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So there I was,&039; Paul Castle explained, `I&039; into the station I knew that so the first few people starting to panic around ht All I could think about was the speed I mean, ere just minutes away fro down I&039;ve done that journey five tihteen ot to knohere the train should start slowing down and where the brakes should kick in and&039; He stopped talking and turned to look out of theat the darkness outside Donna and Paul were sitting in the training rooet used to the fact that they had found someone else alive

`So what did you do?&039; Donna asked `By then people were dying,&039; he continued, wiping a tear fro that she hadn&039;t seen hi aroundabout as happening to the rest of theot down on the floor and covered my head with , but we got aith it lightly Nothing seees and then I felt the i wrench It threwand breaking I swear I&039;d have been badly injured if it wasn&039;t for the bodies There were soall around ed to sot out I saw that we&039;d gone into the back of another train that was still at the platfored to stay on the rails&039;

`Were you hurt?&039; `I did this,&039; Paul replied, lifting his shirt and turning around to show her his back Even though the light was poor Donna could clearly see a huge purple and brown bruise running diagonally across the entire width of his back `Painful?&039; He shrugged his shoulders `Not really,&039; he replied `Truth is I&039;ve hardly thought about it since everything happened&039; `So what did you do next?&039; `I went to work Christ, there&039;s conditioning for you I didn&039;t knohat else to do I et houred that if I was at work then I&039;d at least have so was&039;

`I knohat you mean That&039;s why I&039;m still here&039; `You worked here?&039; She nodded `Typical, isn&039;t it,&039; Paul grinned `You spend et out of work then you end up trapped there when everything goes belly-up&039; `So was there anyone else around when you got there?&039; `There were plenty of people there,&039; he replied, `but no-one else was alive Jesus, all the people I&039;d been working with just the day before were dead All those people that I&039;d known for ages just gone You get to know the people you ith, don&039;t you? I hadat the weekend and now they&039;re&039; He stopped talking and looked up at the ceiling to avoid eye contact before losing control and starting to cry again Donna sat and watched frorey desk She said and felt nothing Soed to distance herself from the pain

Perhaps it was the shock of everything that had happened? Whatever the reason, inside she felt as dead as the thousands of bodies lying and rotting on the streets It was as if every nerve in her body had been cauterised She didn&039;t see but, at that moment, it helped `Have so else to say She pushed a packet of biscuits across the desk Paul shook his head `You should eat so&039; `No thanks&039; `Drink?&039; She offered him a half-empty bottle of water He nodded and wiped his face on his sleeve before taking the bottle fro thirstily `So what do we do now?&039; he asked as he screwed the lid of the bottle back on and passed it back Donna shrugged her shoulders `Don&039;t know,&039; she replied bluntly `I mean we can&039;t just sit here, can we?&039;

`What else is there to do?&039; `Christ, we should do soet out there and find other people See if we can actually find so on&039; `Bloody hell, I haven&039;t seen anyone else alive apart fro, so what chance have we got of finding anyone who knohat&039;s happened?&039; `I know, but I&039; `Look, I don&039;t want to go out until I have to,&039; she continued, interrupting

`Until I knohat&039;s caused all of this I want to stay as far away as I can fros out there&039; Her voice was cold, flat and tired and herto argue He got up and made himself a makeshift bed from clothes and blankets underneath a desk He lay there in silence and stared up into the darkness for hours Donna sat in her chair and did the same