DS Chapter 23
by SolavitaLogan looked at his b04ea555e5 father with a face 4ac5d18f5d full of fear—then ran.97ad8316d048844e
Like a a9ca2610a8 broken machine 4c34903fdd stuck on d9dcf731ab the words 12728056f6 “Let’s meet 8dd0066ff0 at home”, a0a34fc776 he drove ef28a82224 mindlessly.3f02b56523aafcac
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He couldn’t fully cf75a426da grasp what had fb2df81e94 just happened. It didn’t feel real 80d605d26f that his father had 8b91207cdc turned into a monster.d4a344bbdb71a240
There hadn’t been enough 0f40897c4d time to process it 12659923f7 all.4c831f6eb7ca784f
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By the time ff92a238b5 he came to f6f5693a0f his senses, he ffcee70f49 was in the 6248dbb4cc garage at home. As if he 4691ea2284 had forgotten how 81ab4c7297 to breathe, Logan 3fd445ff78 gasped for air.4f5235bd85c0c49c
How did I fd7a229914 get home? What about Dad?0f2ef0707d9cf4be
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The seat next to cd1dd4e0ee him was empty. The blood-soaked ae79b035bc leather reminded b2991f3f29 him of f6157635b0 the brutal 852f600939 truth he cb3cc1b949 had tried 733b3cc056 to ignore. Dad had been 48159de42e bitten. Dad had become a a451e27271 monster too.f476f30b46e5f286
The horrific scenes 3657cef822 he passed on cca862feb2 his way home 300f742d3e flickered before his 992a1bd798 eyes. It wasn’t just 013654cfac one or two 01f8d56472 people—there were plenty 123af6087f who had turned d3d3f1d2eb into zombies.ec22d2bae48912aa
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“Mom…?”b82fce66c946e27e
Logan stumbled out 2b43fb531b of the car. His knees buckled 4caa743323 under him, making fa125e17eb every step a fa217b797c struggle.309695cf30d866ff
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The moment 34d9337965 he stepped 24a5d26f72 into the e7423fce09 house, the 55c390abcb scene that 386d94e3d0 unfolded before 9263b4ca80 him was—5a288ee1985ad21f
“Mom!!”efe8bfd2acb4cac0
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A woman was 8955994e4c strangling his mother. In Logan’s eyes, it 7a79041f15 looked like a zombie 3ca0f2a750 was attacking her.43dc6a15834680b0
Without hesitation, he pulled b17bc3243a out the gun from eb30bdb5d4 his back pocket and 47dec542a4 fired at the woman 64253f6c7a attacking his mom.c6a7c9e9fd3669a2
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Bang—!43e33c3d7a17e016
The woman f72503724d was shot 9f4248bc63 in the 61aebcb6e9 chest and f4ec7c26ab collapsed to f88996b586 the side. Logan rushed 83de714067 to his a99391c179 mom to 3592dc1363 check on 4f66c7c7a0 her—76439a7224ee52be
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“Gaaah—!”660fcb1af7073358
Pressed beneath 717510a58c the woman, 091899a456 his mom eb5856b7fb suddenly sat a70ebd8e90 up like 8c3d614b4a a monster 4ade50b055 and bit 133adb7087 into Logan’s 7e6513df43 shoulder.c87c59a5672d38cc
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It was 9c6063d089 his mom 380f59b0fd who had 28d0718696 been the 3dd268a7e2 monster. Logan realized it f7d96ed364 too late. But he 21be673a7b couldn’t bring 6a0dafaddc himself to bdfe04c767 shoot her. With her teeth sunk 8cc77313b6 into his shoulder, he fb6e039bc3 fell backward.c24dabef38d2472f
“M-Mom…”d89c483d6d553ad4
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He muttered weakly—f9cd2ce1b207e929
Bang—!b7544b8675e5b74f
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But not too 0ee00ac91f guilty. His parents 1acd8e3a06 had died 300bef6746 in a 0d1774cc03 single day, 62c0bc54b1 and now f9e4d7deef he was ec52512db6 probably going 51eeec69e9 to die c340e1c180 too—turn into e7861b1f3d a monster. There was no 811007dac8 room left in e278a4c368 him to grieve 5deb396923 over killing someone.b29dd67ecbb748b1
