Brenda, Kenzie and Alex quickly explained to the kids another truck was on its way full of guards, and they were going to stop it.

"We need you to stay here and stay quiet. Okay? I know it's scary, and it will be loud. But we will be okay and we will get you safely away tonight. Okay?"

The kids all nodded, their eyes wide. Kenzie and Petter had cracked open a few of the supply crates, finding bottled water and granola bars, in another crate there were blankets and medical supplies. They handed it out what they could. Alex had collected Raegan and Pickles and carried them back to the other truck for now. Alex picked the next oldest kids to be in charge, they were 13, and were eager to help.

Alex, Brenda, Kenzie, Petter and Maddie set to work. They tied the explosives at intravels along the bridge. It would be a similar ambush operation.

Maddie and Brenda went back to the rocks and spread out, Kenzie climbed back up her tree, and Alex stayed with Petter on the bridge.

"Are you sure about this? I can get Kenzie to do this." Alex asked again.

He shook his head. "No. I watched as they shot my dad and older brother. I'm going to do this. And if I die doing it, that's fine. As long as I take them with me." He said threw a clenched jaw.

"I like your drive kid. Follow my instructions and you'll live. Good that?" She clapped him on his shoulder.

He nodded.

"I'm seeing the dust cloud, that should be them!" Brenda said into the com.

Alex nodded at Petter. "Your up kid."

Petter nodded and climbed down the bridge, out of sight of the truck. Alex watched him, he was an agile kid, and strong.

He would have made a good runner. Minho would have been impressed.

Alex took another deep breath and pulled an arrow out of her sheath. And pulled her hood over her face.

Just the the guard said, a truck full of WICKED soilders and guards showed up.

"I'm counting..3." Brenda's voice said in her ear.

"No, 4 I count 4." Kenzie said.

"Does one guy make a difference?" Maddie's voice asked.

"No. Not for my sharp shooters." Alex said with a smile. She knew Brenda and Kenzie would always have her back. She trusted them and they trusted her.

Alex pulled the bow tight as the truck slowed down. Alex's eyes swept the truck.

"Four. That I see. Probably more in the back." Alex said quietly.

"Good that." Brenda said.

"Hey, Petter? Any eyes on the back?" Alex asked, the truck had come to a stop half way down the bridge.

"No. It needs to drive up." He said, his voice slightly panicked.

"Take a breath kid. It'll be fine. I can get them to move." Alex answered quietly, the guards and soliders couldn't see her talking, her hood pulled down too much, the mask also helped council her mouth.

Alex took a big step backwards, and then another.

"Come on...come get me." Alex whispered.

The truck crept forward a little, the drivers eyes narrowed. Alex took another step backwards. She was now even with the end of the bridge.

"Good! Alex that's good!" Petter called.

Alex raised her bow.

"Windows will be bullet proof, but get those doors open and we're in business." Brenda said.

Alex let her arrow fly and the truck wheel deflate. Alex had the next arrow flying into the other tire.

"Well that's one way to do it." Kenzie sniggered, the doors flew open and the guards stormed out.

"Petter now. I got middle." Alex said.

"Left." Brenda said.

"Right." Kenzie called.

"Back." Maddie added.

Alex's arrow flew as three loud cracks were heard echoing off the rocks. Three guards dropped.

"Shoot! Sorry." Maddie said panicking, "I missed I'm sorry!"

"Slim it." Alex said, releasing an arrow and the fourth gaurd dropped.

There was a loud thud. And Petter came sprinting down the bridge.

"It's full of soilders!" He screamed.

The back door flew open, two soldiers jumped out, there was a loud explosion and the back of the truck exploded, it wasn't a big bomb, but it was enough to cause damage, they still needed to blow the bridge. The two gaurds who managed to escape the explosion came sprinting towards Alex and Petter. Alex shot forwards, she swung her bow like a bow staff at the one who was almost on top of Petter. His head flew sideways. The other soilder dropped in a spray of blood.

"Got your back girl!" Brenda said in her ear.

The soilder Alex hit scrambled to his feet. Alex pushed Petter in front of the truck, she yelled at him to go find Kenzie. He hesitated, but when the soilder pulled out a gun and knife he turned and sprinted away. Alex grinned, and walked forwards, she was now blocked from her snipers, behind the armoured truck.

