A/N: I want to point out I started this, story earlier in the Fall than I did with my other crossover: Arashi Uzumaki of the Blue Plague, but still no where in the beginning, so if you want to know what happened in Blue Plague series before the point I used, you got to read the actual books. Just don't let kids read it.
I'm also censoring curse words as it's too many used in more than just saying usual ways that I can't ignore them all. At least with censoring I'm not going against my usual way of avoiding curse wordsof the Blue Plague series Tomas W. Watson, whose wife is Tina Watson. I should also tell you Watson always based a character after himself in his books, and in the Blue Plague series that's Bruce.
Finally, I don't own the Blue Plague series or the Naruto series or it's characters. But I do know the wife of the writer of the Blue Plague series Tomas W. Watson, whose wife is Tina Watson. I should also tell you Watson always based a character after himself in his books, and in the Blue Plague series that's Bruce.
If you haven't read it yet, read this first:
Blue Plague's Nine-Tail Fox's Son: The Fall
Gathering Guns with a Convoy
Naruto was ready for the quest, wearing a BDU, tactical vest, camo pants, combat boots and of course his ninja vest headband and pouch. His pistol that Bruce insisted Naruto had was in its holster with suppressor attach and magazines sealed their holster, so if Naruto needs a magazine, he can release the seal and Naruto has a magazine ready. Naruto had more than one magazine in each holster.
Naruto were at the vehicles with Jake and Matt when Bruce and Buffy came out fully dressed for battle. Bruce had started nicknaming Buffy BB short for Buffy Baby, which Buffy loved. Buffy had her hair up in a ponytail.
Matt and Jake were staying and were in charge until Mike and his team got back. Tonya was going to stay in the fort with one other person also until the group returned. Matt and Jake did not like being left behind but understood the need to have them here. Jake came up to Bruce as he threw his pack in the Beast so Jake can report an all clear.
Bruce hugged both boys as Danny walked up. She had on the same BDUs and tactical vest. Her Glock 17 was in a cross-draw holster with suppressor attached. On her right thigh was an Uzi with suppressor.
"What are you trying to be, an Israeli storm trooper, sweet pea?" Bruce asked since both Uzi and Galil were from Israel.
"Not my fault they know how to make good weapons. Besides, there's no more P90s. Mom rook the last one," Danny said.
"Sweet pea, Daddy'll get you a P90. Are you ready otherwise? It's going to be a long, hot day."
"Thank you, Daddy. This Uzi weighs a ton with the suppressor, but yeah, I'm ready," Danny said, hugging Bruce with difficulty because of all the weapons and gear.
Bruce said, "That's why teams knuckle bump while wearing gear." He keyed his radio. "Remember, the equipment we're getting is contaminated, keep your gloves and glasses on. Don't touch any exposed skin. Radio check, sound off by numbers."
Everyone counted off their assign number with Buffy last with twenty-one. Bruce called Mike and asked him if they were ready. Mike didn't answer but held out his arm, giving a thumbs up. Bruce told everyone to load up over the radio then told Buffy to sit on the console between the front seats. With people and gear crammed in each vehicle, there was no extra room. As Bruce pulled out, he called radio check to Mission Control and got the loud clear reply. Pulling out, Mike was driving Nancy's SUV, David was driving Debbie's SUV, Steve was driving the kid mobile SUV, all were pulling trailers, and Bruce was leading them in the Beast with Danny driving.
Keeping the speed at forty miles per hour, Bruce called Mike. "Don't forget to call Marcus and tell him his wife's name is Carroll."
"I will and be careful. If things get bad, you better leave. We will find you some more toys," Mike said. Bruce said he would and signed off.
The soldiers were with them so there was no one to come rescue them. Bruce had no choice; he needed the soldiers with them. He was sure that the batteries of the vehicles were dead. All military vehicles had what was called a slave cable. It was large cable that plugged into one vehicle into another, nothing more than a fancy jumper cable. The plug was the same on all vehicles, so a Hummer could jump off an M-1 Abrams. Everyone had been assigned a vehicle to leave in, and those who were driving had been taught on the farm. Two of the Strykers were going to have manned weapons long with one Hummer in case the s- hits the fan. Fifteen were staying with the military vehicles, and six were driving the SUVs and Beast back.
Bruce passed the parish road leading to the Snead farm at 8:18 a.m., and Mike at the tail of the convoy turned down the road. Bruce heard Mike over the radio. "Marcus, your wife's name is Carroll. See you in five."
