DS Chapter 4

Was my life over now? All of this was Logan’s fault. If I had just stayed in the city, none of this would have happened. I continued to move busily, weighed down by my worries.d6c38ef215ff9dab

I loaded 4f2810b2bd the back 5133ac963c seat with 3ffb301cab food. Meanwhile, Logan had filled 6d64633ca5 an empty gas canister 3826a5203c and placed it in 620f2cb59e the trunk. We couldn’t run 8aa69bdef7 out of gas 0d123ee641 if we returned 3dbde86bb9 to the city.56dafb160db20c85

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“Logan, let’s go. I’ve got everything.”85c75aa92780270c

The wind blew across 6b04304275 the empty fields, and 611d508cba a tumbleweed rolled by, 06678594b9 unsettling me for no b28894ad8b reason. I quickly 191a7bc51f jumped into a8771d0609 the passenger 4a447fbb86 seat. Being inside the car f90d9d1d35 eased my fears somewhat.eef138931e34123c

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Logan took 4fb5dae4e0 a quick 9ebcc1d12e look around d1ceec3bc4 before getting 9a67b5a1ec in.c6f13466f28ac1ca

Thud.9ba0a00dc0402173

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The sound b6c7e1b8b5 of the ed69f63c4a door closing 3578682810 echoed, and 6b7117370d Logan started b779b07dfd the engine.dc9b775c88cf9887

“Where are we e5994da990 going?”9d84e378eec1eb5f

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Before I could finish 57f2e87f0e my question,f7504bd9336fbb36

“Raaahhh—!!!”79e2833fe3e90f39

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Something burst out 269126a95b from the bushes.51b452ec83de1201

“Ahhh!!”b09905b7e4993f6b

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I screamed 1d4bfff066 in fright, 38c5006de1 and whatever 101777fba7 it was 0159ce3d16 that charged 91083ca32a at us 565c7efdc6 clung to e61972f5f5 the window.3e2918673bb2887d

Two zombies—one of them 5de716ffe7 was the man from d8a79b3799 the sports car.35b5d90231693ef9

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When had he 496929a39c turned into a b42caee844 zombie? He had 6757d50417 left with 7f74b55f52 the hood 1025740a79 wide open, 3879f2c6b7 and now 6934dd540e he was a0b88d409e attacking us! My spine 0e531b33f6 tingled with 5345b42459 fear.b8d1260676a38864

Only then could 2a53ed56ca I fully see f61e98383d the identity of cf7052ea18 the zombie.23b8b429d86ad60d

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The once-human figure now 64236708ff had grayish skin, and c62a136c09 its bluish veins stood 96fcb0cada out prominently.5d4c6a529f069e8a

What was c83a71bf5b most bizarre 836ca05f8b was its 47a74c8b0f wide, black 9bf05f1c78 pupils that b49803647e dilated like c661da3637 a beast, c161a06175 and its df8c9b4c50 erratic behavior 542ce4aa99 when it ecda266aef spotted a 97eac629dc human.3fd22c08aad1f0a9

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The zombie scratched a8bd69e889 at the window cfe8a2c1f1 with its claws, 827851ecd4 mouth agape, as 0b2a58da4b if wanting to 4b2ae5805f devour me.5a4b7056cbcc63e4

I was b87c390f88 paralyzed by 52a4129a1a the horrific 2075052291 sight, unable db5540ca2f to move.bd5d6c2a0a032533

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What on earth 7be0802bd0 was that? What was 5459fd143d that terrifying 351fe84c56 creature? Why had a person 38832e2233 who had seemed normal 1337068006 just moments ago transformed 4ba5d5d7b6 like that?b5c4a43a35fb0840

Had a true f0a8e5ad3a movie-style zombie just ef0ca9f743 appeared?59dcf439440814a1

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At that 3f2b3ed83d moment, Logan 97a9d6804f nudged my 5f6ea12abf shoulder.e4cbe9aeefeeaccc

“Lean back 6481ce58cc in your bba294bb06 seat.”78fcdc1775706c29

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As I fumbled to c7bf3c90c2 recline the seat, he fa98f90149 cracked the window slightly.365f02c72bfe24b4

“What are you d9144afcd8 doing?!”c63d3e51e71d2d07

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A putrid a0dcf4b51b smell and 6cbf134da6 animal-like sounds fb19a6d4b7 flooded in c989392e80 through the 0dd51c3717 open window. What were we 3dd251a9d5 going to do 1eccdc2abd if the zombie 3b1a0209b5 got in?!d610e092c91b0e6d

