The front door is haphazardly shut, but shards of wood shatter the floor. She doesn't need to see the outside of the door to know it was kicked in. She steps away from Billy and into the living room, there furniture is overturned and even in the darkness she can make out bullet holes in the wall.
"They came for Barney, or Maggie or even both." Lissa tells Billy, "How could they know about them? Maggie's CIA and Church keeps all of our names out of the databases."
"We don't know that they came for Barney and Maggie for sure. Maybe they rounded up the whole neighborhood. Or maybe Barney and Maggie put up a fight and they found them." Billy offers up as reasoning. It does comfort Lissa a bit, but she has to wonder why the North Koreans would bother to round up people from a small former farming town outside of New Orleans. Wouldn't their efforts be better spent going after known military personal?
Lissa lets out a small sigh and heads to the front door, "We should leave from here, head to our house, see if there is signs of the Koreans showing up there. We could stock up on weapons and I could try to get my computers going." She suggests to Billy as she pulls a pocket knife from her pocket.
"It's a good idea to rest for the night." Billy says, "I'm going to grab some of the non-perishable food from here. I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before people begin breaking in and hoarding food." He then heads for the kitchen.
"Good idea." Lissa calls over her shoulder and flicks open the knife. She begins to carve a compass into the back of the front door. It's the kind of thing that will be overlooked by the Koreans if they happen to come back, but a sign to Barney that she and Billy are okay and in the area.
It was clear the Koreans stopped by their house too, either to round them up because they knew who they were or they came for everyone. The front and back doors are kicked in, furniture knocked over and places rifled through.
"If they were just rounding people up, why'd they check the bookshelf?" Lissa asks as she tucks her gun into the holster at her hip. Her gaze goes to the shelf which has nearly all of the books that were on it puddled on the floor.
"Maybe they were looking for Country Domination For Dummies?" Billy asks her with a grin.
Lissa can't help but let out a small laugh, "What To Expect When You're Invading?"
It earns her a laugh from Billy who looks over a laptop on the other side of the room, "Smashed. Guess they weren't interested in the eBook versions." He glances towards the entertainment center, "I think they might have taken our copy of Twilight." He says as he drops the laptop down onto the desk.
The anxiety and worry that had been rushing through her system since they first heard the news of the invasion eases a little. "We we're screwed then. They know all of the government secrets and nuclear launch codes. Plus if Edward and Bella get together. So screwed."
"We should get some sleep." Billy tells her, "Didn't look like they found the weapons room, so it'll be a good place to sleep."
"I'm guessing it's going to be pretty damn obvious if we push our mattress in there huh?" Lissa asks him.
Billy gives her a nod, "I'll get the air mattresses from the camping supply kits in the basement." He tells her, grabbing a flashlight from the drawer of an overturned end table.
"Camping, great." Lissa says, feeling herself rolling her eyes without telling herself to. Jump out of an airplane? Trudge through a swamp? Spend hours sitting in a tree out in the forest waiting for the right moment to strike while being bit by misquotes? Not a problem for Lissa Hollis. Camping? You have a problem there. She puts the strap of Billy's backpack over one shoulder and starts climbing the stairs up to their bedroom. When they built the farmhouse they included a hidden weapons room in between the master bedroom and the guest room. At the time it seemed like a great way to hide their weapons collecting from friends or a burglar. Now it's a great place for them to hide in case the Koreans come back.
The next morning Billy wakes up to a faint glow in what should be the completely dark weapons room. Out of instinct his hand goes to the gun he kept beside his side of the air mattress and he blinks rapidly to adjust his eyes to the room. Instead of finding an enemy he finds Lissa hunched over one of her many laptops.
"Morning you." Billy says to her as he sits up with a yawn. He places the gun down beside him and peeks over her shoulder. "Anything?"
"First I'd like to point out how much I hate these Koreans. Why? Because other than invading my country they make things like camping and I hate camping. No hot water, no cold drinks, no electricity, no real bed, and need I continue? All I know is I started this morning off with a shot first ask questions later kind of attitude."
Billy kisses her cheek, "Well if that attitude sticks around we may have to call you Lissa Ross, since that's a Barney kind of attitude." He then rests his chin on her shoulder.
"That means you're married to my…." Lissa trails off and her gaze goes to her laptop screen. She shrugs her shoulders back, knocking Billy's head from there. "Look at this." She tells him.
On the screen video from the surveillance system outside Barney's farmhouse plays. The footage is shakey and not the greatest quality, meaning the cameras were working on battery back-up. Through the windows it's clear there is movement in the house. Just as a military Humvee with a North Korean flag painted on the roof pulls in the driveway, Maggi darts out the backdoor. When Korean soldiers come out of the Humvee bullets fly from the upstairs window of the farmhouse. The fire fight lasts for five minutes as the Koreans make their way into the house and finally get Barney. He's dragged from the house a few minutes later beaten, bloody and barely conscious.
"They took him." Lissa says staring at the screen as the footage changes to the Humvee leaving and the house going quiet. A strong sense of despair floods through her and Lissa finds herself closing her eyes as tight as she can to keep from crying. Barney's a prisoner of war.
Billy shoves the laptop off her lap and pulls her into his arms. "We'll get him back. I swear to you."
"Then we kill them." Lissa says as she rests her head against Billy's chest.