Connor glared up at Justin and instinctively reached to his pocket to check his favourite knife was safely stashed where it should be. Justin was taller and stronger. Even with a bullet hole in the arm, Connor was unlikely to win in a fair fight. But he had no intention of playing fair.
“She has the capacity to save humanity, show her some respect,” Justin said through gritted teeth.
“What makes you think I give a shit about humanity? Humanity doesn’t give a shit about me. I’ve been locked in my house for the last eight years …”
“No trial, no jury, no appeal, blah, blah.” Justin glared down at the snorting animal in front of him. “I’ve heard it a hundred times. Every member we recruit to the Drop has the same self-pity sob story bullshit.”
“I should just kill you now, Chrome Boy.” Connor snarled at the larger man.
“Try it. See what happens.” A newcomer stepped from the shadows of a support pillar, crossbow levelled at Connor’s crotch.
Another one appeared, also brandishing a crossbow. This one handed Justin a gun.
Gertie leaped from the buggy and stood in the middle of the developing drama. “Calm it. This is much bigger than you or I.”
“Me.”
“What?”
“Bigger than you or me.”
“What is?”
“Just shoot him, for God’s sake.”
“Nobody’s shooting anybody.”
“Do it.”
“No.”
“OK, I will.”
“I dare you.”
“I will.”
“Aaarrgh!”
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