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this?” Gabriel asked his friend , though he had a fair guess of what his answer would be.
    “My take?” Yoshi asked.  “I don’t have one.  You know I’ll fight with you no matter what,” Yoshi said and looked down at his feet briefly. 
    “But?” Gabriel prodded.
    “But it’s Alex, okay.  I’m worried about her, about putting her in danger again.”
    “Putting them in danger is the last thing I want.”
    “If we go I don’t think the girls should go with us,” Yoshi said and looked directly into Gabriel eyes.  “I almost lost her last time, remember.”
    “You don’t have to remind me,” Gabriel said and knew all too well the horror of their past experience.
    “I won’t let that happen ever again.  I hate myself for letting it happen then.  I live with the guilt every time I look at her.”
    “She doesn’t blame you.”
    “Well she should.  I never should have allowed her to be taken back then, and I won’t put her in harm’s way again.”
    For the second time that day, Gabriel was speechless.  Even with what they were going to be facing, the only thing that his friend was worried about was Alex andra.
    Yoshi looked at his shoes and said, “I love her.  I’ve loved her since the day I met her.  But it’s different now.  We’re together.  She’s not just some crazy-sexy Goddess that I drool over.  I mean, I do still do that, don’t get me wrong.  But now, we’re in a relationship, a serious one.  We talk about the future, a kick-ass multicultural wedding, a house and kids.”  Yoshi paused for a moment before continuing and a strained expression touched his features. “If we don’t make it back, I’ll miss out on those things.  I don’t want to do that, you know?” 
    “I understand,” Gabriel assured him.
    “My point isn’t about just that, though.  The point I’m trying to make is, I’m willing to risk my own life, but what I won’t do is risk hers again.”
    “Like I said before, I understand, I don’t want to risk Melissa’s life again either.  The girls should not come with us.  It’s that simple.” Gabriel said, certain that they had to go, to check out what Jack had found, but also that they couldn’t let the girls go with them this time.
    Yoshi groaned and shook his head.  “That’s not going to go over well, man.”
    “No, it will not.  But we have to do it this way.  We can’t put them in any more danger than they’re already in.”
    “You’re right.  W e have to tell them that we’re going, and they aren’t,” Yoshi agreed and led the way out of Gabriel’s room.
    When they entered the living room, he heard that the conversation had continued while they were gone. 
    “So what are we supposed to do?” Melissa asked Jack.
    “I’ve started a militia, m e and some of my old buddies, friends I served with through the years.  About twenty of us, altogether, have been preparing for shit like this.”
    “What?” Melissa said.  “That sounds crazy.”
    “It sounds however it sounds.  I get it.  A couple of years ago, I would have thought I was nuts too if I heard myself.  But I’m not.  My friends might be a bit off for following me without knowing firsthand what happened out in California.  But the fact remains that I need their experience and expertise on my side, crazy or not.”
    “All right!  This is nuts,” Alexandra huffed and threw her arms up.  “A militia, Jack?
    “Don’t hold back or anything, Alex,” Jack chuckled.  “I did kind of lose it after Dawn was killed, was chasing shadows, looking for something to rage against when the person I assumed had killed her was already dead.  The militia was started around that time.  But this list,” he said and picked up the paper from the coffee table.  “This is real. An even worse version of Terzini is alive, and has taken over a town.  I have a small army who has seen it for themselves.”
    Gabriel sat back down on the couch and took his head in his