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Regulators (excluding the General) have become popular…because you are so very
human .”
    After seeing his look
of confusion, I went ahead and elaborated .
    “ The General is a
walking legend, he goes out and does these very brave things, but he seems
somewhat distant and cold. Don’t get me wrong, Jaxon is a hero; he saves the
day, but he isn’t personal. You however, are affected by the things you see.
You feel bad for people; you care .”
    “ It’s just something
that I’ve noticed. Obviously, a lot of other people have noticed your humanity
as well, or I don’t think you would be quite so popular in those internet chat
rooms .”
    Uh huh…are you trying to say that I’m a crybaby?
    That time, I did laugh .
    “ Not at all, I’m just
saying that your emotions are what set you apart. That’s a good thing .”
    So not knowing what to do is a good thing according to you?
    “ Being a human being
is a good thing, because in spite of how things affect you, you still go out
there and try to help people. So what did you tell Adam ?”
    He paused and looked
at me for a bit, shrugged his shoulders and continued .
    I think I’d rather just be a badass know it all, but
regardless of that, I just told Adam the truth. I told him that his wife’s bite
mark was confusing us and that unless she took a turn for the worse, we were
going to evacuate her at nightfall.
    This of course gave both of them a dangerous thing; it gave
them hope. I tried to explain that getting their hopes up might not be such a
good idea, but I had lost total control of the situation and just kept my
thoughts to myself as I wondered how badly they would hate me when things
turned ugly.
    Turns out, things didn’t turn ugly. Michelle just kept on
eating and drinking. Her cheeks were flushed with the joy of leaving. Shortly
after the sun had finally set, we were on our way.
    Hardin was back in the control room at this time so I was
able to talk to him.
    “We’re moving out,” I said after tapping my earpiece.
    “We have a new extraction point; the previous one has too
much activity at the moment. The chopper will be there within the next thirty
minutes.”
    I was the first out the door. I was followed by Georgie,
then Adam and Michelle. Kingsley and Javie made up the rear. There were bodies
all over the street. This was just a bit shocking, I knew our gunfire had
brought down a bunch of shamblers before Jaxon charged them, but from inside
the house I wasn’t able to see all the bodies that Jaxon must have dropped as
he led them away.
    Once again, I was somewhat amazed by my uncle’s ability to
bring forth so much destruction. I was glad he was on our side.
    That’s when something caught my eye.
    I motioned everyone to the Jeep and went forward to
investigate. As quietly as possible, I ran up the road and investigated the
object that had caught my interest. It was Jaxon’s earpiece. He must have lost it
when he attacked the horde. I would have grabbed it for him, but it looked like
it had been stepped on about a dozen times if not more.
    Further up the road, I noticed something else. It was
Jaxon’s vest and mp7. Why he would ditch his neck protection and weapon I had
no idea, but I picked it up for him anyway.
    Within seconds I was back in the Jeep. It was a tight fit
cramming everyone inside one Jeep, but I wanted to leave the other one for
Jaxon. I figured he would make his way back to this location with hopes that we
had left a radio for him to make contact. I didn’t want to disappoint him.
    Georgie was driving, Javie was riding shotgun, Adam and
Michelle had the backseat and Kingsley and I were on either side holding onto
the roll bar for dear life, and that’s not an understatement with the way
Georgie drives.
    Javie had already called up our extraction point on the dash
mounted computer. It showed a little map of the West side with a red dot on our
destination. It looked like we were headed to the top of the Coronado