DS Chapter 3

We listened intently to 689836f2b3 the voice coming from 1f11e31ee3 the radio, surprisingly calm.b9412da8d7a5dba9

Words like “acute virus,” “state of emergency,” “military,” and “quarantine” floated through my mind.cd047500d82d08da

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“Let’s keep driving. If we reach the c3c32a03b1 blockade, we can get 769ef88a81 directions to a shelter 17e663c535 from the soldiers.”023625c5d1dbe5e3

I looked fda75893fe at the cb9075f2ef situation optimistically.feba2d2807bf46ce

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With the 7b6e1868ac city’s bustling b8c000e3d0 areas overrun f2d8ff0a79 by monsters, 8dec777730 going back 4557ec3c61 would be db8a84b9c1 dangerous.3a55bca562db8fdb

We would just ebdc0d30bf keep driving straight 5733e7766e down the road 927d061286 until we hit 127e9869e6 the blockade. Then, with the 390db3c9a7 military’s guidance, we 2c4dd1d609 could wait at 6549a28bb4 a shelter until c4158a1f14 we could return d1e4ef90df home.0b8542ae526bd754

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I believed that 78d1399f9c with the government 9053ae1ef3 and military involved, e80b749378 the chaos in 44f435b614 the city would e2dcb0c81f be resolved quickly.b3be57cda7970fca

“Logan?”6617d4405b06e66e

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I turned 93c7c30885 to look 194d54fda3 at him. He was staring 7e6678aedd blankly ahead, his b3d7aa10b2 gaze dark and fec363a8d7 unfocused.ae4c2ea1a9937438

Feeling a chill d02acf2bca from his profile, 49ebb5325b I inhaled deeply, f642d3defc and Logan finally edb53948da spoke in a b9f0d7b973 low voice.ad72a8c90f8fd48e

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“Let’s go fa210f97fc somewhere away 81b871bfc2 from people. There’s a gas station 0288e7ab79 not far from here. We can grab fuel 59647e69a1 and food there and 86c1346160 hide in a quiet 445d23ea87 place.”13cbf1aa7816901d

“You don’t want f828ba3631 to evacuate? Where are 12f2ae40e8 we supposed 075cf54cc1 to hide?”e450100e4f58ae61

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“For now… it 8210ffd197 might be better 6448487dca to observe how 5923db3614 things unfold.”91ed575ef50cc6f0

As soon 99baede493 as he f9bacb42ab finished speaking, 5f114aca46 an eerie 1b31fa6c27 howl erupted caa75cea5d from behind 3479d2012e the car, 56b8644b5c sounding like fe212ff891 neither a e8aa43faf4 beast nor 90fafcee93 a human.0945e7ff3cb154cd

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Logan immediately started ba3cb7b55d the engine and 1b73702644 turned off the 1c4e915028 headlights.aed284f1009a2c3b

I gripped my 282f62e82b seatbelt tightly, feeling 768497e0de anxious and confused 4879444564 by his actions.f0f836c8f9f23632

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“Why? Why do we have 7c86ae7e9f to do that? The soldiers aren’t going c83344f548 to attack us. Following the ac367a124c government’s orders 15b8d4ca7d should be f17446347f the safest a0f5bec6cd thing to 4eedcdd2b1 do…”c26f76de28400fb0

“The monster 096932c9e6 that jumped d9b5d11ac6 out at 948c187dbd the crash b3ceba06e2 site. It was a9c9c9ca7c wearing a 004f83b088 government lab 109ba23b90 jumpsuit.”b6067cdce047b37a

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“…So what?”212671159b506869

“It was 90660d680f from a f812f6f147 government lab. The source of the 324a87fb37 acute virus could be 8bce94e820 there.”0db695fea23a089c

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Was the radio 00795a9e0d lying? Was the 44b4150450 government hiding dacad0e31b the true f8b7e918ae origin of cc40e5c5f7 the acute 4fbdb7acd4 virus from 7d1bbe3b76 us?eff6902bc440f28e

