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"I don't doubt that." Atlas chuckled briefly, just imagining the situation when Thalia might have to come after them personally. They were admittedly known to get tied up in strange scenarios from time to time, so her threat may eventually come to terms.

"I haven't seen much of anyone either, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing." She spoke as they pulled her back into the armory. Just seeing the state of it was beginning to upset her again. Her and Diego's hard work destroyed in one night. She'd make them pay, there was no other course of action.

No splints. Gemma would have to think of something else then. Taking Lux's hand with her good one, she slowly got up, flinching at the pain. "There should be a room that isn't too messed up a few doors down." She commented, leaning her weight on Lux. "After this we need to head out and see if anyone is injured. I know im asking a lot but i need you to help me make my way around town, is that okay?"

Lux steadied the other as she took them down the hallway, going carefully to make sure Gemma wasn't hurting worse than she already was. Once they made it to the new room, she sat her down in the nearest chair. "Listen, you can't help anyone until you're all good, that's what I'm focusing on right now." Lux decided with a nod. "Okay, let's clean this. And then we can figure out the splint situation."

Another chuckle came out as he shook his head slightly. "It's nothing to be sorry about. Life happens." his eyes opened again to look up at Toni. One thing he was glad was that she was there with him. He felt the comfort he hadn't felt in so long. It put him at ease. "Thanks Toni. For keeping that secret and for staying with me. To be honest, i thought i was just gonna end up dead alone."

"Yeah, life happens but it doesn't mean it doesn't suck still." She added with a shrug. "It would suck if you ended up dead alone. Nobody deserves that. Not even you." She teased, pushing the hair out of Julian's face. She normally wasn't this kind or comforting, but this situation softened her. She genuinely wanted to make sure he ended up okay.

Ajax, separated from Beck out of his home and forced into the streets, with none other than a bullet wound to his leg, managed to clear some of the raiders infiltrating the streets. It had been out of pure adrenaline at first, and now he was banking on only anger - as exhaustion had begun to creep up behind him.

Truthfully, Maverick heard the gunfire and truly thought that was it. He did not expect to see his brother's face come into his view, as blurry as it now was. "Ajax, fuck, thank you, man." Maverick spoke, reaching up to wipe the blood that was now dripping from his face off. "Better this than dead, right?" He laughed dryly, righting his balance. "I can see, I'll be good in a minute." He reassured him. "You are a sight for sore eyes, dude, I'll tell you what. Are you good?"

Upon seeing Maverick with her own two eyes, she couldn't help the tears that began to stream down her face as she wraps her own arms around him. She pulls him into a hug, whether he'd wanted one or not, and grips onto him tightly with relief. "It's, um," she chokes back her tears, only pulling away slightly to gaze at her ankle. "I think it's my ankle. I don't know where Josh is," she tells him, her eyes reaching his face now. "Are you okay? Is this all over now?"

Maverick embraced Maya back immediately, his hands caressing her head gently. He was so happy to see her alive, he wouldn't have known what to do if she wasn't. He wiped her tears gently as she began to speak to him. He decided to let the thought of Josh go for the moment, not wanting to upset Maya any more than she was already was. "Here, sit, let me see." Maverick gave her a hand to lower her to the stairs, examining her ankle once she was settled. "Okay, okay, you gotta get off this ankle. And we need to get you some ice." He concluded with a nod. "I don't know if it's over yet, but it seems to be over for right now. I'm okay, you know me, nothing I can't handle."

Julian looked up at her after laying back down. That was a question he always hesitated to answer but it didn't seem like there was much choice here. He nodded as his eyes shift toward the ceiling. He didn't want her here. At least not to risk her own life to save his when he was already bleeding out. If help wasn't gonna get to him on time, not seeing tomorrow wouldn't be the worse thing for him. He didn't really have much to live for.

A new side of Julian was opening up right in front of her. She would have never thought that was the weight he'd been carrying around this whole time. She got the feeling he didn't open up much, they had that in common, maybe that's why they got along. She didn't want to lose that. Lose him. She made a promise to herself in this moment that she'd get him out of this.

He continues to make his way in, looking around at everything left behind. All of their hard work in organizing and maintaining the armory, diminished overnight. "It's a long story," he tells her with another weak cough. "More importantly," he begins, taking the gun she's tossed him and inspecting it. "We'll need to get more guns. Soon. I doubt they will be staying away, now that they know what we're capable of here."

"Anything I can do to help?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest. "Yeah, I've been trying to track some down, you can tell they're on their way back soon." She agreed, still taking the time to look around the armory, in the off chance that she missed something. "If we can't find more guns, what are we doing, D? We gotta have some back up plan."

When Gemma heard Lux's voice, a wave of relief washed over her. Someone finally found her. "Lux, oh thank god." she said with a shaky voice. "I need splints or anything you can find. My arm is broken. Next i need to clean this cut. I'm losing too much blood so i'm really dizzy. I need to stop the bleeding and wrap it for now." she said. "A-Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?" she asked, her doctor side coming out."

