Capítulo 30: Chaos
The night fell and Damian arrived outside the gate where Hunter's group lived and knocked at the door. The man came in and smiled at him, "Hey, welcome brother. Come inside. Hurry. We're partying. You came at the perfect moment". The man took him inside. Damian saw 15-20 people drinking and eating while enjoying the party. They went further in, and the man knocked another door, saying, "Guys, the man's here". The door was opened by the same man who invited him on the roof. "Hey come inside. Hunter's waiting for you". Damian entered the room and widened his eyes at what he saw. There was a large glass table in the middle with two sofas on each side and opposite the gate, there was a luxurious chair but what surprised Damian was something else. While the people were sitting drinking beer and eating chicken legs on the sofas. In the boss chair, Hunter sat completely relaxed while two women who looked like their souls were stolen from them, sat on the ground massaging him.
Hunter sat on the seat provided by the people as they left the room, leaving a sofa empty. The man sat beside him blocking his way outside. Damian didn't flinch and stared at Hunter as the later was doing the same. After a moment, Hunter smiled and took a sip of the wine poured by the woman.
"Don't be so surprised. No one comes in this room except members. Not even our dear leader Nate", the man beside him said noticing Damian looking at the women. "They are the leftovers who got left behind by their family here", he added.
"John Smith", Hunter spoke in a husky voice. "I heard a lot of things about you. They say you were a mercenary? Tell me. How many have you killed till today? And I'm not talking about Trailers", Hunter asked.
"Didn't keep the count. Though I won't count them in fingers. And if I add those who died indirectly, it would cross a hundred? or thousand maybe", Damian replied without hesitating.
Hunter gave out a huge laugh. "You. I like you. Jeff, I like this guy", he said to the guy sitting beside Damian who also smiled back. "So, listen here, John. Join us. You'll act as my hand beside Jeff here", he offered. "A great offer, if you ask me", Jeff said while smoking.
Damian looked forward in the empty sofa, while looking at the empty seat for a moment before saying, "I'd be happy to join", which brought a smile at Hunter's face. "But what about the others who aren't invited?", he asked, bringing down Hunter's happy mood.
"You just have to follow my orders. The people who don't like it, will die", he said seriously.
"What happened to your eye?", Damian asked him.
"You are ruining the atmosphere, John", Jeff said as he put his hand on Damian's shoulder as Damian looked at him.
"You have a day. Decide what side you choose", Hunter said as Jeff stood up and started escorting Damian out.
"You can enjoy if you want. Or not. But you only have one day. After that, don't expect mercy from me", Jeff warned Damian and went back inside.
Damian looked at the closed door for a few second before picking up few roasted legs and getting out of the party. Stepping out and moving a little further, he saw Bob staring at him from afar. Damian got closer and offered one to him. Bob refused and said, "Nate asked for you. Follow me". Damian followed behind him.
Opening the room to the door, Bob said as they entered, "He's here". Damian looked at Nate, sitting in a sofa drinking beer. He looked dead in the eyes. "He was with Hunter's gang", Bob added as Damian looked at him strangely.
"You wanted to talk to me?", Damian looked at Nate and asked.
"What is he offering you?", Nate asked.
"Power", Damian replied.
"Power in servitude is not actually power. And I know you won't work well with him. You like to have choices and joining Hunter would leave you with none", Nate said to which Damian nodded without hesitation.
"Tonight, I got my people killed. Those bastards came out of nowhere and killed four of our people. three others got eaten by trailers", Nate said and looked at Damian. "Hunter is going to kill me. I might happen tonight or tomorrow but it's gonna happen", he said and Damian nodded acknowledging that what he is thinking is inevitable as he'd have to die to let Hunter usurp the leadership. "Help me", Nate said. "Persuade Jim to join me. If I die today, it's his his number tomorrow or day after that", he said. Damian said nothing and left.
Next day, everyone gathered in the hall to have a discussion. Nate being the leader sat on the stage with Bob protecting him. Jim and Hunter were facing each other on each sides with their people with them. Everyone was wielding weapons. Few were even holding guns and ARs. The neutral group was divided today. Majority of the gang was in Hunter's side. Looking at Damian standing beside Jim, Jeff smiled cruelly like he wanted Damian to choose that.
"Silence", Nate said. "We are here to discuss some matters". "Last night, my group was attacked by some people with weapons like us. They are living nearby. I want everyone to find those sons of bitches and bring them to me", he said with charisma.
*Cough**Cough*. Suddenly Jeff fake coughed and said, "I have another proposal here", this made everyone look at Jeff. "I say we change the leader who doesn't know how to lead his people. You, dear leader, got your own friends killed and ran away from there. I will not work under a coward anymore. Hunter should be the leader", he said loud and clear.
Cheers started coming for Hunter from their side. Nate looked at Jim's side who was standing there silently. "Hunter. Is this what you want?", Nate asked looking at Hunter.
"Situation demands it", hunter said. "You are incapable of leading us anymore. A leader has to be fearless. Determined. Cruel to others, if necessary", he said the last part looking at Damian who scoffed at his face. "So, I shall step up to leadership", he finished, and cheers started coming from their side and few from neutral side as well.
He then climbed up the stage with Jeff and three more men. "Nate, your time's over, man. Leave the premises, run away and you might live", Jeff whispered in Nate's ear as Bob tried to show aggression, but was stopped by Nate who looked down at Damian and started walking down the stage.
