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I feel like I&039;ve been running for e of town and there are fewer buildings and shadows to hide in I don&039;t want to be seen I could have taken a car but there&039;s nothing else on the roads now and I would have drawn too much attention toand the light has alh by the heavy rain that&039;s been falling for the last hour or so, but that&039;s just a

I don&039;t kno long I&039;ve been outside now but so far I&039;ve seen only a couple of other people The air is still full of noise as the military try to expose us and flush us out into the open but the streets are eht but I&039;m sure that&039;s not the only reason why there&039;s no-one around Being out in the open is too dangerous Those few people I have seen - the occasional solitary figure that creeps carefully through the shadows likecontact with anyone Will they be like me? Perhaps they will but I can&039;t afford to take any chances They could be like the rest of the for trouble Finding Ellis is ht it feels as if the &039;nor in fear of us

I think I&039;m probably about halfway between my flat and Liz&039;s sister&039;s house now I had planned to walk all night but I think it will be sensible to stop and take cover soon There are helicopters over the city again now and I feel exposed Instinct tells me it&039;ll soon be too much of a risk to be out alone in the darkness with the h the streets and the skies If I thought it was safe to keep going I would I&039;ll take this opportunity to rest for a while and eat

I can&039;t stop thinking about Ellis My poor little girl is stuck in the ainst her at any tier and there&039;s nothing I can do to help her It ht already be too late but I can&039;t allow myself to think like that I&039;ve consciously tried to block the about Lizzie, Edward and Josh again Re sadness and ree too? Could whatever has changed within me be buried somewhere inside them also? I&039;d like to believe it could but I don&039;t hold out overnment information I read earlier (if any of it was correct) said that just a se of the population were likely to be affected I sensed a difference between Ellis and the others too She and I are alike We&039;re different to them, I can feel it I have to accept that the rest ofout of the city now I look back over hts on in e swathes of tohich are bathed in darkness The power must be down It&039;s inevitable, I suppose This &039;change&039; (whatever it is)afelt everywhere It&039;s tearing society apart as quickly as it destroyed ht into another body co the other way, the first person I&039;ve come across for some time I immediately tense ure back and clench h the darkness into the other person&039;s face and and it&039;s okay There is no anger, no hate and no threat Theof relief is immense This person is liketo fear fro my voice low

The other person nods and walks on

I can hear engines in the distance The h the dark city behind me and they are closer now There are h the sky too I can see four of the over the streets and occasionally illuhts It&039;s definitely tiet under cover

I cross over a low stone bridge which spans a silent railway track Ahead of e factory or warehouse and, on the other side of the road, a building site As I get closer I see that it&039;s the beginnings of a new housing estate There are a few houses almost completed just off the main road and they are surrounded by the shells of other partially constructed buildings The half-built walls and wooden fra up into the airdown It&039;s a silent and desolate place and it seems a sensible place to stop and shelter for a while

The paving slabs and tarravel and dirt I follow thesite and findshapes, sizes and degrees of construction The ground has been so badly churned by machinery here that it takes h the future back gardens of these buildings, not across the front I wonder whether any of these houses will ever be finished now? The three furthest from me appear to be the most complete and I head towards therilles All except the rille which covered the space where its back door was intended to go has been prised off It&039;s lying on the ground in a puddle ofin front of the doorway now looking inside Has someone been here? I realise that there could still be people inside but I need to stop Should I go in? Is it safe? Sensing that no-where&039;s safe any If there is anyone in there and they&039;re not like me I&039;ll kill them

Footsteps in the darkness Sudden movement

I try to ure is on top of s are kicked out fro back across the hard concrete floor I can&039;t see anything I try to kick and punch myself free and stand up but before I can ain I can feel so down on my ankles and so round There&039;s a third person in here I can see their shadowpast the doorway

&039;Think he&039;s safe?&039; sohtness burns my eyes

&039;Turn it off,&039; I hear another one of theht&039;

As quickly as the hands grabbed hold ofas much distance as I can between ht in the half-finished house is li So just ahead of me I know there are at least three people in here but are there any ain

&039;Take it easy,to hurt you&039;

I don&039;t know if I believe him I don&039;t know if I believe anyone anyht into their own face It&039;s a man, perhaps mid-to-late twenties I know instantly that he&039;s like me and that I&039;m safe with him And if this man is no threat then the people who are with him are no threat either

&039;What&039;s your name?&039; he asks

&039;Danny,&039; I tell him, &039;Danny McCoyne&039;

&039;Been like this for long, love?&039; asks a woman&039;s voice

&039;What?&039; Isince it happened?&039; she asks, rephrasing her question I assu about what happened at home when I killed Harry and lost my family

&039;Few hours,&039; I mumble, my throat dry &039;Not sure&039;