"Copy, boys at the gate," Marcus replied.
Bruce would love to see his friends again, but they needed those weapons and vehicles on the dam. He continued on for another ten miles then slowed down to twenty mph as he reached the dam.
"Bruce, Blonde Fox is getting etchy. Something stinks in the air," David said.
"Copy that," Bruce said. He called over the C/B to mission control since the radio was out of range.
"Sunny sky but blonde fox smells clouds." Bruce said
"Clear sky, one cloud seen five miles south of weather station, stationary," Matt replied. "Blonde fox might smell desert clouds."
The code was in case someone was listening in on the radio. Clear sky meant nothing by the road. One infected was seen five miles south of the Snead farm and was not moving. Dry clouds was referring to dead infected.
"Thanks for the weather report. Call if changes. Out," Bruce replied, pulling onto the dam.
When he was fifty yards from the last patrol cars, Bruce told Danny to let the convoy pass. Opening his door, Bruce motioned them around, and they turned the SUVs around, backing up, which was not an easy feat. Turning around on the dam with a trailer was nearly impossible, but they did it. David stopped twenty feet from the last car in Debbie's SUV, and Steve had backed up the kid mobile SUV beside it. Motioning everyone to get out, Bruce reached back to get his backpack as the smell of decomposed bodies hit him like a brick wall. It was a close call if the blues stunk more alive or dead.
"I warn you," Naruto said as he got out of Debbie's SUV
"Just do the job given to you!" Bruce said.
Bruce's group headed to the military vehicles. Walking by the police car. Bruce noticed state cars and several from other jurisdictions. One even looked like a federal car. There were police Suburbans and pickup trucks and even two motorcycles. Those assigned to Bruce moved in single file behind him to the military vehicles.
When they reached the road block. Bruce stopped and looked around. Guns were lying everywhere. Except for a dozen or so infected inside the ring of military vehicles, there were no bodies. Bruce sent Danny, Mary, and David out on watch and told everyone to start gathering equipment. Just looking around, Bruce saw twenty M-4s easy.
Leaving his group to gather them, Bruce went to the area to the right of the checkpoint, where they had seen the civilian cars. Walking closer he saw a huge pile of guns under the tree, almost as tall as he was and thirty yards around. There must be thousands of them, Bruce thought feeling all tingly. Looking closer, he realized they were all civilian weapons, not military. F- it, they were taking these also, and Bruce called the group on the radio. "I just found a small mountain of guns, and we're takin' 'em."
"Bruce, I'm getting a bad feeling. No one would leave these weapons in piles unless they plan to return," Naruto said.
"Then it's most important we take them now incase gangs comes here," Bruce said.
"What about what's in those vehicles? Stephanie asked, pointing to the cars parked off the side of the road.
Bruce turned and looked across the sea of cars and trucks. "Naruto will create shadow clones to seal to gather what they got and seal them up." Bruce said. "Can you do that, Naruto?"
"Piece of cake," Naruto said.
"I'm gonna check the area out here real quick. Keep on task," Bruce called. Everyone copied.
Was using the lock picking skills he learned from Bruce and Mike and mastered with the help of shadow clones (along with hot wiring a car), when Naruto noticed that Bruce was drooling and admiring a black Chevy 2500 diesel quad with huge front bumper with a winch, at least 4 inch lift, and huge Super Swamper Tires that was parked off by itself.
"Debbie, Bruce is drooling over a truck, should I be worried?" Naruto called over the radio.
Elsewhere but in view of Bruce, Debbie looked over and saw what Naruto was talking about.
"Don't worry, Naruto. Bruce just found his dream truck, that's all," Debbie said.
Bruce then just entered the truck and soon it started.
"Debbie, don't take this the wrong way, but your husband is among the most bizarre human I've met," Naruto said. "And I fought many humans back home that are bizarre even in ninja standards."
"You do realize I can hear you, right?" Bruce asked. "Now get back to work."
"My shadow clones are working," Naruto said.
Just then Naruto heard gunfire from far off.
"Anyone hear that?" Bruce called.
"Yep. It sounds like it's coming from the other side of the Lake," Naruto said.
"Sounds about ten miles away," Steve reported over the radio.
Bruce continued his sweep of the cars, trying to make sense of the area. From his best guess, the guards stopped people and took their weapons from them. Then, they took them behind the patrol cars to be pick up and transported. Naruto was right, this stuff was left for a reason.
