[b]Abram - Tina’s Apartment - Sam/Leah/Liam/ETC.

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Abram had been okay with bringing the Liam kid along, but he got a strange feeling from George. The man was obviously in Scarlett and Tyler’s group, but he’d done nothing to even try and stop their abduction. Abe had his qualms with Tyler Salem, but as far as he was concerned, Scarlett and Katie were completely innocent. He figured it was just his soldiers instinct, but he had a feeling in his gut that he had help save them. He also made a promise to Samantha that he would…


So that decided it. They’d have to set out to find those people - whoever they were. He’d fulfill his promise 


Presently, Abe stood outside Tina’s garden, watching Sam. He could see the the grieved look on her face. He’d seen the same look on Jess’ face when they’d been searching for floyd. Abe had worn that face several times in his lifetime. He knew the feeling of looking for something you couldn’t find.


He approached Sam, walking in the garden unannounced. He just leaned against the table close to her. “I wanna… tell you a story. I knew a guy - his name was Daniel… He was… he was a monster of a guy; made me look small. Now… Master Sergeant Daniel Crowe was one of the most fearless men you’d ever meet. I served three tours with him - he saved my life more times than I care to count.”


“When all -” He spread his hands out. “- all this crap came, he left the army base to look for someone - his sister, Emma. Sweetest little girl you’d ever meet. Now… Daniel went to New Orleans because he had reason to believe that’s where his sister and dad were. Now - about six months into this crap, he found a trail of her.”


He let out a longing sigh. “Daniel and his friend Shannon tracked her down, only to find out that she’d been kidnapped by a man named Tyler. Now - I’d heard of this guy through plenty of bandit groups - he took women, treated them like cattle for breeding stock.”


“See, Daniel was nothing if not a hero.” He, shrugging his shoulders. “He was always helping people. Daniel took it upon himself -  he went to the aid of a group of survivors, called em’selves ‘Haywood’.”


“With the the help of those survivors, he stormed that hideout like it was nothing. They rescued Emma and a few others.” He shifted a little on the table. “A couple weeks later, me and Jess found our way to those two siblings. They were happy as ever. One night, I asked Daniel - I said ‘What kept you going?’. He told me. ‘Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her. And every night I’d stare into the dark and cry, because I felt like I had failed her’.”


He met Samantha’s gaze, a sympathetic look in his face. “What I want you to understand - Emotion is not a weakness. Emotion is what makes us human. Don’t try and bottle it down. That’ll tear you up. Use that emotion - use it to drive yourself.”

He put his hand on her shoulder. “You [i]will[/i] find her, Sam. [i]We[/i] will find her.”