Chapter 6

The owner of the farm had insurance that covered all of the damage from a Hyper Skirmish. All I had to do was fill out a form including my HypeEx Registration ID and the details of my fight. The insurance company had an inquiry into why I didn’t kill the henchman in the truck bed or the fat one. My mentor Keegan always said never shoot a man with his hands up or running away if they didn't kill anyone. I think that's good advice for keeping us human. We're called exterminators but killing an unarmed man's a lot harder than a squirrel. They were also disappointed I didn’t exterminate the lycanthrope but ultimately decided it was unfair to expect me to catch up with it.

Searching the grounds we only found five bodies including the driver but twelve guns including a few with bullets that matched my Colt .45 revolver which was a real money saver. Before the night was over I called Mr. Jeffreys who told me he would be fine when he got home, because he would take an Uber back the next day and they only wanted to hurt Darla and Craig who were going back to Maryland, so I called up Keegan to keep tabs on them. By the next morning I was ready to move on from this town. While I was glad I’d saved this couple I wasn’t sure how long I could keep going on this journey. Should I return home with one hard earned victory? I’d have time to think about that on a long walk, so I did.

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