American Downfall

Meeting the Right People

Sammy's P.O.V

Everything was calm... It didn't feel right but if we kept it the way they thought they wanted it we could have an advantage. Bella and I made ourselves comfortable at the kitchen table near the door as Andrew and another sat on the other side. He seemed to look familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it... His dark green eyes seemed to follow me no matter what even if his black hair fell over his eyes, "Who's the mafia boss?" Bella asked, staring down at the kid next to Andrew, "Mafia boss?" The boy with dirty blonde hair tilted his head, his sandy brown eyes going to Bella, "You have the look, but I must admit," Bella leaned on the table, her arms staying close to her, "I would do a hell lot better than some muscle head." He didn't say anything, he just looked at Andrew then back at us, "Drake Woods, and you are?" Bella looked at me and I nodded, "Isabella Blackheart." They both stopped and just looked at us, "What?" Bella confronted them about the silence they had created in the kitchen, "You guys are the group." I watched and listened quietly, "What are you talking about?" Andrew took in a breath, "There's been a group of girls that have been mentioned over the radio every other day." I sat back and crossed my arms as Bella stayed where she was, "They call the group 6, say they've been on and off the radar for months." I scoffed, "Apparently every time they got caught, they got out or killed whoever was near them." I looked to Bella with a smile, "First off, we've been caught once, two, we've killed a couple in factories, town houses, and when we were clearly sleeping and that was just because they tried to jump us," Andrew gave me weird look, "And three, not our fault they can't watch for traps." "So, you guys have killed over dozens of them?" I gave him a look, "Like you would love to know." Drake eyed me carefully, "What are the terms?" Bella thankfully invaded the conversation. What I said wasn't false. We did get caught once but we were kept in the woods - that was our first ever wood test to get what we needed and to get out. However, I was caught again and that was about a day ago. We usually sat traps around our perimeters no matter where we were sometimes, we were too drained to even move so we would have a couple of us stay up to a point to make sure we all didn't die, "There's five of each of us, I say we pair up the groups and try to figure out what needs to be done." I looked at Bella, "I say you guys give us a room for the night, what we have we keep unless drastic measures, you stay out of our business unless we need your help," I sat up... They really didn't know how this was supposed to go, "It's going to rain any minute and I am not putting my group in a situation like that, if I wanted you dead, we would have killed you by now or ran you out of here." Drake sat up, "Hold on, this isn't a compromise, these are demands." Bella looked at me as I just looked at the two boys in front of me, "Fine you want a compromise? Give us a room, let us shower, and fill our water bottles, we'll give you the rest of the food we have but a day's worth so we can get back home, we need a place to stay out of the rain." Andrew looked at Drake then back at me, "If you try anything funny, we'll raid everything you have and keep whatever sending you out into the cold." I tilted my head, "You don't seem too fond of this negotiating thing." Andrew sighed, "I refuse to let anyone stay out in the cold, you can stay and if tonight doesn't go well then, you'll leave right away, if needed you can stay further if everything is fine and recover... From looking at your face and your little off balanced step from earlier, it seems like you need a place to lay low for a couple days." Bella gave a glare, "We'll see what happens, but you do anything to hurt our group or go to one of them for plans before you talk to us or pull for a meeting, I will make sure you won't be able to see another day." "Protective and violent, it looks good on you." Drake smirked. I gave a laugh, "Barking up the wrong tree my friend." He looked to me and leaned in, "You're pretty cute yourself." "Let me stop you there... I don't flirt with muscle heads." I got up and walked back into the living room as Bella I believe started to raid their fridge. I wasn't going to take no for an answer. The rain is a major setback and if we are wet no one will be happy and finding shelter from here would have taken hours and everything in our packs would get ruined and we'd have to somehow find a way to make things smell better... I wasn't going to let my family get stuck in a shitty situation. I looked around to see everyone still separated as Andrew walked in and stood next to me, "You girls can use the bathroom and we'll begin to figure out the preparations for tonight." Not to sound weird or anything but using big words kind of proves that you're a leader if you use the proper words and make negotiations and make sure you're about two or three steps ahead you know you got the spot for a reason, "Bo Bo and Ky, you go first.'' A kid with red hair stood up, "Bathroom is right there with everything in their works.'' The girls grabbed their bags and made their way as everyone stayed quiet until we all heard the shower turn on, "Let's get acquainted.'' Andrew said walking to the guys. Bella made her way to the group just as I sat back on the couch besides Rose. The kid with the bright red hair stood up, "I'm Tyler Hale." "I'm calling you Clifford." Bella said making me give a small laugh... I know it was cheesy and dumb but you gotta enjoy what you have at the moment, "Sure.'' He shrugged and made his way back into one of the rooms. Two other guys stood up at the same time, "I'm Eren Vargas." "And I'm Levi Stone!" These two seem to be troublesome with how loud they talked. Eren had a good build on him, his hair was short and brown, his eyes were an ocean blue. Levi was a bit shorter than he was and looked younger than Eren, he had long brown hair that was messily pushed back and at an angle, his eyes were golden brown but not nearly as close as Bella's. We introduced ourselves and in front of us everything seemed to go well.