Chapter 6: Rat Eater. (1/2)
"Shit, shit, shit!" Nora yelled as she and Owen desperately tried to stop Nick's bleeding.
Manny made a sad face. "He's not gonna make it.'" He sadly pointed out.
Nick took several shots to the torso. Half of them clearly pierced vital organs, so it was just a matter of time.
"I...I..." Nick tried to speak as he struggled to breathe. "D-don't-" Words tried to come out, but blood came out of his mouth instead. "D-die..." Suddenly, he stopped breathing and his body fell motionless on the floor with his eyes wide open.
"No..." Owen spoke in a low voice as he touched Nick's face.
Manny touched his own face in deep frustration as he paced around the room.
Nora looked away in clear distraught.
Jesse and Fox Boy just watched as they mourn their dead friend. However, they quickly snapped out of it as they remembered that the Rattlers were coming their way.
"Come on." So Jesse helped Fox Boy stand up, with him ignoring the pain he was feeling.
Once he was on his feet, Fox Boy removed the suppressor from his Mark 23 and placed it inside of his backpack. When he did that, steps were heard by everyone, several steps indicating multiple people approaching the basement.
"Shit..." Jesse held his Kimber Custom tightly as he prepared himself.
"Mierda." Manny cursed in Spanish. Then he moved towards the dead Rattler named Carlos, in order to grab his gun. A Smith & Wesson Model 15, which he handed to Nora.
"Dammit." She immediately held it properly to prepare for the incoming assault.
Manny then made his way to the other Rattler, inspecting Rigan's body and grabbing several shotgun shells and a handgun from his dead body Walther P88 that he tossed to Owen.
"Okay, we don't know how many of them there are." Manny spoke to everyone as he loaded the shells into the Chiappa Triple Threat. "We're gonna to fight our way through them until we find an opening so we can-" As Manny was instructing everyone, Jesse touched Fox Boy's shoulder and said.
"We need a way to get out of this basement , any ideas on how we can find an opening?" Jesse asked him.
"Yes." Fox Boy actually did.
"Whatever it is, do it." Jesse ordered him.
"Okay." Fox Boy nodded.
"Now, we nee-" Manny continued to speak as he and his friends stood by the stairs in order to trade fire with the Rattlers when they made their way in. However, he stopped when Fox Boy walked past all of them and proceeded to climb the stairs while placing his Mark 23 inside of his holster.
"Hey?!" Owen asked. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"What Jesse said." He bluntly replied.
Fox Boy continued to climb the stairs, hearing voices that belonged to the Rattlers at each step he took.
"Let's just bust in and shoot their asses."
"Just shove a grenade down there and get it over with."
"We need to capture this fucks, we lost the slaves."
"Geralt told us to kill them all, especially the one wearing a mask."
"Geralt can kiss my ass, it's his fucking fault that we are stuck in here!"
"Let's just shoot these-"
As the Rattlers argued on how to proceed with the assault. Fox Boy took the opportunity to open the door of the basement, calling the attention of the group of Rattlers. "Fuck this shit." One of them said as he stepped forward. "You fucking maggots are gonna pay for our guys!" As he was about to reach the door, Fox Boy reached inside of his coat's pocket.
"Hey-" When the Rattler was an inch away from the door frame, Fox Boy pulled his hand out of his pocket, stuck it out of the door and threw blinding powder on the Rattler's eye. "AHHH!" The blinding powder was composed of ashes and ground-up glass. Before the others could react however, Fox Boy stepped outside and proceeded to disarm the first Rattler by grabbing his weapon, a Beretta BM59, off his hands while simultaneously redirecting the rifle to point at him. .
"Shit!"
He saw three more Rattlers inside of that narrow corridor. As they all prepared themselves to fire, Fox Boy struck the first Rattler's in the solar plexus with the rifle's muzzle and pulled the trigger. "Ah!" And the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge went right through him and hit the third Rattler that was in the same trajectory of the bullet.
The first Rattler fell backwards after the bullet went through him. The third Rattler also fell backwards. "Woah!" The fourth Rattler that was behind the third one, stumbled back to evade the third one falling backwards after the bullet hit his chest.
"Fucki-" The second Rattler that was two steps away from him, attempted to lift his gun, an ArmaLite AR-18 , to take aim. But before he could, Fox Boy closed the distance and stroked his gun downwards using the barrel of the Beretta BM59, before delivering a horizontal buttstroke into the Rattler's face with the rifle. Once the second Rattler was stunted by the buttstroke, Fox Boy performed a reverse keylock by threading a rifle through the Rattler's arm. "AAH!" The Rattler grunted as Fox Boy turned him into a human shield, with him bent over with his arm locked behind his back with the rifle. With the muzzle being inches away from his face, pointing at the other Rattler.
"Motherfucker!" The last Rattler standing attempted aimed a Winchester Model 70 at them.
