Beginning of the End

XVIII

I slung Edge over my shoulder and walked over to the Storage, where I saw Aysa helping Stef with the new ammo.

"What'd ya bring me?" I asked as I walked up.

"It's more so what I brought for Stef," He smiled, "But tons of stuff. Arrows and bullets mostly over here. We took the clothes to the CMC, so you could do with the distributing how you wanted to."

"Excellent." I heard a car door close off towards the Front Gate. I turned and saw a black truck.

"Fucking great," Aysa turned and grabbed a Glock and handed it to me, "Just in case." He smiled. He picked up his m12 and made sure the clip was loaded. We began to walk to the Gate when I saw Alek, Gabrielle, Cj, and my stepdad step out of the truck.

"Son of a bitch."

"Well, hello." My stepdad smiled as we both approached the Gate.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Oh, look at this," My stepdad smiled, "An audience." I turned to look behind me, the others had started to form around us. I turned back.

"I asked you a fucking question." I said through gritted teeth.

"Whoa now... I'm not here to get hostile. I'm here for a few reasons, but that is not one." He was smiling, very condescendingly. I glanced over at Gabrielle, who was standing closer to Cj then she was Alek.

"Does he repulse you too?" I asked.

"Excuse me?" She spat at me. I chuckled.

"I get it! You're fucking them both!" She turned a slight shade of red, "Oh, I'm sorry, did Alek not know?" I covered my mouth, as if I was shocked. I felt a presence beside me, so I turned to see Lamar, who nodded at me, holding his Scorpion.

"You're a dumb bit-"

"Oh, such harsh words for a twelve year old boy." I interrupted her.

"Ladies..." My stepdad held his hand up, "Can't we all just be civil?"

"I'll be civil when she's in the fucking ground." Gabrielle stated harshly.

"Oh, that hurts. Here, I thought, we could do each other's hair and nails." I fake sobbed.

"Jade, just shut the fuck up." Alek rolled his eyes. I turned to him.

"You don't get to fucking talk to me like that."

"I can talk to you however I fucking please." He smirked. I felt my blood run hot. I hated that smirk.

"Ask your bitch how that worked out for her," I turned to Gabrielle, "It's nice to see your eye is okay." I smiled at her.

"Go to hell." She muttered, rolling her eyes.

"Are we honestly just gonna be fucking five year olds about this?" My stepdad asked, irritatedly.

"I have asked what you were doing here." I answered. I felt more presences around me. I glanced out my peripherals to see Tyler, Nick, Jed, Khalil, Cymon, and Elyas. All armed with sub machine guns. I smiled to myself.

"Whoa now..." My stepdad put his arms up, as a sign of surrender, "I just wanted to talk."

"Talk." I demanded. He put his arms down.

"I came to ask your people... If there's anyone here who does not wish to live in the community, you can come with us to our town." I looked at his as if he had lost his mind.