoner. What is wrong with him all of sudden! He seems to be bipolar. "Ah, Jake I see you got a prisoner with you", someone says I never met. "Yes Sir, I found him on the road with a huge bus, he claims to work with Thomas, the recent rebel group who went to an Island", Jake explains. The unknown man nodds. "Let's interrogate him", Jake dragged me into some hut and pushed me down on a chair. "I already told you the truth! What you want more!!", I started yelling. "Yelling won't bring you anywhere", the man said to my face. This man actually looked like in his 60's, he had dark skin and black hair, he was also dressed in some simple clothes, a black jacket, white shirt, black pants and pair of shoes the same color as the jacket. His voice sounded really calm, like he was a man who doesn't like to yell. 

"Who are you", he man asked me with his calm voice. "I told Jake already! I am Newt! I was helping Thomas to defeat WCKED, I got infected in the process and he killed me, because I turned into a Crank! Then I somehow came back to life! I don't know even how", I expained to the man.  The unknown man looked at Jake. "I need to see your arm", he man said. "I would show it to you, if you only untieded me!", I spoke still with anger. The man nodded to Jake to untie me and he did so. I exhaled and rolled up the sleeves of my shirt. He looks at my arm, there is literally nothing there, not a single Crank infection. I checked my other arm, nothing, it vanished. I look up to the man and his eyes look at mine. "It's gone, no Crank infection present, just as I told you", I said quietly. 

The man began thinking for a bit. "What exactly happened with you and Thomas?", he asked me. "All I can remember having blurry visions infront of my eyes, then I-I can't remember, I guess I turned into a Crank, but I do remember trying to get hold of my body, to fight off the infection, telling Thomas to kill me, he was hesitating, so the infection took control over my body and tried stabbing him. Then somehow, I felt the knife in my chest and I passed out", I explained. "I heard that Thomas, had a very specific blood that can cure the Crank infection, it can be but this is only an assumption, that his blood entered your wound during that fight and the Infection got cured.", the man started assuming. "Well, as we know now, you aren't a Crank, you are a normal human being, I am sorry Jake reacted that way, but he is our guard in this town and it was for everyones safety", the unknown man added. "By the way my name is Frank, I am the leader of the Raiders, nice to meet you Newt", he introducted himself. "Nice to meet you too, Sir", I responded trying to be polite. "No need to call me Sir, just Frank", he smiled. 

Frank stood up of the wooden chair. "You hungry?", he asked me. "I am starving to be honest", I answered. "Follow me, I will provide you with food and shelter, then I will give you something you looking for", he said going out of the tent. I walked passed Jake looking at him and walked outside the tent too following Frank. 

We walked to a huge wooden table and sat down. The man looked to his right and shouted "Hey Teresa, bring the food! We got a guest!", Frank ordered some woman. All of sudden I got a weird feeling in my stomach, did he just say Teresa? It can't the Teresa I know, there is no freaking way, she died I saw her dead corpse laying on the ground, it was crushed by the building! I put my hand on my knife about to attack her, that traitor has no reason to live, when a complete different woman came out. I lowered my hand in relaxation realising it wasn't the Teresa I knew. "This is my wife, Teresa, she cooks for everyone here, keeping them fit for the day.", Frank says introducing her. Teresa smiled and placed some nice food on the table.

On the table there was a huge roasted pig with some baked potatoes, homemade bread, nice salads, pints of beer in wooden cups. Others started to join us and the dinner became a huge feast, we drank beer, got really drunk, started singing. I haven't felt like this in ages. After the feast I felt seriously tired and went to my shelter and straight into bed. 

As I was sleeping I could hear footsteps in my hut but I didn't even mind looking, the footsteps went away very quick...