Cool night breeze flows through the wasteland as we approach the look out we had decided before we left. With nothing accept our packs with no firearms, medicine or descent clothes. We stop on top of a hill a few miles away. There camp is still visible although they look like ants patrolling the perimeter of there camp, going in and out of there small rotten, broken buildings. The scope has come in handy so far as we take it in turns looking at the camp.
"I reckon we just sneak in there." Hayden utters and starts explaining his plan until the rest of us give him a look.
"Are you mad?" Tyler speaks with disbelief "We can't sneak in there it's impossible. We will be seen easily." He passes me the scope and i beguine to look through it.
I see people walking and talking to each other. A few prisoners getting kicked around, tortured. My heart breaks for them but we can't save them.
"We need to look for a disguise or something." Miles suggests which is what i suggested at the house we were at but Tyler said it wouldn't work. I am still avoiding Miles, it's awkward now after we...well. I saw how jealous he got when Hayden arrived. I wanted to talk to Miles about it but i'm lost for my words. If he does care about me why doesn't he just tell me? But i can't think of my relationship with Miles now this is about Sabina.We rest in the silence as i scan the camp and then pan over near the exits slowly panning. I see a small group of maybe three down near the road. They are wearing the same uniform with bandannas over there mouths and black tops with red tight pants. I point them out saying "I think we found where we are getting our disguises from." They are in the perfect spot. Out of sight of guards patrolling on the camp and an easy ambush position, they couldn't make it any easier for us.
Our little plan is going smoothly but i still can't jinx it. Tyler is closest to me while Miles and Hayden are on the other side of the small patrol group. They speak with a disgusting tone and horrific words. They are talking about how they had tortured a deformed man. They scare me. I grip my knife in my hand tighter listening to there icy words.
Tyler looks back at me and together we count to three. We jump out from behind the rocks knifes and rocks in our hands our attempt to make weapons out of our surroundings. We take them by surprise that's for sure. There is three of them, all boys.The young boy with strawberry blond hair and ghostly pale skin. He is so young. His body tenses as i grip him holding my knife against his neck. Miles has the boy across from me and Tyler had the middle boy. They are all so young, seventeen maybe sixteen.
"Drop your weapons now!" Tyler demands gripping the boy tighter with his knife resting firmly against the lower part of the boys jaw. They all do what he asks and slowly drop there weapons still in there headlocks. Miles glances over at me and I look at him-it's the first time i've had given him eye contact since yesterday and I almost go limb remembering the moment we shared. Stop! Pay attention.Tyler instinctively throws the young boy sideways plowing his head into a dark blue pointed boulder, the boy goes limb and blood starts to poor out of his head. The boy in my grip struggles and my grip comes loose and he fly's towards the ground. I panic as he reaches towards one of the firearms as Miles and Tyler yell at him. His hand reaches for the rifle and out of no where i drive my knife into his hand, I hear the knife scrape against the road. I couldn't have done that. It didn't feel like i had no control but yet i did. I had to do it. I start to shake as the boy is still crying out in pain. I stand over him blood pooling around the bottom of his hand.
"I-I-" I beguine to stutter. Tyler and Miles stare at me and Hayden is still hidden in the shadows. Tyler kicks into action walking over to the boy. He looks up at Tyler still shaking, letting out quivering breaths. Tyler just kicks the boy in the face with extraordinary power making me flinch and the boy fall down still laying there on the cracked pavement. The other young boy has the same thing happened to him (a kick in the face) and he goes down like the other one did.
"Let's get changed." Tyler's manly voice orders. I still stand there moved by the pain we had inflicted on these boys. I yank my knife out making me feel queasy. Tyler grips my shoulder asking with his eyes 'are you okay?' i don't give him a response and instead start stripping the boys clothes off.
We wear the full uniform, Miles, Tyler and I. We left Hayden with the boys and our gear due to us having one less uniform. We don't speak to each other or even communicate. I'm so scared. If we get caught were done for it's a one-to-ten position here and i just want to drop down and cover my eyes. When ever one of them look at me I freak out and look towards Tyler who is amazingly calm. We wonder together past each building glancing into the windows. Miles spots a darker room with a person laying in it getting shouted at. He stops and taps Tyler and then Tyler taps me.
"I don't need to use the bathroom!" We hear Sabina shout at the large figure standing over her. He picks her up and slaps her, the sound of it carries almost feeling the pain of it. Tyler storms off towards the door and I follow him. Miles is left at the window looking into it.I follow Tyler's every move. He opens the door and storms into the small house type building with three holding cells in it, one of them holding Sabina. I shut the door behind Tyler and then he calls in a tough voice "Hey!" The man spins and drops Sabina, she groans out in pain when she hits the floor. The man steps out of the cell.
"What the hell do you want?" He looks over at me "Who's your lady friend? No women are allowed in here accept Missy." Tyler grips his rifle and then hits the man under the chin flinging his head back but he just bounces back gripping Tyler and pushing him against the wall holding his throat. Tyler is going red.
I grab my knife out and jump on the man but he pushes me off and I go sliding across the floor scratching myself with my knife. Tyler is going even more red and i have to do something fast. I run at the man knife pointed out in front of me. I stab him in the side of his fat neck and he releases Tyler. I still have a hold of the knife as the man falls to his knees, i start moving the knife trying to get it out making the man bleed even more, he gets to his side with blood spilling out of his mouth. He is dead.
Tyler doesn't waste time to catch his breath and crawls towards Sabina's cell. Miles stands behind me frozen. The mans blood is on my hands and knife, i look up at Miles pale and about to be sick. I absent minded wipe my hands on my pants as i hear Tyler say behind me "Come on" as he pulls her off the ground, she makes a slight grunt "Were getting you out of hear."
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Tales of the Wasteland
Science Fiction Living in a world 230 years after a world wide nuclear war that damaged the whole world and turned it into a giant wasteland. Water is barely safe to drink and raiders scavenge and terrorise the land in search of blood shed, food, and we...