‘No worries, here, Sal, I got US covered.’ Johnny looked at Sally as she unpacked the last of their bags from the SUV into the cabin doorway. ‘Sorry I couldn’t-’
Sally glared at him, sharply, knowing he was about to apologize again for being in his wheelchair. He turned red, for a moment, blushing the way he did when they first met. She smiled in return.
‘Anyways, Sal, I got the place covered. The inserts Jimmy gave you guys, instead of the vacc- it’s part of the Home Security System in this Sector.’
The new cabin looked like any other cabin in the middle of the woods, but it had a few updates, including the goo swimming around in their blood.
‘The Vector,’ she said.
‘Yea,’ Johnny smiled. ‘I thought you’d like that term for it. The Vector for The Sector. Anyone gets too close to you or the little guy, or anyone enters without the proper modifications, they get escorted right out.’
Sally knew by ‘escorted’ Johnny meant blown to bits outside of the perimeter. And with the war going the way it was, she was okay with that.