Doomsday Revenge: Payback Time (Josie) novel Chapter 256

Chapter 256

The leader hated the idea, but he looked at the carnage around him and reality hit hard. Trying to storm the gates with raw numbers was a suicide mission. They were done.

If Josie called in just one more artillery strike, their entire group would be wiped off the map.

The leader just wanted to live the good life. He didn’t want to end up as a pile of shredded meat scattered across the wasteland.

He gave a grim nod. He was in:

They huddled up and dragged the weakest among them to the front–the elderly, the women, and the kids. They shoved them toward the base y main gates and told them to start wailing.

Thirty minutes later, a crowd of starving, ragged people–old folks, the sick, and terrified kids–were down on their knees in the freezing how right outside the Fort City gates. It was a pathetic sight.

“Leaders of Fort City! Please!” they cried out. “Give us a chance! Just let us live!”

“We wouldn’t be begging like this if we had any other choice! We’re at the end of our rope!”

“Haven City is gone! It’s completely overrun! There’s nothing left to go back to!”

“We’re all human! Please, have a heart. Just let us in!”

The people inside the base watched this, their blood boiling. They weren’t moved; they were pissed.

Someone leaned over the wall and screamed, “You weren’t acting like this when you showed up! You looked like you wanted to rip our t

out. What happened? You can’t win, so now you’re sorry? You think we’re just going to forgive you because you’re begging?”

The Haven City refugees didn’t even try to argue. They just kept groveling, their foreheads hitting the frozen ground over and over, desperately apologizing.

All they wanted was for the gates of Fort City to swing open.

But here’s the thing.

There’s always a few bleeding hearts in every crowd. Seeing the refugees sobbing in the snow made some people’s resolve crumble.

“Maybe we should just let it go,” one guy muttered. “They were probably forced to come here. I was watching–they stayed in the back the whole time. They didn’t even try to fight us.”

He got shut down immediately. “If you feel so bad for them, why don’t you head out there and trade places? Give them your spot in the base, how about that?”

“You think they’d be on their knees if Josie hadn’t blasted them into the dirt?”

your bullshit.”

“Hell no! They’d be stepping over our corpses right now, raiding our pantry and sleeping in our beds.” “Go be a saint on your own time. Don’t drag the rest of us down with yo The guy shut his mouth real fast, face turning red.

Meanwhile, Albert and his father were watching the drama unfold, quietly discussing their next move. “Dad, are we actually going to take them in?” Tate asked. “There aren’t many of them left anyway.” “Not a single one,” Albert replied coldly. “These people are snakes. We’re not letting wolves into our home.” “Their leader? He’s the worst of the bunch. You really think a guy like that is ever going to change?”

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