[b]Floyd - House - Jess/Abram[/b] The black man seemed to be as desperate as both Floyd and Jess. He disarmed himself and revealed to Floyd that he had decent amount of supplies - food. But in return for those services, he wanted to basically take shelter in the home Floyd and Jess settled. The last time a stranger showed up Floyd was shot down, so who knew what would happen now? Floyd still held his hand behind the door, keeping it hidden from the man. Though all he held was a knife, the guy outside didn't know that so had to remain cautious, which he did. He was still over there by his truck keeping his distance from the house. It would seem he wanted conformation before stepping forth, which Floyd understood. But that wasn't what was running through the redneck's mind. All he could conjure up in his brain was the possible threat the man could become. At this point, Floyd was basically helpless. he was injured severely and would require at least a day or two to recover from such wound. In addition to that, he had a pregnant woman who he had to take care of and was failing to do so. She had just showed him that he can't make it in this world alone, that even Floyd needed help sometimes. It was true that they were running out of food, the two had shown signs of gluttony and eaten a lot of what the house supplied for them. So the decision to allow this stranger in would be both risky and rewarding. This person wasn't another pregnant teenager, he was a grown ass man - muscles and everything. He hospitality and speech patterns made him seem a little strange, especially to Floyd - the redneck who believed nobody on earth is good. But the black man was right, Floyd wasn't feeling good, nor looking it. His face was dripping with sweat, not from fright or concentration, but from pain. He was hardly keeping his balance as he watched the black man from inside the home. Then suddenly, the decision was made. Floyd dropped the knife, the clinging sound with the ground audible to the black man's ears. Floyd used his newly-empty hand to open the door entirely, showing the guy outside that he was no longer armed. "C'mon" was all Floyd said, allowing the black man to make his way towards the entrance. But as he did, Floyd's vision started to blur. He felt as though all his muscles began to shut down as he now found himself falling to his side. He used all his strength in attempt to catch something to hold himself up, but eventually fell as he clashed against the ground just like his knife. He looked down towards his wound, applying pressure into it. As he then pulled his hands away, they were tainted with blood. That was the last image Floyd saw before he fell unconscious once again. All that movement had re-opened his wound. ----------------------------- [b]Robert - Haywood - Bull/Katie/Emma[/b] As the two little girls busted through the so-guarded door, Robert turned to meet their eyes. The newcomer's eyes lit the room up like the solitary candle Robert illuminated earlier. Her eyes were like a purified lake, water so clean one could see straight into its bottomless depth. Compared to Emma - the other girl in the room - Katie was but a child. She was as naive as the rest of them though. The girl even revealed to Robert something she should have kept to herself "So you are Tyler's daughter?" he started, the question irrelevant because he already knew the answer. "You have such pretty eyes little one" he continued, Katie running towards the defenseless raider. "Your friend here was the one being bad, just like your father" he stated, pausing after that comment. He walked towards Bull, but was met by the child's large charisma. [b]"Who are you?"[/b] [b]"Why are you being scary? It's not nice.[/b] Robert couldn't help but chuckle at the child's extreme maturity. She acted like she was older than most, as if she had the right to get answers. But like stated before, she was as naive as the rest. "I am Robert Dalton, military leader for our beautiful town known as Haywood. But believe me when I tell you this child, I am not the scary one. I am a mere figurine to the fright your father brought to all these people. He was the scary one, not me" Robert answered, soon being addressed by the tied up raider. The man stated Tyler was killed by Haywood Militia.................he was most definitely wrong. Robert then moved passed the child, his thigh running into her little stature and pushing her abruptly to the side. He once again stood before the raider before speaking directly to him. "Tyler yet lives pirate and I know you know where he stays!" he grunted, angered by the raider's lies. "We live under the rule of the man who failed to kill your leader. He was sent to those catacombs with a squad of about ten" he started, turning his head towards Emma before revealing the rest of the story. "But the man desired to move by his own agenda. He put his personal goal before the goal of the people who now call him Mayor. Instead of finding your leader, Tyler - the monster - and killing him, he decided to save the girl before you...........Emma. In the process, I lost six of my dear brothers. SIX! Lives lost to save the life of an impotent girl!" he yelled, turning back to Bull, watching the man from above. He took Bull by the hair and pulled his head upwards, making the raider face him. "Look at me while I speak coward" he taunted, then switching his gaze to the little one. "Your father was a monster. He took mothers and daughter to the cells and did unimaginable things to them. For all you know he might have killed your mother! And he still holds breath. Let me tell you child..." he said, letting go of Bull and bending enough to be at eye level with Katie. "I will find your father. And when I do, I will unleash the wrath of Haywood upon his dying corpse. He will beg for his life like the coward he is. You've lived in his shadow far too long, I will set you free of his grasp" he told the blue-eyed kid. "Amir! Amir!" Robert called out, the door suddenly opened by the guard outside. "Yes sir?" Amir responded as he entered the building. "Escort these two beautiful ladies to the mess hall please. Prepare for them a wondrous meal, they look very hungry" Robert commanded Amir who started to take the girls out of the room by force. Amir saw Bull int he background bleeding, but said nothing. He now understood what was happening, he had been there the day of the attack and knew the truth behind what occurred. The man still had mixed emotions though, never sure who he truly called leader. Once they left the premises, Robert shut the door, locking it from inside this time. He returned to face Bull, picking up his face once again. "Now, I'm going to ask you yet again. Where is Tyler?!" he asked, a fist suddenly colliding with Bull's lower abdomen. "Where is Tyler?!!!" Another fist coming across his face, Robert's knuckles red as the blood that shot out of Bull. The sound of a gun clocking them emerged from Robert's hands. On his right hand he held a pistol pointed straight at Bull. "If you do not tell me where Tyler is I will shoot you" he stated calmly, his pistol reaching Bull's forehead. "Do you think I'm joking!!!" Robert yelled, anger by the silence of the room. He switched his target and pointed the gun at Bull's foot, firing at it but missing barely. The man stared into the raider's eyes, his own red like the sun at dawn. Robert then put his weapon away and walked side to side - thinking - planning. "If you do not tell me where Tyler is next time, I will kill both your friends. First the woman.............then the child" Robert finished, walking out of the room before Bull had the chance to say anything. As he exited the office, he ordered a couple of soldiers who were still on his side to move the prisoner to Bruce Levi's cells outside of Haywood. Daniel didn't know about them, nor did any of the uninformed militia guards. "Move him there this instant, we don't want to find ourselves in odds with our Mayor now do we?" And with that, Bull was taken to the cells all while Daniel enjoyed the company of Shannon, completely blind to the issues that occurred beneath his feet.