''Shit!'' Seth screamed as he threw his body down the trench and landed with a bang.

Dean immediately grabbed his arm and dragged him up before they pressed themselves closer to the wall, arms over their head, as NXT fired around them.

''My ammunitions are out!'' Roman joined them, frustrated over their defenseless.

''There's only one way out of here'' Dean said and both Roman and Seth turned to face him.

''Yeah, and what's that?'' Seth said a little doubtful.

''Attack!'' Dean jumped up from the trench and headed for the enemy.

''I hate it when he does that'' Roman sighed as he grabbed a grenade. With a nod from Seth, they jumped out up as well.

''Take cover!'' Roman roared and Seth bended down, an explosion followed.

Slowly, but surely, they were driving NXT back.

''Retire!'' when the command finally came, it was time for payback.

''Enough!'' Hunter commanded and they stopped shooting.

''Punk'' he continued as the fog slowly started to fade.

''Yeah?'' the soldier replied.

''Names in five'' he said and Punk nodded.

''Fucking, useless, piece of shit…'' Roman continued his swearing as he tried to open his weapon to load it but the trigger was stuck. With a frustrated sigh, he threw it to the side.

''I've told you several of times…'' Seth begun but was cut off.

''I'm not replacing Becky'' Roman snapped.

''That you named it is even worse'' Dean chucked and received a glare from Roman. He opened his mouth to say something but Punk was now standing in front of them. Dog tags in hand.

''Enlighten me'' Hunter sighed and all eyes turned to Punk. The man sighed as well before holding up the tags.

''Kofi, Alberto, Rey, Enzo… and Bray'' Punk said and Hunter closed his eyes; Bray was expecting a daughter within a matter of weeks. Nobody said anything for some minutes.

''What should we do with the captured?'' Bryan had to interrupt the moment.

''How many?'' Hunter asked tired.

''Three; two bad wounded'' a short silence followed.

''Kill em' all''

x x x

''You're unusually quiet?'' Seth turned by the voice of Roman.

''Huh? Yeah, thinking'' he said and Roman frowned.

''I've known you three years brother… that's a long time. You have to do better than that'' Roman said and Seth sighed.

''I'm thinking about Bray's wife… poor woman'' Seth said and Roman observed him for a while. Eventually he nodded.

''Yeah, tragic when things like that happens'' he commented and they returned to silence. Seth didn't know if Roman bought his lie or not but he sure as hell wouldn't tell him what he really was thinking about, not now when things had started to get back to normal.

''Rollins!''

''Huh?'' Seth awoke by Hunter's voice.

''I said did you check the house?'' he repeated himself a little irritated.

''Yes captain'' Seth made his steps into the house. They had arrived to a village that looked abandoned.

''Focus Rollins'' he heard Hunter say as he stepped into the house. He rolled his eyes and looked around.

''Clea…'' he paused.

''What?'' Seth didn't reply. He narrowed his eyes and stepped closer.

''Rollins''

''I'm not sure'' he said and heard how Hunter continued to ask questions. He ignored them, getting closer to what had caught his attention.

''What do we have here'' he whispered as he opened the wardrobe with the tip of his weapon.

''Well would you look at that'' his face dropped by the sight.

''Rollins I demand…''

''A F9'' Seth interrupted Hunter and it went quiet for a while.

''You do know what a F9 is, right?'' Hunter entered the room and his face went pale.

''For fuck's sake'' he mumbled as he stepped closer. The little boy started to shake even more and pressed his body tighter against the edge of the wardrobe.

''Easy, we're not gonna hurt you'' Seth bent down and placed his hand in front of the boy. The boy looked at it but didn't take it. He looked like seven to Seth.

''Okay, let's…'' Seth made the mistake of taking a too quick step forward and the boy ran away in such speed that not even Hunter was able to catch him by the door.

''Hey!'' they ran after but paused when they were out.

''Easy huh'' Roman had caught the boy and was now holding him as he kicked in vain.

''We're not the enemy'' Roman added and it seemed to calm the boy down a little. At least now he looked at them.

''Cool!'' the boy suddenly exclaimed and pointed at Roman's weapon. Roman grinned by the reaction.

''Here'' he said and handed it over. It was unloaded and completely safe, he just wanted to gain the boy's trust. The boy took it with big eyes and sat on the ground to observe it.

''What's your name?'' Roman continued.

''Liam'' the boy replied without taking his eyes off the weapon.

''I'm Roman'' the boy didn't care.

''Where's your parents Liam?'' Dean joined in and now the boy glanced up on them.

''My mom went to heaven when I was a baby'' he said and the men exchanged gazes.

''How about your dad?'' Seth frowned, looking down at the kid.

''He got really, really, sad when she died,'' Liam once again lowered his gaze to the weapon that laid across his legs.

''So sad, that he had to go away'' his voice faded and silence followed; they didn't know what to say.

''Liam, we're going to take you to safety; how does that sound?'' Roman said and the boy shrugged as a reply. He was tired.

''Do you want me to carry you?'' Roman continued and again the boy shrugged. Carefully, Roman picked him up.

''How did you know it was a F9?'' Hunter turned to Seth. Seth was looking at the boy that now was asleep.

''His eyes'' he replied.

As they walked, Dean joined Seth's side.

''Hi'' he said. Seth didn't look at him, he couldn't.

''Sup'?''

''You seem absent'' Dean said and Seth shrugged.

''I just get tired of this war,'' he sighed.

''Tired of these people'' he added and Dean nodded.

''I really don't understand how you can leave your child'' Dean said and Seth nodded; although it was not only the boy's parents he was referring to.

''You're back!'' Stephanie greeted them as they entered the camp, Sasha by her side.

''Why the faces?'' she frowned.

''F9'' Dean said and Stephanie's face went pale.

''Where'' she said and they pointed against Roman. She left them immediately.

''What's a F9?'' Sasha looked confused and Dean left them without answering, not feeling for it.

''Orphan'' Seth said as he followed him.

Since the girls have had a big impact in the last chapters, I thought it was time for some men-time!