Thirty-seven minutes passed since the four of them knockdown on the ground sleeping, Archie, Victor Charlotte, and Melody on the floor right outside the house, Zeus and Hades talking too. Luckily there were not many people from that place or just civilians that glanced at them but decided to not get close by from the fear of the enigma of who they might be and the uncertainty on who they are.
Eleanor and Michael got there and both new the path of the house thanks to Paul, they glanced over their companions and the girls who were just lying there, immediately both unlocked the doors of the car and got exterior of it, both of them put their heads on them hearts to see if they were breathing, and indeed they were still breathing and that gave both of them a sigh of relief "quickly Michael try to wake Archie and Victor up" Eleanor expressed with extreme concern on what might have occurred with them.
"Victor, Victor wake up, come on man," Michael let out as he moved Victor and Archie at the same time telling them to get up, Eleanor was doing the same thing but gladly Melody and her sister woke up, "uhh.. uhh. what's going on in here" Charlotte said as a second later remembered what happened and her eyes shone as if she had just found the why and the reasoning of the universe being made, but in reality, it was just the worry "Melody! where where?.." Charlotte expressed as she quickly stood and looked around for her sister, "Charlotte relax it's fine she is right beside you awake" Eleanor said then the sister hugged themself feeling secure and free of what they had dealt with.
"Lady May I ask who you are?, oh and thank you so much for waking us up," Melody said, "You two are both welcomed and my name is Eleanor and we just came because we were worried something happened to Archie and Victor while trying to get here," She said, then the three glanced over where Michael was still trying to wake up Victor which still was sleep but Archie woke up too, "Come on wake up you idiot," Michael said as he slapped Victor with a light slap, thanks to it Victor could wake up but then gave an unsettling grunt and slapped Victor too on the face, Michael took a step behind and find fell on his own butt, "agh you asshole," Michael said then Victor answered with laughter.
"Uh thank God we are all alright, now these place is not secure for you two right now, let's go to the house and we will talk about all of this" Said Eleanor to all of them, they all walked to the car ready to leave, the car was expansive so they were fitting good, "Let me call the police so they arrive here, I know Cytro would just covered all up but it's worth a try," Said Michael as he took out, his phone and called on the authorities as they all left the place.
Michael was driving the car home while the others were looking through the windows and the lights of the morning were getting in and their thoughts on how big the problem that they are having crossed through their minds and stayed there in their heads as if they were a doll and Cytro had them as an aiming field for them to just have fun, they were worried on the future of what's going to happen, they remembered the reasoning as to why they were there at the first place.
Charlotte and Melody were there for the reasons that they were born on there and it was not a hell hole before two years ago, Victor, Michael and Eleanor were there for different reasons, they all knew what were they, it was for Piers, Archie's justifications which they were unknown to the three of them as of yet.
Their train of thoughts and justifications stopped as they crossed through one of the saddest neighborhoods in the city, the place was disastrous and the ones who were there definitely did not look as common civilians, kids on the roads bare feet as of the poverty and the sacrifices of their parents were on the side of the road, but the kids still happy for what they have, but there were other things like some other people getting beaten on the valleys and stolen by some pricks or just people fighting each other for reasons of poor necessity.
Several of them also the kids were halted on what they were doing and just glanced at the car that was passing by with eyes of anger and hatred yet sadness of what they wished they had, Victor Eleanor and the others just looked down as the car was passing by on sorrow, Eleanor asked seconds later with a look of distress "What the hell happened to this place?, I mean we just arrived like ten days ago to Piers's house but we really were not entering places like this?".
"We still both do not know, it was two years ago that it all begun, I mean the whole entire city was full of happiness and calm before that time, we basically could even go out and would have no problems, then in the blink of an eye things started appearing on the news that bunch of stores and markets were getting robbed, it was like the gates of hell got loose and left the hate and anger of those people, the thing is, that maybe they were not from the city and they all may be just came from the outside because something lured them in staying here, but that is everything we know, we have been basically just going to work, to buy food and go quickly into our house" Melody expressed as she felt anxiety and deep sadness.
"Archie when did you arrived here weren't you here before Paul like Piers was?" Michael asked, "Yes I was but I left with my family for a couple of years and now came back and saw how the whole city was a complete mess, that is when I decided to talk to Paul and convince him on staying so we could help people, but the problem turned out to be bigger than our reasoning," He said.
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Hours passed and the clock was ticking for the ones who were at home were worried of what might of happened, Paul was sitting at the chair in the basement while Perry and Charlie were sitting on their chairs and sipping their coffees in front of their computers were they had all the information collected of the ten days they had been at the house, then there was Pier who was just cutting some tomatoes in the little tavern Piers made for him and his comrades as he loves to call them.
