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Darnell grabbed Keith's arm and said, "Come on you!"

"Alright! Alright! Take it easy on me, will you?"

Darnell said to Keith, "Shut it you. You break the rules of the gang again and I will personally come after you and if you ever pull a gun on me I will kill you got it?"

On the main floor-
Darnell hauled Keith out of the minibus. Damon helped Lisa out next, and was followed by Heather, Lou, Malcolm, and Ernie. Wesley was bandaging Doug's head, and a pile of Erica's clothing was nearby. Roy closed the garage door.

"Doug!" cried Lisa, running over to him and hugging him. "What happened to you?"

"That Jerry Law beat me up," he said, "but I'll be all right. Wesley is doing a fine job."

"Hey, Mr. Marley," said Roy, "I took a bulletproof vest off of Erica. I'm way too big for it, but it's about your son's size. I figured I could trade it for a gun, ammo, and some drugs. Heather, you can have the rest of her clothes if you like."

"Yes, I think we can work something out," said Damon.

Heather looked at the boots and clothing with obvious distate. "Like, I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that stuff," she said, tossing her hair. "It's so unfashionable."

"Fine, I can trade them too. Lisa's too small for 'em, but I'm sure you can find some use."

Lisa noticed the pile for the first time. "What have you done with Erica?" she asked. "You took off her clothes?!"

Keith says to Darnell: "Yeah, I got it. I'll be a good boy now."

Darnell said, "Good!" He released Keith but said to Roy, "Keep an eye on him will you?" He then turned to Heather and said, "Ya want to go somewhere and get to know each other better baby?"

On the main floor-
"I dunno," said Heather. "This place is kind of a dump. I've never been in this neighborhood before, so I don't know what's around here."

"Probably best not to go wandering around," said Ernie. "Just stay here tonight. It'll be dark in an hour or so, anyway."

Roy went over to Keith. "What the hell did you do back there?" he asked.

"Oh, he only almost gave the game away," said Malcolm. "He tried to get off the bus and run out on us where everyone could see him."

"Roy did it," said Doug to Lisa while Wesley continued to treat him. "When he was searching her."

"But why, for the love of Jah?" said Lisa, frowning. "Why are you doing all this? What's going on here? Guns, ammo, drugs?!"

Damon put an arm around her. "Lisa, my darling," he said, "I know this comes as a shock, but you have to understand that we did this to provide for you and Doug. We are in business. This is how I am able to afford to buy you so many fine things."

"Chuck Lubacheck killed our uncle Jacob," said Doug. "That's why he had to die. And Erica tried to stop us from leaving, so we had to take her with us."

"But you'll let her go now, right?" asked Lisa.

"We can't," said Damon. "She saw what your brother did."

"You're not going to kill her, are you?!"

"No, no, we just keep her here until we can figure something out."

"Roy, Malcolm: I had an attack of nerves -- all the zombie shit has taken a hold of my mind -- and need a rest, that's all."

On the main floor-
Malcolm frowned, clearly not impressed wtih Keith.

"It's almost time for dinner," said Damon. "We have some MREs put away here for emergencies, and this certainly qualifies. It won't be as good as what they serve at school, but it'll fill you up. Before we eat, there's time for a quick tour of the warehouse. Who's interested?"

"I'll have to pass this time," said Roy. "I gotta have the doc here take a look at me once he's done helping your son. One of those things cracked my ribs, I think."

Darnell whispered to Heather, "We can tour this place and then slip away. Then I will show you a good old time baby."

Enthusiastically: "Yeah, a tour! I'd like to have a look around."

On the main floor-
"I've never been here before," said Lisa. "I'll go on the tour too."

"I'm, like, totally interested," said Heather. "Where do you make the drugs?"

Damon laughed heartily. "All in good time," he said. "Let's start here. This is the main floor of our warehouse. Everything that happens here is legitimate, and so is everything we store up here. Our operations are hidden. I'll show you that later. Follow me, everyone." He went through an interior door to the hallway that ran alongside the main floor. Lisa and Heather followed him.

Keith follows along too. He says to Darnell:
"Hey man: drugs!" and laughs goofily.

Darnell followed behind, his eyes on Heathers nice ass.

On the main floor-
"We make and store the good stuff down below," said Damon, leading the small tour group out into the hall.

Wesley continued to work on Doug's head while Roy waited his turn. He was about halfway done now.

In the entry hall-
Damon led the way into the hall and turned left, heading down its length. He stopped at a nondescript door on the right about two-thirds of the way down the corridor and unlocked it. "The way down is through here," he said.

Keith nods, showing interest in the tour.

Mr. Handy,Keith will note any escape routes: fire exits, windows, etc.

In the entry hall-
Damon stood aside and let everyone enter the door before following them through.

Keith Stewart,[b]Keith[/b] saw no windows in this hallway, but he did note two exits. One was the front door through which he had entered, and there was also a similar door at the far end of the hall that was most likely a back door.

In the storage room-
Damon had brought the group into a windowless storage room containing shelves full of small boxes. "Let me show you the basement," he said, sliding a set of shelving that was against the left wall to the center of the room, so that it was flush against the shelves on the right wall. He bent down and reached for a section of the floor that had previously been under the shelves and would have been very hard to detect as anything unusual. Taking out a key, he stuck it into a concealed keyhole and turned it. Then he used the key to raise what turned out to be a trapdoor, which had a hinge on the underside. Narrow stairs led underground. He took a flashlight off of the shelves and shined it on the hole. "Down there, one at a time."

Darnell walked up to Keith and put his arm around him. "Go ahead big boy. You first."

In the storage room-
Keith went downstairs first, with Darnell right behind him. The stairway could only accomodate people in single file. Heather was next, followed by Lisa. Damon brought up the rear, holding the flashlight up so others could see.

In the basement entryway-
The stairs led down to a small room. Damon flipped a light switch at the bottom of the stairs, and the room was illuminated. It was bare, with concrete walls and a floor to match. The only feature was a sturdy, locked metal door. Damon took out a ring of keys and unlocked it. He swung the door open. "Our hydroponics room is through here," he said, motioning for the rest of the group to enter. The room beyond was vast, and light from the entryway didn't penetrate far.

Darnell walked up to Keith and put his arm around him. "Go ahead big boy. You first."

"No, you're the big boy. The ladies just luurve you."

"Wow!" says Keith looking around. "Safe down here, eh Damon?"