In the Willows

Chapter Eight: Blessed Be The Hunt

Four more rounds fly past your position, cracking like a whip as they hit the wall. You pop around the corner and fire back, hearing an audible yelp in pain then a thud soon after.

You turn to Clementine, "Cover me as much as you can! Blue major!"

"Y/N I don't- "

You rush the door and move the heavy box from the door and swing it open after unlocking it. A couple more shots ring out and you dive behind the reception desk. You hear a few voices calling out to each other.

'One......two......three....... three hostiles.' you think to yourself.

You pop up and a round hits the reception desk in front of you sending splinters into your face. You duck down quickly and wipe the wood chips away. Clementine crawls towards you slowly and crouches beside you.

"You know these people?" she asks.

"Must be the people living here." three more shots hit the desk, "and they aren't friendly."

You pop up and kill one more with a well-placed headshot, causing the back of their head to explode onto the wall.

"There's only two left. We just need to- "

"I'm moving left!" yells a man.

"Check left." you instruct Clementine.

Clementine pops up and you do as well to cover her. She fires three shots and hits the man with two. He falls awkwardly mid run onto the floor dead.

"Nice shot."

She winks at you, "Guess I am a crack shot."

"I surrender!" yells the last man.

"Yeah right! I'm not an idiot!" you yell back.

The man fires the rest of his magazine and you stand up and finish him.

You walk up to the man and examine him, "He doesn't look like he's affiliated with anyone."

"How do you know?"

"There's no emblems anywhere that I can see, or marks signifying anything around here."

"Not all groups have those."

"Good point, but they'd have a calling card to identify themselves. At least more people here defending if this was an actual group."

You walk outside and find a vehicle parked outside.

"Clem, check that vehicle."

She walks outside to check it as you inspect the bodies one more time. You find nothing signifying they are Bastard Syndicate or any other group in particular. You find a pair of car keys and pocket them.Clementine comes back and you hand her the keys. She goes back and starts the SUV.

"Let's start packing the vehicle with as much as we can. Bare necessities." you say grabbing the weapons.

Clem goes into the other room and starts carrying out food and water. You scan the area around the hotel.

"Clem, get in the SUV."

She looks at you, "Y/N, what's- "

She's cut off by more rounds coming across the street. More individuals come from behind and you take cover.

"Clem! Get out of here, I'll meet you at the bike!"

"I'm not leaving you alone out here!"

"You trust me, remember? I'll meet you there!"

She shakes her head, "You better be there!"

She jumps into the SUV and takes off with rounds hitting the side of the vehicle. You pop up and spray the general area where the rounds are coming from. You dart from cover and run into the parking lot. You slide across the hood of a parked car and take cover as more shots land behind you. You pop up and see nobody.