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Katie had alrabbed froed hiround Katie had almost stopped, but the old un! Get out of here! Go! Go!" He had continued to fight with the woman that had assaulted hiainst the paverabbed the shotgun fro hand and had dove into the open driver’s door Slanition only to realize the truck was already on

The oldvoice had shouted, "Go! Go! Go!"

She had obeyed: shifted gears and went In the rear view mirror, she had seen the small pack of mutilated humans reach the old man and dive onto him As she had driven down the shoulder and past the stopped cars that honked at her, she had seen the oldwith the rest of the pack

"Don’t turn here!"

Kate shook herself out of her memories and slammed on the brakes

"Shit!" It was a cul-de-sac She quickly started to turn around when she saw a nights erupted out into the street and began to race toward the truck cutting off their escape route

Her hands tightened on the steering wheel as she quickly pulled the truck around

"Just do it," Jenni said softly beside her "They’re not real any, floored the truck and braced herself The deer guard caught the first few and flung theer bounced onto the hood and he clung to hood, beating at the windshield with one hand

Katie slammed on the brake and the momentum carried him off the hood and his hand, already barely fastened to his arm by strands of tendon and skin, snapped off

"Oh, God," she whispered

"It’s okay," Jenni said softly "Really"

Katie hit the accelerator and they both were jostled when they drove over the youth’s body Maybe it was just her i sound

"What is happening? What the hell is this?" Katie shook her head, her blond hair falling softly across her brow

"The end," Jenni sighed "The end"

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The white truck hurtled down the streets of suburbia that were quickly falling into bloody bedla at an accelerated pace Gunshots rang through theair

People’s screah the streets At times it was only Katie’s quick reflexes that saved them from an accident

Beside her Jenni hit the Redial button once more Katie couldn’t bear to look at the phone and see Lydia’s beautiful face s out at her

If this wasn’t the end, it sure did look like it It had to be terrorists So Katie rubbed her ers That had to be it

Since Jenni’s proclamation of the end, they had both been silent It was too much to absorb

Too

They had to keep going

But where?

If only her Dad would answer his cell phone Of course, he was probably going nuts trying to reach her She could see hi police chief of legend Big Bruce was certainly doing his best to get this insanity under control Tears threatened to fall as she thought of his strong craggy face under his ht in this le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>