American Downfall

Day Of Survival

Morning seemed to drag on but both troops seemed to be doing ok. The girls were now gathering their things as the boys were in the kitchen, "How's everything?" Andrew came from the kitchen as something was cooking while Sammy leaned back onto the wall as she sat on the floor, "Everyone is going to shower again then we're going to go." Earlier that morning Sammy did a head count on both groups, but one was missing, "Where's Firecracker?" Andrew tilted his head slightly looking at her, "He should be around here somewhere." Sammy shook her head, her gray unbrushed hair boxed her pale face, "Did a count like an hour ago and didn't see him, he hasn't been back." Andrew just looked at her gray eyes before moving to the kitchen, "Drake, Eren, Go see if the car is out back." They nodded making their way out the front door, "Foods done!" Levi shouted as he began to give everyone a plate. The plates where a decent size since the guys had always stocked up and even before then Tyler was a food hoarder. Andrew looked back at Sammy as the two guys ran in with Firecracker behind them, "We need to go, now!" Drake shouted, "Count!" Sammy yelled from the living room standing to hurry, putting her things away into her bag as the guys rushed into the back room; the girls counted off to five, "What happened!?" Derek and Tyler began to argue as everyone rushed to get what they needed, "I don't know I was out of the clear then something just spiked!" Derek looked to Tyler, knowing something wasn't right, "If you're lying." Tyler inhaled looking at him, "Maybe they saw me grabbing things from the place on St. Avenue." "I fucking knew it!" "Shut the hell up and let go, no one is going to matter if we're all dead!" Isabella shouted looking over, "Get your heads out of your asses and let's go!" "How much gas?" "Uh half a tank, we can get about 25 miles if driven right." Tyler hesitated to answer but as everyone stood at the back sliding door they heard shouting from the outside, "Check the perimeter we gotta get this guy before he's gone!" "Have they caught you before!?" Kieko squeaked, "About that..." "This is why we said we needed to shave your head!" Derek slapped Tyler in the head, "Let's go!" Andrew yelled just as Sammy shouted, "Be ready!" Andrew yanked the door open, "Got a group!" Everyone ran for the hammer just as shots went off. There was a small setback when Tyler got caught by a bullet and went right through his shoulder, being caught off guard made him stumble back and be swallowed by shock. Derek and Levi stopped and ran back to pull him from the bullets that had been shot off, "You're going to be ok!" The sound of the bullets pang off the metal of the car. Andrew and Eren were upfront, in the middle were Levi, Tyler, Drake, and Derek, and in the trunk of the car were the girls, "Stay awake Ty!" The guys had begun to put pressure on his wound the best they could... Sammy just stared, "Hey." Isabella tapped her shoulder, "Sammy." Sammy snapped out of it as Andrew slammed on the gas and sent it down the dirt road, "Uh take his shirt off, Derek put pressure on the front of his shoulder, Kyler pushed on the back of his shoulder." When Sammy said that everything just started to go into hyperdrive no one thought about time or even how fast they were going even though they had lost the military in a couple minutes after they set off, no one even said anything or realized that the back window was shot out exposing the girls completely. Tyler was now shirtless and had pressure going onto his wound. Rose pulled out a blanket and had put it around him so he wasn't cold, Sammy then pulled out peroxide and bandages and had Derek wrap him up the best he could so he could get Tyler's shirt back on.

What felt like a couple hours the hammer had run out of gas and thankfully they weren't far from the girls' home, "What do we do about the car?" Rose asked as they all climbed out of the vehicle, "Thankfully we're on the side of the road.... Maybe if we can get it into the ditch maybe?" Kieko looked at Andrew, "I'll see if it'll turn over if not, then we leave it but if it runs, we'll move it and try to find more gas for it." Andrew got back into the car as Derek and Levi held onto Tyler who was having sweats and falling in and out of consciousness, "We need to get into the woods." Sammy said with her eyes looking at her, half of the group walking behind the vehicle with the girls following her, "Yes!" Andrew exclaimed, the hammer kicking over. Andrew began to move it as the guys moved into the woods with the girls, "Grab some tree branches so we can cover it." Drake moved to grab a couple broken limbs as Levi and Eren helped along with some leaves, "How's everyone holding up?" "Ok looking through our things now, we should get going as soon as the guys are ready, we can't be out free if they've seen the car and us again." Bowe looked to Sammy then to Isabella, "She's right if they saw us there, they wouldn't let us go that easily." Isabella stood, pulling her bag on, "Tyler has a few minutes before he passes out again, we need to move quickly." As that was said the guys pulled on the packs and followed the girls into the woods, Andrew pulled his bag on walking backwards to make sure no one was in sight of being seen, "Rose." Sammy looked back at her pretending not to be her cousin, Rose walked up beside Sammy passing the now mixed group, "What's up?" "Tell Derek to let Tyler drink the last of the water even if it's ours, if he doesn't the oxygen in his body can reduce a lot faster than we want." Rose looked at her, "You want me to talk to him?" "Yes, go and tell Andrew we need to talk." Rose looked at her once more, not understanding why she chose her instead of Isabella, "Ok." Sammy turned her head to watch Rose walk away, "Sure you're making the right choice with making her the messenger?" Bowe asked who was walking with Kyler right behind her, "We'll find out soon if I made the wrong decision." Kyler glanced back to see Andrew walking up behind them, "Your boyfriend is coming." Sammy said nothing and continued to walk to make the line move.

