The Cure Of Exchange For Anna And Myself

They did as I ordered and held back, many now turning their attention to Lyle in search for their next move. “Here’s the deal,” I told them now feeling I had the upper hand. “The cure in exchange for Anna and myself. There’s enough here for your people to be able to reverse engineer it and replicate it. You don’t need us any longer.” “Alright, Peter, we accept,” Lyle reluctantly agreed. “What, no, we don’t accept,” Kim sneered. “We take what we want and we’re taking the damn cure. Then, we’re taking him. And, we’re taking Anna.” “I’ll drop it, I swear,” I told her as I held the vile out precariously between my index finger and thumb. “You drop it and we still kill Anna while you watch and then we take you, …show more content…

“Two,” I said. “He’s bluffing,” snipped Kim. “Am I,” I responded to her, my tone dead serious. “Alright, alright!” Lyle shouted. “Peter, you win. Someone get Anna down and out of those chains.” “But—,” Kim began. “But, nothing,” Lyle said cutting her off. “Do as I say.” Several of the Alliance members began working to free Anna, and I watched as she slowly inched her way closer to the ground. Once back on the Shed’s cement floor, a man and a woman worked to remove her from her iron imprisonment. “Alright, now she’s free. Give us the cure,” Lyle demanded. “Not until she’s safely with me,” I told him. “But, here’s what I will do. I’ll place the cure here on the ground and then I’ll back away from it. The closer Anna gets to me, the further I move away and the sooner, it’s all yours. If you or any of your goons rush us, I begin firing at you or maybe I begin firing at the cure. Do you think I’m a good enough shot to hit it? Try me and find out.” “Fine,” Lyle agreed. “Get her out of those chains already,” he ordered. Once free of the gag, Anna called out to me in that feisty, spirited charm of hers, “Peter, just shoot these mother fuckers!” she screamed. She then filled her lungs so she could speak again. “Put one right between that bitch’s eyes,” she said referring to Kim. “I should have bashed your head in like a piñata when I had the chance!” Kim erupted as she responded to Anna’s threat.