The Lantern Bearers

chapter 14: Moares and more emporium

A week has passed and yui was still unconscious, but breathing.

I took the ball of matter to Nathan and he thought it was the coolest thing ever.....until i told him what the hell it was and was....hesitant to buy it on count that it was a compressed pharmacy, three dead bodies, and a bunch of anomalies. There was a passing, traveling scientist that bought it off of me for a good chunk of money, but i didn't tell him how it really happened, just said an anomaly did it and made it sound believable. He bought both the story and the ball, and left, giddily excited to study it.

Due to the loss of the pharmacy, nathan had to order some prenatal vitamins, but it'll be a week or so before we see them.

"Shit...well there goes that idea..." i said, sitting in the same bedroom room as the others, which was a run down building in the haven.

"What do we do?" Zeus asked, laying in the floor, staring at the ceiling.

"I-i'm sure I'll be fine without the vitamins for a while, really it's fine!" Willow said, trying to make us feel better.

"That damned karma....." i growled.

"Who?" Willow asked.

"Karma....aka, phantom strider." I said

"She's crazy and creepy!" Zeus exclaimed.

"Ey, you did a great job, kid. Not many have landed a shot on her and walked away." I said with a smile.

He grinned at the compliment.

"How was she zipping all over the place??" Willow asked.

"She's a tainted, augmented to be the perfect sniper. She has perfect vision, augment nightvision implants, four high-tech drones as you seen, a unique sniper rifle, and an anomaly power that allows her to teleport from one location to another. She's the idea of the perfect sniper, hence the codename Phantom." I explained.

Zeus looked to the side like something was eating at him.

"What up, kid?" I said, sipping on my flask.

"Always have something to drink, doncha..." willow snided.

"Back ooooff." I groaned.

"We heard what you said at the burn barrel the other night." He said.

"Oh?"

"THE FUCK YOU MEAN "OH?"!? you're whole gimmick is to be friendly and send them off to die, more or less!"

"Was."

"I don't care!! How do we know this isn't an act?! Karma showed up with all of us present and could have wiped us out easily!! Explain that one!!"

I sighed and took another sip.

"Good booze."

"DON'T IGNORE ME!!" zeus yelled.

"If it was under his control, we wouldn't be here. Plus he got shot too and she even pressed a knife to his throat and was violating him basically. He tried to make a run for the pharmacy and got injured.....over my needs...." willow said.

Zeus would look down at the floor, but i reached over and ruffled his hair. He smacked my hand away lightly and smiled.

"Little turd heheh." I said with a smile

"It'll take a week...." willow said with a sigh.

I would hear a vehicle approaching. It was a modified MTVR 4x4 cargo jeep with a roof over the back cargo area, with lanterns dangling off the four corners of the jeep. This jeep belonged to the quack, Mr.Moares of the "Moares and more, emporium". The guy will literally pick up any sorta junk on his way here and throw it in the back, along with the official supplies from the government. He's notorious for being clumsy and breaking shit as he throws junk in the back of his jeep, but he never gets in trouble for it and its not like we can complain what he brings and what condition its in.