In the Apocalypse

No Mercy Part 2

"There you are. We were worried sick." A bald man in a grey suit and what looked like a zombie threw over his shoulder said to the boy as he stood on the other side of the fence. 10K and I were stood with the boy and Red. The rest of our group and their group were all gathered here. "When we popped the trunk and you weren't there, we thought maybe the zombie had eaten you. Glad to see you're A okay." The Man looked up at the corpse over his shoulders and threw it off of him. "Unfortunately, one of your guards misunderstood our intentions when we came back to check on the boy's welfare. So we had to show him mercy. How about we avoid any other misunderstandings by you turning over the doctor to me. Now."

"You said we had 24 hours." A man from the crowd spoke up.

"I know. I lied. Tell the doctor to present himself right now. Or bad shit is gonna happen." The Man announced.

Warren stepped forward. "I am Doctor Teller."

"I'm Doctor Teller." Addy stood at Warren's side.

"I'm Doctor Teller." I joined the two powerful women.

Various voices called out the same line, including Doc, 10K, and Red. I could see the irritation growing on The Man's face. But there was nothing he could do really. How could he tell which was the real Doctor Teller.

"I see the doctor has made some new friends. Spartacus is one of my favorite movies. You all remember how it turns out?" The Man asked. "Spartacus and all of his clones are crucified. Upside down. Gotta admit, the Romans had style."

"Why don't you let these people be?" Warren asked in a challenging tone, walking up to the gate.

The Man stepped forward to meet her at the gate. "And you are?"

"Doctor Teller." Warren sassed.

"Alright, if that's how you wanna play this. I'll give you a little more time to think through the consequences of cooperating. I'll return at the originally scheduled time. Have the real Doctor Teller waiting. Or I will find him through the process of elimination. Don't be a hero." The Man warned.

"Don't come back." Warren retorted.

He chuckled silently to himself before turning and walking away.

***

"Be careful out there." Addy warned the three of us, looking between the three of us with a questioning look.

"Yeah. We'll be careful." 10K nodded.

A caw caught our attention. We looked up at a post to see the boy up there. He had changed his clothes and somehow darkened his hair. Though the hair thing could be an effect of look up with the weird lighting behind him, but I couldn't tell. When he crouched, I could tell.

"What happened to you?" Red asked, looking over his change in appearance. He was dressed like 10K.

"Who the hell are you supposed to be? 5K?" Doc and Addy laughed at Doc's joke.

"We should get moving." Red stated. Red turned and I followed her out. I heard Doc and Addy walking away. I also heard 10K following behind us with the kid.

"What did he use to black his hair?" I asked. 10K had caught up to us and seemed curious as well.

"You don't wanna know." Red shook her head.

We went to where we are supposed to be keeping watch. 10K started teaching the kid to shoot his slingshot. Red and I were half watching for danger and half watching the two boys.

"He really is going to be a good dad." Red whispered to me.

"I know. He wants kids too." I told her.