Hostage

With the assumption of Pippin was on her way she told every guard who to look out for. She gave them all detailed descriptions of Mama's group and instructed them to grab them the moment they are seen within the gates. Cypher always seemed on edge. Not angry but just nervous. Charlie, who was always by her side, tried to figure out what's going on. Cypher never told him, all she'd tell him was don't worry about it. He wondered why she doesn't want Mama to be here but she never told him that either. All he was ever told was to not worry about it and go do something else.

They had been walking for a week now and still only had the base of their plan. So like any rational person they would just wing it and hope they don't die. For the most part Lasso kept to himself because he wasn't surprised that Cypher turned out this way. He never fully believed that she changed for the good and had a feeling she would be the one to start up Dead End again. That doesn't mean he's going to stop Mama and Pippin from trying, he doesn't want to drag their hopes down once more. So he just silently walked behind the rest of their group, holding his tongue on how he feels about the devil their about to see again.

Another week of walking Lasso and Shiny lead them to the hill that they hid on years ago to stalk this place. It was busy there. They could hear cheers, screams and roars. "That's odd..." Shiny mumbled and Lasso looked at him, tilting his head meaning for him to continue. "Zombies don't roar." Shiny whispered and Lasso frowned and snuck up into a tree to see over the fence a little better. "Still got your binoculars Shimmers?" Lasso whispered and Shiny nodded. "Toss em up." He told him. When Lasso got the binoculars and put them to his eyes, Pippin climbed up next to him. They were both well hidden by the leaves and Lasso looked around. He saw Cypher announcing the next game and Charlie right by her side. "Lookin more like your father I see..." he mumbled, seeing the partially healed scar across her eye. "What?" Pippin held out her hand for the binoculars and he handed them to her. She put them to her eyes and sighed. She then looked down into the pit and gasped.

       She sat there frozen as she watched a weapon less man get mauled by a mountain lion. Lasso grabbed the binoculars back to see what she was looking at. "Oh Dios..." he mumbled. He could only see into 2 of the 10 pits but the two had cages in them. The cages were not empty but he couldn't make out what was inside them. "This place got a few upgrades I see..." he mumbled to himself while looking around. There were guards everywhere and they were all heavily armed. Lasso silently hopped down and explained what all he saw to Mama and she nodded. "Act like we're there for the games?" X quietly suggested and Pippin climbed down. "It's all we can do" she whispered and they nodded.

       Cypher was walking back inside when Mama's groups walked through those gates. Lasso strayed behind the group, looking around and saw guards staring at them. They seemed to be trying to recognize them which worried him. He sped up and went to Mama Williams. "Hey I'm not liking how these guards are staring." He whispered and Mama took a look around. Many guards were looking at them with glares but no one approached. "Ok...we'll keep an eye out.." she whispered back and he nodded then retreated to the back of the group once more.

       Pippin was the first to stray away from the group. She wandered inside the hotel while the rest wandered outside. A guard finally approached. "Hey there missy." He greeted gruffly and she smiled. "Hello there" she took a step back from him but bumped into a guard that had snuck up behind her. Pippin's smile began to fade. "Can I um help you?" She asked and tried to step off to the side but someone grabbed her while another guard hit her in the head with the side of a crowbar. When she was knocked out one man picked her up and carried her deeper into the hotel. One down, five to go.

         Lasso kept a close eye on the guards. He didn't like how they stared at them as they walked around. He eventually stopped for a moment because he thought he saw Cypher in a crowd. No one noticed that he stopped so they kept looking. Two guards had silently approached and the moment he tried to turn around he caught an uppercut right under his ribs. The cowboy went breathless and he felt his legs give out from under him. He collapsed into someone's arms and was carried inside through a side door. No one around them questioned a thing. Two down, four to go.

      Bones was the first to notice the two missing. He quickly went to Mama Williams and leaned down next to her. "Pip and Lasso are gone" he told her and she looked at him. "Their what-" she asked for clarification and he repeated himself. "Gone" he said again and she began to look around for them. Shiny and X over heard this and wandered off together to find them. They told Mama that she could continue her search for Cypher and they would track down Lasso and Pippin. They eventually wandered to the back of the building to see if they were possibly back there. Instead they just saw rough looking guards. "Sorry- wrong people-" Shiny apologized and went to walk away. "Hey! Come here." One of the guards called and X answered this time. "We gotta find our friends, talk later" he tried to walk away with Shiny but two guards rushed and grabbed their arms. When they tried to yank away two others came over and hit them in the head with their rifles, knocking them both unconscious. They were both dragged inside through the back door and taken deep into the old hotel. Four down, two to go.

Mama and Bones continued their search for Cypher. They finally went into the main room of the hotel and looked around. Bones had grown taller since the last time he was here so he had to duck through the doorway now. Mama decided to ask a guard where she was. "Do you know Cypher?" She asked the man who looked at her confused. "Who?" He asked. He had never learned Cypher's name. He just knew her as boss and that was that. While Mama questioned him a little more, Bones got called into a room by another man. He looked friendlier then the others so Bones went to him. He had short auburn hair and a auburn colored beard too. He was a big man but wore a kind smile. "Come here kid, I wanna ask you something" he told him and began walking down one of the halls with Bones behind him. He talked to Bones for a few minutes while walking, eventually getting behind him. He then grabbed Bones and yanked him down, covering his mouth and nose with a cloth. Bones had panicked and tried to fight but only for a moment. His surroundings got blurry and eventually everything went dark. He was dragged into another room. Five down, one to go.

Finally Mama noticed the Bones was gone. "Bones?-" she looked around and began to stray away from the guard but he grabbed her arm. "Let me help you find your kid" he grinned and she looked at him with a frown. She tried to pull her arm away but someone had come up behind her and hit her in the head with a bat. She collapsed into the first guard's arms and was carried deeper into the old hotel. Six down, none to go.