As soon as she got directions, she made quick work of looking through the lab. She'd spent a lot of time here with Gemma, so she was thankful she knew her way around. "I'm not seeing splints, I got some alcohol wipes. Is that good for now? We can start with stopping the bleeding." She thought, moving back to the closet. "Let's get you out of there as well, yeah? I'll help you up, come here." Lux offered her hands to Gemma, just wanting her to be as comfortable as she could be.

Open starter Location: hospital

While Lux was incredibly scared at the state they were in, she still had to make sure her people were good. She hadn't seen Gemma since before everything got started, but she had to make sure she was okay. Entering the hospital, she stayed quiet, always vigilante, just in case anyone was lurking in the shadows.

open starter location: outside maya's house

Maverick had done his best to stay off the streets, holding up with Elijah in his house as he tended to his wounds. He knew he needed to leave to get them some help, supplies, food, literally anything that was going to help. Elijah was in no state to travel, not that Maverick would have let him do it anyways, so off he went outside.

Atlas stifled a groan as Thalia's arms wrapped around them, but didn't hesitate to return the gesture. It felt as if it had been a long, long few hours since they'd left their home, and every inch of them was sore from the scuffles that had followed. But they were still in one piece, if a little worse for wear.

With Atlas' arms around her, Thalia felt more grounded. He always seemed to have that effect on her. Her brain had populated the worst case scenarios over the last few hours. She was more than relived to see them in one piece.

"They wouldn't do that would they?" She arched her brow slightly concerned at what she'd heard. "I said I feel useless not that I am.. I just need like a gun or something you know?" She attempted to make herself sound more appealing. "I did have those things but those fuckers broke in and stole all my shit, I thought I hid them well but apparently under my bed is the most obvious place."

"I've seen people be shot for less." Thalia said, honestly. "Even still, when there's not a gun, you have to use whatever you can find. I feel like I shouldn't have to tell you that." Thalia rolled her eyes, she had a million things on her mind in this moment and none of them were giving a lesson in survival. "Look, find something sharp and stay hidden. That sounds like the best course of action for you if you want to stay alive."

As weak as Diego had felt since the initial raid, he'd make his way to check the armory. To help clean it back up. He was sure there would be nothing left, it's what folks like that came to take, more or less. His hand rested on his side where he'd taken impact as the raiders burst through his door. Thalia's voice, sharp as ever, was the only thing stopping him in his tracks, then. "It's just me," he tells her in a hoarse voice, coughing into his fist. "They took everything, huh?"

Thalia lowered and holstered her weapon in one swift motion once she realized who entered the room. Diego had been on her list of people to check in with, she was happy to see him in one piece. She exhaled a sigh of relief. "You look like shit, what happened to you?" She asked, crossing the room to meet him. "Everything but the stuff in the safe." She responded, shaking her head. "Which wasn't much, but it's better than nothing." She slid him the extra gun she retrieved.

His eyes felt as though they rolled to the back of his head as he slipped the gun into it's holster, a loud sigh leaving his body as he shook his head at her. "Don't sneak up on anybody else, they might fuckin' shoot without thinking.. somebody who might panic." He took a moment to calm himself. He cared too much for Lux and the last thing he wanted to do was hurt her. "I'm fine, it's just a small cut" he insisted as he pointed to the cut above his eyebrow that was bleeding, "the other guy looks a lot worse."

Although Lux was older by a few years, often times she felt like Joshua was the older one. They weren't blood siblings but Lux sure did treat him like they were. "Josh, I said I was sorry, okay? I will be more careful, I swear to god." Lux spoke with a nod of her head. She had to snap out of this, he was right, something could happen to her if she didn't. "You're bleeding, come here." She moved to take his head in her hands, bringing his face closer so she could examine the cut. "I'm sure he does, wouldn't be you if he didn't." She wiped the dripping blood. "What are you doing out here? You should be taking cover."

Julian felt the adrenaline leave his body soon growing tired. he felt weak but could hear Toni's voice. He fought to keep his eyes open, trying to stay awake like she had said. A weak chuckle escape him, "Never thought i'd die in the place i love being in the most." he mumble in between breathes.

"I'm not going to let you die, but it's kinda poetic, isn't it?" Toni let out a dry chuckle, her hand still pressing at his wound.

Azra had never felt as useless in her life as she had now. It took everything in her not to flee Jackson when the raiders had began like she had her previous compound, but, she had told herself not again. Not this time. "Whoa, chill!" She said in a frustrated tone. "I feel useless and if anybody shows up I'm completely defenceless and that annoys me" she huffed with a roll of her eyes, eyebrow raising as her eyes returned to the gun being held at her. "You gonna put that down?"

"You shouldn't open conversations with you being useless, people might shoot you off principal alone." Thalia commented, putting the gun back in it's rightful place on her hip. "You don't have a knife or a bat or something? It's not smart to not be equipped with something."