The Battle of Bar Harbor

Having made their way into the small classroom near the stairs that led to the second floor Fearah placed herself at the entrance and let her three companions enter before her. Raising her pistol to her chest she looked back to the dimly lit corridor they had just come down and listened carefully for any sign of activity. Going quiet for nearly half a minute as she listened for anything out of the ordinary Fearah nodded to herself. "Clear." She said to herself in a whisper as she safed her weapon and entered the classroom behind her three comrades.

Entering the classroom she closed the door behind her and made sure it latched before turning to her friends, Joe had taken up a seat near the chalkboard at the front of the class in what Fearah only assumed was the teachers chair before the world stopped. Chuckling as she took a seat at one of the desks Fearah looked to Joe. "What's on the agenda today teach?" She joked.

Having taken a seat in a rather comfy rolling chair at the front of the class Joe reached down and ran her hand along the fabric for a moment, while it wasn't anywhere near as comfy as the couch that she and Serina had at their house, it was by far an upgrade from the wooden chairs that littered the rest of the room. Watching Fearah come into the room and close the door behind her before taking a seat at one of the desks Joe silently chuckled at the joke. "Okay, Today we're going over how to be a smart ass class." She wrote on the chalkboard.

"Follow Fearah's example class." She wrote below it before playfully placing the chalk in Fearah's hand.

"I am not a smart ass, you're the one and only here Joe." Fearah answered with a chuckle, It was nice having someone that she could play with the same way she had with Sarah, especially with all the heavy stuff that had happened around her in the last few days leading up to where they found themselves now. Now it was even worse, turns out the mentally handicapped younger sister of the leader that was set on retaking the place was pregnant. Fearah didn't even want to think about what they were gonna do to the guy they had left locked up in that basement.

Looking to Joe she noticed the look in her eye, it was the look she got when she had something on her mind and wanted to talk about it. "What's up Joe?" Fearah asked as she got up from her seat and crossed the distance between them. Kneeling down to be closer to her she looked to the board to see what she would write.

"Serina is set to be executed tonight." Joe wrote on her board before showing it to the young girl.

"Serina? As in the chick that comes in all depressed late at night all the time?" Fearah asked.

Joe spun her board around again and wrote. "Yes, Dick said that her usefulness had run out."

Reading the next bit of text that was written on Joe's board Fearah frowned. While she hadn't really talked to Serina and she hadn't really made an effort to talk to her Fearah didn't really know much about her, but she could tell thee was something deffinatly sad about the girl in the few days she had lived there, Apparently this would be what had her so sad. Shaking her head at the news Fearah looked up to her friend. "I'm sorry Joe.. You know where it's gonna happen? Maybe we can save her too." Fearah asked before looking to Mikayla on the opposite side of the room, she had been talking to Chloe for the better part of their time there. "Maybe Mikki will know." Fearah said getting to her feet and pulling Joe along.

"Hey Miki, Joe's got something on her mind." Fearah said as she brought her up to her, Joe shook her head, she knew how much she didn't like Serina.

Finding herself standing before Mikayla Joe bowed her head and voicelessly sighed in defeat. She knew Fearah wouldn't give up on the matter until she at least brought it up. Raising her board Joe wrote. "Serina's getting executed tonight. I know you don't like her Mikki, But I don't want to see her dead, She's the reason I've been able to move around so freely, After hearing that Dick was gonna kill her she gave up on helping them. She's how I learned where Chloe was. She left me hints. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have found them." Holding the board up for her to read Joe figured that she's instantly shut it down but, time will tell she supposed.

Having been told to keep watch after bringing Joe to Mikayla to discuss the likes of the girl that lived with them that was set to be executed that night Fearah made her way to the door where she peeked through the glass window embedded into it. "Clear at the moment it would seem." she mentioned to herself. Brandishing her weapon Fearah pulled up one of the wooden desk chairs and took a seat in it, careful to position it to allow her vision into the hallway. In the background she could hear Joe scribbling on her chalkboard, more than likely explaining further how Serina had helped her in finding the others. Fearah had heard the story already and from the sounds of it the woman had at least somewhat turned a new leaf. At first it would seem that her help wasn't intentional and was more just thanks to her letting things slip out of frustrated ramblings, but as time went on and her execution became known to her her help appeared to be more intentional rather than happenstance.

