Chapter 40 Score To Settle

• "Now, now, don't be hasty." Gillian retorted calmly while gesturing for Garret to relax. "You and your forces are not in a favorable position to be making rash threats like that."
• Gillian immediately raised his hand, signaling to the rest of the East River Militia members to reveal themselves. There were well over a hundred militia fighters all armed with a myriad of various threatening weapons. Scores of militia fighters had been armed with the guns they confiscated from the Black Rats original base. While the remaining members wielded long metal spears, made from twisted rebar, and various other dangerous handheld barbaric looking weapons.
• Garret stopped his advance, as did the gangsters with him. The Black Rats had them out numbered almost three to one, but Garret was no fool. The militia had taken cover behind this "wall" and would easily hold off an attacking force. Garret glanced around the surrounding area and noticed that the parking lot and roadways that they had come from, were completely exposed. There wasn't even a dead bush to squat behind. Their numbers meant nothing if they were gunned down without any means of cover.