One Survivor

27 'The fight'

Ava gripped her weapon and whacked a man around the face and kicked him to the ground, the temptation to kill took over and she slammed the wooden ole into his neck. She spotted Dead Runners pouring into the community and she tightened her grip and dove for them, stabbing four in the head and tripping another rover, finishing it off. 

Her clothes had slashes of blood on them, her face and neck had small patched of blood on it while her hands were soaked in it, making the weapon slip out of her hands slightly.

She looked to see Justin struggling with one and she ran for him, stabbing the DR in the back of the head as the end of the pole skimmed Justin's cheek. He threw the corpse off of him, "Thanks Small" he smiled and breathed heavily.

"We're not done yet" she told him and ran back into the action.

Justin picked up a mallet from the ground and smiled, dragging it across the floor when he saw the man with the dark green eyes and scar across his cheek. He was fighting off a Dead Runner but Justin didn't acre and he swung the mallet to his leg and the man yelled out in pain, falling to the ground as Justin kneeled down next to him.

"Thought I said don't touch her" he repeated before raising his weapon in the air and slamming it down on his face.

Ed looked to see Sam and Luke firing guns from the truck, Lydia and Liv were helping Katie up and started to fire at the DR's around them. Justin was beating a man senseless, his eyes landed on Ava moving like she has some sort of super speed as she struck the dead down with ease.

He ran to her and stood with their backs to back, "How's Lucas?!" she yelled and struck one of the dead across the face.

"He misses you!" he yelled back and kicked a Dead Runner back before shooting it.

"Just want this to finally be over" she whispered loud enough for him to heard and he smiled.

Sam shot another DR in the head and looked around seeing Luke fighting a guy but struggling, he ran to his aid and let out a yell, drawing the man's attention to Sam and a gunshot flew through the air, Sam tackled the man to the ground and punched him repeatedly, firing his gun and shooting him in the head.

He panted heavily and climbed off the man facing Luke and seeing him smiling, "Got him" Sam choked out before falling to the ground.

Luke's eyes darted to the bullet hole in Sam's chest, he scrambled to the floor and covered the wound with his hands.

"Hey, hey, hey, look at me. You're good, man. You're good" he removed his hand and placed it on Sam's curly brown hair.

Lydia and Liv saw what was happening and ran to them, avoiding the violence around them and diving for Sam, "Sam?!" Lydia pulled out a cloth from her bag and stuck it on his wound, Luke removed his hands and cupped Sam's face in his hands.

"Stay with me, okay?" he felt his voice catch in his throat and tried to hold back the tears that were welling up in his eyes.

A tear rolled out of Sam's eye and he looked up to Luke, he kept trying to breath, but it would get caught up in his throat and cause him to choke.

"I love you too" Luke whispered, and Sam gave him a look he'll never forget, a look of relief, his eyes lit up like he had just won a prize at a fair.

Luke leaned down and pressed his lips against Sam's, a part of him knowing this would be the last time he'd be able to do this. He gripped onto Sam's cheeks harder as Sam held the back of Luke's head. Sam didn't know how to feel except happy, happy that he would die knowing he saved the life of the boy he loved and was finally able to share this tender moment with him before leaving to join the next life. 

Luke felt the head suddenly drop from the back of his head as he pulled away and looked down at Sam, his eyes wide open, lips parted slightly. His face frozen in place and no longer full of the life and color they had before.

"Sammy..." Luke sobbed and gripped onto his shirt, hearing Lydia pull out her knife and slowly insert it into Sam's head made him cry harder.

There was silence. Ava and Ed looked around at the multiple bodies of both Dead Runner's and humans, some of their own and other's that belonged to Davis. Her eyes landed on Luke who was sobbing over a body, she looked closer and saw the face of who it was.

She stood there silently and held Ed's hand when he saw the corpse as well, "Goodbye Sam" she whispered as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"AVA!" Justin yelled and looked around, seeing Ava standing there, covered in blood and her weapon in hand.

She looked to him and ran into his arms, wrapping her arms and legs around him, "Thank god you're okay" she whispered, and kissed his cheek.

Justin held onto her securely, finally feeling safe and okay, "Follow me" he whispered and set her down, they walked hand in hand back to the building where the cells were and down the stairs.

They looked to see Davis leaning against the wall outside the cell, "Welcome back" he coughed, blood running out of his mouth.

Justin and Ava stood over him, "A kid up there's mourning the death of his best friend" she told him, "The only difference in this case is..." she started and handed Justin her knife.

"No one will be mourning yours" Justin finished and stabbed him in the stomach.

Davis' eyes widened in fear as he grabbed Ava's wrist, "Don't... leave" he cough and glanced at the knife.

"You're already a monster, why keep you form your kind?" she growled and left the room.

Justin spat on him before following Ava out and hearing Davis screaming and yelling for them to kill him.