The Dead World/Issue 100

''Running through the woods as she searched desperately for her friend Harris, Angelica couldn't find him and she was beginning to get worried. They had been separated by a huge herd which most of them was currently following her and she was beginning to get worried.''

Would she ever see Harris again?....

''"HARRIS!!" Angelica called out as she loaded the next lot of ammo into her pistol before raising it and firing at the closest zombies ahead of her but she knew that she couldn't keep this up for much longer. She only had so much energy inside of her.''

Shaking these thoughts out of her head, Angelica tried to pick up her speed as she turned another corner, shooting at more zombies until she ran out of ammo again causing her to have to stop quickly to reach into her pocket and get more ammo, however she found there was none.

''"shit!" she exclaimed as she looked around to do a quick head count of the zombies but soon lost count as she got well over twenty which made her begin running. She didn't know how she would do it but she knew somehow she had to survive.''

i'll get out of this daddy, I promise you" she said looking up to sky before she turned another corner around a tree. Unfortunately as she did she nearly ran straight into a open zombie's mouth causing her to scream as she tumbled to the ground in shock.

Quickly getting over this shock, Angelica tried to get up and continue her running but she only let out another yelp as she fell back down to the ground again due to her now apparently broken leg which she grabbed and looked in shock, knowing this would be her end...

However just as the zombie began to fall down to bite her, a bullet went straight through its head ending its miserable life while Angelica looked around even more shocked for the person who had shot said bullet, finding herself looking to Harris with a smile on his face.

''"you called?" he asked jokingly as he quickly moved over to her and helped her up, despite the pain that shot through her leg so she could lean on him while she limped away as he took a couple more shots at incoming zombies before they kept on moving away.''

''"what took you so long?" Angelica said with a laugh as she leaned her head on his shoulder while limping away causing himself to laugh as he kept firing at the zombies knowing If they kept going, soon enough they would lose them.''

Truthfully she didn't mind that he had come a little late....she was just glad he came.

Looking out the window as they drove in one of the camp's cars. Angelica sighed as she saw a couple of zombies just stumbling along, randomly looking for some food which they would never get. When you stopped and thought about it the zombies really did have a horrible life....

She had been invited to go on a supply run yesterday with Will, Anthony, Bella and Emily and she of coarse had accepted. Anything to get out of camp and get some supplies for her people, their plan to get said supplies also sounded like a good one as long as they managed to avoid the huge herd.

"how long do you think we've got to go until we get there?" Angelica asked Will breaking the silence while he just narrowed his eyes in thought for a moment before he shrugged gesturing to Anthony and the glove compartment.

"not sure, Anthony get her the map so she can look if you can stop fiddling with that radio for a few moments" Will joked but he just sighed in annoyance as she put the radio to his side a moment before opening the glove compartment and getting out the map.

"I will get this radio working" Anthony stated as he handed the map to Angelica who was currently sitting in the back with Emily and Bella who all rolled their eyes at Anthony's comment.

"you said that about an hour ago" Emily pointed out causing Anthony to glare at her lightly while she just raised her hands in defense and Will and Bella just smirked at her statement, Angelica to busy reading the map to notice their joking.

However they were all shocked when the radio static suddenly burst to life drawing all of their attention away from what they were doing causing Will to miss the next turning he was meant to take just as a voice began speaking barely due to all the static.

"safety, in the city of Charleston, city...rebuilt, zombies rid off....humanity restored!!" the man on the radio claimed causing the five of them to share shocked looks as they thought about the news they had just received. If this was true then they might finally manage to return to their old lives.

"load of space for any one that wants to join in rebuilding the world, join us to fight this threat and return the world to how it was" the man said lastly before the radio broadcast suddenly cut out causing them all to panic and demand Anthony to fix it who quickly began trying to get it back on the channel they were on.

"if that's true...." Emily said trailing off as she looked at the radio in shock, however before she could finish or anyone else could make a comment Bella suddenly shrieked as she frantically pointed to the road in front of them.

"WILL, LOOK OUT!!!" she screamed and the rest of them quickly looked up to the road and saw instantly why she was worried. When they had turned their attention to the radio, Will had unfortunately managed to drive them towards the huge zombie herd.

"oh shit!!!" Will exclaimed as he suddenly turned the steering wheel, trying to avoid multiple zombies that were in front of them but it was no use, he soon hit one with the car which caused blood to go all over the front window making Will be unable to see where he was going.

