The Dead World/Issue 102

Walking back to the camp swinging his baseball bat around, Riley grinned his old trademark grin when he saw people had gathered around looking confused as to why Riley was coming straight for them, a little worried he was about to have another fit of anger.

''"I have an announcement to make!!" Riley claimed as he finally came to a stop in front of them all before climbing onto the back of one of the pick up trucks so he could address all of his group members as they turned to look at him.''

''"I just went for a little walk and came across a bad sight, Frank. Dead" Riley told them all, smirking at how they all let out gasps not once thinking that Riley actually killed their former leader. Such idiots, Riley thought to himself.''

"turns out that little camp we call enemies had killed him because I recognize this gun" Riley stated grabbing from the back of his jeans the same pistol that he and Will had acquired from that group I told you about, the same one we swore to leave behind as a peace, now this means WAR" Riley claimed and they all nodded, agreeing with him causing him to smirk.

"so get your guns and some vehicles that will do some damage, you know the one's I mean" Riley said with a wink causing them all to grin as they knew exactly what vehicles he was going on about, the construction vehicles from a nearby construction site.

''"BECAUSE....we're moving in!!!" Riley shouted saying his trademark quote before getting off the back of the truck and walking away, swinging his bat on his shoulder while people cheered at the thought of finally getting the camp but Riley didn't care about that, he was just looking forward to his revenge.''

''A couple of hours later and Riley was walking through the woods with four of his men who walked closely behind him. They had decided to go ahead alone at first due to the plan they had and so far it was working as when they reached the camp edge they could see the current defenses for the camp was absolutely crap.''

However this wasn't what caught Riley's eyes, what did was Will and Bella were currently standing a little away from everyone else looking like they were having a "romantic moment" causing Riley to grin as he upholstered the same gun as before and aimed it forward thinking one thing as he shot the bullet straight through Bella's stomach.

Time for revenge....

Running as quickly as she could towards the front of the camp after one of the guards had come to get her, Annie soon joined every other resident in camp at the front where they saw Will desperately trying to stop Bella's bleeding causing Annie to instantly worry as she kneeled by her side.

"just make sure her pulse stays as strong as it can while I fix her wound" Annie told Will who nodded and quickly went to keep checking Bella's pulse which at the moment was faint so Will began to give her mouth to mouth to get air into her lungs while Annie bit her lip as she pressed her jacket to the wound, starting to get the bleeding to stop.

"well, well, well....look what we got here, people gathered and a person shot, wonder what happened" Ricky asked looking around to his people while smirking causing them to chuckle all to chuckle as they watched their new leader take the spot light.

Sighing, Will looked to Annie who looked back before giving him a small nod to show that she could handle Bella so Will stood up and walked out to meet Riley while Ricky helped his sister to take Bella to the med tent. Everyone else just stayed silent as they watched the two leaders go face to face.

"what do you want?!" Will spat causing Riley to grin as he holstered his gun again which Will could tell was the same gun that Riley had taken off of that fat bloke before they left it in the woods. So much for that agreement.

"I want your camp, I want you dead, I want revenge, is that clear enough for you?" Riley asked still grinning while Will just glared at him and everyone else shared looks as they were partly confused and partly worried, if they left or stayed they were dead either way.

"your not getting this camp!" Will claimed causing Riley's group to burst out laughing again while Riley just shrugged and swung his bat over his shoulder, returning Will's glare with one of his own.

"just shut up and listen, I've come with another deal, different from the last one, so will all of you just shut up?" Riley asked through gritted teeth, trying to remain calm and this time he got the response of silence which caused his grin to return like always.

"good, now the deal is if you all of you leave, I will only kill Will, but if you don't all of you will die" Riley stated and Will could tell some of the residents were quickly thinking about giving Will up but turning to look at him he could also tell some people like his friends Karen and Anthony were in no way going to let that happen....but it wasn't there choice, it was everyone's choice.

However before Will could even ask what they wanted to do, Riley spoke up again this time with a statement that shot anger straight through Will instantly causing everyone to realize Riley actually had no intention of having this deal happen but they all knew it was only Will who could make up his own mind, only Will that could save or kill them all....

