Hetalia ZOMBIE
Chapter 19
A New Development
Eric felt himself drift in and out of sleep as the day went on, unable to find himself rested enough to get up, and not interested in doing anything else otherwise, yes Eric was experiencing one of those days. However for Alfred it was one day to many, and he was going to get Eric up one way or another, however Alfred was going to use his best parenting method to do it.
"GOOD MORNING MY SON!" Alfred cried as he jumped in the air above the sleeping Eric
THUMP!
"GAH!" A distraught Eric cried as he had his fully grown father jump on top of him. "HELP ME!"
Two minutes later
"I'm sorry" Alfred apologized.
"Don't apologize to me Al apologize to your son for nearly crushing him" Belana scolded.
"But honey" Alfred began to whine.
"Don't honey me, you need to find a way to play with Eric without hurting him" Belana continued to scold.
"What? He's not hurt" Alfred accused as he pointed at his son.
"Ow I'm so hurt" Eric whined faking the injury.
"Traitor" Alfred whispered.
"Maybe I should have Matthew discipline you" Belana thought outloud.
"NO, NOT SINCE HE GOT THAT NEW ARM OF HIS!" Alfred cried in desperation.
"Oh yeah, Katyusha was telling me how she was enjoying the new arm" Belana continued.
"Ahhh, mom I don't need know that part" Eric said.
"What, she just thinks it's very manly, especially since it was you who caused him to get it" Belana growled at the last part.
"Shutting up now" Eric quietly replied.
"Please don't send me to have Matthew train me, the last time he trained me in anything, he had me wrestle a zombie, and I nearly died" Alfred shed crocodile tears hoping to get Belana to stop being mad at him.
"Fine, I won't have him train you, but I will have him decide on your punishment" Belana said.
"Well, at least Matthew is better than Ivan for punishment" Alfred sighed with relief.
"Who said Matthew wouldn't include Ivan in the punishment" Belana said matter of factly.
"Oh please don't" Alfred begged.
five minutes later
"Punishment you say eh?" Matthew said as Belana described the situation to Matthew.
"So, what shall the punishment be Matvey da" Ivan said looking dangerously eager.
"Hm, I don't know, Tony Matt Jr. what do you think?" Matthew asked his oldest son, and Alfred's oldest son who both were standing just a bit off to the side looking like they were only hear for the show.
"Oh please no" Alfred begged silently as he could only fathom the horrors those two would send him through.
"How should we know, we weren't assigned his punishment" Matt Jr. and Tony said at the same time.
"Well I guess that settles it" Matthew said with a smile on his face.
"What?" Alfred asked slightly surprised.
"DOGGY PILE!" Matthew cried as he jumped onto Alfred holding him down.
"YAY!" Ivan cried as he jumped on top.
Matt Jr. and Tony only shrugged as they too joined in, Arthur, Eduard, Raivis, Peter, Tino, Antonio, Ralph, Randal, Gilbert, Romano, Troy, Eric, Gabriella, and Catherine all joined in effectively beginning to crush Alfred underneath their combined weight.
"GABRIELLA, THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE!" Ludwig cried as he tried to get his 'precious' daughter from the pile.
"Ne ne, Catherine, that can be dangerous" Feliciano whined as he watched the huge pile of bodies role in a chaotic mess.
"HELP ME!" Alfred cried as the weight of everyone on top of him was beginning to get to him. As he managed to get a view of freedom outside the pile of people he saw Katyusha just standing there watching looking slightly worried. "KATYUSHA, HELP ME! I'LL GIVE YOU THREE DAYS WITH MATTHEW HOWEVER YOU LIKE!" Alfred cried beginning to offer promises he didn't necessarily have the power to uphold.
Katyusha seemed to think about this for a second as she contemplated what she would want to do for three days, then she got a smile on her face.
"Oh Matvey" Katyusha called.
"Yes Kat?" Matthew asked.
"I have Maple Syrup" Kayusha waved a small bottle of maple syrup in front of her.
"Come on Katyusha, I'm not gonna fall for that again" Matthew said as his eyes followed the syrup bottle for three more seconds. "...Oh what the heck, HERE I COME!" Matthew cried as he somehow managed to easily pull himself out of the pile of people and chased Katyusha into their room slamming the door behind them.
"My sister the crafty one" Natalia whispered as she stared at Ivan though Ivan seemed to have grown rather immune to her stares.
