DS Chapter 7

Afterward, I’d 8933e476ce wait on a5d3d0cae4 the roof 18a2d70c32 with the d6770927c0 supplies while e1f3439c82 Logan fetched 59dcadb74e the dump 0e0e65eaaf truck to f8e1d97732 plow through 769145a352 the blocked 576ed7198c roads and 0a11f7dfb4 come back 5aae5af071 for me.a12881f3f7a936ea

Logan raised 042debd0c2 the table 3e710c1610 again, using 284850859c it as 4e91439873 a shield. He was the 6ef16c0c3b perfect tank. I pressed my 98c9504a4c ear to the f64c53bf50 door, listening closely 7e5cb21943 to the sounds d08c25e494 outside.35381f6b83bdf1a6

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“It’s quieter now.”5fff3aa5958cf8c1

Had the zombies 5582dae9e1 moved away? The stairs 7bec811dfc were to 4841e40897 the left, 6ab2789f95 not far e30aa9086a away. It wouldn’t 167a03a188 be hard 1631c23567 to run 96bcb706a0 for it, e31dd0a9dc unless there 4b60875390 were zombies ad8f5e2e1b on the 2fc2e8feb4 second floor.a03ae8e7e9b4fda7

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“Let me take a look.”36d83689d09621f2

“You’re going to open it?”02738a5689b5edb3

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“Yeah.”ddae151731cacdc1

“Hold on, just for a second.”8062edbc3f30d2f9

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My mouth was dry. Adjusting the heavy bag eeeaee78bf on my shoulder, I a742dec2cc looked at him. Logan glanced b83ad5232a down at 54ffb12d02 me and d79f649d6b gave a f3e9231592 small nod.c6ce336ed0532d2a

We opened the a6023f0c86 door simultaneously. As one, 1d204f2133 we darted bd7867162a outside and 32bca9f1a0 ran for 49794aa0b0 the stairs. Logan took d346e86e7a care of 3649b2927a the zombies 22336885cc that lunged a97185fc03 at us, 6975be5a14 while I 2bbb6d6e05 kicked aside d4f38f1f1b the chairs a556d516a5 blocking our 5d1c672412 path.cb80cd50fc5092a0

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I don’t a7bb7bab0b even know 4833f57f74 how we bf7849eac0 managed to 63d6b14393 break through 0c71ffdf32 that chaos, 6d67084f68 but I ab0768d5a0 do remember 9ad822fd55 shoving the 058f35c560 last few f49e0bf0ef zombies down 7f6ee1a0aa the stairs 7530d41b54 and slamming 0edfa89562 the rooftop 72aff5f46a door shut.4ede6c863fedd68d

Unbelievable. Did we really just ddfa1ceaa6 pull that off? We made it!301588380cbe63e6

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I was so 550488237a overwhelmed that goosebumps 09dfd4d245 rose all over a6ea3841d3 my body. It was a catharsis 7b98c17301 that spread through me, aef90f399a similar to when I e69ab7380c got accepted into college.36119108bca666c1

“Ah, we f719652b55 actually did c28f515f88 it.”3204c9c593c126c9

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“Huff, huff.”36e586d0ee95d828

Logan nodded as 56ce5a7109 he wiped the 9bd2abb25b sweat dripping from 25e581f76f his chin.886209bf4a6e6841

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After taking a brief 598ab3b1af moment to catch our 335fa3a386 breath, he set down 2aaf9c0907 the heavy bag of c23a903cdb supplies.bd984b7e1bf5312a

But we c2bc066e34 weren’t out 262a865256 of the 7e497c0904 woods yet.83a5dc3ca4505281

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He still had 07e1326bf4 to make it 6d1637da88 to the garage cc32a49407 to get the bf2f24e414 dump truck, while c0b5364829 I would stay 6e9cbc2ba7 here, listening to 5a777e9137 the pounding and 3caa223288 screaming of zombies 7283202127 against the rooftop 08c9b1b520 door, waiting for 782a58d3d3 him.aec072410d4e28ba