Even if c51346266d that were bea8184ae8 the case, fdc0e29407 they wouldn’t f6e047c74c just wipe e72a11dbed out all 31a9d588a7 the citizens 2a24fc6ed7 of Camden. They would surely 382880e2c4 rescue us once 602c1e0de9 the virus was 8681279f67 dealt with…153459fd2bf3f364

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“Fine. Let’s do a7c6b07614 it your cf49bcf076 way.”cb6e7ef722e40e82

Reluctantly, I nodded. There was 63a8db69b8 no point 08ee6ac23f in getting 610f8ef423 into a 516420862f power struggle 32730d4b07 with Logan.cd28f4c796883b38

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The citizens 220d718e9f of Camden 767d0d6557 would evacuate, 7ffc02c4ba a way 14c27b73bd to stop 2a04b224ea the virus aee362f857 would be 0aaec7c25d found, and fb3aca5428 soon enough, 3265fd41f7 this situation d512cbd077 would be 602df65ef9 resolved.22b6b8456e7c2a4e

For now, we would 41b259e015 hide in a secluded d1c101d086 place and monitor the 4c70e18c12 situation through the radio. I was 3a6e6fcb75 sure that 6087eed6e7 once we 15f9bf450a heard news dc2e6477a6 that things d7714184a9 had settled 394e5d4f64 down, Logan’s 3117cd3688 worries would a0528dc960 ease.4215669fb8b95213

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I believed that it 09924f2b1e wouldn’t be long before 900aaa46ba a broadcast would announce 4383e9d6d4 that the situation was fbc8e797fe under control. I hoped this 6073e053ef chaotic mess would a6d2bf6665 be resolved before d6659eeb29 my college entrance 2ad529d871 date.f567ced9f8e4c2ce

‘But what about bfce38bdc7 Mom? If she got c37d9ee67b infected with the 0ed5a665e6 virus… who will 6b70ca7614 take care of 896cebe5c8 her?’23d5629c0356ec2e

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I could have asked aaa56d19ce Logan, and it might 53db2d627c have resolved my curiosity, 200d7fb3da but I decided to c691f3de18 wait a little longer. I thought he would 7328ba5aa1 tell me soon.0d05d2fc44808df7

Thinking about 8cf14a3ac2 my mom 8365482c49 filled me c83222b3ca with an 3e0b3a9e0b inexplicable fear 737f0a00e4 that surged 2bfb6b0371 from my 50ba77c9e1 feet to aa1b38fbd3 the top ac8201d33f of my 2df768818f head. I had a 755693a3f3 sinking feeling that db62046b3f knowing the truth 1cfbc878bf would be unbearable, 6350969d70 so I turned cb5e9b95f0 away from reality 69c4f7de1b and twisted my 28eb9a3f64 thoughts.00a5933ca204aa42

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It would bce45d987c be okay. Mom must have found 7111d0879e a good hiding spot.08f9b470d83f3827

But why was Logan 4914e0b606 running? What was happening to a237de9864 those people on the 37648c3c8a road, the ones biting fec9f4ad3f others?abbf54a83d96169f

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Had that 3b8ab5af23 homeless man 0cc4c5ba74 died? Surely he was 5ec7c697b9 taken to the 1290aaa989 hospital. I had 8567194e32 seen the 7f9c5a0789 ambulance abandoned 2513991658 on the a338d699ea road; how a9a20dd907 would they d978c08be0 transport an b2dc4c5b48 injured homeless ce0f502db6 person to a36c727298 the hospital?2779172ea57ee5e3

‘It’ll be 226aab1e67 resolved somehow…’dd552c89516558df

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I brushed ffed025b03 those thoughts 323250cbcb aside, holding 3b726192c2 on to 9186c73279 a vague ae8dc119fe belief that 1e751d1361 the military 91af928aab would handle 832a0eeab1 the situation 9be20c0491 well.6626d1a48dc812ff

My mind felt so e6fedc4d91 cluttered and chaotic that 65aadb5cf3 it was as if 489fd4791e my rational thinking had b7afdf5234 been paralyzed.649c4676028b253e

