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Our path took us to a hole in the fence that looked like it was created by using a pair ofstrips to reroute the electricity before cutting the wire Mahir went through first, followed by Shaun, who keptdown s hurt, and howat the

This wasn’t the tiet as far fro my breath as best as I could, and let Shaun pull ot lucky; any zombies in the area had been attracted by the sound of sirens, and left us alone as we ran We rass and onto the broken sidewalk before ravity and ainst me for one horrible h forknocked the air out of me--what little air had been left into find the strength to get back up again

"Are you okay?" asked Shaun He sounded concerned, but calm Too calm; scary calm, like he wasn’t surprised to see h air to anshen the grass rustled, Becks and Mahir jogging up behind us There was a click--the sound of a pistol safety being released

"Move and you die," snarled Becks, tone leaving no roo but my efforts to breathe "Noho the fk are you, and what are you doing here?"

"She fell," said Shaun, sounding wounded "Dude, what’s your daht, Shaun," said Mahir, who sounded as calry "Let her deal with this You just stay right there"

"What’s hed, a short, brittle sound that made the hair on the back of a That’s all"

"I’ame, Becks," I said, voiceinto the paveet up before I try to explain myself?"

"Hold on," said Shaun Now he just sounded perplexed Not being able to see people’s faces was starting to get to s were a little crazy in there before, so I was sort of willing to blow it off and all, but are you telling

"We can both see her, Shaun," said Mahir wearily He was panting froh not as host, and no hallucination We can see her perfectly well"

"And if she doesn’t start talking soon, we can see her bleed," said Becks She nudged , "Well? Identify yourself"

"Please can I get up first?" I asked "It’ll be easier for us to understand each other if I’ into the street"