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A herself via the pure desperation to not have to crawl through any uts Molly led her out of the room, into the hallway, and Amy tried to pull her away from the direction of the stairwell, and the rave Molly would not budge, pulling the other way, heading for the stairs

No

A down into that basement Not now, not ever Not for a million dollars Not if her life depended on it Amy pulled one way Molly planted her feet and pulled the other

Fine

Aed off into the darkness of the hall, tohatever lay at the opposite end fro tomb she knew lay below She threw her hand in front of her, walking blind, and eventually found afro the handle and dead bolt, hoping to find a lever but instead finding a keyhole, one requiring a key she did not have Clawed feet scratched up the floor tiles behind her, Molly co back to say, "See?"

Aers were sticky with other people’s blood Molly barked Arabbed her collar, and allowed herself to be led down the hallway They reached the end, and the stairs

Down they went They ee and gunpowder, and there were the doors, and the scratching noises behind the doors A, and A They reached the MAINTENAN door In the darkness, Amy ran her hand over it and felt puckered bullet holes She closed her eyes, let out a breath, and said a silent prayer

She pushed the door open

What lay beyond the door was Hell S pipes and ducts that iant robot octopus It stank like fireworks and burned cloth and scorched ht stabbed up froht It illuht it for the rest of her life Dead, open eyes stared up at the ceiling Openthe same solid color She felt her stomach turn

Molly pulled free and stepped across corpses, trotting past the tiny shaft of light, continuing into the shadows beyond She stopped at the opposite wall, looked back at Aht--she was deterhtmare place If she could justwould be a bit better She carefully stepped over lis and explored with her toes to find the solid floor in between One step, two, three … eventually she got close enough to grab the flashlight, trying to block out the fact that it was curled in three dead fingers She plucked out the light andto her now, toxic, stinging fumes that burned her eyes

There was a hole in the wall Cinder blocks had been smashed and knocked aside This here the ht inside and found that wasn’t quite right--the tunnel had already been there It was made of brick and looked like the old-fashioned sewers they have under European cities Old rusty pipes and stuff Did the zombies live down here? Under the town?

Molly pushed past Amy, jumped and scrambled up into the tunnel

"Molly! Wait!"

It was barely s and dripping with muddy water But that wasn’t the worst of what she knew lurked in there Molly scampered into the darkness, the scratches of her claws disappearing into God knehere

"Molly!"

Aht down the tunnel, and sao eyes reflecting back at her Molly had stopped and looked back at her, but stayed where she was

No No, no, no, no, no--