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I could hear the banging on the door happen continuosly I tried to get my sleep from staying up all night don't know whyni did I just felt the need to. Ignore the banging for only a few second until I had enough. "Alright alright keep your skirt for christ sakes." I look myself in the mirror making sure I look alright never know whena cute girl might turn up in this hell hole. As I walk toward to the door I noticed a figure laying on the couch. "Sigh of course he can sleep through it." I muttered to myself, his names Joel never told me his last name or probably never care to remember. He may look old but the guy has enough in him to last another fourty year at most. "Joel, Joel wake up we got visitors." I said to him while shaking him awake. The banging of the door continues loudly making me wonder if who behind the door like to be piss people off that way. As I walk to open the door Joel is already wake not fully but its a working progress, I open the door and saw one of my fraivote people in town. "Morning Tess see that you had a fun night." I said

"Yeah you should have been there would have had lots of fun." She said sarcastically as she walks past me to the kitchen.

"Where were you Tess?" Joel asked.

"West end distict. Don't worry I just got jumped coming back." She went and grabbed a bottle of whiskey from the cabinet took a glass of it and chugged it down. "We had dropped to make." Tess pointed out.

"We. We had drop to make." Joel countered

"You said you wanted to left alone remember?" Tess said.

"So let me guess. Client made off with out pills. Is that right?" The old man asked.

"Always going to the negative don't you Joel?" I asked jokingly.

"Deal went off without a hitch l. Got enough ration to last a month." Tess said as she drops a few green card on the countertop. I groan as she mention the word 'ration' sure they have nutriention but they're so annoying to get makes me wish I had my own farm. I see Joel grab the wet cloth off of Tess's hand this also makes me wonder what kind of relationship they have.

"So these guy still with us?" He asked. Tess gave a small chuckle at that joke.

"Funny."

"I didn't even Joel can do funny." I commented quickly. Having Joel give a quick look. "What don't act as if you didn't set yourself up for that one." I defend readingly.

"So anyways did you find out who they were." Joel ask rying to change the subject as usual.

"Yeah they were a bunch of nobodies it doesn't matter. What matters is that Robert sent them." My eye widen at her claim and Joel looked a little shocked at that claim.

"Our Robert?" He asked getting a nod from Tess.

"I told you guy to let me shoot him when I got the chance." I said like a big 'I told you so'.

"He knows we're coming for him. he think he can get to us first."

"Son of a bitch. He's smart." Joel said slamming the cloth onto the table.

"Not smart enough, I know where he's hiding." Now that really got my attention.

"The hell you do." Joel retorted.

"Old warehouse at area five. Can't say for how long though." Tess pointed out.

"Well I'm ready now. Yeah?" Joel asked

"Oh I can do now." Tess said

"Count me in." I said getting a dissaproving look from both Joel and Tess. "Oh you can not be serious I'm sixteen year old I don't need a chaperone."

"Your staying here." Joel said sternly. This was going to be one battle they won't win.

"Look I get, I'm just a kid and I shouldn't even be in this kind of situation. But the moment I became with you guy your problem also become mine. I'm helping you guys with or without or consent." Sometime you really gotta admire the teenage rebellion phase adult talk about. After a few second of silence the first one to give was Tess.

"Alright let's go." She sighed with her voice. "But you stay on our ass don't lose sight of us got it?"

I nodded at her order, I then look at Joel seeing if he would accept my help too. All I got from him was a sigh and that was all I need. I smile at the two them after. "Don't worry so much about me. Honestly so little faith from my supeirors." I said to them as I walk toward the door.

Outside its always the same view military on post a few people on the curb of a sidewalk I would try to say never a dull moent but who am trying to kid. As we walk down the street we noticed the military taking people out of the apartment I couldn't bare to watch the rest so we move on ahead. "Seems like a lot more people are getting infected." I heard Tess said.

"That just mean that more poeple are sneaking out." I couldn't help but agree with Joel, over the past alone I counted about 15 pre infected civilian and many more of them try to sneak out from here.

"I got some new paper shouldn't give us any staic once we're in, just play it cool."

"Don't worry Joel can be more cool in a highsteak poker game." I pointed out.

"I think she was talking about you Aaron." Joel said to me gave Tess a mocking glare at that remark.

"You are never gonna let that drop go are you Tess?" I asked only to get a small smile from Tess as my answer. Figures.

Let see some ID." I heard the military gaurd ask, after Joel hands in the ID give a quick look at them before his eye went back at us. "What's your business here?" He asked.

