This War of Mine: Apocalypse:
Season 2
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Episode 7 Part 1
With the dawn of that new day, things had changed for the group. Not only had their numbers grown as Anton, Cveta, Sergei and Pavle all became part of them and not only had they all managed to find room in the farm house and set themselves up on the farm, but they felt stronger than ever. Misha's return had a rejuvenating effect on them, and with further gun training they were growing more proficient and stronger too. They managed to have successful supply runs and worked on the farm. While always aware of the danger outside, the threat posed by the Walkers, they knew they had managed to find, at least for now, a little pocket of safety, which they hoped to enjoy as much as possible. That wasn't to say things were perfect however, there were still concerns from inside the group, naturally involving Eli. Little did they know however, things were about to come to a head.
It had been five days after Misha was rescued and brought back to safety, standing on the porch of the farm house, looking out at the others as they worked, Niko managed a small smile. Readying himself to join them.
'When this first happened, none of us had any idea what to expect, what was going on...if we'd even last as long as we did.' He reflected. 'We felt our chances were...remote, impossible, that nothing would ever work...But now, now we have hope.'
Even as he thought that, he felt a hand slip into his own and turned, his smile widening as he saw Arica there.
"Well, we should go get to work." She said.
Niko nodded. "Yeah, Arica I-"
She smiled warmly, blushing slightly. "I know, it's still...strange but amazing for me too."
Niko gently brought his free hand up to cup her face, gazing deeply into her eyes.
"I swear, no matter what happens, we will work together and get through this together." He told her.
She nodded. "I know, we'll look out for them all, together."
With that they leaned closer and soon their lips met, they kissed deeply, savouring it until finally they parted for breath.
"Well, we really should get down there and help the others." Niko said at last.
Arica laughed lightly and nodded and together they made their way off the porch to help the others working on the farm.
Meanwhile, by the barn, under Grozdan's watchful eye, Misha smiled widely as he finally recovered enough to join Kalina and Lydia again in their games, also meeting up with Sergei properly and getting to know him.
"So...so that man tried to..." He gasped.
Sergei nodded. "Yeah, he went after me too. I'm sorry, if I'd, if I'd know exactly what was going on, I could've told them sooner, they could've saved you sooner."
"But you didn't." Misha said. "And when you found out, you did tell them, I'm here now, that's what matters."
Sergei smiled and nodded, relieved. Meanwhile Lydia bit her lip, looking over at Grozdan and then at Kalina.
"Kalina, is...is everything alright, you know, Grozdan and Katia?" She asked.
Kalina bowed her head. "I don't know, they're not arguing anymore but, they just, don't seem to..."
"I'm sure it'll be alright." Sergei added, as reassuringly as he could.
"Yeah." Misha agreed. "We just need to give it time."
Kalina managed a smile at that. "You're right, thank you."
Still smiling and feeling hopeful, Misha especially as he was overjoyed to be back with his friends again, and even to make a new friend in Sergei, the kids continued to play and enjoy themselves. Grozdan continued to watch over them, still feeling conflicted over the whole issue he had with Katia. But one thing was certain, he did feel guilty over losing his temper with her like that.
But one person was not joining in on the work, instead he remained seated under one of the trees, glaring darkly as he watched Mara working on the farm.
'Look at her, getting herself filthy like that, wasting her time with that no good brat.' He thought bitterly. 'She has far more important things to be seeing to, like me for instance.'
Things had been going so well, he was sure he had Mara under control and could do what he liked to her, as it should be. But now the others were starting to get in the way and none more than that stupid boy in the hunting hat, who got himself kidnapped and was still, despite so many opportunities to toughen up, a crybaby. Worse, as a consequence of the kidnapping, he had been forced to teach Mara how to shoot, to defend herself. This gave her confidence and made her less dependant on him. He knew that would never do, he couldn't undo what he had done, but if he found some way to force the issue, he was certain he could take control again and fix things.
He glowered however at the obvious problems. 'Impossible here with all these bleeding heart morons, I need to get Mara away from them all, especially the brat. I need to get both of us out of this place, before it ruins everything between us.'
He continued to glare, scheming, determined to put things right once and for all.
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