Ten minutes Later
"Ok, I've had enough" Alfred whined still under the huge pile of bodies, which actually now increased as Yao joined in, Ludwig and Feliciano were unwillingly pulled in by their daughters and by Ivan. Natalia just watched the whole time. "Please, get off" Alfred whined.
"Commie huggles" Ivan chanted happily as he managed to wrestle his way through the pile of bodies and began to give Alfred one big bear hug.
"GAH, THE HORROR!" Alfred cried as the Russian managed to get a hold of him.
"Ah, Alfred-san" Kiku cried as he rounded the corner of the mall, only to come across a huge pile of bodies seemingly stuck together. "Um Alfred-san, did you all hold a doggy pile and not invite me?"
"Um, yeah, Kiku please don't feel offended, we've been stuck together for roughly ten minutes, and Ivan seems to be the only one enjoying himself, and Natalia is beginning to creep me out" Alfred explained.
"Well, no time like the present" Kiku sighed.
"To help?" Alfred asked hopefully.
"No, TO JUMP IN!" Kiku cried as he leapt in the air and landed on the pile of bodies.
"OWIE!" Alfred cried as he felt the full added weight of Kiku's body. "Kiku you traitor".
Kiku on the other hand had other ideas rather than just jump in the pile, he managed to wrestle his way through the bodies and managed to find himself next to Ivan who was still hugging Alfred tightly. Alfred however seemed to have given up on caring.
"Alfred-san, may I speak to you like this then?" Kiku asked.
"Did you really have to jump on me to talk to me first?" Alfred asked.
"No, I just did that for the fun" Kiku answered.
"Your mean" Alfred sighed. "IVAN LOOSEN UP THE GRIP!" Alfred cried as Ivan hugged tighter.
Natalia just glared more at this outburst.
"Anyway, Alfred-san, the Japanese survivors we rescued a week ago as you know has been given charge over our most southern ruled territory, to maintain independence between groups." Kiku began.
"Yeah, what's going on? Don't they like the territory?" Alfred asked.
"No it's not that Alfred-san, the problem is...um...well...the Purity Clan found out about this and is sending several messengers to harrass them, sometimes even armed squads." Kiku informed.
"Not the Purity Clan again" Alfred sighed. "I assume that our Japanese friends want us to have the Purity Clan go away?" Alfred asked anticipating the request.
"Yes Alfred-san, and may I personally recommend pain to get the point across?" Kiku asked.
"Kiku, I know how you feel about the Purity Clan, and you know my position on them, I don't want any more trouble than what we're dealing with on the other half of the continent, however the Purity Clan is driving my patience, and luckily for us it doesn't matter if its us free society clans, or warlord or slaver clans no one seems to like the Purity Clan." Alfred answered.
Kiku only nodded in understanding that starting a war with the Purity Clan was not in the Sacramento Alliances interest, nor was it agreed upon that open hostility would be made against other clans unless hostility was shown first. However being one of the origional five starting clans in the Sacramento Alliance the Reapers Clan has the authority to determine when enough is enough, however the one to make that call is Alfred and he hasn't reached the point yet for both political and (trying to be) mature reasons.
"Well, Kiku I guess I wouldn't mind the idea of being harsh with them to start cause this is pushing the line, and if they cross the line then I won't hold back on retaliation" Alfred answered. This seemed to make Kiku feel better but since it wasn't exactly what he wanted he reserved jumping for joy later. "By the way Kiku, could you get everyone ready, no one seems to answer me when I ask them to get off" Alfred answered.
"You of all people Alfred-san know that the only one who can call off a punishment is the punisher's chosen secondary representative, and that is Ivan-san" Kiku answered.
"Remind me why he chose Ivan?" Alfred asked.
"Because Matthew knew he would never need to perform punishment on Ivan-san as that would be Natalia-chan and Katyusha-chan's role" Kiku answered.
"Right" Alfred sighed. "Anyway Ivan, you heard Kiku, can you call off the punishment so we can go help out our friends?" Alfred asked being hopefull.
"Aw, but I wanted to give you more Russian Love" Ivan teased.
"Yeah, can you reserve some of that for the Purity Clan incase we need to knock a few heads around, and we can do that sooner, the sooner you call this punishment off" Alfred reasoned.
"You're getting better at this da" Ivan replied cheerfully. "PUNISHMENT OVER DA!" Ivan called.
