[ WP ] Write your favorite part to a story you 've always wanted to write , but never got around to .

They stretched off into the fog in all directions, Rani had n't thought there were that many people in the whole of England, let alone just London, but they had poured out of the city like a wave of silent destruction that had left at least a dozen settlements smouldering, lifeless ruins in the last week alone. The town of Not Whole was next in their path, and it was here that Rani and her crew had decided to help the guards and make their stand. 
 
 `` Why are n't they attacking?'' A town guard whose name she could never remember broke her thoughts. 
 
 `` I have absolutely no idea. Could be waiting for the order?'' The handful of assembled defenders started to murmur, and Rani could n't help but agree with their fear - even if they were n't outnumbered by dozens to one, they had elected a common scavenger their leader just because she'd been the one that had happened to discover this new force. Did that make her qualified? 
 
 
 Does n't really matter. It is what it is. 
 
 -- - 
 
 `` Talking wo n't make you a worse assistant, you know.'' Karl shot Dust a cheeky grin. 
 
 ``'Assistant'? I'm barely holding your tools!'' 
 
 `` Exactly! Ca n't be worse!'' Dust rolled her eyes and walked out of the room as Karl finished the unconscious man's splint and rushed out after her. 
 
 
 `` You know, it's not that I do n't appreciate it, it's just that-'' 
 
 `` -I'm better at sending people to a medic than dealing with them when they get there.'' Dust slumped down next to the wall and stared at the floor. Karl sat gently next to her. 
 
 `` Hey, I appreciate that you want to spend time with me, we do n't get enough time together.'' 
 
 `` And we'll get less than we deserve. It's their fault. Our baby, they-'' 
 
 `` I know. I know.'' 
 
 `` All I've ever done is kill. They took away my one chance to make a life instead.'' 
 
 `` There's still a chance, we can cure you, we can try again...'' They both stood up and spent a second staring into each other's eyes. 
 
 `` You know what they used to call people doused with radiation? The walking dead. The cures have n't worked.'' 
 
 `` So what's your plan?'' 
 
 `` Not to go out like that. Promise me something.'' She wiped a tear from his cheek. 
 
 `` Anything.'' Dust kissed his forehead. 
 
 `` Keep helping people. I love you.'' 
 
 -- - 
 
 Rani ran over to Dust the second she left the the medical building. 
 
 `` What's happened? What the hell has Karl said now?'' 
 
 `` Nothing. He'll wake up in a few minutes. He'll be angry.'' Rani stopped for a second to process. 
 
 `` What did you do?'' 
 
 `` What I had to.'' Dust did n't even blink. `` I'm a soldier. I do n't die as my body breaks down while I'm still in it.'' The realisation set in. 
 
 `` You die in combat.'' 
 
 `` The guards ready?'' 
 
 `` Will they ever be?'' 
 
 `` I'll aim for the leaders. Should slow them down. The minions are useless without orders.'' 
 
 `` You know I want to stop you.'' 
 
 `` You know you ca n't. Say I hit you really hard.'' She stopped for a second. `` Karl really will be angry. Keep him safe. He's stupid for a smart man. Here, just for show...'' Dust punched Rani in the stomach, doubling her over and leaving her on the floor as she marched to the town gates. 
 
 -- - 
 
 A large man stalked out to greet Dust, his thin lips pulled back into a rictus grin. He opened his mouth to produce a whiny, nasally sound. 
 
 `` So, you have come to attempt to negotiate for your feeble hovel's exist-'' Dust's hand barely moved but, where once it was empty, now it held her sword. The man's head fell to the floor, followed by the rest of his body. The nearest minions pointed their weapons at her and gave a high-pitched shriek before charging. 
 
 
 The battle of Not Whole had begun.
