Sara’s POV

I grab my jacket that was resting on my arm and slide it back up observing my surroundings. My whole body shaking from my head to toes. “M-madds?” I call out

“Come on madds this isnt funny stop hiding” I say once more.

Feeling a knot grow in my throat i look around quickly “i have to get others” i mutter and turn around taking off. Black substance flying behind my feet as i run, faster and faster by the minute.

It takes me roughly two hours to get back to camp and by that time im exhausted and sweaty. Looking around frantically i shout “olivia! Bowman! Please help!” i say my body shaking vigorous LA

Olivia comes bolting out and stops abruptly when she sees me. “ woah, what happened?” She asks and bowman comes out limping “wait wait wait where did you go? And come from? Where the he-” I cut him off and grumble “this is all your fault, if you wouldn’t have said she could’ve gone she wouldn’t have gotten kidnapped.” I grit my teeth and olivia raises an eyebrow “woah whats going on? Am i missing something?”

After olivia comments Rei comes bounding out looking like someone kicked her cat off a cliff. “Where were you? You had me worried sick?” I shake my head looking around “I need your help.. Madds is gone, Squad one-” i stop simply because my voice started cracking “Squad one took her, and i need help getting her back, there is a city and they took her into the city, please i can’t go alone, it’s a suicide mission if I do.” I say tears began to roll down my cheeks and Olivia looks like she saw a ghost “w-wait, m-madds is gone? You're kidding right? This is all just a big joke and she's going to jump out of the bushes any minute” With that Olivia turns around “Okay Madds! You got us!...you can come out now!...” she shouts but nothing coming and she turns back to me. “I’m being serious.” I look up and Olivia's eyes gloss over with tears and sniffles “there is no way..please..”

Bowman hearing all this begins to get frustrated. He grumbles and kicks an empty water barrel over “Olivia! Rei! Sara! You three go find madds, I'll hold up camp. Seeing I only slow everyone down.”

With that I stand up “there's no way! We need you!” I click my tongue to look around “wait Austin! Hes muscular right olivia?” sara asks slightly hopeful and Olivia nods “yeah why?” I smile and then look around “Instead of bowman We can take Austin.”.

Smiling we all began to get ready Olivia retrieves Austin and then Bowman catches us right before we leave “You aren't going.”

“Wait you're kidding right?” I Say in remark

“No I'm not, you aren't going no one else is getting killed.” he says sternly

I shake my head at the remarks he has began to make “why the sudden change of heart?” I snap

“Like I said no one else is getting killed end of story”

I grumble and call bullshit on him. I turn around and we all start walking and then three rather muscular and tall males block the only exit.

“Wyvern Pho and Riz watch after these four do not let them out of your sight and do not let them out of camo” bowman orders and retests back to his tent. I grumble and try calming down.

“this is complete bullshit Maddie is out there!” I snap at Wyvern.

None of them say a word and I try pushing pass them but am not able. Then we all pitch in but they won't budge.

“Keep pushing and you get the punishment.”

We stop and look at each other. Slowly backing off the punishment causes me to shiver. The thought of getting tied to a tree and getting whipped without any clothing makes me sick. Bowman came up with it in case he had rebellious people who didn't listen to him.

“Cmon what about Maddie! She's still out there she's not dead!” Olivia cries out

Rei backs of and bites her lip “you said squad one got her right.”

I nod in agreement

“Then she's not alive, remember what they did to Bowman and she stole a truck, along with killing one of their members.” Rei said and turned around “there's no hope.”

Our mouths are hung open from how quickly Rei gave up, Olivia having hot tears Rolling down her cheeks as she walks of. Pulling at her own shirt Olivia goes back to her tent and Austin follows to comfort her leaving me alone.

My legs trembling below me and I stumble back to my bunker sick to my stomach. I fall to my knees inside of my personal bunker and grab at the ground tears falling from my face “Fuck!” I cry out and curl up in a ball. Grabbing my knees and pulling them to my chest not being able to feel anything my body being numb. “She's not g-gone I swear it!” I yell out and cough pulling at the ground and then hit it my chest feeling like it's on fire and something clawing away at my throat from the inside out. I’m trying to hold back the tears but all I can seem to do is make helpless sobs and gasps from trying to cover up the crying. My eyes slowly close as I doze off to sleep.