"Finally" Alfred breathed a sigh of relief as everyone began getting off Alfred, however Ivan still was hugging Alfred tightly. "Um, Ivan you can let go the punishment's over".
"Ah, but Alfred, the doggie pile was the punishment, not huggles, thus I don't need to stop giving you some communist love da" Ivan said.
"This is going to be a long day" Alfred sighed beginning to feel sick.
It took Ludwig, Gilbert, and Berwald at the same time just to pull Ivan off of Alfred. "Alright let's go" Alfred sighed finally free from Ivan's hug, and at that the Reapers were on their way.
After several Minutes the Reapers were on the road.
"Ok so someone what to fill me in on what's going on?" Eric said only given a partial idea of what's going on before they left Sacramento.
"Oh right, you only entered the whole picture just a couple months ago" Alfred remembered that Eric and Troy along with all the others their age only turned 15 just a couple months ago.
"Where would you like the explanation to start da?" Ivan asked sitting in the passengers seat of the SUV that Alfred was driving, with Eric, Troy, and Vash in the back.
"How about what's with the clan we're dealing with?" Eric said.
"Ok, so the Purity Clan, we ran into them several years ago and had problems with them from the get go" Alfred answered.
"Why?" Troy asked.
"They're racists da" Ivan answered.
"Racists?" Eric asked.
"Racists are people who verbally or physically attack people of different color, political beliefs, or enthic origins. Basically they take the belief that people of darker color are inferior or do not belong on this continent and thus us verbal or physical means to enslave them or kill/remove them from the continent" Alfred answered.
"What problem do they have with different political ideals?" Troy asked.
"Well, before you were born, and before the zombies and appocalypse, the world was in conflict between which political ideals were better, which when I think back now was absolute idiocy on humanity's part. And this conflict grew so much that people began to get radical on the idea that the only good person of a different political ideal, is well a dead one" Alfred answered.
"What kinds of political ideals were those?" Eric asked.
"Communism, and Socialism for the most part da" Ivan answered.
"Aren't you Communist Ivan?" Troy asked.
"Da, I believe in the communist way when it's implemented properly da, however in this present time, human unity and co-operation is more important right now that which ideals are better da" Ivan answered.
"Um, dad don't you hate Communists?" Eric asked.
"I used to hate them son, however like Ivan said human unity and co-operation is more important right now, and right now, I just don't agree with Communism and Socialism, I no longer view them as an evil, or a group that deserves to die" Alfred answered.
"Why?" Eric asked.
"Because I would also have to hate Matthew, and that's impossible, and it also opened my eyes, that Communists, and Socialist aren't different people, they're just people with different beliefs, and trying to force them to change their opinions isn't fair to anyone" Alfred answered.
"Dad's a Socialist?" Troy asked.
"No, Matthew just simply agrees with some socialist ideals, he isn't completley socialist, it's honestly a complicated topic" Alfred answered.
"Ok, what about different races, why do they hate people of different races?" Eric asked.
"Honestly no idea" Alfred answered.
"The only answer is that in history religion, and simple superstition is the reasons for it, however even I don't understand the reasons" Vash answered.
"Is that one of the reasons why we never got along with them?" Tory asked. "We have and work with people of different color?"
"Da" Ivan answered. "When we met them for the first time, they were getting along well with Alfred until they met me, Kiku, and Yao, and they got angry with Alfred wondering why he was living with inferiors, or why they weren't chained da"
"WHAT!" Eric and Troy cried.
"Yes, and when they heard of the others we work with that's when all possible relations became impossible" Alfred answered.
"How is it we haven't gone to war with them?" Eric asked astonished that the Sacramento Alliance hadn't gone to war with them yet.
"The fact that the Sacramento alliance, isn't willing to go to war over different beliefs, even if it does hurt our feelings. However the Sacramento Alliance is getting tired of dealing with them, however the Purity Clan hasn't made any threats to war, or expressed any intent to harm the Sacremento Alliance or it's members, that is what the Sacramento Alliance is more than willing to go to war over." Alfred said.
"Ok, say that again, but in words and in simplicity that even I understand" Eric said.
"Basically, you threaten us, you get the Stalin's Purge da" Ivan responded cheerfully.
"Couldn't have said it better myself" Alfred smiled at the comparison. "Is that all your questions?" Alfred asked.
"Yeah" Eric and Troy answered.
