Reunion

We pulled up to the bunker and seeing the Peggies acting calm I said, “Good, John’s message never got to them and they were not alerted”, “He should be back by now!” one of them said causing the bald one to say, “Rook is there...and he doesn’t cower like the others; so give him some time!” I looked through the binoculars and saw three snipers and around ten other guards defending the entrance, “We take the three snipers out first then the rest?” Grace commented and nodding I said, “Yes!” she lined up the shots and killing the first it was fine, nothing by the second one the guards went to investigate and after the third were alerted, they came charging towards us, I lined up the rocket launcher and firing it caused the two trucks around them to blow up and rushing forward we shot the two guards at the door, “Put the key in and I’ll cover you!” Grace barked and turning it the door started to beep before we heard, “Bunker door open!” as I pulled it open I said, “Stay back and cover me, just in case I have missed anyone!” she went to protest but nodding said, “Alright, I’ll stay here!” I nodded and kissing her cheek she smiled before saying, “Get on with it!”

I rushed down the stairs and creeping up behind the first killed him with the hidden blade and grabbing his knife threw it and the next guard before creeping in, I snuck past some of the guards who were talking and planting an charge started to run as the guards from both corridors proceeded to charge after me, I pressed the detonator and exploding the charges saw parts of their body blow all over the place. I went passed the main control room and trying to see Hudson couldn’t see anything but looking at the plan saw there were stairs connecting to this room and walking down them shot the two guards coming up in quick succession until I was met by the eerie red lights and from his **** room, I pushed part the bodies and looking down saw three bodies laying on the ground, “What the hell?” it was then when I was attacked by Hudson, “Nance it’s me! Rook!” she tried to **** her knife down further and opening her eyes stopped, “Rook?” I nodded before getting off she helped me to my feet, “I didn’t think anyone was coming!” I hugged her before saying, “Of course I would. It took me weeks to but I wouldn’t leave you. Hud’s your my favourite, Pratt is a twat, Earl is safe and Marshall well he can die to be honest, it’s all his fault!” she looked at me before saying, “I would have run if I was in your position!” and nodding I said “Don’t worry about it, I am in this position and I am here to save you and do this...” she froze as I kissed wrapping my arms around her neck, she returned it before smiling said, “Thanks” we heard Peggies come and throwing an charge at the door pulled her by her hand and rushed off as I pressed the detonator, “Can’t believe we are killing people!” Nancy moaned and shrugging I said as we rushed to the control room, “We wouldn’t have enough cells for all this lot. You don’t think of it as wrong anymore, just one less bastard in the way!” she nodded before looking at the control deck muttered, “Shit each cell is individual. I opened the first half but the second half is...fuck, Rook go down and open each one!” I nodded before saying, “Grace you ‘ere?” there was an quiet before she said, “Yes quiet out here!” I nodded before saying, “Come down the stairs, through the door and down to the corridor, keep to your right. I’ll meet you there!” I rushed down the door and opening the first door rushed to the second as to see Grace come in, “Follow the corridor and go up the stairs, Hudson is there opening the doors, give her some protection!” she nodded as I opened the second, “Hudson, sending you an ally!” I rushed to the remaining ones opened the doors as they rushed out, “Good job, now we need to blow this place up, go down to the basement; there is a giant silo of Bliss waiting to be destroyed!” I nodded before running down the steps killed the guards until I was met by the rocket shaped silo, which occupied most of the room, “Push the levers up and I will take care of the rest!” I nodded before doing the first rushed over to the second before being met by guards, I threw throwing knives at the few and creeping to the third activated it before shooting the in front and back of me heard Grace ask, “What’s taking so long?” I growled before shooting the next slid to the fourth and final one, “Guards everywhere!” I was then met with the dark red lights that never looked good, “Rook you have five minutes, best way is up!! I’ll open the panels for you to walk on!” I used the grappling hook and pulling myself up waited for the first as I jumped and pulled myself up.

