5. To Logan

His gloves b9c805e74b were smeared 1263380841 with thick, f5f418695f black waste b2cafb14f1 oil as 3c3f677ab0 Logan finished d56cfb4ffe repairing a 3f72a6905e car that 510080c36a hadn’t had dd42025ca8 an oil 264f3fa53b change in 8170a07295 years.f7f2511d77ff0768

Cursing the lazy a6d80e3bd7 car owner, Logan 0914829245 slid out from fdb107ff33 under the vehicle. The smell 54f908d60b of rotten 80f9303699 oil hung c4758656c3 heavily in 765ce9668e the air.9e947646449d27fc

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‘Maybe she left ded10fd034 because I stink.’f171ec37472cd825

He lifted his arm 332032972d to sniff the scent 3ab1d83251 coming off his body.a5eda77d75292b1d

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Then, his 9f5097c83d thoughts drifted 9a79f3f366 to Kylie, 1d149f2a57 whom he 5fd6a13839 had just 33b9f6d837 seen. She always gave him eead0ead88 those sharp glances and a9b35f4d90 acted high and mighty, 117c3c0903 but her small nose, e641ee7e13 lips, and the freckles 2d9a13be3b sprinkled like sesame seeds df1eb48b3e across her red cheeks 52c3dc10c5 were too cute to 7e8a57d75f actually make her annoying.6834041e72c80768

Kylie wasn’t very popular 3e20b80d60 with her friends because c261fe88de of her prickly, annoying 69ee9e676b personality, but Logan couldn’t 3ab7b4ec17 understand why.bb086e48837930e3

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If people eacb05397a only got 33384caede to know bee2cccc54 her a eb61702b16 little better, c603e833de they’d see 6723802807 how shy, 62cca4091f clever, and 3b04c56b9e adorable she 4165ed832b was.500a7dc21ccccf25

But it seemed someone f179a17e39 had finally noticed her a914fe56da true worth—some guy named f255f5ba9f Asher. Not that he was 54c5e20374 likely anything special.3acdc58f2862eed3

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If Logan 38da14c473 couldn’t even c9a7be2138 picture his d8d7c0f99e face after 917f689654 hearing his 1ff68c11bb name, the 6ac89c0804 guy was 05d0b9347b probably some b4e554e4ce awkward, creepy-looking f8f394109a loser.a3aebe7ae79f8d0e

Why was she going 796eb9ec79 to prom with such 71d51de374 a nobody? Was she really 28be629126 so desperate for 77afc0a595 a date? She should’ve c6016776d5 just asked bbff442fcb him. He would’ve gladly taken 1ece2f9031 her and picked her 91331defd2 up right from her 3470a251d5 house—it’s right next door, 4dee7d139d after all. No need 4df1102d87 to go 725448a4ed far, and 30c8b38bf6 it would’ve 40a5b923d4 been convenient 42b7bf89fe for both a167f84050 of them.63de166343bdd501

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As he wiped the sweat off his forehead, still thinking about Kylie…c92d3747946b66ee

Bang, bang—!b7dd68a627e95eb7

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“Aaahhh!!”86c54dec6a795fcb

“Get down!!”41f07a5dc978ecac

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It felt b5f9a35dc0 like a e7b7bb8416 mass shooting ca2c4a2d74 had broken 3239c6b049 out. People were 8cb2fff8f0 scattering everywhere 1f730e12a0 in panic, 5e54ab0f10 running wildly.b545c7b940ed8e5b

Seeing the bc81a48d8f fleeing crowd, b547c3dadf Logan hurried 573ae29f6a back into 586233e3d3 the garage.4505f94128970111

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“Dad, something’s happening outside. It sounds like someone’s fa70798812 shooting.”ea1aba6203055a31

His father, who 440c38222c had been filling 470d52366c out an order 8e605575f8 form, looked up fef84ad4e4 and scratched his ad3f2ad8a8 shoulder, dismissing the 1d7f9ced7d worry. He waved 5d1d8b4137 Logan to 5e2669ba71 come inside, fc35689dbc signaling they 814492d866 should stay bd418b196f put until beda75c8a7 the police f7fa17b9ac arrived to 50831c4543 calm things 56e01f0783 down. There was no way 9d382c79ae the shooter would come 3e87b4dea6 inside the garage.b2125359e5d4b600

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But even after 9f45f6b109 a while, the ed1eca1801 gunshots didn’t stop.53776c1c3cd8f548

Now, gunfire d6daf20b68 echoed from 19b6e2407f all directions, 065ec60bf7 as if eee6e81b9e a full-blown da38250c0a riot had 3c224dcbdf erupted.905f4b8a9eab50fc