"Good cause we're here" Vash said as he picked up his 50. cal rifle and put his free hand on the door latch waiting for the car to come to a full stop.
The vehicle came to a full stop at the edge of a small city further south of Sacramento where the Sacramento Alliance granted the Japanese people that they rescued responsibility and shelter. The japanese refugees where just getting settled when apparently they started getting harrased by a rather undesirable neighbor. Alfred, Ivan, Ludwig, Gilbert, Vash, Romano, Feliciano, Kiku, Berwald, Ned, Ralph, Randal, Im Yong Soo, Im Yang Soo, Roderich, Francis, Arthur, Heracles, Sadiq, Yao, Eric, Troy, Matt Jr, Tony, Gabriella, Catherine, Tokyo, Lenin, Lance, and Xaio all left the vehicles they were in, and ventured into the small town. As they walked through town, they could feel the tension in the air, very few people were outside despite there being roughly 7 thousand Japanese refugees.
"Now I wish I had Matthew with us" Alfred sighed.
"Oh well, let's see where the problems are?" Vash said. Kiku only nodded and went to talk to a guard who was still on the street.
"Well, what do you guys think we should do?" Alfred asked everyone not entirely sure how to handle this, he's handled the Purity Clan before, however he's never had to face them when they were harassing people under their protection.
"Can we just beat them and be done with it?" Gilbert asked.
"I wish we could" Alfred sighed. "It's only because the Sacramento Alliance and our history of good successes that we can keep them from attacking out right, however the Purity Clan is a rather large clan, and has a fair amount of military power in it's own right, even if we don't know much about each other".
"But the Sacramento Alliance has hundreds of thousands of members, how much bigger can the Purity Clan be than that?" Eric asked.
"Remember Eric that at least a hundred thousand are Sea Nomads, the Atlantica Clan and the Pacifica Clan and rarely if ever come to shore for military operations thus, we can't call those two clans a powerful military asset, plus clans can refuse to participate in the war due to their clan not having enough strength to sustain losses." Vash explained.
"So we could potentially have thousands of fighters or a few hundred depending on the situation?" Eric summed up.
"Yup" Alfred answered.
"Great" Eric groaned realizing their situation isn't as stable as he had always thought. "So we could end up going to war depending on how this turns out, and we might not even have an army to use"
"We do have the alliance's organized forces da" Ivan said.
"The organized forces?" Eric repeated.
"Da, the 5 Ground Forces, 1 Artillery Divison, 3 Stealth Forces, 2 Snipers Platoons, 1 Engineers Division, 2 Close Quarter Battalions, 1 Vehicle Commanding Division, 3 Armored Divisons, and 1 Air Force Division da" Ivan listed them off. "Unfortunately combined in personel it only makes up in roughly 10 thousand men so not a huge part of our overall capable fighting numbers da" Ivan said.
"Wait how does that work?" Troy asked.
"Like a normal country, the alliance has a military group and job career for people who want to make it a part of their lives defending our way of life, however as Ivan pointed out like a normal country not all fighting capable numbers are present or dipicted in this career and thus is only a small part of the overall potential power the Alliance has." Alfred explained.
"Ok, so we do have an army and military to rely on, just not what we could potentially have to destroy the Purity Clan should things go bad, the following question is 'will it be enough?'" Troy said.
"Exactly" Alfred smiled.
"Alfred-san" Kiku said approaching Alfred.
"Yeah what did they say?" Alfred asked.
"The Purity Clan has a small band of armed men just outside the town, he will lead us to them to remove them" Kiku said as he gripped his assault rifle tighter.
"Easy there Kiku, we don't want to start a war with them yet, we just got back from Japan, it wouldn't do us or the alliance any good if we get in fights left and right" Alfred explained.
"Yes Alfred-san" Kiku sighed relaxing his grip.
"Alright, let's get this overwith, I'm not in the mood to be friendly with them right now, oh and Matt jr., and Tony keep Eric and everyone his age in the back, if the 'you know what' hits the fan I'd rather not have them caught in the middle." Alfred explained.
"What's the 'you know what'? Sounds like a word I could use in everyday life" Eric said.
"You will not learn it until your older" Matt jr. and Tony said in unison making Eric pout, then Matt and Tony turned to Alfred "Got them covered leader" they soluted making Alfred feel rather uncomfortable.
"I'm your dad Tony, you can call me dad" Alfred pouted.
