Strike A Deal

In a more familiar part of a strange building, in the exact same room. A Zoreym who is more or less balding is sitting down near a table. On the opposite side of him is the group Flowers, and they are speaking together.

The blading Zoryem looks around. "So you all really have to act this mysterious? It's more lame than scary if you ask me, you're all weird." He says as he is way too calm when he is in a building he doesn't know the interior of.

"Well for your information we aren't trying to reveal ourselves to the public. Someone like you shouldn't have turned yourself in so quickly." Petunia says as he leans in wondering why he is here. "I just want to know what is your motive to be here, it's interesting."

"I really don't like interrogations, the last one should've been a clear indication. I would rather have done something more useful instead." Azalea says as he begins to tap his fingers on the table.

"This must be some form of punishment that agent gave me. I still don't think that this will make me comply any more than last time. Just tell us your story as to why you made such a bold move, make sure you don't add unnecessary details." Azalea asks as he looks at the Zoryem closely.

"I gave myself up because of one reason, I'm here to give some tips. Tips that you will all find useful and thank me later." He says and he smiles. "Currently there are some tensions you may not all be aware of. If I was to stay silent, major problems would arise from it."

"Spill it out already, we aren't here to waste anymore time if it's important. If you don't speak then you must be lying to us, and wasting our time." Petunia says but then he thinks for a bit. "Unless you're trying to make us sound desperate for answers. Don't tell me you're trying to act like you're the one in charge."

"I'll speak, but only if you follow my one and only condition. All I want is that my group isn't monitored or recognized by the government as a threat. My group is sadly going to get destroyed by them, if this happens of course, and I don't want that." He says as he hopes that they would understand, this can give them the edge that they need.

"Within this upcoming conflict, I fear that my group will be hunted down. We haven't done much so we don't deserve such treatment by outsiders. We just want to skip all the conflict, and be directed in a more desirable path. We just want to live our life's without fearing that we are going to be killed, it's simple." He says as he looks at them trying to see if they agree with him.

"I think we can make an agreement. Your group hasn't done much other than petty crimes. All you guys do is honor some dead criminal so it wouldn't be bad for the government to ignore your lives." Azalea says as he looks away disinterested.

"Even if I say this, you people still committed crimes. Not enough for me to want to hurt you, but you are all weirdos. You all are the least violent criminals I've heard of so far so leaving you all worn be hard." Azalea says as he yawns a bit.

The Zoryem grinds his teeth. "You can search me all you want, you won't find anything on me. I just want me, and the others to live normally without the authorities going after us." The balding Zoryem said, he wants to punch them, but this went surprisingly well.

Back at Ironhelm, an elder member enters a room and Gael can be seen smoking. "Sir…I have some news that you would like to hear." Corey said as he approaches Gael.

"What news? Im currently busy with the letter the Lurkers might send back if they respond." Next to Gael is Sam who doesn't look too happy.

"It will only take you one mistake, and you are finished. I'll be happy when that day comes, and I'll kill you myself." Sam says as he stares at Gael.

Gael then bats an eye at Sam, and he grabs another cigar. "That day will never happen, you'll be dead before I screw up. If you ever say something like that again, I'll have you killed." Gael says as he lights up the cigar.

"The death of William, his death was a tragedy that we can't forget. You should of been more sad like everyone else, you're a terrible boss." Sam says, and the other elders don't do anything and just stare.

"What the hell are you talking about? You all are not any better. None of you tried to make a move since his death, you all stayed quiet. You all shouldn't criticize me as I did as much work as you all did." Gael says as he is getting angry.

"It's only because of you holding us back, you wanted us to protect you." Sam says and the other elders begin to chuckle. "You're a coward, and I hoped the man who killed William returned. If he did return none of us would protect you, and we will leave you alone as you're too scared to fight."

"Your jobs as elders is to be my sole protectors. That's the role you all play, and unlike the younger members. You all don't have loyalty which I hate very much, none of you are worthy. For crying out loud, I let you all help me make decisions. You all should be in any moment risking your lives for my safety." Gael says as he stands up, and continues to yell at them.

"We will only sacrifice ourselfs for a leader that deserves respect. You aren't worth a dam, and you know it already." Said another elder named Kriston.

Gael stands up and pulls his gun out, and points it at Kriston. "Every one calm down I hate Gael as well but this is serious." Corey says. "Sure I also would like to watch him get beaten up, but we shouldn't get emotional now."

"Are you here to make fun of me or are you here to tell me the news? If you're here for laughs, I'll just kill you right here and now." Gael says as he is now pointing his gun at Corey.

"We are too many for you to handle Gael, we all would love to see your dead body. If I recall the other members like us elders more than you." Corey says as he ain't scared of Gael. "Ashly she has returned to us, and she is handing herself to us. She is here at Ironhelm, and she is walking towards us as we speak."

