"i'm tellin' ya i saw a fucker going in after takin' down a walker, he must've cleared the place."
Suddenly hushed voice sounded nearby and both sasuke and billy who were slurping their noodles tensed hearing how close it was to the entrance.
"We got a company"
"fuck!! There's at least three of them. Once they see the goods, we are done for. Let's leave the place from the backdoor"
"Wait billy, i don't want to abandon the things we fought to have, trust me on this alright? I'll rake care of them" sasuke finished his bowl than stood calmly wiping his mouth.
"No you don't sasuke, look at me boy" billy's usual smile was gone as he grabbed him by shoulder taking him away.
"We don't know how many more of them are there and whether they are armed, let's just leave. We can search somewhere else and get our shit back after we got more infos on them"
Yet sasuke still didn't budge, pulling a kunai he started fending around and billy's eyes caught a reflexion of light in the empty space between sasuke's hand.
"Thin wires...You making a snare?"
"Yeah, Steel wires. i will make a simple trap, can you help me to make sure no one flanked us from the back door.
Sasuke showed billy how sharp the steel was by using it to cut a wood part from the chair and billy decide to trust him on this.
"Alright, Don't worry i got your back"
"if they are hostile, i will take severe action...is that okay?" sasuke wanted to make sure of that.
" I lived long enough to know that some things just can't be solved with words, especially in the end of world" with that billy took a machete on hand and walked to the kitchen to make sure no one would come that way.
While sasuke lunched his kunais at specefic angles plunging them into walls and corners while the wires tangled between his fingers like extra limbs.
Then he watched behind the counter using a glass as reflection, two men with scrawny bodies were pushin on the tables blocking the entrance with some struggles.
"Fuck, it's close push more"
"Shut d' fuck up we don't want him to hear us" A third burly guy with bald head and thick dirty beard joined them pushing and soon with some noise they made it inside.
"Well well well, look at this, that ol' man sure worked his ass for us ha ha"
"Sad he ran away, would love to see his face as we took those under his noise" the trio laughed as they walked to the table where sasuke and billy stacked the suplies they found with excited expressions on their faces.
"Don't worry, we got to see yours" the three stiffened hearing the sudden voice as all turned around holding their machets ready to fight.
"You didn't say there was more than one" the bearded man barked at the man beside him.
"Wa, ha ha ha what did i hear? Oh my god please no don't hurt me pretty boy!!" yet the man ignored him as he took a close look at the guy who said it and laughed with mock fear looking at the guy who was standing there holding nothing.
The bearded man took a step forward ready to take down the man just for them to see him raise both fists and swinging sharply behind him as if ready to throw a double punch.
An action that made them want to laugh just for sudden pain to assault them before colliding with each other in brutal force.
Harsh stings spreaded on their bodies as if a knife had just slashed through their whole body all at one time.
The three were pressed painfully against each others with the steel wires that tightened around them cutting their skins and drawing blood on it surface even though sasuke was careful with the force he used.
"Aghh!" "F-fuck is this" "gjagh"
"It's clear billy, how about your end?"
"No one is here too" billy said as he came and looked at the three man laying in the ground and tied like a fucking pack of serdines.
"Oi, heard ya were lookin' for me." Billy asked kicking one of them.
"Who the fuck are you people"
"Release me!! You won't like to cross us_oww!"
"Shut it, i hear any of you say one more word and i swear. I will make a feast out of you for the walkers outside." Sasuke said after kicking the bearded one knocking out a tooth but he still croushed down and stuffed their mouths with dirty clothes.
Wary for a stupid vengeance from them of attracting walkers by shouts.
"Well that was easy, you have a thing ready for every situation huh" billy said as he returned to finish what little soup is left on his bowl.
"Should we interrogate them?"
"One each time, leave it to me. We need to know how many of them is there and other things. Help me tie them separately" billy said and sasuke nodded his head, that was exactly what he thought.
After a minute the three separately tied people looked at each other horrified then at the two guys in front of them.
They regreted even coming close to this stupid store.
And even more for understimating the young man, who now looked down at them like they were trash on the side of the road.
"Welp you and are going to have a beatiful chat buddy, let's go" billy spoke grabbing a man by his collar and dragged him to the storage room.
While sasuke returned the tables to the entrance after clearing a nearby walker.
Once there billy slammed the door shut and kicked him straight into the open refregerator that was more of a garbage can now.
