《Arrowhead ➳ Daryl Dixon》f i v e
Advertisement
unedited
Six days since Presley had last seen the Prisoners. She had moved just about twenty miles north, enough to stay out of sight of the Prisoners. She had discovered a small town, choosing to camp out inside one of the nicer houses. Thankfully most of the houses had already been boarded up, so she was safe for the most part. Still, just to be safe, she put furniture in front of all the windows and doors that led to the outside world. Her only escape was with a rope coming down from the second floor.
This place had been stocked up densely, the basement filled with nonperishable food and bottled water. There was really no reason for her and Zeva to leave, at least for a while.
Presley sat perched on the couch, flipping through the pages of a novel. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to do but sleep and read.
Zeva sat on the ground, knawing on a toy bone. Huffing with annoyance, Presley tossed the book aside and sat up, pressing her hands against her cheeks. Zeva looked up from her toy, looking at the girl with intelligent eyes.
"Sometimes I wish you were human." Presley admitted quietly, shuffling towards the kitchen where she had stored most of the food. She used a manual can opener and looked at dismay at the peaches. She hardly had an appetite. Still, she dipped in a fork and shoveled some of the soft fruit into her mouth.
She was just finishing up when she heard a gunshot, followed by shouts. Alarm coursed through her as she scrambled up the stairs, peering down through a window. Sure enough, a group of people ran down the street, firing more rounds than there were roamers.
"Dumbasses." She muttered, watching as one of their people were grabbed and bitten. The group barely even turned to look at their fallen member. The group disappeared, but the screams of the girl didn't cede. Presley wanted badly to ignore them, but she knew she needed to do something. Hopefully this would at least lead to good karma.
Advertisement
She climbed out the window after ordering Zeva to stay. The dog had a small dog door in the backyard she could escape through to go to the bathroom, but Presley only let her go because she knew that the fence was reinforced.
Presley walked confidently down the street. Nearly all the roamers had been slaughtered, but a few had come at the sound of the gunshots. Any that hobbled towards her got a crowbar to the face. Presley knelt down beside the body, having already slaughtered the roamers feasting on her. Her eyes fluttered open, still wide and green. Still human. She was weak. Her mouth formed a single I audible word that Presley knew was 'please'.
Presley ensured that her death was quick and painless. She pulled her knife from the eye socket, looking at the betrayed girl sadly.
"I didn't think you would stay so close." A voice said, causing Presley to whirl around and aim her knife for the face of the sudden voice. Her eyes softened when she recognized Glenn, and another female. She was beautiful, with short brown hair and soft eyes.
"Well hello to you too." She replied, lowering her knife and leaning back. "I didn't expect you guys to venture so far away from your safe haven."
Glenn smiled. "People aren't just okay with plain old soup with no seasoning. Salt isn't good enough anymore."
Presley wrinkled her nose. "I would think not." She looked down the street at her Jeep. "Check the back seat. I got some fresh bottles of things I don't even use. Most of its garlic, but at least it's something?"
"Thanks, Presley."
"In exchange, I demand to know who this pretty girl is."
"I'm Maggie." The brunette said, coming up beside Glenn.
Advertisement
"It's nice to meet you, Maggie. I'm Presley." Presley announced, angling her body towards the Jeep. She moved down the street quickly, stepping around the dead bodies of the roamers. She pulled open the back door of her Sahara, rummaging around for a moment before finding a few bottles.
She tossed him half of her stash, watching in amusement as he stuffed it into his bag. "Well, here's goodbye..." She said, offering them a small wave.
"Wait." Maggie said, causing Presley to turn around. "Rick was saying he regretted letting you leave. Why don't you come back with us?"
Presley shook her head. "I'm just... Not a group kinda person, ya know? I'm more of an independent cause." Lies. Deep down she knew she missed being around civilization, but she couldn't admit that. She couldn't let herself get attached to people, only to have them wrenched from her grip.
"Seriously, Pres." Glenn insisted. "We have all these mouths to feed, and you obviously know what you're doing around here. No offense to them, but most of the people we have are pretty damn helpless."
Presley laughed at that. "So you want me to start doing hard labor to ensure the lives of people I don't know? No offense, but that doesn't sound very pleasing on my behalf."