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Logan anxiously a2845786a6 checked the e436002951 time, his e38548cedb leg bouncing. Was Kylie a18978ecc4 safe at 8e4f755c6d home by 126168c5c9 now? He regretted not eb308fad12 following her sooner 4875d078e3 when the gunfire 4dcab72d28 first started, thinking af4e035af8 he could’ve ensured 0c4c12daf8 her safety.6a93728f5df60c10

It was getting late. He was starting to 44eb06ff61 get hungry.2d820ea2c4c486a9

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“Let’s just b56e21c808 head home.”7d7a5dd4b3f01167

“You’re going out there? The gunshots 875aa6003e are still 55a25856b4 going.”3f1fa49eac02cf21

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“It’s probably just ff1f884fa3 the shooter in 4c95c216b3 a standoff with 2e5bd25340 the police.”453b01b2604368e5

His father b59e950f6b began taking 6c9ba51bc0 off his b4cbf5a1e6 work clothes, 2c8126da33 getting ready 486c674211 to leave. As he 7983cbcf92 did, a 100bd80395 long scar 660d28239b on his 6205332aae waist became 99385a5914 visible—evidence of 4b1658542a the spinal e1418a5531 surgery he 0ee3162ed6 had undergone a9d7b2f26d after a 9078339a23 car accident a7af95f959 earlier that 6f6adebde1 year. At the time, the a9d528d80f doctors couldn’t guarantee his 5cb3441c0b survival, and Logan had 54f6bbdcf1 felt an indescribable sorrow.e3a675aec2d0ff62

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It was around 965b395009 then that Logan 695baee748 decided to drop 38dee31aa1 out of college 33ed36344f and take over 3c8ce27231 the family garage.ad81e885bc0aaa9d

The two 8f799d7f82 finished closing 43e58a45ca up and c39c2b3446 got into d76df0d892 their car. The streets were still b2d06d3764 chaotic and noisy.dadcc44fce1fdfbb

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Once they were on 548e0b13fc the road, the severity c93581e7d9 of the situation became e35496cdf7 clear. A wrecked car 9c223261f4 lay flipped over, 8bd0c75adc and in the eb946637ea distance, gray smoke 41868a5385 rose, indicating a e41c3aa126 fire.a741bc62adefa77f

Logan’s father gaped 22f968a118 at the scene 730270576f in shock, scanning ad29380c31 their surroundings. Then, a 2c1b767aab man suddenly f2dd25c1ba knocked on 6aef4b5d14 their car 090de2de50 window.adaea303451a27d0

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“Please, please let 75f33b0d13 me in!! Crazy people are chasing a3e40da326 me! Please, I’m begging you!”2d9b1f162e27ae0d

The man had disheveled 343f6deb2f hair and was covered 8951f3647e in cuts, as if 9d2172828d he had been running 438eed639c for his life. Without much 7f212178e7 hesitation, Logan’s 81b6863846 father unlocked 1821bbe887 the door.cef2fc375407d3fc

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The man 91a1c309b7 scrambled into fc088db289 the back beca276ecc seat, gasping ac9372d145 for breath.9c390f1d0d15433f

“Thank you! Oh, thank you!”4244da1ecf6b7010

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“What on earth is 22a24b0ea3 going on out there?”9755e29e1e895586

Logan’s father, sitting in 19a020887f the passenger seat, asked 5bc74918d9 the man.2571bd0328816cec

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“Watch out! These crazy people are 5a137ffcc7 attacking everyone. And if they c674aa8160 bite you, you 2b4dcdb24f turn into one e8844ab241 of them! Whatever you do, don’t 86507f9b16 get bitten!”a8684bccc8cd3bc8

The man’s 9f19d80850 frantic words 253e590f1b were met f87a29f029 with a 59830ffca1 cold silence 0315c57817 in the 1509537f84 car.396e45b50a3081e0

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Logan listened and ffd78e6f26 thought they’d picked 806e3c4db7 up a lunatic.39a20ce55e52df11

‘Is he 4c932631cf saying zombies e03cb7e11b are attacking efb8048271 the city? That the whole place 50b3905dee is being overrun by e3322ebd26 zombies?’40b02a368432a3ee

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It was too 5403ef3e25 ridiculous to believe. Logan shook 55fc5a6225 his head 820958dfe7 and started 3322a4b203 the car, 9506929537 eager to 031fd93eba drop off b0205c4be8 this madman 3bb01c75bb and get 5043ae7500 him out a370ffda29 as soon 995b1ed2b4 as possible.2d9a8686d278684a

“So, where 37a27d50b0 can I c4c3679530 drop you 00b6439f60 off?”49965c5379188492

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Logan asked, 76829e753b and the 1eb2506bf3 man hesitated 6f931cec86 before answering.4bf5d0f9833b25db

