Freedom Arms | Saturday

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Delta was having one of his quiet days where York guessed he was thinking about the Alpha and his fellow AI. As much as York acted like Delta was a big inconvenience he kind of hated the quiet that came with it. Still, he didn't want to bother the AI. He figured everybody was allowed to have their off days.

So he went down to the store and put on the local classic rock station and busied himself with cleaning. At least being lonely helped him with his productivity.

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Another night spent on this stupid island was another night that Octavia was in enemy hands. Being here with nothing to do but stalk around was about to drive Bellamy insane.

He'd come back into town that afternoon in the hopes of finding something that might help him get out of this place. Maybe he'd even share it with Clarke. But maybe not.

A sign caught his eye and he found himself stepping inside to have a look around. His gun was back in the woods again but if this place really did sell weapons, maybe he could stock up before leaving.

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When York heard the door open he figured Wash was back to bother him. Imagine his surprised when he had an actual customer.

"Uh, hi?" What a professional greeting.

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Well, the greeting brought Bellamy up short. Amazingly, it was the first actual greeting that he'd gotten here. It might have had something to do with him not having a gun but whatever.

"Hi," Bellamy returned slowly. "I'm surprised to see a weapons shop here."

This island was tiny and everyone seemed to shit themselves at the sight or a thought of a gun.

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"Really?" he asked. "It's been here for awhile, I took it over from somebody else."

He would have never chosen the name Freedom Arms for it.

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"I haven't been here that long," he explained, taking a few steps further inside the shop. "And most of that time's been spent looking for a way out of here."

Without success.

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"I'm pretty sure the bridge leads you off the island."

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"That doesn't mean it leads you where you want to go," Bellamy told him dryly. The causeway had been his first stop after getting dumped here. "Thanks for the tip anyway. I hadn't thought of that yet. How stupid of me."

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"Jeez, kid, relax," York said. "You sure you should be around firearms?"

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"I'm fine," Bellamy told him, sighing. "I've been sleeping in the woods and it's a thousand degrees. It'd make anyone a little cranky. It's frustrating to not be able to get back where I need to be."

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Aw, now York felt bad. "You've been sleeping in the woods?"

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Bellamy shrugged and let his gaze wander over some of the guns. "Takes money to sleep elsewhere and I don't have any of that. Money's not needed where I come from."

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"In what world is money not needed?" he asked. "...did you come from some hippie cult?"

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"A world where nuclear bombs laid waste to the Earth." Or so they'd thought.

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"Ohhhhh you're that guy," York said, nodding. "That guy Wash told me about."

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"Who?" Bellamy assumed Wash was the guy from the first day since every other person had been female.

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"Uh blonde dude who took your gun away?" he said. "Or guy in a gray and yellow suit of armor who took your gun away?"

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"Oh yeah, him," Bellamy said, shaking his head. "Yes, he took my gun away and lectured me like the teacher he is. At least he was up front about the whole thing."

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"Why'd he even do that?" York asked. "Wash is always armed. Seems kind of hypocritical to me."

Clearly York was the cool parent of the Wash-and-York duo.

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"I don't know," Bellamy said, shaking his head. "Over compensating for something he doesn't have? Prove he's not some washed up old teacher?"

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York chuckled. "That's pretty good."

Not necessarily true, but pretty good.

"Look, you're not going to go around killing people, are you?"

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"I'm not a killer."

Hahahahaha.

"It's a defensive thing," he explained. "New place, new people, unknown threat. So no, I won't go around just lowing people away."

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"Well, good." York believed that reasoning and couldn't really blame Bellamy for it. "Look, you can just be sleeping in the woods. Have you even eaten anything lately?"

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"I got a meal yesterday," he answered, looking back up at York. "Someone took pity on me, I guess. That's about all I've had in the past few days. Other things to think about."

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That was just sad. Even Delta had stopped moping long enough to agree with what York was thinking, though he kept himself out of sight for the moment. No need to freak out a stranger.

"And you know a bit about guns, right?"

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"I was a guard for awhile," Bellamy told him. He didn't tell York that he wasn't a guard any longer. The whole janitor thing was really kind of embarrassing. "I know how to handle guns."

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York nodded. He hadn't expected this kid to have the training he had. He hoped that no kid would have to go through what he did.

"Look, I get you don't want to stay here but you can't just be sleeping in the woods and having to beg for food," he said. "The store doesn't really have much in the way of customers but I could use someone to look after the place when I can't be here."

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Bellamy looked up, trying to figure out if York had just suggested what Bellamy thought he had.

"Like a job?" he asked just to make sure.

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"Yeah I believe that is what it's called," he said lightly. "You interested?"

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He couldn't deny that working around something he knew wouldn't be good. And he did seem to need money.

"If I find a way to leave, I might not show up one day," he warned. "Getting back there is my top priority."

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"Fair enough," York said with a shrug. "A group of super soldiers might come to town wanting to kill me so I might not show up one day too."

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Bellamy only hesitated for a second before nodding.

"Then, I'm in," he decided. If he had to be here, he'd take a job in a place where he at least got to be around something that made it less likely that he'd get shot in the back.

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"Good," he said, holding out his hand. "I'm York, by the way."

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"Bellamy," he said, giving York's hand a shake. "Thanks for the job."

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"Don't worry about it, I needed the help," he said. "Also it will really annoy Wash so win-win."

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"Well, I'm always happy to piss people off," he replied, smirking. "Warms my heart."