WASTELANDS : ABJ

Chapter 4: Bloodbath

Abdul would hear several gunshots from outside, he'd rush to take up a good position downstairs, before the adult woman rushes into the room moments later carrying the dead body of Yasir,she would set him down, with tears in her eyes she would try to resuscitate him, but it was too little too late, his eyes wide open showing his final expression before the bullet had passed through his chest, Abdul would stare for a while before coughing, she would the look up and pointed her pistol at him, "why the fuck are you free", "Sadia freed me, now calm down I can...ugh...help you" Abdul would say before coughing again, he would check his hands to see blood, her pistol still pointed at him but her hands were shaking, "there's nothing you can do for the boy, but I can help the rest of the children, but you need to trust me, the more time we waste  here, the harder it's going to be to defend ourselves" she would slowly put down her gun, "he was just a boy, just a boy"she would say breaking down, he would limp towards her as he felt his body getting weaker, "look you need to be calm if we are going to protect these children and make it out alive"
"What's your plan"she would say after taking a deep breath, he would look around before pointing out choke points "we can't take them head on, but we can atleast funnel them in and take them out at these choke points, I'll be by the door, and you take up positions by the stair well"
"Okay.." she would proceed to carry yasir's body and keep him by her side while she took cover behind a corner that led into the stair well.
  The bandits began to circle the building, their leader was an ex police officer who decided it'd be in his best nature to rob and kill people not all that removed from his former job, he ordered his group of brigands to storm the building, the moment the first man entered he was stabbed trough the ear by Abdul who proceeds to kick him away then peeking out of cover to open fire on the three bandits that approaching the building, as the fell to the ground the remaining bandits immediately take cover and start opening fire on his position, several bullets ricochet of the walls sending debris flying at him, but he stood his ground  but much good that would do him, his ammo was empty, he then waits for them to advance, he pulls out the pistol he had acquired earlier from Sadia before grabbing his knife from the first bandit he had killed, he then puts the knife under his pistol using it as leverage, bidding his time when a door opens opposite him, he had failed to account for the back door but before he could move the adult lady fires at the bandit that came in trough the back door, "ten left" he would say, before a bandit rushes in a berseker fueled rage, he was unarmed but he tackles Abdul to the floor and begins pummeling at his face, then he feels a sharp pain in his abdomen before a kick to his face, Abdul had stabbed him and the lady kicked him square in the jaw, "nine left" Abdul would struggle to get up, the lady would help him up "look there's a car out back with enough gas to take you guys to my destination" Abdul would cough up some more blood, "what are you saying" she would say looking confused "get out of here I'll hold them off as best I can, I'll stall them....ugh....while you sneak out back...wait for my signal...you'll know it when you see it" the lady would look visibly upset but understood the situation,"at least let me have your name stranger?" he would look up at her his breaths are now wheezing...."Abdul.....Abdullahi Hassan", "I am Sofia....Sofia Bala" she would say before rushing upstairs, "wait, take this with you" he would offer her his dagger before she leaves.
    Abdul extends a flag made from his shirt out the door and the shootings stop, he would walk out to see the leader of the bandit group, it was someone familiar....his uncle! He would stagger and say "Uncle Rashid? Is that you".."well well, small world Abdallah, so you were in that building, giving me a hard time" his uncle would say while looking happy yet dissapointed, "why, why are you attacking these....children"Abdul would say with all the rage and anger he could muster "Rules of the wasteland....Boy....we do what we can to survive" "Fucking survive?, You are killing children" Abdul would retort....but before Rashid could answer, he see's dust emanating behind the building, while they are distracted he attempts to shoot his uncle with the pistol, but it clicks, he'd smirk "you know, I never liked your part of the family" Rashid would say before shooting him in the chest "feelings mutual" Abdul would fall backwards....his final words, he begins to bleed out, as the bandits left, in his mind his pain was gone, it had finally stopped hurting he had finally for once, done something good in his life.