Chapter 21: Hello Gary
"Hey boys, sorry to crash the party, but I need to talk to Gary here for a minute." Max said, stepping into the firelight, revealing herself to those seated around the camp fire.
"Hey!" yelled one, grabbing a gun and aiming it at Max.
"Who the hell are you?" asked another, sneering, as he looked her, his eyes coming to rest on her chest.
Max rolled her eyes, and surveyed the group. "Which one of you is Gary? I got a
bone to pick with 'em."
"I'm Gary." a huge hulk of a man came out of the shadows dancing around the small clearing. "Who wants to know."
"You know your ex, Lucy?" Max said, continuing when he grimaced, "Yeah, well, I'm looking for her."
"I don't know where that bitch is. If I did, believe me, I'd be there." Gary commented, his eyes narrowing. "She's the one that got me locked up." he looked around the gathering of escapee's, and went on as they voiced their disapproval at his ex.
"You sure." Max asked, a challenge in her statement.
"If I said I weren't, what are you gonna do little lady?" he growled, to a wave a laughter.
"Oh I don't know. You know how a lioness will protect her cubs if she thinks someone is going to hurt them? Well, I'm worse." Max supplied, taking a step towards him threateningly.
Gary just laughed and rolled his eyes at the other men nearby, motioning them to put down the guns.
"Ok little lady. You want a fight? Fine by me."
"Bring it on." Max challenged, getting into a fighting stance as Gary just chuckled again.
"Ok, but my momma told me never to hit a girl, so I don't know..."
Before he could say anything else, Max had delivered a kick to his stomach, and was at his back, sweeping his feet from under him.
As he fell, 5 armed men jumped up from around the fire, but a word from Gary and they sat again.
"No, guys. I'm fine." he stood up gingerly, and smiled at Max. "You already know my name. What's yours?"
"Max."
"Nice to meet you Max. You want to find Lucy?"
Max nodded once, sensing the other men in the group settling down.
"Good. That makes two of us. Let's go then." he motioned to the group, and they quickly put out the fire, and gathered the supplies, ready to head out.
Max recognized Gary as the leader of the convicts, and she respected that, as a former soldier. She fell into step next to him as they made their way through the forest...
end chapter 21
Sorry it's been so long! I've been really busy lately, but here's a chapter to try and hold off the hoards!! ;)
-Angel
"Hey boys, sorry to crash the party, but I need to talk to Gary here for a minute." Max said, stepping into the firelight, revealing herself to those seated around the camp fire.
"Hey!" yelled one, grabbing a gun and aiming it at Max.
"Who the hell are you?" asked another, sneering, as he looked her, his eyes coming to rest on her chest.
Max rolled her eyes, and surveyed the group. "Which one of you is Gary? I got a
bone to pick with 'em."
"I'm Gary." a huge hulk of a man came out of the shadows dancing around the small clearing. "Who wants to know."
"You know your ex, Lucy?" Max said, continuing when he grimaced, "Yeah, well, I'm looking for her."
"I don't know where that bitch is. If I did, believe me, I'd be there." Gary commented, his eyes narrowing. "She's the one that got me locked up." he looked around the gathering of escapee's, and went on as they voiced their disapproval at his ex.
"You sure." Max asked, a challenge in her statement.
"If I said I weren't, what are you gonna do little lady?" he growled, to a wave a laughter.
"Oh I don't know. You know how a lioness will protect her cubs if she thinks someone is going to hurt them? Well, I'm worse." Max supplied, taking a step towards him threateningly.
Gary just laughed and rolled his eyes at the other men nearby, motioning them to put down the guns.
"Ok little lady. You want a fight? Fine by me."
"Bring it on." Max challenged, getting into a fighting stance as Gary just chuckled again.
"Ok, but my momma told me never to hit a girl, so I don't know..."
Before he could say anything else, Max had delivered a kick to his stomach, and was at his back, sweeping his feet from under him.
As he fell, 5 armed men jumped up from around the fire, but a word from Gary and they sat again.
"No, guys. I'm fine." he stood up gingerly, and smiled at Max. "You already know my name. What's yours?"
"Max."
"Nice to meet you Max. You want to find Lucy?"
Max nodded once, sensing the other men in the group settling down.
"Good. That makes two of us. Let's go then." he motioned to the group, and they quickly put out the fire, and gathered the supplies, ready to head out.
Max recognized Gary as the leader of the convicts, and she respected that, as a former soldier. She fell into step next to him as they made their way through the forest...
end chapter 21
Sorry it's been so long! I've been really busy lately, but here's a chapter to try and hold off the hoards!! ;)
-Angel
