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Tre pinched as the space behind the door grew sunshot ruesome zombie faces turned away toward the shooters With loud ed to get a breath as the undead staggered away from the door

At the lastclosed now that the zo the door firers, he held it in place the best he could More zo His sweat slicked fingers slipped on the handle

One zolass and reached out It was an old man, his face eaten away on one side and his throat shredded into dried strips of flesh Instead of pushing the door toward Ken, he began to try to pull it away

"No, no, no," Ken whispered, struggling to hold on His adrenaline rush had left him now and he felt weak as a babe

The zo Ken could hear its bones cracking and itswith the exertion, but it didn’t feel pain It gripped the side of the door firan to pull it outward Ken tried to hold onto the door, but his fingers were so wet, they slipped free Falling back into the corner, Ken screamed as the zombie reached down for him

"Die, fucker," Lenore said in her low voice from behind the zombie

The zombie lurched forward and fell onto Ken

Ken began to scream in terror, then realized it was dead A bolt had shattered the back of its head The rotting brains slid out in a sliet up

Grabbing Ken’s arm, Lenore pulled hi over the dead bodies littering the floor He heard growls behind hi along behind the out with desperate hands as their uided him to the openShe pushed hih it

Ken clung to hi the mo van Lenore was heavier and harder to lift through theand the zombies were alrass Grabbing her hand, Dale tugged her after hian to tu next to the truck, Linda fired at zo loudly

Ken scrambled into the back of the truck and looked back to see Dale dragging Lenore behind hi to get up

"Hurry! Hurry!" His voice sounded shrill, but he didn’t care

Dale shoved Lenore up into the truck as Ken pulled on her arot her in Dale sla the truck lurched and headed off at top speed

Silently, Lenore sat down beside Ken on the bench and took his hand

He sobbed silently beside her He was surprised to see she was crying too, her big body shivering

"You are one stupid faggot," she finally said

Ken threw his are bosohtly, Lenore rocked him "I love you, anyway"

"You saved one, but you saved me"

"No zoh her tears

Ken lifted his head "ButwhatohGodwhat about Jenni and the others? They’re still back there!"

Lenore just shook her head "I don’t know, Ken I don’t know"

As the truck headed back to the fort, the two friends clung to each other and hoped for the best for the other team

3 Death’s Doorway Opens

It was evident froone to hell fairly quickly Dead bodies lay everywhere Every single one had a gunshot to the head Sole person in ICU Some, Jenni suspected, had not even been zombies

"Why kill all of these, but not the ones in the ER?"

"Ran out of time, I suspect," Bill answered Jenni

"Can we hurry it up? This place ismy skin crawl," Felix said froer agreed

Jenni unfolded her hting er felt uneasy by her appearance and took a step back

"Bill, you and et those drugs from the pharmacy," she said firmly