69 The Group Arrives (1/2)
We had just gotten back to the St. John dairy, Mark was shot in the back, and I was almost out of ammunition, today was not shaping up to be a good day.
Andy saw us and looked horrified as he ran towards the three of us.
”Lee, what's wrong?” Andy asked.
”I thought this place was safe!” Lee said angrily.
”Holy shit! A-are you okay?” Danny who heard the commotion and walked over asked.
”Fucking bandits! They have no right being out here on our property!” Andy said angrily.
”Oh my lord! What happened to you sweetheart!?” Brenda asked from the porch of their home.
”It was those bastards in the woods mama!” Andy said angrily.
”Yeah... I'll be alright once it's out, but goddamn it hurts...” Mark complained.
”Hey Y'all” Kenny, who just got here with the rest of the group, including Zabuza and Riza but excluding Carley, Ben, Travis and Orochimaru, said.
”Mark! Oh my god, what happened?” Katjaa asked.
”He got shot with an arrow,” Lee said.
”Christ! Are you going to be okay?” Lily asked.
”Yeah, I'm fine... I should just... pull it out...” Mark said weakly.
”Oh no honey, C'mon, Brenda's got you. C'mon inside now. We'll have you all sorted out” Brenda said, as she walked him and Katjaa to the house.
”What kind of shithole is this?” Larry asked.
”We ran into some people on the way up here... bandits I guess, I think it was them who attacked us,” Lee said.
”They gave us a lot of problems in the beginning, killed a bunch of our farmhands. We were able to get 'em to stop by makin' a deal” Andy said.
”You KNEW about these people!?” Kenny asked angrily.
”Food for protection. Not like we had much of a choice, but they did stop hasslin' us” Danny said.
”God damn it! Carley said this place was locked down tight!” Larry said angrily.
”It was just a fluke thing... we can't just stop assuming there aren't bad people out there,” Lee said.
”What the hell do you mean, ”a fluke”!?” Lily asked.
”It could have happened anywhere, it could have happened to us in the motor inn,” Lee said.
”Listen, we may have had an agreement with those people, but we will NOT stand up for this shit!” Andy said angrily.
”Ain't no way we're gonna let those sons o' bitches get away with this” Danny said.
”You know where these assholes are?” Kenny asked.
”They're hard to pin down. But I think I know where at least ONE of their camps are” Danny said, ”When you're ready to go scope out that bandit camp, come find us”
Andy and Danny walked away, as Doug walked to us.