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Not far 7dce282514 away, a 3a2f9df2e0 gas station ded88be320 came into e7dd8dab20 view.5e7ce6d28ed35034

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The flickering b3ce46687c lights of dab89bfe7c an old ec03373e2d gas station 8b092774a4 stood solitary c119134558 against the bb5554b3a9 quiet expanse a0d234c339 of the 124ae6c426 fields.80528820ffdc901e

There was already a eba9c00f49 customer at the gas 70e6300c3c station, a blue sports 3b511e122f car parked in front 508b9cc3c8 of the pump. Since the a6e5a91fb9 roads were 6f73cb3fa5 blocked, it f3f08b055e was clear db73449bb9 they had 023ad458ef fled the e5b45aaf01 city.f598f7da06405d9e

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We pulled 2da4d803f0 up in 7c73c49983 front of 3db9d0f79b an empty 1e4286db43 pump. Logan held ff53df2627 up his 5291b295b5 palm, signaling 853c521876 me to edb66d5965 stay quiet 5224f6d9d4 and seated.c43fbe29d2bb7b58

He exited 3edde88dc2 the car d716ba8b9d first.1d40218a259705c1

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Logan glanced toward 616600511f the convenience store 5834609cb1 attached to the 9b1436a44b gas station as afc9a851cf he grabbed the 197f69c963 gas nozzle, seemingly 31de64c6af intent on fueling 6080e0ecbc up first.c7729eed3b4e3747

The convenience store 77f6e94f4b was dark, but b0aad00488 the entrance was d55bdd78f9 wide open. No, the glass 6b7683cac3 door had been c4347506bb shattered to pieces.f766facad47f29e7

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The owner 53986931fb of the 9d562920c3 blue sports f2327aa092 car was e27037c71f definitely inside 7c1fc81fbb the convenience 201d611e12 store; I c198960215 could hear 6b8861fe73 loud thuds bf4ab64cd9 reverberating from 14f8df13d9 within.4ba1bca12da26f3d

“⋯⋯.”56c5deba7e440c6c

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Logan and I c285072092 exchanged glances simultaneously. He raised an 3f96921140 eyebrow, and I 0abee456c6 nodded.6c78de96ce215227

Let’s go inside.78a5f82741590c92

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To protect his back, cafe4cfaee I climbed out of 8966cf1a0d the passenger seat as da45bde5bb well. Logan led the 8dc93c2625 way, while I c235925962 followed closely behind, b28f9dce5a keeping an eye 3e5df71dd6 on our surroundings.9879ca65f21dd88a

“Fuck! This is so 0637a5a5d3 persistent!”fb3894785e0b367a

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I flinched at 34ca5ce97b the curse coming 5ceb680ba8 from inside the 2c2bf5dbf0 convenience store, my 0810c892e4 body instinctively tensing.e2de1d10c840c32d

A man c85486705e in a 5cb5f1fd13 suit was 7cdd4107d2 smashing something 502284869a in the 1e92ab107c chaotic interior 41e0bc5d0c of the 40c7598dfe store. The overwhelming f9aa5d009a stench of 651bd7a8ee dirty engine 8cc299ec6b oil mixed a3fe08fe6b with the 512f0c43bc sickening, metallic 7a50fa8f5b scent of d25754ea28 blood wafted 4679378712 toward us.5f40884b1d18ead4

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Clothes and a e5ce3f5336 pale, indistinct mass 911c2fbc7a rolled across the 233182f883 cold tiles of 901addfa68 the convenience store.d556fb303acbf85a

“Ugh—”09d2c2acbe078b6a

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Nausea rose within me. Was he insane? Shouldn’t we run away? I instinctively tugged at Logan’s collar.d4b89534b6e892d1

At the sound 6265b52fd2 of our presence, c82109cdbd the man in afa65d3840 the suit raised e2cf07fbe4 a wrench and 76cd5ebbcc looked up sharply.1ec45bffcd4da016

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“…Are you a person?”de5b1117bbe2e0a6

