"Jerry" Jinx said swallowing a lump that was forming in her throat. Jerry turned around to face Custillo and Harvey, guns drawn.

"You've got a lot of explaining to do" Custillo snapped.

"Why trust them? Why don't we just get rid of the threat?" Harvey growled stepping forward. By Custillo's expression, she wasn't disagreeing.

"We can explain" Jinx said, stalling. Jerry took a step forward and Custillo mirrored his movement.

"You take one more step Jerry and I'll shoot you" Custillo warned. Jerry grinned. He stepped forward again and Custillo refocused her gun on Jinx. Jerry froze, looking back at Jinx.

"Got a soft spot for the girl?" Harvey hissed and walked over to Jinx, grabbing her by her hair. She fought until Harvey jabbed the pistol barrel between her neck and jaw bone.

"Jerry" Jinx said, warning him against attacking Harvey. Jerry growled, his eyes becoming ink pools.

"What the hell do you thi-" Harvey laughed, his sentence stopped when he began choking on his own blood. Jinx stood between Jerry and Harvey, feeling Harvey's blood drip down from Jerry's mouth and onto her shoulder. It was still warm. Custillo fired, hitting Jerry in the shoulder, the bullet going right through and entering Harvey's skull. Jerry turned on Custillo next, but with her he took his time. He got her by the back of the neck, holding her off the ground as he ran his lips along her neck. Jinx cringed as she heard Custillo's whimper. She gave a short yelp when Jerry sunk his fangs into her, but gave little fight. Jerry threw her at Harvey's body. Jinx opened the gate and gestured for Jerry to do his work. Throwing the two bodies out into the group of zombies waiting outside. Jerry wiped some of the blood off his chin and from his lips. Jinx bunched her sleeve over her hand and wiped the rest away. Jerry grinned and looked outside at the group of zombies that had gathered and were feasting on the two.

"Do you think they told others?" Jinx asked.

"About what? That I am a vampire? Who would believe them?" Jerry chuckled. Jinx grinned, she guessed he was right, she had forgotten how absurd the notion of vampires were to those who did not know. How crazy it sounded.

"They'll be missed soon" Jinx whispered, resting her head on Jerry's chest "We should get to work so no one suspects us. Say we were lost in the crowd"

"Good idea" Jerry agreed. They headed toward the stands, mixing into the rows of people without a problem.

By noon Jinx couldn't get the picture of Jerry's deranged face after he had fed off Custillo, how all of his teeth had become huge canines, and the shape his skull had warped to. Jinx touched a teenage boy's shoulder, trying to wake him.

"Excuse me?" A woman asked. She touched the boy's hair.

"Do you know this boy?" Jinx asked.

"Why of course, he is just resting" the woman said with a labored smile.

"Ma'am" Jinx said softly, holding the boy's wrist in her hands "He has no heartbeat"

"He is just asleep, its fainter" the woman told Jinx. Jinx held her ear over the boy's gapping mouth. No air blew against her skin, no breath was taken in.

"Ma'am we'll need to remove him" Jinx explained "He will turn if we don't"

"You can't take my son" the woman said desperately "He is just asleep"

The two medics came by with the board, Jinx stayed a good distance from the mother after her last incident. She watched as one of the men received a swift blow to the head by the woman. He was tough but she managed to knock him forward. Jinx was impressed.

The boy was removed and soon afterwards the mother was too, having suffered a heart attack only hours later. Jerry looked over the stadium stands, hoping to spot Jinx somewhere, but she had vanished. Jerry knew her supervisor would know where she went. The man was buff, tall, and easily a threat to men. Jerry put a hand on his shoulder, making him turn around. He stood about a foot taller than Jerry and was much wider across the shoulders. He wore metal name tag that read 'Kentwood'.

"Have you seen Jane?" Jerry asked.

"Who's asking?" Kentwood grumbled in a deep alto voice. Jerry felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, he didn't like this man being around Jinx.

"Her boyfriend" Jerry told him.

"Her boyfriend got a name?" Kentwood asked, his eyes on the clipboard in his hands.

"Jerry"

"You stay away from her" Kentwood snapped "you hear me?"

Jerry was picked up by the man and held up against the wall of the supply bunker. Jerry growled, ready to attack the behemoth when Jinx caught sight of the fight. She ran over and grabbed her boss' arm.

"Stop it!" She commanded "Put him down!"

"This is the man that attacked you?" Kentwood snarled.

"No, that was Harvey" Jinx told him and Kentwood let Jerry down.

"Sorry man" Kentwood shrugged his massive shoulders "I was just looking out for the girl"

"Well that is my job" Jerry snarled "Hands off her"

"I wouldn't put my hands on her if she was the only women on earth" Kentwood chuckled, his chuckle becoming uncontrollable laughing. Jerry looked at Jinx for answers.

"You see the guy handing out sandwiches?" Jinx asked pointing out a stand across the field. Jerry nodded "That is Kentwood's husband"

"Oh" Jerry muttered "So he is… uhh"

"Gay" Kentwood piped in "very very gay"

"You don't have to worry about him" Jinx smiled.

That nigh Jerry led Jinx down to the tunnel again, at the exit gate he held her at arm's length. His mind a jumble of fire and ice. Jinx could tell by his expressions that something was wrong.

"Jerry?" Jinx asked putting a hand on his shoulder. He flung his arm back, throwing Jinx against the wall by accident. Jinx rubbed her back, staying on the floor where she landed. Her head was pounding.

"Jerry what the hell?" Jinx asked.

"You should stay here" he blurted out.

"Yeah, so should you" Jinx snapped.

"No, I am leaving. I can't stay here"

"Why?"

"You're rid of me, what do you care?" Jerry snorted. Jinx stopped herself from saying what she wanted, biting her tongue and growling.

"I'm curious" Jinx shrugged "You've got a sweet deal here with feeding almost three times a day"

"It's not worth being stuck in this prison day in and day out, surrounded by these half dead humans"

"What about our deal?" Jinx asked.

"What deal?"

"I help you feed, you protect me"

"You have Kentwood, stay close to him" Jerry said. He tore the chain from the gate. Jinx used the wall to help her stand. Her vision blurred and the hall spinning.

"Forget you Jerry" Jinx hissed when he locked the gate behind him "You're just like every other human, you know that? Worthless"

Jerry paused for a moment, but he didn't turn around. He resumed walking away. Jinx watched him until he was out of sight. She limped her way back to the medic tent. Finding Jerry had left a bruise running from her right shoulder down to her right hip.

"Hey" Kentwood said awkwardly "I saw those bruises you got"

"Yeah" Jinx shrugged "They don't hurt that much"

"Did he hit you?"

"No, he pushed me away and I stumbled" Jinx sighed "I'm an idiot with new feet"

"You can take the day off, collect yourself and let the painkillers kick in" Kentwood told her "You're back on shift tomorrow.

Jinx paced along the hall behind the highest row of seats. She butted out her smoke when she saw two women passing by. With her hood up and hair over her eyes she looked like a creep as she tried to hide her teary eyes. She waited until they were a good distance away before she roared and punched the wall. She kept punching it until the skin from her knuckles bruised and broke, leaving bloody fist prints on the wall. She slid down to the floor and argued with herself for hours. Coming to a conclusion when the sun rose.

"I did not need him before" Jinx told herself "I do not need him now" He was a fun toy to play with for the time being. That is all he was. A toy.