No Man's Land

A Burning Ambition

Liam was suddenly awakened with a bucket of water being thrown onto his face, he opened his eyes and looked up to see a man in red and black uniform standing over him, who laid a bucket on the floor and took an assault rifle out of his belt, aiming it at Liam.

"Get up," he ordered.

"Alright" said Liam, taking a second to wipe water off of his face.

"GET UP!" The man shouted.

"OKAY" replied Liam, getting up immediately.

"Now. Sit on the bed" ordered the man, Liam sitting down on the bed in the room.

"I'm on the bed" said Liam, his voice slightly shaky, knowing he had no retaliation.

The man tucked the assault rifle into his belt, stepping back and pulling back a door, closing it.

As Liam sat on the bed thinking, the door opened, a woman stepping inside of the room.

"You" said Liam.

"Hello Mr Donavan. Did we enjoy our time in 1944?" Smiled Kathryn.

"How did you-" asked Liam.

"Find out? At the site of our destroyed mansion, thank you for the kind note by the way, we obviously saw the ship, and went aboard. We discovered it was an extraterrestrial ship and that its recent visits had been to 1944 and a planet named inhumanus." Informed Kathryn.

"Why am I here?" Asked Liam.

"Why don't you ask me what you really want to know?" Asked Kathryn.

"Okay. Why am I here if it would be so much easier to kill me?" Asked Liam.

"Mr Donovan, killing isn't a solution to everything. Anyway, why would I kill you when I can do so much more whilst keeping you alive?" Asked Kathryn.

"If you lay a finger on my friends I swear to God" threatened Liam angrily.

"You're in no position to threaten me Mr Donovan, because from now on, your life is simple. You will sleep, eat and drink, all in here. You will never leave. Accept it." She said, before walking out and closing the door.

Liam laid down on the bed completely, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, before opening his eyes and staring up at the roof.

Meanwhile, Theo arrived in a jeep outside a warehouse with Tim and some gang members, all of them getting out.

They walked inside, across from them was a man and four other men, all holding assault rifles, standing in front of a jeep.

"Good to see you, Theo," said the man.

"How do you know me?" Asked Theo.

"Everyone knows you now, your face is everywhere, now let me tell you why you're here" said the man.

"Okay, go ahead," replied Theo.

"Recently, the military sent a shipment of weapons into the Chester area. We managed to retrieve them. We want to work with you to sell them to anyone who wants them, we split the profits fifty fifty and once the weapons are gone, we seperate." The man explained.

"Ludicrous" said Tim, rolling his eyes.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Asked the man.

"He said it's ludicrous, and I agree. I mean, why would we want to give weapons to anyone that could turn into a possible rival. However, you could offer us them and we will take all of them" said Theo.

The man laughed, "like hell. We'd make much more by selling them to individuals separately and charging higher rather than selling them all to you at once."