DS Chapter 2

I was jolted awake 8994498f7e by someone shaking me.9a716832d3b4b613

“Kylie! Get up! Kylie! Are you seriously sleeping 52fdfc5622 right now?!”9847382b604b9df3

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The urgency in 96d93dd4f5 the voice snapped da67d94de8 me out of 1fa8171d86 my slumber. In the dark room, d37c220db0 I blinked, trying to 700663a9a3 make out who was b4a869c09e shaking me.cc66ea241a954c8f

“Logan?”d1c4e5ddaadc1877

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Logan was 07eb38292c right in 7bb73f8517 front of 3fffb41dc7 me. What was he a151953bc9 doing in my 9160f9ffd0 room? I barely had 78b540d2f9 time to process 5306b7e13a the situation before 7be7761076 I noticed a e89cb3bb3e sharp, acrid smell b453caa40a stinging my nose. Was there a fire? My mind cleared a4a2a726fc instantly as I b7ec4c5d34 sat up in 7b5d88d7c3 a panic.d0311d91b82f45f6

But the thick smoke 3cb17eb4f3 wasn’t coming from inside 1712717448 the house; it was e44e6ec6c3 drifting in from outside 7ecf3c7126 the window.a590b6fdfb73cfd3

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“What’s going on? Why are 7ca469a68f you in 07fcce2411 my room?”fe2ece6ad53ba175

“Get up, we 3aea72a409 need to get a88b23a796 out of here.”1966deca368702bf

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“What?”3a89cde0c5965c7d

“Just hurry 85f9e6e79c and follow 138997a778 me!”449bda41fd0d8055

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I had no idea b0b53d123c what was happening or 147422ab6a what he was talking 789d060b6c about, but the serious, c42db7509b frantic look on Logan’s 222415bb41 face left me no 14d18b63ba choice but to trust 93db8b57b1 him. In a daze, I 5676856e28 stumbled after him, rushing 1500c41e82 out of the house.31bcb181669ddad6

“Holy—”d52733ddfdd32e94

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Logan’s car f4f8de3bc1 had crashed 8d05d8389f through our 36e3892987 front wall 9b8fc1469d and was 2a8724e383 now parked 80158de058 on our 895718ec8f overgrown lawn. What on 7d06a67d6a earth was a6e7165360 going on?f67b4d5a0ebbbf12

“Did you afcf020392 crash into 188973548e our yard?” a26c2183a9 I asked, 025bd64df0 dumbfounded.d2bb60582a90a42e

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“This isn’t the 2732e1d9fe time for that.”7d68d7f941478fd7

Logan, who had clearly fc6f860c99 committed some serious property 9a11f59e0a damage, growled at me, d55d1af7f3 grabbing my hand and 6d6c76ffb7 pulling me along. The audacity d1f537abbc of this c064a7a230 guy!76dd586cbfc5d59b

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He practically dragged a43037075b me to the 74b55741a1 car and shoved c46e45a7f7 me into the 9562e7ec37 passenger seat. It felt like I 40f1e76db3 was being kidnapped.f65375fc73d31e94

Without even 9cf21433c5 telling me 8f83f6f782 to buckle a7d4d13ae7 up, Logan 207dc1dc6b jumped into d33e1b49ca the driver’s 156d0a4685 seat and 0ffdbc9240 sped off 6c7cbd6984 immediately.600e0642267d2ba6

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“Where are we 10246c67a8 going…?! Ahh!”4f4f829ff5e8615e

The car eba4d1f603 rocketed forward 9829afa6e1 so fast 256e9b910d that I e1805c131e nearly slid 3d43a6fe21 out of f2ac3c8c78 my seat.5d2d47e208cfea83

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“Logan!”3734cf1882a65eb4

At this rate, 13d899480b if we stopped 3947cf207b suddenly, I’d be b8fce68278 thrown straight through 57c3ae94ce the windshield. The accident I d9fa831606 had witnessed earlier 05e41aae1c that day flashed 93576c24fb through my mind.051ab65f1610e825