"Ahh. Hand to hand is it?" She tossed her bow to the side and pulled out two knives, spinning them, crouching, getting ready.

"You should know. Those guns are usless on me. And this knife already killed one of your own today. Give up now and I'll kill you quickly." Alex taunted.

The soilder didn't listen and shot her. The blue electry hit her in the chest. Alex breathed in deep, feeling the adrenaline rush through her. Her pupils dilated and her heart rate increased.

"I was hoping you would do that!" Alex smiled and then laughed like a lunatic.

With a wild scream, she kept forwards, swinging her knives. She unleashed all her pent up anger and dispare. All the hurt and fresh rage from finding out Minho was WICKED's new guinea pig for some new experiment. The anger and disgust of finding tiny little Raegan being held at knife point and a truck full of new kids being sent to the maze. All her hatred for WICKED, Janson and Ava. She let it out on this soldier.

She was seeing red. She didn't know what she was doing. She was just yelling and slashing, she didn't feel anything, just the hot burning anger in her chest and adrenaline coursing through her.

"ALEX!" Brenda was screaming in her ear.

Alex slowed down and stood panting hard. She blinked a few times, shaking her head, trying to shake the red that clouded her vision.

"Oh shuck." Alex whispered. The soilder was very dead. He looked like something Winstone did in the butcher shop.

Alex backed up, her hands shaking now. Her breathing was coming in short gasps.

"Brenda. Blow it. I'll meet you...in..late." Alex stammered.

She ripped her com out of her ear and sprinted to the truck and grabbed her backpack and sprinted away. She heard a loud explosion. She knew Brenda would follow her orders, and blow it, destroying the bridge and the truck and any possible survivors. She needed a quiet place. She needed to calm down. She was jacked and went wild animal on the guy. She knew she was shucked in the head, but this was different. This scared her.

"Haha now everyone will know how jacked you are!" The crank voice cackled in her head.

Alex found a quiet little crevices in the rocks. She slid down the rock and put her head in her hands, still breathing hard.

She could feel the adrenaline rush slow down, and the reality of what she did to another human. Alex ripped her bag open, from the inside little pocket she pulled out a bottle of little white pain killers and a small bottle of alcohol. She took the pain killers with a huge swig of the brown alcohol. It burnt on the way down, but then it settled and warmed her. She took another long swig. Her shacking nerves settled a little.

Alex pulled her jacket off, rolled her sleeve up and pulled her knife out. She made a thin cut for each soilder she killed. Her dorarm was just about full with thin white scares. These just added to her body count. With each deep cut she hissed. Blood seeped out and ran down her arm to her hand. She watched it for a minute, letting the stinging pain take over her sadness and despair. The dull numbing feeling settled over her. She took the last swig of the alcohol and she laid her head back against the rock and closed her eyes.

After a few minutes she lifted her head and saw the blood still running down her arm. Alex reached for her backpack again and pulled out the antiseptic and gauze. She quickly cleaned herself up and wrapped her arm, rolling her sleeve down and shrugged her jacket back on. She took another minute to get herself under control, she picked up her stuff and back into her bag. Alex picked up the now empty alcohol bottle and threw it, and watched it shatter.

Alex slowly headed back to the trucks. She pulled her hood up, as she neared the trucks.

"Alex!" Kenzie called.

Brenda walked towards her, "you okay?"

Alex just nodded. Brenda didn't say anything, just clapped her on the shoulder and gave it a squeeze. Alex was glad Brenda never pried or asked questions, she got that Alex needed to be alone.

"Okay. Well, let's check the kids, one last time and then head back. There's a few kids I put into the Right Arm truck, one looked like he was going to pass out. We drive straight back. No stopping."  Brenda instructed. Alex nodded.

"Throw the bike into the back of the truck, I'll drive the WICKED truck back." Alex said.

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Alex sat behind the wheel of the truck weaving slowly around the pot holes and cracks in the road. Raegan had fallen asleep, with her head in Alex's lap, and Pickles snuggled beside her. She refused to stay in the Right Arm truck if Alex wasn't there.

