Patunia keeps on writing, Robert and Tulip wait with irritation. The scribbling and pauses makes them agitated, Azalae can tell they are going to cause trouble "Listen, don't hurt any citizens alright. Your body languages tell me nothing will convince you to stop. If you two die that's on your accord but we are going to wait." Azalea says as he lowers his gun, Rose takes his knife off Tulip's throat.
As soon as Patunia began to fold the note, Robert and Tulip begin to move forwards. "Are you sure letting them go was a good idea?" Patunia asked
"Well we were only ordered to kill them, if Rober is telling the truth then they alone can handle it. As much as I don't belive in them, the weather will make them unnoticeable. Well that's what I hope atleast, those idiots are unpredictable." Azalea said as he and the other two begin to move in a different location.
"Listen to me, we should've gone to a more secluded area." said a man tied up in a chair, his left eye is missing and so are some of his teeth. "You are all asking to get caught, what we build will all be gone. We just managed to get 50 members, and now you all think we're unstoppable. That's not how it works, we don't need publicity." He said but another man grabs a brick and smacks him on the face. The man screams in pain as his nose is broken
"We don't need your advise, you messed us up. We had something but you prevented us from taking over a small village. We aren't playing and this is our base now, Omar you lost our trust." the man said to him
"We are lucky that with this storm that's starting, the people have mostly left. The SDA won't find us as they can't risk anything. We can still leave, listen to me people." Omar said but they ignore him, one of the men cover his mouth with rope. With a sudden loud noise they hear someone screaming.
"COME OUT YOU COWARDS, I AM HERE TO KILL ALL OF YOU!" Robert yells out, he has his two guns out. He begins to shot at windows and make loud stomping. "DONT KEEP ME WAITING OR ELSE" Robert is smiling, he can smell the exact location of all of them.
On of the men leaves the building and begins shooting at the direction that he heard Robert. "What is Locus thinking? Tulip atleast seems to be sneaking around." Azalea says and Patunie stops him. Rose grabs his own rifle, he is pointing it at a specific building.
Robert walks forwards to where one of the men who tried to shot him "You're pathetic, I'm walking in a straight line, and yet I'm still fine." he then shots the man on his neck, the man falls and clutches his neck "That's what your supposed to do." he walks pass him. Robert continues and enters one of the buildings. A man is surprised and pulls his gun out, but Tulip crashes through the window. He then cuts the man's throat and kicks his body down "What an entrance Tulip." Robert says
The other Lurkers look shocked and angry, they can't see who are outside killing their men. "Who might those people be, are they the SDA?" one of them asked "They can't be, why would they announce their presence." another one yells, Omar tries to move but he is tied down. In an instant Robert and Tulip break into the building shooting at everyone of them. The only one that wasn't shot was Omar who Tulip mistaken as a hostage.
"That was easy, a bit too easy, but man. Killing all of them was so much fun, it was like a game to see who killed the most." Tulip said eagerly "To bad it was over before I knew it, guess we really are the best." he chuckles as he puts his knife away and looks at Omar "Oh don't worry we are… part of the SDA, yeah that's what we are. We are wearing these outfits because it was too cold, let me help you." Tulip then unties Omar.
"Tulip go outside and talk to the others, I'll talk to him. You're not too smart, and you'll scare him alright." Tulip nods and leaves "So you must be Omar, is that right? I heard about you when I was younger, can't say I'm disappointed in you." Robert sits next to him
"By that I can assume your not good people am I right?" Omar asked and Robert nods "Well in that case I want something from you, help us escape and you'll get what ever you want. I spend a lot of my time and effort to keep this group alive. I can convince them." Omar pleads
"Is that a job?" Robert asked and Omar nods "Well in that case you're in luck, I used to be a mercenary before this. I was looking for an excuse to kill one of them." Robert smiles and stands up "Go ahead and leave, this will get very ugly."
"Locus, it seems you have talked to a hostage am I right? " Azalae asks, Robert nods in agreement and puts his gun away "I was hoping they had some sort of lead to the others." Patunia begins to write down what he found. Tulip walks to Robert who smiles and he takes his mask off, he is hideous. He looks deformed and his skin looks burnt.
"This was my [reeducation] pain was the only way they could [fix] me. That was all useless as it was only when I was allowed to kill, that's when I followed their orders." Tulip laughs and puts his mask on again. Rose seems to be looking at the same building "Stop that Rose, we killed all of them. Don't be paranoid." he said to him
While Azalae and Patunie were discussing, Tulip and Robert return to Omar. Tulip starts scratching his arms "He looks almost as messed up as I do. That's funny, I really want to… save him." Tulip says breathing heavily "Robert, we both are the same people."
"No we aren't, you're a walking manifestation of violence." Robert says as he and Omar give each other a look "We can never be the same."
"That's not true Robert, we both gain satisfaction from killing people. We love it and the only difference between us is that I don't hide it." Tulip's white sweater begins to be tainted by blood, he has scratches too hard on his left arm.
