A Little Word Called Love

Part 10: Unforseen

"You are a nice shot," The Savior spoke directly to John.

"Shut up," Jorge said "Why were you shooting at us?"

"Trying to cripple your boat so we can talk. We never intended to sink you."

"Talk about what?" Jorge asked.

"You joining us."

"Who exactly is us?" Lilith continued to ask.

"We are your saviors. How this group came about is it all started when I save another group of people from a hoard of those nasty infectors. Our group got larger after two other smaller groups leader got killed by a man named Zargo and a sniper shot from this little settlement in Sarasota."

"Raiders and Savages..." Lilith remarked.

"You know them?"

John spoke up "I was the sniper in Sarasota and Zargo was her friend. If you think we want to join you now the you are out of your mind."

"Oh well I guess I used the wrong strategies." He quickly reached down for his gun to draw it and fire. The shot hit Emily in the stomach. As she fell over he started running back to his truck suppressing fire from the others. Jorge tried to run for the truck, but The Savior sped off before he could reach the tailgate.

Lilith said "Something tells me that's not the last we will see of him."

Garrus was attending to the aid of Emily who was bleeding out.

"Oh my God..." Garrus whimpered.

"Tiffany can you do anything?" Lilith said to her.

"Umm," she was stuttering under the pressure "I don't kn-know. I-I need a second."

"She doesn't have a second!" Garrus yelled.

"Is the bullet still inside her?" She asked while checking the bleeding wound "There isn't an exit wound..."

"What does that mean?" he asked.

"Unless you want me to perform a very amateur surgery at this very moment with practically no supplies to keep her stable she is a goner...I'm sorry."

He got angry "You haven't even tried!"

Damien walked in front of him "She just explained why she couldn't. Just calm down."

More hatred blinded him when he pulled out his machete "I would love to see her fix this," He lunged the massive knife forward into his stomach out his back, twisted it inside his body and pushed him on the floor. Jorge immediately ran up to tackle Garrus. Emily's heart drifted away until it stopped; her body was laying on the ground lifeless. Damien's body was rolling around in pain, grunting and groaning until he was aided by Tiffany who was crying over his dying body blinded by what to do. A few seconds later Damien said while he coughed up blood "Please...cure this thing sweetheart," His head then fell back on the ground dangling lifeless in Tiffany's arms.

Lilith sat down where she stood trying to contemplate what just happened "Tiffany?"

Jorge was holding Garrus on the ground with his magnum to his head "Tell me why I shouldn't pull this trigger right now!"

"JUST FUCKING DO IT! I WANT TO DIE!" he yelled back at him.

John look at Jorge and shook his head "Tie him up," John said "And bring him with us. If he wants to die then lets not respect his wishes. Jorge kept holding Garrus with his arms behind his back until John got some rope. He tied it tight and helped Garrus up while Tiffany was still holding Damien's body.

"My wife..." Garrus said "You can't leave her like this."

Jorge was ignorant so he said "Maybe we can. Come on lets get moving."

Lilith talked to Jorge "There is no reason for us to be in a rush."

"Savior knows we are here."

"And he knows if he comes back he will die. One bullet from each of us. Maybe more from Tiffany..."

"Where are we gonna go then?"

Meanwhile Garrus was walking over to Emily not being noticed by anyone else.

BB had a suggestion "We could stay in the boat. It can easily be defended and it can still float right? So just take it like 100 feet from the dock and anchor it down."

Garrus kneed down to look at her when her eyes suddenly opened. In the back the were still making the plan "Alright I guess that will work. Just sort all this out and--" She lunged forward taking a huge bite out of his neck making him scream for the heavens.

"OH SHIT!" BB exclaimed drawing her attention towards them. She took her sword and slice the top half of Emily's head off then immediately impaling Garrus' head on the dock. She turned to Tiffany and yelled "Damien is about to turn." She went up to her with her sword ready to swing when she was stopped by Tiffany pointing the barrel of her gun at BB's head.

"I know how this works," she said.

BB back off when Jorge said "Well just make sure you.."

He stopped when Tiffany looked at him "Yeah cool..." He continued to say "Okay well lets just get on the boat."

A few hours passed and Tiffany was still weeping over Damiens body.

BB whispered to Lilith "He should have turned by now. Emily was so quick."

"Give it time he will turn eventua-" she was interrupted by a gunshot.

Tiffany stood up from the body which she pushed off the edge of the dock. She walked back the boat without a single sound. Lilith stopped her "I'm gonna need your gun."

Tiffany stared at her "Why?" She said in a blank expression.

"Chris..."

She grumbled and handed the pistol over. Lilith handed it to John; he put it on safety and shoved it in the back of his pants. Jorge deroped the boat from the dock and went out a few hundred feet then lowered the anchor. Everyone was below deck surrounding the small dining table.

"What do we do in the morning?" BB asked Jorge.

"We keep moving, but for now we wait."

"This was just so..." John couldn't find the word to describe what just happened.

"Unforseen," Lilith finished.

"Yeah...unforseen."