Chapter 5: The Siege

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        "We've been through this fifty times now," Cesar said.

        "And we'll go through it another fifty if we have to," Arlington said.

        Edgar aggressively stomped into the room with a chain of shackles.

        "Get up, fecal matter!" Edgar demanded as he unchained and rechained each prisoner.

        "Crap," Ambrose quietly exclaimed.

        Ambrose was at the end of the chain while Cesar then Arlington proceeded him. Ambrose, noticing Edgar payed little attention to him,  grabbed his satchel hoping to stay inside the plan. Edgar walked them down the stairs and outside to an already made man-length, man-high grave. It was wedged between the wall of the prison and the stone walls of Fort Kino.

        "Get in!" Edgar ordered.

        "I'm a dandelion and you can blow me," Arlington snapped.

        "WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME!" Edgar screamed as he delivered a dead stare at Arlington. While he stared at Arlington, Ambrose fumbled through his satchel looking for potion. Eventually he found it and swiftly jumped towards Edgar and smashed the glass bottle on his head. A sizzling sound came from the glass-filled wound on the forehead. Everyone stood frozen waiting for a response from Edgar. After what seemed like a minute, Ambrose grabbed the club out of Edgar's holster and bashed him in the temple with butt of the weapon. Edgar tumbled into the hole conscious but finally feeling the full extent of the potion. Without speaking, all three men determined what to do with Edgar, make a joke about Edgar being in a hole and then kill him. After the joke, Ambrose jumped into the hole and bashed Edgar brains in a brutal fashion. Ambrose crawled out of the hole covered in blood.

        "...Hey... Ambrose buddy," Arlington asked.

        "Never felt this good!" Ambrose stated in amazement.

        "Are you truly a doctor?" Cesar questioned.

        "Yes, everyone has another part they'd rather keep to themselves," Ambrose responded.

        On the other side of the Fort, Lawton carefully prepared the fire alone. He grabbed shark oil from the docks and slathered the wooden guard post in it. A torch was placed on the wall of the post. Lawton deattached it and lobbed it into the pool from a distance. Step one was successful. Within seconds, the guard tower was entirely ablaze and drew the attention of guards and citizens. Throughout the Fort, Jody ran to every member of the rebellion and told them to prepare. Juliet and Daniel sat by the Brazen Bull in the town center waiting for battle. After ten minutes an army of citizens wielding clubs and molotovs appeared with Jody and Lawton.

        "Juliet, go with Jody, I'll get Cesar," Lawton demanded.

        "Thank you for endangering me!" Juliet sarcastically thanked.

        "Oh no! Being stuck with an army is so much worse than being stuck with an aging foster parent!" Lawton joked.

        "Point taken," Juliet shrugged.

        "And me?" Daniel asked.

        "What about you?" Lawton responded.

        "You seem to have forgotten I have existed. What do I do?" Daniel demanded to know.

        "Do whatever you want. For all I care, you can kill all the street guards. Anyways, I depart," Lawton farewelled.

     Admidst the chaos, Lawton walked his way to the jail (he really didn't want Cesar back in the group). He took the back door to avoid detection only to see Cesar, a hunter, and a man covered in blood.

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