Billy then tied a thick clothe on his face and gloved his hands.
[A/N: the following scene may be uncomfortable for some who aren't fond of...violance, so you can skip to the end of the chapter and read from the point starting with. ^fifteen minutes later...^ ]
"I ask, you nod if yes, Shake otherwise. Need i explain what will happen to you later if i discover that you lied to me?" Billy glared menacingly hitting the machet into a rotten meat beside the head of the terrified man who started pissing and shaking his head.
"Bloody cunt,- you serious? I didn't even start and ya already forget how to control your little dick"
"Alright first, are you alone"
*Nod* *nod*
"Let me rephrase it, do you have more guys from wherever the fuck you came?. Think carefully before answering, i still have two more idiots. Surely one of them will tell the truth after i suggest shoving this tasty meat here down their throat"
the man eyes started shedding tears shaking violantly as a long worm started moving on his cheek. and nearly throws up seeing the dark stinky meat overid with flies and worms stuck to the machett nearing his face.
"Answer will ya? I don't have all the day"
*Nod* *nod*
"Alright final question and i won't let it enter your nostrils, drag it and i will put a bunch of them into your ear, maybe you guys would have another kind of discussion, one between parasites" hearing that the man shaked his head frantically.
"So how many, and where are they. Do i need to threat you more to make you tell the truth? Bet you bunch of assholes aren't that honorary with each others. So tell the truth and maybe you will only worry about walkers tonight"
*Nod* *nod* *nod* "muumph, gh, w'll thpeak, pleash jont gu't" the man thrashed harder seeing billy ready to tore his chest and gesturing how he would put a bunch of the worms there.
"Good boy, now don't blabber nonsense and just give me the answer i want.
Number, and location. If i find you missed even one, i make you miss a fingers. And your little dick down there. So Think carefully before anwering"
with that billy pulled him up and removed the clothe from his mouth watching him gasp and shake as if poisonous snakes are tied around his neck.
"I, i- there are f-five, yeah five. I swear i'm telling the truth man please believe me" the man trembled, he lived with tough men who used to fight each others, kill with cold blood and all the shit.
but no one threaten him like this, he didn't want to imagine what would it feels if the man did what he said he would and didn't want to experience it even more.
"Where"
"T-the fourth house behind the salon at the end of the other street, i, i swear i'm telling truth man please let me go and i-" his words were cut off as billy shoved the clothe back and dragged him out.
Sasuke who was cleaning his blade in front of the other two turned to see Billy dragging the man who looked as if his soul left his body then returned back.
"Well, choose who's next" billy said to the man he was dragging.
Still without waiting for him he tossed him at a corner away. Took the bearded man And gave sasuke a look who nodded telling him he will keep eyes on both.
Fifteen minutes later sasuke and billy stood in front of the trio who were trembling silently waiting for what is going to happen to them now.
"Another 5 hah, you know they won't stay still until they have revenge if they found about this, they seem to be the type to do just that"
"So what do you suggest. For them and those here"
"A part of me say we just mind our business but...i don't like having loose ends. Can you hold your own here? For an hour maximum" after thinking for few moments sasuke decided to deal with it quickly before sunset, he doesn't want to break his promise with ciri.
"Oi, i'm coming with you. Ya think i'm that weak ninja boy?"
"The contrary old man, i think you are strong enough to keep more leechs from taking our food that we still have here. In case one of them was astray and come from another direction while i am away at their base. Just make sure to keep yourself safe alright?"
"I hate how you always make sense, sure"
"Take this" sasuke posed thinking for a second before holding three small balls to billy.
"I ain't that bored to play marbles... "
"C'mon man not now, listen. Use them only when needed alright, those are smoke bombs. Toss one with enough force to the ground or any solide surface and a thick cloude of at least 4 meters{13 ft} in diametre will erupt instantly to keep you hidden or others distracted. Clear?"
"Wait, are you telling me those are...smoke bombs? Last Time i checked it was metallic bottle big as my hand, heavy and military grade that even one of them are hard to come by"
"Yeah i'm my own military ground. Just take them and don't use it unless necessary, there will be a slight noise upon detonation"
With that sasuke sheathed his blade turned and left from the back door while billy looked at the three small and lightweight balls on his palm.
Tempted to test one of them as he thought maybe the uchiha boy was messing with him.