Shovels In Spades

"Seriously, where is everyone?" Daz asked rhetorically as he and Madison carefully made their way through Camp Waterford.

Daz would be lying if he said that he wasn't tempted to steal some of the vehicles and weapons using this opportunity, but he had to hold himself back. 'I'm here to make peace, not to make a terrible situation even worse...'

Madison stopped walking suddenly and raised her head. "Sound. Strange."

Daz closed his eyes and focused on whatever Madison had heard, and just like she had said, he could hear an odd sound. "Are they killing livestock? What a ghastly wail."

Madison shook her head, unsure of the source of the noises. She and Daz resumed walking with a new destination as their goal. After passing a few building, an incredible sight entered their eyes.

"Is... Is that Crusher?" Daz whispered.

In front of him and Madison was Crusher who was holding the crying Dorian by his arm and the two of them were surrounded by soldiers. Daz could see General Miller and he had a furious look on his face as he watched Crusher toy with his son's life.

Daz focused on the General and he furrowed his brow. 'What is he doing with his hands? Are those signals?'

Daz found this to be peculiar. He looked around, trusting in his instincts, and was shocked to see a red dot on Crusher's forehead. She hadn't noticed it yet, which worried Daz. 'Is the General just acting angry? That sneaky fox... Now, where's the sniper?'

"Don't do anything else! Private Samson, give her the hammer!" Unlike what Daz thought, Greg was genuinely panicking. The sniper wasn't ready just yet, so he had to buy as much time as he could, but he wasn't going to risk his son's life. If he needed to, he'd let Crusher go if it meant Dorian's safety.

"Yes, Sir!" Private Samson saluted and lifted the large weapon. He carefully made his way over to the grinning Crusher and the tormented Dorian.

"Thanks, buddy. See? That wasn't so hard, now wa-"

Crusher's words were cut off by a loud gunshot. Private Samson had dropped the sledgehammer and drawn his pistol before shooting Crusher right in her face. Her head had cocked back and steam was rising from her mouth.

Slowly leaning her head forward, Crusher revealed the bullet caught between her teeth. She smirked and spat the bullet on the floor. "Well, that was pretty rude, now wasn't it, huh? Hahaha!"

Crusher then used her free hand and smacked Private Samson by his face, sending him barreling through the air and into some of the soldiers surrounding Crusher and Dorian. Crusher cracked her neck and dropped Dorian. He fell like a wet rag and Crusher lifted up her foot before resting it on Dorian's face.

"Test me again, and I'll crush his head like a watermelon, okay?" This time, there was no amusement in Crusher's voice and General Miller could tell that she was being deadly serious.

"Okay! Just... Just calm down, okay? No one needs to get hurt," General Miller replied in a bit of a frenzy.

He didn't have the confidence to test if Crusher was bluffing or not. His son's life mattered more to him than his pride did. He waved the hand behind his arm signalling the sniper to stand down. he couldn't take any risks.

Daz was stood atop a watch tower with the sniper in question knocked out just behind him. Daz looked at Madison and laughed lightly. "I guess the General isn't as unreasonable as I thought he was. Maybe we can work out something more peaceful between us after all... Maddy, we're leaving."

'I'd love to take this sniper rifle... But peace first. It'll all be mine once I can convince Greg to join me,' Daz told himself.

Madison cocked her head in confusion but didn't ask any further because she trusted Daz's words. The two then stealthily left Camp Waterford.

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Crusher had collected her sledgehammer and was now slowly leaving the military base as she held Dorian very closely to herself. None of the soldiers followed her so she was relieved and she managed to exit the base securely.

She walked with cautious steps until she was a few blocks away from Camp Waterford. Only then did Crusher sigh a breath of relief. "Okay, we should be good now. Fucking hell. Did you see that, Ahab? I caught a bullet with my teeth. my teeth! Hahaha!"

"Urg..." Dorian moaned in pain. To be honest, it was a miracle that he wasn't unconscious at this point.

Crusher's face paled slightly and she chuckled a bit awkwardly. "System, heal Dorian for me, please. Use my points."