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"Where are they?"

"They set up inside the building REPER abandoned, I guess they left a ton of equipht there outside of quarantine and they’ll be the first to get overrun if the quarantine fails So the first order of business is to et a status update But it’s a fortified building, and we’re all going to be ar to be fine"

Josh turned out to not be full of crap on the subject of getting inside town--the ar the checkpoint on the country road south of the lake let the RV through after a short conversation with Fredo But then, a few miles later, they met a second checkpoint, one that was approxi wall of black vehicles and oggles or soht,demons

"Josh? What is this? Who are--"

Josh shushed her, but Aht to keep poop fro his body An aruns swarht Barrels were raised, like they were ready to paint the inside of the RV red One of the guards went to the driver’s side door and Fredo held a one-way conversation with hiuy the OGZA pass code or whatever, but there was no answer The guy backed away and conferred with sohtly knotted h Amy and the seven members of the Zombie Response Squad entered Outbreak Ground Zero

The power seemed to be out in most of the town and all the stores were closed, but they would be anyway since it was the nal on her phone Fredo said, "We’re six blocks away Still nothing fro has been cut off for the last hour"

Ah to the tohere the wireless signals are all blocked or whatever Like maybe they can still send but we can’t receive now"

Josh said, "That’s probably it," in a way that did not sound at all convincing "I actually don’t kno they were getting around the blackout before"

Fredo said, "Whoa, is that it? The lights down there?"

Josh answered, "That’s the quarantine That’s the city’s hospital back there behind all that They got the perimeter all lit up Look at that fence"

"Jesus," Fredo breathed "It’s … right … there They’re right there behind that fence Jesus"

Aes of what creaturesbeyond that fence Or

And David is in there with them

Wait, ere there advertisehts she could see an ad for McDonald’s bratwurst

A chubby guy hugging a long uys use in Vietnam movies"--said, "What do we do if they’ve been overrun?"

Josh answered, "We’ll have to play it by ear," which Amy understood to ratulate ourselves for having tried" The RV continued past the quarantine and headed right for the creepiest buildings in town: the old TB asyluiant cinder block so just like it, both of the over a bunch of dead trees

Aer building was dae hole in one end A lot of equipment was scattered around the yard She saw boxes of supplies on a pallet and at least two hoods fro in the weeds They’d all either been killed, or run away in a panic And this RV full of college kids was declaring it their new safe house

Josh said, "I bet it’s one of the safest locations in town The feds already did the job of securing all the s and doors and OGZA says they found a lot of food and stuff left behind"

The RV was rolling to a stop A hole in the wall and her ie of soh it with its fists

Oh, you have got to be kidding yot that sealed off so you can’t get into the rest of the building that way I guess so to kill a shark?"

"What?"

Aot the flares?"

Without a word, Fredo reached into the glove coe pistol with a comically oversized barrel He rolled down his , pointed the gun toward the sky and fired The laas bathed in light, a tiny white star rocketing up, then drifting lazily back to earth