Brotherly Love

Chapter 5 The Governor

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It had been a long, hard winter but she is still here. The dead are piling up again and she is going to have to move again. She ran passed one of them stabbing it in the head. Then another one and another. They just kept coming. She managed to get clear and started down one of the backroads. It was clear for now. She walked for what seemed like forever and finally came across this huge farm. There had been a fire and looks like whoever was here has been long gone. It was overrun and wasn't safe, shame. It looked like a really nice place to hold up.

"Well, what do we have here?" A man's voice sounded behind her. He was a well dressed, nice looking man with a patch over his right eye. "Little lady, it's not safe out here by yourself," he continued. "We'll take care of you," he said and smiled, but that smile didn't make me feel any better. There was something in his smile that made me uneasy, but I can't make it much longer out here by myself. I can have people now.

I leaned over to the guy they called Martinez, "So why do we call him Governor?" He looked over at me, "Just a nickname." "What's his deal?" I asked. "He's going through a tough time right now," he said to which I replied, "Aren't we all." Martinez looked at me, "Just give him his space and there won't be any problems, okay." "Okay," I said heading back to the little tent they had given me to sleep in.

When I woke up I heard the two of them arguing softly. "They have to go," the Governor said. Martinez looked at him, "We don't have the manpower, besides they took in our people, women and children. How bad could they be?" "They are all traitors! They have this coming!" The Governor yelled raising his voice now. This Governor kept talking about how bad these people were and how they had attacked their group but he didn't say much else. He wanted revenge that much was obvious. I stayed inside my tent not making a sound. What kind of man was he? What was he planning to do to a group with women and children? I can't stay here it is clear that this man is out of his mind. First chance I get I'm outta here.

They had mentioned a prison. Maybe she could use the information she had overheard and stay with these other people, but if he went through with this attack how safe would that be anyway? It doesn't matter I have to do something. I can't sit back and do nothing. While they slept she snuck away in the night.