"Ahh!" The Rattler that Fox Boy had restrained spoke. "Don't shoot!" Because he was the one in the line of sight instead of Fox Boy.
"Get the fuck out of the wa-" Unfortunately for him, the moment he pointlessly told his friend to get out of the way. Fox Boy shot him in the head with the rifle.
"Ahh!" The second Rattler screamed as the fourth Rattler fell dead on the floor. "HELP ME!" He screamed in desperation as Fox Boy took aim at the front door.
"What th-" As another Rattler tried to enter through the front door, Fox Boy shot at him. "Fuck!" With the Rattler barely evading the shot and jumping outside. "He got Hadley!"
Fox Boy slowly stepped back, pulling the Rattler that was restrained by a reverse keylock. He stepped on the ArmaLite AR-18, which he dragged backwards using his feet. Until he reached the door of the basement. "Hurry, get out of there." He instructed the others as he proceeded to change the rifle to full-auto in order to deliver suppressing fire. As he saw the other running up the stairs in a hurry, Fox Boy proceeded to fire the weapon in four-shot bursts in order to keep the rest of the Rattlers from reaching the front door.
"AAAAHHHH!" With the Rattler screaming as the muzzle of the rifle was next to his ear.
Jesse, Manny, Nora and Owen ran upstairs and exited the basement, entering the kitchen as soon as they stepped out. Eventually, Fox Boy wasted all of the ammo of the Beretta BM59, forcing him to let go of the gun.
"Ahhh-" Releasing the Rattler from the reverse keylock, only for Fox Boy to pick up the AR-18 from the floor and shoot him in the head as soon as he attempted to stand straight. Then Fox Boy fired at the door once again with a three-shot burst before reaching the now dead Rattler and grabbing two magazines from his belt and putting them inside of his now empty coat pocket, before he moved towards the kitchen.
The kitchen had porcelain tiled countertops, wooden cabinets, rounded corner displays flanking the ends of the upper cabinets, yellow and jadeite linoleum floors, paired wooden windows and wooden doors with a swinging door into the dining room with a built-in breezeway china display to the left of it above a built-in radiator.
"Great job." Jesse praised Fox Boy as he took cover in the corner of the door that led to the corridor with his Kimber Custom at hand.
Fox Boy stood besides Jesse with the AR-18 at hand.
Manny stood in the other corner, holding the shotgun. Nora stood besides him holding the revolver. Owen stood next to the backdoor with his handgun at hand.
The group prepared themselves for the incoming assault, but for some reason, nothing happened.
Until.
"Shit!" Something came through the window. Which turned out to be a Molotov cocktail. Which hit the wall right in between Owen and Nora.
"AHH!" Owen was far enough, but Nora was considerably next to the wall, and some of the flames ended up on her arm and leg.
"No!" Manny immediately attempted to pull her away from the flames as it spread on the wall. However, as soon as he did that, one of the Rattlers opened the backdoor. But thankfully, Owen shot him three times with his pistol, causing him to stumble backwards into the snowy ground. Revealing more Rattlers approaching the door. Causing Fox Boy to immediately open fire at the backdoor.
"Dammit!" Jesse spoke as he joined Fox Boy in firing at the door.
"AAAAHHH!" Nora screamed in pain as Owen and Manny attempted to put the flame of the Molotov off of her.
"Shit!" Owen cursed as he saw Rattlers coming from the front door as soon as they managed to put the fire off of Nora.
Manny responded by turning around and firing his shotgun at them.
However, they fired back, forcing Owen to drag Nora away from the line of fire. "AAAAHHHH!" With her screaming in pain due to the burns on her arm and leg. Pulling her towards the other end of the kitchen where Fox Boy, Jesse and Manny circled around her. "FUCK! FUCK!" The fire from the Molotov cocktail began to spread and it was just a matter of time before the whole kitchen was on fire.
"ALRIGHT!" Suddenly, they heard someone yelling from outside. "KILL THE FUCKS, BUT I WANT THE MAGGOT WITH THE MASK!" It was the one called Geralt. "I'M GONNA FUCK HIM UO JUST LIKE THAT BITCH UPSTAIRS!"
"Shit, Abby is upstairs." Owen spoke up in a low voice.
"Wait, how do you put a mask on a maggot?" He asked Jesse in confusion.
"Not the time, Fox Boy!" And he yelled in response. "And could you please come up with another way out here!?" Jesse asked as he aimed his pistol at the backdoor, clearly on edge as he awaited for another Rattler to come.
After hearing Jesse's request. Fox Boy, without any type of warning, charged towards the damaged window where the cocktail molotov came from and to everyone's surprise, somersaulted through it and landed outside.
"What the fu-" Coming across three Rattlers that were preparing to charge towards the back door. Before they could get over their surprise, Fox Boy fired at them with the AR-18, killing all three by firing full-auto in a horizontal line using the remaining bullet in the magazine.
