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line you’ve drawn between what is and is not possible may blur before I’m done with you. Besides, they have already been trained; I spent a long time preparing them for what is to come. You are the last hurdle I have in this little mission of mine. With you, I am given much less time to do so much more.
“And, now that you mention it, my car does need to be washed. That sounds like a great job for you when we get to the next town.”
“Hmm,” Alex mused, ignoring Jeremiah’s suggestion. “Do I get names, descriptions, anything?”
“Well, there’s Matt. He’s the one I was talking to on the phone earlier. He has a knack for guns, martial arts, and other forms of hand-to-hand combat. He’ll run security, and he will act as your personal bodyguard at times. He’s twenty-one and delighted that he no longer has to use a fake ID to get into bars.
“Then, we have Elizabeth, though she prefers Liz. She’s wonderful with her hands and most things technical or mechanical. She’ll keep you up to date on new forms of technology and make sure you get wherever you’re going with the best possible tools. She’ll also be running the technology that’ll help us make sure you’re safe and doing what you are supposed to be doing.”
“What am I supposed to be doing?”
Jeremiah lit a cigarette and rolled the window down a crack. “Staying alive, for now.”
“Very reassuring. How are you going to make sure I stay alive?”
Jeremiah inhaled deeply, and then exhaled through his nose. “We will be watching you around the clock. We’ll have people in close proximity. On top of all of this, you will learn how to defend yourself to some extent.” The demon looked over, studied Alex, and grimaced before adding, “I don’t think you’ll be as apt to learn the ways of defense as some, but if you could at least learn to fire a gun, I would feel a little better.”
“You’re going to watch me all the time?”
“That’s right.”
“What about when I’m on the toilet or in the shower?”
Jeremiah laughed. “You would be surprised where you will find cameras in my home.”
“Is Elizabeth going to be watching me, or will you?”
“She prefers Liz, and neither of us is going to watch you. Like I said, Matt is in charge of security. Though, if you would prefer, I could make a copy of the security logs for Liz—so she has something to watch in her free time.”
Alex began to feel comfortable with this conversation about regular people. He was even a little intrigued. He wondered if Matt and Liz were as scared as he was.
“Is she hot?” he inquired, playing along.
“Oh, very much so,” Jeremiah replied with a devious smile. “But I’m afraid she has her heart set on someone else. You have to understand, she and Matt have been essentially restricted to playing only with each other. Just like you, they have felt the pain of having to give up the rest of humanity for the most part to achieve something greater. As a result, they’ve grown very close.”
Alex looked out window, dejected. “So, I’m like a third wheel.”
“The number three is very symbolic,” Jeremiah countered sagely. “You, being the last addition to my triumvirate, are important to the success of the whole. The other two would be incomplete without you, as you will be without them. But if the three of you work together, your potential is inconceivable.”
Alex sighed dramatically. “I’m going to spend a lot of time without any kind of human contact, except you and these other two, if you can count that. And the only woman around is beautiful but taken.”
“She isn’t the only woman on the planet, or even—I’ll have you know—in Las Vegas. But, if you are going to obsess over this girl you haven’t even met, I suppose the extent of your relationship with her is up to you.”
Alex smiled. “And
“And, now that you mention it, my car does need to be washed. That sounds like a great job for you when we get to the next town.”
“Hmm,” Alex mused, ignoring Jeremiah’s suggestion. “Do I get names, descriptions, anything?”
“Well, there’s Matt. He’s the one I was talking to on the phone earlier. He has a knack for guns, martial arts, and other forms of hand-to-hand combat. He’ll run security, and he will act as your personal bodyguard at times. He’s twenty-one and delighted that he no longer has to use a fake ID to get into bars.
“Then, we have Elizabeth, though she prefers Liz. She’s wonderful with her hands and most things technical or mechanical. She’ll keep you up to date on new forms of technology and make sure you get wherever you’re going with the best possible tools. She’ll also be running the technology that’ll help us make sure you’re safe and doing what you are supposed to be doing.”
“What am I supposed to be doing?”
Jeremiah lit a cigarette and rolled the window down a crack. “Staying alive, for now.”
“Very reassuring. How are you going to make sure I stay alive?”
Jeremiah inhaled deeply, and then exhaled through his nose. “We will be watching you around the clock. We’ll have people in close proximity. On top of all of this, you will learn how to defend yourself to some extent.” The demon looked over, studied Alex, and grimaced before adding, “I don’t think you’ll be as apt to learn the ways of defense as some, but if you could at least learn to fire a gun, I would feel a little better.”
“You’re going to watch me all the time?”
“That’s right.”
“What about when I’m on the toilet or in the shower?”
Jeremiah laughed. “You would be surprised where you will find cameras in my home.”
“Is Elizabeth going to be watching me, or will you?”
“She prefers Liz, and neither of us is going to watch you. Like I said, Matt is in charge of security. Though, if you would prefer, I could make a copy of the security logs for Liz—so she has something to watch in her free time.”
Alex began to feel comfortable with this conversation about regular people. He was even a little intrigued. He wondered if Matt and Liz were as scared as he was.
“Is she hot?” he inquired, playing along.
“Oh, very much so,” Jeremiah replied with a devious smile. “But I’m afraid she has her heart set on someone else. You have to understand, she and Matt have been essentially restricted to playing only with each other. Just like you, they have felt the pain of having to give up the rest of humanity for the most part to achieve something greater. As a result, they’ve grown very close.”
Alex looked out window, dejected. “So, I’m like a third wheel.”
“The number three is very symbolic,” Jeremiah countered sagely. “You, being the last addition to my triumvirate, are important to the success of the whole. The other two would be incomplete without you, as you will be without them. But if the three of you work together, your potential is inconceivable.”
Alex sighed dramatically. “I’m going to spend a lot of time without any kind of human contact, except you and these other two, if you can count that. And the only woman around is beautiful but taken.”
“She isn’t the only woman on the planet, or even—I’ll have you know—in Las Vegas. But, if you are going to obsess over this girl you haven’t even met, I suppose the extent of your relationship with her is up to you.”
Alex smiled. “And
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