The Bad, The Ugly, And Us

Once and For All

"GOD DAMMIT" I wake up to hear Derrick yelling that. "Derrick what is it?" Julia asks him half asleep.
"Shit sorry I didn't mean to fucking yell, we are all out of gas, gonna need to make a run."
"I can g-"
"I'll do it." Julia quickly cuts me off.
"Julia you don't have to do this, I can go."
"Big bro you always get to have all the fun, besides I can handle myself trust me I'll be fine."
"Okay, just be extra careful little sis, if you aren't back in an hour I'm going to come looking for you."
"Julia there is gonna be a gas station about 20 minutes walk that way, you can't miss it should have gas." After Derrick gives Julia those instructions I give her a hug. Julia leaves leaving it as just me, Max and Derrick at the RV.
"Dylan you take first watch, Max you stay in here to ration our food, I'm gonna go take a piss." I head into my room to grab my gun, it's been ages since I've actually had to use this thing. As I go to leave I see Max standing in the doorway. "Something you need Max?" She starts to tear up and sits on my bed. "Dylan that stuff I told you the day we left the mansion, it's been weighing on my mind a lot, and that stuff with my mother, I try and convince myself she's alive by speaking to this." She pulls a locket out of her pocket, "she got me this for my birthday the year before she died. I was so furious as my stepfather for killing her that I... I killed him." She digs her head into my shoulder.
"Max I'm so sorry, I can't even imagine what that's like."
"And what makes it all even worse is that, I didn't feel bad about killing my stepfather, like it was necessary for me to do it. Do you think any less of me now that you know the things I've done and how crazy I truly am?"
"Max, no matter what you did before it doesn't matter now, you're with us and we are your family. People cope with things in different ways and if you have to talk to your dead mother to cope with it, then that's fine do what you think is best for you." She pulls the locket out of her pocket, "I think I'm done with this locket." She then throws it on my floor. Just then Derrick enters the RV, "guys we have a problem."
"Shit what is it."
"Well Dylan, if you were taking watch like you were supposed to you would know." I run outside and see at least a dozen zombies coming out of the forest. Derrick starts firing at them with his rifle. I holster my gun and pull out my machete. I stab one in the brain and decapitate another on. One tries to grab my arm and Derrick shoots it with his rifle before I get the chance to react. "That was a close one." Derrick says, "you outta be more  careful man, out here it only takes one second and you're done."
"Derrick look I'm sorry-" *WACK* I fall to the ground after a sharp pain goes the back of my head. Everything is blurry and I hear "Put your fucking rifle down or he dies." It's Eric and he stole my gun and smacked my in the head with it. I nod off onto the road, a few seconds later I bring my head back up. Eric and Derrick are now in a fist fight I try and crawl for my gun but I get distracted by Eric stabbing Derrick in the gut. "ERIC WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING." Max yells at him as she finally leaves the RV. "I'm getting vengeance for these fucks sending me out to DIE."
"Eric you're fucking insane, you could have just killed a man."
"Like you're any better you stupid bitch." He grabs Derrick's rifle and points it at Max. I get onto my feet and  attack Eric right before he pulls the trigger, still trying to recover from the attack to the back of my head. Eric headbutts me and rolls on top of me with a knife pointed at my chest. I grab his hands and try to hold them up. In my state he's able to overpower me completely. Within a matter of moments the knife is right above my chest, I see my life flash before my eyes. *BLAM* a bullet flies right through Eric's chest. I look over to see Max holding my handgun up. Eric falls off of me and very quickly succumbs to his wounds. I move over to where Derrick is laying and coughing up blood. "You're gonna be ok Derrick, stay with me man please." I begin putting pressure on the wound. "Dylan?" I look over and see Julia standing next to two people.
"What happened here."