"you know I find it funny how quickly you have moved on, you know from Natasha to that slut I just shot, wonder who you'd move onto next when she dies, I mean she's too young and that woman's a lesbian" Riley stated as if it was some kind of joke as he pointed to Emily and Maria.

"she's going out with the black dude, so that only leaves some girl from this camp but I don't think your interested In any of them to be honest, hey maybe you can go to the doctor, I hear they give you blowjobs if you pay them" Riley said with a smirk while Will just tried to control his anger, he could deal with insults at him but insult his group?, your asking for a death wish.

"why cant you just shut the fuck up for one minute? you got some speech disorder where you cant shut your mouth?" Will spat at him but Riley just chuckled as he nodded shifting on his feet, wanting to get this over and done with, he was just waiting for the right moment.

"your girl had same problem couldn't shut her mouth, no wonder why we fit so many dicks in it" Riley stated laughing but no one else did even Riley's own group. They could all feel the tension in the air and some of them were even reaching for their guns ready, they could tell that things were going to go wrong very soon.

And for Will's group that had been with him from the start they could tell one more thing that the others couldn't. Today, was when the rivalry between Will and Riley was going to end, for better or worse....

"but it doesn't matter that I fucked her till she was being sick and begging for mercy does it? it doesn't matter that I fucked a teenage girl to death in front of her boyfriend does it? it doesn't matter that I have killed more people from your group that the zombies does it?"

Riley kept asking, grinning with each thing he said as he could literally see Will was getting angrier and angrier with each word he said, Will had even reached for his gun and this as the moment, this was the moment he was waiting for....the moment where Will lost his temper and caused their last fight and it made him laugh inside knowing the blood would be on both their hands, knowing it was time they finished this once and for all.

"because EVERYONE has a little bit of good guy in them" Riley said slowly in a taunting manner and everyone looked to Will as he glared at Riley with so much hatred they could all tell what was going to happen next, they just wasn't able to stop him in turn.

"no, there isn't!!!" Will shouted as he raised his gun and pointed it towards Riley just as the man moved out the way but he still fired managing to hit Riley in the shoulder and then before anyone could decide on what they were doing, gunfire was heard, bodies fell to the ground and chaos filled the whole camp....

Quickly diving for cover, Karen and Anthony hid behind a nearby car while they watched as camp residents ran away in all sorts of directions wanting to escape with their lives but within seconds many were dead on the floor, the fortunate having been able to escape further into the camp.

Anthony seeing Will not in cover quickly dived out and tackled the man to the ground behind one of the covers just as one of Riley's men had shot at Will while Riley himself was strangely running into the woods as if he was retreating but they couldn't think about that now, they had four shooters to fight.

Getting her pistol loaded, Karen quickly stood out of cover and wildly shot at the four men in hope of managing to hit them. She may not make it out of this alive but the least she could do was try to make sure everyone else did.

Luckily she had managed to hit three of them and kill them but just as she ran out of ammo in that clip the remaining enemy came out of cover and aimed his gun at her causing her to realize this was it, she was going to die making her life flash before her eyes.

However when she heard a gunshot and looked down for the wound it wasn't there and instead saw that a bullet had gone straight through the man's head causing his body to fall to the ground and for her to look for who had fired the gun, seeing Jamie standing there with a recently fired gun, protectively hiding Maria behind him.

"l-looks l-like you taught m-me to shoot a-at the right t-time" Jamie said nervously causing her to smile and give him a tight hug which he accepted before she went over to make sure Will and Anthony was alright, the former had badly hurt his leg again but it wasn't life threatening. However what was about to come would be....

"oh shit!!!" Anthony exclaimed pointing towards a large construction truck coming speeding down the road towards the camp causing Will to shout out as loud as he could for everyone to duck for cover while himself, Anthony, Karen, Jamie and Maria dived out of the way as the truck came crashing into camp knocking a few cars and trucks over before beginning to crash into a few RV's, finally coming to a stop when it crashed into the main RV.

Although the attack didn't end there. Soon after the truck had crashed men came running out of the back of it, some shooting while some actually began throwing fuel bombs into the RV's causing them to explode much to the shock of the camp residents.

