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Afterward, I’d wait e975cd3aa2 on the roof eb252dffa7 with the supplies ba565e7427 while Logan fetched fa86ab83c9 the dump truck 0cbb161e81 to plow through f53f0f55ce the blocked roads 2891fdbce5 and come back a5158324ae for me.961d28e55c435a62

Logan raised 3e43356b15 the table be31769902 again, using 7ebb86ed63 it as 86ce1b2529 a shield. He was the 43c9f0ea9e perfect tank. I pressed my ear f6b640b363 to the door, listening 04c8515df0 closely to the sounds 1409138eba outside.3c3108a6057bc2df

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“It’s quieter now.”39594db1d1162ca9

Had the zombies 21cffa6a97 moved away? The stairs 40954a4646 were to f231ef24ba the left, 46a05c3c50 not far 75088cfbee away. It wouldn’t 0fcc01eb18 be hard 6aa50a3c4e to run 6fb6883c45 for it, a6ab14c45e unless there 27730f6f0d were zombies e21f39eea4 on the 0bb1fb7b50 second floor.c5f83f116bec668e

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“Let me take a look.”d7b99f7f77896e88

“You’re going to open it?”acb16169549f7f47

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“Yeah.”be333250e12c32d9

“Hold on, just for a second.”5cfb61c14bc03f77

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My mouth was dry. Adjusting the heavy e13f2a841c bag on my 79721e1a4e shoulder, I looked cdfb354502 at him. Logan glanced e8fca7552d down at 95f39436de me and 8dbdc3c91f gave a 764bb7cac4 small nod.bef387370ac903b6

We opened the 68ff91590c door simultaneously. As one, we darted ae5fdd881f outside and ran for b57ef289ee the stairs. Logan took care 425a6aa860 of the zombies 96c38badc3 that lunged at 4a16da828d us, while I 1da2c5e0d4 kicked aside the ac57e378e2 chairs blocking our 9ff25b41d2 path.25cefdaa837cf7e9

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I don’t even know 820b2d7b08 how we managed to e7f6aeb1e7 break through that chaos, 34a3fca15c but I do remember be52d867c2 shoving the last few 46cb631cf4 zombies down the stairs d888ee8977 and slamming the rooftop 4e02405d76 door shut.e2f155d6ea087ad8

Unbelievable. Did we really f95c58da58 just pull that ce1aeba423 off? We made it!f7fa112c8be8cbf0

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I was e270e4282e so overwhelmed 3df80b07a9 that goosebumps 09ee40ebbe rose all 8ae9c70ea9 over my dfa45809f8 body. It was a cd2ddf030e catharsis that spread 100834a798 through me, similar ad872848f2 to when I 74398d125f got accepted into d2e7c4ab77 college.056f79e5936bfc27

“Ah, we actually did c133dad329 it.”bc595c171e82e72e

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“Huff, huff.”e2049b90eb16c01e

Logan nodded as 6105272558 he wiped the c8cda08860 sweat dripping from dbd3575020 his chin.78eac25a589f5f79

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After taking a brief d71c09f783 moment to catch our 351d787b53 breath, he set down cb9039e29f the heavy bag of 3a0bc2ea34 supplies.f9b711d7299fa319

But we weren’t out 7c66f0f90b of the woods yet.5a144c415d15917b

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He still had to e61aa8781a make it to the 173110cbd3 garage to get the c0bade15ae dump truck, while I 1fc9ca65cc would stay here, listening be355f9d43 to the pounding and 8c1fff92b0 screaming of zombies against 7ab1fad720 the rooftop door, waiting b7da31f28a for him.f4eae3dd81ac0a37

“Be careful.”0ef1c17ef629121f

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“You too.”7704be49cbb47ea0

We exchanged simple, f1cf8ee3b7 dry words, though da0e8c53ca our feelings were 1ee9bb8c2b anything but distant.82d36dbe67ce051c

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A sense of camaraderie 1f90e868e2 surged through me, filling ca300653b7 my chest to the d7f9a93dc0 point of bursting.15c63a64af76f73b

At the same time, c0a330709e a mixture of hope 26dc1a8b11 that he would return 2fbcf7bcc1 safely and a faint be45a55413 flutter of excitement I a3ce6e0c07 thought I’d forgotten long aa60c95e0f ago stirred within me.48bbb56a3b11551f

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Just as he was 54cbb2004f about to leap to d5bc11175d the next building, I a41726de93 called out to him e3a15250c0 urgently.c648a5021d9407a2

“Logan!”0537b78d5d92512c

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“…?”fd4d06761f4060c2

He turned, one foot 54e95be999 already on the edge 9dc32e412d of the rooftop.24efa455ec2c0cbc

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“Thank you for saving me. If you hadn’t come, I’d already be dead.”0c815e1f7f3362c6

