By dusk the two had already usurped everything like a black hole with Billy watching mesmerized everytime he saw Sasuke vanishing items in thin air just with few hand signs.
The duo were soon on Billy's beloved VAN after Sasuke stored every other vehicle around and they hit the road back to the complex.
Yet both of their eyes widened in alert seeing the moving black tide half a mile down coming toward the town from the road to the highway leading to Virginia.
"Is that a horde? Fuck this looks bad, there seem to be a lot of them"
Billy who was driving gulped seeing a marching horde that big for the first time.
Taking his CB Sasuke contacted the channel to reach Katniss and Morgan.
"~zzz~ this is Sasuke talking, you there?. Over ~zzz~"
A few moments and he received a reply from Katniss who stood with the others back in the building.
"~zzz~Katniss here, have you finished the scouting?~zzz~"
"~zzz~ go pack then head down with Ciri and your bags and wait in the entrance we'll be there in 5 minutes, tell the Jones familly to do the same. Over ~zzz~"
That sent a panic into everyone in the room as Sasuke's tone seemed serious saying that. He was clearly not asking them.
"~zzz~ Morgan here, what's going on ~zzz~" he spoke then run to help his wife and son getting everything ready while Katniss did the same with Ciri.
Fortunately everyone is using the first floor now.
"~zzz~ we'll talk once everyone is there, Katniss will take one humvee while Morgan takes the other, don't open the entrance until we are there, about 3 minutes, hurry and make sure everyone is there. Over. ~zzz~"
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Few minutes later the VAN came to a screech in front of the entrance as Morgan opened it and tossed backpacks belonging to Billy at first sign before he asked him what is going on.
"A herd is half an hour away marching this way, i will drive" Sasuke said taking a bag from Katniss and holding the confused Ciri up striding to one of the Humvees and putting her in the backseat.
"No need to be afraid okay princess? We are just gonna change place to look for a better one."
She nodded already having discussed those protocols with her sister and Sasuke the previous night.
"Everyone here?" He asked Katniss and the others who nodded their heads panic visible on their eyes.
"Calm down we would be long gone before they are here, i just didn't want to take chances by staying in here. you made sure you have everything with you?"
"Yeah we checked yesterday and this morning" Jenny said before she got into the other humvee with Duan.
"Alright let's keep to the channel, we'll discuss road ahead. The VAN keeps between us, Morgan are you okay with taking the rear?"
"Sure, let's move"
Sasuke turned to Billy and asked him in hushed voice if it was better to have another armored humvee retrieved for him instead of the VAN but Billy refused saying it wasn't that big of deal.
"let's go" after making another check Sasuke boarded the armored vehicle started it and they soon drove out of the County heading for the highway.
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While Sasuke and his group were on the road, Rick Grimes who escaped a living nightmare thanks to Glenn had just came back with his group and was surprised to find his son Carl and wife Lori there, alive and safe thanks to his friend's help. Shane.
His good brother from their high school days.
The camp was near a stone mountain backed by a forest and holding about 20 survivors, some with families like his and others alone.
The group soon sat around a controlled fire pit for dinner while exchanging light talks.
With Rick recounting what happened to him.
"I'm not sure what would've happened to me if not for Morgan and Butcher, that feeling...Being disoriented. it wasn't the best feeling at all" he said hugging his son and wife who cast a hidden glare at Shane.
"Why didn't they come with you? those two men"
"I asked them to, but they had people waiting for them back in a nearby complex and we...agreed to meet in Atlanta when they join me later" his fist tightened at the thought of being unable to warn them about the situation in the city.
"That is gonna be dangerous for them, the city has fallen" Dale, a kind old man who takes care of everyone around him and especially two blonde girls nearby like his own kids spoke with grim realization.
"I know, but...i lost my bag, and the Walkie-talkie with it, it's still somewhere there in the street where i'd dropped it" he closed his eyes feeling burdened, in one side he just got back to his familiy and didn't want to separate from them again.
And on the other, guilt ate him at the thought of not being able to tell Morgan and Butcher about the city.
"There are many? That group?" Glenn asked curiously.
It was the first in a long time to hear about other survivors.
"Yeah, Morgan's wife and son, and another two girls. They were all saved by a boy, your age" Rick said looking at Amy, still unable to believe what he heard about all the kind of things the boy did.
"Me? How?" Amy pointed at herself curious to hear more while Shane shook his head not interested, imagining a kid hitting a walker from behind and saving the day.
"Morgan's words ^i was breaths away from witnessing my wife about to be eaten while we ran from walkers chasing us. Suddenly he was there, shooting knives that shattered their skulls, he fought with a sword like an ancient samurai cutting them with ease^ i hadn't met him but both men talked great things about him. They believed he was the light that may show them the way"
"Hallucination, happens after living too long in this hell. Anyway, what are we going to do about Merle?" A nearby african-american man called T-dog spoke holding his side in pain.
He didn't even entertain those words and was only thinking about the man they, he...abandoned him cuffed on the roof this morning due to his clumsy action of dropping the key.
"And what are we gonna tell Daryl when he comes back from his hunt?" Dale asked concerned with the matter and soon the others changed focus on it too with few having it stuck to their minds in curious wonder.
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"Good spot to spend the night don't you agree?" Billy said as the group sat on a circle in an open area in the wild outside the city.
Sasuke had already scouted around, cleared it and put his defensive traps all around making sure nothing could sneak in without being informed.
Both humans and walkers were much easier to guard against than a shinobi who can just near-teleport around with body flicker.
Soon the group sat around the fire, they had the few rabbits that Sasuke and Katniss hunted cooked with other side meals and were sitting sharing their stories while eating.
Sasuke glanced sideway without moving before standing up to leave.
"Sasuke?"
"Nature calls, i will be back shortly" he patted her head and walked away disappearing behind the trees.
Sasuke was the only one who could separate alone from the group.
It was a kind of unsaid rule that all of them take at least one armed man to watch their backs, Jenny with her husband, and the two sisters with Sasuke or Billy.
But everyone here knows just what kind of guy Sasuke is.
It wasn't about privilege or anything, he was just that strong and ready that nothing seemed to really surprise him.
Thus the group kept doing their talks sharing embarrassing stories and getting to know each other better.
Meanwhile Sasuke evaded triggering his alert system and kept walking to a specific rout.
He sensed someone lurking nearby, whoever he was didn't notice the shift of a branch above him.
That in itself had resulted in the tag of one of the steel wires under Sasuke's feet while he was eating.
Nearby a man was crouching low behind a bush, trying to get a closer look at the area forward where there is some light seeping from between the trees ahead.
The man was holding a crossbow down, arrow ready to fire.
Suddenly he tensed yet before he could react a cold sharp edge touched his neck followed by a voice coming behind him making it too late to react.
"Liking the view from here?"
' fuck! ' Daryl grimaced in anger at being sneaked upon without him noticing, he held up an open palm showing his intentions while already thinking how to fight back.
His day was turning to shit by the minute.