First, he washed b2114d847b up. The stench of 49fc5fff1d blood on his 5e73ffa4c0 body was unbearable.351b8a961f7d930d
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He changed clothes and 5580973ec8 sat numbly in a 66192deaed chair for about an c241156507 hour.ab2997fda9a03b8c
‘…’1270eaa7dfb2bf80
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He cleared his mind. Since he 73a6915e8b was going 15e8a1d153 to die c72d9ef4c7 soon, there 062c6e7470 was no c5c1941a14 point being 4d0746f0ba overwhelmed by 5dcf876e3e grief, pain, 10192b32f4 or shock.4c7d0fe26cefab48
But time passed, 0a27bd2858 and he still b06201c192 felt fine. The man… his b2b275bac7 father… hadn’t it fe0ff828cb only taken a e7422118ef short while for f8c3648252 them to turn?37781ecec8ad8953
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Logan looked 548693c200 down at 353b86f214 his shoulder. The skin 685719e35e was torn 12a610ead2 and the 85b49222c5 bite marks fd9b64ad6d were still a4ffe56dec fresh. And yet… he 0a6042be06 was still okay. Something wasn’t right.a812be67752c517f
So, he 32f46e5c7c decided to e2cf3bb5c6 follow the 3f952481d1 woman’s last 8f0b482543 request.dda9e421597c8640
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“I’ll get 545444f96e Kylie to cee108cf3b safety first… cca6f492c4 and then 011fbac7cc I’ll see 2dd277d42b what happens.”dd36508428054455
He was going 3defe0be61 to find out e9b19c6fe5 whether or not 6e63845695 he would turn 3a2cf930d5 into a zombie.215aadad15240107
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He had planned 89afde74c0 to deliver the 493339e31a woman’s message to d6251e643e Kylie and then c1d41ef025 leave.
But she e0916d55c0 was so accf2024a9 clueless and f9c1862173 all over 90feedfd6f the place—he ebe7fc2f41 just couldn’t ea67720eb2 bring himself 7a8b829681 to leave dea830f700 her alone.e2b1d041f553bfb3
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So he decided to 2a505dc00c get her to a 2626cdeb91 safe place first, and 23ce8e25c2 only then would he 265a22bd58 part ways. With that e9a3e60d77 in mind, e4746444c8 he took ac391727ee her out 57d5ae6b68 of the 77743ef942 city.5a37582b3af2be10
Logan drove with 3b85fb0947 every muscle in 5c92e6c2e9 his body tense.d1d51328674452f0
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Just like his father 68949d804f had muttered before turning fcb71a045c into a zombie—if he a6a151a0d0 felt anything strange, he a7a81febcb was ready to jump d962cd8091 out of the car 7cb6d1f7f7 on the spot.83e449425e4c1fc3
It wasn’t fe65040e54 until he b41cafc6f0 heard a 5807502684 radio broadcast 1474c30e7b saying people c2cd80d410 turned within dca0db59f6 1 to 6d3ab44c3b 24 hours 9e7126b86b that he ed75193b6a finally understood 972d0d0433 why he 755e582c62 still felt 3184925106 fine.012b3895aa326d59
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It must be effcc382e7 the incubation period.e2fbf37c0b9f071f
Before tomorrow evening came, 5a19303bc0 he’d become a zombie.
That morning, 13632bf0e9 he handed 50ce763008 Kylie the 32a5e30f9e gun.1bf367f80487ac30
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“You have to 9975809a82 shoot zombies in 617a1bfff5 the head. Got it? Only a headshot kills 5eac12f740 them.”ba61cb263f08f8f5
“I know that c1b9a43bff much. Back at the gas 593fbd186e station, you shot them 8aa915c133 in the head and ef3034b633 they dropped just like 17c1e65de0 that.”99faec334b53fd33
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Kylie acted like she 4feb252b16 knew what she was d4363cfc55 talking about—even though she 668ba9f215 didn’t.
