Apocalypse

Twenty-Six

~Phoenix's POV~

When I am before this Governor, his people have their guns trained on me "So" I say loud enough "Your the Governor"

Shaking his head "that's not my name anymore"

Holding my hands out "What do you want?"

"This prison" he says "you all out of here, we want these animals and the vegetation. You have till sundown, or all die"

"Alright" I say

He is taken aback "I'm sorry? Is this some kind of joke?"

Shaking my head "No joke, we'll be out of here right now. Okay?"

"Why aren't you protesting?" He demands

"Do you want me to?" I ask crossing my arms as I stop to look at me "I'm agreeing to let you all have the prison, the livestock" waving to the animals who are all in a state of panic "and the vegetation..."

"I expected" he said "you'd be more like your second Rick and fight"

"If you told everyone here" I say "I've lived for over a thousand years, I've lived through wars and tyrants like yourself. But one thing I learned is when to pick my battles, this prison" waving my hand "it's a battle I'm not going to fight over...though one thing did cross my mind"

"Oh?" He asks "what's that?"

"Did you prepare the people here to kill pregnant women?" The people are taken aback by that "cause there are women who are pregnant and children and newborns—who did they think you were about to fight if things go south?" With that I go back to the others, we get into my truck since everyone here only trusts Mimmi and Greer better than the vampires. Starting up the truck, we soon leave as the Governor and his people look at us as we leave.

When we are far away out, someone contacts me on the radio but the private channel "Phoenix?" Rick says "there is something you should know?"

"What?" I ask

"We have a killer amongst us" Bryce tells me "before leaving we found this mutilated rabbit, several mouse carcasses" what? Oh god. If that's true then we have a major problem.

"Also" Glen says "someone has been feeding the walkers"

"Feeding them?" Felix asks "what?"

"The dead rats, the bones of the animals we kill" Rick tells me "we don't know who but whoever it is can't be near people, their too great of a risk"

"I know who it is" Demetri says "I've got their tenor"

"Who is it?" I ask

"I need to follow it" Demetri says "but when we stop I'll let you know"

Hanging up, I sigh leaning back "I can't believe this is happening" good thing I'm not driving and Demetri is.

"How will the buildings be?" John asks "as soon as we reach to where we need to be, we need to start building homes"

"One of the humans" I say "is an architect, he suggested we have apartment complex's. Instead of houses"

"Not a bad idea" Felix says "but how high and how many suits will be on each floor"

"I don't want too high of an apartment complex" staring outside "but given everything...how many humans does Aro have right now?"

"Uh" the three in the back share a look thinking of ten number "he has" Maggie says "about three hundred, it was more but now..."

I'm silent as I do the math in my head "I think we should have seven story buildings with four. four bedroom units on each floor. We have four buildings made"

"What about when the human gets too old?" Felix asks

"Move them to a senior home" I answer "we have apart made along with an indoor pool, I had plans drawn up some time ago"As we sit in silence, I ask "should I have just killed the Governor and took the people that he had?"

"Yes" they all say and I laugh "you all said that at the same time"

After a few hours of driving, I ask "How's Uncle Caius when you all saw him last?"

"Angry" Maggie answers "you killed his mate"

"He tried to kill my baby" shrugging my shoulders "he hits, I hit ten times worse"