World of Anarchy/Chapter 15

This is chapter 15 of World of Anarchy entitled: Into The Fire

Chapter 15 – Into The Fire
September 2, 2014. Late Afternoon. David sprinted down the stairs making sure not to miss a step. He could hear Teresa, Chris, Penny, and Anna following not far behind. He stopped at the top of the last stair case and watched as the bandits busted in from the front doors.

The bandits swiftly rounded up everyone in the lobby below. The blonde male bandit held Michelle and Abby at gun point while a blonde female bandit held up Keith and Amber. Three more bandits followed by Ben entered through the front.

David heard the back door open and turned to see Leo, Sam, and Sid being held at gun point by three more bandits. He then looked behind him to see Teresa and everyone else who had been with them on the roof watching everything play out below. The only two he hadn't seen yet was Riley and Oliver.

His mind already began to work out a plan on how to get them all out of there safely. The bandits hadn't noticed them up there yet so they had that to there advantage. Unfortunately, the bandits had taken all of their guns that were on the couch down below. Ben called out for them and told his bandit friends to search the rest of the place. He knew that only in a matter of seconds the bandits would find them. There was only one thing left to do, and he didn't even know if it would work.

“Go hide.” He whispered to Teresa and the rest of them behind him.

“Wait—what are you going to?” Teresa whispered to him almost hysterically.

“Talk them down—or try to at least.” He said putting his hands up and descending the stairs.

He ran through what he might say in his head as the bandits grabbed him and threw him in front of Ben.

“Is that all of 'em?” A big bald bandit behind Ben asked.

“No—we're still missing the boy, the girl, David's girlfriend, Leo's wife—”

“If you fucking hurt them I'll--” Leo said taking a step forward before a bandit stopped him by slamming the but of his rifle into his face.

David could do nothing but watch as the bandit relentlessly beat Leo. He thought he heard a crack as the bandits hit his jaw causing Leo to spit up blood.

“That's enough.” Ben said moving over and grabbing the rifle. “Remember what the boss said? He wants all of them--alive.”

“Boss? You left us to go work for the bandit?” David asked as Ben moved back to his original spot.

“It's a little more complicated than that.”

“And how's that?” Leo said spitting up more blood.

“He—He made me an offer I couldn't refuse.”

As he said that, David could swear he saw a flash of sadness come across his face. Ben turned to the rest of the two of the bandits and ordered them to search the rest of the hotel. David hoped Teresa, Chris, Penny, and Anna were someplace well-hidden. Movement from the kitchen caught his eye as the two bandits began to walk up the stair case. Riley peeked her head out and caught eyes with him. She then turned her attention to the bandits and began to open fire on them.

She managed to kill to of them before the others noticed where she was firing from and returned fire. During the confusion David managed to take cover behind the sofa to his left. He peeked over the arm rest and saw that Leo, Sam, Sid, Michelle, Keith, and Abby escape to the second floor. Ben the ordered two bandits to go get Riley and while he and the other bandits chase down everyone who escaped.

David grabbed one of the guns off the couch and began to shoot at the two bandits heading toward the kitchen. He managed to kill one of them, while Riley killed the other in his confusion.

The two didn't share any words after, but instead picked up any ammo the bandits had on them and ran for the stairs.

David slowly walked through the halls while keeping his gun up. He and Riley had split up to find everyone faster even though he thought it would be safer if they were searched together. He could hear yelling ahead of him. But it didn't sound like they were from his group.

“Dammit Brian, you said you saw them go this way!”

“I'm tellin' you Isaac, I saw the hot chick and the boy run this way.”

Hot chick and boy? Were they talking about Teresa and Chris? Before he had anymore time to think about it, two men and a girl walked out of room four doors down from him. He quickly moved inside an open room on his left to avoid being seen.

“Will you two just shut the fuck up and help? I wanna be back before it gets any darker out.” A woman's voice said.

“Geez, Amy, you don't gotta be a bitch about it.”

“Watch it Brian, that's my sister you're taking to.” Isaac said in an intimidating voice.

David peeked out from the room to get a look at the bandits. There was the blonde guy and girl from earlier, who he assumed was Amy and Isaac. Then there was the other guy Brian. He was the one who had beat Leo earlier. Just before he retreated back in the room he saw Chris and Teresa hide in one of the rooms at the far end. Luckily he was the only one who saw.

“You should forget wantin' to get back before dark 'cause we still got search all these rooms.” Brian said motioning to the far end of the hall where Teresa and Chris were.

“No shit.” Isaac said as the three of them moved down the hall.

“You guys haven't found them yet?” The bald bandit from earlier said as he appeared at the end of the hall with another bandit following him.

David's mind began to race. He had to find away to get their attention away from that end—but how? He thought back to different movies, T.V. shows, and video games he had seen or played for help. He thought back to Die Hard and 24 for help but couldn't think of anything from them to help. The Metal Gear game series popped into his head, but again it wouldn't help him. Big Boss and Solid Snake always had various weapons and items to help them out. Then he thought about The Last Of Us game. Most of Joel's weapons and items were everyday objects.

David turned and looked around the room for anything that might help. His eyes moved across the room until they eventually found an empty bottle of whiskey. He picked it up and looked out into the hall again.

The bandits were getting closer to Teresa and Chris' hiding place. He looked to the other end of the hall and saw that the very last room's door was open. He only had one shot to make this work. Raising the bottle he tossed it best he could. The bottle shattered just inside the room like he had hoped and caused the bandits to stop their march at the other end of the hall.

“What was that?” Amy asked.

“Let's go see.” Brain said.

David moved behind the door just as the bandits moved toward his distraction. He peeked through the door's crack and waited for them to be a few feet away before exiting the room. He moved as quickly and as quietly as he could making his way over to Teresa and Chris.

When he reached them a raised his finger to his lips to tell them to be quiet and motioned for them to follow him.