Last Hope

Chapter Two

Blue team rushed to the side of the truck Tucker was lying on.

"I'll boost you guys up there," Noob said "then I'll stay down here on look out."

"Alright," Sabre said "Doc first, he's probably gonna need medical attention."

"Probably?" Doc said "I'd be surprised if he's still got a hand."

Chy smacked Doc in the head, even though they all had their helmets on, Doc could feel her glaring at him.

"Sorry," Doc said.

Noob boosted each of them up one of a time with Doc being first, and then he sat at the base of the truck, waiting for them to get Tucker back on his feet. When they all got up there Doc had taken his helmets off and was amazed at what he saw. Tucker was lying down on the truck holding his hand that had gotten hit.

It was still there, not even a scratch was on it.

"How in the hell," Chy said "did you manage that?"

"I told you guys," Tucker started "I'd be OK." He didn't say anything afterwards, just smiled. After they got him back on his feet, they stood on the top of the truck. "I'll explain everything later, right now we need to get to my camp."

"Are you sure you're OK?" Doc asked as he put on his helmet.

"Yeah," Tucker said standing up "I'm fine, we need to get out of here before the second one shows up."

"The second what?" Chy asked.

"Hunter" Tucker said "they always travel in pairs you didn't know that?"

They all stayed silent.

"If anything matters," Noob said at the bottom of the truck "I knew that."

"When we get to camp," Chy whispered "remind me to smack him."

"Alright," Tucker whispered back, then he spoke a little louder "well the camp is this way, pull him up and we'll keep moving."

After Sabre and Doc pulled Noob onto the truck, they kept moving down the street as they had before the hunter blocked their path. Tucker took point, with Sabre on his right and Chy on his left, Clementine directly behind him and Noob in the back of the group scanning the rooftops for snipers.

"Alright, here we are," Tucker said " welcome to what's been my home since the first attack happened."

"Not that big," Noob said "but I guess it's just you, and you want something that doesn't attract too much attention."

"Yeah," Tucker said "you're right."

Chy patted Noob on the shoulder.

"You guys go on in," Sabre said "I wanna talk with Clementine."

"Alright," Tucker said "don't be too long, a patrol might come by."

After all of them had gone in, Sabre and Clementine started talking.

"Do you know how he did it?" Clementine asked.

"Did what?" Sabre said.

"Survive," Clementine said "nobody could survive a hit like that, not even a Spartan."

"I don't know," Sabre said shaking his head "so how'd you know it was him, when he shot at us?"

"He taught me those countersigns," She said "when him and I were younger, he taught me how to hold a gun, move like a soldier, defend myself, and..."

"And what?" He asked.

"And he cared about me," she said with something caught in her throat "he made me feel wanted, he cared about what I had to say, did, and what I thought. I was gonna tell him I liked him, but he enlisted and was shipped out before I could say anything."