Before any of them could do anything else, the car ended up crashing straight into one of the nearby trees while the zombie herd began to come towards them....

Grinning as he walked up to the camp with his baseball bat along his shoulders, Riley noticed that everyone of their enemies went on defensive making him chuckle as he shook his head and sat on the hood of one of the cars.

Meanwhile Frank got out of his own vehicle and walked up into plain sight of everyone from the camp while two of his own people came to stand on either side of him making him look as threatening as possible.

When you was going to do what Frank was about to do you needed to make sure you were as much threatening looking as possible.

"morning my former camp residents, now you may be thinking that we've come here to attack but first we're going to offer you a deal" Frank announced and he watched as they all shared looks, some mumbling about this new information but they all didn't say anything too loudly, leaving all the talking to their leader.

Seeing this, Ricky bowed his head and took a deep breath as he thought about it for a moment until he felt someone giving him a reassuring rub on the shoulder causing him to look to his side and see Karen giving him a smile that told him she was confident in him.

Looking back to his residents Ricky saw numerous residents including his sister Annie, David and others he knew and spoke to gave him the same smiles which made him return their smile with one of his own before he stepped forward to talk to Frank who stood their waiting.

"what kind of deal?" Ricky asked and Frank chuckled as he shared a glance with Riley but the latter wasn't laughing. Instead he just sat with his baseball bat ready, waiting for the camp to make the stupid move so he has a reason to kill them all.

"simple one really, you all leave this camp and the area so we can have it or you all die, either way I don't care I'm just giving you a chance to save each other" Frank stated with a cold smile as he looked Ricky dead in the eyes which made Ricky feel disgusted by the man.

Frank used to stay at their camp, talk to them and eat with them but here he was forcing them to choose either to leave or die and didn't have any regrets about it. Ricky couldn't believe he used to think this cold man was a good person....

However before Ricky could respond, surprisingly someone else from his people spoke up and even more surprising was that it turned out to be Jamie as the teen stepped out of the crowd away from everyone else despite a few people, namely Karen and Maria telling him to come back.

"w-we a-aren't l-leaving" Jamie announced stuttering a lot now due to his nervousness resulting in everyone from Frank's group laughing loudly and openly while Jamie just stood his group but they wasn't affected by him in anyway.

"I-is t-that s-so?" Frank asked pretending to stutter to take the piss out of Jamie resulting in more laughter from Frank's group but Jamie just nodded either bravely or stupidly as he stood up for the camp's enemies.

"w-we aren't g-going t-to give up t-this camp to I-idiots like you!!" Jamie shouted to them resulting in shocked gasps coming from his friends especially Annie, Maria and Karen as they watched their stuttering friend actually stand up to them.

Frank's group had also stopped laughing and now they were all glaring at Jamie who gulped a little but remained brave faced as he knew all attention was on him. He knew it wasn't up to Ricky anymore to stand for their camp....it was up to him.

"you w-wont get this c-camp, because WE.ARE.NOT.LEAVING" Jamie told them clearly the stutter surprisingly starting to go as he got braver and braver. His nervousness starting to disappear as slowly in front of everyone he was changing, from the nervous kid to the brave man.

"you cant just c-come in here and act a-all tough, expecting us to h-hand over the camp because W-WE wont, because we aren't going to l-let some mindless thugs t-take our p-place" Jamie claimed causing some of Frank's people to reach for their guns as they tried to control their urge to shoot the kid.

"why don't you just stop embarrassing yourself kid and go back to your tent" Frank spat giving a cold smile expecting Jamie to back down like everyone else expected. However Jamie don't the exact opposite, he just laughed at the statement.

"I'm being embarrassed, n-no you should b-be embarrassed.... y-your getting told by a-a stuttering kid" Jamie shouted to them actually resulting in the whole camp bursting out in laughter despite the situation. They all had higher respect for him now.

This was it, Frank was slowly beginning to lose it, Jamie had pushed it to far. He had to admit he respected the kid for standing up for the whole of his camp but Frank just couldn't allow Jamie to get the better of him. Fortunately Frank had one last thing he could say that he knew would hit it where it hurt.

"just go back to your tent and your sister....oh I'm sorry I forgot, she's dead isn't she because you wasn't man enough to help her was it?" Frank asked with a cold laugh as he watched Jamie surge forward trying to attack Frank but Ricky managed to grab him and hold him back while Giving Frank a cold glare. That was a very low blow.

