2 No one left behind

At the radio station, it showed Ian's wife Dana. "Well you guys, I hope someone heard us," she said looking at the semi-depressed faces. It was Dana, Bobby, Seth, Raven, April, Isabella, Ethan, Sarah, and her older brother Jason, Fish, and April. No weapons, no food, no water, no meds. "What if it's like last time?" Bobby asked. "They already wiped us out with our food and everything, What if they come back?" He asked nervously again. "He said in one week, so whoever comes with the stuff, we take from them, and just give the Legion their stuff and avoid fighting them again," Raven suggested as she looked at her boyfriend Seth who was beaten pretty bad. "We need to just wait until someone shows up." Ethan said as it shows Dana who was worried. "we need help." she said to herself.

It then shows Ian and the others back at Jennifer's place. "We're going no questions asked." Ian declared as Jacobs added. "We have to think about this first, we're talking about traveling by foot and we're out of gas Ian." Jacobs said as Ian interjected, "that was my wife! We're going no matter what you say!" He demanded as he started packing his things as well as the others.

Minutes later, they were all by the door. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Jacobs asked as Ian just looked at him. "Alright, let's mound up," Jacobs said as they headed out. They were all traveling on foot keeping away from the roads and from flesh-eaters which Jordan called them. Ian was leading the way holding his A-K 47 in his hands, Jacobs was on side of him also holding the same gun, Jennifer was holding a duffel-bag while wielding an iron baseball bat, Jordan and Remedy were behind them, Jordan also had a bag and a Glock 40 while Remedy had a hunting knife with a bag as they were on their way to the radio station.

Hours of evading flesh-eaters, the group made it. "I guess we climb that car and get to the top of the stairs that way." Remedy whispered. "Sounds like a plan, there is no other option let's go," Ian said as they moved quickly. Jacobs then poised his gun as Ian stopped him, "We don't want to draw attention if we were to fire our guns." Ian said as he looked over to Jennifer. "Jen," Ian said as he signaled her to kill a flesh-eater. She then killed it by smashing her bat across its head. They then proceeded and climbed up the stairs. "Jacobs, I'll cover you, try and pick the lock," Ian said as Jacobs did so. Jennifer was looking at the flesh-eaters in the road as well as the damage is done to the town. Jordan was consoling Remedy, and Ian was holding his gun at the door as Jacobs managed to open the door. The place was a mess, the lights were flickering on and off, then it shut off, there was blood on the walls and the front area was flipped inside out. "Everyone stay on guard," Ian said in a low tone as they started slowly walking to the back area.

The door then opened to one of the rooms, and there were the other survivors, everyone looked up and tears fell from Dana's eyes as she and Ian locked eyes. She then ran and hugged him super tight "honey." she said as Ian started kissing her. Jacobs then saw his brother who also served in the military "well I'll be damn…..Fish!" he said as the two hugged. Jennifer then smiled, "We heard you'll on the radio and we came quickly." Ian added as he and his wife were still hugging. "Who's in charge here?" Jacobs asked. "No one, we just are all one." Dana said as Rachel added, "maybe you can be the leader." as they all looked at him. "Naaa I'm good, I'm not too great with that leader shit, besides if you want a leader then my man Ian is qualified for the job," Jacobs added as Jennifer smiled as well as Jordan. "Well then, if you'll agree to it then I'll be your leader, but there will be rules, but for now let's eat," Ian added. 