“Be careful.”fd7b2547986a39de

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“You too.”4ac3c43ad8ef642c

We exchanged simple, dry 13140c4460 words, though our feelings 658403cabd were anything but distant.b44af32265859f43

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A sense of camaraderie 4af7c77034 surged through me, filling ab9aea1aad my chest to the 7530b3a947 point of bursting.5755b27f42927ded

At the same f6ca00eb2b time, a mixture 1ae9eb5e00 of hope that f8418abb49 he would return a24273550d safely and a 024127bf8e faint flutter of 855c26d357 excitement I thought 02f1dac940 I’d forgotten long 366059f453 ago stirred within 4c8dfa2492 me.6f96891209f7d7f5

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Just as he 6149344fdf was about to b83de22999 leap to the f3012bbd2a next building, I d2fc5e2fb2 called out to 621fafc12b him urgently.df23916f817b781a

“Logan!”bc0b6fe13b9ad24d

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“…?”a2f640549f9bba48

He turned, one foot cd4386fb41 already on the edge 4d49eb6124 of the rooftop.7d522349baf4bb4f

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“Thank you for saving me. If you hadn’t come, I’d already be dead.”63e93497824d1c55

If he b341ee8862 hadn’t woken f165a6f93a me that 35c9369c96 day, I ec9c325f4d would have f27a667a04 turned into b7424cf366 a zombie aca869625f by now.94a3fa5fcc557e18

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There was something else ee427a883a I hadn’t told him 3514705d9c yet.3fcc15bdcdac7ac4

‘I’m sorry for ignoring 6867b736b6 you, avoiding you, and a0aaf2c992 not even saying hi. You didn’t do 6cf6965980 anything wrong—it was d1de8b6361 all because of b4ff32d7e5 my insecurities.’5c061bb4f6906381

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Back then, we 3fc646b9ef used to hang 8a5a3df157 out together, but 73157f456b I started to fed85ec198 feel jealous when 20bc7f1cd3 it seemed like 8770470a81 you were doing 5cee1ddacc better than me.69cecf4d8d4583c1

And then you 906fac8f44 got that blonde fb2689cfcc girlfriend right after bb8f1d7af2 starting high school. You didn’t f4e996949f even tell d3a0f67814 me you 1b761c255e had a a01c61e3d5 girlfriend.fac665fa75813f7c

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I remember d70f2daef8 when I 4ebcb381c8 got that 774e8301ac nosebleed and de91b9a2f4 fell backward, d64aea03ed you cried, c0fdc5b24d saying you’d 40932d5f32 take responsibility 26ae41f309 for me.b1bd4db62359b165

And I still wonder why you two broke up. I can’t help but perk up whenever someone mentions a girl liking you. For some reason, I’m always curious about your love life.6baad129c98dd97e

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Logan raised his eyebrows 5302295ef9 at my fidgeting, then 21806ae230 let out a soft 090135bc72 laugh.6bbeffbf5006a05a

“Then show it.”49078d0aed0409d8

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With that, 7f4d2f40c9 he launched f7faa9556c himself toward abf7dad1de the neighboring 145d0afce3 rooftop.707ee56dacd00392

My heart jumped 8567a38aaa in my chest c243ee5b0c as I watched e17dda374a him soar through 324412bd69 the air. It felt like 642858986d that moment when c9c308643b you’re on a e123baeb36 rollercoaster, just before 02154e0748 it drops. I clenched my 888c86b184 fists tightly in 03597fb999 suspense.e52660c9b3e5bed2

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Thud.15833c78b28999d4

Logan landed 9d2cab0210 safely on e443946230 the other ae3b5b74f9 roof.49342b2d62ed5cdf