Life Or Death

They managed to get Tyler up into the tree house safely, Sammy had given the guys a piece of rope to tie around Tyler's waist to pull him up along as someone climbed right under him to make sure that the rope was secure, "How are we going to all fit in here for long?" "It's not that small, we can rearrange to make everyone comfortable." Tyler was now on the couch with a blanket over him and new bandages that Sammy changed herself to make sure he was ok... Only reason why he was fast asleep now was because of the pain the wound had given him, with Sammy sewing him up herself. Drake stayed by his older brother's side as hours passed, making sure he drank some water every thirty minutes or so. The rest of Andrew's group was spread out enough around the room to make sure there was space for everyone to have their own space and to walk if needed, "Did you get the bags from the tree?" Sammy asked quietly as she leaned in the doorway of the kitchen, "Yeah but..." "I know... We'll stay until he heals." Isabella nodded and moved away from Sammy as she just watched the two groups intertwine in the main room trying to think of a way to make it easier for everyone to sleep, "We can move the couch AKA Tyler onto the hatch until we decide to go out again so that puts him in the corner then slide the mattress up against the wall next to the couch." Rose had walked into the kitchen to get some more water, "It sounds like it would work," Sammy turned to look at her as Rose sat in the only chair in the kitchen, "Will you put those somewhere so we can have them on occasion." Sammy nodded to the warm small apple juice bottles that sat on the counter next to a trash bag filled with food stuff, "Do you want me to take junk food and flavored drinks?" "Yeah, probably should, we should save some of the things we won't be able to have in the near future... Don't tell anyone though, ok?" Sammy walked into the main room to explain the plan.

The plan was to have a group go out and scout from early in the morning and before nightfall to get what was needed and gather as much as they could right now... Everyone was arguing about who went and who stayed, "I vote for you all to shut the hell up!" Isabella yelled and looked to everyone as Sammy stood in the middle of the room running her hand through her hair and her other arm crossed her hips letting her right hand sit on her left hip, everyone had quiet down but then spiked again, "HEY!" Andrew yelled making everyone stop and looked... His voice wasn't that deep but when he holds it and let it out to yell it was deep and almost husky, it scared most of them due to him being so calm. The girls all sat back due to not hearing something so loud that was so close, but Sammy stiffened into standing up straight, "Listen, ok? We all trust who we have claimed as leaders, yes?" Everyone looked to their separate group leaders before looking back to Andrew, "We're going to pick three from each group and call it good are we clear?" Everyone was a bit hesitant but the guys all just nodded, and Sammy didn't budge from her spot, "We will tell you all in ten minutes, if you're going or not pack up." Isabella stated watching her best friend quietly before moving to her, "Sam." She gently put a hand on her shoulder making Sammy flinch and pull away fast, "It's ok, it's me." Sammy inhaled looking to her giving a small smile, "Yeah, sorry." Isabella, "Do you have anyone in mind?" Sammy looked to her then to the kitchen and nodded, "Let's go talk." Isabella walked with her as Drake and Andrew followed them, "I want Isabella, Kyler, and Kieko to go." Drake tilted his head as they all stood close together, "Kieko? The blue haired one?" "What of it?" Isabella looked to him, "She just seems too bubbly and not focused." Sammy shook her head, interrupting Isabella, "I sent these three to the other side of town because they work well together, Kyler and Kieko are an overkill match, they may not seem close, but their fight or flight radars are exact." Sammy took a small step into Drake, feeling a small anger rising, "Take them and work with Bella or leave with a three-man group." Andrew looked to see how Sammy's behavior had changed over the course of a few minutes, "Fine, I'm taking the twins if it's over kill we want." Drake said before walking off giving Andrew a look of disapproval, "Go get them ready." Sammy looked at Isabella before moving to her pack that sat on the counter, "You okay Cloud?" Sammy looked at Andrew, "Cloud?" He gave a low chuckle but even then, Sammy felt like she needed to keep her guard up, "Your hair reminds me of gray clouds." She just nodded and began to fill up the empty bottles that sat on the counter as she sat her bag down on the floor, "Are you ok?" Andrew got closer to her, but his yelling still echoed through her, "I'm fine." She took a step away from him making him stop, "I'm going to make sure everyone is all set." Sammy didn't say anything or stop filling the bottles, letting Andrew slowly walk away.