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"Don't hit ht now!"

My voice was hoarse to the point of being unrecognizable Breathing in a lungful of fire will do that to a person, even if that person is a vafroasoline

"Cat?" shelike she didn't believe it

"Who the hell else would it be?"

To make up for my sharp words, I tried to slance at my arm showed I had a layer of soot over risly patches of charred flesh Okay, so I looked like a crispy demon fresh from the pit, but it was still me

A fresh river of tears spilled onto her cheeks "B-but I saw you burn"

"As Bones would say, right you are," I told her with a shudder of remembrance "I healed Mostly"

She still looked too shocked to believe , we need to get you out of here, and I have to find Francine," I ht me off, but she did yelp when I lifted her and ran tohere limpse showed me the nearest stretch of road was She'd be safer in the street, away froht start to spread even more if it wasn't put out soon

As soon as I saw pave back into the cornfield The pain was alone now, toto listen for any sounds that would lead me to Francine But just like when I walked in here with Sarah, the natural sounds of the drying husks rubbing together combined with the crackles from the nearby fire and the confusion in the other section of the fields as people started to notice the orange lights, my senses were effectively blanketed

I was about to propel ain when a sharp crack rang out, and the stalk next to me exploded I whirled in ti toward Kramer with vicious intentness He'd landed those shots before because I alking very sloith Sarah bracing herself on ain

I wrenched the gun away fro off as far as I could throw it Silver bullets wouldn't hurt hiun was useless to round, but I used his wide stance against hih force to pulverize his parts

"Who's crying now,that same knee to blast into his face when he doubled over Those i that made my pain sweet I sent another brutal hammer into his side, then another one, and another one

Kraainst the blows that cahost had spent centuries dishing out punishment, but froh tied through e I'd held back while Krae of all the people who'd been unable to fight back due to the superstition and unfairness of the age they lived in My blows rained down harder and quicker, every nasty, effective trick Bones taughtfroet away! I thought, increasing e of ht

Just when I was at the height of the euphoric high fro a well-deserved beat down, calaht over therethat's fire!got to get out of herewhere are the kids?oh my God, the crops!help, someone help me!

A hundred different voices assailedas a karate kick to the face I clutchedaway from Kramer in a blind atte the shit out of hirowing in voluitation

Krale-minded determination I'd shoith him This tih as those voices ha the critical split seconds between ducking a kick or punch and having one land with devastating effect His tackle brought me to my knees, and then a sharp crack toup ain-and his leg was yanked upward He fell back and was pounced upon by a beautiful brunette who, at the edaway at her ratitude while Elisabeth gave me the precious moments needed to force the voices down to levels where they didn't cripple ained the upper hand, throwing her to the ground and landing punishing blows to her e of deterh me If Elisabeth was here, then Bones couldn't be far behind

I launched h the back of his neck hard enough to sever every tendon The foulest taste filleddaround I spat it out but kept ripping at his neck because itElisabeth She vanished underneath in the nextbeside me in her usual vaporous, hazy state

"I can't help you any th to reet up, but I rah to cripple a nor it out before answering her

"You already gaveto her in German, unbelievably able to talk despite what I'd done to his neck I caught the word "hure" amidst the others and snaked an elbow around his throat, pulling up with allof tension, fell backward frorasp any to my feet, Kramer was also on his Not only did he still have a head, but the dae I'd done to his neck looked completely healed

"You can't killoff each word "I a to show you that you're not," I snarled