[Discontinued] ALL WE HAVE LEFT (crafting dead fanfiction )

Chapter 16

- Red's pov

    I was leading the group through the forest following the strangers' trail. It was so obvious for me but, I guess not for the rest of the group. At least I know so far that Cathy will be okay. She doesn't let herself be used without putting up a fight. 

   "Hey Red." I heard Shark say.

   "Yeah?"

   "Are you sure Cathy will be okay?"

   "As I've said before, she has been through worse and can always find a way to stay alive. She is a lot stronger than what she seems."

   "By the way, how did Ross find out about her?"

   "The same way you found out she is my sister. She helped him when she found him injured. The bastard took advantage of her kind heart."

   "Shouldn't she be traumatized by that?"

   "She chose to forget about it since he hurt her so much. Both physically and emotionaly. She barely managed to escape but then Ross found me and used her against me as well. I never told her that she was the reason why I worked for Ross because I knew she would feel guilty and find a way to disappear so he would never use her again."

   Shark sighed and kept walking besides me. There was an awkward silence before we heard Ghetto argueing with Nick over marshmellows. Aparently this is a common thing ever since they left Greenfield before it got bombed. For some reason, I suddenly had a little spark of intrest.

   "Hey, Shark."

   "Yeah?"

   "Why are you so... interested.... in Cathy?"

   "N-no reason." Shark said, blushing lightly. If that wasn't odd then I don't know what.

   "You sure?"

   He then just nodded and went to talk with Nick and Ghetto. They seemed to enjoy the banter over mardhmellows and peaches. It... kind of reminded me from before the accident. Now that I think about it, if I hadn't been a cannibal, would Cathy be safer?

-Janice's pov

   "When I need them the most I can never find them." I muttered to myself. Now I was really wishing I had gone with them on a the supply run. I kept asking around for the girls and everyone kept saying that they hadn't seen them since they left. I headed back towards my house where Xavier and Shelby were. When I went inside, I found that they had fallen asleep. Shelby slept on the old armchair while Xavier slept on the couch. They seemed to be really tired so I just let them be. I decided to go to my roon and rest while they do. I would need to show them better around the place.

   [Time Skip]

   "Well now that you now where things are, I'll show you where you will be staying for now." I said to Shelby and Xavier. It was already getting late and since the girls aren't back yet, I decided to let them spend the night in my house for now. They went to the room with two beds while I went to mine. It had been an exhausting trip. But for me, it had also been a partly failed trip. I had hoped to find Nicole and Natassha and instead found more survivors. It's weird, though. Usually they don't take more than a week and they've been gone for almost two. I had the urge to go back to look for them again. Then I remebered that Shelby and Xavier need me here. I'm the only one they know. I just really hope they are okay.

-Cathy's pov

   We already had our breakfast and "King" Lorenzo had us see how well we would do cooking. He had said that everyone has to work for their stay and with Nicole's and Natassha's reaction to returning to the crazy doctor, I think it's best we comply. He also put Jacob and the cook as the people in charge of us while we give it a shot. 

   "So which one goes first?" Nicole asked the cook again. She was trying to properly cook rice and she has yet to burn it. She even admited that she was a terrible cook but wanted to learn a bit. I don't know if it true or not but Natassha already told me to not taste her food. I wanted to ask why but decided against it.

    Nicole then yelped when some of the hot water splashed on her while she was pouring the sauce for the rice. She dropped the tray she was using and clutched her hand. She muttered some colorful words while she picked up her dropped tray and went to rinse her burn.

   "I guess your turn is over." The cook said with a sigh. Since Nicole was the last one to try cooking, Jacob took us back to our room to wait for Lorenzo. Nicole held a wet paper towel on her hand where she got burned all the way to our room. After Jacob left us in our room, she took it off revealing her to having been perfectly fine. Where she had "gotten burned" was a reddish mark that she took off by scrubbing the paper towel. 

   "So.... from 1 to 10, how good was I?" she said with a cheeky grin. 

   "You've done better before. What suprised me was the fact the cook belived it. I rate it a 8." Natassha replied.

   "And what do you think Cathy?"

   "I wasn't expecting for that to be fake. That water did look really hot." I said.

   "When you get burns every time you cook by either touching the pans or with water, you get used to it. So back to my original question. How do you rate my amazing acting skills?" Natassha snickered when Nicole said amazing so I don't know what to say.

   "I'll give you an 8.5." I said with a smirk.

   "Aww." 

-Lorenzo's pov

  I could hear the girls conversating from behind their door. So they think they are so sneaky, huh? I guess I'll have to prove them wrong later.

  "Call for Jacob and tell him to take the girls to my office." I told the guard waiting for me at the end of the hallway.

  I chose to take the long way to my office to give them time to get there. I need a way to keep them from escaping. I just need to also know when they will try. I slow down as I aproach the hallway where my office is at. Maybe I can...

~ Hi everyone. Yes, I'm back. Finally. 

So just as a little fyi, I was originally planning to post this chapter weeks ago but I had to hold back. Now here's a new chapter after almost a year. :) 

I hope you enjoy and I'll do my best to have a new chapter up in at least 2 weeks.

~ pony