[ WP ] It 's been 8 months since the zombie apocalypse . You fell in with a tough as nails roughneck group . When in the city looting , you come across a scavenger . He 's your best friend from before the outbreak and your crew unanimously decides to execute him ( he is armed ) .

Danny whimpered as he held his hands over his head. Tears rolled down his face only to be caught by his untamed beard. 
 
 “ Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute, you can ’ t do this! ” Jack pleaded as he put himself between the gun and Danny. 
 
 “ Why the hell do you care? We ’ ve done this dozens of times before, ” Dom said, still holding out the gun, “ you know the rules. ” 
 
 “ I know him. He was my friend before… well, everything. Look, I ’ m just asking that this one time you spare a trespasser. Please. ” 
 
 Dom considered Danny for a moment. Danny ’ s eyes were closed tightly and he trembled as the conversation around him continued. “ You find anything in his bag, Eddie? ” 
 
 “ Nothing. ” Eddie threw the bag at Jack ’ s feet. “ The guy has a torch with no batteries, a half-empty bottle of water and a couple of tins of beans. Nothing major. ” 
 
 Dom raised his eyebrows. 
 
 “ He can be useful, I know it. ” Jack implored. 
 
 “ And what if he ’ s not, Jack? ” Dom yelled. “ Then he ’ s just another mouth to feed. We ’ re low on food as it is, we ’ re not about to let another guy come in. ” 
 
 “ Well then we can just let him go, just don ’ t kill him, I ’ m begging you. ” 
 
 “ We can ’ t let him go. He knows where our camp is, he knows our faces. Who ’ s to say he doesn ’ t have a camp of his own filled with people who could come back and kill us? ” Dom asked. “ We have these rules for a reason. I ’ m sorry but we ’ ve got to do this. ” 
 
 “ If you ’ re gon na kill him then you ’ re gon na have to kill me too. ” Jack said, staring defiantly at Dom. 
 
 Dom sighed, rubbing his brow with his free hand. He looked into Jack ’ s eyes with disappointment. “ You ’ ve not seen him for eight months, man. ” 
 
 Jack responded with silence. Dom turned to Mark at his right hand side and nodded. Mark stepped forward. 
 
 “ I ’ m sorry, Jack. ” Mark said. He threw a punch at Jack, throwing him off balance and sending him to the floor. Mark stood behind Jack, grabbing his arms and pinning them behind his back. He pulled Jack to his feet, giving Dom a free shot at Danny. 
 
 “ Don ’ t do this, Dom! ” Jack shouted as he cocked the pistol. 
 
 “ No! Please, w-w-wait a minute! ” Danny held his hands out in front of the gun, breathing rapidly. “ I can help you, I-I know where you can get fuel. ” 
 
 Dom paused, still holding the gun at Danny ’ s head. “ You ’ ve got thirty seconds. Start talking. ” 
 
 “ There ’ s a gas station. It ’ s only a couple of miles away. It ’ s… ” 
 
 “ …across the road from the local school, I know where you mean. ” Eddie finished. “ We raided that place a while back. There ’ s no fuel there. ” 
 
 “ Not in the pumps, ” Danny said, “ the station has an underground bunker, they ’ ve got fuel reserves in there just in case the pumps would ever run out. ” 
 
 “ How do you know this? ” 
 
 “ I used to work in one before the outbreak. ” Danny quickly rubbed his hands through his long black hair. “ I can take you there and show you where it is. You ’ ll be free to take as much of the fuel as you want. Just let me live, please. ” 
 
 Dom looked around at Mark and Eddie. There was a moment of silence as he weighed up the options. Jack looked at Danny, whose eyes darted from man to man as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. 
 
 “ Alright, ” Dom put the gun back in his holster, “ fine. Take us to this bunker and we ’ ll let you go. Mark, let go of Jack. We ’ ll get some gear and then set off. ” 
 
 Mark released Jack from his grip. Jack helped Danny to his feet as the others returned to the tents. 
 
 “ Jack, fucking hell, am I glad… ” 
 
 “ Danny, is this real? ” Jack said urgently. 
 
 “ I know, I didn ’ t think I ’ d see anybody else I know after what happened. ” 
 
 “ No, the gas station story. Is it real? ” 
 
 “ Of course it ’ s real. ” 
 
 “ Alright, that ’ s something at least. ” 
 
 “ What ’ s the problem? I ’ m alive aren ’ t I? ” Danny looked confused. 
 
 “ You ’ ve just bought yourself an hour. As soon as you show them this place, they ’ re going to kill you anyway. ”