When the three Rattlers were down, Fox Boy ran towards the backdoor while simultaneously reloading the assault rifle. "Hurry, this way." He told the group as he put the magazine into the gun. With all of them giving him strange looks in response to that.
Jesse was the first one to stop looking at him. "Move!" He told the trio as he helped them with Nora.
"AHH!" Who was in clear pain due to the burns. But she stood up anyway and made her way to the backdoor with the help of the others.
Once they were all out of the house however. The flames began to spread around the kitchen.
"Move!" Jesse yelled as they got away from the backdoor as the bullets came through it. Before he ran towards the corpses and grabbed an Ithaca 37 with a pistol grip from one of the dead Rattlers that Fox Boy killed.
"Fuck, Abby still in the house." Owen spoke in concern as he saw the flames spreading around the kitchen.
"There's nothing we can do now." Manny told him as he had his shotgun ready.
"We can't just leave her there!" Nora told Manny as she pressed her arm in the snow.
"We don't really have a choice!" Manny spoke as he moved towards the corner in order to check the side of the house. Only for him to fire from cover.
Owen looked at the fire that was spreading around the kitchen. "Dammit." Before he charged towards and reentered the house.
"HEY!" Manny immediately screamed in response. "Mierda!" Before cursing and running around the corner that leads to the right side of the house.
"Guys!" Nora yelled at them. "Shit!" She tried to stand up , but the burn on her leg was not allowing her. "Please, help them!" She practically begged Fox Boy and Jesse.
Jesse sighed. "Help the guy with the beard." He ordered him.
"Both of them have beards." Fox Boy pointed out as gunshots coming from the front were heard by them.
"The guy that speaks Spanish!" Jesse clarified before running into the house after Owen.
Understanding his order. Fox Boy proceeded to make his way to the opposite corner in order to make his way to the left side of the house.
Running passed the side of the house in order to make his way towards the front. Talking cover right around the corner and peeping.
He saw six Rattlers standing in front of the house. Shooting at the right side of the house where Manny was probably taking cover. Looking a little more, he saw more Rattlers making their way to the motel. Apparently to give medical attention to Geralt, who Fox Boy could see from afar, being aided by two other Rattlers.
However, one of the Rattlers moved his head to look at the front door. "Hey!" Apparently catching the sight of Owen and Jesse.
Forcing Fox Boy to shoot him in the head with the AR-18.
"Another one!" The other five were alerted of his presence.
Fortunately, Manny exploited their shift of attention and shot at them. Killing another one.
"Fuck!" Two Rattlers that were carrying rifles shoot at Manny.
While the third one , who only had a Beretta Px4 Storm, attempted to fire at Fox Boy while charging towards him. Forcing him to take cover. However, he ran out of ammo fairly quickly and once he closed the distance, Fox Boy simply buttstroke him by swinging the butt of his assault rifle up at his crotch. "AHH!" With him screaming and grabbing on to it in response to it. Then he placed the assault rifle into a horizontal position over his left shoulder and dashed the butt of the AR-18 into his face. Causing him to fall backwards into the snowy ground.
Fox Boy then held the AR-18 properly and finished him off by shooting him in the head. Then he fired at the other two, killing one of them by delivering a five-shot burst.
"NO!" With the last Rattler turning around and watching his comrade fall into the snow. "YO-" Unfortunately for him, that turned out to be a big mistake, because the moment that he got distracted, Manny came out of the cover and blasted him away with a 12-gauge shell.
Manny got out of cover and reloaded the shotgun, making his way to the front door with Fox Boy doing the same. "We need to-" He was about to say something to Fox Boy, but before he could. "AAH!" A bullet came out of nowhere and hit him in the leg, and ended up falling on the snowy ground.
"Sniper." Fox Boy took a single look at the motel and he saw Rattler with a sniper rifle from afar.
"MIERDA!" Manny yelled as he held his bleeding leg. "INSIDE!"
Fox Boy, hearing that, grabbed Manny by the arm and dragged him towards the front door as Manny fired at the motel with the Triple Threat. With the two reentering the house, which was on fire as the kitchen was now completely engulfed in flames and the smoke was much stronger.
"Puta mierda!" Manny cursed in Spanish as they both made their way to the living room. He couched a bit as the smoke was quite strong.
Fox Boy, on the other hand, looked towards the Rattlers that he killed earlier and noticed that one of them had a rifle. A Winchester Model 70, prompting Fox Boy to drop the AR-18 and immediately move to grab the rifle, thankfully, the smoke kept him from being spotted by the sniper. So he had no trouble in grabbing the scoped rifle while at the same time, ripping a piece of his shirt before moving back at Manny, who was leaning on the wall right below one of the windows.
