The Arrowess

by BlackThornedHeart

Karalin had been sent to America by the British government to clean up the mess that the Walkers were making. Being the best in her squad and an even better commander made her the perfect candidate for the job. Now her and her team are on their own in a country that has threats from both the living and the dead.

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Preparation for Madness

The camp was buzzing with activity as everyone geared up for their particular orders, all the captains of each team were busy coming up with plans for their specific commands. The only team leader that was not involved in planning their teams' duty was the head of Alpha team, as you could guess Kara is the leader of Alpha team so with her choosing to do an independent mission the responsibility was left to Zero. Zero as second in command was quite used to her leaving him to handle things when it came to more pressing matters, but to go on a solo scouting mission? This set off warning bells in his head, it was not uncommon for her to go off on her own and thin out any near by dead but never to do scouting as they had a specific team that normally handled it. This meant that Kara was up to something, and he would bet his broadsword whatever it was had to do with the young guest that she had brought into camp last night. This meant that she was becoming like her old self once again, and with that came all the difficult and insane quirks that she had regarding those she saw as her allies. This made situations difficult as she tends to put herself in risky and dangerous positions just so that those she cared for made it out unharmed both emotionally and physically. He watched her leaving her tent with her beat up standard issue military pack, this meant that the task that she chose for herself was not a day trip as it had been set out for the others. He only hoped that she kept to the rules and took her walkie, as in a place like this it was both protocol and often the difference between life and death.

Kara had a plan, though unable to deny that it was risky she continued to pack for the journey of tracking down the girls group herself. This was not the first solo job that she took on, nor would it be the last she hoped. Doing things on her own made it so that she was responsible for all of her own actions and the wrong doings that went along with it. Being the leader of a group in her eyes made you personally liable for any actions or wrongs that her people may commit, as well as being responsible for the death of any of the group members. This often weighed on her mind in the nights, every choice that she made she rethought and evaluated hoping that if the gods were watching over her that they would have compassion and let her send no more to die. This had been her silent wish for as long as she had been in charge, though compared to many she was lucky as she had only lost five team members that doesn't mean that their deaths did not weigh on her heart and mind as all of their bodies had been unable to recovered. The bodies being unrecovered meant that as according to their religion they would be unable to enter the gates of the underworld and be forced to wander for all time unless the proper burial rights were given to them. Though hard to do in a world like this, she hoped that someday they would be granted entrance and see their loved ones on the other side once more. As she the packed last of her gear and put on her pack she began to think about her own family, though she had her brother and her team with her a small part of her still yearned for her father. The last time she had seen him had been three years ago when she had left for her deployment, part of her hoped that he survived this mess as he and the rest of her family lived in her home town in Arizona. She quickly reminded herself that her job was to find the girls family and make sure that the girl would be safe with them, not to despair over the chance that her family didn't make it. She forced herself to hold on to the shred of hope that she had, it was all she could do it was the same thing she always did as she told herself many times there is no reason to accept the death of someone if there is a chance no mater how small that they could live. She quickly finished packing everything from her walkie to an extra weeks' worth of MRE's and water, this was tendered for everybody when they were sent on a mission though she took it a step further and brought a bit of rope as well so if she had to sleep in a tree to keep away from the dead she could do so with out risk of falling out and becoming dinner. As a means of splurging she also brought along her iPod and charger, she also brought her satellite phone and its charger. Both of the chargers had two settings, the normal plugin means and the solar means. This allowed her to have use of both no mater if she had electricity or not, this came in handy if she got separated from the group or needed to get ahold of high command. With everything packed she quickly left her tent and made her way to the woods, the scent of nature strangely comforted her and allowed her to get her mind to clear and ready for the hunt. Though against protocol and just generally not normally a clever idea she put one of her earbuds in and allowed the soothing base and lyrics of Believer by Imagine Dragons, her music helped her forget all that was riding on her and the repercussions that she would face if anyone other then her team found out just what she was planning. With that she unsheathed her katanas, and faded into the expanses of the forest that laid before her as the last of her faded from the view of her team and loved ones an ominous yet faint sound of an gun shot echoed through the area.

(A/N) I know it is late but you will be getting the normal chapter on Sun as well so it will not mean waiting another week for an update and I will try to update more then once a week if I have the time.