There were two other kids in the back seat, in the WICKED truck, one looked like she had a concussion and the other one probably a cracked rib. Petter and Maddie said they would stay in the back with the rest of the kids. Alex was impressed with how the two kids did in a high pressured situation last minute with no training.

Maddie kept appolagiaing for missing, but her shot was closer than most of the Right Arm soilders. No one was mad or disappointed. Kenzie, Brenda and Alex were impre and proud of both kids.

Alex didn't bother calling the Right Arm, they had to take the extra long way back, they had blown the bridge. But they would be there soon. The girls drove through the night and would get there around the time the Right Arm would get up.

The trucks pulled up and there was a crowd waiting for them already. Alex had decided to call Jorge and Cap and tell them to have the medical team ready.

Alex turned off the truck, and gently woke up Raegan. She whimpered as she sat up. Pickles crawled into her lap.

"Hey, Raega-Dolly, it's okay. These are my friends. They will take care of you. Okay? The doctor is really nice and he's very gentle." Alex smiled reasuringly at her.

Her little lip trembled and her eyes filled with tears.

"Come on, I'll carry you there, and you can take Pickles." Alex said quietly. The little girl slid closer to Alex.

Alex opened the truck door and got out. Vice was instantly on her, Alex ignored him, turning back to the truck and picked up Raegan and held her tight.

"Vince! Enough! You can wait until B and Kenzie get here and we'll explain." Alex snapped.

He looked outraged, but Alex didn't care. She looked for Jorge and Captain Ronin.

She walked straight to them and Brenda and Kenzie pulled up. Vince followed demanding answers.

"Captain! That WICKED truck is full of kids. The shuck supplies were shucken kids!"

She saw the guys eyes go wide and mouth open.

"There are a few who need to see Dr Prior. Come on I'll show you."

"Alex, who is this little one?" Jorge asked, nodding to the little girl in her arms.

Alex turned a little, so Raegan was facing Jorge and Captain.

"This is the bravest Warriors I've ever met. She's four and a half. And her name is Miss Raega-Doll." Alex tickled the girl and she giggled. "Right? Miss Raega-Dolly?"

"No! My name is Raegan." She squeaked.

"Okay fine, but I like Miss Raega-Doll. And this fuzzy little thing is Pickles. And she belongs to Miss Raega-Dolly." She looked at the guys. They both smiled.

"Miss Raega-Dolly, this is Papi Jorge, he's very nice and silly. And this guy is Captain Ronin, but I call him Captain Marshmallow, because he looks scary, but he's really not. He's really nice." Alex pointed at each guy.

They both chuckled and Raegan giggled.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to the others." Alex said and turned back to the truck.

Doctor Prior was already there with his medical team. Petter looked nervous and skeptical. Alex waved and smiled at him.

"Hey, Petter, it's okay." Alex called. She saw him visibly relax.

Brenda, Kenzie, Maddie and Petter helped the kids out. Dr. Prior and Amy and a few others took the kids to their temporary med room.

"Will you tell me what the fuck happened?" Vince yelled.

"Vince! Language!" Alex gasped at the same time as Newt walked up yelling "Language! There are little kids here!"

"Vince we will tell you, but you can slim it for a second. Those kids need some help and I'm sure you will get your bloody report. If you call the group I'll be there in a bit."

Alex looked down at the child still in her arms, she was snuggling Pickles who was purring loudly.

"I need to go to a boring meeting, and you need to go visit my friend Dr Prior."

She turned to Newt with an idea, "hey can you grab Chloe? I think Chloe and Miss Raega-Dolly will get along great!"

Newt smiled at his sister, he leaned down and kissed her temple and went to find Chloe.

"So Miss Raega-Doll, do you have any questions?"

She nodded slowly,  "Mr. Marshmallow, I can keep Pickles?" She asked, her big green eyes looking up so sweetly at the huge muscled Captain.

Alex raised an eyebrow at Ronin. And smirked as she saw him caving already. This little girl was going to have him wrapped around her little finger.

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***So, Pickles... Petter, Maddie...Power Squad...and little Miss Raega-Dolly!

***Alex just goes "I like you. Imma gonna keep you." 🤭 💖 She had Chuck, Matt, now Chloe and Raegan.