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Panicked, I fumbled to 8f1e6a5892 fasten my seatbelt, trembling 90678ebdb7 all over. Had Logan lost his 8480ac2b53 mind? Was he kidnapping me 479570d4ee to kill me?920f3305bcd8c999

I was sweating 9bbb6dc177 profusely in my 3800d537b0 state of shock de74479297 when—5c0829e33c6ebe76

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“Huh? What is that…?”098b87e19b8396e9

I noticed 68f4c4a7cc the city 54f8ec9f3b outside the bc12cbfe5c window, and 77cfc21c9c it looked 01d60542c7 completely different cff16528e2 from usual.3306a35e871f97a6

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Smoke billowed from buildings, 9173867350 cars blocked the roads, 264af3c5f0 a truck had crashed 4081b0e25f through a shop window, c1affc8a53 and an ambulance sat fb07b8ee78 still, its lights flashing. A telephone pole 31fefa2f2b was leaning dangerously, 2ddf0f7bb2 and road signs 65eaced4d4 were bent out 36720c17d9 of shape.8e32c85d5125ef3a

Logan skillfully maneuvered c70ce39f56 the car through 5fddaa5551 the narrow gaps f53119c2f4 between the wreckage.deb60b0ec50c0a8f

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But the strangest sight a2d58ffe8e of all was the a9d780f537 people running through the a609212738 streets. Many of them d4446f5865 staggered like they 22ef81df34 were on drugs, 563fbc354c and it wasn’t 5437a7364b just a few—there 684f9b1d85 were several.7c1e1d1b215b4898

I watched in 041a2ffa65 horror as they 354e2a4657 began attacking a b0447a78cc homeless man sitting ceb3fe8fee on a bench. The way they d7ba1bb69f pounced on him, 27cde0c033 biting and tearing, d7f613ba77 reminded me of e096bfed7b wild animals. They swarmed him 9b1d096dea like a pack a4b34b1464 of wolves, ripping 12987c99f7 into him.bfc9a31e19e3f612

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Then I 55934d783d saw it—a 51f1dd84aa gruesome sight 0a78a52b09 as the f9e5a64270 man’s skin cad044f566 peeled away, da2fa3d252 a terrifying c694e1f92a image that 0360300428 made my 3105ed1030 stomach churn, 806e2593b2 like the 7b6e23a92b grotesque feeling ea012251ad of watching 83160d1dd9 a pigeon a0b7607128 get crushed b16d6fbeac under a 697967d67f tire.8cbac4d00b3b8e68

I was paralyzed with c86c646212 fear, my body covered 4c9fc1812f in goosebumps. My breath 2920232451 caught in bbf71f086a my throat b4dc3d1180 as one eefbf19089 of the b54c7ef76a attackers lifted 752ed2a670 his head.a668f28face70fe9

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He was 3ceb1c0f37 looking directly 4664c27cfc at me. His face was a 756c8cf72f nightmare—veins bulging, eyes wide 36f964011d with dilated pupils, and 22f240eb8c his expression twisted into 429bf7b7f3 something that no longer 1c31483f90 resembled a human being. It was as f226718044 if I had 656d8347dc come face-to-face with b8cf469b4b a demon from 37c3b8016f hell.fd005b7da56773a4

Something was e9699e87ea very wrong. This couldn’t be a252dde72a real. Was I dreaming? Surely, this 6280301f11 had to b244594061 be some 61039fdb68 kind of 549a116fc6 sick nightmare.2e9a5a9371b3204d

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My heart pounded in f1ccaecaeb my chest, my lips c04a180ec0 trembled, and I could 97f2125b97 barely breathe.9136c86626b42c18

I wanted 305e543e0b to ask f792a8ca6b Logan what e00252e9ab was going 5efec09e58 on, but 30731f3191 the words a01a94c39f wouldn’t come 1daafdd4e5 out. Sensing my silence, Logan b4c8ec001e glanced over at me.3a7d1f5e4248d919