Keeping her eyes peeled on the dimly lit hallway Fearah stayed quiet and continued to listen to the two girls have their conversation. About twenty minutes would pass before anything of note happened. The school was quiet, down the hall Fearah could see stacks of boxes, no doubt filled with supplies that the inhabitants had gotten some way or another. Examining the boxes in an attempt to pass time Fearah then heard the sound of movement coming from near the entrance. Raising her hand she signaled to the rest of the group that hey had company before she ducked behind the wooden door concealing herself from whoever was approaching. Listening as the footsteps grew ever closer Fearah flipped the safety off on her weapon in case whoever the footsteps belonged to turned out to not be Mallory and the others. Thankfully time would prove that concern wrong and through the door stepped Mallory, Claudia as well as what Fearah assumed was Mallory and Chloe's mother, a guess that was proven right as she heard Chloe call out the word and rush into the woman's arms. "Welcome back." Fearah said as she looked them over.

There was someone missing though, where was the guy? "Wait, wasn't there three of you?" Fearah asked, did something happen to him? the thought crossing her mind Fearah shook her head, 'poor soul.' she thought to herself. Thankfully however her assumption that something bad had happened to the guy was proven wrong shortly after that as the man of the hour came through the door, having heard his approach Fearah had gone back on guard, having her weapon raised as he entered she quickly brought it down and safe again as she saw his face, hearing the way he greeted everyone though really rubbed Fearah the wrong way, unbeknownst to her she had the same reaction to him as her twin had back at the camp, shaking her head but staying quiet as she heard him continue to lay it on Fearah returned to sit next to Joe and waited for further orders.

Staying in the corner as the group all greeted each other Fearah shuffled her way to the door, double checking that the coast was clear. From what Mikayla had said before she assumed that the place would soon turn into a warzone, how though, she didn't know. Watching as Marlene, Mallory's mother approached her and Joe Fearah looked at her for a moment, without a work the woman leaned down and wrapped her arms around her in a loving embrace. The embrace caused a weird feeling in Fearah, she wasn't doing anything special in her mind, she was just going through the paces like her father had drilled her, from the moment she got herself caught until now she didn't think about anything other than what would get everyone rallied together to take back the town. But now, As Mallory's mother embraced her the feeling finally hit.

Wrapping her arms around the woman Fearah smiled "You don't owe me anything ma'am." She said as her hands fell and the hug came to an end. Following the woman's form as she gave yet another hug to Joe Fearah smiled again, While it hadn't been long since she last received a hug, Justin made sure of that, It was nice seeing that there were others out in the world that were as compassionate as he was.

Returning herself to stand next to Joe the two girls listened as Mallory and the others worked out who was doing what, it seemed that Mallory and Troy were headed to the roof to send the signal that would start the main assault and Marlene was going to set up a trauma center of sorts in the highschool where they would take the wounded. "I'll stay here and help Marlene Miss Mallory." Fearah said to the woman before looking to Joe who nodded, "Joe and I will help Marlene." She then corrected. Watching the group file out of the room Fearah looked to Mallory's mother, younger sister and Mikayla. Marlene had brandished a syringe and was convincing Chloe that it would help her, slightly concerned that they were going to drug the girl and not knowing what that drug was Fearah looked to Mikayla for an answer. Shortly though the effect of the drug became apparent as Chloe fell asleep, 'ah, They put her to sleep so she won't have to see the chaos.' Fearah figured to herself. Looking to Marlene Fearah came up to the woman. "How can I help ma'am?"

---

Having gotten as comfortable as she was able on the dirt floor of the forest's edge Sarah looked down the scope of her rifle towards the man that was to be her first target, to her right sat Ellie who had already lined up the second target and sat ready to relay the information she would need to find him once the signal was sent out. Further down the line sat Carmin and beside her Ayita and Ziggy.

"Alright guys, Keep your targets in line, when you see that flare make quick work of'em ya here?" Cam said from where she sat, slightly behind her rested the boys. "When that flare goes off and shit hits the fan we move as soon as the first wave starts pushing. There's a set of buildings that provide an overlook of nearly the whole town." Cam explained further as her gaze shifted from one person to the next. "There's a fire escape between two of them, we'll use that to get to the roof."

"Damn Cam, You can really do this when you want to." Brody complimented from behind her.
"Shut up dweeb." Cam responded, even with the impending fight that was upon them Cam couldn't help but provide a comeback.
"Yea yea, So what's the plan after that?" Brody then asked.

"After that we provide overwatch until told otherwise, that's the plan. You guys'll set up Big Bertha there and Sarah, Ellie, Ayita, and Zigs will do their thing. I'll keep you guys covered from the rear until we're needed elsewhere."

Keeping her ears tuned to Cam's words Ayita did as she was instructed by Valentina the previous day. Having gotten Ziggy situated on her first target she had begun scanning for the second, having found another high value target in a woman with a high powered rifle close to the tower she began gauging the stuff she needed to and sorted them out in her mind. Keeping them there in preparation Ayita shifted slightly.