While I 51c68e4530 was panicking, d8f59e0525 Logan calmly ea3a956bc5 leaned over cfbfb92517 and aimed 3f327b3eaa his gun 245c1aa115 at the a7fca4494d gap in be7892fc0d the window. Then,3a6c1f8099c66c58

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Bang—!!aa333f7014128e78

Bang—!!!54d983124018d405

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The sound of 4e314a3c37 gunfire rang out 66f0edcc91 twice.1be7cbe8d47f5d42

A bullet pierced the a218ebd00c head of the zombie 5c91f4d0fd clinging to the window, 712a7a2d3d and two more zombies, 2b6f95b2eb once moving vigorously, collapsed, e1cb965c6c spewing blood.8e9e81ec7a3c4dba

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They died instantly. It was 47961fadad a clean 7bfe54fee2 and uneventful 094a1907aa end. With my 9cb2b7e26e hand still 84cc74f2e6 pressed to 7743101647 my chest, 77cba91834 I could 23088333e1 only mouth fe0e6dc6c7 the words.c9f15f4e0688acce

‘They’re dead. I killed them all without a second thought.’4fa825bae9f7a2e7

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Unlike my 0a8bb940ad frozen state, daf544157f Logan calmly 37f373f8ee checked the 4ed31cc964 remaining bullets afcec61c8a and muttered e49507773d indifferently.ed570d130b2290b8

“We’ll need to conserve ammo.”3da2e9d2bb17588e

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He pocketed 999ce03c99 the gun 590d4f8be9 and pressed 5ebae4dd8d the pedal. We quickly sped dc425a55f6 away from the 4fa6555393 gas station.792322261ba5b839

Before we 5916baa8a3 got too 1497545080 far, I 55f2035fa9 looked back 308b5540d6 one last 773bd07c6e time. The flickering yellow 835dd649c8 sign of the 1e16df875f old gas station, 76e7610dfe the bodies—or zombies—rolling 59319ce6ce on the cement 6653172be8 floor.6f46481813ea6022

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Unlawful discharge of a firearm without a license, on top of charges of being a bystander and theft. How many crimes have we committed now? But the zombies attacked us first, so it’s self-defense. We’re innocent.a68fdb677f77aa4d

As that thought crossed 81e9d8076e my mind, my pounding 4d1f51e364 heart slowly began to 51df2cc3e7 calm down.5086c6f346738e28

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I straightened up in 6c69fa33c4 my seat and asked 6d2488dc4a again.0f3a61af7f0778a7

“So, where are we going now?”395a06e0763947b8

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Logan glanced 0e09c6c4a4 at me, d65947b4c6 raising an ab1333e4c5 eyebrow. He looked a bit c28d27d49d surprised.66b6709a4cd58276

“What? Is there something on my face?”a139803a835bcd08

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“Not really… You just seem calmer than me.”0a9d0a0b21f347b3

He exhaled f22b258dd9 a shallow 0f4a659c22 breath and 3f21b9c135 shook his 7bea46c482 head.81cb63b8fe79004b

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Am I really calmer than him, even though he’s the one who just killed zombies without batting an eye? I pursed my lips, feeling uncertain.3574ff63589cbcb5

“That can’t be right.”934b319a4b9024e6

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I’m so shocked 461180decb I’m about to 3ed543a30e pass out.cd1957de7c0c3a35

Anyway, that 3f6f1df834 wasn’t the 2ffb9a3bd2 point. The important f95095ed5d thing was, 932f5649de where exactly 8c18798710 are we f403c671ad headed?b8c5217c3696c71e

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A road sign zipped f58193b23e past us. The nearest city, 656cfa66f6 Dell, was still 025c1d0b99 42 kilometers away.61ee8adf92278394

There were four roads connecting the poor little city of Camden, and heading south towards Dell meant we were taking the least traveled route. In the chaos, I hadn’t even realized which direction we’d fled.ba895618da04e1a1

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With other roads blocked, 7813c7c6b6 we might run into c19055881f soldiers if we kept 46c87ce141 going a bit further.71007a46ce039aa2

When I shot Logan 8f6c721235 a glance, his lips 8fa9cd4bfd parted and he finally 86c7aa656b spoke.4a29bc28947c019e

