A/N:

Here we are another update xd, chances are I might start writing the crime au. Note that will be a Hiccup/Original Character, so no Hiccstrid for the next story lads and lasses sorry for that. But after that story is done I'll make the next one a Hiccstrid one so um yeah xd.

Anyways enough of this boring shiet, enjoy.

Chapter Twenty: Cold Hearted

(No P.O.V)

Harper had his eyes wide, looking at Demsey as he stood there waiting for him to respond.

"What do you mean, the guys we just dealt with are what just the beginning?" Harper asked.

"No, just bounty hunters working for Viktor. But chances are everybody knows you're in here, you must leave at once. They might burn this community down just to find you." Demsey responded

By now Harper stood silent with Alek beside him with her wide eyes, as for Stephan he had his mouth open just a little bit with his eyes wide. "When did you last see them coming here?" Harper asked starting to walk back towards his house.

"I don't know maybe few hours ago not sure, needed to track you down so went to the Defenders. Look I got a ride outside the compound are you alone are this girl is coming along." Demsey informed as they approached the house.

"Well I can't stop here." Harper grinned.

"Damn right you can't." Alek retorted smiling.

Demsey stopped to look at the couple. "Alright when did you guys become a thing, I remember Harper talking about a blonde when we were drunk. He wouldn't stop bragging how beautiful, incredible, smart and angel like she is." He announced.

Alek quickly snapped at Harper looking at him with an amusing look while Harper was beet red from the embarrassment, he just groaned while Demsey stifled a chuckle while Alek couldn't stop thinking how cute Harper is when he blushes at the same time saying that even if he was far away from Berk.

Demsey waited outside while Alek and Harper entered his room. By now Alek sat on his bed trying not to giggle at Harper who was still embarrassed after the statement Demsey just gave.

"So how long have you been doing that, "bragging on how beautiful, incredible smart and angel like I am." She teased.

"First I had too much to drink, it was a party so I got wasted. Second I always had those thoughts when I first laid eyes upon you." Harper answered wearing his poncho.

He went to the cabinet wearing spare clothes before going to the bathroom taking the medical kit along with him.

With that he checked his guns before strapping his rifle around his body. He looked at Alek before speaking.

"And I suppose we can't well by that I mean you, how are we going to tell your parents?" Harper asked.

"Ask yours first." She retorted.

Harper face palmed, remembering how his mother would be devastated. He sighed telling Alek to wait for him outside. He went inside his parent's bedroom to see his mother in the bed while a tube was placed on her nose to breath.

"Harper." Vallory said weakly

Harper smiled approaching his mother sitting beside the bed by her side, he held her hand telling her that he had to go.

Vallory was frantic asking why he had to leave, Harper sighed telling her some of the secrets he kept. His mother's eyes were wide, looking at her son for his dark past. He nodded before going under her pillow and giving him back the stuff toy.

"Carry this as if you carry all of us." She whispered before pulling Harper and kissing his forehead, Harper smiled before pulling her into a hug.

With that Harper slowly closed the door, walking down the staircase. He opened the door to see his father and the gang behind two armored Humvees.

"What this?" Harper asked closing the door and approaching Alek.

"Well your father kinda well told the gang well half of them agreed to come with, while you know the muttonheads refused but Stephan had to well be Stephan." Alek shrugged.

Demsey came forward pulling Harper in close enough for only him to hear. "You sure about this, three's a party but this huge group could put us in danger Harper. You up for this?"

Harper thought about it, thinking both pros and cons of the gang coming along. Most of them were pros but the cons were just too since they could happen anytime and they don't know it. But he felt as if he should trust his instincts.

"Look a bigger group means more support and firepower and besides maybe we can use some of them as bait." Harper whispered back gesturing the twins along with Sam and Eret.

"Huh." Demsey responded before walking back to the group.

Alek came forward with a questioning look. Harper told her to simply ignore it before going to the lead Humvee, with Alek, Demsey, Heather and Cami while the rest got on the other one.

"So where's your truck parked?" Harper asked as he turned own the engine.

But before he could move he saw his father approach the window. He had a nervous look, same goes for Harper. "Um I just want to apologize for well not being your father, but I'm well proud to call you son." He said.

Harper had wide eyes before he gave a small smile. "Thanks dad." And with that they drove out of the compound, but first stopping to get Demsey's truck. It was just a regular pickup armored up, it had a makeshift bulldozer up front. The windows still had the same fenced like design acting as bulletproof windows. But the back of the pickup had DshKM.

Everybody looked at truck before Harper spoke.

"How did you manage to find a DShK?" Harper asked dumbfoundedly

"Eh some cold war museum not far from the black market, you wouldn't believe how long it took for me to recreate of find the missing parts, converting the ammo was the hard part. Took me maybe a year to convert it to fifty caliber ammo." Demsey answered before hoping out.

