Whumptober Day 16: Pinned Down
Apocalypse AU
Warnings: Guns
Characters: Chase Brody, Dr. Iplier, Eric Derrickson, The Host
(( new challengers approaching the apocalypse AU! :D ))
Okay, maybe he wasn’t supposed to be out on his own. Maybe he’d sneaked out of the Hideaway without telling anyone. Maybe they’d started sending panicked messages through their walkies to the point he’d turned his off completely.
Maybe he was realizing this had been a really, really stupid idea.
There were other survivors in this building. He could hear them. Could see long shadows cast by their lights.
Hey, maybe they’d be just the people he needed to help with their situation.
Or…maybe they’d just bash his head in, steal his supplies, and be on their way. Anarchies were good for that.
So…He gave it a fifty/fifty.
Two voices. Both muffled behind masks. The quieter one sounded timid (timid? he thought. that’s not a good trait to have out here) and the second sounded tired. Like he just wanted to sleep.
So, Chase, he thought. Just gonna…waltz in and hope they don’t attack you?
God, he really hadn’t thought this—
He gasped as he was grabbed from behind and thrown to the ground. Something cold pressed against his neck; any harder and it would start choking him.
“Edward!” A third man. Most of his face was hidden, be it by his mask or the bandages wrapped tightly around his head. One eye, clouded by a cataract but still staring him down, peered out from beneath it. The goggle over it had a little crack at the top, but the man didn’t seem to notice. Or maybe he just didn’t care.
Chase tried to push the object—an aluminum bat, he realized—away from his neck. The other man growled and opted just to use more force.
“Okay, okay!” he offered instead, putting his hands up.
The other two came running. The tired one was more light-footed, while the quieter of the two sounded like he was wearing metal boots. They carried a gun and crowbar, respectively. Chase swallowed. He tried to sit up, just a little bit. Just let me talk, he thought. If they haven’t killed me yet, then—
The third man shoved the bat, forcing a gag from Chase as he was pinned back against the floor.