Pain

As we were walking back, I decided to ask Scootaloo a question.

"Was that the same Frank?"

"Yeah. I decided since we had nothing else to do, we might as well burn that hellhole. Also I got this." She showed me the machete she found.

"Did he use that?" I asked.

"No. He had this knife in the other cabinet and he would give me a small but painful slash to the back. I still feel them..." She said.

"Well, your secret's safe with me." I said.

"It's not much of a secret, but I'd rather not scream it from the rooftops." She joked.

"Yeah, me neither. You know, my dad was an orphanage caretaker also." I said.

Scootaloo then looked at me dead serious.

"His name wasn't Frank was it?"

"No, no. His name was Henry. He was a good man, he died a year before all of this." I said

"What happened? If you don't mind me asking." She said.

Here it comes.

"A gang from down the road heard we had a hated neighbor as his adopted daughter so they came and... burned it down. He was getting whoever survived out as a piece of the upper floor came down on him. My mom came in arresting all 10 of the members in tears. He died saving those he loved most. Since then, I always hoped I would die the same way." I said.

"Well, your secret's safe with me." Scootaloo said.

"Thanks. That was the first time I told anyone since we moved." I said.

"I'm sorry. I barely remember my real father. Just his voice." She said to me.

Before I could say anything else, I bumped into a big gate.

Our gate.

"Ow. Just proves it works." I said as we walked in.

"Welcome back. How was the date?" Rainbow joked.

"It wasn't a date. I just needed to let off a little steam." Scootaloo corrected.

"Oh, my bad. Anyway, we saw a few survivors on the west side of the wall an hour ago. They're in the warehouse now. They said they wanted to see you." Rainbow said as she walked to the gates to close them.

"Alright." I responded as me and Scootaloo walked towards the warehouse we're using for new people to rest in.

I opened the gates and I saw 2 people in their 30s and they looked dead at me.

No. Not me.

"Mom? Dad?" Scootlaoo asked as she began to walk forwards.

"...Oh, my God." The woman- who I guess was her mom- ran forwards.

"When we tried to make it to CHS, they closed all of the roads and... we had to leave." The man- who was clearly her dad- tried to explain.

"No, it's okay. Where's Aunt Risa?" Scootaloo asked.

The mother then choked back a sob.

"We lost her a few hours ago to a few bandits." The father said.

"Well, I'm sorry. I'm Kyle, who are you?" I asked.

"I'm Daisuke, this is Riku. We're her parents. I guess you're her boyfriend." Daisuke said.

"Oh, no. Me and my bus driver arrived at CHS to find it boarded up along with a few buildings nearby. When it was attacked, me and her escaped along with 6 others. We found this city and we know who killed your sister." I said.

Riku quickly turned to me with eyes filled with pain and grief.

"Who?"

"They're part of a city called Megaville. If you have questions, ask Blossom or Dexter. They knew her before the Outbreaks." I told the two.

"Well, at least I know who to talk to." Riku said gravely as she poked the fire.

"The apartment building is just a few blocks away if you want. I know this isn't realy comfortable." I offered.

"Thank you. We could use that." Daisuke said.

"Sure thing. You look beaten up as it is. We have running water and electricity if you want to make yourselves at home." I said to them.

"Thanks. That's just what we need. Is there anything else we need to know?" Riku asked.

"No. I can't explain the rest." I said.

As the day went on, me and the others talked about Megaville.

"It doesn't add up. Why would Bell kill innocents?" Blossom asked.

"Weapons, maybe? How about information?" Rarity asked.

"Okay, we need to calm down and come up with a solution. We can't do this trade if this is going to happen." Sunset argued.

"Do we have much choice? Our food stocks are low as it is, and now we have 2 more mouths to feed?" Rainbow asked.

"Well, those 2 mouths are my parents. We need to work this out." Scootaloo said.

"What we could do is lead an attack. You know, destroy a side of the wall, let the Walkers and Runners in." Rainbow said.

"She's right. We can't expect them to be friendly forever." Rarity said.

"Yeah. Plus, Bell killed before the Outbreaks. Before the Runners." Blossom said.

"Okay, so she's bad, but how about the people? The guards said they were slaves. So, if we do this, we're going to be the monsters." I said.

"Alright, so we'll kill Bell in our next meeting then." Sunset said.

"I don't see why not. We can keep the deal going or we can rely on the farms and the cattle." Scootaloo said.

"Fine. But I'll have no part of it." I told the others.

"Killing isn't wrong in this world, Kyle. In fact, it's something you need to do." Rainbow said.

"Oh, what? Because nobody can stop us? We need this! And this place can't be a raid camp." I said.

"Why?" Rainbow asked.

"Because that's how all of them fall. Good people, bad people. Either way, people will come in and blast us to pieces. This place needs to be safe, to be human, it needs to be a Sanctuary."

Everyone in the room went silent.

"He's right. We can't be like that. Think of Terminus, think of Woodbury. Sure, they're fiction, but they fell for the same reason. The same reason we're looking towards." Sunset said.

"...Fine. Your funeral. We'll talk Bell into the deal." Rainbow said annoyed.

Time for the new world...

Author's Note

Daisuke and Riku are from D.N Angel