[b]Robert - Mess Hall/Haywood - Audrey[/b]

The words that struck Robert the most was the talk about the real Robert Dalton. She spoke to him as though he's changed, as though he's left the person he used to be. But she was blind, just like everybody else. They didn't see that Robert had not changed, they were the ones who changed. They became reliant on the person they thought a hero, they became reliant to a person that hid behind lies. Daniel had the opportunity to deny Robert's lies, to deny the fact that Tyler was dead, but he didn't. He took the selfish opportunity to take everything, to have the entire community of Haywood on his side. He did that because he knew that there would not be another way he'd be allowed into the salvation. If he told them that six men died for the lives of one single girl, the fathers and mothers of those soldiers would have wanted his head. If he told them that they failed to kill that monster, Haywood would want his head. He was a complete fraud, a weak man that dedicated himself only to his sister, sometimes not even that.

"You think Daniel is a better man than me?! You believe that that man, the one standing out there aiding a raider; You think he is better than me?! The man worries for a killer more than he worries about his sister. He worries about a killer more than he worries about you. I ask for you help, but you give me this? You stand before me to mock me?!" he yelled, taking a step which landed him right in front of Audrey. The girl was a mere child compared to him. 

"What is it you wish to do? Will you take this opportunity to raise your weapon? Do you desire me dead, is that it?!" he added, pulling her arm along with her weapon. He forced the girl to hold the gun to his own chest. At that moment, Audrey was pointing the gun at Robert as the large man held her there. "How bout it then child? You think I've lost my way. You say I am no longer the man I once was, but you are wrong. But if you stand by your word, then fire. Pull the trigger to your weapon and end my life......" 

A small pause came after that last line. "You are soft. Just like him. You are not willing to make the hard choices, you must have others make them for you. So your next plan is to tell Daniel of what I've done, to tell your guardian Henry. What will they do? Lock me up? Kill me even? I don't think so. For one, you have no proof that I am legible for what occurred in that farm. You think Anthony will speak to Daniel? I may have lost him, but he is no snitch that I guarantee. Secondly, if they decide to believe you, which is a very likable conclusion, I've done nothing but keep us safe. It was obvious those farmers were hostile. They pulled their weapons on my men, the did not deserve to be brought here to Haywood. For all we know, they could have been involved with Tyler. So.......with that said, what's your next move?" he questioned, the entire scene going black. 

"BANG!!!!!!" a noise echoed as the darkness faded. 

Then we see Robert had slammed the door of the mess hall making the loud echo, Audrey still frozen inside. The man starts walking towards the infirmary, passing by Daniel and Shannon on his way there. He remained quiet and said nothing to the two, completely ignoring them as he entered the infirmary without word. He looked towards O'Conner, eyeing the man to see yet another frightened face. It was clear that nobody trusted him anymore, at least a high percentage of Haywood didn't - the tenants excluded. But Robert's presence interrupted Riley's conversation with the little thief. "It seems the child still holds breath, how inconvenient" Robert begun. "And is that the raider?" he asked, walking towards Lauren's tranquil body. "She is prettier than I would have imagined. We always thought the raiders to be nothing but pirates" he added, standing tall before the injured woman. 

He then returned his gaze to O'Conner. "I was informed three raiders entered out facility, so where exactly are the other two? Held captive I assume. Correct?" he questioned Riley. He wanted to know the location of the other raiders because he wanted to take a step to solving a certain dilemma. This was an opportunity Robert could not pass by. The raiders came to them, they didn't have to go out there and look for them. "But I doubt it. Daniel wouldn't do that now would he? You know O'Conner, Pacifist are known to be weak in this time period. There is no room for forgiveness and redemption. Daniel gives aid to this woman, what is he thinking? Does he desire to have her awaken and kill off the rest of our people? You were also there, you saw the horrors these people brought us, so why aid this woman? For all you know she could have been one of the people that killed ours" he said, playing with Lauren's hair. But then he stopped and started towards the exit. "So, where are the others?" he asked yet again before deciding to walk out. 

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[b]Floyd - House - Jess[/b]

Slowly the light began to burn his eyes as the gap between his lids widened. His eyelashes weren't preventing the light from getting in, their purpose. The redneck forced his left hand up, grunting as he did. He used his forearm to block the oncoming light, his cauterized wound preventing some of his movements. As his pupils adjusted, he realized there was no light, it was merely the rooms luminosity. 

For a second he was wondering where he lay. He turned his head side to side trying to make something out of his location. He starred at the ceiling fan above him for some time, realizing he hadn't moved an inch since the feud with the intruder. Then his entire body started to feel once again, the numbness leaving. First came the draft of cold air from the house, his skin shivering just a tad bit as it regulated. Then his legs awoke, Floyd twisting his ankles which made his wound sting. After that the feeling came running from the tip of his feet all the way passed his waist. The wound pounded like his heart, but even faster. It seemed like a heavy weight was on his abdomen, pushing him down like gravity. But unlike gravity, it stung him intensely every time he attempted to move. 

Then that pain faded once Floyd regained the feeling in his hands. He felt another person's fingers interlocked with his, so turned his head to that direction - to his right. There, sleeping silently beside him was the girl. Floyd recalled the events of the night before, the girl struggling to save him, but succeeding. She was the one that stepped up and saved [b]him[/b] this time. She did everything Floyd told her to do, from heating the blade to cauterizing the wound all by herself. Floyd basically owed her his life, not only that, but he was proud of her for the first time. He always thought her a girly girl, an inside woman. To him, she was one of those spoiled children who always had their butler doing whatever it is they needed to get done. But after last night, after not only hearing her back-story, but also saving him, his thoughts completely altered. But there she lay, her head on his chest like a sleeping child. She was peaceful, beautiful. He didn't want to disturb her peaceful rest - she deserved it - but had to in order to get up, or at least attempt to. 

Floyd pulled his right hand away from Jess' and gently poked the girl on the shoulder. He might have done it more roughly than he should have. "Jess, wake up. Wake up Jess" he whispered to the girl. For a second he was wishing that everyday could be the same. Not the deadly intruder thing, but waking up to Jess, she was [b]that[/b] beautiful in his eyes. He still didn't exactly know what had come over him, why he felt that way, but knew he did and wasn't really questioning it. It was one of those odd feelings that one does not understand, but isn't worth thinking about it because its for the best. "C'mon girl, wake up" he whispered again, taping his finger on her forehead this time.