"Here." Manny realized right away that the ripped shirt was to improvise a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. So Fox Boy wrapped around his leg tightly. "OWEN!" Then he screamed for Owen, who was probably upstairs with Jesse. "THERE'S A SNIPER OUTSIDE, STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS!" He warned his friend.
"Mel and Jordan are hidden inside one of the rooms at the motel." Fox Boy informed him as he was now worried since a considerable number of Rattlers are there.
"MIERDA!" Manny cursed once again after hearing that. Then he looked at the fire which was starting to spread through the corridor. Before looking at Fox Boy, who was holding the scoped rifle. "See if you can hit the Sniper, we gotta get out of here before the fire gets to us!" He told him as he held the shotgun tightly. "OWEN!"
Fox Boy nodded before he made his way to the front door, crouched and tried to see through the scope. Unfortunately, he had no angle to shoot the sniper. It won't work from here. Wasting no time, Fox Boy ran towards the stairs and climbed them.
"HEY!" Manny yelled at him as he climbed the stairs to reach the second floor of the house.
Once he reached the second floor, he came around three doors. One on the left, one on the front and one on the right. The door on the left was open, so Fox Boy made his way inside. Once he stepped in, he came across a large and empty room. The furniture was clearly dragged out of it by the looks of the damage on the floor.
Inside the room, there were three people.
Jesse, who was crouching under the window with the shotgun at hand.
Owen, who was on the floor a few steps away from the door. Holding an unconscious girl in his arms.
The last person in the room was a woman. Who Fox Boy assumed to be Abby due to Owen mentioning her name. She was around the same age as Owen, with fair skin and brown hair in braids. She was wearing a black sleeveless T-shirt and brown cargo pants and boots. But the thing that stood out the most about her was her build as she was quite muscular, more so than all the others in her group.
Fox Boy stepped closer and examined her. She was beaten pretty badly by a blunt object, but she was still alive, however, she sustained considerable damage all over her body except for the head.
"They took turns beating her up with a baseball bat!" Owen informed him as he held the girl tight.
Jesse coughed a bit because of the smoke. "We need to get out of here before the house burns down." He told them.
"There is a sniper outside." Fox Boy informed them as he made his way to the window.
"There's probably more of them at the motel, and they could pick us up easily if we try to get there." Jesse was right, as the open area between the house and the motel had no spot to take cover.
Fox Boy looked through the scope of the rifle and tried to locate the sniper. Strangely, that proved to be an easy task as the Rattler that had the Sniper rifle was standing in a considerably visible spot.
Allowing Fox Boy to easily take the shot and land a headshot on the Rattler. "The Sniper is out." He informed him.
"Come on then. " Jesse told him as he stood up. "Can you carry her?"
Owen nodded before picking up the bloody woman.
Jesse, Owen and Fox Boy and Abby then left the room and made their way downstairs.
"Fuck!" Jesse cursed as he saw that the corridor was completely engulfed in flames.
"Ahh!" Manny screamed as he attempted to stand up with his injured leg. "Ayudame!"
Fox Boy dropped the Winchester Model 70 on the floor and retrieved the AR-18.
Holding the assault rifle with his right hand, Fox Boy approached Manny and grabbed his arm, wrapping around his shoulder and helping him leave the house as the flames made their way to the living room.
The five of them were able to leave the house through the front door.
"Ah Mierda!" Manny cursed when he saw something. A car coming their way.
"To the back!" Jesse yelled as the Rattlers that were inside a red car began shooting at them.
Causing them all to quickly make their way towards the side of the house, barely evading the shots that seemed to be coming from handguns and revolvers. Thankfully, they were all able to get behind the house.
"Guys!" Where Nora was still where they left her, except that she was now standing despite the burns.
"Watch out!" Manny yelled at her as one of the cars appeared from the right side of the house.
In the split second that it did, Fox Boy aimed the AR-18 with a single hand and fired at the vehicle. Despite the lack of accuracy, it was close enough for a considerable number of shots to land on the vehicle, and by pure luck, it hit the driver as well. Causing it to lose control and harsly spin out in the snow, allowing Jesse to actually shoot with the Ithaca 37 at the windshield of the car before the Rattlers in it could recover from the sudden loss of control. Managing to hit the Rattlers that were sitting on the driver and passenger's seats. There was a third one in the back seat, who tried to get out of the car, however, Nora shot him twice with the revolver as soon as he stepped out of the car.
"AAHH!" Manny fell on the ground after putting too much pressure on his injured leg.
Fox Boy removed the empty magazine from the AR-18 and dropped it on the ground, then he replaced it with the last one he had in his pocket. Then he made his way to the car.
"What are you doing?" Jesse asked him as Fox Boy walked past him.
"Mel and Jordan are still at the motel." Fox Boy informed him as he opened the door of the car and pulled the dead Rattler out. "I need to kill the remaining Rattlers before they find them."
