Dave ran into the barricks "Yo everybody get up there's some dude at the gate." They all popped up at the same time weapons ready.

"What did he say?" Rob asked

"Well he said hey and I looked and it was a dude and a lady. I said hold on a second and ran over here." Dave answered

"So you just said wait here? You didn't say what do you want? Are you okay? Nothing just wait right here?" Dan asked

"Fuck you Dan alright it got flustered. Now come on let's go!" Dave said

They sprinted back towards the gate. They had all done a rotation on watch, so they all knew where it was. D being the fastest was the first one there.

"Sorry about my friend keeping you waiting can I help you? Wait Dave said it was only a man and a women, there's four of you? D asked

"Sorry we didn't get to chat much he said wait and ran off." Joe said "this is my wife Gina and my daughters Kim and Leah."

Right as Joe introduced them the rest of the guys were closing in. Leah's eye grew huge when she saw them running at D's back. "Watch out!"she screamed

D spun around only to see the guys running at him so he spun back around a look of confusion. "Those men are dangerous." Leah said

That night they had shared the stories from the time they were apart. D had learned about the fight with the boar and the 3 guys they encountered attack a girl. He put two and two together and realized this must be the girl.

"You must be the girl they saved in the woods. Listen my friends and brother aren't dangerous. Well they are but your getting it twisted. They killed those men for what they were going to do to you. We don't just kill people, but I'll tell you now rapist, women beaters, and murders aren't welcome here." D said

"They're murders, they killed 3 people." Leah shot back

By now the guys were at the gate with D "Oh listen here genius. We could have left those man to do what they wanted with you, but we didn't. Rob over here has a real problem with rapist. He would have smashed there faces even before the world went to shit." Dave said

"Listen everyone calm down. Why don't we let you inside we can take for a bit. If you don't like the settlement we're setting up your free to leave. If you have any weapons you can bring them in." D explained

"We don't have any weapons. I would like to get some though." Joe said

D finally used IDENTIFY and realized they were all level 1 except Joe who was level 2. How did they survive the night without killing or running into any beasts he thought

"We have a blacksmith shop and Dan has some extra weapons we could work out a trade. We're trying to start something here. Someplace safe. If you like what we have to say I'm sure we can work something out." D told them

"Ok but I have your word you won't do anything to me or my family." Joe asked

Rob was looking at Joe threw the gate he had the standard high and tight fade and a drab green t shirt. Rob had been in the navy so he knew nother service member when he saw one "where did you serve?" Rob asked

"Army, desert storm. Why your were in the army or were you eating crayons?" Joe said with a laugh

"No I was a sailor in the navy for 6 years. Did my time all over really." Rob replied

Kim stepped up "I was in the navy as well my dad hated it. When did you get out I just got out 2 years ago after doing 4."

"Oh I got out about 8 years ago we wouldn't have crossed paths then." Rob answered

"Help me open the gate talking threw the damn thing is stupid. Let's get them inside. Rob you got anymore meat left?" D asked

"Yea a bit but if we give it to them were going to have to go hunt at some point today." Rob said

They opened the gate to let the family inside. The father Joe was a dark skinned guy with a high and tight fade. Not jacked or anything regular build. He did have a braided rats tail which was only in style in the early 90s but he seemed normal enough. Plus being ex-army he could probably help with some things. The mother who D IDENTIFIED as Gina was an average red headed women regular height. She was pretty for her age. She hadn't said much yet but she looked excited when they said they had food. The two daughters we both above average in terms of looks. Kim looked to be about the age as everyone in the crew where as her sister Leah looked the be a year or two younger then all of them.

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"We're going to go-to the barricks and get you all feed. There's only one rule. According to the territory stone we claimed you can become residents of the settlement. Which is fine we're all for that. Or you can challenge for leader ship which means we will have to fight. I don't think you want that." D said

"No listen we just want a safe place for our family." Gina spoke up quickly

"Well listen there's a lot to be done to make a settlement apparently. There's jobs that you can level there's areas we can't even get into yet. Let's just get you guys feed for now." Dave said

They lead the family into the barricks and gave them a break down on all the buildings so far. Joe was taking back when they told him everything they had to do to claim the territory stone.

