The night was quiet, and the morning brought talk of plans to leave, across the salt flats and hope for the best. Six shook her head. "I don't think it's a good idea. We could die out there on the salt."

"We could die here," Toast pointed out.

"Where are the men who were following you?"

"Probably waiting for us to come back."

"And who is guarding your Citadel?" She licked her lips and managed to grin.

Nux and Furiosa looked at each other. "No one."

"Then why not take the Citadel?" Max turned his head to stare at her, and she understood the question in his eyes. "I may have some experience with usurping a throne."

"They'll see us and give chase," Furiosa told her.

"And I'm a little suicidal. If everyone else is on board, I'm willing to kill whoever you want me to."

"That would be everyone in that war party."

Six nodded. "I understand that. I'm hoping to have help. I heard about what's across that salt, and it's more of the same like this. If you're telling me that this 'Joe' asshole has an underground lake at his disposal, food, shelter; I will die trying to make sure that you are the one with that power." She folded her arms. "What do you, any of you, have left to lose?"

"Our lives, for one," Cheedo spoke up.

"And you could die out there of dehydration and never know what it is to rebuild a community. You spoke of redemption, and this is your chance! You can take that city, make it flourish with your seeds."

"Do you not care at all for your own life?" Toast asked her.

"Not as it relates to me, no. But I don't die so easy, so I must have a purpose. I figure it's my purpose to dive headlong into things and clear the way of the biggest monsters, because it's what I always wind up doing. Now. Describe to me the people I will need to shoot."

Capable started talking, describing a list of men in detail with interjections from the other three ex-wives. Nux broke in every now and a again to describe vehicles and functions on the vehicles, and Six listened closely to their words. "So how are we going in?" The keeper asked. "Are you the spearhead, girl? You'll need a driver."

"I don't want to force anyone to-"

"I'll do it." Nux spoke up. "I can drive anything. We'll go in first, get you up on a perch and get the big names, yeah?"

"Are you sure? This could be a suicide mission."

He grinned at her, but it was more a baring of teeth than an expression of joy. "If you die, I won't live much longer anyway. I've a reason to be alive until you're killed, and by then, we're a distraction from Furiosa."

"You could sneak past them all if we cause enough of a ruckus."

One of the Vuvalini chuckled. "Alright. How do you plan to cause this 'ruckus'?"

The Courier gestured to her bandoleer of grenades. "I have good aim. Figure if I get one of these underneath a Rig, it should do quite a bit of damage."

"Well, what are we waitin' for?" The Seedkeeper asked.

"Okay, let's go. Once you hear us start shooting, head for the citadel," Nux said to Furiosa. "We'll keep them off your back."

"We're not leaving you behind," Furiosa stated. "You'll create a disturbance, we'll come in and help finish. Then we're all going to the Citadel."

Six nodded. "However you want to play it."

They said their goodbyes and well-wishes, and Capable looked at Six, then at Nux. "You had both better come out of this alive. We're not finished, and you know it." Her bright eyes bored into Six's. "We can talk about it when this is over. The three of us."

Six couldn't stop the smile that crept up her face. "As you wish. Nux, let's hit the road."

"Ever been on a bike before?"

"No."

"When I lean, you lean." He got on the bike and tapped a notch on the frame. "Put your feet here. Your arms go around me. You've never done this before. Just trust me."

She nodded. "I trust you." She got on behind him and sat with her thighs squeezing his while she put her goggles down and pulled her scarf over her mouth. Nux did the same, and once her arms were tight around him, he took off. She squeezed once with her thighs, and he felt a warm sensation go up his spine at the way she was holding on to him.

Her words played over and over again in his mind, and he found them high ground to scout for the war party. I trust you. "Let me," He held his hand out for the binoculars hanging around her neck, and she gave them up easily enough to him. "There!" He pointed, and shoved the binoculars into her hands for her to look. "Think you can make a shot from here?"