"Ah shit!" Owen, who had placed Abby on the ground, cursed. "I'm coming too." He announced. "Watch her."
"Shit, Abby." Nora immediately kneeled down to check on Abby.
"Ahh..." Manny simply touched his leg in pain. "Go, we'll be okay. " Before telling them to leave them behind.
Jesse sighed in response. "Is the car okay?"
"No, but it is still functional." Fox Boy pointed out as Owen pulled the dead Rattler off the passenger's seat.
"I'll drive then." Jesse stated. "But what's the plan?" He asked as he made his way to the driver's seat.
"The cars that are parked in front of the motel will offer us considerable cover." Fox Boy pointed out.
"So drive as quick until we get behind the cars." Jesse understood the plan. "Got it."
"We need to hurry." Owen told them as he sat on the passenger's seat.
Jesse also entered the car and prepared to drive.
Fox Boy sat in the back seat and prepared the AR-18.
"Ready?" Jesse asked Owen.
"Step on it." Owen held his pistol at hand.
Jesse then accelerated the vehicle in order for them to make their way to the motel. Driving past the house and going at full speed towards the motel. However, once they got close, A Rattler appeared on the way.
"Shit!" Jesse cursed as they ended up running him over with the car.
Once they did, just like the Rattlers earlier, Jesse lost control of the vehicle and it ended up sliding in the snow. Resulting in the car crashing into one of the military vehicles that belonged to Owen's group.
Fox Boy was able to brace himself to avoid further damage.
"Ahh..." Jesse grunted. "You guys okay?"
"More or l-" Owen was about to reply, but before he could. "Watch out!"
The remaining Rattlers came out of the Motel's office.
However, before they could open fire, Fox Boy sat up and fired the AR-18 at them. Forcing them all to retreat into the office for cover.
"Out!" Jesse yelled as he opened the door of the car, with Owen following behind him.
The moment they got out, the AR-18 ran out of ammunition as he fired in full-auto, forcing Fox Boy to drop the empty assault rifle.
"Get out of there!" Jesse yelled as he began firing at the door to keep the Rattlers from returning fire.
Allowing Fox Boy to exit the car, drawing his Mark 23 as soon as he was out and running to get behind the other cars.
"Shit!" Jesse cursed as the shotgun ran out of ammo, forcing him to drop it and take cover.
"KILL THOSE FUCKS!" Geralt yelled as he aimed his submachine gun and opened fire alongside the remaining Rattlers.
Fox Boy, Jesse and Owen took cover behind one of the cars that were parked in front of the motel, all three had nothing but handguns in their hands. While the Rattlers had rifles and shotguns.
"Where's Mel and Jordan?" Owen asked him.
"There." Fox Boy pointed at the door of the room where he left them.
However, as Owen tried to move his head to see the room, several shots from Geralt's SIG MPX came, forcing him to take cover. "Shit!"
"Hey!" Geralt yelled. "Motherfucker with the mask, you shot me in the gut!"
"I was trying to shoot you in the head, but I was unable to aim properly." He had to leap backwards in order to get out of the line of fire, so his accuracy was compromised.
Saying that, apparently angered him for some reason and he once again fired his submachine gun towards the car.
"We need to split up." Jesse told them in a low voice. "If we stay here, they're gonna corner us."
"We're already cornered." Owen replied as a shot came through and broke the back window of the car, with the shards falling on him. "Shit!" Thankfully, it didn't cause any damage.
"Fox Boy, I need you to get to that car over there." Jesse instructed him as he pointed at a military vehicle that was on his right. "On three, we're gonna shoot at them and you run and take cover over there." That was his plan. "Understood?"
"Yes." Fox Boy understood.
"One... Two... Three!" Once he said three, Owen and Jesse stood up and began firing at the Rattlers with their pistols, forcing the Rattlers to take cover on the office, with Fox Boy sprinting out of the cover and running towards the other car.
"Oh no!" Geralt yelled as he noticed what Fox Boy was doing. "You don't!" And began firing at him from the window of the office. However, he did it too late, as Fox Boy was able to perform a dive roll and get himself into cover, right at the back of the car . "I want that one alive, waste the fucking rest!" Geralt yelled at the rest, with the remaining Rattlers firing at the car that Jesse and Owen were taking cover behind.
While that happened, Fox Boy took a good look at the vehicle that he was hiding behind. It was a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle or Humvee for short. The moment he realized the kind of vehicle it was, Fox Boy wasted no time in getting out of cover and opening the back door of the car barely avoiding more shots coming from Geralt. Entering through the back seat he crawled towards the front of the vehicle as fire from the submachine gun came his way.. He was planning on hot-wiring the vehicle, but the keys were actually there. So the albino boy decided to sit on the driver's seat, put on the seat belt and start the car.
"What are you doing?!" Jesse asked him, but Fox Boy couldn't answer the question.
