[b]Alex Clark - The Outpost - Scouts[/b]

Leaning against the car armed with his pitchfork he listened to the conversation concerning Chris joining or not. Why shouldn't he be allowed to join on this mission? So long there remained enough scouts to protect those at the Outpost itself, every able hand was welcome. [b]"I can vouch for Chris. He did a good job yesterday during the storm."[/b] He said, trying to stay out of the discussion itself, as he was in fact only a few months into the Outpost. He was probably the greenest of the Scouts here, and he didn't want to raise a discussion about that. Despite the entire situation, Enrique having robbed them of half of their able Scouts, most of the weapons, vehicles and most importantly, food and supplies, he felt a bit conflicted about the entire mission of tracing him back and murdering him. He felt that this grim battle for survival was one against the crawlers, and not against people. He wanted to survive, but also to be a good dependable person in this crapsack world. Something that the world didn't seem to allow. For the second time now in a short while, he would be joining a mission targetted to kill human beings not yet tainted by the mysterious disease.

Then again, it had to be done. They had stolen a large amount of very important goods, they had caused the deaths of people that shouldn't have died, all for what...? They had to get back to them, even if only to get their food back. With some disgust he realized that the world was falling into a peculiar and recognisable pattern again. The beginning of a warrior class was already appearing, a class that specialized in nothing but fighting. They protected the others, and in return expected to be maintained by them, but also to lead over the others. The Outpost was turning into a bad disguise of a warrior-centered tribe already, Alex realized. All the Scout-based coups of leadership and the importance of their presence... But perhaps it was for the best in this situation. He sure hoped that if nothing could be done to stop this, it was.