I continue this process going further and the further up to hear, “Where are you, you only have two minutes to go!” I pulled myself up to the next and climbing back up saw the number three, “Level 3” and rushing past threw a grenade as it blew up to kill the panicking guards, I rushed up the stairs to the second and jumping up the broken steps was now on the first, “ninety seconds!” I rushed up back down the corridor and past the corridor to the last set of stays and throwing the my charge behind me pressed it to blow the stairs up behind me as I rushed to the glaring sun and jumped into the truck with Grace speeding off, “Shit, Rook, I need you!” Grace sped off waiting for the explosion to consume the area, “What’s wrong Nick?” “Kim, her water just broke and you will be quicker there then me, time I land!” I nodded before signalling to Grace said, “We will meet you at the house!” when we got there I jumped out to knock at the door, “It’s me Kim!” she opened the door as we saw Nick start to land, “I’ll get the bag!” Grace barked and looking over to Hudson I said, “Get in the front with me, better save the back for them!” I helped Kim in and closing the door was met by Grace carrying the bag, “Man the gun! Just in case I shrugged!” she nodded as she slid in and seeing Nick rush over I commented, “In the back!” he nodded as I put my seatbelt on. “Rook go!” I sped off as Grace screeched, “His driving isn’t as bad as his flying but that isn’t saying much!” Hudson laughed before pulling out her hand gun and doing down the window said, “Let’s get this momma to the hospital!” We drove past dodging over trucks, crashing planes smashing through blockades and fighting Peggies with each other and the resistance, “What the hell is going on?” Kim spat gritting her teeth, “John’s dead and bunker destroyed, they are lost in what they should do!” Nick spat before hearing Kim ask if he was involved and nodding she kissed him, “Take the shortcut!” Nick commented, “No way, we are not getting lost in the woods!” Nick protested and looking at both road said “Fuck it!” I turned down the bumpy road and swerving around trees heard “Come on cows!” Hudson spat and weaving in and out of them as we returned to the road and going into the next lot was told to go left, did it and returning back to to the road saw another blockade, “I got this Grace snapped!” firing the machine gun and destroying it I carried on turning left as Nick said, “I told you the shortcut would help!” I opened the door and jumping down helped Kim out with Nick as Grace banged on the door and Hudson returning with the a wheelchair for her, “Can you keep an eye on things?” Nick asked and nodding I said, “I will be here as long as you need me!” and nodding they went in. “Going to be late Jerome, Kim has gone into labour!” speaking into my phone and after a brief pause he said, “The lord has blessed us on this day of torment. I will see you soon!”

I sat down and looking at the two women said, “Grace this Hudson my Cop friend and Hudson this is the one shot queen Grace. Both sexy trans women with massive cocks!” I joked and eyes widening Hudson laughed, “Always joking!” and nodding I muttered, “Now imagine you two... in bed...no I shouldn’t say that in front of children!” causing them to raise their eyebrows before realising what I have said as Nick wheeled Kim out with the baby, “Thank you Rook, everyone!” Kim said and looking down at the baby asked, “So what did you call her?” Kim and Nick smiled before saying, “Carmina Rook Rye!” I smiled before seeing the delicate thing be placed into my hands I said, “We’d better get you home into the warmth!” and opening the door said, “Grace will you drop Kim and Nick home then take Hud’s to the Spread Eagle?” they nodded before looking at me asked, “Where are you going?” I looked up at the lights faintly visible from where we were and said, “A funeral! But because it’s John’s... I don’t think any of you would want to go and it’s definitely to windy for a newborn baby and mother!” Kim shook her head before snapping, “Funeral? For him!” I nodded before saying, “Well dumping him in a hole whilst Jerome damns him to hell! It’s important to be better then those who would treat us the opposite. I’ll see you later... double celebration!!” and nodding, I started to walk in the other direction.