It then shows everyone sitting in a circle in the radio room eating canned food with bottled water. "Ian then looked at Dana who was happy and sat beside him. "Okay, for those who don't know me, I'm Ian Michaels, I served in the military for four years today and received my second Purple Heart while saving a family back in Iran. I'm married to Dana beside me and we barely made it back from Afghanistan when this outbreak started," he said as Jennifer went. "I'm Jennifer Harvey, and I served alongside Ian in the military, I was working in the autopsy department, I recently lost my family to the flesh eaters and now I hope we can rebuild from here on out," she said. "I'm Jacobs, I served as well in the military blah blah blah, I lost a lot of things before this shitty mess, but I'm glad I found what family I have left," he said while looking at Fish. "It doesn't matter at all where we come from, who we lost, and who we found, but we wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for you so-called military." bobby said, "excuse me shit head," Jacobs said while standing to his feet. "Yeah like he said, it started with you guys and now it had spread across the damn globe.....I'm…..sorry but we need your help, we're all in some shit with this guy named Tarver." bobby said as Raven looked at him, "Bobby, what the hell." she said while consoling her beaten boyfriend Seth. "No Raven, look what they did to Seth, and they already threatened to take Sarah from us, they already took our food, and everything else, we can't go on like this." bobby said as it showed the sad face of raven. Ian then stood up "who's Tarver?" He asked as he looked at Dana. "Tarver is at most 5'9, a bit stocky, scruffy voice, and a scruffy beard, he wears a brown leather jacket all the time with black boots and blue denim jeans. He is sarcastic in everything he says, he's also the biggest ass hole on the planet. We kicked him out of our group when he hit April, and now he's found another group called the Legion, and they have guns and power, and they come here and take what they want." Jason said as he put his arm around his 10-year-old sister Sarah. "When will he be back?" Ian asked. "We don't know, but I hope you know what you're doing." bobby said as everyone got up to go to their sleeping pads. "I'm glad you're here, now I can see everyone is feeling a bit safer now, they won't show it, but bobby is putting his trust in you and your Military friends and so are we." Dana said as she kissed him, "I love you." he said as she said it back to him.

It then shows Ian and Dana making love, and about an hour later, Dana was lying across Ian's chest. "You know I missed that so much," she said while grabbing his junk as Ian smiled. "So what's the plan?" She asked. "For starters, I deal with this Tarver guy and also we find somewhere else to stay because now that there are more of us, we need to have a bigger space." he said as Dana gave him another kiss and turned over to get some sleep "well Hercules, tomorrow we discuss more of this but for now, we need to rest up." She added. "I have to use the bathroom, I'll be back," Ian whispered as he grabbed the Glock-40 and a flashlight and headed out the room. 

On his way, he checked in every room to see everyone asleep then he went to the bathroom and did his business. After he finished, on the way out he heard moaning coming from one of the rooms, but not sexual moans, it was flesh-eaters moans. Ian then poised his gun and started walking slowly to the noise when he saw the room, he looked through the glass to see nothing. He then put his ear to the door to hear the noise. Ian then poised his gun again and turned on his flashlight to see a horde of flesh-eaters in the room "what the fuck." he whispered as he looked on at the horde of flesh-eaters in the room.

The next day, Ian hadn't got any sleep and he had woke everyone except for Jason and Sarah, Jennifer, Jacobs, Jordan, and Remedy. "Okay I need answers, did any of you know about the Flesh eaters in the back room?" He asked as everyone was in disarray except for Isabella who put her head down in guilt. Ian then noticed, "let me ask this again, Isabella did you know about those flesh-eaters?" He asked while looking at her. "I need answers now," he demanded. "Y….yes," she said. "What the fuck!" Bobby shouted. "Shut up Bobby, why did Isabella explain this to me?" Ian asked as she did. "It's....it's my family members, I couldn't leave them behind Ian I'm sorry." she explained as Bobby started pacing back and forth "all this time Isabella, you had those unearthly things living with us!" Bobby shouted as Ian replied, "Bobby the best thing for you to do is calm down, let me handle this." "No fuck that! We're in here with flesh-eaters that she thinks is her family, you're the leader do something about it!" He shouted as Ian looked at Isabella. "You know what Fuck it!" Bobby screamed as he grabbed the gun off of the table and stormed out of the room as Ian shouted, "Bobby what the fuck!" As he, Dana, and the others followed them as well as Jordan and the others, except for Isabella who stayed behind. "If you won't do it I will." Bobby declared as he cocked the gun and found the room. "What the hell is this?" Jacobs asked. "Dead people that our so-called leader won't handle." Bobby added as Ian became angry, "Bobby, give me the gun!" Ian yelled as Bobby opened the door and started letting off rounds. "Fuck!" Ian yelled when Bobby ran out of bullets and the horde started to pursue them. They all then ran and grabbed the guns as Jacobs went and grabbed Isabella. They then ran out of the radio station firing off rounds as they made their way to the ground alerting the other flesh-eaters. As they were running Dana slipped over a rock "Ian!!!!!!" She screamed as Ian ran over to her but when he made it to her, the flesh-eaters started ripping her apart and feeding on her body. "No…No….Nooooooooooo!" Ian yelled while shooting his last bit of rounds while backing away in a running position, as he dropped the gun and Jordan came over to aid him and started shooting. "let's go, Ian!" Jordan shouted as it shows Jason, Sarah, and Bobby. The flesh-eaters got to Jason as Sarah started screaming "Bobby…..ta…..take my sister." Jason's last words were when Bobby took off running. As Ian was being tugged by Jordan, Ian grabbed the gun and ran off to save little Sarah who was surrounded by the flesh-eaters. He was loading off rounds as Jacobs was calling for everyone to enter the house. Ian kept shooting and then grabbed Sarah and took off running and made it into the house.