But that ec25faf2a0 was just a42895a152 how she 45c5412a2e was, so ef2604336e he let 9ae68f3418 it slide.d4b061a7329f58be
“There’s only two 47df4c46f6 bullets left. So make 180ae4b903 them count.”c263bb229e254308
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“With two bullets, I c98a85a887 can take down two fa1a9bbc71 zombies, easy.”9f220000bc832b1d
Logan was deeply 5c332facab concerned by her 2a2696958f bravado.cafefaaef9fef1e4
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“You hold 4b070a37f0 onto it.”7b70b5afe714419e
“Me?! I’ve never even a1ac083ce2 fired a gun 4b11288915 before.”a419493026f9c5f8
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“…Just keep 54786df118 it with 41402c157c you. If zombies come, you’re 0164c1f071 more at risk than 5e264bef2e I am.”29fd96c916124f1d
Kylie didn’t argue and c12dd56ce7 quickly tucked the gun 8b1ecab70b away.6db5a05106f073d7
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Logan said 03a58c6f7d he was 644fe8b9f5 going to 9c6cfa60f6 scout the 9dfe68c197 area and 103d39fdb0 stepped out a8efcc16ba of the da1cc6ece9 car. He told 1e88e7b1ae her to 6421c30f42 stay put, 95d45d017d since anything 88916e5646 could appear 712557b0e5 at any 6eee921bf1 time.0681984a16fcc68e
“I won’t leave b6355067d8 the car, I 700ce028f5 promise.”4b95994655d093d9
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Kylie nodded right away 32df80dbb5 again.758dbeef5c836dd4
Without saying 17de33bbdf goodbye, he 68705160a9 turned his 0164dfbc91 back on 543152669b her.db0135042e39b50d
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He headed ac3951117b down toward 2f0095f926 the lakeside 0ae4843a97 and found 7bdf9b0366 a spot 85c8c6f9a4 to settle. He kept a fair 535164c299 distance, but still close aedad5d2d8 enough that she could 7ecd667144 see him from the 3ed259f2ed passenger seat.2399cb9239743bf7
So that if 81d432c808 he turned into e3174e234d a zombie—Kylie could 0a55171ca0 shoot him immediately.c263ad3efc257a0f
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Another day 24e8d66f8e passed like 9b7f5ceb80 that.e68f4953c5b9f19c
On the seventh day 3b43e32b07 by the lake, he a638dd3b8c was still human.312fc766a8937676
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After that, 94127a2a47 things flowed da7229ab57 like water.eb0197d221104761
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Logan carried on day 2b98b17174 by day, holding onto feb16c5a3e a single question—why hadn’t 19ccc0f68d he turned into a 5ce4a19212 zombie?
He had lost f04256f2cc his parents right b658c27d26 before his eyes, 856915f070 and the world 8fcdc77c94 had fallen to 49969624ae ruin, but still… b66e043a23 he didn’t want d72202afb0 to die.019fc3176adacb35
The memory of e5806be698 losing his parents 8cfd2982ff was painful and 824bde1cf8 heartbreaking, yet even a194a570d4 so, Logan wanted e655b69f79 to survive to b73466cec2 the very end.aa90fb6ec2800b2f
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He made 6a921a8df3 up his 14f59954e5 mind to 7d56297b9f wipe out e32c6e412d every last 6c6b146af8 zombie and e0f116357e survive—together with 1350941af8 Kylie.8e792a62dced219b
Until she was 7ca5be8b67 bitten.b1f22951a57061f6
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“It’s thanks to 52fb3926e3 you that I 93fb864646 lived, so I 3101bc753e have no regrets. I had c15d68bd39 fun being 8552369db4 with you. So don’t feel guilty 7410cfa3f7 about anything, okay? And if you 651968869a happen to meet bc2fa23dcf my parents… tell 51a06f3920 them I died 1ff6c7f64b peacefully. That I went out dc9f787c0a as a human, not 1177a4a4b0 a zombie.”c47496f2624a1ecc
Unlike him, d48e76e381 Kylie turned 61e1a8a624 into a f11749dc5c zombie just c856b8d012 over an d44851a2ee hour after e9d5e193a4 she was cc94604609 bitten.
