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Jenni, ot out of the cab, released the safety, puun and waited The zo out to her For a moment, he looked remarkably like Lloyd

She fired

The headless corpse hit the pavement

"What the hell did you just do?" Katie looked utterly shocked

Jenni looked at her plaintively "We have to kill them"

Katie opened her mouth, then shut it She looked shocked at Jenni’s actions, but was rown German Shepherd She clihed and cliun

"We don’t kill"

"You ran over the runners back in town"

"I panicked I…" Katie faltered

Jenni sighed sadly She needed Katie to be strong She needed her to be the strong one She hadn’tthe zombie as an example and she would kill them in the future, but Katie needed to lead Jenni couldn’t bear the thought of having to figure all of this out

Katie stroked the dog’s fur as she looked at Jenni for a long as now And Jack here, well, we need to keep hi he was knocked out duringand kissed him

"Jack?" Jenni s and pulled him onto her lap

"That’s what his vet papers say"

"It’s a good naas station next

Gas, food, supplies, and we keep going until we figure out where the hell we are going? Sound good?"

"Yeah," Jenni answered Snuggling the dog tight, she sighed with relief

Katie was back in control

It would be okay

Chapter 2

1 In The Shadow of the Dying World

Katie sighed with relief when she saw the gas station sign up ahead

The needle on the gas gauge was dipping dangerously under empty

Despite the lack of any "zo anywhere

Beside her Jenni was busy lavishing attention on the Ger Jenni The first time she had seen her, Jenni had seemed to be in a daze The first spark of life she had shohen she had blown the zombie’s head off Now she seemed more alive Yes, that was it A little more animated It almost seemed weirder than her trance-like state when Katie had first saved her

But as she to judge? What was nor around you and reality suddenly looked like a Dali painting

Pulling into the gas station slowly, Katie leaned forward over the steering wheel to stare across the expanse of the parking lot There were no cars parked in the lot or tucked under the as pumps

It looked utterly deserted

"If we’re lucky, the pumps are still on I’ll useher lips against the dog’s ear "You should fill up the gas can, too"

"Good idea And if we can get into the store, we should load up on food"

Katie slowly released the brake and let the truck glide up to a pu all around her, she turned off the truck Reaching down, she picked up the shotgun

"Here is the plan I’ to keep a watch out and hold the shotgun Obviously, you can use it You see any of those things, you tellher intently Now that Jenni wasn’t looking like a zombie herself, Katie could see she was quite pretty with deep, alert eyes<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>