Practice Makes Perfect 1/2

Ted looked at Kronx. "Ted ever shot a gun before?" Ted repeated what Kronx had just said, he was confused. Why did Kronx ask that? The wind blew Kronx's hair all over the place. "Yeah, have you ever shot one before?"

Ted looked at Kronx. "No, Ted's mommy never let Ted shoot a gun." He spoke, Kronx handed him the gun. "I guess this is your time to shine."

Kronx grabbed Ted's hand once again. "We will train you in the city. Are you up for that?" He asked him, Ted looked around and then at Kronx. "Ted's ready!" He smiled.

Kronx nodded, walking out of the forest and into the city. "So Ted, how was your mother like?" He asked. Surprisingly there were no walkers that could be seen; at least for now.

"Ted's mommy was very nice and kind, she died a couple of days ago." He looked down, Kronx looked at a building, the windows were shot out. Likely from the fight against Hayden.

"My parents died at the very beginning of this." Kronx spoke, looking at the dead bodies. "How did they die?" Ted looked around, it smelt bad, and it was even worse for Ted because he is a bear demi.

"Ted doesn't feel too good." He spoke, Kronx looked at the dead bodies and then at Ted. "Right. Let's get away from this area." He spoke.

Kronx looked up, staring at the sky. "I killed mine… well; me and my brother killed ours.."

Jug opened his eyes, he was in a room. The room was partially dark and only one light bulb was the only thing illuminating the room.

He analyzed the room, the walls seemed to be bricks. Jug tried to move but he couldn't.

Jug looked down, realizing he's been tied up. He began to panic. "HELP! ZACHHH?!" Jug yelled but there was no answer.

"ZACH, WHERE ARE YOUUU?" He tried again but to no avail. A door swung open and there was Hayden, he had a smirk on his face. "Hello, Jug." He spoke. His white hair and red eyes illuminated due to the light.

"Dawson, chair please." Hayden looked back at the entrance, Dawson came back with a chair. "Thank you." He spoke. Dawson nodded and stood guard, leaning against the wall.

"So Jug. We know how many people your group has. Around 20, right? If you want to save them I suggest you speak up." Hayden sat down on the chair. "Answer my question first. Why are you doing this?" Jug glared at Hayden.

Hayden grabbed Jug by the head and slammed him down onto the table. "I'm the one fucking answering the questions, not you." He growled and let Jug go, Jug winced. Blood dribbled down from his forehead.

"So, how many guns do you guys have?" He asked, Jug looked at him. "And you slammed my head for that, we have a fair amount of guns." Jug answered, his deer ears going down.

Hayden looked at Dawson and nodded. "You gotta answer everything truthfully okay? Your ears are a lie detector for us. So, answer truthfully." Hayden sighed. "If I do, will you answer my questions?"

Hayden nodded, slouching against the chair, putting his legs up onto the table. "Next question, who is running the group?"

"Stalker and Andrew…" Jug spoke, relieved that he hadn't asked any of the most important questions. "Good, good." Hayden stopped slouching, tucking his hands into his jacket. "How did you guys find Cody; or were you with him prior to this?" He asked.

"We found him, he was the friend of someone you guys killed." Jug spoke, looking down. "She was also my friend…"

"Okay." He looked at Dawson and nodded. "Now. You can answer yours." Hayden looked back at Jug. "Why are you doing this?" Jug asked.

"Why am I doing this?" Hayden scratched his chin. "Because of my hatred for Cody, back when this began I tried to kill him, why you ask? Because he was so damn close to Rose and you see, I want her all to myself. Even if they're best friends." Hayden spoke proudly, Jug was speechless. Anger began to fill his entire body, all this was because he wanted to kill Cody and have Rose.

"You're a fucking monster." Jug glared at him. "Countless of my friends are dead because of you!"

Hayden stood up. "Dawson it's time." He nodded and handed Hayden a knife. Jugs eyes widened. "W-what are you going to do?!" He tried to get away but it was no use.

"You answered one question incorrectly, usually it would be an arm or a finger." Hayden looked at Dawson. "Hold him."

Dawson nodded and grabbed Jug. "NO!" Jug screamed, trying to kick Dawson, though deers do have good kicks, he couldn't reach them. He was out of reach.

Hayden aimed the knife and lowered it towards his left eye. "NO!" Jug screamed again.

Zach woke up in a room, it was different from Jug's. The room was just white, including the walls and door. "The fuck is this?" He looked around.

"Isn't this for mental patients?" Zach could move, he wasn't tied up like Jug. "So this is your tactic now Hayden?" He sighed.

Joseph went over to Ava. "Hey, you holding up okay?" He sat next to her, eating a granola bar. "No, Jug and Zach are gone. We have no clue where they are; but Cody suggested we wait for him to come here." Ava spoke, cleaning her crossbow.

"Crazy world we're in, huh?" Joseph chuckled and handed her a granola bar. "Thanks." She smiled. "No problem."

Cody looked at Dani. "Are you sure you can actually walk?" He pondered. "Yes, yes I can." She let go of Cody and walked around. "See, I'm fine!" She smiled.

"Is it bad that I'm actually glad that Noah's gone?" Joseph looked around. "Nah, he was a shitty person. Then he made you shitty. You're more like you used to be now." Ava smiled.

Ted looked at Kronx. "Always aim for the head." He spoke, helping Ted aim at a walker. "Now." He backed up. "Fire!"

Ted pulled the trigger, although he killed the walker the drawback caused him to fall flat on his butt.

Kronx chuckled. "Keep practicing." Ted got up. "Okay…"

Evelyn went over to Cody and Dani. "I see that she's gaining all her strength." Evelyn smiled, Cody looked at her. "Yeah, she is." He smiled.

Dani looked at Evelyn. "You're Ash's friend, right?" She asked. Evelyn nodded. "Friend/companion, we usually go on the road to help people. But we're deciding on if we want to stay with you guys or not. We also have a place to get back to as well."

"Isn't it a hotel, right?" Cody looked at her. "If this place falls we could head there." Evelyn spoke. Cody nodded. "Glad we have a good back up plan." He laughed a bit, Evelyn giggled and scratched the back of her head nervously. "Well I'm going to head back in, peace." She went back in and took a deep breath.

Jacob looked at Ava. "Should I take that to offense orrr?" Ava laughed and kissed him. "No." She smiled, Joseph looked at Ava in shock. "I'm sorry! I-" Ava waved her hands around, Joseph kissed her, Ava smiled and kissed back.

Jug panted, his whole body was sore. Blood covered the table. Jug looked up at Hayden. "Bandage his eye." Hayden spoke. "We don't want our prisoner to die." He had a snicker on his face as the nurse finished bandaging his eye.

Hayden waited for the nurse to exit, once she did he grabbed the door and turned the lights off. "Bye bye." He spoke and shut the door.

It was pitch dark in the room Jug was in, Hayden had carved his left eye out. He looked down at the ground. "Fuck… FUCK!"

Ash looked at Evelyn. "Looks like you might have a crush on someone." He laughed a bit. Evelyn snapped at Ash. "Shut it!" She sat down, looking at the roof. "Yeah, I do." She spoke silently. "I think I know who it may be, just don't go for him yet. It's too early for that." He laughed a bit. "What do you think I'm doing?" She pouted.

Cody patted Dani. "Let's head inside, we're going to have dinner." Dani looked up at Cody and nodded. "Alright!"