"see, kid talks big but he couldn't handle a simple comment like that, pathetic" Frank said waving his hand as if he was dismissing Jamie who just growled and tried to attack him more but fortunately Karen came over and helped Ricky hold him back while Frank walked around like he owned the place, which he probably would soon enough....

Groaning as she slowly began to regain consciousness, Bella looked around and at first thought she had died and turned into a zombie due to the fact she was now outside the crashed car which was nearby and sprawled out on the floor, but then she remembered zombies don't think.

However she could tell she would die soon enough though as she looked around and saw a load of zombies coming in her and the car's direction resulting in her getting up and despite all her dizziness running over to the car, stumbling a few times.

"will? Angelica? Emily? guys?" she called them as she went before she finally reached the vehicle and took a few quick deep breaths as she balanced herself on the side of it before ducking into the car.

Quickly she found herself face to face with Angelica who had been thrown about a little due to her unable to have a seat belt but after checking for a pulse which was there, Bella found that she was ok and began gently shaking her body to get her awake.

"Angelica!!!" Bella said while frantically moving her and finally she got the response of Angelica groaning as she opened her eyes, revealing that she indeed was having the same affects from the crash as Bella.

"what happe-" Angelica started to say but she soon stopped herself when she looked past Bella and saw all the incoming zombies leading to her shaking herself out of the dizziness and turning to make sure Emily was alright while Bella done the same with Anthony and Will.

"Emily, you awake?" Angelica asked over and over as she shook the woman slightly but didn't get a response each time but Emily still had a strong pulse which led Angelica to believe she just had a worse concussion than the rest of them which proved to be true when Angelica gently moved Emily's head off of the window to reveal a bit of glass had gone inside a little but not far enough to kill her or effect her in anyway....she hoped.

"ugh, what happened?" Anthony asked from the front after Bella had finally managed to get him awake, fortunately he didn't seem to have that bad of a headache and was ready to move within moments, although he had quite a few bruises from the now broken radio.

"No time to explain just get out of the car" Bella said moving out the way while she said it giving Anthony enough room to exit the vehicle which he did before cursing as he took in the amount of zombies coming towards them. However before Bella could go back in to wake Will Angelica spoke up.

"Bella, I'm going to need you and Anthony to get on the other side of this door, Emily's probably going to be unconscious for a while so she needs the two of you to carry her" Angelica stated and the both of them nodded before going around to the other side of the vehicle.

Soon enough, Angelica had hold of Emily as the two opened the door so she wouldn't fall out before she passed her over to the two of them who carefully took her out of the car and held her up between them.

"now go, head back to the camp i'll take of Will" Angelica said poking through the hole in the seats to begin trying to wake Will up after having to tell Bella a few times to go due to Bella not wanting to leave her boyfriend but eventually the woman reluctantly left.

Taking a quick guess to see how long it would take for the zombies to be upon them, Angelica guessed around a couple of moments so taking a few quick deep breaths Angelica began shaking Will frantically, trying to push the thought of that she might have to leave Will behind away from the front of her mind.

However upon further investigation, Angelica noticed that Will's leg was impaled slightly by a broken part of the car making her wince before she began ripping up her coat with her bare hands to make a bandage to wrap around the leg.

After she had done this she wrapped it around the leg where she thought would be correctly and whispered an apology to the unconscious Will before ripping out the part of the car which had impaled his leg.

This caused him to suddenly shout out loudly as that brought him out of unconsciousness, although she could tell by the amount of blood he was losing he'd be back out of it soon enough.

"come on Will, no time to explain but we need to get out of this car and go" Angelica said quickly looking around for her silenced pistol and grabbing it before getting out of the car herself and moving to the driver's seat door to help him out.

With him now leaning on her shoulder for support, Angelica realized that his condition was a lot worse than she originally thought as he kept mumbling about someone called Natasha but she soon pushed this thought aside and began moving them both away from the car.

Waiting till they had moved enough distance away before turning and pointing her pistol to the car and firing, causing an explosion and killing most of the zombies, giving the two of them a chance to get out alive and reach the others....

Practically limping through the woods Bella and Anthony tried to ignore the pain that was going through their bodies while they pretty much carried Emily through the woods, dragging her between the two of them. However they both knew they wasn't going to leave her. No way.

Suddenly an explosion seemed to shake the woods causing the two of them to look back and see smoke rise above the trees while fire could clearly be seen through the trees causing the two of them to share a confused/worried look just as Emily regained consciousness a bit.

