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"I mean be as quiet as possible so we can make it to the compound undetected, and on’t have any problems," I said

Nobody shot at us as weI didn’t see any signs ofAll the houses had been daed, laere torn up, and the streets were littered with smashed cars and broken furniture, as well as body parts and corpses

A low rumble ca his gun at the monster in the branches I looked with hi that made me much happier to see

"No!" I shouted and pushed Boden before he could shoot her, and his gun went off, shooting emptily in the air

"What the hell, