At this point while I am walking the snow is just below my knees and with the sniper on my back with its length it is a challenge to move around and not break the weapon at the same time thankfully the barrel is pointing up and not down towards the ground.

Further up ahead I see the glow of light, maybe a fire set up by them, as I get closer I really start to feel the cold brushing up against me making me reconsider doing this whole thing, when I can clearly see the light coming from a building I let out a sigh of relief.

I get closer to the door that was placed, they work fast to get things done, I open it letting a pile of snow inside as the windows and such had been blocked up or have actual windows installed but where covered.

I walk in bending down a little to give room for the sniper to have a clear pass into the place and close the door with a *Click* heard behind me, I take off my helmet and have it placed under my armpit to rest there I move the sling over my head having it change the position of the sniper to face into the air straight up having the sling wrapping over my shoulder to both ends of the sniper.

I walk further inside until I reach what they have made the main room now and enter the room to have Jackson look over at me with smile and mark rushing over to look at what I have found “You are back Arthor and with a really powerful sniper at that” I look over at him while I was trying to lay the sniper down off my shoulder “What do you mean?” I ask as I don’t know my guns as of yet “Well that gun you have there is the pride of all Arcaisian snipers the Modell NJ ’45 a powerful sniper that is solely made by the Empire it is recorded that it can shoot up 45 kilometres away from the starting point but that is stupid and can never happen it can also go through concrete walls if need be” holy hell I got lucky.

I look down to the sniper in awe of its capabilities and fame in my home country “Are there more from where you found this from” asked Mark “I don’t really know if I am to be honest” I reply back, I never really took a look in there to see if there any others I just wanted to grab one thing then head back as carrying more than one would be bothersome to do so.

I undo the sting for my robe and take that off and the same with the jacket but keep my pants and boots on, I walk over to the campfire and sit crossed legged and warm up as I am freezing.

I look around the place not much has been done but there are materials located all over the place from wood to meatal located here and there but I don’t see merry “Where’s merry?” I ask as I don’t want her going through what is outside “She is upstairs making her room” mark said pointing to the roof “So what is there to eat can food or anything” Jackson places a can next to me that has steam coming out of it I grab it and the knife from my thigh that I still have.

I eat the food silently; canned chicken soup is what I am eating, while eating a well both Jackson and Mark go upstairs. I am feeling sleepy and judging by where everyone has gone they have spent time making their rooms first before everything else, assholes.

How I am sleeping tonight is robe covering me and sleeping oh ground how I have missed you, before I could even get lost in thought I hear someone walking down the stairs behind me, maybe its mark or Jackson forgot something.

I sit there looking into the fire still hearing the footsteps com closer, I look behind me to see merry walking over I look back towards the fire. Merry sits down next to me holding her legs to make the n with her body, she looks around the place to what I brought in and notices the sniper then looks back to the fire “You were out pretty late getting today” she said with a bit of worry “Well I had to use my thermite that I had for a while to get in look around to see what was in there it was only when I left the building that I noticed that I was gone for too late so I was a panic to myself back here” I said explaining why I was late “What about you? What did you do while I was gone?” I asked as I really wanted to know why there was this much stuff around.

She took in a deep breath and harrumph’s she looks down to her thigh and fiddles around for a bit before I hear the *Click* of a holster, she passes me the knife I gave earlier on during the day “Hear I have to return it as it is yours” she exclaims, I push her hand back towards her “No, that knife is yours I was just keeping it safe for yourself ” she looks at me poking her head up in confusion “So…. You want me to keep the knife that caused the incident not long ago” I sigh and look her in the eyes “Why do you keep blaming yourself for that when none of knew it was there” I ask “I don’t understand why” she brings her legs closer to herself “Because I caused it to happen” she says after a few moments a quietness.

I look back towards the fire “Well you may have caused the trap to activate-” “That is exactly why I am blaming myself-” I put my index finger on her lips like in those tv shows and stuff “But you were also clearing a path for us that accidently set the trap off” I let my finger of her lips and place my hand by my side.

For little more of time it was quiet.

Arthor, you are the most stupid person ever doing what you just did, you made the mod in the room awkward and merry won’t after this probably will not talk to you after doing that action from a romance show you just happened to watch.

Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.

I look over to merry with my eyes not moving my head from facing the fire, I see merry not sure on what to do next as I can see red over her checks and touching her mouth like she had just been kissed out of now where. I smile a little as that shows she has not completely shut herself from the world and us.

I yawn out of tiredness scaring merry a little bit, I stand and grab my robe next to the sniper and walk back over to the fire “You should get some sleep as well merry it is getting late” I say as I pass her to reach my original spot “Yeah I should” she says getting up and walking two paces to the stairs and stops “Arthor” I turn my head to look at merry “Thank you for talking to me” she says and then scurries off to her room upstairs.