"You'll have a place to call home." Maggie intervened. "That's worth more than anything nowaday."
"Sorry, I'd rather stay here." Presley said quietly. "I'll be here for a few more weeks at least. Find me if your group needs help with somethin."
Upsetted by their loss, Maggie and Glenn Watched as Presley pulled herself up the rope and disappeared through the window.
Advertisement
Antithetic: Spire of Wonder
The world was never a fulfilling place for April Fallow, and she soon came to resent the fact that, like everyone else, she had just been going along with how society dictates lives should be lead. So, despite her adeptness in educational and social pursuits, April drops out of high school in search of an adventure to call her own—she comes up with the plan that she will travel across the country… Or so she thinks. On the day of her adventure, April finds herself awakened inside another world without the ability to recall how she got there. Confusion and disorientation quickly convert to excitement and ambition as April steps forth with the goal of exploring and truly living within a new world. Her target: to sufficiently conquer a mountain of wonders and natural phenomenon that’s known as one of the world’s biggest mysteries. This mountain—this Spire of Wonder—is recognized as a great, but relatively harmless, dungeon called Shelter Spire that has its completion parameters still unknown. Far reaching temperate forests. Beautiful cliff faces. A complex system of crystal-lit caves and puzzle-like ruins. April soon finds herself taking off on an adventure within one of the most awe inspiring landmarks of another world.NOTE: Amazing Cover Art Done By @Transflames on Twitter, Go Check Them Out.
8 118Dominantion of The Greatest Sovereign
In the year 2050 the new VRDMMORPG [ SYLDANDRA ] was released. Kamiya Sakaido is a Shut in-neet guy who loves to play solo through out the game. He used to have a guild but unfortunately all the guild members left. He closed his guild and played as one man guild and created NPC that could even match up to the top players to protect his dungeon where his guild is built. Through out the years he brought his guild to the top and gained all the glory even though his alone. But one day when he took some rest after being tired fighting a boss, An unpredictable phenomena has occurred and he woke up in a strange place. What would now happen to Sakaido in that world? Let us watch and follow Sakaido as he Dominates the world!!... --------------------- Note: I didn't own the art on my cover so it's not actually the MC but I think it can represent him for now. And this is my first time writing a story so sorry in advance for the common mistakes that I'll make.
8 186The Return of the Universal Tamer.
The human race had waged a war against itself for far too long, to the point that the creator abandoned them, leaving them to their vices. Their day of reckoning would occur when the individual born with the will of the creator appears. The world would ecperience the beginning and end of a new phenomenon.
8 148Stranded in a Strange World(Dropped)
A soldier of the Morsadian Empire was first part of a scout division whose job was to invade another world after Morsad had conquered the entirety of their homeworld. Using the Gates, Morsad sought to expand its empire further, the scout division only one of thousands that were sent through the Gates, archaic means of transport that has been rumored to have created by the gods. But this scout division was defeated by a large horde of goblins, strange and new creatures in the eyes of the Morsadian soldiers who were forced to retreat except for the rearguard, now trapped in an inhospitable world. They are surrounded by hostiles and their odds of survival are quite low.
8 125You World
You were web surfing on RoyalRoad, wondering about what kind of crap you will stumble across while you searched for your daily dose of stories, seemingly with nothing better to do in your life. While scrolling down that never ending list of novels, you noticed a novel named ‘You World’ which immediately grabbed your interest, and decided to click on it – yeh, you and that curiosity of yours. You waited for the page to load, then began reading the synopsis with maximum concentration. By now you are probably wondering why this novel is written in the 2nd person perspective and why the hell the narrative has suddenly changed from the past to the present tense – or what kind of weed this author smoked while writing this. While lost contemplating, an invisible force attacks your body, ripping your soul apart. Your body doesn’t feel anything but your conscious fades away as your precious soul is taken away from you, somewhere far and far away… [small hiatus - working on a more serious project :)] Tags: 18+ Mature, weird stuff, weird stuff, and even more weird stuff.
8 142All my stats are ZERO and my first mission, IS TO KILL GOD!?
I have to become faster, stronger and powerful than anyone else. Or all the people i love, will perish in the maws of God.
8 64