Getting comfortable the group then saw the bright red flare that was to serve as the signal of the start of the attack.

"Show time people." Cam commented. "Let's do this."

Once the explosion happened followed by the smoke grenades going in Mark and his small team shot off their smoke grenades before he watched the bikers roll on in.




The Hell-Riders rolled into Bar Harbor killing Richard's men and causing chaos. Frank had a huge smile on his face as he had his Colt Gold Cup National Match as he gunned down Richard's men in the street. Kenji and Anthony were trying to gun down whoever was in their sights. Mark had heard Jake over his walkie telling him to send to send in the second wave yet try to cover the snipers. He looked at the second wave and all his military experience was kicking in. "Go! Go! shoot at the towers to cover our snipers." ordered Mark. The second wave went in providing cover fire for the snipers. Once at the gate he got on his radio and looked back at Cassie and the medic team. His heart was racing as he looked back at her.

Cassie's nerves were at an all time high as was Sara's but still they had to wait while Mark and Jake along with their teams secured the gate. Once the gate was secured Mark got on his radio. "Gate is secure I repeat the gate is secure." said Mark over his walkie. Cassie took a few deep breaths before responding. "Alright heading to you now." said Cassie over her radio before turning to Sara and the others. "Remember guys we have to put them down even if they are on our side." said Cassie to her team. Sara felt a lump in her throat but he dug her nails into her palm making a fist as she wanted to be strong for everyone who was giving it there all. Cassie and the medic team ran to the gate trying to put down as many as they could along the way. As she reach the gate Mark embraced Cassie in a hug he let go of her and looked at Jake. "So this is where we split up right? I'll go left, you go right?" suggested Mark to Jake.

Kenji noticed that there were to many at the gate if he shot he would have gave away his position. "Alright I'm standing down and heading to Richard's place. Kevin keep heading to the school and Anthony I want you to go with him." ordered Kenji over his radio to his men. "I'm not getting out boss." said Anthony over the radio. Kenji looked surprised and he used his scope seeing Anthony in one of the nearby building on one of the floors it seemed a few of the bikers were heading in. "I'll cause a distraction now go!" said Anthony to Kenji. Kenji shook his head and went to pull the trigger but it was to late. Anthony fired a shot hitting a young man in the left leg. The young kid fell to the ground screaming in pain. Mark saw the kid drop and quickly rushed over to him. He shot his M1911A1 at whoever was in the building and ducked for cover behind one of the cars. He ejected his clip and shook his head. "Only four bullets left!? Are you fucking kidding me?!" thought Mark to himself. Before taking action. A few members from the second wave were providing cover fire and he finally reached the kid who was still on the ground screaming.




"Hey Jimmy listen to me you are going to be fine! I just need you to remain calm alright? Next part is going to hurt-" said Mark before he was cutoff by one of Richard's goons who tried to fire at Mark. Mark aimed at the guy and shot him with his four bullets. He shook his head at his empty gun putting it away before pulling out his knife and picking up Jimmy who was screaming in pain. Anthony was trying to take his shot but he couldn't with the some people from the second wave shooting at him.




He then aimed his sights on Mark but before he could the door to where he was at was kicked in and he was lit up like a Christmas tree as he turned around to aim his gun at the bikers. He stumbled back falling out of the window and onto the hard concrete ground. Mark made it back to Cassie and the others his shirt covered in blood. "A-Are you okay?" asked Sara nervously to Mark. Mark didn't even look at Sara as he brushed past her and set Jimmy down on a nearby table. Cassie then went to work as she had her gloves on and looked the wound. Jimmy was screaming and was in tears as Mark looked at him. "Oh god! I-I can't believe it! I got shot t-that fucking asshole!" said Jimmy over the sound of the bikers causing chaos. Mark looked at Jimmy and took his hand squeezing it. "Hey now you're alive aren't you? That's what matters soon enough you will be back and dancing on your feet." said Mark with a smile to Jimmy who tried to laugh through the pain. 


Sara came by with some of the kits that they had and Cassie took it from her. "Okay Cassie hold one side and Camille you hold the other." ordered Cassie to the girls. The girls did it and as they did she wrapped up Jimmy's injured leg in a split to try to stop his leg from moving. Cassie and her team then started to grab any of injure survivors that were nearby or if they were dead they were putting them down so they wouldn't come back.