I turn back to face the fire with a smile. I then curl up to go sleep for the night so I can set up a room for myself.

“Where and what are you going to do to my sister you bastard!!” mark shouts “Which girl are you talking about I have so many women who have fallen for me over the years” the man in the chair replies.

Mark clenches his fist ready to punch the man but before he could I rip off one of his nails, the screams of the man burn into the room, I crouch down to his view so he can see me “Merry Alice Nail, where is she and what are you going to do to her now! Before one more nail joins the new group of freedom in the bin” I say coldly to the man, he breaths fast and erratic before laughing “Oh, you mean her” he says laughing afterward I step back and pull out a pistol from pocket and point it at him.

Mark looks over at me and realizes what I am going to do and nods “She was so into me but got tricked to follow me” he laughs “You know when I get out of here and you two are dead I am going to give her the time of her life! Want me to explain?” he shouts after which he puts on a massive grin.

“I am going to sprea-” a loud bang fills the room as smoke comes off the pistol I was holding ending what the man was going to say.

I open my eyes and take in a deep breath, that dream again of the day of what I should have done.

I sit up properly, and take a deep breath in and look around to see mark lighting the fire again to get warm and set up food for us to eat “Same dream again?” I nod “What do you think I should have done that day while we interrogated him” he looks over at me and back at the fire “I don’t know” mark after that incident became very protective of his sister to any male except for me and their uncle.

I sigh and sit properly “Honestly I was surprised that you did not shoot the gun until he gave us the information we needed” mark said “I wonder what would have changed if did shoot him then and there” I also wonder that as well mark.

I stand stretch and yawn “Well can’t always think about it for ever and we are at this point in time because I did not do that so” I say “Also want to help me make my room today as you guys already made yours” I glare at him,, mark laughs nervously putting his hands up in defeat “Fine I will help but tomorrow you got to take me up to the place you found the sniper at got it” he says “Sure deal now what is for breakfast today” he grabs a nearby can of food and looks at it “It is Canned soup” he says perplexed “Just soup that is what it is labelled” just soup got it.

“So what did you and my sister talk about last night I saw both talking as I was at the second set of stairs to go grab something and I saw you two talking” he says with a bit of grin, I yawn and stretch once more “What we talked about was what happened last month with the trap” he looks over at me with a disappointed look at first but then changed it to a look of happiness to know that his siter is changing a little “Yeah I know what you are thinking I missed a chance to make my move but it is also hard to do when someone has locked themselves away” I say a little disappointed and bummed out.

Mark laughs a nit having me put a smile on my face, we both hear someone going down the stairs, we both look over to the stairs to see who is coming down, when we both saw Jackson we let out a sigh of relief as we did not want her to hear the conversation about my dream and what happened.

Mark grabs both cans that were placed on a metal plate above the fire to heat the soup, and hand me one to eat, I let it down for it to cool off so that can eat it after it cools as burn tongue is a no go for me.

I grab my book that was in my rucksack next to me and open up to the page where I had left off at, which was going into detail about how production of minor commodities that people sucked up like nothing to be used not as often as the person thought it would.

Before I could even finish one page I was interrupted by none other than the person me and mark had talking about not long ago, merry shouting out if there were food for her ready. Both me and mark look a bit worried as she was pure quite when walking down those stairs or did she even walk down them.

She strolls over to where we are and sits down to warm up a little to eat “No I did not put anything on for you as I thought you were still asleep” mark said “Well I cooked for all of you while you were all sleeping and don’t do it for me” she pouts although for a good reason, she did cook a lot of food for us while we travelled.

Mark shrugs to her helpless attempts to convince him to later if he is awake before also put on a can of soup or something similar so she can eat as well, we both sigh at the same time and open our cans of soup and have a swig of it.

It is like a very condensed version of water but dry and slightly hot, I put that back down and stand to stretch and walk up the stairs to see where my room is and knowing mark and Jackson they put it next to Merry’s as they really want us to start dating, as if that was not obvious and low and behold I was correct.

I go back down to look at what I have to build with and so a poor job at, mark comes over points at some saying that ‘there good for bed frames there good for bedside tables and those are good for setting up more sound stuff you want to build’ like a construction worker knowing what is good for each purpose.

I look a little longer thinking about how to build the room as mark and merry prepare to leave to go get more weapons I presume. Then an idea popped into my head and most of them turn out to be bad ones when put into precise but I think it would work.

I grab some boards and meatal pipes and bring them into the room and start going to work building a bunk bed but with space under it to have a desk and storage space to work with stuff when I am bored and want to do something.

Let’s get to work shall we Arthor.