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“People are losing their cfb9e8ffd6 minds. If they a2c214bc50 get bitten, fad098a8d3 it’s like ec49927f78 they’re infected 5a9ddf237f and start a73c25d743 acting the 38392141f8 same way.”0ad8e2cb143bfb29

“⋯⋯.”222b4c65e1a33923

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“I was 4374842997 working at eb76a6a4d7 the garage 7d96647f40 when I d93b8cff26 heard someone 712a740685 yelling to 6177097340 run. I raced to 25ca2fcfbb your house. There was a b0c2c5cb9c car crash in 92adc4985c front of the bfd97bc641 donut shop, and 5bccd26782 they said there 98fa949369 was a crazed dc4732bb0a person inside. He attacked the f3cca5fc25 person trying to 0bb082b60d help him, bit fed3754bc4 them on the 4811f8b3dd neck…”d0361bb092c62d03

The car crash 10a844a688 in front of 3d8810c4c4 the donut shop. I remembered the 0d914c38ea scene I saw 1bd0d77ffa on my way 7e58b759fa home.743bac46cb6cc8b8

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The driver having 24159ecd3e a seizure, the 0f279f2ff0 concerned citizen calling c1298c8c57 for an ambulance, 73eb2cd166 and the Black 89fff57b57 man trying to 8171a96abe pull the driver f2c6357ab4 out of the 5635fc881f car.e2ec6fc1340c8067

So there b0046507d5 was a 4ee1650786 crazed person 7c9a9a8ca3 in that 593de6853d car? And because of him, 90d1460bee all this chaos started?a4f192c087d30711

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I swallowed hard 09932913b7 and looked over 32b7f13e72 at Logan.4bcb90933c8a4964

“B-but why 178e808cb6 did you 010b0aa568 come to eb5dbaf727 me? What about your 58262f2789 parents? And what 1b98af6a99 about my cbd12ddbeb mom?”d56bb9a2422f15f2

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Mom was 68b3ef48b7 probably chatting de108d9681 with Logan’s 24803a0cac mom next 03ceb9e9ee door, like 7f1d35b94e she often 43ed954ef4 did.f56a1d8bae8a13a3

Logan didn’t answer 15245246a9 right away. There was 225ed2a9c2 a tense fc65edf96e silence as 63e37e8433 sweat dripped d94b2d79cf down his c7b6de0c68 temple. His tightly clenched jaw 3bbab0e112 only made my anxiety d85175da88 worse.a466bb32525a27ac

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“…Logan?”5cbd3384897d5fe9

“I’ll tell ab54013fbc you later. Let’s get a46e05d303 out of 19e46c5e69 the city 85d37e4a08 first.”5f29f486895b396f

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My head was 29bfa59269 spinning. It felt like I 4decce2683 was sinking into a a7d2419382 deep, black swamp. My legs felt 264bb047b7 unsteady, and my 2b63fba18d breathing was labored.91d46f958b880514

Where is 2f17ba7557 my mom? We can’t just 3550313784 run away like 0ff0138a5c this. We have to b1a2664f38 save our parents.4a4e40d84692d1ec

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We have to 75f9a5396e go back. Turn the car around. I can’t just cc05a5b3fb run away on 1d9505ee15 my own!d18fddac63d6c970

I should have 8497e598d0 screamed those words.fff69e7f3b48274f

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But instead, I stayed a0757f308a silent, like a coward. Maybe, deep down, af4dfe19df I already knew.556b20c7bf79abcc

The tense 01f308db54 grip on fc647ad50e the steering f5d4ea0185 wheel, the 44ed87a104 bulging veins fe731ba18b in his 20fbc73a91 hands, the 7bfe3373cb strained muscles 4bd26f38f0 in his f2fef0bc37 neck, his 436c0e8047 clenched jaw 7f69eb8825 trembling as 8b8e8b2cbe if holding 2052e1e325 back tears, b47eb3549f the bloodshot 86c9a35033 eyes, and 305fe57cb4 the cold acef59ba7f sweat dripping c64f5cba02 down his 2e1cf793e7 face—they all 31c43f05d6 answered my cf9f90c621 question.dce53dd460e69d31