Mark then looked at Jake as he reloaded his M1911A1 taking out the clip he had in his backpocket. "Just like the good old days." said Mark to Jake jokingly before putting his handgun away and grabbing his shotgun which had had Cassie held on to just in case she had trouble getting to the gate along the way. He looked over his shotgun before giving Mark a nod. "Hooah." said Mark to Jake as he said the US Army Ranger saying.





Meanwhile downstairs in the cafeteria in the school Troy watched in amazement as he saw the explosion happen and he looked around at the girls around him. "Jesus...I didn't think it was that strong." said Troy out loud. Then when he saw the Hell-Riders roll in Troy had the biggest smile on his face as he looked to Marlene. "That would be my club the Hell-Riders." said Troy with a smirk. Once the chaos happened Troy's smirk went away and he got serious. He kept a lookout for anyone that was coming after them. After a few moments he turned around and could see a shadow coming in from the light outside. "Shit! Hide! hide!" said Troy to the girls in a whisper but it was to late for Troy at least. He drew his saw-off shotgun and his Bertta 92FS. Kevin looked at Troy surprised at first but smirked. "Son of a bitch! I should have known you weren't one of us." said Kevin with a smirk to Troy who didn't even move a muscle as he had his guns on Kevin. "I'll tell you what...I'll let you go just tell me is the bitch who killed my friends up there?" asked Kevin to Troy as he nudged his head towards the stairs.




Troy cocked his Beretta and as he did Kevin laughed. "You just gave it away dumbass!" said Kevin to Troy. There was an intense stare-down between them a moment of silence filled the room. Troy then moved and as he did Kevin took his first shot missing him and hitting the wall. Troy ducked under a table and as he did Kevin cocked his gun as he was enjoying this. "Where the fuck do you think you are going?! This is war baby!" said Kevin as he continued to shoot Troy although he was just spraying and preying at this point.

Getting the order to move out Carmin got to her feet before relaying the message to her squad. "Alright guys, Let's get this show on the road shall we?" She said with the same goofy smile she always had, on the outside she tried her best to stay calm and focused but on the inside, she was shitting bricks. Getting to her feet Cam looked around at her group as they did the same, looking to Ziggy and Ayita she smiled for a moment as she saw them share a moment before the charge began.

"B." Cam called as she looked away from and closed the distance with her own boyfriend.

"What cam?" Brody said as he looked in her direction.

Approaching him Cam smiled and wrapped her arms around him in a hug, it possibly could be the last time she would be able to, no one knew what was going to happen when the charge started. "I love you." She said before quickly breaking away without giving him time to respond, she didn't want to hear the realist response he was surely going to give right now. "Okay guys! Charge!" She then called as she heard the order.

Making their way through the field to the newly made hole in the gate Cam kept her weapon raised. "Space out! Remember, Groups are targets!" She said as they all moved closer to the town, Once inside she'd guide them along the wall to a cluster of buildings but first, they had to get there. "Nearly there!" She called a few moments later, thankfully nothing had happened, yet.

As the group moved closer though, the explosions grew closer and one came close enough to knock Ziggy off her feet, Brody, Thomas, And Ayita instantly rushed to her. "Get her up! We gotta keep moving!" Cam called out as she too came close and aided them in hoisting their friend to her feet. "You alright?" She asked as she looked her over, a small amount of blood had pooled on her head but Ziggy didn't seem to be bothered by it. Satisfied that she was fit to continue Cam looked among her friends. "Okay, Almost there. Spread out and regroup when we get to the wall." She ordered.

Making it to the wall shortly thereafter Cam looked around for her group, Finding Brody and Thomas she then looked for Sarah, Ellie, Ziggy, And Ayita. Quickly she found them all next to the gate and regrouped, out of breath for the moment Cam looked to the town proper. "Okay guys, good work. Catch your breath then we'll be heading down this alley way." She said.

Giving the group a time to a catch their breath Cam then lead them all down the back alley way towards the buildings she had previously mentioned, Thankfully due to all the chaos the bikers and their own sharpshooting had caused the back alley was clear. Passing a few alcoves leading back out into the main roads they caught glimpses of the hellscape that was the town proper.

Reaching the building Cam looked up, sure enough the ladder was retracted, But that wasn't a problem. "Here. Hold these." She said as she handed her weapons off to Brody. Rubbing her hands together Cam gauged the distance between the buildings and hoped, then hoped again, and again. Each time making sure to plant all four of her extremities on the wall until she got to a small support beam that held the fire escape to the wall. Grabbing hold she pulled herself up and grabbed ahold of the railing which she used to get to the platform. Crossing to the ladder she pulled back on the handle releasing it from it's upward position.



"Your ladder my friends." She joked as she waited for them to climb. Once they got to the roof they'd set up, then the real work would begin.