21 New Squad Leader? (2/2)

Jack, Leo, and Natalia did not want to make any rash moves and understood Nathan's concerns. Nathan had given them strong points, however, they did not feel very good being trapped within a village. Suddenly Jack thought of an idea first and asked Nathan a question.

”Nathan, right? I think I speak for all of us by saying that this is definitely a lot for us to process. Can us three go back to the guest quarters, so that we can come up with a decision?”

”I do not want any of you to feel that we are treating you unfairly. That being said, I would be more than happy to escort you with these guards back to those quarters.” after thinking for a few moments, Nathan responded to Jack's request.

Heading back to the barracks, Martin felt a little uneasy. It seemed as if Jack's request was for the entire squad, excluding himself. It couldn't be helped though, if he did not side with Nathan, internally speaking, his household would possibly give him some future issues.

Upon arriving back to the barracks, Jack, Leo, and Natalia all went into their room with Martin, Nathan and the guards remaining outside and actually started to surround the building itself with the help of several adult militia warriors.

”I can't believe Martin would side with his cousin instead of us!” Jack shouted out in anger as Natalia was rubbing her head as if she was trying to solve an extremely difficult problem.

Beep Beep Beep!

-Would you like to create a new squad?-

Seeing the system reacting to the situation with a question like that, Leo started to think deeply on what his decision should be.

”Martin might have his reasons, but I know that on some level I could definitely trust Jack and Natalia. Maybe I should ask them?” pondered Leo for several minutes as Jack continued to rant on Martin's decision to abandon their squad.

”Hey guys, I have a question for you.” finally coming to a decision, Leo felt the need to speak up. Hearing Leo speaking up, Jack paused his rants while Natalia looked towards Leo.

”I think that I can help us all get out of here in one piece if you both join me in a new squad. I know that we do not know each other very well, but, I think that this might work very well.” speaking his mind, Leo now held nothing back as he made his suggestion to Jack and Natalia.

”You are younger than us, but I have always felt as an equal to you. Age is only but a number, and you have proven that you are strong enough to handle more than even I could. I would be more than happy to buildnew squad with you.” Jack was the first to answer Leo as they both turned towards Natalia to hear her decision.

”Out of the three of us, you currently show the most potential and could possibly escape on your own without our help. Since you are willing to risk yourself for our sake, to me, you would be a better squad leader than Martin ever was.” after weighing out her options, Natalia finally gave Leo her answer.

”Alright, just give me a moment here to do this.” clicking accept, Leo was able to make his own squad. All of the sudden, an invite bar on the screen popped up and listed Jack and Natalia as his allies along with Martin, Nathan, and even Hans as neutrals.

”Wait, if I were to invite Jack and Natalia to my squad, would that allow them to access this system as well?” feeling puzzled, Leo started to hesitate. If he sent Jack and Natalia invites and it gave them similar or identical benefits as him, wouldn't that mean that they could betray him eventually and destroy him?