JC was pushed back by the Amazon's finger and forced himself not to punch himself in the face in the middle of his speech or even afterwards. It certainly wouldn't have made the others vote for him as their leader. Then the voting began with Evan starting it off with Pistolera. He figured that was the route he was going to go. Evan for some reason didn't like him and seemed to favor Simone despite the two acting the same when it came to trying to lead the team. You'd think he'd owe him the vote after violating him at the tower. JC was unsure as to why the thought even came to his mind right now.

Max immediately came to his defense and told Evan off and gave him his first vote. He wasn't surprised by the vote, but he was surprised by him standing up for him. He seemed to be the type to stand back in silence while everyone yelled at each other. This was a different side of him. Then again he also yelled back at the tower while they were trying to figure everything out before their tower was attacked by the zombies. The next thing that happened was unexpected.

Rhea walked over to him and took his hand in hers. It caused him to lightly blush. This wasn't something he was used to. JC had never experienced a simple sign of affection or closeness from anyone before. That just wasn't how he lived his life or how he was raised. It did explain why he had been emotionally distant before and he was hoping to return to that soon. He was confident that Rhea would be voting for him. She too came to his defense and was talking like she fully supported him fully. When she revealed that she was voting for Simone instead his facial expression changed causing him to form a hint of a frown. The red in his cheeks also started to fade. He was now feeling more surprised and disappointed than anything else at the moment. Things weren't looking good for him as he was now losing this two to one.

Then another vote came for Pistolera. When the majority of those present finished supporting Pistolera he looked around at the others and sighed. [color=ed1c24]"Back at the tower I said that when we voted for leadership I'd gladly step down. That was before shit hit the fan. Now I'm just keeping my pride in tact and [i]proudly[/i] stepping down."[/color] He now fully turned to Pistolera and assumed that she'd follow Evan's suggestion of keeping the both of them out of Tartarus despite there now no longer being a dispute of leadership. If that was the case then they still needed to figure out who would follow Evan there and who would remain here. [color=ed1c24]"So now that, that's settled, what's the plan now?"[/color]

Part of JC was relieved that he no longer had to talk as much again, yell their battle cry, or worry about leading the others. They had their gun slinging vigilante for that now. Another part of him would miss it, but that was a very small part. The rest of him was thinking about... it was nothing.