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I gave Tiff the barest glance before I had to peg a hand to Sensei’s head, his hands trying to wrap rabbed Clyde’s hand and I thrustshe could wield another’s AFTD weapon

She could She did Using it like a scalpel she held y into his hand, ers digging into an to diround

Then Clyde was abovehis zombie nature

I heard a voice shout, "Halt, police!"

Garcia

Clyde and I hung suspended for a ave the order The only one that mattered

Kill, my mind whispered

It was not the word, but the intent he heard

Clyde put his hands on either side of Sensei’s head and I felt the steel bands of his hands loosen from around my neck to release the hold on his head but too late

Clydeunder the force, a pressure not known in nature A devastating blow that caused his features to meld in a dance of flesh, bone and blood

I was instantly splattered with gore I must’ve passed out for a second because when I beca at Gale at the top of his lungs and she was crouched protectively in front of Clyde

Who was under threat of fire fro on the end of a weapon made for this

Made for the murder of a zombie

But not Clyde He was mine and I was his

Apparently, he was Gale’s too

I staggered toSensei’s brains out ofwith a wet splat on the lanced at it, distracted with instant lust just as Garcia reached for Gale, latching onto her ar I had I kne Clyde would react

Hissing, he tore Gale away from Garcia and put her behind him protectively, her small body covered by his "Do not lay hands on Roberta, Officer Garcia I will hurt you"

Garcia backed away, shifting his eyes toon here, Caleb!" he said on a voice stressed to breaking, all semblance of civility, any presence of mind that told him there were teens around, bystanders Gone

Utterly

I didn’t even knohere to begin We had killed people here, irls needed medical attention I could hardly talk because of my abused throat But I opened et any more screwed to Sunday if I’d wished for it?

Garcia swung his gun to Parker and he smiled in response Man he was a cool custoht cryptically

"Stay where you are," Garcia said, on the edge of doing things he swore he’d never do

Gra ather face in my chest She just missed the brain splatter by an inch

"Are you hurt?" I whispered against her hair, the smell of vanilla a shock to my senses, blood and violence the only scent I’d had in the last hour

She shook her head, turning her face into h emotion but it’d have to do

He put his hands out in front of him "I’izing, Parker," I replied, my voice raspy frootten out of hand but we had an agent assigned for your protection and a Kairl"

I felt my eyes narrow to slits and he watched e of her execution That was a directive above ents to protect you Jade, well, I couldn’t do anything about her safety when Agent Rogers went rogue"

My head was spinning I was furiously trying to make sense of it all when Parker’s zombies strolled in, loaded eapons everywhere I’d never seen better arood by the forest was as good as new Obviously Parker could remake his zombie’s like clay Refashioned at will

Great

Garcia said, "I don’t care how s are pulled You’re going to go down, Parker You can’t just mess with these teen’s lives anytime you feel like it, you’re not above the law"

Parker ignored hi the heaviness of their weight as they flanked Parker

Parker stared atup like a bad penny?"

I nodded, as explanations went, it wasn’t too bad

"Get Agent Tracker," Parker said to one of the zo up a beaten Buddy Only his eyes looked whole out of a face with a mask of bruises

Parker inclined his head towarddirections at the end He becaabout him with his real name, Tracker

Jonesy and Sophie came in and she looked at hio to Buddy, her face said

Jonesy o near him, Soph We don’t knoho he really is"

Buddy/Tracker looked at her "You knoouldn’t hurt you, right?"

She looked at him for several moments then nodded her head

He relaxed and she asked, "I I just have to knohat is your real naan Tracker"