"Yes Leader" Matt Jr. and Tony said in unison again.
"I give up, this is one battle I'm not gonna win" Alfred sighed as he lead the group to the edge of the city.
After being lead through the town the Reapers eventually found themselves in front of maybe 25 to 30 Purity Clan members all armed with rifles or knives.
"Well at least we can take this group if things go south" Gilbert whispered earning slight nods of acknowledgement from the others.
"Wait take them? They have more men than we do" Eric said, while the Reapers combined numbers do come out higher than the Purity Clan group, Eric and his friends are still only 15 years old, his older brother and cousin are a couple years older, it would take his older brother and cousin to take one, while physically, it could take three or more of the teens Eric's age to take a single man, and they could possibly lose a couple people in this.
"I guess you have yet to see our parents when they mean business" Tony and Matt Jr. said earning confused glares from the young teens. They had seen some combat in Japan however they hadn't seen any serious combat on their parents part except exchanging gunfire with the enemy.
As the two groups approached each other the Purity Clan spoke first. "I should've known they'd call the Reapers, afterall only weak willed fools guard the weak" one of the members spat.
"I'm not interested in your stupid antics, what do you want?" Alfred said trying to get to the point. The Reapers were now just a few feet away from the Purity Clan group.
"Ah, come on don't want to hear more about us and why we're better?" the same member said tauntingly.
"Silence" a taller and more important looking Purity Clan member said, standing roughly six feet tall, and broad shoulders, wearing a brown thick beard and no hair, he obviously had more authority as the other member shut his mouth quickly as the man said that. "I apologize Alfred F Jones, some of our members fail to realize that the tension between the Purity Clan and the Sacramento Alliance isn't on good ground right now"
"I can see that, at least you look and sound reasonable, now how about you tell me why your bothering these people, not to mention you would all know that they are in our territory thus under our protection, which by extension makes you invaders to our territory, what's stopping me from having the Sacramento Alliance declare war on the Purity Clan for this alone?" Alfred said in a demanding tone.
"My my, Alfred Jones you have gotten smarter and better at politics haven't you" the man teased but not dragging the situation far from where Alfred wants it to go, however Alfred doesn't seem interested in the compliment.
"It's a consequence of the position I'm in, now answer the question, I have little patience for dealing with the Purity Clan don't make me regret coming out hear to speak instead of fight" Alfred warned. He didn't entirely agree to his harsh stance but however he knew it was needed, the Purity clan was harassing people under their protection and by all rights and purposes invaded their claimed territory by entering without permission.
"We are bothering these people because they don't belong here" the man said.
"These people are in our territory, under our protection, and since in our territory you have no say on whether they belong here or not" Alfred said reinforcing the idea that the Purity Clan is unwelcome.
"In your territory or not, it's our policy to drive all beings who do not belong on our holy continent off the continent, and if they don't leave we 'eliminate' them" the man said his voice getting low to show he's being more serious.
"That's obsured you may be able to do whatever you wish in your territory but you will not govern ours" Alfred said sternly the talk growing more intense by the moment.
"It was by god's will that this land became ours, why should we share it with inferior beings who don't belong here" the man said.
"Stop mixing selfishness with religion, god may have given us the land but he never said that we couldn't share it and all the good it comes with to others" Alfred said growing angry that these people where beginning to use religion to enforce their ideals.
"IT WAS GIVEN TO US, YOU YOURSELF ARE AN AMERICAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE IT BELONGS TO ONLY US AMERICANS!" the man yelled losing his temper.
"The United States of America for all intents and purposes is dead, all that remain are survivors to a horrific appocalypse, the country can be reborn, or the people can create a new one, either way for all intents and purposes in the present time all countries are arguably deceased" Alfred said.
"Idiocy" the man sighed. "The United States will never die, it will wipe all scourges from this planet and will purify the planet with the presence of god's holy people"
Alfred was beginning to get worried over this man's ideals, he was talking about killing from what Alfred understood 'all scourges' meaning possibly all people who don't identify themselves with the Purity Clan, or aren't of the same ethnic, or ideological grouping.
The man however wasn't done with his speech. "And you should be ashamed of yourself Alfred Jones, choosing dirty Communists, and people of impure color - "
Alfred then interupted. "Be careful what you say messenger, the last man who used racial slurs to insult my friends got his nose broken, I suggest you take care in what you say"
"How dare you, the Purity Clan has grown tired of your resisting the true way Alfred Jones, you are either with us the purity of this world, or you are with them, and your tainted blood" the man said nodding to Tony and Eric.