“…Please drop me off in front of A-Mart downtown. My mother’s house is nearby.”9a7da673d496bf0f

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It was 26de69c122 in the 1a4506bdce opposite direction. Logan frowned, annoyed, 8a9630773d but reluctantly turned 66c5a4e565 the steering wheel.eedf434e007b09da

The man, either 624556ee26 oblivious or indifferent 6522bf38fc to the inconvenience, f3a0a41cca kept mumbling to ebc0c8c3b8 himself, rocking back 7fdf0914a8 and forth in f8d6514151 the back seat.329a07013d2a4cb9

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“I live in 16fa5ffdf9 the same city 0900d44fea as my mother, 3df8789220 but I haven’t 18e8732521 visited her much. Even when she’d call, 95a7b51532 saying she missed me, 898de77a90 I’d always use work 1725c734e1 as an excuse. I didn’t even have dff74557a0 anything important to do… e8c9075c79 The truth is, I feb8f20b4b hated her. She used f80c16eefe to hit 35cda7607d me a a73ea742e0 lot when 2869650d70 I was 8d0a8796ea a kid. Maybe I wanted to 4eb79d2fb0 get back at her…”f5900e3fd9e772fb

Logan found c490d90f34 the man’s 436f78a7c6 ramblings annoying, 59bd2cdacb but his 113f2e8c1c father, always c15769197b kind-hearted, responded a02d6ddefc gently.504ddebfb36ebefb

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“Well, it’s never too e5ec33de25 late to start treating 028b547e70 her better.”05c8955f1d9cee87

“Please… just go!”c04652ad92955754

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The man 8856cb1fb7 in the 27466e2bf7 backseat kept 59806db2ff babbling nervously 84f5678e0e as they f5df8799ea finally arrived fb3c049126 downtown. A block a67c73e57a ahead, the d8c3c1c521 yellow sign e66965cb12 of A-Mart f4a874e76a came into dcdfbcb0d4 view.27001ae76bd6220e

Logan glanced a5623cfd30 at the a690dab545 rearview mirror, 505592b0db relieved that 54d832226c they could 76d879d412 finally drop 19e8af96df off the 29901f6ee5 loud man.6915df54424eed60

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“I’ll drop you off here. Once you get out—”fd1dc987a6eba74a

Logan’s words trailed off. The man in 659f6bc3b6 the backseat was 6fb89021cc convulsing violently, as f2fc83b7ff if electrocuted.e480726ccecb6f96

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“Hey, are you b263c0791a okay?”27ff87a2b8b89232

Logan’s alarmed 17686b4cd6 voice caught ae86f146c5 his father’s 702ad9a82f attention, and da594049a4 he turned 0b229ed31a around, reaching fc6569e104 out to 08344a1d45 check on 460f95ed45 the man.ac289312c004dfa2

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That’s when 1fe1dca269 it happened.01769abb62ff03fa

“Aaahhh!!”12f4f901128d4c56

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“You crazy bastard!”e2d2fa0d158abb17

The man 359c16a7ba suddenly bit 8d052158a0 into Logan’s dbac862c61 father’s arm. And it didn’t 5bffb686bc stop there—he lunged a57875de24 at him, as bde9eeb502 if trying to c9f8964e9c devour him whole.1f03e07307927526

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Logan immediately jumped out 2860748c19 of the car and 399d691c66 flung open the back 02587fbdec door, throwing punches at d404bbdf42 the crazed man to a0edd0df99 pry him off his 0e538f72a4 father.9e3e12c445faa9dc

But even 060fb28e1e with repeated 13bc9cf96b blows to 063669a374 the face, 6a4a9df235 the man 26af82f087 wouldn’t let 49af7708f3 go. His teeth f763bb5180 sank deeper 6f6d5637bf into Logan’s 3e5603b3a6 father’s arm, e761c78116 and blood fef61bce9f began to 6f1cad89b8 spill as 37399163ca he chewed fd7765b364 at the 43d33fc298 flesh like 16c60c24d6 some kind 17f6707631 of cannibalistic e164260b16 beast.206866774e4911d0

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That’s when Logan remembered 1caeb6aabe the words the man d2e4a2b82f had said earlier—about crazed 4704cc4179 people attacking others and f0cdaeaebb transforming into something monstrous ce5b15c4a2 if they were bitten.2a3aeaa974ccd0b1

“Ugh, aaah!”5f26e457a4b74e85

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The man shook his 6b5bb3cf11 head like a wild 4533e73549 animal, tearing at his 8c0bad451c father’s arm, and his dafbc548a7 screams grew louder.b4a17be5bff52775