It then shows the aftermath outside, the dead bodies of Ian's wife Dana, and Sarah's brother Jason while flesh eaters were moving around and some feasting on bodies. It then goes inside where Ian was consoling little Sarah. "what the fuck just happened!" Jennifer said while shaking fearfully and bursting into tears and started crying as well as Isabella. It then shows Jacobs and his brother Fish boarding up the place, Jordan and Remedy was sitting on the chair, Ian was then sitting on the floor against the wall, Seth was consoling his girlfriend raven, Ethan was pacing back and forth, Sarah was next to Ian crying her little eyes out, as Bobby walked over. "Hey I'm sor...." but before he could finish Ian punched him in the face knocking him to the ground as blood came from his mouth. "Stay the Fuck away from her, and Me!" Ian yelled as everyone looked on. "It's because of you, this shit came about, I lost my fucking wife, my wife because of You!" He yelled while punching Bobby in the face again. "I was trying to come up with a solution to this, but you wanted to do what's best for Bobby and you thought you can kill them all, with three fucking bullets!" He yelled again while punching Bobby in the face once more. "Ian relax!" Jennifer said as he continued, "This is why you people need a leader because it's guys like you that fuck up everything, not only did you get my wife killed, but you got her brother killed!" He yelled as he punched Bobby again as Jacobs grabbed Ian. "You left Sarah to die, a little girl, you ran like a fucking coward, you piece of shit...Their blood is on your hands now Bobby!" Ian yelled as tears fell from his eyes. "I'm s..." before bobby could get the words out of his mouth, Ian cut him off. "Save your apology bull shit for someone else, as far as I'm concerned, you don't exist to me," Ian said as he jerked his arm away from Jacobs and went back to sit onside of Sarah who then rested her head on Ian's shoulder. Jennifer then walked up to Ian, "go and rest up, I'll keep an eye on Sarah." she said as Ian just sat there staring into space. Ian then got up as Sarah panicked a little. "It's ok Sarah, he's gotta clear his head, I'll look after you until then," Jennifer said.

Minutes went by and the downstairs living room was quiet as everyone heard the angry screaming and crying from Ian. "Do you think we'll do better on our own?" Raven asked Seth quietly. "No, let's stay here, but if things go south, we leave." he declared as Jordan came out of the kitchen, "this is all I could find," he said as everyone looked up to him holding a can of ravioli. "All of us are hungry, but I think since I found it, I at least split it with someone," Jordan said as he sat the can on the table and everyone began to bicker. Jennifer then grabbed the food and she and Sarah went upstairs to the room Where Ian was in as she knocked, then entered. "Jordan found a can of food, and now everyone's arguing to see who gets it, you're our leader, we all chose you so please end this and lead," Jennifer explained as she handed Ian the food and Ian looked at Sarah.

Minutes later, Jennifer and Sarah were back downstairs where everyone was still arguing except Bobby who was quiet. Ian then walked downstairs and everyone was quiet. "So who's getting the food?" Remedy asked as Ian ignored her, went into the kitchen and opened up the can, and gave it to Sarah. "Here, eat up," he said as she got the canned food from him. "Thanks." she added as she started eating as everyone looked on "why her?" Raven asked. "This little girl comes before any of us, I don't care how you take it, but she deserves this food and you'll know it and the fact that you were arguing about who gets the food is shameful, it was nothing to think about, this child needs this more than us an that's why I gave it to her, and if you don't like how I lead, then there's the door." he said as Seth spoke up, "you're right, if you wasn't here, we would of all be thinking about us an not who needs it the most, you did the smart thing any of us wouldn't have done, and I'm glad we made you a leader." Seth said as Sarah continued to eat up. "Look everyone should get some rest after Sarah eats her meal,, Jacobs, Fish, and Jordan will take shifts on watch duty." Ian said.