She hesitated. "There's no better spot?"

"Not that isn't right on top of them. Any closer and they might hear us."

She nodded. "Okay. Keep an eye out for scouts and other undesirables." She pulled her sniper rifle from across her back and started setting up for her shots.

Nux kept a rotating eye on the land around them as she took the first and second shots, paused, took three more and reloaded as he heard engines fire up in the distance. "Shoot at any engines you can see."

"Got it." She fired twice, and Nux watched through the binoculars as the People Eater's car exploded, taking out others with the shrapnel. "What about the other Warboys?"

"They will reach Valhalla. Did you get the giant one with the breathing machine?"

"I don't know. The pale one with the mask is dead, and the man with the nose-piece. Where is Furiosa?"

"There! Get the chase cars before they go out after them."

More well-placed shots came, and she dug into her bag for more ammunition. "Twelve more bullets, and we have to get closer. What do you think, is that enough carnage?"

Nux surveyed the camp. Some Warboys were trying to get vehicles turned back over, and he saw Slit among them. "Furiosa's coming down, Vuvalini ahead of her. Let's go join the party."

Six took one last shot at the war rig decked out with speakers, and the engine started smoking as she saw Furiosa's rig come up through the smoke and flames. "Let's go."

They rode toward the war party, and Six carefully took her Weathered 10mm from its holster. She'd fitted it with an extended magazine before coming to Australia, and she hoped it was enough. "The fuck are you doing?" Nux shouted over the roar of engines.

"Trust me!" She carefully twisted her upper body to look at the pursuit vehicle on their tail, took aim, and shattered the glass in front of the driver, who screamed as his eyes got hit with glass, fired again and took out the Lancer. She wrapped her arms back around his torso and whooped. She saw a Warboy trying to climb Furiosa's rig and shot him through the thigh as he scrabbled up the side.

Time seemed to slow down as one of the pole-cat bikes moved along side them and grabbed Six around her torso. She let go of Nux so he wouldn't wreck his bike and rocked her head back into the jaw of the Pole-cat as hard as she could. He grunted, and she managed to pull her combat knife and jam it into his gut, dragging up to spill intestines. the guy at the bottom got covered in fluids and slipped from his own position at the bottom of the pendulum as he screamed.

Six hit the ground and rolled out of the way of a bike before jumping up and firing at the driver of the bike that had tried to run her down. His bike crashed, and his pole-cat jumped to Furiosa's rig. One of the Vuvalini took him out, and she saw Nux make a sharp U-turn and come back toward her. She wiped her knife on her pant leg and swung her leg over the seat the second he got to her. He grabbed her arm for a moment and patted her hand briefly before taking off again to help corral the remaining Warboys.

Furiosa was shouting above the din of the engines, and Nux cut his as the Vuvalini did the same. Furiosa was standing over Immortan Joe's dead body and Six had a feeling that this was a turning point. Nux turned his head to speak directly into her ear. "You're so very Chrome." He hesitated. "I was worried for you when you let go."

She pressed her lips close to his ear. "I've had worse. Capable looks like she did okay."

"She got her licks in, alright." He rubbed his ear when they turned to look at Furiosa, then put his hand back over hers, still resting at his waist. "You're a good Lancer."

"Thank you."

When the got back to the Citadel, Furiosa waved them onto the platform, and they leaned down to help The Wretched get onto the platform with them as the water was released. Everyone got shuffled around, and Six managed to keep Capable with her, but Nux got lost in a throng of WarBoys.

"We need to find him. We'll find somewhere to sleep later."

Six nodded. "You're right. Lead the way."

They headed toward the scent of engine oil, and Six deftly climbed atop a vehicle to get a better look at the throng moving and repairing the vehicles. She stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled, bringing all eyes to herself and Capable. "Where is Nux?"

About half of them shrug, but one tall, lanky bloke comes forward and points toward another hallway. "He went to the Organic Mechanic."