The Arising: Our Community

Chapter 12

2 DAYS AGO
LUKE

We moved out from the Adelaide Oval heading towards our destination. We came across a small suburban town. We walked down the street looking left and right constantly. I stopped and turned around to face the others.

"Alright, we will split up and search as many houses as possible along here. When you have searched it mark it with this chalk and move on. Meet back here in two hours, ok?" I said.

Audrey and Tyler both nodded as I handed them a piece of chalk. We split up walking in three different ways. I walked to more expensive looking houses. I walked into the first house and started to search it. I grabbed anything I saw that was valuable.

"Sam!" I yelled out.

Nobody answered. After I searched it three times over I walked outside and marked the door with a large cross over it. I then walked around to the next house. The house was very much the same as the house I just searched. It was messy as hell with clothes, glass and anything else you could think of all over the ground. I searched the house completely. There was no trace of any human being here for a long time. Not even a Walker. An hour past and I searched around about ten houses and nothing to show for it. I sat down for a little on a warm out couch, thinking.

After a while I was sitting there I started to doubt ever finding Sam. I shook my head trying to get the thoughts out and then stood up. I stepped outside and marked the door. On the other side of the street I saw Audrey marking her door. We both walked out to each other.

"Any luck?" I asked.

"Nothing" Audrey said.

I sighed and started to get frustrated. Maybe Sam is actually dead. All I know is that if he doesn't find his way back within a month, I don't think we will ever see him again. Audrey and I looked at each other with the same look. We were both scared for him. We don't even know what to do without him. He's kept the community together for a long time. Before we were even there the communities were going through a bit of drama but, Sam turned it around and they are all one now. Without him, I think the whole communities could go to shit.

"We got an hour left or so till we pack up and head somewhere else. I'll see you then" I said walking off.

"Yeah" Audrey said.

I walked to the next house over and kept going to down till I made it to the last house. I walked inside and searched around. But as I was searching I heard people talking near me. A large group of people. I looked out the window and saw at least about eleven people all wearing rusted metal armor with damaged clothing on. They all were holding some sort of knife, and only one of them had a pistol. The man with the pistol looked like the leader as he was wearing more armor and was walking around three people. The people had their hands behind their back. They looked like they have been tortured. The man with the pistol grabbed a machete from one of his people and walked up to one of the people who was tortured. One of his people ran over and grabbed the persons arm. The leader then cut his arm off and started to laugh. The leader picked up his arm and broke all of the fingers on it. He then twisted two of the fingers left and right till they pulled off.

He then licked the blood which was dripping down from the two fingers and put them into his pocket. The person who got their hand chopped off was growing pale from blood loss and slowly fell to the ground. I watched in shock as I he chopped the other prisoners ears off. He chucked them into his pocket as well. He then chopped the last prisoners nose off and put it into his pocket as well. All I could hear was screams of pain from the two prisoners who were still alive. I heard glass breaking a few houses down from where I was. They all turned around and the leader told someone to go check it out. Two of his people ran off to check on it. They soon came back with Tyler.

"Shit" I said.

I quickly ran out of the door and walked around the road. I aimed my gun up and slowly walked up to them.

"Drop him!" I yelled.

"Who the hell are you" the leader said.

His voice was like someone who had taken drugs his entire life. It was croaky and sounded like it was cracking.

"Look out!" Tyler yelled.

I turned around and saw someone running at me with a knife. The person grabbed my gun and chucked it onto the ground.

"Bring him here" The leader said.

I was dragged to where Tyler was.

"Search them" the leader said.

We were completely searched.

"We found another boss" someone said behind me.

I saw them throw Audrey onto the ground.

"A walkie talkie huh? You guys from a bigger group?" The leader said.

"No. We only use it between the four of us" Tyler said.

The leader looked at us for a while.

"BULLSHIT!" The leader yelled hitting Tyler across the face.

He put the walkie talkie up to his mouth.

"Let's see who's on the other side. Names?" the leader said.

We didn't answer.

"Names!" He repeated.

"Audrey, Tyler and Luke" I said.

"Are you looking for two men and a woman name Luke, Tyler and Audrey? Well if you are we have them here right now. It's ok. They aren't harmed. Well not yet anyway. If you would like them back I want something in return. All of your ammunition and weaponry, or we take their lives. It's up to you really. Make your choice and tomorrow we will meet at the TheBarton Park which is right next to the Swimming Centre. Make the right choice" The leader said smiling as he put the walkie talkie down.

"Time to go make our selves a trade" The leader said laughing.

His whole group started to laugh all around us.

"Put them into the truck" the leader said.