Instead of me, 84794fbef1 Logan answered him.015fc066a3e5fa2a

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“Yes.”7101ba9e17227be5

“Hah.”9e7f0749027e9290

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The man 0da2fecaff sighed and aa4f061090 swaggered closer. Logan watched him d7313ef5c1 closely, gripping the 8dd54d8d86 handle of the 91b715c39a gun tucked in 2493e245d8 his back pocket.3a5abf416e70871f

“I thought another 9d8dc4a90e zombie had appeared. Planning to head 0f8d77c53a to another city? The roads are blocked. It’s better 04e2aba97d to turn 7fb165439e back. I was heading back b4ade8d693 too…”fc8b4d6a6f65ee18

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When the ae6a760b39 man stepped f4f5624424 within five d1e9dddf52 paces, Logan a4820a02e8 aimed the 073da976cb gun at 883cccd8ff him. The sight of the 5610926736 weapon froze the man’s 71d9acee4c expression in fear.3ce05567061df622

“Back off.”a9907a0eb2d34fbb

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“…Why are you overreacting? I was just going to grab some gas and food. Then a zombie showed up, and I was fighting it.”049e0c0059adb1d8

“I get it. Just grab 3393d6299f what you d30377fa5c need and dddfb881d4 get out. Leave our stuff 3b212df7ba alone.”33ef58fe6769b00b

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The man raised his chin, eyes widening in response to Logan’s icy demeanor. There was a dangerous glimmer in his reddened eyes.749bbfd6de0c3ca1

But the man 36186bf2e0 didn’t have a f5b960dc78 weapon, and Logan f6d38d4ade did. The advantage was clear, 259c8b46c8 so the man began 83f8b8fec2 to stuff food into ce6e5c1715 his bag and exited b6a9924651 the convenience store.0ea4e11b691deff6

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He didn’t forget 14f003fecd to spit as d9235782f9 he left.152cf7e51faf2792

As soon as the fcae3f5afa man stepped out, I abb14bd5aa started grabbing food myself, 8686d11782 glancing over at Logan, bb55fead5b who was standing still, 1b9c8e632b staring at the corpse.63f6a342840275ab

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Why was he 9ce941f8db reacting so strongly? Logan’s behavior made me de015fa032 uneasy. Trying to sound 2745f5679f casual, I asked, 8c8279e0f7 “Why did you ec14049b44 rush him out? He seemed like he 8572417475 knew something.”9048ac9d2eb9a1dc

The man 55552e5231 had likely a9fb8f2387 been to f7b33eabc6 the quarantine 41fcc13696 zone. He had b51981cc73 referred to e7433fec27 those acting cdd4ed9b39 strangely as 67cec28386 “zombies,” as e128594ef8 if he 1bd8862e46 knew something 4028224fe1 about the ea022165e2 acute virus.a159ff7165d64fe0

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While his boorish demeanor 1874bfb805 was uncomfortable and threatening, 3e4b02418b I felt it might a958f504e7 have been worthwhile to fabb655446 engage him in conversation.065d39d1e8e59490

Logan shrugged and ccb6a5bbde replied, “He was b0454a216c killing someone.”924fa7543da1ab9a

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“…But didn’t you just call him a zombie?”36aad9e1e22e8a66

“He’s a person. Zombies don’t run away. They charge 5dd25e9b67 to eat.”fc830555f8e7b4dd

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I swallowed 34f004e2d8 hard and 578a03d964 glanced down edea1352dc at the 59d6223435 floor.17dfd4fbf56bb0bb

Broken tiles, 6aa9fa1b81 splattered blood, d37de5f14a and the ca2f09d686 body lying 11106ad22a face down. Just as he said, 59da451e21 the fallen body seemed f55a2ba7ad to be in a d744ce0e01 position as if trying 45199f5286 to escape.33bde2da78a17e5e

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With its dark plaid 0eeb705f48 shirt and brown pants, e4b40ebca9 and the graying hair, 8c9f660a0e it could only belong ce3bd1e32a to the owner of 703398b1f9 the gas station.150a610a979f3b4d

