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Reaver grabbed onto the door handle and twisted. With a creak it opened and as he pushed he turned to his partner who was following behind him. "Did you remember the-" A sudden clack, sound snapped him back to the now open door abruptly.
Standing but twelve feet from Reaver was a band of five regulators, each with some variant of assault rifle, excluding the one in the middle who Reaver presumed to be the leader. He carried two old style revolvers, one in each hand. Reaver turned to Lance, rage in his eyes. "You deceitful son of a bitch." Lances expression remained blank.
"Well!" Came a rough voice. "If it isn't the infamous Reaver!"
Reaver turned and looked into the eyes of the Regulators leader, the two pistols remained at his side. "I have little time for you games." Reaver said as his own pistol emerged. "I have a long trip planed."
"Heh, heh, heh." Laughed the Regulator as he turned to his men. They began the laugh as if on command. "I'm afraid the only trip your gonna be taking is across the river Styx." His pistols raised and trained on Reaver. There was a click as he pulled back the levers. He closed one eye as if about to shoot but another voice stopped him.
"You wouldn't shoot one of the Regulators closest allies would you?" It was Lance, he pushed passed Reaver and the regulators attention was diverted.
Several Regulators faces lit up as Lance came into view and they lowered their weapons, a sudden look from their leader however caused them to return to their aim. Turning back to Lance he spoke. "I can assure you... Lance. This animal is far from any kind of ally we could ever have." His voice was lined with frustration and familiarity. "Might I ask why you're with him at all? We sent you to cleanse him of his life. We assumed that you had fallen in your attempt." Suddenly his eyes widened before returning to a scowl, the pistols in his hands redirected from Reaver to Lance. "I can only think of one explanation for your disappearance."
Lance spoke in a calm tone. "Jacob,"
"Shut up traitor!" The regulator or, Jacob said. "You were always in it for the money! How much is he paying you!?"
"He's not paying me."
Jacob let out an angry laugh. "You really expect me to believe that? Whatever, you read the charter before you joined us, and now you know what I must do. I'd tell you I take no joy in this but..." there was a click as the weapons safety was disengaged. "The charter had something against lying to."
"Wait," He stopped to take a dramatic breath. "If I kill Reaver, will you spare me?"
Jacob lowered his pistol. "If you kill him than well take you back to the HQ. Let the others decide your fate."
There was a pause.
Lance sighed and turned over to Reaver. "There's something I forgot to tell you." His jacket opened and the submachine gun Reaver had given him became visible. "In Russia, we don't only speak of loyalty, we prove it." Suddenly the weapon emerged and a burst of lead flew from the barrel.
Reaver shut his eyes, expecting the piercing pain of the bullets, but he felt nothing but the cool morning wind. He opened his eyes and saw six bullet wounds not in him, but in the torso of Jacob. Shock and disbelief covered the regulators face and he fell face first into a growing pool of blood. The others just stared. The same look of shock on their faces. Suddenly they recovered from the shock and their weapons raised.
Reaver didn't wait for the assault rifles to go off, he retrieved his pistol and joined Lance as the two opened fire. Smoke filled the air as well as blood and screams in agony. Three bodies hit the ground and Reavers weapon clicked.
As the smoke began to clear, one silhouette stood, unarmed and trembling. His weapon lay on the ground beside him in two pieces, ripped apart by the gunfire. Reaver drew his knife and was at the regulators neck within a second, as he prepared to finish the trembling boy, a hand resting on his arm stopped him.
"Hold it Reaver, I'll take care of this." It was Lance, his smg was holstered.
After slight hesitation Reaver removed the knife and stepped back.
"I took little pleasure in doing that my friend." Lance looked down at the corpse of Jacob. "And that's the truth. But I swear to god I'll do it again if you don't abide by my strict instructions. Go back to the HQ, tell them that we're dead and the others died in the fight. You'll get your reward and more importantly you'll keep your life."
There was a pause as the regulator stuttered. Then he nodded.
"Good, now get out of here."
The regulator ran and disappeared around a corner, Lance turned to Reaver and after a long pause he smiled. "I told you Id get them off your back."
Eva's eyes shot open. Sweat running down her face she breathed heavily. She had just awoken from a nightmare, one of the worst she had ever had. She was tempted to sit up but was to terrified to move.
There had been hundreds of them. Each one crawling with a slimy trail behind it, cornering and killing everyone she had ever known. She had never feared the rad roaches before; at least no more than what was normal in the vault. But seeing them swarm that security guard, it just...
Eva shook away from her thoughts and closed her eyes again, this time trying to think of a positive memory. Her tenth birthday came to mind, back with Amata and Jonas, her dad to. Laughing and enjoying one another's company. She remembered the poem that Ms Armstrong had given her and the delicious spring role from Ms Palmer.
As she reminisced about this, she smiled. But then her contentment turned to sadness as a sudden realization beheld her. Nothing could ever be like that again. No birthday presents, no more spending time with close friends, just a constant battle for survival. Tears began trailing down her face. She closed her eyes again and tried to forget her life for a moment. She needed sleep. Slowly she drifted off into a restless slumber.
There you go, chapter five. Good to see people are liking it, post a review if you have a question or something. Or just post a review with your opinion. Yea I know the parts with Eva are short, gimme a break though, this one little part is difficult to write, I promise they will be longer soon. But seriously post a review, I really would like some opinions. Fav it to.
