The Machine hasn't spoken in days. Weeks even. The world is a mess and we couldn't stop it. This started out as a war, but what happens when the two gods fighting both die?
"Let's get our supplies and get out." Reese said as he kicked down a door to an abandoned house.
"Maybe we should hangout here for a bit. At least until morning." Shaw replied before entering the house.
"Not this one. The one across the street." Reese mumbled before walking into the house after Shaw.
"Something wrong with this one?" Shaw asked as she went straight to the pantry where she found tons of food just laying around.
"I told Finch to meet us at that address."
"Right." Shaw took boxes of crackers and cereal and stuffed them into her bag while opening a box and eating some right there. It was quiet and the only other sound she could here beside her chewing was Reese walking around the house.
The two of them never talked much these days. Not since Root- Disappeared. Left. Died. None of them actually knew. It wasn't like Shaw actually cared about her, but she didn't want to talk about it because that would mean admitting that maybe she kind of missed her.
That was a ridiculous thought. But then again there Shaw was, sitting on the floor of some random persons home thinking about her. But she was just… Gone.
"Shaw." She looked up to see Reese standing over her. "The people who lived here… They had two hand guns." He handed on to Shaw and she took it before standing up.
"Got the food." She muttered before walking past him and out the door.
Reese followed shortly after, looking around to make sure no biters were around. It was quiet when they entered the house. Didn't seem like anyone had been in there for a long time. The place was completely empty except for the few pieces of furniture, and pictures barely hanging on the wall.
The door slammed shut behind Reese, startling the two of them. It was just the wind. But it was enough to have them both aim their gun at it. Reese lowered his gun first, and then looked over to Shaw, gun still pointed towards the door.
"It's no one." He said.
"Right." She said hesitantly. Shaw lowered her gun and threw her bag on the floor before plopping onto the couch. "So when's Finch supposed to get here?"
"He was supposed to be here at sunset." Reese looked out the window before closing the blinds. The sun was nowhere to be seen.
"Oh crap." Shaw sat up. "So uh, why did we let him wander off on his own again?"
"It's not our place to stop him, Shaw."
"Yeah but maybe if one of us were to have gone with him then- "
"Look," Reese shouted, "Just because Root didn't make it, doesn't mean Finch didn't either."
"Don't make this about her." Shaw growled as she stood up and walked over to him.
There was a sudden knock on the door to which Reese quickly replied to by pulling out his gun and walking towards the door.
"It's me, open up."
"It's Finch." Reese stated before opening the door. He stepped back to let him in.
Two people came in through the door. Finch and someone they had never seen before.
"It's fuckin' cold out there. Not like this place will be any warmer." The brunette said as she closed the door behind her.
"Who's this?" Shaw asked, eyeing the girl and the many guns and bloody knives she had on her. "I see she's get you alive." She pointed her attention towards Finch.
"Name's Eliza. And you?" She replied as she walked passed Shaw and flopped onto the couch.
"Shaw." She replied before looking over to Finch and raising a brow.
"She's who you left us to go find. You're secret weapon?" Reese asked.
"Not a secret weapon. But she's important." Finch replied as he made his way into the living room of the house and sat down in a chair.
"Great, so what's the plan now?" Shaw grumpily asked as she made her way over to the fireplace. "Assuming there is one."
"We're going to put an end to this." Eliza stated.
"Never thought about that before." Shaw quickly replied with a hint of annoyance at the other girls presence.
"Miss Shaw, she's here to help." Finch interrupted, "And she can. We just have to get her to where she needs to go."
"And why is she the one who can do this?"
"Because she's part of the reason this started." Reese said. He could see a hint of guilt in her eyes, which quickly left when she shot him a mean glare.
"Maybe, but I didn't know i was sighing up for this fucking nightmare." Eliza looked over to her shoulder and outside the window where a biter was roaming around. "I didn't know that this would happen."
"Oh sure you didn't." Shaw growled.
"It doesn't matter if she did or if she didn't, she's going to stop it." Finch said before standing up out of his chair.
Eliza shot Shaw a teasing look before saying, "couch is mine."
"Fine with me. I prefer the floor anyway." Shaw took the pillow the was resting under Eliza's head and threw it on the floor before laying down.
"Good to see we're all getting along." Reese said quietly to Finch as the two of them proceeded to barricade the door. "We should all stay close. Can't have any dead thing wandering in here..." He stopped talking and looked over to Shaw and Eliza. The taller woman seemed to be doing her share of annoying Shaw. "Or out of here. These two really don't get along."
"Miss Shaw doesn't know it, but Eliza's the reason that Miss Groves isn't us. I suspect on a subconscious level she knows that the leather jacket under Eliza's head is-"
"Roots." Reese finished. "Well, won't this be an interesting adventure
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