"What are you doing here??" George asked as he flipped the safety of his gun on and laid it on the floor. "The same as you I presume" I said as Lafayette and Aaron came out from hiding. "Monsieur Washington??" Lafayette asked in surprise and George nodded "It's good to see you Lafayette, and you too Mr. Burr" he said and Aaron nodded back in greeting. I turned to where I had last known the kids to be and Phillip poked his head out of hiding "Grandpa George?!" He asked and George laughed while Lafayette gave me a funny look
No I wasn't actually George's son, it was just a "hilarious" gag that went around the office, and since his family and mine were so close, Phillip just called George "Grandpa" because I had no other family. George and his wife both loved being called grandparents and didn't mind, but it just put me in deeper shit at the the Law Firm where I worked before all of this, but I stuck through it since it made everyone else so happy
"Yes ym boy, I'm sorry I scared you, is anyone else back there?? Did I hot anyone??" George asked and Phillip shook his head, causing everyone to let out a sigh of relief "There's me, and Theo, and Georges, oh and Mr. Mulligan but he fell over cause something hit his wheelchair" Phillip explained and Lafayette rushed over there to help Hercules back into his chair and hopefully also to check the supplies, but knowing Laf he probably just wanted to make sure his d appointment was ok
Theo poked her head out too once she realized it was safe before rushing over to her father "Papa that was so scary!!" she said and attached herself to Aaron who held his arms up since he still had his gun in his hands. He flicked the safety on and set it down as George had done before holding her close "It's alright Baby-cakes, no one got hurt" he said and George sighed "Apologies for that, I've been guarding this place for days, searching for gasoline at night. I'd just fought off a swarm of Redcoats the other day and I was still on edge" he said and I waved it away
"No harm done, like Burr said no one got hurt, but did you find some gasoline??" I asked and George nodded "Well sort of, I know where it is, but it's guarded by Redcoats" he said and I heard Lafayette curse from the children's old hiding place "ces putains de homards" he yelled and I sighed "We'll do what you've been doing. We'll sneak out at night and steal the gas, then bring it back and get the hell outta here" I said as Hercules and Lafayette came out from behind the hiding spot, with Georges not too far behind
"Are you sure that will work?? They'll be expecting us at night" George said and I sighed "it's the best thing we got. We gotta get outta here as soon as possible if we hope to meet up with Ja- John in Virginia" I said and George's eyes went wide "Virginia?? Where in Virginia??" he asked and I shrugged "Not exactly sure, but somewhere either on the coast or with access to the coast" I said and George was quick to respond "Mount Vernon, it's right by the Potomac River, and there's bound to be large boats that could take us anywhere" He said and I nodded
I could understand why George chose Mount Vernon, since that was his family's estate, and he was probably worried about his wife and son. "Alright, I'll try and contact John and tell him to head there. He's probably already on the move so he should be nearing North Carolina. If he's got a car he's probably already in Virginia" I said before going to my stuff and taking out the radio I'd brought "We're gonna call Uncle John?!" Phillip asked excitedly and I chuckled "Yep, just for a little bit though" I said as I set up the radio
After a little bit of waiting the static blazed to life and I heard John's voice come through "What's up Lex, you're lucky you caught us on a break" He said and I relayed the news to John "We found George, and he says our best bet is to head to Mount Vernon. It's our best bet and we know we've got friendly parties there. We've got a car big enough for everyone and our stuff and we know were gas is, we're just waiting to stroke" I said and waited for Jack to respond
"Alright sounds good. Frances and I are heading to an old car dealership to steal a car if there are any. We've already been on the move for the past 2 days and I think we're close to North Carolina if we haven't already made it there. And what do you mean 'big enough for all of us??' Isn't it just you and Pip??" John asked and I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly
"Well... we've picked up some extra members... we total 8 now, Me and Phillip, plus George, then we brought Burr and his daughter along with us, and then we ran into Herc and Lafayette, and they've got a kid with them" I said and John was silent for awhile, probably cursing off to the side. "Alright, Alright fine. I guess there's no harm in having extra people" John said and sighed "Just get here as soon as possible, I'll meet you in Virginia" John said and with that the radio went back to static, telling me Jack had turned his off
I sighed and packed up the radio before addressing everyone else who had gathered around, likely to hear what John had to say. "Well, you heard him, he and his daughter are already on the move" I said and rubbed my temples. "We should rest then. Scrounge up anything we can find and pack it all into the van. Get it all ready so that when we get the gas we can just load it up and get outta here. Once we make contact with the Redcoats they won't be happy with us, so we should get as much as a head start as we can before they contact their headquarters and send everyone one of them on the east coast on our trail" Washington said
Man I forgot how much I missed having an actual clue about what the fuck we're gonna do, and George was the perfect guy for that. "Who's gonna go get the gas??" I asked and looked around "Anyone who can hold a gun and shoot, run I suppose" he added and Hercules huffed "Aw man, I really wanted to blow up some Lobster ass" he said and Lafayette chuckled "I will go and do it for you mon amour" he said and Hercules laughed. "That settles it then" I said and George nodded "The rest of us will go get the gas while Hercules stays with the children" he said
If none of us managed to die, this was gonna be good
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Ashen Heart
AbenteuerEveryone knew it was coming, but when it came, no one was prepared. The Yellowstone Volcanic eruption took out much of the Unites States, except for parts of the Eastern Coast which luckily took a minimal blow. Years later though, things have change...
