The Brother-in-Law Bargain

In the end, the base simply didn't have enough people. They could keep order inside the base and the nearby area, but anything farther out was beyond their control.

For that reason, it wasn't just the Vances and the Mercers who carried weapons. Many other survivors did too. Some had kitchen knives, some had axes, and others carried small daggers.

The administrative office and the base chose to loo