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down and then sent drones to dispatch of you.”
    “You say that like you’re giving up. Come on, what kind of dastardly foe gives up that easily?”
    “Deneaux has me by the balls here.”
    “Aren’t there some men you can trust who can hold her power in check?”
    “I’m sure she’s rounding them up right now.”
    “Fuck, she’s smart. If she used half her evilness for good, the planet would be a utopia.” I sat back, my blood-sticky back cooling against the concrete. As I reached behind me, red stained my hand, and I pulled it back to look at it.
    “Shit, you’re shot. Dude, are you alright?” Dennis asked, concerned.
    “It’s merely a flesh wound.”
    “Are you really using a Monty Python reference right now?”
    “Stop sounding like my wife, it’s freaking me out.”
    “Mike, you’re shot.”
    “Dennis, did you not listen to any of the story I’ve been telling you for the last three days?”
    “I just…I mean…I just figured some of it was bullshit, you know.”
    “Look.” I pulled up my shirt. Blood was oozing out of the closing wound.
    “Where’s the bullet?”
    “I’d imagine it’s lodged in the wall behind me somewhere. Thing went in and out.”
    “Does it hurt?”
    “Like a bitch.”
    “But, you’re fine?”
    “Mostly.”
    “Fascinating. Can we try and figure out what we’re going to do here?” Dixon asked. “The more time we give Vivian, the worse for us.”
    “Can you stop calling her that?” I asked him.
    “What? Vivian?”
    “Yeah, makes her sound almost human.”
    Dixon actually laughed a little. “She was always a difficult woman. I’ve never met a more driven person, and I’ve personally known three presidents, a king or two and multiple heads of nations. Viv...Deneaux wanted something and she got it, end of story. She was a sight to behold back in the day.”
    Dennis shivered so violently that the bunk shook. “Sorry. Just having visions of a naked snake.”
    “Why didn’t you two end up together? Seems like you wanted to, and you have, apparently, succeeded in life. I mean, up until now anyway.”
    Dixon eyed me. “I’m not quite dead yet. Anyway, her husband was a much more pliable individual than me. In the end, I think that is what it came down to, who she could, and could not, manipulate with more ease.”
    “Where is the man now?”
    “She killed him. Walked into his house, sat down, had a conversation with him. Pulled out her gun, put a bullet in his chest and then one in his forehead. She then walked out of that house and into her car like she merely stopped by for a spot of tea.”
    “Why the hell isn’t she in jail?” Dennis asked.
    “The body wasn’t found until after the zombies came. The police and the military had bigger problems on their hands. My man, Captain Najarian, found the surveillance tapes and brought them to me. Her husband was an idiot. He was merely the face for the genius, no great loss as far as I was concerned. The calmness she dispatched him with, though, that gave me pause. When she showed up here, I probably should have just put her in the cell next to your friend. I...I just couldn’t. I thought there was a chance we could rekindle what we once had.”
    This time, I shivered violently. “Sorry, pain racked my body.”
    “Obviously, that was a mistake. Whatever she’d had for a heart was burned out long ago.”
    “I’m not sure she ever had one. I just think she was better at hiding it,” I said.
    “Perhaps.” Dixon let his head hit his hands. He was sitting on the edge of the bunk.
    “You hear that?” I asked, standing and going to the edge of the cell. “I think they’re getting ready to come.”
    “And what of me? If they storm this place, are you going to kill me?”
    “I’ve got to figure that, if Deneaux is sending them in, they have orders to eliminate all of us. Much cleaner that way, and at least one less stain to put on my soul. The door is opening, here we go.” I quickly checked the