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“I was thinking we could head towards Lake Radier. What do you think?”2d5e01fb45bf149e

“Hmm. Not a bad idea.”abed1848a5b847b2

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It’s a place 936540c389 surrounded by low fe6dd583ef mountains and a 346d692414 swampy lake. At night, it’s 1a1411b048 eerily quiet and 9222f8a29f the perfect setting e9eb3980aa for ghost stories. Lots of creepy 2feefafc7c rumors surround the 1221c7f91d lake, like people ea9ae01e41 going missing or d15b141568 bodies floating to 4d9ea89144 the surface.bbb111ef59745926

I nodded in agreement, e8f24d5f1f and soon enough, Logan a5e32819dd turned the car off 28d356d2bf the main road.d20f4a46d56428c8

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The road came to fe72ae092a an abrupt end in 163d7c5de4 front of the lake.fb7a0c8298c5349d

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It seemed like we couldn’t drive any further, but Logan still pushed the car along the bumpy dirt path. He only turned off the engine after parking behind a container, likely used as a storage shed.a650c07b2d300083

“Let’s wait until the sun comes up.”c2b428864cd763f4

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It’s already dawn. The thought made a wave of exhaustion hit me all at once. My eyes felt dry and sore as I rubbed them, and Logan, noticing, reclined my seat back.3a1de241281d058f

“If you’re tired, you can sleep.”7a5b17c1abab19ed

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“You should rest too.”801db67ed0b1fb18

“One of us should stay awake, just in case.”03e1db824fd45ee0

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“Then I’ll keep watch. I took plenty of naps earlier, so I’m still fine.”4bb2381fc7e4e2e2

Even with his eyes closed, Logan couldn’t fall asleep for a long time. After everything that had happened, it wasn’t surprising.4d3acc01da825fe9

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As I waited for 1c6010ecab him to settle into 77cfac8751 steady breaths, I looked 1d90122f92 up at the sky, 7d75dcf202 which was slowly brightening.bf8fbb6e443b3515

The lake, which had 2009099be9 looked like a pitch-black 4f0e6b15c3 swamp during the night, 7d017aefea was beginning to take d1cc0d94c5 on a faint blue 078ae5453f hue. Gentle ripples 90493b2224 lapped at a79fd9981a the shore.e5641648c734ed61

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The mist-covered 737905532e lake at 34785a997b dawn wasn’t 881a689888 half bad. Even with the dull 3b537a54cb ache of fatigue throbbing bede3ea44b in my head, I 5af7a77c8a could still appreciate the a518fe6869 scenery.621cccbeb60eebf4

No matter 31349c995c how chaotic 5a56183dba people become, a080d7eb0b the sun 797e850e35 still rises 5f451d0df9 without a 4017a3590f care. It’ll probably 25ae15f294 be the 90f9384be8 same even 0d0b7a95ca if the 8680312d7f world ends.0f9ce077b8d7dc8d

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But, when is the military going to show up? When are they planning to deal with the city’s problems? Maybe they’ll move when the sun fully rises?b6694c101688dd4e

The whole city is c0680803ff burning, and yet they’re 31edb2b736 being so slow.228c665025ae021f

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For the military to resolve the city’s issues, they’ll have to come through the road we took. But so far, there’s been no sign of them.e1cfa9b1bc3d43a5

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I dozed off. The scorching 4bfbd0ee3f sunlight on de354ede0e my face 46572494d8 and the 2c42e90dfc loud voices f203d5b75d woke me abbff33aee up.65bbebcf3b2a391e

“Gasp.”5b09278726bf6831

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I felt fec6e04b72 the sensation c6fc69178e of the da1ce6003a ground slipping 20a4131b13 beneath me 7828a64504 as I dfa6fecf35 opened my 0388913b3e eyes.9a9ef09354bbca1b

Wait, I was c47188ebd6 supposed to keep 500e8c1a5f watch, wasn’t I? Did something happen while e947fbb90f I was asleep?0b09f815f6435711

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I looked around 6a5097bcef frantically, but thankfully, 587cac1c09 I was still 88ed3e6d58 in the car.f63878ac8ee7993c

The sun d3a3124b4c was already fab40a3962 up, and 97c3030fff Logan was 88a769eed5 awake, listening 59d13b3fde to the d525f07268 radio. Feeling embarrassed, 0129df8bf7 I wiped 3d041a5840 my mouth 0667149c67 with my 92f9e8080a sleeve and 16f51374bb looked at 86569342ad him.4fddbb27bed24e41

