Afterlife

CHAPTER FOUR

DAVE’S P.O.V

“Wake Up loser.” I said, shaking my friends. “We gotta get going if we wanna make it there by nightfall.”

“Where are we going?” Asher’s friend, Clove asked.

“Home.” I said. Looking down at the girl

“Home? Where is your home?” She asked standing up and brushing herself off.

“Well, We call ourselves Scavengers.” Asher said standing up as well. After Asher mentioned the name Dog gave us a worried look. “Don’t worry bud. Were not bad people.”

Dog started wagging his tail and Clove gave a small giggle. “All right let's go.” I said giving the teenagers a nudge.

CLOVE‘S P.O.V

A few hours later

“Shh” I said to everyone. “You guys hear that?” Just then I heard loud metal banging coming from nearby. 

“I don’t hear anything.” Asher said with a confused tone.

“Stay here.” I said getting out my gun and signaling for Dog to follow. I started walking and heard someone follow behind. “I said stay here. I’ll go in alone then when I signal you guys follow.”

I started walking again with Dog by my side. I went into the forest and walked until a wall came into view. “Hello?!” I yelled out putting my gun away. No one answered. Just the sound of a gunshot, Dog barking and everything going black.

I was shot.

ASHER’S P.O.V

A gunshot rang through the sky and I heard Dog barking in the distance. I started to run.

 I was running as fast as my feet could carry until I saw some guy carrying Clove’s unconscious bleeding body inside walls with Dog being restrained and carried inside as well.

“HEY!” I yelled, making myself known. “What the hell are you doing with her?”

“Were helping.” Was all the guy said before someone knocking me out as well.

CLOVE’S P.O.V

“Hello?” I called out. “Can someone tell me where I am?”

I looked around me and saw pitch black. “Clove.” I heard a woman say. 

I turned around and was faced with someone familiar. “Mom?” I asked. “But, You- You died. You all died.”

“No. none of us did. Me, Your dad, your sister and brother. We are all alive.” she said walking towards me. “Were all alive.”

“Where are they?” I asked, walking up to her. “Where are my friends?”

“The one guy at the gate and your dog?” she asked. “Your dog is okay he is being taken care of at my house and the guy is in containment.”

“I wanna see my family” I said

“Of course follow me.” my mom said, walking out of the room with me following. “Oh, your gun and machete is also at home with your father. Everything is safe and sound.”

Asher’s P.O.V

“Clove. Clove wake up.” I said trying to shake her awake “Clove.”

“Hmmm” She said “What happened. Mom?”

“No, It’s me Asher. You got shot.” I said sitting her up gently “You need to be careful or else you’ll pull your stitches.”

“Where are we?” She asked. C;ove stood up and walked over the prison bars. “HELLO!”

“Clove.” I said trying to get her attention.

“Helloooo!” she continued

“Clove.” I said, finally getting her attention “Who’s Claudia?”

“Claudia?” she said, walking over to me “Why?”

“You were saying that name when you were asleep. If you don’t mind me asking, who is she?” I said. I reached over and grabbed her hand pulling her closer.

“That’s my mom. I had a dream about her.” she said looking down at the floor. “It was nothing.”

Just then a guard came to our cell and opened the gate “Get your asses off the ground and come with me.” He came over and grabbed Clove’s arm and pulled her off the ground. “We have someone that wants to meet you.”

We started walking down a dark hallway with other cells and other prisoners as well. “Where are you taking us?” Clove said in an innocent voice while holding her wound.

“I already told you. Someone wants to see you.” the guard said pulling on Clove’s arm

“Ahh, God be gentle.” Clove said, wincing in pain. At this point we were just passing the guard station that had a guy drooling all over his desk and a molding turkey sandwich.

We left the basement and stepped out into the light. “Hurry up. My grandmother can walk faster than you two, and she’s dead.”

The guard dragged us to a building with boarded windows and blood smeared all over the walls and directed us to a room. “In here.” The guard said, opening a door and meeting another man. “They are here Sir.”

“Ah yes, Bring them in. You got the dog as well, right?” the guy said

“No sir, I will get the dog right now.” The guard said then walked out of the room leaving us the guy.

“So. You guys Scavengers?” he asked, standing up and walking near me.

“Is that why you brought us here?” I asked “You shot my girlfriend, locked us in a dungeon and had your guard push us here just to ask us if we were scavengers?”

“Yeah pretty much” He said. He stood from his seat and walked over to me “So are you gonna tell me?”

“Were all scavengers.” Clove said “Everyone scavenges for supplies so technically we are all scavengers”

“Getting a smart mouth now, are we?” The man said looking over at Clove “I don’t exactly like smart mouths.”

“Are you gonna punish her for it, Sir?” The guard said walking back into the room with Dog

“Punish Her?” I asked while getting in front of Clove to block her from the danger that might be coming.

“Nah, She’s just a kid and she’s got a point.” The man said “Bu are you guys from the group called ‘The Scavenger’ is what I actually meant.”

After the man asked his question, Clove and I exchanged worried looks turned back towards the guy “No. We don’t do well in groups.” I said. The guy stared at us suspiciously then nodded and walked back to his chair and sat down. 

“Yeah I guess so, You two seem like the type to ruin a community” he said “Get these two and there dog their stuff and get enough food to last for the next month so they have a chance to live.”

“That’s It?” The guard asked

“Well yeah, We shot the girl and locked them in a dungeon. It’s the least we could do.” The guard nodded his head and led us outside.

We stopped in front of a large garage with a sign that read ‘SUPPLIES’.

After waiting a few minutes the guard came back out with two duffle bags. I grabbed them from him and Clove and I started heading for the front gates.

“Stay safe out there. And if you need any help come find us.” The leader said “We could be useful allies.”

I nodded my head and turned back around following Clove out of the sanctuary. The doors closed behind us as we walked into the forest.