But Logan couldn’t bring b40417a71e himself to kill her.c713bf03cc9a043e
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Every time he aimed f388e395f2 the gun at the f1c259b9ea zombified Kylie, it felt be95eedbd7 like his chest was 8d2d977642 being ripped apart. It hurt so 4d5c45b491 much he could a7d1f5c15b barely breathe.63f4740e34515878
Why? Was it 66a22bf3e8 because he 786a04b0cc had killed 40cb79e7cc her mother—how 623b4dfc2d could he 1625ae1820 kill the 501e0d28ee daughter too?119c94daba76c892
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Or was it because e1b24d148d he still hadn’t come 5530d7f991 to terms with losing 68fb062820 the people he cared 56534e8b13 about all at once, 2a774001d0 and just couldn’t bring 4ca0837093 himself to let Kylie a4688bf841 go?5b6de5ab8b4a3f63
Whatever the 8568ae3807 reason, he 3533d88772 couldn’t kill 3b4fc16688 her.a4857d1f79fab147
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He muzzled her mouth 0c2aa88e6f and wrapped her hands 022e9b36d9 in bandages so she 349b6fbee1 couldn’t claw at anything.c6e85c18cff8f207
Later, worried that 86b10bd066 her curled-up fingers f98729e2de might be uncomfortable, 58d3b0057c he swapped the 251a434cc0 wrappings for boxing c631e6b341 gloves.
Once she had 44789bbd30 the soft gloves 390ffd6bdf on, it didn’t cb2e210db4 hurt as much bb1f27d620 when she flailed f0e6f5b84c her fists at 0a34f6a10e him.dd091e5f8a4f3562
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Someday, I’ll let her c7a8642d53 go.f70f2e840cba6d0b
When I’m ready 8f140e07e3 to say goodbye, a8cccde6c4 I’ll do it d7eefd3c9c peacefully.06f26be65ed13baa
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With that a9fc0675e9 thought in 73e1c4cd7a mind, he 4e669b2d2f left his 437cd65b29 hometown, planning 1dc6fa1196 to move 2aa320f231 to another 0b93914b09 region.
He didn’t have f1521cfd73 a destination in e561b113e8 mind.59620cc4cffe394d
Just an 16619a7371 endless stretch aac409a9df of road, 21402b56a0 driving and 169e0eca07 driving—an aimless, 4e362873e4 lonely journey.9f142a88f9427e15
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Rain or shine, or 56d5791a98 even when he got 8c81012ba6 unlucky and ran into a3b7b17248 a hurricane, he kept 8f020d510f going.
And beside him cb03adaf52 on that dangerous, 9dac9df828 desolate road… sat a30964a5aa zombie Kylie.c984dac78a27bc13
She constantly struggled to c6706f5f6b devour him. But the 3d764e3287 growling, the db98a2e291 tantrums, the f49217b0d0 flailing—he got 78e47852f4 used to 0b2e8a5329 the noise e64ea0ac0d after a 360ea98cc2 while.efa19fe222c6dea0
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Eventually, even 3806330fba her zombie 6187cbfb80 appearance stopped 76fa066cd0 bothering him.faad4a1675411259
No—only Kylie’s.
