Companion Makes a New Home
In this instance, however, there was no way the Companion could leave its present Host, as it had taken over all the skin: the so-called largest organ in the body of the Host. It would take time to leave, and a new host would have to be nearby. It did not control the entire body; that was the Host’s mundane work, so the Companion still needed the Host to be alive to do that. This Host was as good as dead, but that would have been very inconvenient for the Companion, so it was determined not to let it die so soon.
At the first shot to the head, JJ’s skin had hardened to the maximum degree, so it absorbed the bullets to the chest without penetration. The Companion could not stop the internal damage and brocken bones from the impacts; even with the extra skin prot