Piers was relaxed and his hand steady as he with a pointed knife cut slices of the tomato he was chopping to place it on sandwiches, and at the same time he was singing while in some parts of it he was mumbling them, a song he used to sing not long ago, "Everybody thinks I dodge a bullet.." then he mumbled "but I thin.. mmm shot mm" then he continued to sang but got interrupted by the Paul's voice "Aren't you a little worried at least about them?" He asked with worry on his face, "Well if everything is fine they are going to come right through those stairs" said Piers as he continued with a more cheerful voice "Look, Think of this day as just a normal day where they just get here and be with us" but the he looked down and stared at the chopped tomatoes as he opened his mouth and took a breath, "But yeah I think we really should call them" he said then he stared at both Perry and Charlie, "Can you call Michael to see how they are doing?" He expressed as Paul leaned his head a bit to the right confused and staring at Piers.
Then there was a sound upstairs of well, a sound that PC, Paul and Piers heard perfectly as if it was the ice cream car giving free ice cream, the doors key hole made the sound and the footsteps came, the first one who went quickly to come up and see them walking through the stairs was Piers, Perry and Charlie both took a sip on their coffee and had both a little grin on their faces, Paul tried to walk upstairs outside the basement but he could not by the pain of his bullet wounds that still were not healed.
Piers eye wide open as he did a rushed walking when they were right at the entrance, "We are home Piers, no need for calling or worrying, we are all alright" said Michael as he walked in front of Piers and padded him on the shoulder, then Eleanor walked in and gave an smile to Piers, then Victor and Archie walked in and both gave a nod with their heads to Piers, and at last Charlotte and Melody walked in presenting themself to the less worried Piers who was just stanting there, "Hello you two must be Melody and Charlotte right? Well welcome! And come inside please" he said as both of the girls gave a thanks and a hello to the old man, then Piers procceeded to close the door but containing his smile inside of him of being happy they all were ok.
After those greetings all of them procceeded to walk downstair to the basement as Melody and Charlotte walked down too, the first to step out of the stairs was Michael "Hello Perry and Charlie, hey Paul how are you feeling" he expressed being cheerful and charm, then the worried Paul talked "I am still kind of good but I am going to still need to recuperate myself because of the wounds, where are the girls? are they both ok and what happened?" He said, "Relax Champion they are both here and ok, now they are coming here" Eleanor expressed as she walked down the stairs too.
Then all of the rest in the group walked down, Charlotte and Melody at last and as soon as they took their last stepped they started to glance around and stare at their surroundings as kids on a toy store or a mine digger that just had found gold, staring at all and they overlayers of the basement, of course the basement was not normal, it was probably the most advanced yet amazing well made design of a basement, with PCs big computer set up, gun arsenal of weapons and knife that was sticked into the wall, working materials, a small bar to prepare food and the charm of every member of the group that was there.
"Is this where you guys worked? I mean is this even legal there are weapons here" Charlotte said as her sister bumbed his shoulder as if saying "be more respectful" without actually saying it, "Well I mean we are still technically detectives that follow the law, we just use this because technically here is not a law that says not to it... well if there are even laws in this city" Piers said as he came down of the stairs too, "I mean this is just a house that I brought only for this moment, the city is in chaos and well bassically I desided to help it, of course I am gonna need some materials of.. protection and... safety" Piers said as he chuckle after those words, "But let's just get to the point young ladys, what happened?".
Piers momentarelly decided to want the answers and go straight to the point and making a kind of serious retracted face, everyone was all ears and ready to hear what they had to say, Archie and Victor did not needed the answer because they were already there but they put the ear anyways, "Charlotte and I had arrived from buying food, we know Paul said not to come out and that might of had been our mistake, but we just wanted to get some things that we really wanted to buy and it was just some things" the greed of the human is always a mistake "But then we got to the house, rested at the couch and suddenly... " then Melody continued to explain what is was previously experienced, all of them were all ears but their faces where started to change to a more grossed out expressions as Melody described the tall man that was hunting and tieing them, then she continued and continued until they ended with the parts of both of them being saved and brought here.
"Well now you to are here and well, and I am glad for that, we might have a place for you here to stay, right Piers?" Paul said, "Emm sure we have just the exact amount for them, but we are how many now like ten? Well I am glad now while you all stay here I would be here too to protect all of you, trust me" Piers said as a grin made his face and chin seem kind of funny but for all it fell as if those words became important, "But of course if you two want" asked Paul to both of them, "well we definitely want because we have nowhere to go, that is how it goes now in this city, In Grand Vilstine if you come in you won't come out".