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They started to question Dylan about which side he is on, he only replied with a stare as he would only talk to Toby because of his position as a peacekeeper. He would never open his mouth and say something, he would only ask for a cup of water to moist his mouth. Despite the way he is being treated he never felt ill towards his peers as he understands the situation. He is also at fault for not telling them of what he is trying to do.

He wanted to damage the community so bad that they would prepare for the worst. All he did was make the situation worse than expected. His plan started to fall apart, his intentions were good but the way he executed it is bad. After talking with Niall, Toby and Harry headed to the interrogation room. The brothers got in and they started to ask him questions which some of it he took accountability.

"So the disease"

"Yeah, I'm sorry"

"Crops dying?"

"Me"

"When was this?"

"A month after Natalia came with us... the first people... the couple... I spotted them talking to someone, and I approached them"

"....."

"Delta"

"What is that"

"A code name... All I know is that these people are on our side"

"Really?"

"yes.. I have no idea of their intentions but all I know is that they will not harm us... One of them with the skulls right?"

"yes"

"Beat up one of our teams, Niall and Lee almost died"

"A way to hide it"

"what do you mean"

He paused on his words, clearly thinking on the next words he'll say.

"They want to look bad"

"....."

"What do you mean?"

"They wanted to look bad for some reason, they never made it clear to me"

"What do you know?"

"In the grand scheme of things, there are two groups on each other's necks, and we'll be in trouble"

"Are we in the middle of it?"

"Yes, and Natalia... I have no idea"

"She was afraid of the skull, I asked her up there they are the people who wants to hurt her"

"I cannot comment on something that I have no idea on"

Their conversation continued to be get messier the longer it get. He only mentioned that they have to prepare for something big, something that might cause them their whole lives. The intention of the people with the skulls are still unknown to all of them. They all started to scratch their heads about what will happen to them. Dylan explained further more of what might happen to them, after 3 hours of questioning their interrogation is over.

They did not publicized what they talked about in the room, Randall is the only one who heard the messy conversation. Dylan told them that the only thing he had full hands on was the disease and the punctured wheels was not on him, but maybe to "Delta". He gave the sick people IV fluids and gave the veterinarians the medicine that the animals needed, they immediately started to treat their animals.

They started to clean Rush river as well. Their men started to train in order to prepare for something big. Both towns started to strengthen their defense and training their men. They started to hide everything as they do not trust the person called "Delta". Their movements were lessened as the community is in between two possibly massive groups. If hell were to break loose they will have deaths, everything they worked so hard for.

After the long day Toby went to his house, he lives with Zachary, Samantha, and Natalia. Since he is the only person that she would truly communicate with, Randall insisted on her staying with him. The hardest thing that he had to deal with Natalia is her continuous nightmares, which will obviously be worsen by the upcoming events.

Natalia is playing chess by herself by the window. Toby approaches her.

"Where are the siblings?"

"Asleep"

"So should you"

"I just woke up"

"Nightmares?"

"Yeah"

"You have been having a few those recently, are you okay?"

"I... I hope so"

"....."

"The bad men will not come after me right?"

Toby paused on her words as he looks at the girl. Despite recently turning 18 years old, the way she spoke reflected much of a little girl. Afraid of what will happen, guilty of what is happening, and regretful of what just happened. It seems like the weight of the world is falling on her and she clearly shows it. She broke in tears and Toby. All he can do is tell her stories from when he and Harry were just little boys. Their mother would always tell stories of reality but warp it with imagination, a 'what could be' situation. If things are going bad she will tell them, 'what if it went good'. If something is going good she will tell 'what if it becomes bad'. It though the brothers how to be grateful and careful over the things that they have earned throughout the years. He passed on that coping mechanism to her to hopefully calm her down at least.

After a while Toby slept on the floor while Natalia was on the couch. Toby cannot sleep as he is always on high alert, he started to count the lines on the wooden ceilings. After a little bit of counting he finally feels a bit woozy, his eyes started to get heavy until.

Bryce came in and woke Toby up and startled Natalia.

"Sorry, come on.... there's someone here"

He immediately got up and ran with Bryce. The two jogged to the edge of the town, he can see hear them screaming at someone.

"Be quiet, you'll wake everyone up"

"Toby"

"Randy, what is it?"

"Some guy, Delta"

"Okay, I'll talk to him"

"Don't worry, he wants to talk to you"

"Oh, luck him"

He approached the man who is armed but is not pointing it.

'May I talk to you, peacekeeper?' He asked, his deep voice seemed soothing and Toby immediately agreed to talk to this man.

"Where do you wanna talk?"

"Anywhere, even here"

"Sure... what is?"

"Something bad... that's it, my people wish to cooperate with you for the next 6 months... something bad is coming right to us"

"And.... we need to cooperate with each other?"

"It is the only thing we can do now"

"Sure"

"Good, we'll come by tomorrow"

"We?"

Delta continued to walk away slowly. The men put their guns down, Toby and Randall looked even more confused as to what is happening. 'Something bad' It is the only thing he can think of until dawn came.

"You warned them?"

"Yeah, they'll need it"

"Let's go"

"is that the only phrase you know?"

"Maybe"

The four figures after meeting up walked away from the vicinity of the town.

"Will the horde help them?"

"Yeah, they'll just have to agree with us"