"Got the day off. Visiting a friend." Joel said nonchalantly the guy realy know how to act cool when its necessary. As soon as we were aroved to passed a truck exploded infront of us. There as only one crew that would go so far to attack the military.

"Fireflies!" I hear one gaurd say. I instantly look for Joel and Tess and noticed them waiting for me at an old apratment. I ran as fast as could at the sound of guns and bullets begin used. As soon as I reach door Joel automatically slams it behind me.

"Well that was fun." I said jokingly while trying to catch my breath. "What now?"

"There gonna close all the checckpoint thanks to the fireflies we're gonna have to outside." Tess said

"Out side the wall?" Joel questioned.

"Or we could just robert go."

"Cute." Jeol said to Tess.

"Hey Tess see that shit?" I heard a guy asking Tess never really bother to know his name if I don't see them long enough I don't bother learning.

"I was there, how the east tunnel looking?" She asked.

"Its clear. Just used it. No patrol. Where you guys off to." He asked

"Gonna pay Robert a visit."

"Tch. You too?"

"Who else is looking for him?"

"Uh Marlene she's been asking around, trying to find him."

"Marlene? What would the fireflies what with Robert?" Tess asked that got me thinking how much trouble are we really in for now that the queen is the play.

"You'd think she tell me?"

"And what did you tell her?"

"The truth I got no idea where he's hiding?"

"Aw and I thought we'd get a special offer since we're friends." I add jokingly.

"You don't know my name." He said with a deadpanned expression.

"Neither do you." I countered

"Toùche.

"Hey you stay out of trouble, military will be out in force soon."

"Yeah see you around." Some how I feel that won't happen for a long time. My mind began to work, Robert trying to get rid of Tess then the firefiles looking for him as we are it just made me feel that we're something much bigger than we should've been. As we reach the tunnel tunnel entrance I quietly thank god that I'm not claustrophobic or else I wouldn't be following them now. The cave had a bit of a smell but that's because of all the pipe in here, I noticed the table that hold our old packs as I reaxh for mine I found out there was something missing.

"Hey guys have you see my sword anywhere." I asked only getting a sigh from Joel.

"Again I told to put it where you remember instantly, ah here it is underneath the table where you last put it." He said with a stren voice. What can I say I forget things sometimes it bad habit but you see anyone trying to fix it. I gave him a sheppish grin as Joel hand me back my swrord. The sword was a natural katanna I found at job I did a couple months back Joel and Tess tried change mind into holding such a 'dangerous' weapon as they told me but with a few practices and negotiations I got my first weapon.

"Remind me again why we said you can have a sword." Tess asked me.

"Simple you guy alway told me that I couldn't handle a gun even I still know how to shoot one and sword is the only silent type weapon I got. That and it makes look like a total badass with." I said with pride. As I puff out my chest only to get eye rolled from both adult. "Thanks guy I can feel your support from here." I said dryly.

Getting throught the tunnel was easy few problems here and there but nothing to probematic of coures the spores were a new feature 'thank god for gas mask' I thought to my self as soon we got outside I took the single beauty the outside, fresh air. Getting to area 5 was no problem but the three us knew that Robert is expecting us which would make thing as Tess would say "interesting".

"Endure and survive." Said to myself quietly.

"What did you say." Joel asked me kguess I wasn't quiet enough.

"Its nothing something I heard from a group of kid last week, I think they got from a comic book." I said to Joel as we walked down area 5. "Hey Tess, this warehouse we're going to is it the one near the docks?" I asked.

"Yeah why?" All she saw was my smile and that gave her my answer. "No absoluty not."

"Come on Tess I know that place like the back of my hand. I got my sword I'll more quiet they won't even see me. And you know how quiet I cango Tess." I told her, I used to play and sneek around there when I was little the number of times I was told not to play aound there was too much to keep count.

"Alright but if thing get wild out there I expect you to lay low you here." I gave her a mocked salute and worked my way to the roofs you'd be amaze at how the gaurds never spend enough time to look up. While I walk across the roof I stopped for a while and view the horizon. A beautiful thing really the bright orange color of the sun and sky mixed with a nice breeze a top of it. I look down near an edge and saw Tess and Joel infront of Roberts men, only two near the gate and no else. I posistion myself behind the garuds and my sword ready at my hands and a smile on my face.

"Time to started." Right then and there a thought came to mind as I dropped down 'how will job take once we're finished?'.