"Jamie you get Maria safe from here, Anthony you come with me to rescue residents and you Will, get yourself to the med tent and help Annie and Bella out of the camp, ok?" she asked them but didn't wait for an answer before she ran off with Anthony, beginning to shoot at their attackers in hope of stopping the explosions but they could already tell by all the bodies they had lost around half of their friends....

However before Will could start moving, Jamie ran up to him and stopped him causing him to be confused but Jamie soon shook his head and passed Maria to him sadly as he shakily held his gun.

"y-you have a b-bad leg, I-ill get them t-to safety" Jamie told them much to Will's and Maria's shock, the latter tightly hugging him begging him not to go but he just persisted that he had to before letting her go and sharing a look with Will.

"good luck kid" Will told him and Jamie gave a silent nod as he began calming himself down a little before running off, heading as quickly as he could to the med tent leaving Will to lead Maria over to his truck and help her in, moving his crossbow into the back so he could sit down as well.

"I'm going to drive us away and then we'll come back later, alright?" Will asked and Maria nodded as she pulled her legs up to her chest crying greatly as Will started his truck and drove them away from camp, hating that he had to leave his friends behind.

However they failed to realize that Riley had seen them leave and knowing he wasn't about to let his rival get away, Riley left his men behind as he ran over to the nearby motorcycle and got on it before following after Will's truck.

There was no way Will was escaping him this time....

Hearing chaos coming from outside, David quickly got out of his bed while Lori went over to their baby to make sure she was ok and tried to stop her crying looking out the window with David, shocked when she saw fire everywhere.

"stay in here!!" David told Lori as she came running out of the vehicle but he didn't know where to shoot first. He saw bodies both there's and enemies, he saw fire, crashed cars, trucks and RV's he couldn't even begin to process it all.

However just as he had processed it all, he saw someone throw something into the RV his wife and baby was in and he realized too late what it was, a fuel bomb. Screaming as he ran to his wife stupidly, he didn't reach them in time as the RV exploded sending David flying back to the floor.

After a few moments, David started to get up slowly, his head spinning as he looked around at all the wreckage before the realization came to him and he looked to his old RV sadly. He had just lost his wife and baby....just like that.

Instantly getting angry, David got up and grabbed the nearest weapon he could find which turned out to be a machine gun which one of his fallen enemies had lost and began firing at his enemies not bothering to hide in cover or anything like that, he just wanted revenge.

Meanwhile Karen and Anthony ran through camp together trying to direct people in the same direction but no one listened and instead ran in all sorts of directions trying to either save themselves or their families but Karen and Anthony couldn't actually tell who made it out or not.

Some managed to run into the woods but without supplies or anything like that, it was obvious they wouldn't get far. Some were already laying on the floor wounded and soon to be dead and others had either been shot or exploded by the bombs.

However when a load of gunshots hit near them forcing them to dive for cover behind one of the crashed RV's, Karen shook her head and gave Anthony a look of sadness as she stopped him from running out to continue trying to help people.

"its time to go" Karen said softly and he sighed hitting his head against the back of the RV before nodding sadly as he wiped a couple of tears away and took her hand in his, kissing her lips lightly before he and her ran off heading towards the woods and away from camp, having to leave behind their friends who's screams could be heard as they ran.

"we will return" Anthony stated as they ran and Karen quickly nodded in agreement, kissing his cheek as they finally reached the woods and dived to the floor to watch as the chaos ensured, shooting any of the enemies if they got close, waiting until the chaos had ended....

Continuing to run through camp, Jamie tried not to draw anyone's attention as he did but kept his hands on his gun just in case he had to defend himself suddenly. Luckily for him he could see the med tent not to far away and it currently looked like it was safe.

Picking up the speed for the last few meters, Jamie literally dived into to the tent resulting in both siblings Annie and Ricky screaming, Ricky also raising a gun in defense but once they saw it was Jamie they sighed in relief.

"w-we got to g-go now" Jamie said trying to catch his breath as he spoke but both his stutter and numerousness was making it hard for him but Ricky just opened the tent flap to look out side and was taken back by all the destruction.

"we heard gunfire and explosions but we didn't know it was this bad!!" Ricky exclaimed and Annie nodded in agreement before finally finishing patching up Bella and turned to look at the two men while Emily just held her bible that Karen and Anthony had given her, praying that Maria was alright.

