Signs

We spent the night at Diamond and Joel's base. Rin said I started talking in his sleep about Crystal Prep. She heard "Not again...", "Stay away...", and "You're not yourself...", which makes it worse. We were packing up some gear Joel gave us when Rin told me about a place called Greenwood Farm.

"Let's do this first. Then we'll look at Greenwood." I told her.

We were out and in a car from Joel by noon.

"So, your dad was the owner of an orphanage?" Sunset asked.

"Yeah. Williams Orphanage." I said.

"I heard about that. The Williams Fire. It was on the news a year before the zombies." Rainbow said.

"It was that gang, The Dogs, which burned our home. They wanted my sister, claimed she owes them." I said.

"What was her name?" Rin asked.

Before I could answer, Sunset stopped the car and saw a sign. I looked at it. It said

OUR WORLD, OUR HOME, OUR TOWN. LIVE IN EQUALITY AND PEACE.

It also had a map pinned to it leading to a small town about 10 miles from here.

"This is it. It looks like it's that old town." I said.

"I thought that place was abandoned." Rainbow said.

"Well, we'll have to see when we get there." I said.

When we turned to get in the car, we saw a HORDE of Walkers behind us.

"Come on, we need to go." I said.

"But, the car..." Sunset said.

"There's no time." I said as the Walkers started walking past the car and to us.

We ran for about 5 minutes until we were sure that herd was out of our sight.

"What now?" Rin asked panting from exhaustion.

"We need a place for the night." I said seeing that we were losing the light.

"There's a radio tower not far from here." Rainbow said pointing to a close antenna.

"Alright. Let's go." I said to the others.

We jogged for the radio tower and saw that it was fortified with timber around the fences and no fractures.

"What's this?" Rin asked.

"We'll have to see." I said as we opened the gate and went inside.

Inside, we saw over 10 cans of Spam, 7 bottles of water, and 9 rifles on the ground.

"Whoa. Who left this place?" Sunset asked.

"No-one. Look at this stuff; no dust at all. This is someone's stash..." I said.

"Maybe they were overrun by that herd we saw." Sunset said.

"Maybe, maybe not. Until then, we should look for places nearby." I said.

Me and Rainbow went on ahead to look for a place for the night. We saw a small building with a flat roof.

"You never said that you went to Crystal Prep." Rainbow said.

"Well, I didn't think it mattered in the end. In fact, I was dying to put that behind me." I said.

We went inside the building and saw one Walker eating a fresh corpse. Rainbow pulled out her knife and killed the Walker.

"I got the body." I said.

I pulled out my knife arm and stabbed it in the head.

"So... you and Joel knew each other?" Rainbow asked.

"...Yeah. Not on good terms." I said.

"Well, it looks like he's changed now." Rainbow said to me.

"Yeah, that's what I don't get..." I said.

We made it up to the roof and saw a pile of bodies; some of them fresh.

"I guess we know where those guys went..." Rainbow said.

"Yeah, we do. Let's head back, it's getting dark." I said noticing the sunset.

We started walking back when Rainbow said she saw a figure in the shadows.

"It was probably a stalker, or worse... Come on, let's head back; keep your head on a swivel." I said.

"Alright... You never talked about her since we left. Why?" Rainbow asked.

I stopped and turned to her.

"Would you?" I simply asked.

"Yeah, I want to." Rainbow said.

"Okay, so talk." I said to her.

Rainbow sat on a stump and let out a sigh.

"I was wrong... When I said you were weak. I learned the hard way. I was thinking of either killing myself or heading back. I was stupid to leave you guys like that..." Rainbow said.

"You wanted to save your own skin. I forgive you for leaving; I get it." I said.

"My first days at the Kingdom, I told her about your city. Rin said you would've died, but when I saw you and the others again... I ruined my life there. I got cocky, and I got thrown out. I was lucky I saw you when I did." Rainbow said.

"Well, I-" I was interrupted by a gunshot near the radio tower.

We ran back and saw... YOWANE with 5 of her people.

This was her base.

I grabbed my Judge and moved in. Sadly, it didn't work and I was whacked. I felt a large pain in my head and I got up to see Yowane with a gun to my head.

"Drop your weapons, NOW." Yowane said.

Knowing better than to shoot, I dropped my gun and knife. I then saw one of her men break the door down and pushed Rin and Sunset out.

"Now, which one of you should I kill first? Hmmm." I saw her think about this.

"Rainbow, you gave me this. I don't wanna kill you- yet. Sunset, I barely know you. Kyle, I may of lied about killing your girl, but I won't kill you."

I felt a fire inside of me. She killed Scootaloo, Daisuke, Shining, and others. Then, that voice appeared again.

"You need to kill her... If you don't-" I silenced the voice.

"Now, Rin. You killed my only friend, my people, and your own father. As much as I'm dying to kill you, I think I should let my men get a little payback. Do your worst!" Yowane said.

Before I could say a word, one of her men started pinning Rin to the ground. Yowane looked shocked for a moment, but then glared at me.

"You hesitated. You don't need to do this!" I said to her.

"No, you're wrong! I need to do this, to show you who you screwed with. First, they'll rape Rin, then they'll kill her, then Sunset, then Rainbow. You, however... Our people would love to watch you burn." Yowane cackled.

I looked back at Rin and saw she was successfully pined to the ground. I then turned at Rainbow who was being beaten by the other man. I heard the voice again.

"Don't let them do this. You know what to do. Do it."

"NO. There's another way." I said inside my head.

Now Rainbow was pinned and Rin was being attacked. I saw as Sunset was being pinned. I got up and tried to reach them, but Yowane held me back.

"First, we'll get Rin, then we'll get the others..." She got disturbingly close to my ear. "...Then you." She whispered evilly in my ear.

Realizing what was happening, I head-butted her to get out. My vision was blurred long enough for Yowane to draw my gun at me. Before I could react, I heard a familiar voice.

"Yowane!" Meiko ran up and saw what was happening.

Before she or Yowane could react, I took my knife arm and slit Yowane's throat. Blood was poured over my shirt and Yowane was gagging for air. She crumbled to the ground and I grabbed my gun. I shot the man on Rin first, then Rainbow's. The man on Sunset got up and pulled out his rifle on me. Then, out of nowhere, a gunshot behind me went off. I turned around to see Meiko with a gun and a horrified expression on her face.

"What happened?" Meiko asked.

I drew my gun and fought like hell not to shoot.

"Your people did this. They destroyed a city full of innocents, killed Scootaloo, and now tried to rape and kill us. You showed us who you are." I said.

"I didn't do this." Meiko said.

"Go. Go back to the Kingdom and make sure we don't see you again." I said.

I noticed Yowane was alive and I finished the job. I stabbed her head with my bloodied knife arm. I turned around and Meiko was gone. I looked back at the others.

"Are you okay?" I asked faintly.

Rin nodded her head.

"Yeah." Rainbow said wiping blood off her mouth.

"What just happened?" Sunset asked.

"Help me dispose of these bodies." I said picking Yowane up.

Rainbow got up and helped me with Yowane and placed her in a pile with the other men. I poured gasoline on their bodies and lit up the pile.

"Come on, let's head inside." I said.

Author's Note

Well, another chapter done. I am putting the story on Hiatus due to Season 5 and Friendship Games. I will be working on it again when I had a chance to watch the movie-- which probably won't be for a while...