Scythes of Rome

II

Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted

The new order scythe backed up, he stumbled back in the dark forest. The other scythe he was with she lay on the ground cut in half. In front of him stood five scythes, their robes hung over armor, the armor was blank of color except for a black left shoulder pad. There was no flesh exposed and the lead's helmet had red lenses the rest were blue.
"Drop your weapons and submit yourself to inquisition" the lead one said.
"N-never, I will glean you all" he said as his voice shook as he pulled out a pistol and fired at the lead.
The bullets glanced off the armor and the lead laughed.
"You won't be so brave when we carve your flesh and you scream your secrets to the stars".
He lunged at him with his blade pointed at him.

Scipio woke up, alone. It has been three weeks since Drusilla returned from midmerica and then self gleaned. He sat up and looked at the pictures of him and his parents, and him and Elizabeth. He grabbed his shirt and pulled it over his head and walked to his armor when their was a knock.
"Who would be knocking at 6:30 in the morning ?" He muttered as he headed to the door.
He pulled his blade to ready has opened it and studied the two woman at his door. Two scythes, they looked up at him nervously. He studied them up and down, nothing suspicious about them.
"A-are you Scythe Scipio?" The first asked.
He sighed and put his blade away
"Yes I am, may I ask who you two are?"
The shorter one spoke up.
"I'm Scythe Monroe and this is Scythe Amidala" Amidala nodded her head in agreement
"And why are you knocking on my door at six in the morning?"
"We need your help, I was told you have some skills that could help us" Amidala said as she looked at him confidently
"Where are you from?" He asked
"Mid merica" Amidala responded
"Not originally, where are you from originally"
"Oh uh....TransSiberia"
Scipio nodded and opened the door.
"Now who is it you need help with?"
"Ayn fucking Rand" Amidala spat
"Ah Rand....." Scipio though about her for a moment and sighed "that's going to be a hard request"