However that was the last straw on Alfred's part as he quickly drew his shotgun and pointed it at the man's face faster than he could blink. "HOW DARE YOU!" Alfred yelled.
"What the!" the other Purity Clan members tried to react to Alfred's shotgun, however the rest of the adults of the Reapers quickly sprang into action.
Vash fired his 50. cal knocking the rifle out of one man's hand, Gilbert proceeded to disarm a couple of others, a group of Purity Clan members weilding swords were held at bay by Ralph, Randal, Feliciano, and Romano by pointing their guns at them. Ludwig knocked two to the ground, Yao just stood back not wanting to risk dieing and failing his youngest daughter as a parent for not being there for her, Kiku sliced a couple of blades out of the Purity Clan's hands and the rest of the Reapers just pointed their guns holding the rest of the Purity Clan back.
"What are you doing?" the man asked shocked that Alfred was pointing his shotgun at him.
"You may be able to insult me, and my friends and wife may not care what you say about them, but you don't question my love for my sons" Alfred hissed dangerously.
"Put that gun down, you have no right" the man said.
"NO RIGHT!" Alfred yelled. "You invaded our territory and harrassed our friends, you've questioned my beliefs, insulted my friends and to me personally insulted my wife by insulting my children, I have chosen my words not to attack your beliefs, you should maybe have been considerable enough to do the same." Alfred growled. "Your the one with no right".
"By pointing that gun at me you have almost as good as declared war, not to mention your enraging yourself over what I have said, it's a free country, and my right to freedom of speech allows me to say whatever I please, and for this betrayal to me as a human you and your inferior friends and family will pay the price" the man replied.
Alfred was slightly taken back, of all times the man was using human rights as his defence for what he said, Alfred didn't lower his gun, however he did give a sigh, which quickly sent the man into a sense of security that he had convienced Alfred, but that wasn't the case. "You may have the right as a human to say what you want, but in consequence I get to say what I want about you, however you just threatened me, my friends, and above all else, my family, and my human rights to self defense allow me to do this" Alfred said as he quickly swung the butt end of his shotgun around and smashed the guy in the chin.
The rest of the Purity Clan tried to fight in retaliation however the Reapers didn't let then as they fired their guns, and slashed away at the Purity Clan combatants quickly killing all but the one Alfred hit in the jaw. The man quickly regained his bearings after hitting the ground, looking around he saw the rest of his clan drop dead as the Reapers without a waste of movement killed the man's escort, the man turned back to Alfred.
"ARE YOU INSANE!" the man cried.
"Actually this may have been the most sane thing I have done since this meeting" Alfred said still holding his shotgun at the man.
"You talk of human rights, but you threatened me first by pointing your gun at me" the man said trying to regain debating ground and save his life.
"I may have pointed my gun first however your the one who threatened first, by threatening those people in this town" Alfred said pointing to the Japanese people who were gathering outside due to the gunfire. "Not to mention you invaded our territory and even went as far as to threaten to 'eliminate' my friends as well, you shouldn't be talking to me about hypocrisy" Alfred growled.
"This is insanity" the man said as he began to crawl away.
Alfred however was done with this. "Go back to your clan and tell them that they are no longer welcomed inside our territory, and if you wish to start war then so be it, we will be waiting" Alfred said as he lowered his shotgun.
The man scrambled to his feet and ran away as fast as he could.
"Alfred, did we just unilaterally start war with the Purity Clan da?" Ivan said with his usual child like smile.
"To an unfortunate degree yes we did" Alfred sighed.
"No matter" Vash sighed. "I'm sure the rest of the council won't have a problem with it, considering they invaded and threatened us".
"On the down side we will be waging war on other humans instead of the infected like we hoped to continue doing" Kiku sighed.
"We've got a long road ahead, and as the saying goes, prepare for the worst and pray for the best" Alfred said as they walked back into town to where their vehicles where waiting. "Let's get home".
Author's notes: DONE! Alright this chapter wasn't as smooth as I had wanted it, but I think I made it work. Anyway I'm open to suggestions as to how this developement will turn out, as I'm running dry on ideas for the moment. Beyond that please enjoy the chapter. And before anyone asks, I am in no way a racist, nor do I support racism.
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