| Dante POV |
The deadline is coming up, on my plan. I think I know what needs to be done. There's a man in camp, goes by the name of De. No one knows his real name... He has a sniper rifle, I could hide and scope out the factory, see if I spot her. Worth a shot.
I stepped out of my building, spotted the man, shining his lead pipe, which was his most used weapon.
"Hey De?" I walked to him.
"What?" He looked up at me.
"You still got that sniper Rifle." I looked down at him.
"Yeah, why? You gonna hunt? Maybe kill some innocents?" De smiled.
"Shut up, where is it?" I scowled at him.
"I... Oh shit, I lost it..." De groaned. "Why you need it?"
"It's about that group in the factory, their dangerous. Their gunning for us." I sighed. "And sooner or later, they'll kill us all."
"Tiffany there?" De looked at me.
"I think so." I looked him dead in the eyes.
"I lost it, I'm sorry." De frowned.
"Useless..." I mumbled as I walked away.
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|Riley POV - At Factory |
"Tiffany?" I walked to the girl, sitting near Darren.
"Yeah?" She smiled up at me.
"We may have to take actions against Dante and his men, kill them all." I sighed. "That okay with you?"
"Do what needs to be done, as long as he's as far away from me, I'm happy..." Tiffany looked up at me, and I wrapped my arms around her in a tight hug.
"I'll do anything to protect you, Tiff. You know that." I mumbled.
"Promise?" She looked me in the eyes.
"Yes." I whispered, seeing Darren had left, to guard duty, to leave us time to be alone.
We heard gunshots outside where Darren was, and Tiffany wrapped her arms tighter around me, shaking with fright.
"Don't worry, he's just killing Infected..." I soothed her.
"Promise he's not, like, shooting Dante's men or something...?" Tiffany looked at me, eyes wide.
"Yes. I promise, Tiff." I slowly let go of her, and smiled. "I gotta go check on Emily, see how she's taking her dad being dead now, okay?"
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|De POV - Dante's camp |
I need to get out, warn that camp. Dante's gunning for that girl, he wants her dead. I need to find out where this factory is, warn them... It's around midnight now, Dante's asleep, I can sneak out. The tough part is, he has two guards stationed at both exits... I need to find out how to sneak past them. Maybe just telling them what Dante's planning, they'll come with me.
I approached one of the guards, Shawn.
"What are you doing? The curfew was a few hours ago." Shawn hissed at me.
"I need to leave, Dante's planning to kill everyone at the factory." I looked him straight in the eyes.
"He's the leader, he never steered us wrong before, if he deems that right, I say go for it." Shawn smiled.
"I'm sorry..." I mumbled as I swung my pipe, knocking him out cold.
First I will head east, I know there's an old run down factory there, about fifty miles away, they might be there. If Tiffany is there, she's safe. They must be nice, to let her in, and she trusts them otherwise she would have left.
I snuck out the small enterance, and started running east, taking with me only my pipe, and some food, in case I'm wrong.
I found the factory, saw a grown man, guarding it, shotgun in hand. I clutched a rock threw it toward a tree and the man aimed as it made a loud noise.
"Damn squirrels..." The man mumbled.
I looked as a boy a little younger stepped out.
"Your relieved Darren, I got it." The boy looked at him and smiled as he went in, then groaned and leaned on the wall boredly, shining his handgun.
He seems nice, I can take him. The man I wasn't sure, but him I am sure.
"Hey!" I called out as I walked out.
"Who are you?!" He aimed at me.
"De... and you are?" I looked at him.
"I ain't sayin'! Leave now!" He moved his finger to the trigger.
"Wait! Please! I'm a friend!" I begged him, dropping my pipe and food.
The boy just looked at me, unspeaking for a few moments then...
"Riley! We got someone out here! Says his name is De!" The boy called in.
"Bring him in, John but don't take your eyes off him!" The boy I guessed was Riley called out.
"Come with me." He backed into the building and I slowly followed.
The moment I entered I saw the man, Darren, with the boy I guessed was Riley, and... Tiffany.
"Tiffany?!" I looked at her.
"De! It is you!" Tiffany smiled at me.
"You two know eachother?" Darren looked at Tiffany.
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| Riley POV - Factory |
"He was with Dante's group as second in command..." TIffany looked at him, smiling.
"What?!" Darren aimed at him suddenly with his shotgun.
"Lower that piece of shit before I shove it up your ass!" De suddenly snapped.
"Darren! Not now! Just not now!" I ordered him to lower it.
"Your lucky, jackass..." Darren mumbled.
"Like a horseshoe." De mumbled, sarcastically. "Riley, your the leader I guess?"
"Yes." I nodded.
"You need to leave, Dante's gunning for Tiffany, he won't stop till he kills her and the rest of you!" De begged us to leave.
"We can take him." John crossed his arms.
"You can't, you have how many people, including Tiffany?" De looked at me.
"Nine." I crossed my arms.
"Your outnumbered! He has fifteen, not including me, and Dante." De pleaded.
"We are staying." I looked at him.
"You can stay too." Tiffany looked at him. "Meet the family, that's Darren, John and my boyfriend Riley."
"Boyfriend?" I looked at her.
"Uh, did I say that outloud?" She blushed.
"Nevermind. Over there, sleeping is Lauren, my mom. Krystal, my sister. and Valerie and Rebecca." I pointed. "Hey. Where's Emily?"
"She left, to clear her head, about ten minutes before Mr. Dante's henchman came." John joked.
"Riley?" Krystal had woken up, and was standing a few feet away. "Whose that man?"
"Oh hey little girl..." De knelt by her, smiling.
"A friend. Helping us stop Dante, is that correct?" I looked at De.
"Yes." De stood, and walked back to us.
"I got a plan." I looked at him. "You go back to Dante's camp, before he wakes. Join in the attack, you'll know what to do next."
"How will I know..." De looked at me.
"You will, the human mind has a way of... making you see things clearer, making you know what to do. And whether you wanna do what its telling you to do, or not. Is entirely up to you."I smiled, and winked at him. "Go back now."
De backed away, then turned, running back into the forest, holding his pipe.
"He's trustworthy, he won't tell Dante I'm here." Tiffany wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
"I hope your right Tiff." I sighed and hugged her.
"Let's leave them be, John." Darren walked off, with John, who was smiling.
"So what was that, about boyfriend? Don't we have to talk bout that first Tiff?" I looked at her.
"Well, I mean sure... John told me you liked me and all, so I thought it wouldn't be a problem..." Tiffany looked down, pulling away.
"John told you what?" I looked at her. "I didn't tell him shit."
"So, he lied?" She looked at me, frowning.
"Well, not entirely, Tiffany." I looked down at her, and smiled. "I do like you, I just never told him that. Was it that obvious?"
"Not really, I never expected it." She giggled
"Good." I smiled. "Wait, so are we..."
"Boyfriend and Girlfriend?" TIffany blushed. "Sure, I guess so."
I leant to her, and gently kissed her lips, pulling away after a few moments.
"Good." I mumbled, blushing hard.
"It's late, I'm going to sleep. See ya tomorrow Riley." She kissed my cheek and walked off.
Did that just happen... and what was with that De guy? He doesn't seem trusting... Tiffany seems to trust so he must be alright. I need rest... Today was a hectic day. I guess we'll find out eventually if De is true to his word. I hope it wasn't the wrong call... Trusting him.