Looking at the area in front of the Stryker and Hummers that formed the check point perimeter, it was piled high with bodies, but the road had very few bodies. The Strykers must have cleared it between, engagements, Bruce thought. Turning around, he headed to the HEMTTs to see what was on them. Reaching the first one, Bruce saw it had ten pallets on them. Climbing up on the bed, he pulled Buffy up then made a small hole in plastic shrink wrap on the first pallet. Bruce saw it was 5.56 ammunition. He didn't even check the rest. Instead, Bruce jumped to the other HEMTT's bed and did the same to the last pallet and found it was fifty caliber ammo. He called over the radio and said both HEMTTs were coming. Campbell and Kenner would driven them before.
Bruce keyed his radio. "Conner, see which vehicles need to be slaved off. I'm heading to the RG-33L."
Conner replied, "Okay," as Bruce jumped off the HEMTT. Walking up to the monster-sized 6x6 truck, Bruce stared in wonder.
Naruto broke into another car when he saw Bruce staring at the RG-33L. Naruto decided not to call it in this time and let Bruce enjoy yet another ride as Buffy and Bruce went into the RG. Bruce came out only to go around the front and got in that way. Naruto guess there wasn't enough room for him and Buffy to climb into the front.
Inside the RG Bruce radioed Conner and said the RG was ready to go after turning it on.
Conner replied, "Only one Hummer is ready. The Strykers and the other three Hummers had radios left on. The batteries are dead and have to be slaved. Both HEMTTs are live and ready. We'll use the one Hummer to slave off one beside it. Next, we will use those two to slave off the other Hummers. Then three Hummers will slave off the Strykers at the same time while one stays on watch."
"Copy that. How much longer till the pile of guns by the cars collected."
"Naruto here. We're going to have to seal some of these guns up. The vehicles are running out of room." Naruto said.
"Steve, how many trailers with the cop cars fill up?" Bruce asked over the radio.
"One trailer is almost loaded. We might need half of one of the other trailers."
"Naruto wait on that order and see if we can fill up more trailers before we start sealing. You already use a lot of chakra for shadow clones just checking these cars."
"Copy that." Naruto said.
"Big Daddy Two, we are ready for you. Do ya copy?" Bruce radioed Mike.
"Copy, Big Daddy One. We was just fixing to call you. Family here says they miss ya," Mike replied.
"Copy, tell 'em I'll come and see 'em soon," Bruce said.
"We're rolling to you now," Mike called.
"Little foot, call and get a weather report," Bruce radioed Angela. Looking around, he saw Stephanie walking around piles of infected, picking up weapons and taking pictures.
Naruto notice Bruce watching Stephanie and radioed in. "Stephanie is preparing for her presentation on the virus, Bruce. Debbie already gave her permission."
"Copy that," Bruce responded. "Thanks for informing me Naruto."
Angela then came over the radio. "Big Daddy One, sky is clear. Small clusters of clouds to the east of outpost moving north. No clouds near weather station. You copy?" No infected were near the Snead farm.
"Copy, Little Foot," Bruce then called Steve.
"Son number one, how many presents do ya have left?" Bruce asked.
"Only a few more presents left," Steve replied.
"When Big Daddy Two gets here, we're gonna form a line to transfer pile of goodies here to the sleds. You copy?" Bruce called out as he looked around.
"Copy, Big Daddy Two is here. We're moving around back here, and he's comin' to ya real quick," Steve replied.
"Copy. I see him. Get all your teams, and start to relay to move the goodie piles. Naruto call off all but two of your shadow clones to clear the rest of the presents out of the cars."
"I was about to contact you Bruce. My shadow clones are done clearing the cars," Naruto said.
"How is that possible?" Bruce asked.
"Well for one thing, I had one shadow clone for every car, and two, every time one got done with its assignment, it disperse and the rest of the clones and me get it's memories and experience—including on how to pick locks making it easier," Naruto said. "That's why I had so many clones working on it, Bruce. So I improve my skills on picking locks incase I have to do this again."
"Good work, Naruto," Mike said walking up. "By the sound of it you might become better than me before this mission is over with."
"That wasn't my intentions, but thanks Mike," Naruto responded. "I'm moving on to help Steve."
"Copy that," Bruce said. "Good work, Naruto."
