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In the next instant, Jack was on the zo down on the back of its neck and pulling it away fro remains of the man tried to hold onto Jason, but Jack yanked hard and it slid off Jason

Calhoun was nearby using the detonation device to bash the other runner’s brains in

"Calhoun, no!" Jason ed to utter, then heard a terrible sound A steady beeping "Jack! Let go of it! Come here!"

Jack whirled around and rushed toward the boy The nearly decapitated runner pushed itself to its knees but then the sniper finally got the right shot and it fell over

Calhoun looked at Jason startled, then up at the box The light that had so deter red Calhoun looked toward the fuel tanks then the boy "This is not good"

"You triggered it," Jason shouted back "We need to run Now!"

Jason glanced toward the opening and saw zo toward them They had finally been noticed and around fifty zombies were already past the fire line He didn’t say another word, but turned and ran

Jack growled at the sha zombies, then ran after his boy The stinky old an to run after them He was bit slower because of his creaky old bones Jack barked at hie the stinky er and the old ht blinked faster and faster They were halfway to the fort when the fuel tanks exploded The blast blew theush of hot air, then flaround as the blast filled thesky Fiery debris rained down as the roar of the explosion rang in the fort occupants’ ears

When the fla, debris littered the wide expanse before the fort, and a boy, a dog, and an old round

Katie lifted herself up off the floor and looked over the rail at the devastation the fire line had wrought Zo, as was the makeshift outer wall Many of the zombies had been blown into bits and others tossed back down the hill into the h the acrid smoke

It took a moment for her to see that at least twenty zombies were still alive inside the fire line Most of the zoling to get away fro apart with zo off in two different directions

As the black sled to see Calhoun and Jason She saw Jack first as he slowly stirred, then began to bark anxiously as zoures

"Oh, shit!" Katie grabbed her walkie-talkie and pushed down the button

"Jason and Calhoun are in danger near my point Someone kill those bastards!"

Katarina heard the call froned position At least she could take out the zoures materialized out of the smoke, she took her shots

"My boy!" Juan exclained to his teaot a job to do, man"

Juan tried to push past him but realized the truth of that state heart, Juan turned back to his duties His shoulders ached from the tension and he felt tears in his eyes He prayed to God someone would save his boy

"Let the two lines that are flanking the fort go I have a feeling they will keep going," Nerit ordered over her walkie-talkie "Concentrate on anything that breaches the outer peri that e line is on fire It’s splitting the horde in half That worked out better than we hoped" Kevin rapidly drew on thethe battle

"But the fire will die down and whatever is out there will come into the kill zone"

"We’re ready"

Travis reached the wall just in time to see his wife about to slide onto the et Jason!" She answered defensively Her gun was already in her hand "He’s Jenni’s boy I have to"

Nearby, there were soft hisses as the sniper attempted to keep the zoround Jack’s barking and growls sounded as he defended his fallen boy