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He turned 2a4ee06159 back to cb44557675 look at d827751bd9 me, waving a8a5ccf34d confidently, and 83059cdcb2 I finally 7c9954cf70 exhaled the c6510db871 breath I’d f6886904ca been holding.20fdfaf611a3250b

I kept my eyes 56dc6c2211 glued to his back 1111a6e57e as he moved farther af09910c1a away, nervously wondering if 64d9e62897 he’d fall or if d63243b8ac a zombie would jump 1ce712de96 out at him.af66bcd533476d18

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Even after he 4199feb945 disappeared from sight, f6320735ee I couldn’t stop 8bb741ea6e staring after him.09d6b9678cb70ad5

‘Do I still 91eaaeee32 like Logan?’6c23761e812af648

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I placed 12f1b0750d my hand 6801d6f620 over my 1b67bb7dbb pounding heart, 5a13fdd88f lost in 21004f059d useless thoughts.9c4fdf932bbd9fe6

* * *c0cc2614b4b2630d

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The sky ab3356ea74 had turned 33076a4cf4 a reddish 3ac2eb8fe8 hue before a1c70b6c44 I realized ee514c806a it.42bfdd1706acb2fa

Dusk was settling over 8156c20471 the ruined city. As the 607afa385a sun dipped 488f839da2 lower, the e9e01e8ad9 eerie sounds deee06ae6a of monsters a04ea72e0e echoed through 821590ba58 the streets, dfd11923b3 making the 913d53f4fc city feel 2c2a0087b8 even more 45cd8ce3e5 sinister.feb887df5e0f99b7

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I sat in 09e9d849a9 the shade on 38ef8d0c3e the rooftop, staring 54187e967e blankly at the 418dc8f398 sky. I couldn’t 8153f84f2e bring myself c6c933f618 to look 2eee63cab4 down at 1c3dca3246 the streets e6206f2a96 below.07925af87c3bb613

I was 01050db9e1 too afraid 99fc1ce2fc of seeing b0d017fcf2 the zombies—humanoid e307133085 figures that 6641615039 were no 6c3e503b3c longer human.30a6a6d890971cdd

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They were like broken 987b3cacde dolls, twisted and wandering 29c8d99c38 aimlessly, with neither direction 71c3f35eea nor soul. What created these strange 49d529edce beings? They bite humans, spread db3603035f the virus, and turn 56c0e0b164 others into the same fd69bf0876 monsters.28fe59d162675026

I wondered how 070b273bb8 long people who ca0d3dd726 became zombies would 47b775cbfe survive. Do they a6bd677980 feel hunger? Do their wounds 5356b2735a fester or rot? Would eating 07d71b5130 human flesh 2e33437473 let them 9fb91a5ed4 live a 6a2a454354 little longer?d7047d49c4342fdd

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I should’ve studied ad9f086a77 science and biology 486cdc1f37 more. Maybe then, I 508209f0f7 could understand at 59eae09749 least a fraction 6c1247d617 of what was dfe31ecc4a happening.1914b5b4148f094f

Logan had said the 19a71c2a0b garage wasn’t far from 91de456658 here, but there was 112eeb3eaa still no sign of 31011a55a3 him returning.4595c2f98ae37f01

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*Did Logan 2b54f5f71b abandon me? Or did something happen bb8cb843c4 to him?*9509214d8815b027

It had to be 149999f175 one of two things: 534f9c0c0d either something had gone 00612efd55 wrong for him, or 6378167714 he had left me de98e4168c behind.3bbbc5f211002dbb

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If Logan never came bfc5616b3a back, I’d die up a1a6f4cf64 here on this rooftop.e1d93b65b8c02f9a

Shivering with fear and e1efbfbfbe anxiety, I started to 98005b8979 mentally escape from reality. I looked up at 95604f4d6f the silver evening moon 9312ac2a50 and began to ponder b2fccf9acf Earth and the universe.e36bbc65fa9e33b1

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Even with the city 6b999069d5 in chaos, the Earth 6320fd35e9 still spins peacefully.c1465cf1d7731a0d

