Tomo, Kagura, and Yomi sat near their small fire. Osaka curled up, sleeping in the corner.

As Chiyo and Sakaki sat in the rafters above watching the surrounding countryside for movement.

The fire crackled as the light flicked on the battered brick walls.

But the area was still eerily quite...

"How the hell did I end up here?" Said Tomo with genuine confusion in her voice.

"You tell me dumbass your the one who dragged us into this!" It was all Yomi could do not to rip her head off were she sat.

"Seriously Tomo its bad enough when you make yourself look like a crackhead, but when you fuck up and get us involved it's another story"

"I said i was sorr-"

"WE COULD DIE OUT HERE AND YOUR SORRY!?"

"Oh just leave me alone i know i messed up... badly-"

"REALLY badly." Yomi cut in.

Tomo started again "But screaming in my face won't do any good"

Yomi looked away and said "Be quite and see if Nimble showed up yet,"

"AY AY captain!" Said Tomo cheerfuly.

"What the hell did i just say?" Yomi snapped.

"Let it go Yomi" Said Kagura flatly.

A sheet of silence fell over the graveyard stillness of the broken down car park.

When something moved down the road near a tunnel barricaded with slabs of concrete and and cars.

Chiyo picked up on it immediately.

"Ah... Sakaki-san?"

Sakaki awoke from a trance and looked over.

"Come here. I think I see something,"

As she crawled over the movement came again only this time there was more.

Concerned, Chiyo pointed to what was moving "There, i don't think that it's another dog."

"No it doesn't look like it." She said.

When Tomo broke the silence with "Look who i found near the gate!" Dragging Nimble in by his arm.

Yomi began "The trader said you had something?"

Nimble looked up. "Yeah. This is what he wanted."He said holding up a flash drive."

"What's that?" Tomo asked.

"It's a flash drive I snagged from the bandits. It's got all the info on their stashes, targets, and orders for the next few months."

"So that's what he wanted?" Yomi said.

"Yup."

Yomi seeming a bit more calm said "Good now we can leave"

Chiyo realizing what she was seeing panicked, looked down at the group and wailed "Get ready! Bandits are coming!"

Kaguras eyes widened "Damn, Osaka wake up!" She said as she jabbed Osaka into consciousness.

They grabbed their rifles and tried to get ready for the bandits, but it was too late. They were all over the park.

A bandit cried out "Hey! There's nimble get 'em!"

Nimble looked over "Shit, RUN!"

Sakaki not wasting a second grabbed Chiyo, jumped out a hole in the slanted roof, landed, and ran.

The others not far behind jumped the fence surrounding the house and garage then sprinted away, brush crunching underfoot.

They reached the underpass in a nearby road when they realized that Nimble wasn't there.

"Where'd nimble go?" Tomo said.

Quickly the girls ran to the top of the road to see.

Kagura grabbed her binoculars to look around the park. "Yup they got him"

"What do we do?" Chiyo said.

"Well there must be 20 of them so we take a vote" Kagura said "All in favor of saving him?

Chiyo, Tomo , and Yomi raised there hands.

"All opposed?"

Sakaki and Osaka put there hands up.

Kagura paused "Then here we go." She said.

Chiyo grabbed the radio and climbed a tree to keep watch over the park while the others crept up on the bandits.

Kagura and Tomo snuck up on the garage in the back and waited for the signal.

Yomi and Osaka nodded at Tomo in the moment they could spare between bandit patrols strolling around only a few feet away.

When Sakaki finally snuck in to the gatehouse in front she motioned back to Chiyo that she was ready.

Quietly the radio began to crackle. "Okay on my mark, you guys open fire on them." Chiyo said.

"Gotcha." "Okay." "Sure." "On it." "Huh?"

Assuming Osaka heard what she said Chiyo began to count down

"5... 4... 3... 2... 1... GO!"

Instantly gunshots broke the silence of the car park.

Already 4 bandits laid on the ground dead.

Just as Yomi leveled her rifle for another shot the bandits caught on and fired back.

A terrifying bang as bricks fell of of place as a cloud of buckshot smacked the wall next to Osaka.

She fired back and one less bandit stood between them and Nimble.

10 minutes later 8 bandits left. A massive roar sounded from the last house. Soon 5 bandits raised their shotguns and charged.

"GO!" Yomi called as the others ran.

Without ammunition and pushed from the car park they walked back to the abandoned village established as the newbie camp.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" The trader barked.

"Nimble was taken prisoner." Sakaki admitted head hung low.

"GAH useless! All of you!"

He paused.

"Ok" The trader began.

"You are of no help then. So leave. Just get out of here" The man went on.

"What?" Tomo blurted out.

"Are you deaf woman? I said leave this camp!" He turned his back.

The three where of taken back by the outburst.

"Just go north to the garbage, you can't miss it. It's crowded with monstrous piles of junk. I'm sure you'll find someone there who'll help you 'cause I sure as hell ain't."

With no other choices they packed what little gear they had and set out north.