If he hadn’t 932a75d390 woken me that 002ee97451 day, I would 7af055ab9c have turned into 8f3948ad80 a zombie by aa1358f0a6 now.45e82a9638bc84a4

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There was something else b84d5848fa I hadn’t told him 32558057be yet.6280aead9a1ce422

‘I’m sorry for ignoring db90da5cf6 you, avoiding you, and 6e82bc47b8 not even saying hi. You didn’t do anything 5f3f0c060b wrong—it was all because e3b82eb32a of my insecurities.’11d171bc65f65aac

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Back then, d6c7e901b7 we used a2f7b1435f to hang 157c922ee8 out together, 22ce34786b but I cbb97d9707 started to 4fab8b44ba feel jealous 69a8d3d8fa when it 870c552da0 seemed like 9faf3e0343 you were 3ed2741d5f doing better c3c9551fda than me.d1deb71c28c19c1c

And then you got 18c8ae4dc1 that blonde girlfriend right 6b43440f08 after starting high school. You didn’t even tell bad7e52032 me you had a dfecae4f36 girlfriend.25177d47de2990d7

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I remember when I 735e04d46d got that nosebleed and 0525071ce7 fell backward, you cried, e872a71349 saying you’d take responsibility b090797324 for me.1bb1aa78d4e484d3

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.fff03dcb50958880

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Logan raised his 3ecb3acdbc eyebrows at my 528719bbe4 fidgeting, then let 7f551b934e out a soft 0e6707ec61 laugh.2acb8655f7a6b8bf

“Then show it.”e85b563499c65c0e

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With that, he launched 7bebc3ecb9 himself toward the neighboring c4f218f069 rooftop.bf3237181edae0ed

My heart 29affc3551 jumped in 59e041e26a my chest 1dfe216653 as I 602a07758b watched him a6d4ff2ad1 soar through 4ec048d40f the air. It felt like that 47eef98b1a moment when you’re on 4735aeb410 a rollercoaster, just before 7eb1646621 it drops. I clenched my 44645c2509 fists tightly in ae88ad6194 suspense.ab9638cedfcfc4a5

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Thud.cbbc9b17faef6118

Logan landed safely 9e232ebf0c on the other 5a29454540 roof.3ab0934bbeea435c

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He turned back to 78571f8df4 look at me, waving 48c36c39a1 confidently, and I finally 5565dfa7e2 exhaled the breath I’d 98f268e753 been holding.ab6956d7a3294666

I kept 1e03148234 my eyes 5bd8702ecf glued to dde17b9a42 his back 9882c5e3b3 as he a330ae598e moved farther a75a3e4639 away, nervously 6d07995afb wondering if a49314434d he’d fall cad48c0132 or if b225a480b4 a zombie 126645ea13 would jump d9882afe3b out at 7743a34cb5 him.151256e7c7f3128e

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Even after he ef79397fb9 disappeared from sight, bd7785e205 I couldn’t stop bbec0b5f1b staring after him.bc1291d9be54752b

‘Do I still like 4fe75b90df Logan?’87b282033f47e909

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I placed my hand 8ebb9fcc64 over my pounding heart, 0e440095fa lost in useless thoughts.05efef048ef54945

* * *b9602e89b8c9a1a1

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The sky had 0f3216ea58 turned a reddish dbeee01377 hue before I 48571110a3 realized it.f33a1930909caeaf

Dusk was settling over 485ef873e2 the ruined city. As the sun e95e99d94a dipped lower, the 575c144724 eerie sounds of a596f08148 monsters echoed through 67220a13fa the streets, making 5a3fd53b6a the city feel bb9540e553 even more sinister.8af396358d94b377

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I sat 157c9ba8e5 in the 41a47793f1 shade on ec80cc5cdd the rooftop, 18138e719c staring blankly 3673cf3c24 at the abc459a68e sky. I couldn’t bring e8f6a05458 myself to look d4eef43949 down at the 4cbc3c625c streets below.2c2a97d7c4ff7f7b

I was too 5fe2f565d1 afraid of seeing fa94ffc78f the zombies—humanoid figures e2a9238c82 that were no 01cc80af15 longer human.724aa23a29406301

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They were like 57177c1c05 broken dolls, twisted 30c2303879 and wandering aimlessly, 8285e00ac4 with neither direction 414440d3cb nor soul. What created f6814f4cf7 these strange 11281f421c beings? They bite humans, spread 63ce557cec the virus, and turn b9f85fc2cb others into the same f3c2864682 monsters.5d67075965e9c1bf

I wondered how 0a6f6f6ccd long people who 18af259163 became zombies would 209fb4f597 survive. Do they 1ed53dbb5f feel hunger? Do their wounds fester 0e2c99dc2d or rot? Would eating human flesh f9bcc09f19 let them live a 81eb96532d little longer?e4adf19342325075