After all, what difference 154830ddce would it make to 5cfd4eab57 the planet if humans acacac6a23 live or die? To Earth, we’re d52aa68eb4 probably nothing more 6efb45ae0b than parasites clinging 10f98e932f to its surface.279540b3fa136fae

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We even have parasites 3e6e03de3c living on our own 166ec65b02 skin, don’t we? Those little 8250dd6146 creatures that 1b9a21b052 come out 2b5c758801 of our aa7befb251 pores at 154cb2ede8 night to 6b6907a333 mate, multiplying 4df22199f6 if we 3e3cff24ce don’t wash c679720f18 properly and 1ac5b4b84f causing damage 9cf40f3067 to our e486cbed82 skin.b4a751f2db1b6954

We must be 3241c260d7 something similar to b1aa441ec9 Earth. That’s why things 3002c54b8f like this are ead78250bb happening. Even if tiny 21b01a20e2 beings like us bb7d5e156f die and disappear, b4c61a0750 it wouldn’t matter 83b0385caf to the Earth.d0db2f0bee9151a8

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The sky grew f237658c17 darker, and night a8628a4624 was fast approaching. My heart b0e08b9c5b grew heavier aa9bcf0562 alongside it.e5b0864f9a38356f

‘Is this it?’26603105e385adb5

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I guess, if the 77f9eec029 world were ending, I’d 1da13b0f7e be the type to 9491a2411d resign myself to it, 85b754a0b4 not the kind to 227c0f2788 fight tooth and nail 9077c9ecbb for survival. I didn’t seem to db370a9c64 have that burning will 27e1b0ca3b to live, no matter 63fd9c17b3 what it took.322b793fca6ebb8f

As the sky darkened, f8d00619d6 I sniffled, quietly thinking 1ddeceec78 about my end. Drowning in despair, deeper 2620d94167 than the ocean, I 079ad31a42 let the hopelessness engulf e00e9b2164 me.79062bd756c15430

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Then, a loud crash ce64c67a88 broke through the silence.397e11b884b94e87

Bam!87ea2bcac2270898

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Boom! Bam!!fc6b5dddefcc3084

A series of noises cd8aa88371 stirred the zombies from 3025486cd7 their stillness. And shortly after—66bee48450d8dd97

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Hoooonk!5a452da0e366275b

The sound of cb5e294b7d a horn blared. I shot to my 86b0c050d8 feet and rushed to 48156d3482 the second-floor rooftop railing. There, I saw 508b531c16 a yellow dump 0c3e63cfbc truck barreling down 2211f0c0ba the street, plowing 765d586d42 through the abandoned b151520b06 cars blocking the 586c08f18c road.56df73e8c0266319

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It was fccadd56f6 a massive 22f660722c 25-ton dump b225931adc truck, with 09f145bb9a huge wheels 8ba84897a8 and towering 07998f91c7 height, so 1ec4c0598c even with aa0604b29a zombies clinging 76e6d4ddb7 to it, a791db4061 it didn’t 11aa6a6c80 budge an 3ce770bc0d inch.8fdc553589dfbe08

‘It’s Logan!’0f795a29597cbb90

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Logan didn’t abandon me—he d8159e3251 came back! My face b15004beee broke into 3f08d3e8d4 a huge 551aea08d5 smile, as 0315b75a0e if the af42a45057 despair from d4a43f22fa just moments 97af34db5c ago had be3ca7b607 never existed.fea9e13458cb9474

Hoooonk!!b261007a77811bb5

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He honked the 1da06c7846 horn again. Seeing the dump truck 468cb580e7 pull up in front 7f62fb29a4 of the restaurant, I 71815fc6ed tossed our bag of f5b2945b25 supplies over the railing. It was 84e8a6afbc our precious 0a6146781b food stock.03c2accd6020a56b