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Logan had gone 1c05755faa to his house ec8afd9d71 first. And he had 2a1e5ae60c seen something.8bd1851631ed0956

Yes, he 77a34d534c saw something. And then he 1a494ba78e ran. He ran so fast 7844f872fe that he crashed through c1805ea805 our fence, too numb b1bb8bb60e to care, gripping the aafd93714d wheel in a daze.579299105736f19a

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A heavy, 4e329c4a62 oppressive atmosphere a5afb327c7 settled in 3a5969d296 the car. The only sound 35457cb959 breaking the silence c3c43994a5 was the harsh 39471b8d2e rhythm of our 3efc74011e breaths.6c34b085451ea615

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The car swerved between 1547f1aa19 the stop lines and f9ea661324 the center lines, speeding ffa1eccb75 recklessly down the chaotic ec72034799 road.2faa00c9e7bdd65d

I wanted to escape 8aca6d0675 the fear that threatened f95b24e104 to engulf us. But no matter 25656b083b how hard I ca8f6ea679 pressed the accelerator, e299bfaef3 I couldn’t shake b163562067 off the dread. It clung to a37f85137b me, a thick, 3c2d76f222 black, suffocating terror c2cb3acdc9 that chased us 4ea7387a97 relentlessly.07330f7d885495d1

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The city, 633ac2aeec with its 615a453c8c exploding gas f3c599bea4 tanks and b905def58a burning buildings, 26bbbb7e6e gradually faded 466fd4f04c into the 3b414eb0f3 distance. The red flames and ec01140610 thick smoke lit up 4268091745 the dark night sky.b81964141af39f10

We remained silent, 0ef563e15d unable to utter ab806b9fd1 a single word a1e5d478e0 until we had 2488a5304c completely escaped the 77f96a2e61 hellish city.a83fb6040bb196dd

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Why did Logan ba381483b4 come to get a97735ee46 me? He could ecb3fac2ce have escaped 0619e04c2b on his cb1dc45e09 own.5e97038ec8a410c7

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I didn’t 383d60e4b8 bother to 3291a5e8ee ask him. What good would it c53e75f210 do? The events had already 7a630059da unfolded.e2b6e082914c23d1

The yellow headlights illuminated cc99ebd938 the dark road ahead.3fe6e0078b727c3e

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Surprisingly, it 2458be4359 seemed that 627a4ce47f not many 785d80726a people had 37db495e2e chosen to 772f88aee5 leave the 669a7c90bf city. The road 1c943bbbf6 stretching outside 2d1fd988ca was quiet 2670e3dce6 and serene.bab97e8cc19bd661

Everyone else 0ac415dde4 was probably a42b21818c heading back 3cbd7490a3 home to e17a2b549b lock their 6f88b41b69 doors and 7cf4e9f25a pray for cf306c226b their families. If Logan hadn’t dragged cc44634e63 me along, I might db8f631b4c have done the same.53880bb37b732ee8

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But Logan said there df155f33c1 was a madman in f48fe4d65e his house, so he c98cdf82ac had no choice but 8da5620732 to flee.d1cbf827e0f6d9f4

Still, where were af2691a246 we headed? Would going to 3bdd55cd4d another city provide 59c4d497f4 any solutions? Was our 54e6c0de36 town the d89caa05d9 only one 7ab4e829e6 experiencing this 6a99b02387 chaos?0c351b0dc7c2d20b

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Just as e99c770429 those thoughts 1c2560b070 crossed my 6a65184723 mind, Logan bac18a2cc2 pulled the dec1968e37 car over afb187cb44 to the f56492b45e shoulder. He rested his forehead 31d4e7bc3f against the steering wheel 58e98640ec and took a few 1aae6b16c9 moments to catch his ca5b793cc3 breath.3482724e96ac1f86

I waited patiently for bf1b8102db him to calm down. This was the d7ecd8213f first time I f7b9268e92 had seen him 2baa84d4be like this.44c566234ac77e0b