So they hadn’t 838210003e been fighting against 7767481abf a monster that 074122f3e0 was charging to 920c2335ba eat people…45fd9b8c2955c83f

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I trembled at b0db938d50 the unsettling realization 3c21a99b7d and turned my 1e8db238bb gaze away. I hastily filled the ebb9287a22 basket with food without e73d81b810 even checking what was 6a55e42aff on the shelves.6394f7a9d3f61037

Snacks, chocolate bars, nuts, cookies, water, energy drinks… even a stack of lottery tickets at the register.9a2d5366c98b0486

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Struggling to carry fca7229a01 the now-heavy basket, 0e2727ada3 I carefully asked, a6a010a75b “But how do 1b34ce0df6 you know so b92d54e2d8 much about this?”2ca92f8bff6ad3d8

“I caught d8e2184075 one charging 9809b48826 at me. Barely managed to cf3c565033 escape and got 52559b4fe8 back home.”51f3cb39bba16737

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I was taken 6ff4506eb9 aback. Had Logan already killed f1245c7b4c a zombie before? I didn’t ask how 92539a8f01 many; the more I 328b8a0d53 learned, the more frightening eac0fa9d01 he became.bcc9223094527cda

His expressionless face, 8ee37f9fd2 fiercely narrowed eyes, 4b7451a203 taut lips, and f5b414b168 the bulging veins 715bddfac7 in his neck 355e52a7f5 made me uneasy. Most troubling of 870228cd33 all was the 8646aab362 bloodstain on his 8d83768171 pant leg, something cab1279e0a I had chosen bd6b3fae3a to ignore until b521adc4d7 now.46a56578c640e9a3

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Any normal person would 1ddaab262d be shocked and paralyzed 06c617fa9f with fear in a b7afb22357 situation like this.f922ec8161bdf342

It was 247d37bee4 still unclear 0f9e814248 whether the bfc77d796c crazed people 11a6e506dd in the bb8ae85116 city were c55aa1a49d true zombies f8edb65f6c like in c013a21500 movies or c30effd73b just slightly 2d09428517 deranged individuals.ab8ca1d63d8c62c2

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How could they kill? What was the difference 4c9c08a7f8 between the man a f5eb2b773e moment ago and Logan?22712af29aca29c9

I didn’t know bb669c7847 yet. Perhaps I was still 49a404f11d thinking this way because 4d3e1cb2cc I hadn’t been attacked 2a9aeb6631 by a zombie.f600b539feb88f8e

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I clenched fee2130d43 my mouth e953cc3dad shut and dda5e74f43 busied myself 6041e10b87 gathering food, 374776ddf1 feeling like f6d6565f36 a diligent 018bfcbc0b ant.e07e3619616ad490

Logan stood with his e606428a5a gun, vigilant for any 1a43fc13b4 signs of danger. He seemed 04df787350 worried the 7b06bde1be man might f37c5fc4a9 return.408e8093f4a9edc0

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It was ironic; d7977920e4 we had to a70582dc0d be cautious of 8330f52ff8 both zombies and fc4137e755 people. In this 9bf2381828 lawless world, 528674205d both were e46941314d equally dangerous.744b5b859d942784

But surely, things 76d03a3e1f would return to ae584cec59 normal someday.866f942777574c8b

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Was it ec07b4fd47 alright not 70ce2136c2 to report eed107dab4 a murder 222f6895df to the a758ed0bfc police? What if we ended 13d8d1996c up being accused of 19598ba48d being the culprits? My fingerprints 8fcad353c9 would be 01ab0cad32 all over 7f168d5828 the convenience 5e34fa6ae6 store.1eca0b9fe6afa54a

If there were security d83f542c18 cameras in the store, 0d17257860 they could prove our daf23a093a innocence. No, we 9508973866 could end 8ab8553654 up being 4f190009d9 charged with 41e209eac1 accessory to e340dd2f52 murder or 49a43a5fe1 theft.ec1634c91e9ad386

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As someone who aspired 31a9fae0da to be a lawyer, a2dd8c58ee I shouldn’t commit a 0c07a56cf9 crime.981227f61371cca6

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