Chapter 7.

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Having Spoken to Zven for a bit the two of you decide to start wandering through Armory station, stopping near a trader Artyom starts looking around at the weaponry, his eyes scanning the merchandise that the Weapons dealer had to offer, each calling out they're famous like "COME! LOOK! TRY! AND BUY!" each shouted with that charismatic twang in their voices, every five minutes, they would shout attracting customers, hell even some of the reds themselves, Y/N picked up a throwing knife inspecting it "It's sharp, agile and quick! Hell you could shave with it!" the trader said with a laugh, shrugging you decided to buy five, pocketing them in your bag, Artyom picked up a Hellsing, turning it over in his hands "Nothings quicker than a bolt to the head" the Weapons dealer said with a chuckle watching Artyom check out the Hellsing "Finding anything useful Tyoma?" Y/N asked walking up next to Artyom, and looking at his traveling companion he held the Crossbow out, taking it from his hands you began inspecting it "Craftsmen shit is good, but hey look! The bnd looks a bit too unstable" you said holding the bow out to the weaponsmith "Hmmm... It does... Hows about I sell it to you on a discount? Thirty-five bullets!" he said pushing the crossbow back towards you "Hmmm thirty!" you bargained back "Forty!" shaking your head "Twenty-five!" it was his turn to shake his head "Twenty!" Artyom watched as you shook your head again "Fifteen!" you shouted "DEAL!" the trader shouted back,  handing him fifteen bullets you walked off Artyom at your side

"got meself a Hellsing for fifteen!" you cheered placing it in your bag "How did you even manage that?" Artyom signed as the two of you walked through the station chuckling you simply shook your head "Used to work with Andrei in the Exhibition Armory, learned to bargain with the locals if one of our weapons was faulty, so I got good at looking for any wear or tear" you meekly explained Artyom nodding, the two of you approached a slight closed off area when suddenly the sound of an alarm went off, looking up at the speakers on the ceiling "THE STATION IS NOW IN A LOCK DOWN! EVERYONE WHO IS CAUGHT OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL PLACE WILL BE ARRESTED!" the voice of a red officer shouted through the speakers, looking at one another tge two of you continued into the enclosed area hearing voices, Artyom shot a hand out grabbing your shoulder keeping you from entering the room, looking back at him you simply looked him in the eyes before looking back into the room, "Okay Igor you got five seconds to tell us why your out here" one guard spoke the second having his gun trained on the man who had a smile on his face "Or what? Are you gonna arrest me for being outside? Ooooh look I'm scared! Hehehehehe, you red-line soldiers are chickens!" he said with a laugh, the second guard growled as his buddy scoffed "Oh look we got a comedian! Alright put your hands behind your back and- he was cut off as he noticed you and Artyom standing in the room "Who are you two!? The comedian's boyfriends or something!?" he barked

Looking at one another with a cringe you looked back at the guard "The fuck dude!?" You shouted cringing "THATS IT! HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK ALL THREE OF YOU!" he shouted "Oh this is some bull- you were cut off as you were forcefully placed under arrest along with Artyom and the man "looks like we got three Nazis," the second guard said with a smirk training his gun onto you, giving him a smirk you looked up

"Hey! It says gullible on the ceiling!" you shouted "Wha?- the two guards looked up seeing nothing the second was about to look back only to receive a hard headbutt to his face, slamming your forehead against his nose and flinging him back "MADE YOU LOOK ASSHOLE!" you shouted, the man had kicked the door open "FOLLOW ME!" he shouted running out of the room the two of you following close behind "OH YOU DIRTY LITTLE SUKAS! GET THEM!" the guard screamed at the top of his lungs blood pouring down his face

A chase ensued through the station, running past guards avoiding obstacles, jumping over boxes, people even running on some of the walls, soon you three reached a large area, surrounded by soldiers the man who helped you both escape was killed "KILL THEM!" the officer shouted, looking around you spotted a scaffolding stairway "ARTYOM OVER HERE!" you pulled your arms from behind you by jumping over them now with both arms in front you knocked a guard hard against the head causing the others to start firing, Artyom followed behind as you both ran up the scaffolding with heads low avoiding the gunfire, running across the catwalk you two are soon surrounded by both sides

"ANY LAST WORDS YOU GERMAN FUCK!?" The soldier yelled "only a few, TÖTE DICH SELBST!!" Jumping up you slammed down hard against the catwalk causing it to break, plunging you both down onto the hard floor, getting back up you started to run through the first apartment block "KEEP RUNNING ARTYOM!" you shouted both rounding a cover only for two hands to grab you by the backs of your shirts yanking you inside a room...

