Percy's immediate thoughts were of his daughter. He was close to screaming fuck you to the captain and bolting out to make sure Ana was safe and sound, but.. at the same time, there were way, way more people that needed to be helped here. He was torn...

Meanwhile, Zach was in his home with Ana, his rifle at the ready just in case whoever these fucks were decided to barge into his door. He's not gonna let Ana get taken away if it kills him. Nobody seemed to come for Zach and Ana for a long while.. Maybe they thought nobody was home? Before Zach could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard footsteps outside.

[color=IndianRed]"Shit,"[/color] Zach muttered under his breath, ducking behind the window so maybe they wouldn't see him. He looked over his shoulder and saw Ana trying to poke her head out of the basement she was hiding in. Zach furiously shook his head, mouthing, [color=IndianRed]"No, stay put."[/color] Ana meekly nodded and ducked her head back inside. Zach carefully shuffled over to hide the trapdoor with the rug, then decided he'd keep cover behind the couch, close to where Ana was.

Zach could hear two voices talking, a man and a woman. "37, check that house." "Roger, 52, breaching household.". Zach could see his door's lock get shot out, and wooden splinters entering his household just a second afterwards. More footsteps, and he could just [i]tell[/i] a foot was ready to kick it down.

Zach readied his rifle, flicking the safety off. Thank God he bought the firearm. However... "..52, my, uh.. My firearm's out of ammo." "...Roger, abort. We have bigger fish to catch anyway. We're only here for irregulars." "Affirmative, aborting.'

Zach tried to think of what that could possibly mean, irregulars. People that are just visiting, maybe? The two's footsteps got quieter and quieter, but a different noise could be heard, one of a tracked vehicle. They brought fucking [i]tanks[/i]?

Zach almost felt like puking. What in the fuck was this? ... Call Percy. Surely he knows by now, but it'd be good to make damn sure he knows shit's going down.

Percy never got that call, though. He was already in his NC and he was trying to push the other guys back, much like (hopefully) Elizabeth and Verona. Sophia got on the radio, [color=8882be]"Do you really need my permission? Get out there, guns blazing! They're on your left. Shoot through the damn hangar walls if you have to!"[/color]

Percy was already aware of where the NCs were, considering he was fighting them right now. He turned on his comms to Sophia, [color=d3d3d3]"If you're able to in this moment, please make sure my daughter's safe. Contact Zach Young, that's where she ought to be right now. Please."[/color]

[color=8882be]"Affirmative, just handle the enemy!'[/color]. Sophia tore open her own phone and speed-dialed Zach.

It took Zach a moment to even notice his phone was ringing, he was busy checking to make sure Ana wasn't in shock or crying. He answered the phone on Sophia's third attempt. [color=indianred]"Shit, sorry, hey. Who's-"[/color] [color=8882be]"This is 'Captain' Sophia of the Smith's Rest Independent NC squadron. Is Ana fine? Do you need assistance?"[/color]

[color=indianred]"We're both fine. I think she's just a little shaken up, it's not a problem.. I'm staying with her with a weapon on the ready, just in case some asshole tries to get in here,"[/color] Zach's voice fades a little bit, like he moved the phone away from his mouth, [color=indianred]"Sorry, Ana."[/color]

A small laugh could be heard over the phone, [color=violet]"S'okay."[/color]

Zach's voice normalized after that, [color=indianred]"Is that all you needed, ma'am?"[/color] [color=8882be]"Pretty much. Oh, one more thing. If Ana dies, you do too."[/color], she then hangs up.

Zach was put off slightly by what she had said, and prayed that Ana didn't hear that threat.. but she was blissfully unaware. Maybe not 'blissfully', but.. Still unaware. At the worst possible time, an explosion was heard closeby, and the door was knocked off its' hinges. Fuck. A soldier was walking past and noticed the open doorframe, and Zach inside. He began aiming. [i]Fuck.[/i]

Zach scrambled to shut the trap door and get back behind the couch before the soldier could get a round off. Sure, the couch isn't great cover, but it works well enough. The grunt fired off a few rounds, all of them missing but making Zach - and possibly Ana - likely trash their pants.

Zach peeked his head from behind the couch just to get a bead on where the soldier is - in the doorframe, couldn't tell if it was to the left or to the right. Before he could fire, the armed trooper rushed in, and Zach could see he had a bayonet on his rifle. He fired off some 'covering fire' for himself, a round penetrating the couch and into Zach's arm. When the soldier was close enough, he kicked the couch apart and tried to lunge at Zach.

Despite the agony Zach's arm was in, he fought the trooper especially hard - fear for himself and another, smaller person is a pretty powerful thing. A fight against fist and knife ensued, the armored, masked man went for a quick stab with his bayonet. Zach shoved the soldier aside with all of his might - and that's pretty hard - and went to get on top and pummel his face in. This fuck is [i]not [/i]taking Ana away to do God knows what to her. He kicked Zach off with the same ferocity and clawed his knife away from his gun. "Surrender or die!" the foot soldier yelled, shooting Zach in the chest again and going to stab him in the jugular.

Zach managed to grab the soldier's hand before he could get stabbed in the neck, and did his damnedest to turn the knife around and stab the assailant in the throat. But then he felt something knock him in the head and everything went black.

"Target down." the assailant's friend noted, a smart-ass little grin on his face. "The feisty ones are the most efficient test-subjects. I'll drag him out, you check the door."

"Roger 83.", and 76 soon went to the trap-door. 76 peered down.

Ana shrieked when she saw the strange man looking at her from above. Tears started streaking down her face, and she backed up as far as she could into the furthest corner. She regretted shrieking, because it's likely she wouldn't have been spotted, but she did.

"Child spotted, let's get her to the walkers.", he then went to grab her, being a fully grown military man, she obviously couldn't do shit. Doesn't mean she didn't try to, though. She screamed as loud as she could, hit the man in the arm, kicked him.. even went to bite him a couple times. "83, put him down. He's shot twice, isn't he? He's probably gonna bleed out in the hour, forget him. This one's being.. un-cooperative."

And soon, Ana was put with a few other then-unconscious people into one of the Walker's cargo-holds.


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Mmm, I'm loving all your tears. <3

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