"alright, if one of you guys can carry Bella carefully and the help Emily walk being careful of her head we should be alright" Annie stated and joined Ricky looking outside to see if Emily's RV was still intact which it indeed was.

"Emily says she has her RV keys so we can take that" Annie continued and they all nodded before Ricky walked over to Bella and gently lifted her into his arms being careful of her wound while Jamie helped Emily out of her bed and allowed the woman to lean on him for support.

"please tell me Maria is ok?" Emily begged of Jamie as she looked him in the eyes but he turned away, he wished he could say for sure but he couldn't, he didn't know whether she was alive or dead like she didn't know if anyone else was alive or dead....

"h-hang on who's g-going to s-shoot?" Jamie asked looking to Annie and Ricky changing the subject and he could tell that him not answering Emily hurt her feelings but he couldn't focus on the possibilities here, he had a job to get these guys out and he was going to do it never mind the cost.

"I will" Annie said confidently as she took Ricky's gun and made sure it was loaded properly before taking a few deep breaths, closing her eyes in the process as she thought about all sorts of things but she soon pushed these thoughts out of her head and looked to the rest of them and gave them a nod before they all moved out of the tent and headed over to the RV as quickly as they could.

At first they got quite far but just as they reached the RV a enemy came around the corner and aimed his gun at them causing Annie to panic and loose the clip in her gun. Luckily though just as the man was about to shoot them he was shot himself and as he fell to the ground Angelica was revealed to be standing behind them.

"you really need to learn how to shoot Doctor. Alexander" Angelica commented with a small smile on her face which brought smiles to their own faces despite the situation before they all quickly rushed into the RV.

Angelica headed towards the front and started to get the RV moving while Ricky and Jamie put Bella and Emily gently down on the sofas in the back and Annie herself quickly began monitoring her patients health as Angelica managed to drive them away from the camp.

"we'll all come back later just in case anyone else does, ok?" Ricky asked and they all nodded in agreement before sighing with relief as they had managed to escape from the attack with their lives.

"lets just pray that god looks over us" Emily said distastefully as she looked down at the bible before laying it on the table and sighing as she leaned back on the sofa. What was she thinking?....There was no god to look over them.

Stopping the truck when the two of them were far enough away, Will sighed as he got out of the vehicle telling Maria to stay inside as he grabbed his crossbow and began to look around so he could make sure the area was clear, however he stopped when he saw his old motorcycle parked not far away from his truck.

Before he could realize what was going on, a baseball bat struck the side of his head causing him to fall to the floor clutching the side of his face as he looked up to try and see who his attacker was, soon seeing it was Riley.

"did you really think you could get away from ME!!!" Riley shouted as he swung his bat down to the ground but luckily Will managed to roll out of the way just in time before he kicked Riley back and crawled a safe distance away before starting to get up.

Although before he could fully get up, Riley tackled him back down to the ground and pointed his gun to Will's head but Will himself managed to grab Riley's wrists and twist them causing the mad man to let out a cry of pain and drop the gun before Will rolled them away from the weapon.

"maybe I just wanted to make sure I could kill you myself!!" Will shouted back as he gained the upper hand in their fight and began beating Riley brutally but soon enough Ricky responded with a hard kick to Will's balls making him shout in pain and clutch them, giving Riley enough time to punch Will right in the face before crawling to get his baseball bat.

However before he could reach it, Will rugby tackled him which resulted in the two of them falling into a nearby pit and hitting the floor hard, Will's leg badly twisting which gave him a big disadvantage in this fight.

"ha, you kill me. That's impossible your just some pathetic man who cant protect any of his girlfriends or his group, remind me exactly how many members of your original group from that motel are standing, 3!!!" Riley spat as he got on top of Will and began repeatedly hitting Will in the face before holding his hands to Will's throat and beginning to choke him.

"you have done nothing but cause me trouble and now your group's going to loose one more because I have fucking had it with you, one of us is going to die and it sure as hell isn't going to be me!!" Riley shouted as he choked Will harder while Will himself felt his life slowly slipping away and saw his life flash before his eyes.

''Chuckling William sat up slightly and kissed her shoulder "what no hello?" he said jokinly but she just shook her head before looking at the time and gasping "11 am?" she turned to him with a shocked expression but he just shrugged and watched as she got up from the bed and began getting dressed.''