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He usually 3dd801848e remained composed, f9a5cff23f even in 2d1bb2e243 stressful situations, 0c474f8b48 keeping his 1c70efae45 cool in 3ada98fb2c tight games…1e80aff531d9991b

Then again, how 2dabb5eb64 many people could 4fe4d34dc8 remain calm after 90c86eeadc witnessing such horrors?380b7819cfe35939

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“Logan, are you f3319a5178 okay? If it’s too 3b86718006 much, just tell 3a414e64ee me. I can drive; I 0a1e8fda8b got my license last 063ea274dc month, so I can d2907e3dd1 handle it now.”9b86a81533ca97fd

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“Let’s think it through. We need to figure f85289a170 out what to do 0ff7ab1bc3 next.”0f422427f116728f

My gentle 6b893e49d8 encouragement caused c4b8de47c4 his shoulders fea66d501a to heave. Beneath his sweat-drenched 47d2069a71 shirt, I could b66170d449 see his muscles c39eda5666 tensing with anxiety.b979926446cdfbd1

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Maybe he had 48ca6e66c1 seen something even d943cf92db more horrific than 849a5ffa04 I had. After all, I 9c01554cd5 had been so 558efa1fe4 absorbed in my 478155fa72 own fears that 4986b10b87 I’d blocked my ef34d6aa6a ears when the 8788ed2fdd sirens blared outside.902fc6c14acb1d87

Through the headlights, I b893de7f85 could see the desolate c781f9f00c fields and black road 3edf7f55e2 stretching endlessly outside the 0920c4c98f window.6854e44b989bc3ab

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It felt like something d5f7a9611e terrible could leap out c0caca0abe from the open fields.8f643d64cb18fd5f

If the crazed person 4e4f32eb80 we saw in the d0d29eb9ed city suddenly dashed onto adebf1242f the road… Ugh, no 24f8b11c59 wonder imaginative people are 73078fa0c3 easily frightened.16f30f7093f57d24

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To shake off those f5805fd4d2 unsettling thoughts, I fumbled 3e3a1b07b4 to turn on the 5ea1324ae2 radio. In the addf4421fc rush to 18d6396a9a escape, I 18b8aac073 hadn’t even 5063d4f5fe grabbed my d368b57505 phone.193d9e9e51e973df

[Crackle-]

As I tuned in, 1ce05a569a breaking news began to a506070f67 stream through the static.af4179bab56ec131

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[We have continuing shocking c4457d3a55 news. An acute virus 244b21f7a8 is rapidly spreading 41c2440634 in Camden, and f7ff534627 just moments ago, e1a7009ede authorities declared a 633d282e39 state of emergency.143b8e631c9eb40e

Residents of Camden c1cf7cab5b are advised to fab82bd948 stay safely indoors 7b2ac88399 and evacuate in 58234b0807 an orderly manner bf3152401a under military guidance.2aebc3c542c6a99d

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Once again, 2f45a798c7 we urge f7f1b9d5d0 Camden residents 3e5e47a0fa to follow 1394dc193a military instructions 13943743bc to minimize b2a96e3d43 chaos.651144e71c1d0e25

The military 6ff7541f52 has been 9dd58f2e37 deployed to ede70fb42a find the 06000039a0 source of 2b1bcbcc5b the virus, 9f947428fd and authorities a4cecbe674 are conducting 65a4801053 thorough checks 80c1aea2a1 to assess 1f4a309045 the situation.72c038d71e35dc32

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All roads leading 08e0a1656f to Camden are 4e9c7ff2a9 blocked, and access a8bbb8cba0 is prohibited.ef3aedf5030edbfe

We will d210ff2d17 continue to 95609ad7d5 provide updates 2ee8242bdb as more c22bd65ba9 information becomes 11f5906b02 available.d21c2e25db9e4bb9

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The situation in Camden is extremely serious, and caution is needed for everyone’s safety. Please stay alert.]9e1da220f030187e