No Man's Land

Potential

A gang member knocked on the front door of the pub, a fellow gang member opened it and everyone let themselves inside, carrying Clara as Theo followed, wondering how he could save Clara.

Barbara got off of a chair and saw they were carrying Clara into the pub, before they laid her down on the floor.

"Who is this?" Barbara asked, confused.

"The only person remaining at the flat that had been trying to interfere with our search, I have no idea what her name is" one of the gang members said.

Theo hung onto hope for a second, at least they didn't know who Clara was.

That was until Barbara spoke again. "Wait a minute, I think I saw a few wanted posters of her, they were put out by that bitch Sofia. I think it said her name was Clara Thorne!"

"Clara Thorne? That name rings a bell, I heard she was a loyal member for a long time of Sofia's, then she defected to that team that's been disrupting every gang's activities" a gang member chimed in.

"Hmm. This is useful. We can trade Clara to Sofia for some supplies and a deal of temporary peace" smiled Barbara.

A gang member walked over to Barbara, "shall we visit Sofia or would you rather to?"

"Neither, all of us are going to do it together" alerted Barbara.

Theo now grew more worried, if he went to the café his cover would be blown to Sofia.

"Theo, you stay here, keep our friend company" ordered Barbara, leaving the pub along with the gang.

Clara remained unconscious the entire time during the gang's absence, so Theo walked behind the bar, poured himself a small glass of wine and drank it in one.

A while later, Barbara arrived back at the pub along with her gang but Theo was surprised that Sofia wasn't there, just members of her gang who he recognised.

Once they saw him their expression switched, almost as if they had something to say like "you?!"

Theo reached his hand into his trouser pocket and showed Sofia's gang that a pistol was inside, which got them to look away and act as if they didn't know him.

"Where's Sofia?" Asked Theo.

"We met her, she sent her gang to do whatever they pleased with Clara over here. We agreed on temporary peace but she still didn't trust us enough to come here" informed Barbara.

Clara's eyes began to twitch, which alerted everyone that she was beginning to wake up.

One of Sofia's gang members walked behind the bar and grabbed a random bottle, they walked back over to Clara and opened the bottle, pouring all of the alcohol over her face to wake her up fully.

She rose her head up from the floor, wiping the alcohol off of her face and realising she was in danger.

A gang member of Sofia's grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up before pushing her back down onto the floor and punching her in the nose repeatedly.

Another gang member walked up behind her and lifted her up, putting her on her knees and forcing Clara to put her hands behind her back.

She stared around the room and realised Theo was there, a look of shock flashed across her face but she then looked away.

A gang member grabbed the empty bottle that had been poured over Clara and smashed it across her head.

"Now, tell us why you were there at the flat?" Asked Barbara.

"No. I'm not saying anything" said Clara, adamantly.

"Okay" said Barbara, walking around the room with her hands behind her back and walking to the back of Clara.