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face wilted.
“Yeah, I can see that you understand. Now where is she?” I asked.
“You’ve got to promise to let me live if I tell you.” He said, nearly crying.
“Okay, Bob, I’ll tell you what, if you tell me everything I want to know, I will let you go.” I said.
“Can I not stay here? I promise to help out.” He said.
I shook my head and said “Sorry, but if I did that the others wouldn’t be happy. Best I could do would be a pack with supplies and a weapon. And before you get your hopes up it would be a crowbar or something like it.”
“Fair enough.” He said, slumping back down in his chair.
“So where is the bitch hiding out?” I asked again.
“There’s a small village about three miles away called North Duffield. We took over the small school and have been using it as our base.” He said.
“Well, there aren’t that many of you lot left after tonight.” I said, laughing.
“There’s more than you think.” He said.
“Eh? I thought there were only six or seven of you not including that bitch.” I said
“She still has another fifteen men.” He said.
“Where did she get them from? When I was at Thorne she was supposed to only have six men.” I said.
“She never told that group about our little haven in North Duffield. She’s been gathering people ever since you kicked her out of here.”
“How has she managed to do that?” I asked.
He cocked his head to one side before answering “She met Thomas in High Duffield. They got together and they started to gather men. They would tell them that the bunker held weapons and other stuff and they would rule the North East from here.”
God, I didn’t know she was that power hungry and I agree that the bunker would make a good power base.
“Well, she fucked up on that score.” I said standing.
“Wait! Where are you going?” Bob asked.
“You’ve told me where to find her so I’m going to go talk with my friends.” I said, heading for the door.
“What about me?” He cried as my hand touched the door handle.
Turning to look at him I said “You’ll stay here until we find out if you’re telling the truth or not.”
“But I am.” He said.
“We’ll see.” I said, opening the door and going out.
Closing the door behind me I saw Mike sitting with a man I had seen with his group.
Looking up, Mike came over and said “Robert here is going to keep guard on our guest for us. We have other men on a shift rotation until we get rid of him.”
“Thanks, Robert.” I said.
“No problem, and can I say thanks for letting my family and me stay.” Robert said.
“That’s what we wanted with this place. Don’t open the door for any reason. I’ll send someone up with food for him later. Mike, can you come with me? I want to have a chat.” I said.
“Sure.” He said, following me out of the Operations room.
We headed for the lifts and I said “How adamant are you with wanting to learn how to shoot?”
“Well, I think the more people who can defend, the better.” He said.
I thought on that as I pressed the lift button.
“Right. You’re going to be getting a crash course from Chris today. But first we need to get everyone together and have a little meeting.” I said.
He nodded and followed me into the lift. We headed for the security room and I used the speaker system to ask that Chris, Amy, David and Tessa meet me in the security office. Mike and I sat back and waited for them to arrive. Chris appeared first and then Amy and David arrived at the same time looking slightly bedraggled for sleep. Tessa took the longest to get to us.
“Okay, Marc, what’s so important that you had to wake us up?” Amy asked.
“I had a chat with Bob.” I said.
“Who the fuck is Bob?” Chris asked.
“Mr. Rat.” I answered.
“Oh, okay. So what did the scumbag have to say for himself?” Chris answered.
“He told me where to find Tracy. The thing is, I thought she would only have Thomas with her since we killed
“Yeah, I can see that you understand. Now where is she?” I asked.
“You’ve got to promise to let me live if I tell you.” He said, nearly crying.
“Okay, Bob, I’ll tell you what, if you tell me everything I want to know, I will let you go.” I said.
“Can I not stay here? I promise to help out.” He said.
I shook my head and said “Sorry, but if I did that the others wouldn’t be happy. Best I could do would be a pack with supplies and a weapon. And before you get your hopes up it would be a crowbar or something like it.”
“Fair enough.” He said, slumping back down in his chair.
“So where is the bitch hiding out?” I asked again.
“There’s a small village about three miles away called North Duffield. We took over the small school and have been using it as our base.” He said.
“Well, there aren’t that many of you lot left after tonight.” I said, laughing.
“There’s more than you think.” He said.
“Eh? I thought there were only six or seven of you not including that bitch.” I said
“She still has another fifteen men.” He said.
“Where did she get them from? When I was at Thorne she was supposed to only have six men.” I said.
“She never told that group about our little haven in North Duffield. She’s been gathering people ever since you kicked her out of here.”
“How has she managed to do that?” I asked.
He cocked his head to one side before answering “She met Thomas in High Duffield. They got together and they started to gather men. They would tell them that the bunker held weapons and other stuff and they would rule the North East from here.”
God, I didn’t know she was that power hungry and I agree that the bunker would make a good power base.
“Well, she fucked up on that score.” I said standing.
“Wait! Where are you going?” Bob asked.
“You’ve told me where to find her so I’m going to go talk with my friends.” I said, heading for the door.
“What about me?” He cried as my hand touched the door handle.
Turning to look at him I said “You’ll stay here until we find out if you’re telling the truth or not.”
“But I am.” He said.
“We’ll see.” I said, opening the door and going out.
Closing the door behind me I saw Mike sitting with a man I had seen with his group.
Looking up, Mike came over and said “Robert here is going to keep guard on our guest for us. We have other men on a shift rotation until we get rid of him.”
“Thanks, Robert.” I said.
“No problem, and can I say thanks for letting my family and me stay.” Robert said.
“That’s what we wanted with this place. Don’t open the door for any reason. I’ll send someone up with food for him later. Mike, can you come with me? I want to have a chat.” I said.
“Sure.” He said, following me out of the Operations room.
We headed for the lifts and I said “How adamant are you with wanting to learn how to shoot?”
“Well, I think the more people who can defend, the better.” He said.
I thought on that as I pressed the lift button.
“Right. You’re going to be getting a crash course from Chris today. But first we need to get everyone together and have a little meeting.” I said.
He nodded and followed me into the lift. We headed for the security room and I used the speaker system to ask that Chris, Amy, David and Tessa meet me in the security office. Mike and I sat back and waited for them to arrive. Chris appeared first and then Amy and David arrived at the same time looking slightly bedraggled for sleep. Tessa took the longest to get to us.
“Okay, Marc, what’s so important that you had to wake us up?” Amy asked.
“I had a chat with Bob.” I said.
“Who the fuck is Bob?” Chris asked.
“Mr. Rat.” I answered.
“Oh, okay. So what did the scumbag have to say for himself?” Chris answered.
“He told me where to find Tracy. The thing is, I thought she would only have Thomas with her since we killed
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