Title: You Can't Come Uninvited
Rating: PG
Word Count: 183
Pairing: Team Underpants
Round/Fight: 1/A
Summary: "You can't come uninvited": He has his orders, even if he doesn't like them. (Part of "Free" prompt cycle; lyrics by Brian Adams.)
He had watched, safely surrounded by his fellow Riders, as the officers in the Own enforced the orders they had been handed.
He watched as the light left Dom's eyes and he heard the solid but flat tone of his voice. "Stand your ground."
He had listened for his own orders, had followed them to the best of his ability, and hadn't questioned them.
Until now.
The orders had come to him, the Group Leader, and Group Askew waited with baited breath as he read the writ.
They had heard of the terrible storms plaguing the coast. They had heard of the raiders pillaging everything in sight, had heard of the bands of ruffians crawling the coastal hills and stopping for no one.
In his sleep, Evin had heard them screaming, the people they couldn't help, the people they couldn't ride to, the people that knew help wasn't coming fast enough for them.
He scanned the rest of Group Askew's assignment, and looked up, one word on his lips.
"Now."
He wondered if Dom had ever been woken up by those silent screams.