Because once he started the car, Fox Boy stepped on the gas pedal and accelerated the car.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?" Geralt yelled in deep shock as Fox Boy charged the vehicle towards the office. Driving through the wall and crashing into the Motel's office. Unfortunately, Fox Boy didn't hit any of the Rattlers that were inside.
Removing the seat belt and opening the car door, Fox Boy quickly stepped out of the vehicle. Holding his Mark 23 in a Center Axis Relock stance, he stepped forward.
"Crazy fucker!" With a Rattler appearing from the corner of the car and attempting to aim a Colt Commander at Fox Boy. But Fox Boy closed the distance and used his forearms to push his arms down and pressed the muzzle of his pistol into his chest and pulled the trigger, firing two shoots into his chest.
Another Rattler that was right behind him, attempted to shoot Fox Boy with a Remington Model 10, but Fox Boy crouched and took cover behind the car.
A third Rattler, who was holding a Ruger 10/22, shot outside in order to keep Owen and Jesse in their places.
"AAH!" Geralt, who was grunting in pain behind the Rattler with the rifle, ran out of the office through the door.
Fox Boy, who was still taking cover, immediately, laid down on the floor in a prone position. Allowing him to actually look below the car and aim his pistol under it. "Ah!" Where he shot the leg of the Rattler that was holding the rifle, with him falling on the floor right away. Allowing Fox Boy to take another shot that hit his head this time.
"Fuck!" The Rattler holding the shotgun yelled and tried to get to the side of the car to shoot Fox Boy. Only for Fox Boy to quickly roll under the car and come out on the other side. "Mother-" Before the Rattler could react properly, he was shot.
By Jesse.
"Where's the fat guy?!" Jesse asked him as he passed through the hole on the wall that Fox Boy made with the car.
Fox Boy stood up from the floor. He went that way.
"Let them go!" Suddenly, they heard Owen's voice.
Jesse and Fox Boy immediately ran out of the office in order to see what was happening. "Dammit." Jesse spoke as they saw.
Geralt was standing in front of the door of the room where Mel and Jordan were hiding. With Mel standing right in front of him with her hands up, having the muzzle pressed in the back of her head. Jordan was on the floor right behind them, he apparently had been knocked out.
Owen was standing a few steps away from them with his handgun at hand.
Jesse and Fox Boy rushed towards him and stood besides Owen with their handguns at hand.
"Look, you lost, just let her go and this won't end badly for you." Jesse told the man calmly.
"You!" However, Geralt ignored Jesse and spoke with Fox Boy instead. "You're one of them, right?!" He asked him. "One of the Normandies!?"
"Yes and no." He was one of them but he can't say that he is anymore.
"Your boss told me that you were inside the house." Geralt informed him.
"What?!" Jesse was surprised by what he said.
Hearing that made Fox Boy worried. "Oh no..." Because that could only mean one thing.
"What is this shit!?" Geralt asked angrily. "We had a fucking deal, the slaves for the supplies, why did they sent you to kill us!?"
"Actually, Jordan was the one that told me to kill you all." Fox Boy pointed at Jordan when he said that.
"What the fuck are you-" Geralt was about to reply, but he was interrupted. By Jordan waking up and grabbing his leg. "HEY!" Geralt reacted by yanking his leg off of him, but doing that, gave Mel an opening and she elbowed him right at the spot where Fox Boy shot him with the Mark 23. "AAH!"
With Mel running towards the trio as Geralt held his gut in pain.
Once Mel got behind them, Geralt attempted to shoot them with the SIG MPX. Before he could, however, the three of them opened fire at the leader of Rattlers. Gunning him down with their pistols.
Jordan laid on the floor behind him in order to avoid getting hit.
The bullets hit him all over his upper body, causing him to stumble backwards and trip on Jordan, with him falling backwards into the floor with several bullet holes on his body.
"Jesus..." Owen spoke in a low voice before turning around. "Are you okay?" He asked Mel.
"Yeah..." Mel replied as the two hugged each other.
Fox Boy and Jesse quietly approached Geralt, who was apparently still alive.
"Ahhh..." With Jordan still on the floor.
"What the hell happened?" Jesse asked Jordan as he helped him stand up.
"We heard the crash and he opened the door to check." Mel explained.
"The fat fuck came out of nowhere and sucker punched me in the face." Jordan admitted while touching his cheek, then he moved his face and realized that Geralt was still alive. And he reacted by grabbing Jesse's Kimber Custom and yanking it off his hand before firing the remaining bullets on his head.
"Jordan, for fuck's sake!" Mel was quick to yell at him in response.
"Give me that." Jesse retrieved his pistol
Fox Boy placed his Mark 23 back on the holster and proceeded to turn around and walk past everyone.
"Where are you going?" Mel asked him.
"Manny, Nora and Abby are right behind the house." Owen informed her.
"Are they okay?" Mel asked in concern.
