One Survivor

25 'What options do we have?'

"I told you, they took the walkie when we got here. We have nothing" Liv sighed. It's been two weeks since they were taken, no one has arrived or even tried to give them a sign they were coming to help. Ava was no longer being taken to Davis to be beaten for her mistakes.

The three of them were currently hiding behind one of the buildings trying to figure out how and when they can get out of here.

"So what else can we try, they covered all exits and the ones that aren't covered are swarming with men and guns, not a good mic by the way" Ava said the last part in a serious tone.

"Liv, you track the truck exchanges like I asked?" Justin asked and folded his arms.

"Yeah, every night at twelve" she motioned to her watch and made a note of the time.

"Explain" Ava glared at the two of them.

"I think we can sneak Liv out and get her to grab the cavalry and rain it down on these guys once and for all" Justin explained.

Ava looked between them and then at Liv, "You sure? You get caught—"

"I got it. I can get help" Liv interrupted her.

"Let's get you in the back of that truck" Justin ushered the two women away.

Lydia, Ed, and Xander all sat around the table looking at the map and the radio that's at in the middle of the table.

"It's been silent for weeks" Lydia exhaled deeply.

"We don't know what it could mean. They could be fine for all we know" Xander tried to reassure them.

Ed banged his fist on the table, "I'm sick of all of this, they're dead!" he yelled, "Because we didn't do anything when we had the chance!" he glared at the two opposite him.

Xander was about to argue but Luke stumbled into the room, "Liv's at the gate" he managed to say, trying to catch his breath.

They all exchanged looks before running out of the room, Lydia first as the gates opened and Liv stood there, a stick that was sharpened in her hand and blood covering her face and clothes. She looked like she had just came from a massacre.

"Olivia!" Lydia yelled and ran for her sister, embracing her in a hug as Liv stood there frozen before returning the hug.

Lydia pulled back and grabbed her sister's cheeks, analyzing her face frantically as Liv gripped onto her arms, "I'm fine Lyd" she coughed.

"Where's Justin? And Ava?" Ed ran over and gave her a quick hug.

"We need to talk"

"Liv? You covered?" Justin whispered and looked inside the truck to just see corpses of DR's and no sign of Liv, he took that as a sign she was hidden.

Just as the driver came back he spotted Ava and Justin who where left standing there for too long, "Hey!" he yelled and the two of them tried to run but more of Davis' people crowded around them with their guns pointed.

"Get Davis!" the man yelled but Justin and Ava had other plans.

"Ready Small?" Justin whispered.

"As long as I get the ones on the left" she winked and they both ran at different people, taking them off guard.

Ava managed to disarm one of them, grabbing their gun and loading it, "Oh yes" she laughed at the gun and fired it at the rest of them.

Justin disarmed the driver and pulled Ava to the truck, ducking behind it. Liv managed to climb out and crawl next to them.

"CAN'T WE HAVE A LITTLE LUCK ONCE IN A WHILE!?" she yelled over the gun shots and Ava just shrugged.

"We got more coming in" Justin told them and quickly got up to shoot a few of them, "Shit!" he yelled when a bullet skimmed his ear.

"Are you hit?!" Ava panicked and he shook his head but stopped the bleeding.

"Liv! We're gonna clear a path—!" Ava stopped and took a shot at a few of them, "—And you need to—!" She fired her weapon and killed two of them before ducking back down, "—Make a run for it" she said calmly, and Liv looked between the two.

"What about you guys?" she asked them.

"We'll be fine, just tell them to come quick" Justin convinced her, and she nodded hugging both of them quickly as they lined up their shots and opened fire, releasing all the ammo they had making sure she could get out. They watched Liv sneak past them and run out of the gates.

She had bullets firing from behind her and she ducked before diving into the forest and tripping over her own feet constantly, trying to recognize the area and find where she can go to get home. She carried herself up a hill and fell to her knees at the top, she'd been running for so long, yet she could still hear the bullets firing, and the loud commotion.

Liv stood to her feet and looked over at the shining lights and tall walls in the distance, "Found you" she sighed and started walking down the hill. She reached the bottom and heard low growling and moaning from deeper in the woods, she could hear a twig snap and that was her cue to go.

She ran as fast as she could just as three sets of footsteps followed her and quickened their pace. Something lunged at her and she yelped when she hit the floor, screaming as she grabbed it by the neck to stop it from getting any closer.

She reached for a stick and drove it repeatedly into its skull, crying as she threw it off of her just in time to catch two more of the dead running to her. She struck on across the face and jabbed the other in the stomach, grabbing it by the arm and throwing it on the ground, stabbing it in the head one last time.

Liv rolled off of the corpse and laid next to it, she stared her hand and saw the blood on it, she felt her face and touched the red liquid on it. She ran her tongue along her bottom lip and could taste the blood. She hadn't been outside in so long that she'd almost forgotten how to kill them, seeing the blood, and tasting it on her own lips made her feel like a monsters, made her feel scared.

She stood up abruptly and wiped her face, looking down at the bodies one last time before running away and heading to the lights in the distance, it was going to take a while on foot but she needed to get back, not knowing what could be happening to Justin and Ava.