Harper got out as well before looking at Alek through the window. "You drive Alek, we'll lead the way."

Alek nodded before going out of the car and into the driver's seat. Demsey got in the pickup starting the engine up while Harper got at the back using the DShk Sentry. He opened the cocked the gun before opening the magazine vault, he looked to see the cartridges were connected to a huge box which Harper assumed was the ammo.

(Time Skip)

The city we relatively quiet to quiet for Harper and Demsey, they looked around seeing no life at all. No raiders, no freaks roaming around the city. They noticed that usual routes they took were blocked off my cars which were never there in the first place.

"I don't like this." Harper muttered

He looked behind to see the gang driving slowly since they had the same feeling to. Harper didn't like this one bit, they getting closer to the black market or Sinners peek.

It was on top of a collapsed building where the interior was turned into a black market, inn or in total a city of thieves and killers alike. Harper came there all the time waiting to be hired or just have a good time.

While driving a gunshot popped bouncing of the pickup, Harper ducked immediately looking around to find where it came from. He noticed a reflection coming from an abandoned office complex. Instantly Harper got up pointing the turret at the direction before opening fire hoping that the shots would kill him.

A loud scream echoed through the distance and Harper groaned. Doing something stupid again he thought. Instantly a horde of freaks ran at their direction. Harper wasting no time aimed the turret at the freaks opening fire as the cartridges bounced of the top of the pickup or falling with in the back. One by one each freak either died instantly or got decapitated.

But he noticed one of them still standing, he was relatively slow but he noticed his chest started to grow a spore. Like a mushroom, it kept on growing and growing until the freak exploded. The gas that came from it seeped through the dead corpses before the plant life started to grow back at a tremendous pace. There intestines were literal vines as they crawled back to the dismembered limbs. Harper instantly told Demsey to drive, he pushed the accelerator going through the freaks.

"Tier four." Harper muttered.

Tier four infected are not humans anymore, mother nature has taken over their body and it can be used as fertilizer, food, bait, and etc. They aren't curable any longer since both body and mind lost to nature. Since the infection was a parasite it kept on mutating as it went. Luckily the infection needed a healthy environment and the sea was not sufficient.

They finally arrived Sinners Peek. Both Demsey and Harper got out followed by the gang. Harper approached the gang as they readied their gear.

"Wait, look you guys need to be careful. Once we go in you have to ignore everything from the shop keepers to the prostitutes." Harper informed.

"And so, what are we going to do useless?" Sam asked

"Simple Snout, you stay close with us. We have a reputation here to you guys won't get touched and if you guys disrespect us well chances are the community might hang you." Harper said pointing at the top of the gates as four dead bodies hanged lifeless as they entered.

Once they entered the place was a mess, to them that is. Once going in the entrance, you are met with inn's, brothels, bars, strip clubs and even casinos. It was like Las Vegas, the city of sins.

The girls noticed the prostitutes going around trying to attract drunk men. The girls got grossed out by this except for the guys who ogled the girl thinking to take her offer.

"Alek tell the morons to stop looking at the prostitute, chances are they might attract attention." Harper calmly scolded.

But it was too late since a group of at least six raiders came in confronting the guys. "Never seen you here before, the hell is this? What kind of armor is this?" The raider asked.

"Uh are you stupid or blind?" Rebecca retorted.

Instantly everybody groaned while the raiders were not looking quite calm. They were about to pull their weapons out before a knife impaled the man's knife forcing him to instantly pull out the knife and clutch his now bleeding hand.

"I swear who every threw that will meet the end of my boot!" He growled.

"Oh, alright then let me kiss that boot of yours." Harper retorted walking in front of the group.

They instantly dropped or holstered their weapons staring at Harper with fear as he picked up his knife calmly. He approached the guy he threw the knife out and grabbing his shirt wiping the blood of the blade.

"So you want me to kiss your boot are I have to force you to kiss mine." Harper threatened calmly staring at the group.

"What's with the silence, afraid if may I ask." Harper egged on adding more fear into the factor.

The gang was uncomfortable at Harper since he acted to cold and sadistic. He clutched the man at the middle before slamming him on the pavement pushing his boot on his head.

"Now how about this, you leave and I don't have to kill but if I see you or any other rat I'll personally exterminated you, painfully." Harper added.

"Yes sir." He nodded quickly before scrambling with the others.

The guys on the other hand were quiet as they approached a stall next to a medium sized building. Demsey got the door opened, switching on the lights. We got in before we settled down.

Demsey opened the fridge pulling out a beer bottle but I declined and instead Cami took it. Demsey shrugged before sitting on the couch while the gang sat against the wall, on the other side of the couch or a chair.

"Mind telling me what the hell did you do back there to scare them?" Heather asked.

Harper shrugged. "If you were here your whole life, being in the center of that square either killing a group of raiders single handedly or walking into a bar or inn. Then you might have chance of doing that."