"That's the problem with you, you only think of what's right in front of you." Robert points his gun at Tulip's head "While you mindlessly kill I take my time, I don't get satisfaction from killing people. I get pleasure by the process itself, when you chase them, scare them, make them feel watched. That's what keeps me going, killing is just the finale. I love the tension, the hunt Tulip. I'm leaving this group forever, but the problem is you. You may not be the same as me but you sure are the closest." Tulip begins to scratch his arm even harder, his breaths quicken.
Outside Patunia is staring at the sky, he and Azalae then hear a gunshot from the building "Did Tulip let go already?" Patunia asked while Azalae takes his gun out and points to the front door "This was his last chance, he is going to pay." Patunia takes his gun and follows Azalae but they freeze and Robert gets out. He is holding Tulip's body and is covered in his blood. They look shock at him and as they see him holding Tulip's gun, they figure something is up and Robert points his gun at Azalae who ducks
"Don't worry, he had it coming. He was going to kill my client, can't have that happening." Robert says as he keeps Tulips body up high, Rose shots at Robert but he blocks it with Tulips body "Rose don't think I forgot about you, I'm not easy to kill."
Rose, Patunia and Azalae can hear footsteps and gun being loaded. They look up and there are a bunch of people who are smiling "Oh I'm sorry, did I say there were twelve men, I meant to say 38." they start shooting at them but they manage to run and jump inside a building.
Rose tries to look outside but Azalae stops him "Listen if this was only 38 men we could handle them, this is Lo- I mean Robert. He is going to be trouble for us, he will and I mean it kill one of us if we try to fight. The problem is that he will target me and if he does, this group will be dead. It's best if we leave, we can report them, we have an idea on how they look." Azalae says and they begin to try to run away
"Omar don't worry about them, Azalae is to much of a coward. He thinks that everyone is too dumb or underneath him, it's his ego that makes him weak." Robert says as the men continue to shoot at the building
In what seems to be almost an hour, the remaining three members have managed to escape. "Why didn't we fight them? It's better to get rid of him and loose all of us. We are criminals in the end of the day, this would of benefited the government." Petunia asked
"Listen to me, we all have dangerous chemicals inside our body. They implanted it inside our bodies when they were reforming us, that's the reason to why we need to have medical check ups every two months." Azalae takes his coat off and shows a scar on his right tricep "He will die slowly and that is what he will deserve. His was implanted on his left legs bicep." they keep on moving away, their silhouettes disappearing with the wind.
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Inside a small building Robert can be seen, he is now much older. On his left leg there seems to be an ugly large scar on his bicep. "So you must be Robert, the so called hunter. My name is Donovan and I have a job for you, this right here is the woman who killed my partner. I want you to bring me her head, and you will get a hefty sum." Donovan then hands him a sketch of Ashly.
"Very well then, I usually don't kill women but for the right price anything goes." Robert smiles "Where might she be from?" He asked
"Since we were in a location of the Iron Deadlock. There's this one place they occupy and it's the nearest, it's called Greenside." Donovan said and gives him a map to the place, Robert takes it and leaves
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"Ashly listen to me" said an old man named Sam "Bruno was a good man, he raised you like a daughter. If he was still alive this all wouldn't have happens to you. You would of turned out to be a decent kid, but we couldn't help. Ashly listen, we don't remember the last time we were good people. That's the reason why we never took you in, we believed that you would of turned out worse if we do but. Looking at it now, I think we should of and I'm sorry Ashly."
"Shut up" Ashly said "That doesn't matter to me anymore, I hate this place so much." She looks ahead and sees Greenside just a few minutes away
In the outskirts of Greenside Lucas is waiting, he then spots Ashly who is in a horse with an older man. Ashly gets off the horse and spots Lucas, she has bandages on her body "Ashly are you alright?" Lucas runs at her, Ashly surprisingly doesn't push him when he gets to close "What happen to you? Are you alright?" he asked with a concerned voice
Ashly turns as the old man leaves. She lowers her head "Lucas, I want to run away. I can't be part of this gang anymore, my whole body is messed up." Ashly says which catches Lucas off guard, Ashly takes a deep breath "Help me leave this dump, my body is much worse than before and it will get worse if I stay. I can't run as fast anymore Lucas, my arm can't grip as hard as it used to."
"Well Alright Ashly if that's what you want, but there's one thing I ask of you. That is that you change." Ashly looks up at him with tired eyes, Lucas takes a deep breath "I mean that your behavior it has to change, I excused it as it was what kept you alive here. But you no longer plan to stay and you have no more excuses, if you don't change you will be caught and cause too much trouble. I'm willing to help you, but if you don't change, I don't know what I'll do." Lucas said with all his might
"I'll try, I don't think I'll be easy. I doubt that I have to change, but I don't want to die here." Ashly says. Lucas closes his eyes and smiles at her "I can't handle this place anymore, be useful for once." Ashly said, she doesn't belive she will change but lying is her only way for Lucas to help her.