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I should’ve studied science 835c12109b and biology more. Maybe then, I could 3aaa39cc55 understand at least a 203d1abcd5 fraction of what was 48aa8ee9f8 happening.dd9cc65ee547f578

Logan had said d576867974 the garage wasn’t 6168535d1c far from here, 5bb6818784 but there was b24963ee0a still no sign 62ac47912f of him returning.50455da95c737bc0

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*Did Logan 7da580bc73 abandon me? Or did something happen 196fefb28f to him?*3daed55a2e8cfd2d

It had to ce677c5c70 be one of 17ed886ada two things: either 54e3251a54 something had gone 0e6a79be44 wrong for him, 90e6ec9904 or he had 28ac009aa2 left me behind.43974caa98890eb5

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If Logan 31ce74dbac never came ed471f87ad back, I’d c0828e9f75 die up 9c71d0137d here on a8a8155825 this rooftop.03fb9afd6303f118

Shivering with fear and f8b57c0697 anxiety, I started to aef49772ae mentally escape from reality. I looked up a2cbbb922c at the silver 8b606a1983 evening moon and 68ba5c0edc began to ponder 1820e2e1bc Earth and the 75a3b097b2 universe.f7f8b9690daecc23

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Even with d4024bd5e6 the city ce4eb69b9f in chaos, 67947f8f05 the Earth d05574d621 still spins 69195515f9 peacefully.5f83bbd2cdbdb479

After all, e3e1a86904 what difference cd66d86be3 would it 0a19fd6c59 make to 128be4894a the planet 2bfd02bc84 if humans 501a4af1ef live or 0a32e2f7df die? To Earth, we’re probably 00e5bd764b nothing more than parasites 20ea3431d0 clinging to its surface.5d1838bba6a48268

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We even have parasites 41743df15c living on our own eecefda2e7 skin, don’t we? Those little creatures 5aa5c30c78 that come out fce4de5bf3 of our pores 88f1308643 at night to a792d051d3 mate, multiplying if 0b55292f1a we don’t wash 35ed55e1ee properly and causing d859a3cecf damage to our a0346ee4ae skin.5824d2673f8f8a0b

We must be something 3de465cfbb similar to Earth. That’s why 53b4152766 things like 124a638108 this are 30c2cdb798 happening. Even if tiny e6208f07f4 beings like us f4682ab66e die and disappear, d3a7096d10 it wouldn’t matter 82fefc296e to the Earth.6edb7c6b15c067e8

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The sky grew cc4c2125ea darker, and night aaaca004a1 was fast approaching. My heart grew heavier 1358f7143a alongside it.87b63a707ee35f8a

‘Is this it?’6dcaea89d4ca5c64

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I guess, if d692a501c4 the world were 88af1d41c4 ending, I’d be 69cf419cd9 the type to a097dbf8bf resign myself to e73786ac85 it, not the 2957439f98 kind to fight ce6a11490f tooth and nail e2f68c49c8 for survival. I didn’t seem to 805dfa0c5f have that burning will 6228559bf1 to live, no matter ea3cbb54da what it took.1c9a8371d806c207

As the sky 499f7b5b2a darkened, I sniffled, ea64b5048b quietly thinking about 1a508fb8f4 my end. Drowning in despair, deeper d52aa54a7e than the ocean, I 51d2339c2a let the hopelessness engulf dc182246de me.d36475e135e9139e

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Then, a 6d6626df66 loud crash 487432aea8 broke through 15e9176dd3 the silence.d3018644fc5c3543

Bam!2d36da4c6abf0583

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Boom! Bam!!b53e5c8b42cc43d0

A series of 428e5e6e1d noises stirred the a36773bb89 zombies from their 634de45617 stillness. And shortly after—7724b512d10bbd03

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Hoooonk!a090922e9bb56e1c

The sound of d43cd6f102 a horn blared. I shot to a6abacf89c my feet and 6d361dc46c rushed to the aacd24dcff second-floor rooftop railing. There, I 9e34a642cf saw a f4501220e0 yellow dump 15ab4426a1 truck barreling 2f90bbe438 down the 21e40d07c6 street, plowing fdc9540ff1 through the 40914dcfa8 abandoned cars 49097b6853 blocking the 794e8622d5 road.c623dfb6dc746de3

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It was c4d17ead6b a massive ca13ee0f86 25-ton dump 14c45ef27f truck, with eee10f6ce3 huge wheels 848b103d42 and towering 8c3cd2e164 height, so 6bd70ea425 even with de18ead135 zombies clinging 6dd2aa3f85 to it, 5093852334 it didn’t 61fe61dfbb budge an 3b0bff45f1 inch.0de80a0c17e7790c

