The day was spent scavenging for whatever supplies we could find and waiting. A lot of waiting. The children busied themselves by playing various games and such but us adults just lounged about since none of us felt like playing tag. Lafayette meticulously cleaned his various guns along with Hercules's while he basically just started knitting something "I knit when I'm stressed don't judge" he said while glaring at Aaron who had stared for a bit too long and I snickered "Old lady" I said and Hercules turned his glare to me "I will stab you with my damn needle so shut your trap" he said and I laughed
George paced anxiously, every so often stopping to go look for supplies and checking everything we had, which drove Lafayette insane "Monsieur Washington, there is nothing else left within a half a mile. We have looked through everything and have triple checked all of our equipment" he snapped one time and George sighed "I'm sorry Marquis, I can't help it, I need to be doing something or else I'll go insane" he said and Lafayette rolled his eyes "You worrying is driving me insane. Sit down and take a break" he said and George sighed before sitting. Man, not even I could get George to relax when life was normal and we all had jobs
As soon as George sat down my son rushed over to him , still giggling from his game "Grandpa can you come play with us??" he asked excitedly and George raised an eyebrow "Uh- what are you playing??" he asked and Theo giggled before rushing up to join Phillip "Hide and seek!! Georges is really really good and we need help" she said before George looked at me for help. I laughed and shook my head before George sighed "Alright I guess I can join in" he said and the two children squealed happily before pulling him up
My son and Aaron's daughter dragged poor George away and into their game, leaving the rest of us dying from laughter. "I never would've guessed ol' Georgie would be good with kids" Hercules said and I chuckled "You'd be surprised, though he gets it from his wife mainly" I said and Hercules nodded in understanding before returning to his knitting. Aaron watched the 3 children and George carefully, probably just wanting to keep a close eye on his daughter which after learning about what had happened to his wife I understood
Soon the sun began to dip down near the horizon and the children grew tired of their games so Hercules helped them all into the back of the van and we helped Hercules back there, situating him facing the back door and with easy access to ammunition "If anything happens, you'll all be safe in here" George said as he got his gun ready. I had mine already ready so I climbed into the back and held my son close "You'll be ok... right Papa??" Phillip asked and I nodded before kissing his forehead "We'll be back before you know it" I said and kissed Phillip's nose, causing him to giggle happily
Theo hugged her dad goodbye and he said basically the same things as me (copy cat) and Georges hugged Lafayette before attaching himself to Hercules. George smiled a bit sadly at all of us, possibly because he missed his own family before going to the door to the hangar and waiting for the rest of us. Once we'd finished saying goodbye to our children we shut the back door and joined George before sneaking out in the direction of the Lobster camp
It was nightfall by the time we found the Lobsters, and the reality of our mission finally sunk in. George led us around the outskirts of their camp, close enough so that we could see but far enough away so that we still had decent cover and was covered by some bits of rubble and bushes. George directed out attention to one of the corners of the camp where there were several containers of what appeared to be gasoline and Lafayette cocked his gun "What is the plan??" he whispered while Aaron and I looked to George
"We thin them out, split up and cause different distractions around the camp but remain hidden. Get them to disperse so that one of us can sneak in and grab the gas" George said quietly and I pursed my lips. "A large vehicle like the one we've got will need a lot more gas to go the same distance as a normal car, and those things can only hold about 5 gallons. We'll need way more than that if we wanna make it all the way to Virginia" I said softly and George sighed "You're right, we should take 20 gallons just in case so we each should grab one. Which means whoever goes in first should try and take two. As soon as that happens and the distractions end they'll likely notice they've been stolen from and start shooting which'll make whoever goes in next's job a lot more difficult"
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Ashen Heart
AventuraEveryone 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...