"Nora received burns in her arm and leg from a molotov cocktail. " The burns didn't appear severe, but they needed to check more closely. "Manny was shot in the leg with a .308 Winchester round." Which definitely did a considerable amount of damage. "Abby has received several blows from a blunt object around her body, so the chance of broken bones and international bleeding is likely." That was the best case scenario since they don't know if she received any blow to the head.
"Wait, what about Nick?" Mel asked them as she probably noticed that they didn't mention that name.
"He..." Owen tried to speak, but he stopped in the middle of it.
"He was shot multiple times in the torso by Geralt with that SIG MPX and died thirty seconds after," So Fox Boy continued for him while pointing at Geralt and his SIG MPX . "His body is burning alongside the house right now." The albino boy bluntly informed her.
"No!" Mel widened her eyes in deep shock.
"FUCK!" Jordan reacted by yelling and stomping Geralt's body in the face in response.
"Oh god, oh god, oh god..." Mel began crying shortly after with Owen hugging her in response right away.
"Shhhh..." Owen caressed her short hair. "I know , I know..." He seemed to be crying as well.
"Fucking... Fuck..." Jordan fell to his knees, apparently, he was crying as well.
"Look." Jesse spoke up. "Fox Boy and I will get your friends and see if we can recover anything." He informed them. "But we really need to get out of this place, because it's going to get dark soon and I genuinely don't understand how exactly no Runner came our way yet."
"Thanks." Owen thanked him for the offer.
"Come on, Fox Boy." Jesse called him as he moved away from Mel, Owen and Jordan.
Fox Boy followed Jesse without saying a word.
However, once they were far enough, Jesse asked. "You think the Normandies know where we are?"
"Yes." Fox Boy responded. "They are the most likely explanation for why we haven't encountered any infected yet."
"To quote Ellie..." Jesse touched his face in apparent frustration. "Oh man..."
Q AND A:
If Fox Boy or someone does indeed end up killing Abby, then I think she should be forced to look down from and jump off of a cliff or skyscraper. She has severe acrophobia, and what the worst way to die other than be killed because of your worst fear?
Let's just say that... Something really, really, REALLY... Bad is going to happen with both Abby and Fox Boy in a skyscraper.
Next chapter please
Here we go, I wans't going to update it yet, but there was some left over things from the previous chapter that made writing this chapter quicker.
Okay Mel has a stay of execution and least she had the decency to thank Fox for saving her ass
There hug was kinda nice to
Jordan getting the shit kicked out of him was fun for me
Mel is also earning some good will in my eyes this chapter
Enjoyed Fox saving Jessie and the future soon to be corpses him saving Jesse again should get him some more good will from that mostly ungrateful lot I mean the Jackson lot
See that's the thing Reaper doesn't strike me as the type that would give a fuck about any of the meditation malarkey does seem like the instructions would be here's a particular way or style of killing people everything else attached to this is irrelevant
As for Fox Boys body yeah still don't want him to lose any more digits limbs etc or permanent injuries the only thing he should get more of is scars
Yup...
Fox Boy has a weakness for pregnant girls.
Expect more of those.
Personally. She's the only one in Abby's group that I sympathize with. (Despite thinking that she's an irresponsible moron for basically fighting in a war while pregnant.) I mean, she, at least, realized what a piece of shit she Abby was. Honestly, she didn't deserve getting cheated on by her boyfriend (With Abby of all people, which only adds insult to the injury.) And then getting killed because her two-timing creep of a boyfriend was way more preoccupied with Abby's ass (No pun intended.) than his girlfriend's and unborn child's safety. (The fact that she wanted to give up Abby's location only made it worse.)
More or less, but on the more side.
Reaper is an enigmatic man, some of the stuff he doesn't really make sense most of the time.
Well...
Obrigado pelo capítulo incrível, Autor-San!
De nada...
Next episode from the hidden assassination scene. It definitely turned into a chase scene. Prayers for Nick in advance.
- If Fox Boy kills Geralt in the future, his son Malak and his son's girlfriend will definitely get revenge (sorry, off topic).
- It seems that the members of the hostages are still incomplete. Where has the protein crazy girl gone? (Don't tease her like this, people on social media are already mocking her a lot, haha.)
- Foxboy still had his skills intact. Meanwhile, Jesse and Jordan remain as burdensome as ever.
Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!
Sadly, he didn't survive.
Haha...
Yeah...
Jordan had his shoulder dislocated by Fox Boy, so he's not really in condition to do anything and Jesse is plenty useful.
Same...
AWESOME!
AWESOME!
By the looks of it, the group barely tolerates Fox Boy.
I hope this changes soon.
This might answer your question:
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Mel: Hey? (She approaches them.) Where's Fox Boy?
Tommy: What do you mean?
Mel: I went to change his bandages but he's not in the room.
Ellie: He went to retrieve his pistol, he said that he dropped during his fight with the Scars .
