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Stryker scanned the area another time before nodding to himself. Then he darted off by himself, instructing the Malice group to stay there until either he came back or gave a call. Thankfully, they obeyed without question, and the captives shot daggers at him with their eyes. So he darted off a little to the left, looking up occasionally at the tall walls, but keeping behind the treeline. Soon he heard the sound of someone walking, though he didn't know who it was. They sounded light, and smelled differently than humans. And the vampires. He stopped moving, actually unsure of what to do. Would the one walking hear him? Or even notice him at the part of the forest closest to the military base? He hoped not, if they had a gun. A clawed hand went to the old wound he had gotten years ago, one that had almost healed but had stopped because of the virus.

Ellie wrinkled her nose in disgust as she shook her head. "It's a mystery even to me sometimes." She admitted, sidling up next to him. "But, there are some good smells that I like."

Aivi was busy looking down at the area below her, eyes carefully scanning the acres of snow through her telescope. She was so busy that she missed Stryker. But only by a little. "How many do you think are out there?"

When her daughter didn't head down the stairs to her room like promised, Ellie cleared her throat to get her attention. "We had a deal, remember, sweetheart?"

Aivi couldn't help but pout as she turned around, back now to Stryker and the tentacles zombies below, just as open as the guards that were captured. (can't be a bigger invitation than that, Ty. xp ) "But I want to help!" She said, close to whining as she spread her arms. "I'm ready to help! If not fighting, than telling you if we're gonna get attacked!"

"And you did help, Aivi" Her mother replied, her voice getting a bit more stern. "But that will have to wait when you're older. Now, do as you're told and go home. I don't want to yell at you... But I'm getting close to it."

((Roflcopter! XD Edit: Ah curses, she went offline... Edit again: Wait...No? *confused*))

Stryker couldn't help but chuckle raspily at the argument taking place above. He recognized the voices, but didn't care to place them with faces in his mind yet. A slight scratching sound came to his ears, and he glanced up, seeing a foot on the edge of the wall. Well, opportunities didn't come that often. He stood on his toes, stretching his arm up to grab at the small foot, pulling down quickly. He expected the person to fall down, what he didn't expect was that it had been the blue eyed girl from before. He caught her in his arms so she didn't fall to the ground, but he paused when he saw the familiar color of eyes, matching them with Tyler's.

"Aivi! No!" Tyler shouted as she disappeared over the wall. He peered down onto the ground six meters below, and saw Stryker with his daughter in his clutches, lying in a snowdrift after leaping from the wall. He leaped down after them, landing flat-footed knee-deep in snow.

Aivi sighed sadly as her shoulders slumped. She, like her parents, was stubborn, but she knew when to give in eventually. "Oh, alright." she said in a dejected tone and began to walk forward. But, before she could even lift her foot, she got pulled over the edge, causing her to scream in fright. But, when she was expecting to hit snow, she was caught. She looked up at the one who caught her and saw brown eyes surrounded by rotting flesh. She remembered this man; he was the one by the lake.

Ellie looked in horror as Aivi was pulled off the ledge. She tried to grab her, but her reaction time had slowed her. Looking down at where she thought she landed, she laid eyes on Stryker holding her child. With a growl of anger, she shouted down at him, "Hey, a*****e! Hands off my daughter!"

Looking for any malice soldiers Troy suddenly heard Tyler and Ellie scream at one of them to let go of Aivi. Troy took a good look at the one they were shouting at and saw that it was the clawed zombie that was Gravemind's friend and the one that he almost hacked the arm off of. He then shouted at the clawed zombie, "Well it looks like you came for another dose of pain uh?"

Tyler glanced over at Ellie and raised an eyebrow to Stryker.
"Hell, no, I couldn't wait! Could you? Look at her! Seriously...don't do it. If you so much as glance in her direction, I'll kill you."
He pulled back the hammer on the 500, holding it behind him, out of sight, but ready to shoot at a moment's notice.

"Maybe I didn't want to!" Tyler said angrily. "Maybe we wanted a child!" His keen ears picked up rapid footsteps. The cavalry was arriving. He signaled for them to keep their distance from Stryker.