"So your saying not only did you guys kill a Minotaur, but orc's goblins and a dragon." Joe said

"Oh don't forget about the wolves. They were no joke either." Dave said

"Sorry, and that's how you guys got the gear and weapons you have? I killed two boar in the forest and I didn't get a loot chest." Joe said

"I killed two boar that didn't give me a loot chest either." D told him "Not every kill gets you a loot chest we guess. The minotaur didn't give us one either. It wasn't till we completed the quest to claim the stone did we get this gear." D explained

The girls were being quite for the most part. This was all a lot to take in boar out in the forest was one thing, but these type of monsters was something else.

"Listen ill give you guys the grand tour of the place. It's still not much but I'll show you were you can water. I'll show Joe some of the weapons in sitting on and what we have here." Dan said

The family having finished eating all nodded and stood up. Dan lead them out of the barricks towards the training hall for some water.

"Yo dibbs on that Leah girl. She's smoking."Dave said

"No we are not making any moves on those girl right now. Who knows what's going to happen. We are two days into the god damn apocalypse and your calling dibbs on girls we meet." Rob said

"Yea ok I see how your looking at that Kim girl. We all know you got a thing for chicks we serve." Dave shot back

"Chill out you guys. Let Dan show them around." D said " We need to ask them there classes. We need to know how they fit in to the equation. Can they be helpful to gain levels or are we going to just let them get professions and level those. Just because Joe use to be in the army doesn't mean he wants to go fight by our side."

"True , we did sleep inside last night they slept in the forest. Let's give them some time to relax for a few hours then we'll talk with them some more." Rob said

"Well Rob with that new bow you think you can grind out some more food? Dave and I will go with you. Well grab some food and some Exp at the same time. We shouldn't waste anytime. Who knows when someone's going to show up and try to claim what is ours." D said

"Bro with this bow and my Deadshot class, I'll know when something's near and be able to kill it before it knows we're around." Rob said

"Nice let's wait for Dan to get back and tell him the plan for the day." Dave said

It took Dan about half and hour to show the new quests around. Hopefully they liked what they saw. When they came back to the barricks Joe looked like he had something he needed to say.

"What's with the look Joe?" D asked

"Listen this is a decent place you guys have here and we are interested in staying we don't want to push but we need a few things done though." Joe said with almost a strained look on his face.

"What do you mean by things you need done?" D asked

"Well it's mainly for the girls. There's only bunk beds no real sleeping quarters. The shower has no curtain. I can't let them live like this." Joe said

"Damn we didn't think about that. Sorry Joe. How about this we will let you take some beds into the training hall. Don't clean up with our drinking water though. When someone needs to shower you come with them and can post up so no one walks in on them." D said "Fair deal?"

"Yes thank you. I was sure how you guys would react to my demands." Joe turned to his family. "Can you guys all wait outside one minute?"

Gina, Kim, and Leah looked shocked they didn't know why he asked them that but they nodded and did as they were told

Once they were out of ear shit Joe started again "listen I know what you three did for my daughter. I just wanted to say thank you. If I was there I would have killed those bastards myself. She thinks you dangerous, but I wouldn't know how or where I would be if you guys weren't there." Joe said like he was dropping a weight off his chest

Dave stepped up with his hand out to shake Joe's. Joe took it. "We killed those men not to scare your daughter, but if the worlds going to hell we have to do all we can to hold onto what we had. You're a good man Joe welcome to our settlement." Dave said

"Listen Joe we need to go out to hunt and no offense but we're going to leave Dan here to watch you. Until we build some trust please don't do anything anyone might regret. Got it." D said with a serious look on his face.

"Hunting you say. Well listen as a show of good faith I'll see if I can convince Leah to go with you she can sense beasts. It was how we were able to stay somewhat safe out there." Joe said "it's up to her though I can't make her go if she doesn't seem willing."

"Talk to her she if she's up for it if not we're going to head out anyway. We will be back well before night fall. Dan knows the call. When he hears it you can help him get the gate open." D said

With that Joe left to go talk things over with his family and the crew needed to talk over the arrival of the new guests.

Things for Providence were moving slowly or quickly depending how you looked at it. The population had doubled in size in only a day. 8 people wasn't much though, but atleast they were making some headway towards opening those areas in the town hall. There was still a lot to do.