[ WP ] There are only two people left on Earth , and one is trying to track down and kill the other .

It's my job to not think too hard. Keep myself uninvested. But this time, it was impossible. 
 
 I looked at the name on the slip again. 
 
 Yup, it's definitely the guy. 
 
 Phil Tammers was the last political enemy of The Republic. The last left-leaning person in maybe the whole world. Phil, see, was immune to their propaganda and'influence techniques' ( pronounced: torture ). He'd never bend where most did. How he slipped out is beyond me, but he's at large and the last left person out there. Or, I guess, the last one they knew about... 
 
 That's where I come in, see... a'cleaner', they call me. I keep the opposition at bay ( or at the bottom of the bay ) and make sure the political machine keeps moving along smoothly. It's hard work to believe in, but I honestly did, at first. The Republic has a way to dazzle and impress with rhetoric and appearances, I'll give'em that. But the more I started doing their dirty work, the more I started wondering why they fear the left guys. What harm could someone so mistaken actually do? 
 
 Long story short, me and the other cleaners nabbed enough for the others to start submitting themselves for surgical reassignment. Two weeks' recovery time later, and the political opposition is gone ( do n't forget volition to do pretty much anything, that's gone too ). Scarily effective. Opposition comes in, supporters come out. Of all the names on The Republic's `` blue list'' ( the kind you definitely do n't want to be on ), each and every name was crossed but one: Phil's. Never showed up for reassignment ( no surprise there ). Never was tracked down by other cleaners. 
 
 I do n't know, Phil and I are probably the last two left people on this entire planet. But I'm careful about it, see, where Phil kept a diary in view of his Home Safety System. It really hurts, to have to do what I've got ta do. But, to keep myself off the Blue List, I got ta act without reservation. Move without being seen. And strike him down, as if he were the real enemy.
