Hey guys! I hope you are all doing alright from the hurricane and those who were not hit, I hope your week is going amazing! sorry for not posting sooner but I'm gonna post two tonight so look out for that! enjoy!
"Alright Mr. Josh, do you know why you are here?" The Iranian man asked
"Nope" I say
"We have reason to believe that you and you're friends we have here are part of a rebel group who have been attacking our outposts. Do you know anything about that?" he asked
"I don't know…" I say lying
"Then tell me about the town right outside of the motel" He said with a smirk
"How do you know about that?" I ask getting mad about him knowing my past
"I have resources…"
"Ok, fine. I'll tell you as long as you don't hurt us" I say
"Your consequences depend on your actions here, and now" He says
"Ok, fine…. Once I got into townI went to the closest drug store. I turned the corner and saw three soldiers standing there
"Crap!" I whisper
I was just about to leave when I heard someone from the roof.
He looked at me then showed me two axes. He then pointed to the soldiers and threw the axes at two of them. With adrenaline pumping through my veins, I took out my knife and stabbed the other in the neck. After that, I took a step back and saw a young Iranian boy under the helmet. I stumbled back realizing what I just did.
"Thanks, my child and I were stuck up here" the man on the roof said.
"I just killed someone." I said staring at the boy.
"Yeah, but it was to save us." The man says.
"But what makes that right?!" I say getting worked up. "What makes our lives better than his?!"
"They are the ones attacking, we are just defending ourselves." He replies. "Look out, there's two of them coming from the east. Here take this!" the man said throwing a machete down to me
"Hold on a minute!" I yell up
"Wait where are you going?"
"I have to get a better weapon!" I yell to him
"Where?" the man asked
"There's a store over there across the street to the right!" I said pointing to the store as I ran to it.
Once I got to the store. I went to the knife section and saw a jagged sword and a double-sided axe. As I picked up a knife it cut me, so I dropped it hoping they didn't hear me. Once I moved away from the knife section I went over to the gun section only to find no guns.
"You've got to be kidding me!" I yell kicking the shelf making a bow fall. "I guess this will work."
I pick up the bow and feel it out. I find the arrows and an arrow bag. As I start walking out the door I see in the gun case, a revolver, a M4 assault rifle, two Glocks, a bag of ammo, and some cans of soup next to a guy dead on the floor. I gasp as I see a hole in his chest and a puddle of blood around him. Moving closer, I see his eyes still open wide from fear and close his eyelids to let him rest in peace. As I walk back to the man on the roof I see a soldier on the roof with them. All I can think about is not letting them die. So, I quickly pull the M4 over my shoulder and look through the scope to shoot the soldier in the heart. I hit him just in time to turn around to another who was right behind me and I took out the sword to slice him in the neck. Afterwards, I quickly cross the road to get to the rooftop. Once I reach the rooftop I find just the tall man and a baby.
"Where's your wife?" I asked.
"She got very sick during birth and passed away before you arrived." the man said.
"I'm so sorry for your loss."
The man nods curtly and asks, "Do you have a hiding place nearby?"
"Yeah, we do but before I take you there I need to ask you 2 questions." I said in a serious voice.
"Alright ask away." the man said.
"Ok…what is your name and who is this cutie?" I said
"Wow ok, I was expecting something like how many people have I killed or if I'm a criminal."
"Nah, I figured that you wouldn't put your baby in danger." I reply.
"That's true. Well, I'm Adam and this little cutie is Kenzie or Z for short" Adam said as he handed me Z to grab his bag,
"I'm Josh." I said rocking the baby in my arms, "Have I seen you somewhere?"
"I believe so but I don't know where. So where is your camp?" Adam asked
"It's over at the motel. It's my sister Riley, my friend Maya, my best friend Lucas, and I."
"Lucas." Adam whispered.
"What was that?" I asked.
"Nothing" Adam said.
"Ok" I said as we got down from the roof. We started heading back to the motel and decided to take the woods because the road was full of traveling soldiers. While we were walking, I looked back at Adam and I saw a figure moving through the trees.
"Adam watch out!" I yelled.
Guest: How do you like the chapter name? Are you glad nothing happened to Josh, yet...? The Rucas and Joshaya development will get much bigger but I'm more focusing on Rucas in this story.