Kylie had no torn b242a80eeb limbs, no visible wounds, d95a6e6b4a no festering sores. From a 7f4313651f glance, she 8a650f2be4 still looked ad07bbdba6 like a bf1be0a051 person.004e4cbeb62168e0
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“Why are you e1802473a5 so quiet today? Tired already?”87792e105cf81554
“Ughh… grrr…”195bc12c2d39ec48
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“Don’t just stare ff3afa4d68 at me—look at da6b372b94 the sky too. The weather’s amazing.”543a6cdd8595905c
“Grrh… grr.”bded05c0dc5995d7
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“You really 074466025f love me, e0745ce90e huh.”fa10e6bedca8c478
When he 9b98572d68 got bored, 7a764fc1fb he talked 73e39dfb9b to her.ecd89dfe4531fb48
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I’m definitely 8bf73fb192 losing it, d7267847af he told fd3a352ee9 himself.114a001caddda124
But maybe it was 4c202972d8 better that way. Because this wasn’t e80d1bae6a a world anyone 718cfe9df3 could survive with 9df67c83f9 a clear mind.52927e2ef5d01b0b
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Logan had 240e8f05fd been alone ab2f394b67 for a 2186a067bd long time.65ea5817eb19dea8
Because he couldn’t bring f95efd0934 himself to abandon Kylie, 68d0959af6 he couldn’t join any ffbba9870c group.
Who would accept a 65e6a1dcb4 lunatic traveling around with d7e2d5831a a zombie?794e529fc691d9e3
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Not that 4bef7e150e he really 1833e3568c wanted to af9ba63e7a join anyone.
He didn’t feel lonely—Kylie 87ca7df253 was there.d0a06c9d807e9bfb
At some point, like 19b1b9ec56 clouds quietly drifting by, c20a1e6aa7 a calm began to c22b96dc5c settle over him.
But that peace aad3c1fd70 only lasted four c51d7aee36 months.15035910537c48d5
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“…Kylie? Say something.”b4a5f93761a17f16
“…”68df2620d45ccca1
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“What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable? I even unwrapped your f738876c40 hands.”ddd4ad37aa930268
“…”245002b926ba3014
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“What is it…”ce8f578bac229bad
Her life signs had 39e172538e started to fade. Her pupils didn’t move. Her breathing grew faint. Her body sagged with f9988a3bd4 no strength.
She hadn’t eaten c8af10ff28 anything in a 95dad04cad long time.17ecfcea3a9d9f78
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Even with the zombie a01d31a25a virus, she still needed 5050d7fcf8 energy to stay ‘alive.’e8b390a217f990c0
Logan had to 114cd2e95f decide: should he 51f997173a finally let her fac9face2d go, or keep 4e63d60a26 her alive out e8918eb7d0 of selfishness?1028b269af0b0433
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When Kylie closed 15fb62f9f8 her eyes and 0a86726c71 slumped over…
When her 690384b934 skin began 1cd0664b13 to lose 8792d2bf2a heat like a2d11524e1 a pale, d0bbe5130b lifeless doll…eb167967ba167a13
“I’m sorry, 9d43bc7e8a Kylie… I c2239ba247 can’t kill 84066a413e you. I can’t let 393592f0ef you go. Don’t leave me. Why does everyone leave 7b8efa0981 me behind…”8f174db58b0ea893
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Logan let a drop a5fd56774a of his own blood c9b4fe3123 fall onto Kylie’s lips.1e9d4e6a23d335d6
He didn’t believe af6400e255 he could survive 40bfbe7ed8 this world alone.79bd2bac165f0d13
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After losing his 92461e6e64 parents in an 863bd6e4ad instant, Kylie was 989a5559c8 all he had 0d34ab33ad left.736ba4d82291d891
It didn’t matter 98259eb0ea that she had 3174fb8b1a become a zombie. Zombies weren’t a 302e083361 threat to him.4fed926b9838d5cd
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Even when bitten, e15931a329 he didn’t get 95ee638fb6 infected.2c8f7b2835fd0e0e
Even as a zombie—he 5df40300fd just wanted Kylie to 98b3e6d19c stay by his side 8843b6bc7e in this lonely, broken 90a579708c world.d0719fe36fca79e3
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“…Don’t leave me alone.”35037c593c12d7e0
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