The war of the worlds (not the movie)

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt kept his pistol raised and shouted back at his men in a native language, sharp and thick accented "держать свое оружие на него!" The soldiers all trained their weapons on the croc and on the back of the jeep a soldier traversed the heavy machine gun around.

Kitt glanced across at Lucius, and then back to the croc "How do I know you are not fighting for the other side?" he laughed derisively and flicked off the safety on his pistol "They have spies... I've seen good men, that I thought to be loyal and true to their people. Pah!" With a another sour laugh he spat onto the mud between them. Lowering his pistol Kitt glanced to Lucius again "What do you think? I say we shoot him where he stands... Though, I suppose if what he says is true. His abilities could be of good use to us..."

[Dementius (Sir Crocodile)]

"What reason... Would I have to fight for them? They destroy their environment... And sour the Earth. I've not seen this among your... People. And besides..." He said, gears whirring in his jaws as he opened his mouth again, "What do you have to lose?" He said, grinning with a fanged smile. The answer dawned on everyone slowly: A lot. "But, to be honest... I am not with the other side. I have no knowledge of their camp. If you wish, you can take my chip and analyze it. I've no knowledge of the... Others." He whirred.

[Wolfgang]

Lucius watched Croc as he moved around from side to side, he slowly cocked his M60 and he looked down at the ground as Croc asked what he had to lose. For one his life, or his freedom. The fox looked back at Kitt and he shook his head. "no..." he said looking at Croc. "not...yet." he said as he walked towards the cyborg slowly, making sure he wasn't overstepping his boundaries.

"We could use everyone we can against these creatures." he said to Croc looking at him.

[Dementius (Sir Crocodile)]

Crocodile stepped back as Lucius started towards him. "Don't come any closer." He growled, stiffening his tail and lowering his head. He kicked up dust, but didn't charge. "Do you want... My help, or not? You can trust me... Whether you choose to believe it or... Not. All I ask for... Is a... Minor repair." He said with no deceit in his voice.

[KittKat chunky~]

Growling, Kitt stepped back. He kept his pistol raised warily, while his men mirrored the unease with their guns still levelled "Fine... If he wishes to fight for us, I suppose we should accept him."

Kitt turned back to Crocodile, watching him curiously "What is this repair you speak of? I have a number of engineers at my disposal, but whatever it is we must keep moving..." He glanced up at the star-strewn sky, trying to gauge how long they had until dawn "... I cannot allow this to prevent us reaching safety before day break... Speak quickly."

[serpington]

"if he needs a repair i can help, i have most of my tools ready in my carrier, we can do the repairs on the move and I'm right at the back so its not like he can cause much trouble other than messing with my ships and tools." max said walking up to the front of the crowd with grease smudged across the scales on his cheek and mud up to his knees from salvaging parts after the battle.

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt gave a quick glance to max, a venemous sneer forming and then disappearing a moment later as he spoke "I suppose... That is up to commander Lucius though, you are not one of my men." He turned and shouted to the red star infantry. They promptly lowered guns and ran back to trucks and vehicles, boots squelching through the thick mud.

Kitt opened the door to his jeep, then glanced over at Lucius "If you wish, sort it out... But me and my men stay here no longer. You must realise that the red star are on your side, but only so long as our safety is not compromised..." With that he jeep lurched into motion, followed by the lumbering trucks and artillery vehicles, fumes belching into the night sky once more as the convoy slowly set forth again...

[Dementius (Sir Crocodile)]

Crocodile kept pace with the slow-moving convoy, walking next to Kitt's jeep. "My voicebox... Is rather... Damaged. Hence the... speech impediment." He whirred, gears working as he kept pace with the jeep, his tail swishing. "I ask for no other... Supplement... To fight for you other than that."

[Wolfgang]

Lucius hopped on a truck and he sat down and watched the scenery slowly go by. He was a few trucks back from kitt's jeep and he kept thinking of Croc. Lucius lost his trust with society when the government didn't do a thing when the sergals attacked and his friends and family were killed.

Lucius kept his eye out for the enemy in case of an ambush. They were nearly half way to the lake. Lucius got out a bottle that he had in his coat pocket and popped it open and sipped it. It was a beer he had managed to get before leaving.

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt leant out of the window of the jeep, this time allowing a rather more mature soldier to drive instead. He watched Crocodile warily and shrugged "Well... That soldier, max? He's under the command of Commander Lucius I assume... Talk to him about it..."

Drawing back into the jeep Kitt unfolded a map and put his boots up on the dashboard. The soldier driving made as if to complain, but instead thought better of it and continued to drive... "This stop has set us back. But if we keep up this pace, we should make it to this forest in half an hour... We stop there for the day, and then do the other half of the journey tomorrow night..." The soldier nodded and spoke gruffly "Glad we got people like you makin' the plans sir. I reckon we can get through this good, them servals wont know what 'it 'em after this..."

[Dementius (Sir Crocodile)]

Crocodile fell back and picked up the pace again, now on Kitt's side. He seemed to be preening his metal as he walked. Suddenly, he gasped. "There it is!" He whirred, gesturing to an outward-facing dent in his neck. "Kitt... Could you take your sidearm... And... Shoot this... Dent?" He asked, a hint of fear in his voice. He didn't like the idea of getting shot to repair himself, but it'd work.

[Wolfgang]

Lucius soon finished his beer and he looked on as the convoy continued, he could see the forest in the distance and they were indeed running out of moonlight and the sun was going to come up in a few hours. The fox put the bottle in his coat so the sergals couldn't find the bottle and track them.

Lucius got out his radio and he contacted Kitt. "Commander, are we stopping for the night?"

[KittKat chunky~]

Sighing, Kitt reached for his radio and pressed the call button "Yes commander, up ahead are the forests I noted on the map. Hopefully we can camp there for the day... Servals should hopefully have a hard time finding us in the cover of the trees... I'd say about ten minutes before we get to the tree line, another ten finding a place to set up temporary camp."

As he spoke Kitt pulled out his pistol, flicking off the safety. He drew it across his chest, not taking his eyes away from the forest ahead, and fired at the dent in Croc. He turned to glance at Crocodile "That got it?"

[Dementius (Sir Crocodile)]

Crocodile shook his head to clear the ringing from his ears, but he was grinning widely. "Wonderful! Thanks a lot! Now I can talk regularly." He said, bowing his head in thanks to Kitt as they went down the path. "I should probably scout ahead, see if the Servals are there. There is a clearing we could use up ahead; it has some trees for cover, but not much else other than room to move around in." He said, looking down the road. He looked up at Kitt. "With your permission, sir, I would like to move up ahead and see if the Servals are around."

[Wolfgang]

"okay, thanks." he said as he turned off his radio and he clipped it to his belt and leaned against the truck. He was startled the gunshot and he looked around with his gun raised, after about a minute he relaxed since their was no more gunshots being heard. The fox got another item out of his coat pocket. It was a cigar he had with him. He rarely smoked cigars but he found this to be a good moment to have one.

As he got out his cigar one of his men walked by. "having a cigar sir?" he asked. "it feels like the right time son." he added before he lit the end and inhaled.