Hours went by and everyone was in bed except Ian, he was sitting in the living room crying as it shows Sarah in the room with Raven and Jennifer. As they were lying in bed Sarah began talking. "he's better than Tarver, he's kind and he saved me, unlike Bobby, I like him as the leader and I'm glad I ate because I get depressed when I'm hungry." she said as Raven was shocked an turned to the other side of the room, a smile then grew on her face.

Everyone was asleep except Fish who was now on watch and Bobby who was sneaking out looking over his shoulder to see if he was being followed. He then was in the woods and fixed his glasses while still moving. Bobby was up to something but only he knew as Bobby continued running through the woods.

The next morning, It shows Bobby sneaking back into the house coming from somewhere unknown at the time.

Everyone was waking up and met in the living room, "okay we need to find food and a safer place to live." Ian said. He then opened the door to a group of people with their guns drawn. "Not so fast." someone called out. "Tarver!" Raven said as the women became a little scared. "Is this the dip shit that put a pounding on you, Bobby?" He asked as they all looked at Bobby. "Bobby you traitor," Jennifer said. "So you must be the new leader," he said as he gutted Ian in the stomach with his gun making him fall to the floor. "Is this all of em Bobby?" Tarver asked. "Yeah." bobby said, "tie em up, and put em in the truck, we're going for a ride," Tarver said while walking off as his men came in to tie them all up. "Get up!" One of Tarver's men yelled while picking Ian up off of the floor. Ian then looked at Bobby and was shoved with the gun in his back. "Move it." The armed masked man said. They were all thrown in the back of a van tied up while Bobby was riding in the front with Tarver. The vans then pulled off as flesh-eaters were being gunned down by some of the legion.

While in the back of the van Isabella spoke, "I'm sorry guys, this is all my fault, if it wasn't for me hiding what I thought was my family, we wouldn't be in this predicament." She said with her head down. "It's not your fault Isabella, We were just gonna leave to find a place, but Bobby messed everything up and got some important people killed, but he's gonna get his," Ian said while everyone had their heads down. "We don't know what Tarver has in store for us." April said as Jacobs interjected, "don't worry, we'll come up with a plan."

Hours later, the van came to a screeching halt. "Get the prisoners." Ian and the group heard from the inside of the van. The door opened and two masked men were pointing guns at Ian and his group. "Alright Get your asses out here in a single file." One of the legion members said as the group obliged. When Ian jumped out the fan, Bobby was on side of him, "sorry Ian." He said as Ian responded, "yeah.....I'm sorry too, sorry for what's gonna happen to you." He whispered while walking off as Bobby looked on.

The group was thrown into a room of what looks to be a prison. "This is where you all deserve to be, this will be your new home unless you don't cooperate with what I'm running here. The legion welcomes you with open arms but, if you as so much as think about breaking the rules, I won't hesitate to kill you." Tarver said as he walked out alongside his men.

The group was now untied and quiet. Jennifer was occupying Sarah who was being hugged by her. Seth was consoling his girlfriend Raven, Fish was pacing back and forth, Isabella was sitting next to Ethan, April was looking out of the barred window, Jacobs was leaning on the wall with his arms folded, while Ian was by the metal door which was locked, holding onto his stomach. "This is Bullshit!" Jacobs said while rocking back and forth on the wall, we didn't come back to be held captive, and one of those fuckers are carrying around my favorite gun." He added. "Give me time, I'll come up with a plan," Ian said when the door suddenly opened and everyone looked. "Michaels you're wanted." One of the men said with his gun aimed at Ian's head. "Follow me." The man added as Ian walked out while the group looked on.

