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Aht out into the open again, and toward Molly

She kneeled down over her, crying, pressing her face to the dog’s

I slowly stood, waving ood it had done Amy last time Nearby I saw the shredded sleeve of one of the black space suits, and I grabbed it and waved it like a flag

They didn’t shoot

I went over to A, thank God, because I don’t think either of us could have handled that She was silent, her eyes closed, still She never even felt it

Molly had moved when the rest of the world was still, she had been able to navigate the paused world just like John and I had, and I doubted I would ever kno, beyond the fact that there were a lot of things about this anis had stopped, she ran, from wherever she was, and she ran as fast as her paws could take her, knohere she needed to be and what she needed to do And what she needed to do was to steal oddamned hero moment

We kneeled there in the cold, and finally so was doing it against orders He had eed fro so, so I just showed him my empty hands and said, "We’re not arirl at my feet and I still looked like zombies, then John convinced hi the distinctly hu with a cell phone

The soldier climbed out of his vehicle and jumped down, then crossed the barricades

See, that’s how you get eaten in a zohway behind us, refugees from Undisclosed who had presu World War III erupting up ahead But now they ca with an adherence to posted traffic laws that zombies so rarely display

No one on the other side of the barricades panicked and opened fire The spell had been broken A over A down at them Boots appeared on the road next to ray ca assault rifle was pointed at the ground, a gloved hand on the grip, the finger resting outside the trigger guard

The soldier said, "Sir! Please identify yourself"

"My na I am not a zombie or infected with any kind of disease that creates zombie-like sympto officers"

The soldier gestured toward the approaching vehicles and said, "You’ve escaped the city? Are there other uninfected back there?"

I thought for aAmy’s face I sed and said, "As far as I know, everybody in town is uninfected The effects of this outbreak have been grossly exaggerated"

"STOP FILMING, SIR! SIR!"

John obeyed, stuffing the phone in his pocket He said, "You can confiscate the phone if you want A copy of the video is currently hosted on uess, but it’s on a server based in the Ukraine So good luck with that"

Other soldiers were approaching cautiously frouy, and in a zo back to life and bite one of theo to hell But this was not a zo cold on the paveain John took off his jacket and laid it over Molly, so she wouldn’t lay there and get soaked It was for Auy, a medic apparently, said, "Is anyone in need of medical attention?"

John said, "No We’re fine"

Then a furious voice eot three bullet wounds down here and I’ water Somebody?"