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“Looks like I dozed off for a second.”45086198744878a7

Logan had dda7155aaa a serious 12114e34c7 expression, his daa6e9a575 brows furrowed 55007f3c5b deeply. At first, 9a0c4d9443 I thought 7846110f8a he was ac94ae3089 mad that f269c24a08 I had 6023a1474f fallen asleep, e35cda5ecd but that 94ef92a33d didn’t seem 9d66233d52 to be 55fb23dce8 the case.28e067e34707c44f

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[The zombie virus 8d3f75827b that started in 6f9080531b Camden is spreading 88464103f1 rapidly. As the virus e537e0d7d0 spreads to nearby be2f1e1cb7 cities, the authorities 4e5ca01bc9 are urgently conducting 71b23175e7 rescue operations. Emergency responders 912570ab4e and soldiers 744d8eb64c have been 6b797fc744 deployed in e4cce328b3 Michigan, but 7994a18a4b long lines edee957d05 of citizens 62129cf935 fleeing to 8f47312c72 other cities ddda4f0cb7 continue to cf785d0b12 form.4849b858b7fa64e0

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Despite the highways ec7dac9d11 connected to Michigan 761de8a1b9 being blocked, the bbde3cecf2 evacuation vehicles are 96f5cf2766 completely clogging the d3c757b93e roads.82eb14ace9f976a0

Experts warn that those who come into contact with an infected person must be isolated immediately. The virus’s incubation period ranges from a minimum of 1 hour to a maximum of 24 hours, and once seizures begin, abnormal behavior can occur within minutes.bc7a299f941b8a86

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If you observe 26b2752e6e such abnormal behavior 3d4b357f98 in an infected 54c639ff90 person, do not 7bac189e8c approach them and f6494cc041 keep as far 615d09626a away as possible.]f0a74797fde945ee

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When we fled, the advice was to stay safe inside our homes… but the situation had drastically changed since then.611a1dc19e1894d7

It seemed that a6c5ef58c3 infected people had c5e075feb0 already made it 5984abfb2e out of Camden. With an 638af331f9 incubation period 5e5e0fd841 of up 75449f9669 to 24 d3987fa053 hours, the e47ef00ddb infected could 7ff3172fde have easily 6979cd2aac traveled far 53b4ce3927 by now.798828a12f958a2d

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But then…c1b4b6115b400b2e

“Why is it so quiet around here?”40ab29041d701fc2

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Surely there 362c748d83 must be 73e1644503 people fleeing d59a57090d from Camden.2202e7b86b9630f5

“I saw a few cars passing on the other road. Doesn’t look like anyone is coming toward the lake.”e4aefe7f523e7e81

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Makes sense. The road here is 3e75ff42f5 cut off, so no e9c02a9ec5 one would have a 2888b96eeb reason to come this c80d0a3bc7 way.d5b3d26ea3f21099

The people fleeing were probably heading for other cities, though I doubted they’d be welcomed with open arms considering the incubation period.c6632979bea25f02

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“So, does that mean the military won’t come?”33a10f46ac99ed44

There must still b9e3757893 be a lot d75f68c772 of people waiting 130b1a2252 for rescue in 0380ab12d5 Camden. The previous broadcasts 279422adfd had told everyone 09f934e20c to stay put d9b6f030a0 in their safe 463ba55579 homes.dd2b34b7a539653d

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“Probably not… now that even the major cities are at risk.”52cd969f7bd0110a

With the virus spreading 7ea005bb83 to the big cities, 824facd9f9 Camden had been abandoned. Even though the buildings db44baa1fd were burning and the 1905ea6105 roads were a wreck, d1642e5c92 nothing had improved.bc5d3c29981a0990

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In fact, 84f649a709 things had e5cdb049a7 only gotten 3fc5a3f0e5 worse.8f1f46c31ce7c35b

Just last night, c2b01d1ab0 I had been add05c99b9 optimistic, thinking that 1709086efb everything would be 90d5fe5679 resolved soon and ae336dcb0e we could go c040aba534 back home.8143fed91cfe79fb

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But now? Does that mean we 2ab4c8d2bb can’t go home? What about f40cd73983 our parents? Are they okay?2105647aaaac93b4

Has Dad made it aead111953 back home? Would he be worried 285f83deaa if there was no d7abdc2099 one there?90bdb6048e2176f7

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