‘It’s Logan!’15e95b07666553f3

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Logan didn’t abandon me—he f8ffed625b came back! My face 3bed5e2790 broke into 43e363ba68 a huge 2cf64b82a8 smile, as 456784f1a3 if the e335ec8793 despair from 86e8c049e4 just moments 0c6310e0f9 ago had 1d887a10ca never existed.3ef132298e1234b2

Hoooonk!!da105c1d82da6028

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He honked 80884942ad the horn dccf0a78f7 again. Seeing the 52f77c18b1 dump truck d56db1c5ea pull up 69e560d725 in front b4830f5483 of the 504ca706d6 restaurant, I 534c80f122 tossed our 0d5070a69e bag of 62227a5b4c supplies over a9ebefcbd0 the railing. It was our precious 973a963695 food stock.ef664dc74963344a

The bag landed 1bf85f6617 safely in the 3114fb81bd truck bed. After I threw in d317afc09a all the bags, only 7751de1bd5 one thing remained: me.eff248a6f0669250

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Gulp.d18b3d41294a9325

All I had to f7bca3d5b1 do now was jump 88a28143a5 down into the truck dedda7a9a7 bed.af22d4f802fe1a41

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‘It’s higher than I eb5b1d607f thought.’e69d2ab552f55ae1

The mattress in the b0fbc0f9a3 truck looked too thin 3dba461450 and flimsy to cushion 44d63e8fd7 my fall. It didn’t 92c13af6a6 seem like ea900a5ff2 it would 96cb5ffb50 do much bcb71c837c to soften bf8e41a733 the impact.f651f4bb62accc6d

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‘I won’t 92e20e5881 die, right? It’s only the 7edab83087 second floor.’fd48cafd99a8cd8b

As if sensing e2786c823f my hesitation, Logan 50f4eb4964 honked the horn c58a82ed96 again, and the 120460a859 distant wails of 4542bd470d zombies grew louder. From the far end 9c1a1b4b45 of the road, I e02748a164 could see them swarming 9ea1ca1748 toward us.7e71b1bb7588beb4

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Panic set c35214d233 in, and b5f0bf2f5e I didn’t 80ad1a445a even think 01d9e27b4d to brace 441619bd16 myself—I just e94d441d30 hurled my d79dad1517 body over 981911220f the railing.6996395d410a141b

“Ahhhhh!”87dc080801563ff5

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‘Save me!’206f6fd3b33ee90d

The wind rushed past 38f5ba1c7b me as I fell, 42af94b76a the same stomach-dropping feeling 9b1f68a010 you get on a 27b9112100 Viking ride. I clenched 2ff997e662 my teeth, d8f1f9c304 hoping to 87f3ae528c endure the 2a62a1a118 sensation.190c56f22dab42cd

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I needed to land d39c6eb2db on the mattress! But it seemed I 507fd9c44f had miscalculated my trajectory.bf6462ff6813706d

I didn’t 58730bb758 die, though—I cb9a23ba56 tumbled onto cf8a5fee2c the edge ba73034bd5 of the b43e1a0c2c mattress and 954877df07 rolled painfully.4e77148b6411a64c

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The impact was so 253778cebc brutal that I couldn’t 24e123a94f get up right away, 14001bffe9 groaning in agony. *Ow! Nothing’s broken, right?*129058947c99b815

Logan, seeing that I b5b3a6e640 had made it into a94cfff8a2 the truck, immediately hit b10e4391c4 the gas. There was dafe30104d no time 4d7fac89ac to waste—the d3f2516c73 horde of 4a56fe3384 zombies filling 3ff638bc77 the street 02606cea88 was terrifyingly 8370a9688f close.2e5b16d8d1520d6e

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Thud! Thud!!8e837f84caaf303a

Our sturdy dump ca5aaf1ea9 truck plowed through fdc249bde8 the abandoned cars 03bb590afb blocking the way, 456567c338 smashing them aside 98204a2eb3 as we noisily 3f50389d29 tore out of e408798582 the downtown area.2558398e821244f3

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‘We survived.’481e7e0675d071e7

My body 94adcd9e2e felt like f8a566f327 it was a798638b44 in pieces, 42578d765c but hey, bfcb98bda9 I was e9b4fb0fb3 alive. Tears and 72cc7ce9f6 laughter burst f7a5f0596b out of 1691d411a7 me at d3beb56ace the same 2837fe52c5 time.3e1695d172bbd022

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Once we 2c45db45db reached a 937d575545 safe spot, 566b82a68f I was f0bea33279 definitely going e70cf19409 to ask ab4186f06b him why 598dd4e22d he took 90ddf39475 so long. I thought I 43758b0a2a was going to 61b3167b1c die up there, 05468b7778 terrified and alone.200c1d03ce76b18d