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"It’ll be raining zo one zolass and shoved her hand through She worked and worked at it until she pushed herself all the way through and fell It was a long, graceful sort of fall

Her blond hair strea up over her head and shoulders She landed feet first on the hard packed soil Every bone in her legs shattered and she cruan to systeroup of people were standing and watching, hed and started to walk toward her with a shovel in one hand

Katie cocked her shotgun

"No No guns The sound will bring them here if they are out of the school," Travis said

"Good point"

Katie tried to look away, but couldn’t Juan casually drove the shovel through the head of the zombified maid and the drama was over

"We need to build a catapult and just toss them over," Juan muttered as he motioned to another hed "We just htly smiled "So…"

"So?"

Jenni hovered near Katie’s side, Jason right behind her Jack looked at Katie curiously

"Got anything to eat around here?"

"As a matter of fact, there was supposed to be a fund raiser for the local volunteer fire depart hall on the second floor of city hall, you’re gonna feel like you’re in heaven"

Thank God," Jenni said with relief

"So we’re staying," Jason said

Katie looked at hi to Travis then back to Katie

"Yeah, we’re staying"

"Good Because we need you here I feel it," Travis said and he put his aret you food, introduce you to the Mayor and hear your stories"

Katie didn’t think Jenni could get any redder or anyroup as theyback once to see Juan and another guy loading the dead zo her own kind

"Besides," Katie h a Door Softly

Jenni felt rather special walking with Travis’ arainst her skin and she felt herself blushing

Behind her, Katie walked briskly holding her shotgun in one hand and her backpack in the other

As they neared the back entrance of city hall, Travis said, "Hold a sec" and released his hold on Jenni and Jason He turned and , curly hair flowing under his baseball cap, quickly ran over He was tall, deeply tanned and had the lean muscled build of solints of red in it and his eyes were a dark green Tucking his thumbs into his work belt, he looked at Travis expectantly He looked weary and a little shorttempered

"We have more zombies on the way Get the harnesses ready," Travis said

"Great It’s not like we don’t have enough of them out there as it is"

Juan said in his very thick West Texas accent "Are you sure?"

"They followed the ladies here to Ashley Oaks," Travis assured him

"They’re on their way"