After The End - Violentine

Compromised

Two months before the return to Texas Two, The Lodge Group.

Harry groaned as he left the kitchen, a pristine white cup in his hands which emitted a low steam.

"How did we only find the coffee now!" He said with frustration. The heavily scarred man placed his morning drink down and lay down on the nearby couch, he looked to Andrew who was sitting nearby, his face hurried in a map.

"You know we could raid the armoury before we go back." Andrew suggested pointing to the map.

Harry sat up and scoffed, "And do what, you do remember what's in there right. That's far too much firepower for four people." Harry sipped his coffee and pointed to the large text written near the centre, 'The Outside' it read. "I could always do with my old shit, bet the Delta didn't find it."

"There's always the old storage room." Andrew added.

He lent back and looked up at the corridor. "Hey lovebirds! You coming out today or do I need to turn the music on?" Hey laughed loudly and waited for the door to open. To his surprise the door remained closed. "Jesus Christ! They had plenty of energy last night and now they don't wake up." He vented as he climbed the stairs.

Passing his and Andrew's room which was ironically named 'Blue Bear' he stopped at the door which now had two signs 'Red Wolf' and 'Black Cat' Harry raised his hand to the door and stoped, "Actually.." He lowered his hand to the doorknob and twisted hesitantly, the lock clicked and Harry pushed open the door slowly. He walked inside and immediately headed for the window, pulling the blinds open revealing the bright morning sun.

"Wakey Wakey!" He yelled dramatically.

Abby and Minerva flinched and jolted up, grabbing at the bedsheets to quickly cover themselves.

"What the fuck! I will literally stab your other eye out." Abby shouted, she attempted to stand up but Minerva quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her back down.

Harry kicked at the underwear and clothes sprawled across the floor, "Yeah I would rather not see that thanks. Anyway... have a shower and get dressed, we need it discuss the plan."

"Oh fuck off scar face." Abby said grumpily.

Harry let out a sarcastic laugh and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

"You know one day she will actually take your other eye if you keep doing stuff like that?" Andrew mentioned as Harry descended the stairs.

A short while later Minerva and Abby emerged from their room and then both quickly entered the last room of the corridor with a playful giggle.

The two friends in the main room talked between themselves whilst they waited, laughing about the many misfortunes and near death experienced they had experienced together.

Finally Abby and Minerva left the bathroom hand in hand, there hair was still damp and they were dressed in simple clothes. The couple sat on an armchair, Minerva falling into Abby's lap comfortably.

"You really had to take a shower together didn't you, does it end with you two?" Harry asked.

Abby scoffed, "Like you would know, have you seen you two, your like a married couple."

Harry gasped suddenly, "Hey look I've never had time for girlfriends or boyfriends and anyway Andrew isn't like that." He said slightly embarrassed.

"You never asked." Andrew commented quietly.

The one eyed man blushed nervously. Abby raised an eyebrow suggestively and laughed, "Wow that fell apart quickly."

Andrew took a deep breath and spoke up, "Like we were saying before. If Minnie wants to meet her sister it's a long trip and from what I heard over the radio there's some serious people out there."

The blonde man grabbed his radio and fiddled with it for a moment until the static broke.

*Have we checked the blocked road yet!*

*The holiday resort road?*

*I thought M and B were on that.*

*Remember we're still low on supplies so grab anything you can, no matter the consequences.*

*Ok, Ill go check it out. Hunter Out.*

"That's not good." Andrew gulped.

Harry ran over and grabbed his bag, "Were leaving, grab all the shit you can carry and get ready to run, if this gets messy I'll deal with it. Follow Andrew we know a place where we can get some bikes."

The group quickly gathered their stuff together, Harry strapped his gun belt tight as fasten his sword to his back. Andrew flung his quiver into his back and grabbed his bow. Minerva carefully grabbed her rifle and knife and Abby fastened her bandolier of throwing knives to her chest.

Harry opened the door and hurried everyone outside, he quickly locked the door and they began to run down the tall hillside. As they approached the road they slowed down and stuck to the trees.

"There." Abby pointed to the centre of the old road, a man and a woman walked together. The man was tall, dark and muscular. The woman was thin and had bright orange hair.

"I'm gonna do something stupid here. Just wait for my signal." Harry quickly walked towards the road then stoped.

The scarred man doubled over and began to groan in pain, "Help, I've been attacked!" He yelled. The large man raised his weapon aggressively.

"Stay back!"

"Help, I feel weak." Harry repeated as he stumbled towards them.

"Mike he looks hurt we can't just leave him." The ginger woman approached him carefully. Harry reached out to the woman. Suddenly he grabbed her arm and pulled her close to his chest, he wrapped his arm around her neck and placed one of his guns the her head.

The others quickly jumped from the tree line with their weapons drawn.

"Easy there, we don't want any trouble we're just out looking for supplies." The man raised his hands in surrender and stood still.

Harry grunted and shook his head, "That's not what your friends on the radio said, so start talking or I start getting pissed off."

"Ok, there's an old military base a few miles north of here, it's a big group, lots of firepower." The man said.

Harry released the woman from his grasp, "Andrew give me the zip ties."

Andrew threw a pair of black ties over to him, Harry proceeded to tie the strangers down next to a nearby tree.

"You follow us or if I see you again I'll kill you." Harry stated before the group left into the bushes.

The group walked cautiously throughout the forests until they reached a small shed. With some force they pulled the door open,Harry and Andrew stepped inside and pulled out two motorcycles.

"We ride in pairs, stay close. It's a long ride back to Texas Two."

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Clementine closed the journal and immediately left her room, she walked over to room 13 and opened the door.

"The people you met in the woods near your lodge, who were they?" She asked slightly panicked.

Abby shrugged, "Not sure, we scoped out their camp, it's the real deal, proper military gear. Last time we were in radio range they were talking about that old group that lived up here, they said something about an old fight."

Clementine left the room and stood outside for a moment stuck in deep thought. Mike and a ginger woman. That could only mean one thing...

Hope you enjoyed, prepare for trouble...
-ZQ