Maddie's POV

I wake with a excruciating headache and look around at my surroundings. The walls painted with some sort of symbols and I'm surrounded in a pile of blankets and pillows. I look to my right scanning the dresser and a cracked mirror with cobwebs and dirt coating it. I stand up and hear a rattle looking down, and see that my feet my shoes are gone.

I look to the dresser and see a pile of clothing and some shoes, boots to be exact. I grab them and remove my current clothes and put on the new ones, except for the jacket because it had a squad one symbol on it so I put back on my previous jacket which was covered in the black substance in the field.

Looking around the room I bite my lip looking for a way to escape. Walking through the blankets I look out the window and look down seeing how far of a drop it is and I shake my head. My eyes catch something in the corner of the room. I walk over out of curiosity and pull it up. A long sword, I think to myself and look around for a sheath of some kind not finding one “alright no biggie I'll make one when I get back to camp”

“You aren't going back” someone says walking in the room. The scruffy guy with dreads from before is what it looks to me.

I turn startled and narrow my eyes “and who says.”

“Well the boss of course”

“Thats bullshit.” I say in remark

“You might think it but you killed one of our people so you are going to give us something in return.” The male says and walks out closing the door.

I look at the door marching up to it and kick I “Fuck you!” I yell out and drop to the ground sniffling just wanting to go back to camp.

Thinking back I stop. “Wait..where are the adults? We were supposed to be sent down with two adults” I think to myself. I stand up quickly and look for my bag.

Finding it in the corner of the room I yank it open looking for the walkie talkie. I find it and pull it out and turn it around looking to see if it has batteries.

Removing the back I grumble and shove it back in the bag “damn it” I scoff putting the bag on my back and slide the sword into the top of the bag zipping it up until I can't any more.

Passing by the mirror I glance at myself while pacing. My face and hands all dirty and my hair scruffed up. My clothes not scruffy but ripped in a few places, black jeans a Gray long sleeve shirt and combat boots. As simple as that, and then my jacket I made at home, dark brown leather the sleeves have been ripped off but the fur still attached to the hood.

“They must have ripped off the sleeves while I was out” I think and then continue to pace the room while thinking of a way to escape.

The door opens and Danny walks in and I scoff looking the opposite direction “I have questions to ask, if you don't agree to them you will not be seeing your precious camp again, I will chain you up until you agree.” He snaps and sits down while I stand crossing my arms.

“I see you found your clothes”

“Not that fucking hard I'm not blind”

Danny keeps quiet and then after what seems like forever speaks up “I want to know if you will help me.”

“With what.”

“Well, you see the radiation killed everything, and the more people the more everything will continue to not grow from harvesting”

"And? Though I believe you are false so what?”

“I want you to set your camp on fire”

My jaw drops and I look at him dead in the eye. You are kidding right?”

“No I'm not this is no laughing matter. You see I want to help, not destroy and your people are destroying” he says and then looks down and back up at me. So what do you say?”

I glare at him and march over to him and pick him up by his shirt “listen here you asshole, that is my family and I'm not going to. You are fucking crazy. And getting someone else to do your dirty work is just wrong” I snap and guards come running in and pin my body to the ground.

“Then I guess we will do It the hard way. “ he says and looks at their guard and the nod chaining my feet to the ground.

“I guess you're right, I'll do that dirty work for once” he laughs and walks out

“No! Bastard come back here! Leave them alone!” I yell out and thrash around the chains giving me some room to walk but not exactly everywhere just the radius of my room.

I get up and run after him but they slam the door as I reach it. I bang against the door my hands hitting it over and over. I slide against the door and cup my hands over my face and I began sobbing.

Moving my hands I pull my knees to my chest looking around my room. I look at the chains and then the window thinking to myself “I have to get out of here but i just don't know how, or where to start. Guys hold on I’m coming”