(Everyone immediately moved their head to look at Ellie with shocked faces.)
Maria: You let him walk out of here by himself knowing full well that he was injured !? (Visibly furious at her.)
Ellie: Ummm... He seemed fine to me so-
Mel: Multiple stab wounds to the torso and a concussion sound fine to you!?
Ellie: What the fuck?! (She was clearly unaware of the extent of the injuries.) How the hell was he walking so normally?! (She knew that he was tolerant of pain but that was just unbelievable.)
Dina: (Approached the group after noticing that something was wrong.) What's going on?
Tommy: Fox Boy left, apparently he went to retrieve the pistol that he dropped.
Dina: (Visibly surprised.) When?
Ellie: Ehhh... About five hours ago.
Dina: FIVE HOURS AGO?! (Visibly worried.)
Mel: And you didn't mention that to anyone despite the fact that it's dark outside and raining!"
Tommy: Goddammit. (Moves to put on his jacket.) I'm gonna go look for him.
Maria: I'm coming too.
(Jesse, Owen and Manny approach them in confusion.)
Jesse: What happened?
Mel: Your buddy over here let Fox Boy walk out despite knowing that he was injured.
Jesse: What?! (Clearly surprised.) Did he seriously just stand up and leave?!
Manny: (Touched his face in deep frustration.) Puta mierda...
Owen: We gotta go after him.
Mel: I- (She tried to speak but stopped mid-sentence, then made a dumbfounded face.)
(Everyone looked at her in confusion, before they moved their heads to see what she was looking at. Only to see Fox Boy walking towards them, but instead of stopping to greet them, he walked past them with his robotic walk completely ignoring everyone.)
Jesse: (Snaps out of the surprise.) Get back here!
Fox Boy: (Stops walking forward and begins to walk backwards.) Hi Jesse. (Before doing his usual greeting by waving happily at him.)
Maria: (Moves and stands in front of him with a very apprehensive look.)
Fox Boy: Hi Maria. (Waves happily at her.)
Maria: Just where the hell have you been?!
Fox Boy: I went to retrieve my Mark 23. (Points at his holster which had the pistol on it.) Hi Tommy. (Then he waved happily at Tommy, who moved close.)
Tommy: That was hours ago! (Stands besides Maria giving the exact same apprehensive look.) We were about to go out looking for you.
Fox Boy: (Tilts his head to the right in confusion.) Why?
Jesse: You're still injured, you were not even supposed to be moving around right now.
Fox Boy: Why not? (Obviously not getting the point.)
Maria: Listen, no more of this okay! (She pointed her finger at him.) From now on, you don't go anywhere without talking to someone first, are we clear!?
Fox Boy: (Tilts his head to the left in confusion.) But I did tell Ellie. (He pointed at her.)
(Everyone gives Ellie a look that makes her slightly uncomfortable.)
Tommy: I'm gonna be a little more specific... (Touched his own face in frustration.) You don't go anywhere without talking to me or Maria first, are we clear?!
Fox Boy: Ummm... (Tilts his head to the right.) Yes...?
Ellie: (Gets very weirded out by the fact that Tommy and Maria look like two parents scolding their child.)
Fox Boy: Hi Mel. (He waved happily at Mel.)
Mel: (Moves past Maria and Tommy to open Fox Boy's duffle coat, then she lifts his sweater up.) Okay, at least you didn't reopen your wounds. (She carefully checked the bandages.)
Fox Boy: Hi Dina.
Dina: (Wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly from behind.) You're a jerk, Cute Boy. (Pulls his hood down and rubs her cheek on his cheek.)
Fox Boy: Why?
Dina: Because you made everyone worried, that's why. (Kisses his cheek while caressing his wavy white hair.)
Ellie: (Really doesn't like what she was seeing.)
Jesse: Look, next time you lose something, just tell me and I'll go get it for you, alright?
Manny: Or just talk to me and I can get you a new gun from the armory.
Ellie: (Looks completely dumbfounded by what she just heard.)
Owen: Look, maybe you should just come with me and Mel to stay at the Aquarium until you're fully recovered.
Dina: No, thanks for the offer but he's staying right here. (Tightned her hug around his neck.)
Mel: He asked him. (Gives Dina a frown.)
Maria: Sorry, but I think it's best for him to stay here with us.
Mel: What is best for him, is to stay out of danger until his wounds heal completely and he's clearly not going to do that around you people.
Jesse: What's that supposed to mean?
Owen: Jesse, no offense but... You guys really don't seem to have his best interest at heart at times.
Jesse: (Clearly didn't like what he just heard.) Are you kidding me?! (He folded his arms.) If my memory serves me right, the stab wounds on his torso happened because of you guys.
Manny: What did you just say, pendejo?!
Ellie: (Could not believe that they were actually fighting over the Albino Weirdo.)