One Survivor

23 'Déjà vu'

Ava sat talking to one of the girl she had met over the past two weeks, Ed was getting better and spending a lot of time with Lucas. Sam and Luke have bene working together with Xander to try and find out what Davis was up to.

Justin walked over to her and interrupted her talk with Liv, "Hey, Ava, we need to go on patrol Xander's orders" he told her.

"Can Liv come?" she asked.

"The more the merrier" Justin tried to say as enthusiastically as possible.

Ava and Liv followed Justin to the back gate as they geared up, walking out as fast as possible. "Let me see" Liv grabbed Ava' hand and looked at the forming scar on her palm.

"Damn" she smiled and punched her shoulder.

"Yeah, never again though" Ava laughed.

"Yeah" Justin walked beside her.

"Over protective brother?" Liv whispered in Ava's ear.

She was about to correct her but it's almost as if it would feel wrong to, "Yeah, he really is" she smiled and looked to Justin who had a serious look on his face.

"Dead Runners" Justin muttered and pulled out his knife. Ava gripped onto her pole and Liv loaded her gun.

They saw multiple DR's coming their way and Ava smiled to herself, "I dibs first go" she smiled and ran forward, she killed the first one in her way with ease. She knocked the second one down and stabbed it in the head.

Justin and Liv joined in and started killing them off until there were none left. They all gasped for air and breathed heavily, thick dark red blood covering them slightly.

The silence was interrupted by cars pulling and surrounding them, "DROP YOUR WEAPONS!" someone yelled as they held up their hands and multiple people with guns climbed out of the car and pointed them to the three.

They all dropped the weapons on the ground, Liv looked like she was about to have a panic attack while Justin and Ava kept a stoic expression on.

Someone was laughing as they climbed out of the car, "Grab the man and panicky McGee" he ordered as Justin was held by two men and Liv by another.

Ava was the only one who was free, the man walked closer, "And we meet again" that familiar deep voice spoke up as he stepped into the light.

"Davis you fucking b—!" Ava ran at him but was kicked to the ground by one of his men.

"HEY!" Justin yelled and tried to get out of the men's grip.

Ava coughed but stood to her feet gently, "You killed women and chil—" she was cut off again, but this time Davis was the one to punch her in the stomach.

"I'm gonna fucking kill you" Justin grunted and wrestled with the men as he glared at Davis, "Small? Hey! Ava!" he called out and she nodded, kneeling on the ground as she held her stomach. 

"I'm good, just calm down" she told him.

"You let the dead into my community, killed my people, made me suffer" Davis motioned to himself using his gun.

"I'd do it again you sick—" Davis stopped Ava from talking by kicking her back down to the floor and she hit her head on the ground.

Justin grunted and managed to punch one of the guys using his now free arm and he kicked the other one back, he kneeled down next to Ava and pulled her onto his lap.

"Big brother, good to see you again" he smiled, "Put them in the truck" Davis told his men, walking back to his truck and spitting on the ground before climbing in.

"You okay, Small?" Justin whispered.

"Run... just go" she coughed.

"Not leaving you" he helped her up as they were led to the back of one of the trucks.

"Where are we going?" Liv panicked and looked at the two in front of her at the back of the truck closed and the engine started.

"Hell"

"What do you mean? They should be back by now" Ed slammed his fist on the table and glared at Xander.

It's bene hours since Justin and Ava went out on patrol, they were supposed to be back by sunset by there's no sign of them, "Maybe they got lost and they're on their way back?" Sam stepped in and pushed his glasses further up his nose.

"Can it lenses" Ed snapped, he looked back to Xander who was looking down at the map on the table.

"I got it" Lydia, one of the leaders walked in, standing next to Xander.

The three men turned to her, "My sister went with Justin and Ava, she still had her walkie on her, they're in danger. Here" she placed the walkie on the table and switched it on.

"What is he gonna do to us?" they heard Liv say as they all looked up and sighed.

"Either he'll use our blood, or he'll kill us" Ava groaned.

They continued to talk about their captor, but they already knew that this was Davis, "What is that man's goal?" Sam rolled his eyes and Luke walked in, "Guys, this is Katie. She knows where Davis' community is" he explained.

Sam glared at her acknowledging how close she was standing next to Luke, "Oh, so only now you decide to tell us? How long have you known?" he folded his arms.

Luke's smile faded, "Hey. My patrol team and I only just found it, we saw them moving people in the backs of the trucks, I recognized Liv immediately, so I came here" Katie motioned to Lydia.

"So we go get them" Ed grabbed his blade and was about to walk out but Xander stopped him.

"It's not that simple" he told him.

Ed looked him up and down, "I don't care about how simple it is, I'm getting my people back" he tried to move again but this time Xander grabbed his arm.

"We can't get them back" he let go of Ed's arm, "Not yet at least" he sighed.

"I agree with Xander, it could be dangerous to go on your own" Lydia stepped in.

Ed scoffed, "Then we all go, get rid of this son of bitch before he takes more of our people to complete his maniacal plan" he threw his arms up in the air.

"We have been fighting against Davis for years—" Ed interrupted Xander and stepped closer, so their faces were mere inches away from each other.

"I'm aware" he clenched his teeth together before pushing past him and going back to where he had left Lucas.

Luke had watched the entire thing play out and rubbed Katie's back comfortingly, catching Sam glaring at him before he left.

"Luke, can you please head to the tech area and start working on that thing I asked you to do?" Xander told him.

Luke nodded, leaving the room with Katie, "Ask him to do what?" Lydia raised a brow.

"We're getting the power going, we get that up we can send out stronger radio signals for those in need" he folded his arms.

"Xander we talked about this, I get that you knew this girl but with her and her family here we need to start thinking about food and water supply. Not letting more people in" she groaned and looked to the radio on the table, leaning her elbows down on it and resting her head in her hands.

"We have to help those who need it, Lydia. That's why we built this place" he walked close to her and placed his hands on the table slowly and exhaled.

"Remember when I rescued you from that damn school in the beginning. You said that you would do anything to repay the favor, do this for me, please?" she sat up and gave him a stare he could never forget.

He wanted to help people so bad, but the way Lydia was looking at him, made him realize that this is what needed to be done. "Okay... Okay" he nodded, and she hugged him.

"We'll figure this out" she whispered into his chest.