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I cla frozen brains into my mouth as fast as I could s theain Better than whole

Ed saw me stand out of the corner of his eye and spun, aze over me I wasn’t sure if he could see that I’d healed up The front of my shirt was still covered in blood, and it wasn’t as if bullets really left big gaping craters in flesh like in the h to stand" Ed said, answering htened on the machete "You fuckers don’t like to stay down, do you?" His mouth twisted in a parody of a smile, but there were still tears in his eyes "But once I take your head off and burn the skull, then it’ll all be over"

"I don’t think so," I said, then crammed the last piece of frozen brain into round Ed looked puzzled for only a couple of seconds before comprehension flashed across his face He took a step toward Marcus, raising the un out with his right

"This has to be done," Ed said through clenched teeth "I know you don’t believe it, but you’re ait," I said with a shake of el I’ve never killed anyone Yeah, what happened to your dad was horrible, but we all ony swept across his face as I ruthlessly shoved down the surge of pity that rose inhis best to curl his lip into a proud sneer "I’ll finish him, then finish you"

"Oh yeah?" I said Then I couldn’t resist I took a deep breath and yelled: "Zombie Super Powers, Activate!"

Then I moved

Chapter 36

Oh, Ed did his best to shoot obbled doo brains worth of brainsicle, and I was fast Not outrun-speeding-bullet fast, but ot two shots off, but I could tell exactly where he was aier It felt almost effortless to simply step out of the paths of the bullets In the next breath I was on hiun and machete ripped out of his hands

I took three steps back from him, then stepped on the machete blade to break it I had a split second of worry that I was going to stoht off it, but my super-brainy state didn’t failcrack

I alth would letif I failed at that Instead I flung it as far as I could into the woods, watching with satisfaction as it sailed several hundred yards He’d be a long ti to find it

But then I suddenly didn’t knohat to do I watched the terror crawl across Ed’s face as he looked at me, his eyes wide and full of white He saw me as a monster, no doubt about that I could sh I could hear every thump of his heart Beads of sweat popped out on his upper lip as we stared at each other I was hungry too, but not in the sto, wolverine-in-the-belly way I was used to Beneath his terror I could smell that he was prey In this moment I was predator Yeah, I could be the monster A really aweso and fast Fucking invincible

I ainst the four-wheeler "No, oh God, please," he staood," I h me as I listened to the rapid flutter of his pulse I could smell his brains beneath it all--every time he exhaled, I could smell it Hoesome it would be, warm and fresh

A scrape of aze to the side long enough to see Marcus’s leg slowly hthat I was allowing prey to escape Marcus is alive! Err, sorta He’s a zombie He’s really a zombie! Wow, that would’ve sucked if Ed and I had both been wrong about that

I took a deep breath and speared Ed with as ood job of it, because he hiter than I ever thought anyone could be Regret twined through me, but I knew I couldn’t back down I liked him and I even felt a little sorry for hi to murder his best friend

"Go Run," I snarled "I don’t ever want to see you again And if you kill any more zombies, I’ll hunt you down and eat you Then I’ll kill you" Heh I crackednoise, then spun and took off running toward the woods He stu After a couple of h the underbrush faded away I hoped he fell into a few patches of poison ivy along the way Followed by a sticker bush Then le came from Marcus, and I abandoned my brief desire to chase Ed down I hurried over and crouched beside hi anything