Just as Nate had reached halfway towards the exit, Hunter said loudly, "Nate. Don't worry. I'll find those people. I'll kill them and if they have women with them, I'll share them with everyone here. Unlike Nate", the whole hall started shaking by the cheers he received. But suddenly, a bang came from the group and before anyone could react, Hunter stopped moving. Jeff looked at his boss clearly and saw that a bullet had pierced through his remaining eye, killing him. Hunter fell down straight on his back landing on Jeff. The next bullet took down one of the people in the stage. Then one more fell down with a headshot. Jeff panicked as he looked around and saw a man he thought he'd kill himself after the meeting was over, holding a gun aiming at him. He tried to raise his finger to point at him but before that, a shot to the head killed him.
Suddenly, someone from Hunter's group saw Damian shooting the people on stage and shouted, "Jim. You motherfucker. Kill them, everyone", as he ran towards Jim's group with weapons. But Jim was ready and brought out his gun and started shooting his enemies. Others in the group also pulled up their weapons and started fighting Hunter's people. Despite having lower numbers, Due to the lack of guns in Hunter's side as the people carrying ARs and guns in the group had been killed by Damian earlier, Jim's group easily finished Hunter's though few died.
After a five-minute fight, everything calmed down and winning group kept standing. Damian looked at the people lying on the ground. 'Add 20 more to the people that indirectly got killed', he said to himself while he looked at Jim who was smiling.
"I didn't think it was possible when you first told me that crazy plan. But it did. We got rid of Hunter now", Jim said as he hugged Damian.
"But we are a lot less now", Damian said pretending to worry that there are now only 17 people now.
"17?", Jim asked as he looked at Nate and Bob approaching them with a smiling face.
"You did a good job, Jim", Nate said as he put his hand on Jim's shoulder. Jim in response smiled but suddenly fired his gun at his chest point blank as Jacob shot Bob with his AR. The few bullets were enough to take down Bob who couldn't react in time. Though Nate looked at Jim and then Damian with the face of betrayal and fell on the ground. Few people who were neutral before, raised their weapons at the group. The group did the same but instead of trying to just scare them and ask for their submission, some intelligent group members shot them, killing every neutral member. Now, only Jim and his group remained there with 9 people.
"Guys, this place is ours now", Jim announced to them with a laughter. Damian didn't know what to say anymore. He wanted the group to kill Hunter and raise Jim as the group's leader, but he didn't think that Jim had his own fucked up plan. He had killed his own people, people who could have helped him grow in strength in future. There was regret that they killed Nate and Bob, but it was done. Jim was now the leader. But at that instant, a bullet came from the window, just missed Jim's head and hit Damian in the shoulder.
"Bran you motherfucker", Jim said as everyone fired at him and he fired back. He died instantly.
"How did we forget that bastard?", Jim said as he ran towards Damian. "You okay friend?", he said as he called Jacob and ordered, "Jacob, bring the medic kit from the room, hurry". But when no reply came, everyone looked in Jacob's direction. Jacob was sitting there in the chair with a hole in his neck, dead. The bullet earlier by Bran must have done the deed.
"Shit. Fuck. Fuck", Jim screamed as he looked at Damian once more and gathered himself together. "Don't worry friend, I'll send someone el-", but suddenly a scream came from his back and when he looked back, he saw a trailer biting the flesh out of one of his people.
"What the fuck?", he said as he jumped back in surprise, leaving Damian in an instant. The group stepped back from the trailer as one member hit it on the head with his baseball bat instantly killing him. "Was that fucker bit earlier?", Jim asked but no one responded.
Suddenly, many who were lying dead started standing up. "What's happening guys, didn't you kill them?", Jim asked them. Everyone started panicking, "John, come with me. Guys, let's go. To the exit. Hurry", Jim said as he started running outside with Damian.
In the corridor, Damian looked to the side, and said, "Jim, Hunter had some women in there. We have to save them".
"Oh! No. Leave them be. They must have been used by now. Don't worry we'll find other women later", Jim was surprised first but immediately denied Damian giving his reason. Damian looked at Jim with a disgusted face. He separated his injured shoulder from Jim's hand and started going towards Hunter's place in a hurry. "John. Man, are you crazy? They are used products. They're not worth risking our lives. Come back", but Damian had left Jim already and as the walkers came closer, Jim ran away saying, "I'll wait for you outside. Hurry up".
Damian quickly ran towards the room and opened it. There was a man inside who opened the door. Looking at the injured Damian he asked while raising his gun, "What the hell happ-", but Damian already shot him in the head and entered the room.
Damian quickly locked it and went back to the main room where he had met Hunter last night. The door was locked from inside. He looked back at his injury and concluded that he shouldn't push the door. Then he reloaded his gun and shot a few bullets at the lock and pushed opened the door. Entering inside, he saw a woman hanging on the fan with a rope, growling. She had turned into a walker. He looked around for the other one but as he looked to his left, a shadow jumped on him biting his Shoulder where he was shot earlier. Damian screamed in pain as the other woman who he was looking for, had also turned into a walker. He controlled his urge to scream due to the pain and shot her in the head without looking. The walker fell down on the ground. He then slid down leaning against the door and looked at the hanging walker. He raised his gun and shot the walker as he sat there thinking that it was time to see if he is really immune or not.
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