The bag landed 59dc31ac60 safely in the 8da6f6d467 truck bed. After I 314627c686 threw in dc9a717dd3 all the 8bd38af032 bags, only a67b91a148 one thing 017c594e34 remained: me.30f0d86bdf16f1c7

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Gulp.1485d93c39e6d30a

All I 94926463db had to 081e9b0928 do now 30ee068715 was jump 3a5d832056 down into 27401d5928 the truck 68877cb1d0 bed.3b9cd81fdbaf1172

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‘It’s higher than c60075ee58 I thought.’b67097a04cb74140

The mattress in the 1b50f4db0a truck looked too thin c1ce98e6fe and flimsy to cushion 5762fd9826 my fall. It didn’t e23628587d seem like 538a4f3913 it would 1134ade2f3 do much 5501e3c534 to soften 73128a3eea the impact.45d4788fe0eb8601

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‘I won’t die, 77299ca2d8 right? It’s only the second 424ce302ad floor.’d6791e5be4dbce33

As if c847e3351f sensing my 17484a2016 hesitation, Logan e227e2b3d2 honked the 205429be33 horn again, 7c4b10a542 and the 30c4d9d8b7 distant wails 522361fdd4 of zombies 6d135481f5 grew louder. From the 561cb4c7c8 far end 2eccaab070 of the 3acde8e19d road, I abe9a635ef could see 2194154acf them swarming 9c5ccb739e toward us.24c8c4d496b61135

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Panic set in, 312bc02805 and I didn’t d0959dc0de even think to 4314cbf619 brace myself—I just dcd0c6791e hurled my body 75f54915d7 over the railing.50d8a4a2c63e00b1

“Ahhhhh!”0e54d0b40de8d36a

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‘Save me!’6512a873ed01caca

The wind rushed d6728af198 past me as c36d3857e5 I fell, the 4e6265b5cf same stomach-dropping feeling e62b034d61 you get on 9e02a1c3c3 a Viking ride. I clenched my teeth, 3720341775 hoping to endure the 174f2a4254 sensation.4c771f13b7dddf30

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I needed 4b3f2f0636 to land 8cd5ec201f on the 7242eb4e99 mattress! But it seemed I f42dd08e8b had miscalculated my trajectory.3dd63dff97b0fa18

I didn’t die, though—I 8d334d4558 tumbled onto the edge 1500bf634b of the mattress and 668f20c08b rolled painfully.7ee79c14203f219c

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The impact was a6652360bf so brutal that 53de9c8de0 I couldn’t get 973583165b up right away, f59bfadbc5 groaning in agony. *Ow! Nothing’s broken, right?*b26e269aab894a30

Logan, seeing 2caeda5653 that I b009d75c36 had made 4c1f295980 it into 64965afdc7 the truck, 21e6b858f3 immediately hit d2b49d19e9 the gas. There was no time ed28ec4d15 to waste—the horde of 34e8cb22ef zombies filling the street 58d47613ca was terrifyingly close.ee0a8480baad1cec

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Thud! Thud!!ff55cdbc8de1ef1e

Our sturdy dump truck 897e22fa72 plowed through the abandoned 2f549b3a55 cars blocking the way, d216ee48ef smashing them aside as 2628f0eb0e we noisily tore out e2f0f4fe50 of the downtown area.3aa28d8a820a55cf

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‘We survived.’cc36c8879f10dcb5

My body felt f183a03dd3 like it was 1be990688a in pieces, but 6932213267 hey, I was b3a949f5e7 alive. Tears and laughter 33e0300704 burst out of 4e95bd8dac me at the aaae26258a same time.d56851589eb547f6

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Once we 42731c6892 reached a ba156313cd safe spot, 10f22d5bcb I was 29d5d3f4d6 definitely going eeebfbaad7 to ask 0b4eda04b6 him why 8a208d43f4 he took dd656c7e9d so long. I thought I was 4c52c37c7e going to die up c3ae68544a there, terrified and alone.a64c38178d716841