"Stop messing around with me, I'll kill you right now because of that terrible joke." Gael says, but Corey stays silent and serious, he isn't lying.

Gael then puts his gun away, and begins to leave." I want all of you to follow me." Geal demands, and they all stand up and follow behind him. Gael and the elders step outside with their guns out, and they spot Ashly with her hands up in the air.

"I'm handing myself over, I can't handle this life of hiding anymore. I just don't want to worry anymore, and I don't want to look back anymore." Ashly says as she continues to approach them slowly. She has a tired, and defeated expression.

Gael stares at Ashly. "I don't believe anything you say, this ain't something you would do. You must have a motive to be doing this, you're trying to trick us aren't you? What's stopping me from killing you now Ashly? I'll gladly pull the trigger." Gael says with a smile as he has his finger on the trigger.

Gael then feels a hand on his shoulder, and he turns to see Sam. "We will stop you as we are going to honor Bruno's wishes till the end." Sam says as the others are now pointing their guns at him.

"You can search my body, and you will find no weapons on me. I just want you all to shut up, and take me in already." Ashly says as she stops walking.

Gael then grins. "I want some of you to inspect her, and I'll watch just in case." Gael turns, and he can see how pissed they already look. "I don't want to touch that filthy woman, if you all want to protect her then you all should be the ones near her."

"I won't like it if old men inspect me, but I won't back down Gael. I have nothing to hide, and I'll bare it as I'll think about the day you die." Ashly says but she ain't looking at Gael, but instead at the elders.

"Just Bring her in." Gael says and they all grab Ashly, and force her inside. They all then search Ashly, and she wasn't lying at all, Gael can see that she is smirking. "I would of smacked you right now, but for obvious reasons I can't." He then looks at the elders.

One thing that he notices is how much more tame she is acting. Usually she would insult him more and threaten him, but instead she looks more sad. "Just bring her in with the other one, that's the last person she will ever see." Gael says.

Ashly is then brought inside a room, and she is tied up, she is sitting next to Daniel. Ashly doesn't know why her mouth wasn't covered as well. She is a bit glad that she finally meet the one other guy who she can somewhat trust.

Daniel stares at Ashly, and tries to move and speak, Ashly smiles. Ashly then leans in closer to Daniel, and bites the cloth that was covered his mouth. Ashly then pulls it, and Daniel begins to gasp for air. "You…bit my lips, I think it's bleeding." Daniel says.

Ashly watches as Daniel keeps on breathing heavily. "Thanks, but why are you captured Ashly? Our plan will fail now. Oh right, you don't know about our plan, we wanted to stop both gangs at once." Daniel says.

"Don't worry about that Daniel, me and Lucas spoke with Amir about it. I know everything, and Amir made this extra plan to save the both of us." Ashly says as she turns to face Daniel.

"Before you ask Daniel, me getting caught was part of this extra plan of his. Amir said in simple terms that he wants the Lurkers to ambush the Iron Deadlock. He wants the Zoryem to also join in as extra firepower." Ashly says as she tries to look around the dark room.

"Ahsly, I just noticed that you are acting differently. You were troublesome and a bit harsh, but now your more…soft I think that's the word I'm looking for." Daniel is confused by her change, maybe it's for the best if she did.

"Well things happen, and I wanted to change, I should of changed earlier. If I did even back then when we teamed up, this wouldn't have happened, and I'm sorry for messing up." Ashly says, and she notices how Daniel is looking at her with worry.

"Well we are going to just stay here, and let the rest of them do their part. It's going to be boring which is why I took your cloth off, we are going to talk." Ashly says.

"Well then we are going to be in hell for a while, they are force feeding me Ashly. They won't let us die so easily, and they will do other things to us." Daniel says as he begins to move his jaw which is a bit sore.

In the other room Gael is forcing one of the elders to write. "This letter is going to be about how we captured the other person who killed their men. This means that they might have to bargain much more than what we originally planned." Gael says with excitement.

The Lurkers are all stupid, and they aren't going to see this coming. They are going to play with the Lurkers, and they aren't going to give them anything at all. The elder looks at Gael who is now acting like he is above everyone else.

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Omar is now with the Zoryem, and they are speaking alone. "I'm not on the Lurkers side, I want to help get rid of them as well." Omar says as he hands them the letter Gael send him.

The Zoreym look at each other for a bit. "Listen, we made a deal with the government so they won't be after us. You can join us if you want afterwards as I presume you have no other place to be at." The Zoreym with missing teeth said.

Omar sighs in relief. "Yeah alright I'll do that for sure, I'm glad that we are all in the same page. I've already spoken with the rest so we only have to prepare from now on. I need you two to also help us save two people, Ashly and Daniel. Their lives are valuable to us, and I request that none of you hurt them when we get there."

"Sure why not, that woman really needs help doesn't she?" The Zoryem then look at each other with smiles. They know that the government won't anticipate them if that Zoryem succeeds in his mission.