"Well Ashly, should I do the honors?" Daniel looks at her, he is breathing heavily. His whole body hurts, but the adrenaline rushing through his body makes him forget about it for the moment "I don't care if you want to kill him, I'm asking since I'm tired" Daniel says, Dante is crying more, snot has run down his chin
"P-Please I will tell you anything, I mean anything. Weaknesses, members, even future plans that I was told. Don't kill me I-I don't want to die" Dante eyes are red and he is looking at Ashly
"I don't care who kills him" Ashly says "I can't move, I can't think." Ashly tries to raise her arm, it's trembling. She is struggling to point her index finger, "Even if I wanted to I can't shot him, nor can I stab him at all" Ashly then lays in the snow, she slowly begins to wipe her face "I just gutted someone, it was easier than I thought it would be." She then stares at the man's body who is starting to soak up his own blood
"What's your name" Daniel asks Dante, his gun still pointed at the back of his head. "You were quite cocky just when you shot my shoulder. What's the change in demeanor now, was it all just an act" he then kicks Dante to the ground
"D-da-Dante" Dante manages to say, he is taking short and quick breaths. He doesn't dare to look up at Daniel. He just stays still, he can't even muster the courage to say anything without fearing death.
These bastards, I promise if I knew this was going to happen I would of killed him. Dante thinks to himself, how did this all happen so quickly
"Hey you know, I can sense hostility" Daniel says which makes Dante shake a bit, he turns to look at Daniel. Daniel then lets out a laugh "I'm just kidding, nobody can sense hostility. People can at best sense physical signals, even then that is difficult. Now, why did you shake when I mentioned something so absurd?" Daniel the smacks Dante on the back of his head with the gun
"I was just caught off guard that's why!" Dante says, he closes his eyes "It was out of nowhere, how could I not have a reaction to that"
"Well enough with the jokes, tell me that you guys knew we were here. Tell us why didn't you all do anything, did you all wanted to die? " Daniel asks Dante "Come on, speak up. You're only alive because we need answers"
"Alright, we did knew people were here, but we didn't know exactly how many nor who they were." Dante manages to say "I promise I didn't know these idiots would allow themselves to get killed this quickly" Dante in that moment though of something. He is then smacked again for being silent "I think I might have an idea for why this all happend"
"Go on" Ashly says "Don't lie to us, with your emotions we will be able to tell when you lie easier" She then tries to sit upright, she groans as she does
"Well, this was all a set up. I mean I knew some of these men and they aren't foolish. Some of them were more than capable to kill you both. They knew they would die, they knew something they didn't bother to tell me. It was a suicide mission all along, nobody was supposed to return." Dante then looks at Daniel who lowers his gun a bit "I don't know why I was sent here, but I was always hated by everyone. This must have been it, they wanted to figure out how dangerous you all where."
"But that doesn't make any sense, I was always told you all were smart. I was told that you were all brave, that's why we were told to avoid a confrontation with you guys." Ashly says as she tries to kick Dante "Screw it, can you kick him." Daniel does so accordingly, Dante falls to the ground
"Listen, there was a deal made years ago." Dante says as he wipes the snow from his face "By the looks on your faces, you didn't know about this. Let me tell you that this deal was made when your gang first arrived to this area. It was a way to prevent casualties and make sure the government wouldn't be alerted of our presence. Listen, this happened when our leaders meet, most of our people weren't prepared or present. We could of been killed of, but the rest of our men would of hunted yall down. This deal was that we wouldn't hunt nor confront any of your people. This was of course as long as your leader made up false information about us. That we were more dangerous than we were, don't get me wrong we are dangerous, but not enough to have you all not want problems. You were all lied to."
Daniel looked amused at this information, it's all starting to make sense to him. "Alright, but tell us more, I want to know everything." Daniel's tone is now more curious than anything.
"Well that was the deal, but as you can see with some recent events. My leader wants to back away from this, he wants to attack all of you. He used this deal to prepare our men, we out number your people. There's about 211 men in our gang, I can assure you that your gang isn't even half of ours. I just want to leave please, they assume I am dead. I don't have any weapons nor am I fit to fight you people. I am a coward that relies on others to look tough." Dante Admitted
"Alright, let me inspect you completely. I don't trust you at all and I don't want to rush it." Daniel says and Dante nods. After a while Daniel doesn't find anything on him "Well he is completely clear, you can go know ! I don't want to repeat myself." Daniel loses his gun
Dante begins to run away, he manages to run past some buildings. He is running with all his might, he feels relieved that he is alive. He keeps on running, and before he can pass Daniel's horse he is shot dead. He falls to the ground, his body goes limp immediately. Daniel has shot him "Did he really think I was going to let him live? He really is a stupid as the rest." Daniel then puts his gun away "Ashly we must go now, I'll carry the guns. You try to get to the horse, we are out of here."