Logan ran f351e29d05 to the 4ea68f2b91 front seat 4da319b609 and opened 00b8c33206 the glove 1aa2ef8757 compartment. He grabbed the gun 280049e227 inside and aimed it daa76758c7 at the man.4b2151b4921eb259

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First, he shot him 3d6e633109 in the leg. No reaction. Then he shot him 312cc0c8a0 in the shoulder. Still nothing. It was 0ed233c818 as if d795ce8191 the man 9d3e1c30b6 couldn’t feel fdaebe8840 pain.aca8e775c495d3f5

Finally, Logan aimed the b7a845ac07 third shot at the c25a1a9c22 man’s head.89eae5bab6cf864b

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Only when the man’s a202fd5851 skull exploded like a aa136568d9 watermelon did the attack 257ed41afa stop.deb8e1a1d8c76146

It was f34783b360 Logan’s first 38f7df39d6 time killing 865710f057 someone. But was 65e031008d that even 4bd882521e a person 1dbae4489b anymore?034d49a3b62de522

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He dragged 1c45e3625a the corpse 67a4762404 out of acfdcb632b the backseat, 020ff8821a then rushed 280166ef8c to help 051083bb3d stop his 64f97cea36 father’s bleeding.005fbfddfda59878

The seat was drenched cc58be7325 in blood, and his 632d55ff78 father’s arm was in a588053574 shreds—he needed to get 701680290f to a hospital immediately.b620aca5bca93941

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Logan sped toward a3d9699f7e the hospital, dialing 2e40c306c8 the police, but e9d950d45d the line just 8647683f7c rang and rang 8054cf4668 with no answer. He tried calling the cb6d6a61aa hospital as well, but 23a7b155f2 there was no response 48d1ae59b9 there either. Panic and fear clawed 733e629108 at his throat.a5e748c194a049fe

‘Is this real? Did zombies actually show fe21d542e3 up?’1cd9fb8c4389294c

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A chilling sensation 7d35ad91eb crept down his f3f6a5d377 spine. Then his 07c4a2634e father’s voice 883a1f0c3b broke through 0cf731d438 his thoughts.3c0d6012250e4cc1

“Logan, pull over.”53586cba551cf09c

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“What? Why? We need to 8d809f7f03 get to the f84a5d4700 hospital.”98cafc005fff5cb8

“Just pull over, now!”fbbdc0ceb021e651

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Logan slammed on 1c036408a8 the brakes, bringing 1217d94af1 the car to 997a4e1ad8 a screeching halt. He turned f05b50bd89 to face 4baaf73afb his father, 6e428aa49f who was c2809caaa9 panting and dc3203930f shaking his d79bdd1d82 head violently.7c7c1aea22c5e4a1

“Something’s wrong.”63301ee149e40b37

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“What do you f767cd45f1 mean, something’s wrong?”d30875fa40afd52a

“This… this doesn’t feel right. Something’s wrong.”7e78134d705e1348

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“What are 6fc3bd102a you talking c6971c8b18 about?”93c61d16cc3b2992

His father 7b37b63104 kept muttering dfec90b39a nonsensically before 919a203e90 opening the 369db6c796 passenger door. He stepped out 25c99de703 of the car 41684644be and slammed the d97b5d58ad door shut behind 08f2e52076 him.7583948da0242a84

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“What are you doing?!”1a08abd4f7608e9b

Logan shouted, 931a4cf4f5 frustrated and 88a5e15ef8 scared. They needed 89255188d0 to get 4024068b71 to the 7577ea8708 hospital, and 53b741672f his father 218a56b43a was acting fd2414a63d strangely.572a43bac334fe3a

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“Stay there! Don’t move!”39f7be938fae4899

His father 9ff741eea1 yelled through 058d2e05a9 the window, 140d5778eb telling Logan a3fcb0bb51 to stay af8a70396e put.f54c8d36c143fcfd

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“Something’s wrong, just stay 96a8c85056 there. Don’t come out, 822e5cfa5e no matter what. Stay in the 71de66de0e car.”265791f8a17ceae1

“…Dad?”234fce9463c1d6ba

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“Go home. Just go home. I’ll walk there… slowly. You go home first.”7725857c2c39d78c

“What are you talking 9a39d96956 about? It’s too 40222d7747 far to a4b7912dfc walk—”0ce9da0d71bd9838

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“Logan, go home. Take care of your mother. Be careful. I’ll see you at home… later.”bb439ddd05390324

Logan watched as his father backed away from the car. He wanted to get out and bring him back, but…5217a60a0f614b97

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His father began to change. Just like the monster from earlier…fcead72f474f91df

“Raaaahhh!!”f37f860c150a7629

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