"Hey, brother, just wanted to tell ya Eric and Darrell were out raiding empty houses yesterday along the south side of the lake and saw a mob of thousands pass them. It took over three hours for the mob to pass them by. There has been gun foire and explosions on the north end of the lake. They think that's where they were headed. So don't go around the lake. Just rough calculations, they were puttin' the number close to ten thousand," Mike said, making a shiver run up Bruce's spine.
"No s-. We will take the short way home and pray we don't hit a parade that size on the way," Bruce said, wondering what a group that size was doing out in the middle of nowhere.
"Didn't want to say anything over the radio in case bad guys might be listening. We're staying here to help. Three more bodies means we can move that much faster."
"Well, let's get moving then," Bruce said, jumping down and joining the relay line.
By two o'clock, they had finished and Bruce told everyone to drinks some water then move to the vehicle they were riding in. Naruto called him over the radio and said that Paul and his family is heading over to talk to him about something. Bruce radioed Paul and told him to meet up at the RG. As Bruce drank the last of his water from the Camelback, he threw his pack in the front cab. When Buffy had finished hers, he threw hers in as Paul came up to him.
"Bruce, I want to take my family to the house and grab some of our stuff please," Paul asked a Cheryl and Chad stood beside him. Bruce looked at the family, knowing he would as the same thing if the roles were reversed. But he had to think of the group's safety also.
"Paul, we are leaving here in thirty minutes. That's how long Conner says it will take to slave off all the vehicles. If you get into trouble, I'll only be able to send one Hummer to help, and if it meets a large mob, it will have to back out and leave you. We're spread too thin in a lot of vehicles, and we need the supplies we gathered."
"If we see anything, we'll bug out, but we accept the risk. So can we go please?" Paul asked with a pleading look.
"Down there in that group of cars is my new truck. It's a black Chevy 2500. Take that, but please don't hurt it, okay? You have until the vehicles are ready. Then, we're leaving with or without you. With this many diesel engines running, it's bound to attract attention that we do not want." Bruce told him and handed Paul the keys he pulled out of the truck.
"We'll see you in twenty minutes," Paul said as he grabbed the keys and took off running to the truck with his family behind him.
"Son Number One, three of your return parties are making a side trip. Have Mama ride with you. Little foot and her other half together in another vehicle. Big Daddy Two and wife will ride together. David and Danny will lead y'all in the Beast. I want you gone in five minutes, do ya copy?" Bruce ordered over the radio.
"Copy. We are rolling in five minutes. Good luck, Big Daddy One," Steve replied as Bruce watched the big Chevy pull out to the road and head to Paul's house.
"Corporal, start the slaving now," Bruce told Conner.
In fifteen minutes, all the Hummers were running. It took another twenty to get the Strykers running. During that time, seven runners had show up along with a large group of joggers, and all were cut down. Bruce was on the radio telling everyone to load up when he saw Paul and his family return. The bed of the pickup was full of stuff. When Bruce started the RG, he could almost see the ground shake. He pulled forward, telling everyone they were taking the alternate route home and that he had the lead. Bruce told Paul to get between the two flat beds as he pulled forward.
He headed west to Highway 71. When he reached it, he turned south, heading home.
"Big Daddy One, this is Blonde Fox. I smell a group of clouds." Naruto reported.
"Copy that Blonde-Fox."
Sure enough when Bruce came around a blind corner, he saw a mob of hundred or so walking down the road. Seeing the vehicles, they started moving toward the convoy. Bruce called contact and floored the RG. He didn't even feel the impact as he entered the mob. They moved right at him, not even trying to get out of the way. What he missed, the Stryker and HEMTTs got. In his rear view mirror, he only saw four or five still standing as Paul missed them.
"This is blond fox. The stranglers don't look too happy we miss them," Naruto said.
"Well maybe next time they'll join their friends in the party instead of sitting back," Bruce said. He turned to look at Buffy, who was shaking her head.
"What?" Bruce asked.
"They're crazy as a s- house rat, Daddy. They just ran right at this big truck," Buffy said, looking out the window.
"I think they're like new born animals who have yet learn what they should be scared of," Naruto said over the radio. "Hold on Stephanie wants to talk to me…" Naruto paused for a bit before reporting. "Uh… I'll let you guys talk to her about this."
Bruce chuckled, thinking that Stephanie must be using big words even he couldn't understand. "Don't think about it too much Naruto. It will just give you a headache," Bruce advised as he continue down the road, heading home.