"Yeah I know, I would of asked you to kill him anyways. Nothing about him made me think he would of left us alone." Ashly stands up and begins to limp to Dusty. She turns around to see Daniel walking back to get the guns. "We look like walking corpse, searching for their grave." Ashly says smirking
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Hours have passed and in a different locating, full of unwanted emotions. The place is a large run down town hall, Gael is resting on his seat. Around him are his subordinates, they all seem to be carrying around materials. "I said that you need to fix the roof already, the snow is pilling up as well as when it rains!" Gael screams at one of them. They seem to be rushing by with tools "The sun is setting, I told Daniel to meet us here yet they are a bit late. No don't overthink it, he unlike Ashly is trustful."
Some men approach him and give him the news, Ashly and Daniel can be seen approaching them. Gael stands up "Well then, let's go and greet them." he said with a grouchy voice, outside Dusty can be seem passing a sign reading [Ironhelm] The area is surrounded by tall broken walls, a gate made of metal is opening. Gael can spot them, he sees that they are injured. "Alright they have what we need, go and tell our medics that they have work to do."
Daniel stops Dusty and Gael can be seen smiling at him "We did it sir, there on this bag the guns are there. We need medical help, I don't think we will survive any longer like this." Daniel says with a tired voice, the men take the bag and check it. The help Ashly and Daniel get off Dusty.
"Don't worry, they will be preparing soon enough, I asked them to when I was alerted of your arrival. I want to thank you two for doing your job, I can tell you two had some difficulties. That's nothing to worry about, I'm proud of you Daniel" he pats his shoulder "And yes, you as well Ashly." now said in a lower tone "Get inside already, don't just wait out here."
When Ashly and Daniel entered the area it all seems to blur out. Ashly doesn't seem to remember anything as she must have lost too much blood. In an instant Ashly wakes up on a bed, she groans as she tries to move. She spots Gael sitting near her with his knife "I can't remember anything." she says
"Well you looked half dead, I was fully ready to belive you were dead, but you survived. I can't belive it, you're one tough subordinate. Every time I think you're dead, you managed to stand up and live. I wish I was as lucky as you are, to be able to be stupid and be unable to learn." Gale says with a more sarcastic tone "Oh yeah, you were passed out for twelve days."
"What about Daniel, is he alright?" she asked, she lifts her thigh and sees it's wrapped "What about the payment? You can't back out in anything."
"Well Daniel woke up five days before you did, he didn't sustain as much damage as you did. He is fine and don't worry, you'll get your money. That's all you care about, money and nothing else, I hoped you died, no I wished you did." Gael stands up and walks to her reaching for his pocket, he hands her an envelope "Here is the money, I decided to give you more since I heard what you two did. Daniel told me about those men and what their plan was."
Ashly grabs the money "It's less than I was told, why is that?" Ashly says angrily, Gael stares at her. He points his knife at her and cuts the envelope open
"Yes it's less but that's because our medics, they have to use expensive materials. You're lucky I payed for most of it, you would of ended up with less than half of what you got." Gael stands up and opens the door, another man can be seen entering. They whisper to each other for a bit before the man leaves "Ashly there's one thing I'll tell you right now. Daniel, he is going to die. I made sure my men are going to take care of him, he told you something he never should of."
"What was it?" Ashly says as she flips to her side "What was so important that requires you to kill him as compensation?"
"He told you that I ordered your death if you made a mistake. That's something nobody should of known outside the two of us. He broke that rule, and he is going to die for it, it's that simple. He told me this in the morning, he's such a fools" Gael puts John away and opens the door "One last thing, I was also going to order your death. As luck has it the older members, the once's who grew up with Bruno are here and they won't allow this. They don't look like it, but they seem to care enough so that not even I can kill you. They unlike the younger members are loyal to his words." Gael then leaves out the door, leaving Ashly alone.