“Rook nice of you to join, Mary wanted to come but she has celebrations to organise!” I nodded before looking at Jerome said, “Kim has a daughter called Carmina Rook Rye!” he nodded before saying, “After the hero!” I chucked before putting on my black tie said, “Sorry my clothes are covered in blood but I didn’t have time to change, it’s black though!” he shook his head before saying, “This will be informal. We both disliked him. So you will start with some words, we will dump the body in the whole and I will offer a prayer and you bury him and we will both seek forgiveness on his soil!” I nodded before he spoke: “Today we are to celebr... remember the life of John who was take...removed from us this very day. Rook time for some words!” I looked at John who had been cleaned before going to say something when another figure stood back and watched, “Who are you?” she walked forward before saying, “His sister” and removing her hood there she was Faith, “Rachel?” I hugged her as she said, “Let’s get on with it!” Jerome looked at me and thinking about the words to say said, “John was misunderstood and his childhood made him weak to Joseph’s influence, even at the end he couldn’t see he was being used. He cared about his people and believed he was doing right even when he was so wrong and was good at what he did. Um...err...oh yes, he was scared not by you or me but by someone else more ruthless than us. No offence Faith!” she nodded before me saying, “Well yeah...that’s about it, I only knew him as a guy that constantly tried to convert me, could have been a good guy away from work!” Jerome smirked looking at Faith who said, “He was scared like me of Joseph, he manipulated us into joining but he got to the stage of not thinking for himself. He cared about me and those who were loyal but towards the end was scared of what would happen...he was the only real friend I had after Ash was taken away from me but even then didn’t make up for him!” I looked at Jerome who shrugging said, “I will skip the Hymns shame really because I bet Rook has a great voice!” I laughed before singing, “He had it coming, he had it coming he only had himself to blame, if you had been there you would have done the same!” Faith smirked as she held my arm covering from the wind, “I could if you want?” I nodded before asking, “How about Oh the Bliss or Help me Faith...I like those, I insist in listening to the Seed channel when driving!” Jerome shook his head before saying, “Ave Maria” she nodded as I dropped John into the hole and hearing Faith sing smiled thinking to myself “nice change” and as she finished I was putting the final touches onto the grave, “We will finish with a prayer. Dear Lord, we offer you another misguided lamb to you in hope you can help him and accept him for what he is and forgive his mistakes in life. He was misguided by a demon and for that I beg for your forgiveness. Please forgive our sins for what we have done in the name of you and help Faith seek forgiveness in her actions and hope it isn’t to late for her to be saved! in the name of the Lord Amen.” I nodded before grabbing a fragment of the YES sign pushed it into the ground to stand up as I used part of the metal structure to prop it up. “Faith hold old was he?” “1986-2018, 32” I wrote that with a black pen and writing under it his most famous quote, “YES!” before nodding said, “Let’s get Drunk!” Jerome closed his book before seeing Faith stand there quietly for a few moments and nodding we gave her time, “What are we going to do with her?” Jerome pointed out, “I could fly her home or run away with her, that’s what I came here for... or she could just get drunk with us!” shrugging and looking up at us said, “I don’t think it would be accepted!” I looked at the plane before saying, “Me and you escape?? I only saved the only I cared about you and Hudson!” she shook her head as Jerome glared at her before saying, “You have a job to do. I’ll wait, for our meeting” and nodding I said, “Why are you showing me dreams of your past?” she looked back before saying, “When you have seen what I have done it would be very hard not to kill me. I have lowered the Angel dosage and decreased the Peggies so when you come it should be easier to clear the mess up, I can’t do much otherwise Joseph will suspect something!” I nodded before saying, “John said some stuff...about you “throwing it around” and even a child with Joseph...” she nodded before saying, “I did seek comfort in other women, not men they are gentler but Joseph **** me, you saw the two tattoos that sated lust that’s why! If I knew you were coming I wouldn’t have even joined!” I nodded before hugging her said, “I’ll see you soon, you have my word!” and smiling she walked away, “I wouldn’t trust her!” Jerome said and looking at him spoke, “Yet, she came here at risk that anyone could shoot her!” and seeing her pull a gun out shot her pilot, “Can’t have Joseph knowing I was here!” and nodding I said, “I’ll fly you home, you can parachute out!” she shook her head before saying, “Just give me a pass or something!” I nodded before tearing a page from John’s bible wrote the note and handed her my favourite handgun, the only one styled of its kind and looking I said, “Everyone knows that gun!” causing Jerome to say, “Everyone knows you writing!” I shrugged before nodding saw her walk away, “Come on let’s get drunk!”