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Stretching out, she felt the coffee giving her a nice little rush, and she felt al at a nice even clip over the packed earth of the site, darting around port-a-potties, the lunch wagon, and behind the portable office buildings After a few y increase and her endorphins kick in and soon she was jogging at a fair clip despite her heavy Doc Martens

She was on her third circuit around the fort when Travis dropped in beside her He matched her pace easily and said, "Hey"

"Hey," she answered with a sht?"

"Sentry duty until ht kinda took it out ofa new pot when I went to grab a cup," he answered

"You jog?"

"Every ," he answered, and she noted the natural ease in which he carried hi with Lydia," she said, and was instantly tor at her She shook her head and looked away from him, tears abruptly in her eyes

Travis jogged next to her, silent, yet watchful He waited until she had control of herself, then said, "Ralph called in thisbefore ere up

He wanted to knoe’ll be heading his way today"

Katie glanced toward Travis "Are we?"

"I’ They will eventually get out and when they do, they’ll coed around a few people ere standing and talking All three were construction workers, looking dirty, tired, and nervous

"How far away is the school?"

"Three blocks North of here"

"Three blocks!" She was so startled, Katie nearly ran into the wall

Travis grabbed her ar path

"Yeah That’s why I’ht here and we’ll be swamped We will have to better defend ourselves They have numbers on their side"

"Plus they don’t sleep…" Katie shook her head "Yeah, we need to get the guns here soon What about food?"

"We’re okay for now thanks to the fund raiser and all the canned food from the food drive The truck driver that arrived yesterday was in a WalMart truck, and we ed to unload a lot of that into the city hall before a throng of zombies arrived A lot of canned and boxed food and other supplies

We’re not running out of toilet paper any tirinned and they started on their next circuit around the coht ere doohed and she joined hion and so

"But seriously, we have the wall up, food for awhile at least, but we need a solid way to defend ourselves I was looking around the area today and I think our best shot is the truck you and Jenni cah," Katie pointed out

"But we have so the teret it out to the truck and fill it up"

"How hed a bit as he ran "Sixto lure the them up We’ll have to distract them Probably with a car alarm like yesterday"

Katie lifted an eyebrow "So that’s how you did it?"

"We’re clever that way," Travis grinned

"So Soas canisters, pours theuns?" Katie’s voice sounded doubtful

"Yeah You and uys trick the zombies to the other side of the fort and we run for it There is a gas station ten hed "Sounds easy"

Travis’ eyes cast a shy glance at her "Yeah, I’h even more "Okay, so you and I run out there, I assuet the truck, ride to the nearest gas station, fill up the truck, haul ass over to Ralph’s hunting shop, grab a bunch of guns and htfall"

"Gee, ma’am, when you say it that way it sounds kinda romantic," Travis teased her

Katie rolled her eyes "Okay, I’ with us I know it"

"Yeah, she really does like to kill zo out onto Ralph’s balcony and shooting a zombie just because it looked like her father "Um…yeah"

"Think she’s okay upstairs?" Travis asked softly