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Strive - Chapter 8

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    K sighed "I'm sorry, I didn't want to run because if I could have prevented something and I was worried about my own life, I couldn't bare the guilt." Catherine placed her head on his shoulder and he laid his head on hers. Catherine sighed "this shit shouldn't have happened... Jonathan was getting sick and we couldn't find any food at the town... It was my last resort..." It was reaching midnight and neither one of them had fallen asleep.
    Daryll stood opposite from them, listening but not looking. He glances to them occasionally. He could only assume they were siblings but K was far too pale compared to the girl's darker tanned Native skin. He didn't contemplate it for long. The morning approached slowly and as it did, members of the group woke up. Catherine heard them mumbling about them and she saw more of them. A young blonde, an older lady with short grey hair, and an old man with a beard was all she could see from her uncomfortable spot on the floor. K looked at the wall to the left, avoiding any eye contact with anyone.
    The old bearded man approached them "now, what do we have here? You mind tellin' us you're names?" Catherine looked up at the old man "I-I'm Catherine... and this is K... I don't think he's gonna talk much though..." she wiggled to sit up straight against the wall and her eyes held a horrified look that the rest of her face did not express. "Well, miss Catherine, I'm afraid we can't afford to let you go right now." Catherine's mind raced with possibilities "p-pardon?" The old man crouched down to her height "The group has decided to put me in charge of you two, so I've decided to keep you for a little while. Maybe interrogate you both a bit, see if anyone turns up lookin' for ya that may be less than civilized." Catherine nodded in a semi-forced agreement as she was stood up along with K. The bounds along their feet were cut and they followed the old man to an empty cell with a few chairs. "I'm Hershel. Have a seat." He gestured for the chairs and they followed his command.
    Around 9 other people gathered outside the door of bars as they watched them like a circus show. "K, I'd like to talk to you first." He nodded "I'll answer anything I have to." He said, determined. "That's fantastic! Now, do you have a group?" He nodded once "yes, us two along with a young boy, his parents, and another man we rescued from a large horde." Hershel scribbled this down onto a nearby piece of paper attached to a clipboard. "And who stands as the leader of the group?" This is where he hesitated to answer. "Catherine." He said firmly "she may be young but every decision she makes keeps us all alive." Hershel looked shocked as he realized how serious K was about his answer.
    "I see..." he recorded his answer. "I suppose I have some new questions for Catherine then." Hershel looked to the young girl "if you make the decisions, then what made you decide to try and rob us?" Catherine nervously shook, a bad tendency she had often. "Our second youngest, Jonathan, was getting sick, but the only known town nearby had already been scavenged. I just wanted him to live and I was getting desperate..." Hershel frowned as he recorded her answer. He looked to the officer "Rick," he said "maybe we should have them escort us to their camp?" He pinched the bridge of his nose and painfully agreed "yeah, just keep 'em in those zip ties."
    A young Asian man speaks up "but what if they have an ambush ready...?" Hershel stood up and left the two in the room alone "that's why we're keeping them locked up here until we're sure they don't have anyone coming for them." Catherine scoffed "I'm sure after a while they would come looking for us, but they have no reason to attack." Rick cut the zip ties around their wrists and quickly locked them in the cell. Catherine rubbed her wrists "thanks, I guess...".
I'M CHANGING THE NAME. IT MAKES MORE SENSE.
And er... this chapter is 2 or 300 words longer than usual! :la:
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