"w-what happened?" Emily asked groggily as she tried to open her eyes but she didn't seen to have the energy so she just let whoever it was carry her whether they were going and soon enough she realized the two people carrying her were Bella and Anthony making her relax.

"we crashed us three managed to escape, we're....unsure about Angelica and Will" Bella admitted sadly leaving the three in silence for a moment but before either of them could say anything else, Angelica suddenly spoke from behind them.

"we're right here" she announced causing the three of them to turn and thankfully see Angelica and Will indeed limping towards them before Angelica had to lay Will down against a tree trunk due to him being in too much pain while Anthony and Bella don't the same with Emily but mostly so Bella could go over to check Will out but Angelica gave them the full report.

"we're ok, bruises and cuts but Will has got a bad leg injury could possibly get infected if Annie don't look at it when we get back to camp, I covered it up with my coat and the bleeding has stopped but we need to cover it up more, just in case the bleeding starts again"

"we're all good on our side too, just bruises and cuts" Anthony stated in response but Angelica just nodded as she watched Bella wince when she saw how bad the cut on Will's leg was before kissing him passionately on the lips, having worried that Will was dead.

"I can try and fix it up, if I can use some of your clothes and if we have a belt I can cover it as well as make sure it wont bleed long enough for us to get back to camp" Emily told them as she again leaned on Anthony for support while she limped over to Will despite everyone's protests.

"its ok I watched Annie and Lily do it a few times" Emily told them all giving them a small smile before kneeling down next to Will's leg and holding out her hand to Anthony making him confused so she gestured to his shirt making him blush in embarrassment but he soon took it off and handed it to her.

"nice abs" Angelica commented in an attempt to lighten the mood but all she got was tiny smirks as Emily began wrapping the shirt around Will's leg while Bella took off Will's belt ready for when Emily needed it. Watching all of this happen before her Angelica couldn't help but think about how close their group really was together.

After wrapping the shirt around Will's leg, Emily took the belt off of Bella and tightened it around the leg and shirt so it would not only stay there but the bleeding would stop long enough for them to get back to camp....hopefully.

Watching Emily work, Bella bit her lip worried while she held a sweating Will's head in her lap, gently stroking his head to comfort him but he could hardly tell what she was doing anymore. He was starting to drift in and out of consciousness they were all beginning to get worried that his wound had already been infected.

"he's going to be ok isn't he?" Anthony asked quietly breaking the silence but it soon returned again as none of them had an answer, none of them wanted to answer. They all knew Will was a survivor but....maybe this was his end?

Sighing as he paced around, Frank finally came to a stop and took a deep breath as he looked over all the residents that had gathered which was probably hundred percent of them by now, although he was surprised he didn't see Will or anyone like that among them.

However that didn't matter, all he cared about was getting this deal done but he didn't really want to kill his "former friends" to do it. Its not that he would care if they lived or died but it was the fact if his group had to fight them then they'd be causalities on both sides.

Finally he came to a decision, he may have wanted his group to move into the camp today and have Ricky's group to leave so Frank would never have to see them again but it looked like if it was happening today the only way that would be was through a fight to the death.

"I'll tell you what, we'll come back tomorrow and offer the same deal, just so you can have time to think about it" Frank announced ignoring the glares he received from Riley as well as some of his own group as he looked to Ricky.

"that good for you?" Frank asked smirking, which told Ricky that never mind what he said, Frank and his group would be coming tomorrow causing Ricky to just give a small nod.

Pleased with this, Frank walked back to the vehicles followed reluctantly by his group before they got in the cars and drove away leaving the camp in silence as they thought about what had just happened.

After a few minutes, David broke the silence by telling the residents that had gathered around to go back to their tents or RV's and seemly one by one they all went and disappeared into the camp again, even ones like Jamie who went off in a angry/upset fit partly due to not being able to kill Frank for what he said but also because he was beat again.

Eventually only Karen and Ricky were left standing at the gates like they had been doing around half an hour ago before Frank's and Riley's group had arrived, leaving them in another uncomfortable silence as they still watched the road where the vehicles had come and gone by as if expecting them to come back.

"what are we going to do?" Karen asked finally breaking the silence but much to her shock, Ricky just shook his head as he bowed it, running his hand nervously through his hair before responding to her about a minute later.

"I don't know Karen, I honestly don't know...."