"Seems like the two of you stirred up quite the fuss in the station" Andrew spoke picking the lock on the handcuffs on Artyom's wrists, pulling them off letting Artyom rub his sore wrists, you had already slipped out of yours, "Well duh we came here looking for you" you simply started tossing the Handcuffs on the desk "I know, Khan gave me a heads up on you both, the only way to reach Polis is through the Red line" he calmly explained "You mean THROUGH the war zone?" you exclaimed in a bit of a shocked tone "Sadly yes, there is no other way but through the red line, look I can get you two into the red line you both just have to wear these" Andrew gestured to the two work uniforms hanging up on the wall "Nice," You said admiring the outfits

(Idfk where to find a picture of the outfit Andrew gave Artyom so just pretend your both now wearing it for the rest of the book)

Adjusting the collar of the work uniform you both step out alongside Andrew, the lockdown had ended two hours ago which meant that the station had simmered down, and a small group of guards stood near the railway station, the area Artyom and Y/N had to go toward, Andrew waved them along, two guards were eyeing them down but raised no qualms about the two new workers, simply scoffing at them as if they were petty trash

"This way you two" Andrew waved them over to the railway where a few workers stood, Y/N seemed to have spotted a certain guard, smirking at Y/N he simply winked before going back to talking with a worker, a box of ammo hidden inside the soldier's bag could be seen peeking from the black messengers back strapped to the soldier's side, looking back they were now standing in front of Andrew

"You two ready?" simply nodding Andrew motioned to the hole in the floor under the rails "Okay just hop in there, once the cart rolls over you both try squeezing into the underside of the cart" he instructed, "Any last words old man?" Y/N chuckled getting into the hole "Hmm just keep your head down unless you want to get gunned down" Andrew stated as Y/N helped Artyom climb down, the two stayed quiet inside the grease pit, buckets and other essentials in the hole with them, slowly but surely a Cart rolled overhead, stopping near the entrance to the tunnel, "You sure they won't get spotted? You could have sent them under one of the trolleys instead" one of the workers quietly spoke to Andrew "Nope, its two people, not one so this was much easier and safer" He explained

"Come on Tyoma" Artyom felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise as he felt Y/N's hot breath tickling his neck from behind, he hand both hands pressed against his back gently nudging him forwards, placing both hands onto the wooden slab of the cart he slowly got on shifting a bit giving Y/N room to get on

Hoisting yourself up you squeezed next to Artyom, pressing yourself against his side, looking over at him you smiled ignoring the blush on his face, looking back at the front of the cart you could hear the voices of the Soldiers as they clambered onto the cart, some began singing in annoying and off key voices "Idiots... You hissed under your breath

"Alright! The carts full time to move!" the officer shouted, the gates opened letting the car pass through, the guardsmen unaware of the 'Extra' passengers on board the car, slowly the car began catching speed as they soon flew down the tracks heading towards the redline, staying as quiet as possible the two looked at one another in silence listening to the quiet conversations above them as they traveled the tracks, they could already hear the distant gunfire of Red and Nazi, shaking your head as you sighed "Pointless wars, The Reds once won against the Nazi's" you signed "wait really?" Artyom signed back slightly surprised, nodding you smiled "Yep, during the '40s, it took a lot for the Soviet Union to fall, If I remember correctly I think it was in the 90's" You replied slightly proud of your memory of history Artyom also looked impressed, you both kept signing quietly under the Cart about random stuff as you slowly yet steadily reached the Redline.

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