Ian had been escorted to the office of Tarver. "The man of the hour," Tarver said sitting behind a desk as Ian and a legion member walked in. Ian then stood on the opposite side of the desk while the legion member still had his gun drawn. "Ian Michaels, the so-called leader of the pack. I see you dressed in military gear, you part of the armed forces?" Tarver asked to no response. The gunman then put the gun on the back of Ian ready to shoot, "answer him." He said as Ian looked on. "Now now snake, that won't be necessary, it's okay he's just shy is all," Tarver said while walking from behind the desk and sat on the end of the desk with his arms also pressed on the desk. "Mr. Ian, you messed up my man Bobby pretty bad, I'll let it slide though. What I want from you is, well seeing that you're taking care of my group, I'm gonna offer you a role here at the Pit, I want you to be our new commander in chief how does that sound?" He asked with a smirk on his face. "Screw you." Ian answered, "what a pity, I was starting to like you too." He said as snake forcefully shoved the butt of the gun in Ian's jaw knocking him on the floor. "Listen, Ian, you need to learn the rules around here, never decline any of my offers. Now, you have 24 hours to accept my offer, or else I will give you a little incentive for joining, I'm gonna start killing off your group one by one, starting with little Sarah." He said as Ian stood to his feet. "Let's go." Snake said while shoving Ian towards the door. "Oh, I almost forgot, Snake, since Ian declined my offer, Ian, as well as his group, will not be receiving food tonight until he learns to follow orders," Tarver said while Ian was shoved out the office as Tarver started humming a melodic song.

Minutes later, Ian was shoved back in the prison room, "dip shit, just caused you guys supper tonight, Follow the rules next time." Snake said as he slammed the door shut and you can hear it being locked. "What happened?" Jennifer asked. "He threatened me to join the legion, but I declined the offer and no meal tonight and, he said he's gonna give me an incentive this time, by killing us off one by one, starting with Sarah," Ian said to everyone except Sarah who was asleep. "So what's the plan?" Fish asked. "The plan is I have 24 hours to join his group. And I will." He said as everyone became baffled by his response. "Are you fucking serious Ian you're gonna betray us as Bobby did?" Raven said. "No that's a part of the plan, I will join him, and Jacobs will keep you guys in order, I will get a look around the place, find the infirmary and weapons, and So on. I will steal weapons and bring them back here so that way when the time is ripe, I will kill Tarver when he's vulnerable, sound the alarm, grab the keys and come get you, guy." Ian explained. "Easier said than done," April said. "Trust me guys I've been in this predicament before, just ask fish and Jacobs," Ian replied. "Well that's all fine and dandy but, what role do we play?" Seth asked. "I just need you to follow their rules, no screw-ups, I'm your eyes and ears, just play along okay, you guys just don't screw up your part," Ian said as everyone agreed to his plan. "I hope this plan work," Isabella said. Hours passed by and everyone was asleep.

The next morning, the door opened and In came Tarver and 5 of his legion members all wielding guns and one of them had Jacobs gun who then noticed. "So Ian, did you think about my offer?" Tarver asked as Ian looked on and answered. "I will join the legion." He said as everyone in his group played along really well. "You son of a bitch how could you!" Jacob yelled while running at Ian but immediately punched him in the stomach. "You made the right choice Ian, now follow me," Tarver said. Ian then looked at his group while the others walked out and whispered, "Trust me." He said as he was walking out and the group was standing there as Sarah who didn't know what was going on, was crying.

Ian was walking alongside Tarver and his men. "I'm glad you decided to join the family, but tell me, what changed your mind?" Tarver asked. "I started thinking of myself sir, adapt or die," Ian answered while they continued to walk outside now. The wind was breezy but the sun was out. "I like that slogan," Tarver said as he dismissed his men. "Are you sure sir?" Snake asked. "Snake I won't tell you again," Tarver said as Snake and the other members went about. "Now Ian, where are you from, what's your story, and why are you here?" Tarver asked as he leaned on a light pole. "I served in the military for 4 years now, I earned my stripes but the outbreak started back on base and there were just too many, so we came back home, watching our base being outrun by flesh-eaters. I came back here because this is my home, my wife Dana who died, she was my home." Ian explained. "No wonder it's not rowdy in that prison of mine, the loudmouth bitch finally got what she deserved," Tarver said as Ian became angry. "You disrespect my wife again, and I won't hesitate to shoot you in the head." He said. "I highly doubt it, you threaten me again and I will cut your fucking head off and place it on my mantelpiece, now I'm gonna let that one slide, now follow me, I need to show you around the community." He added as Ian gave him a smug look and Followed him. 

Back in the room, Jennifer was with the others as April was next to her. "I sure hope he knows what the hell he is doing." She said while staring at the closed door. "I hope so too," Jennifer said to herself as the chapter ended showing them all scattered in different areas of the room.

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