"what? baby wasn't crying and you looked too cute 'while sleeping, I couldn't wake you up" he replied grinning while she just shook her head again and turned to look at him.

"dont they make you get up early in the military" she pointed out before looking around for her hair band 'and he just chuckled leaning back.

''"well I currently aint at the military am I?" he asked playfully but she just responded by chucking him his shirt as she walked out.''

"oh no this is FAR MUCH WORSE" she told him before disappearing from sight to deal with their baby causing William to chuckle as he lied back in the sheets again.

Desperately, Will tried to push Riley away but Riley was the much stronger one between them at this point and Will knew he had no chance of beating the man, Will was going to die and he couldn't do anything about it....

However just as he turned the corner which was still a few streets away from where Anthony had told him the Bandits base was, he saw who he was looking for looking down at a car just standing oddly but Will didn't notice this, all he noticed was it was her jacket and her gun holstered at her side strangely.

''"Natasha!!" Will called out jogging towards her, however he soon skidded to a halt when he realized that she wouldn't understand him when she turned around causing him to try and hold back the tears.''

''When she had turned around he saw her eyes had gone cloudy grey, her face was full of bruises as well as rips on her clothes every where else. She had a big bite mark out of her neck as well as a gun shot wound to the stomach causing blood to spill down her while she just growled and raised her arms, stumbling towards him.''

Desperately kicking at Riley, Will only hurt his bad leg more and more as he choked out, barely getting air into his lungs now and soon enough his body didn't have enough energy to fight back and all Will could do was sit there as Riley choked him to death....

''"can I say something?" Anthony says suddenly and Will turns to raise an eyebrow at him.''

''"depends....." Will replies and Anthony takes that as a continue as they walk up the stairs still.''

"its about you and Natasha" Anthony admitted and Will sighed as they reached the top of the stairs and he turned around to face Anthony and his face told Anthony to continue.

''"whatever you was argueing about aint my business but...." Anthony takes a sigh before cotinueing "look my point is, dont argue and keep it like that for the rest of the day, make up quickly because you might wake up the next day and the person you argued with is gone....and your never get the chance to say sorry" Anthony finished and Will studied him for a moment taking in his words.''

"its up to you" Anthony said walking up past Will to continue walking on "but if I was you I would rather part ways on good terms than bad" Anthony said with a little saddness in his voice before walking down the hallways to check the other rooms leaving Will to think about what Anthony had just said....

Feeling his eyes slowly close as he can now barely see Riley's face but the mad man's grin Will could see clearly as his body began to go numb, all he could feel was the chocking of his neck and the air escaping his body.....

"this group needs a leader, a proper one...without one, its going to fall apart" Karen finished before turning and walking away leaving Will to think about what she had said alone.

His pulse fainting....

Opening his eyes again, Will looked into the cloudy grey ones of Natasha as she continued stumbling towards him before he took a deep breath and finally pulled the trigger sending the arrow, in what felt like slow motion, flying through the air before it eventually got stuck into Natasha's undead forehead.

His breath halting....

"get some sleep little angel" he told her closing his eyes as he laid back causing her to give a genuine smile to her nickname he had give her before she followed his lead and closed her own eyes and settling down on top of him.

His life ending....

''"night my little soldier" she responded causing him to smile in turn before they both fell into a restful sleep. Unaware that the next few days are going to have a massive change on them all....''

However suddenly a bullet went straight through Riley's neck causing him to gasp out and clutch his own neck instead of Will's giving Will a chance to take in the much needed air as he finally felt his life come back to him as he watched Riley lose his own.

Standing over Riley as he twitched on the floor, trying to prevent the bleeding in his neck but it was to no use and soon enough Riley passed away with the last thing he saw being Will standing over him victorious.

After this happened, Will finally looked around to see who had done it and saw Maria herself holding a gun while looking shocked causing Will to sigh at how a little girl had to do that but he didn't dwell on it and soon began climbing out of the pit before pulling her into a hug which she accepted.

"are we going to put him down?" Maria asked a little shakily but Will just shook his head a little coldly as he began leading them back to the truck, picking up his trusty crossbow along the way while muttering his final response.

"he doesn't deserve to be put down"