Wretched Earth 3/5

Cody turned on his flashlight and looked around, Jug checked his mag and put it back in. "Alright, follow me." Jug started to walk, Rose and Zach followed. "So you guys knew her?" He asked.

"Who?" Rose tilted her head. "Annabelle." Jug spoke, Rose shook her head. "I only knew her for a day."

He frowned and looked at Cody. "You did?" Jug spoke. "Yeah, I saved both Dani and Annabelle from walkers. Even though I didn't know them." He chuckled, wiping sweat from his forehead, blood smothered his cheek, including his forehead where he just had wiped.

"How long has it been since you've been down here…?" Cody was trying to remember his name till he realized Jug never told him. "Jug." Jug spoke. "The names Jug. You must be Cody." He spoke.

"And it's been around 2 years since I've been here, Stalker and Andrew found me here." He spoke. "My parents went out on a run that week and never returned, I was told not to leave the sewers till they returned. If Stalker and Andrew didn't show up I would have definitely starved to death."

Zach looked at Jug. "Hayden isn't a good guy, he will track the others." He spoke. "They will attack wherever you guys live in or at."

Jug sighed, looking at Zach. "I hope it doesn't come to that." Cody nudged Zach's shoulder. "Cutting off your finger really made you on our side ey?" Cody raised his eyebrows.

"So it was you guys who were in that cabin?" Jug looked at Cody and Zach. "The cabin in the forest?" He pondered and Jug nodded. "Yeah, we were." Cody spoke.

"So that was his finger?" He pointed at Zach, he lifted up his hand, revealing a bandage. "Yup and proud!" Zach jokes.

They turned left and saw a group of walkers. "Shit!" Jug aimed his gun and fired, killing a walker. "You know we could have snuck by." Rose sighed and shot a walker. "This is the way back." He responded and shot another walker.

Evelyn stabbed a walker and sniffed the air. "A group of humans went his way." Evelyn's snout detected where the group had gone. "Ash. What if they're all hurt?" She looked up at Ash.

Ash picked up a walker by the head and crushed it with his bare hands. "Then we will tend to them." Ash forgot he had gloves on. "Whoops." He took the gloves off and looked at Evelyn.

"Lead the way." Ash smiled at her, Evelyn batted her eyes towards the scent of the group and ran, soon enough they reached the sewer drain.

"There!" Evelyn tried to lift the lid but she was too weak, Ash walked over and just picked up the lid with one arm. "There." Ash dropped the lid down and hopped into the sewers. "Where are they?" He looked at her and she sniffed the air. "Bleh, I can't track them with this shit."

Evelyn and Ash heard gunshots in the distance, "they're close by!" Evelyn announced and started to run, she was fast for a dog demi.

Evelyn's claws came out like Wolverine from Marvel, but instead it was her nails, not her knuckles.

Evelyn turned the corner and sliced a walker's face with her claws, she was in the air. Cody turned around and looked at Evelyn.

Loud thumping was heard and Ash punched the walker Evelyn sliced; the walker was sent flying in the wall, the wall started to crack.

Ash turned around. "Anyone need help?" He looked at Cody, Zach, Rose and Jug. "Yeah with the walkers!" Rose shot another, Evelyn landed in the disgusting sewage water, luckily she landed on her feet. It wasn't deep and it only soaked the bottom of her shoes.

Evelyn pounced on a walker and jammed the claws into the walker's skull, killing it. She looked up and jumped back. She dodged a walker.

Ash grabbed the walker by the throat. "Sorry but you won't grab my friend." Ash raised his fist and punched the walker. Killing it.

He turned around and kicked a walker into the sewage water, he ran over to the ground of walkers and started to beat the hell out of them. It was like pop goes the weasel, he was punching their heads, knocking them over with brute force.

Within 30 seconds Ash was finished with the group of walkers. "Now, does anyone need to get tended?" Ash wiped blood off of his face, putting off his gloves.

"Yeah, Rose and Zach." Cody pointed at Rose and Zach. "Pointing is rude, you know?" Ash spoke and went over to Rose, he took off her bandage and began to properly tend to her wound. "We also have injured people back home." Jug responded. "Let's not tend to our wounds in a sewer system!" Zach shot a walker. "There's more coming from the right. We just need to run straight!" Jug began to run.

Ash finished tending to Rose and picked her up, getting her on his shoulder. "Okay!" He began to run, Evelyn's claws sunk back down and she followed Ash like a companion in a video game.

Cody and Zach followed them, soon enough they reached a ladder. "Here." Jug pointed up. "We need someone strong to open it, like you." He looked at Ash.

Ash nodded and climbed up the ladder with Rose still on his shoulder. He used one arm to open it.

Everyone soon got out. "Can you walk ma'am?" Ash looked at Rose, she nodded and Ash carefully lowered her as gently as possible.

Jug pointed at the huge building in the distance. "Over there."

They started to walk towards the building.

Ted looked down. "Mommy is gone?" He looked back up at Andrew and he nodded.

Tears started to dribble down from Ted's face, Andrew hugged Ted tightly. "What about Ted's friend?" He asked Andrew. "Annabelle is sleeping too…" Andrew sighed, dawn began.

Dani opened her eyes. "ANNABELLE!" She shot up and a girl looked at her. "You have a fever, please rest." She demanded politely. "Nono! My sister.. she's…" Dani looked at her.

"She's gone, half of everyone that went out there died. This is our biggest tragedy so far." She sighed.

"Hey Amelia, is she awake!" Ava yelled. "Yeah, she is!" Amelia hollered and stood up, walking away.

Ava went over to Dani. "You okay?" She looked at Dani and rested a new cloth on her head. "How long have I been out for?" Dani mumbled, she wanted to ask so many questions. "A few hours at least." She patted the cloth repeatedly on her forehead.

Dani then remembered Cody. "We-we gotta go back!" She stood up weakly and ran off, her heart racing.

Ava followed her. "Nono! It's too dangerous! We got split up an-"

Dani rushed over to the doors and shoved it open weakly, there stood Cody and the others. "Glad that you guys made it out." Cody smiled, tears streamed down Dani's eyes and she ran, hugging Cody.

Soon she passed out, Cody's eyes widened. "Is she doing okay?!" He shook her but no response came.

Zach's eyes widened. "We don't have a week… we have a couple of days… maybe even hours…"

Cody's eyes widened even more and looked at Ash. "Do you know how to make an antidote?"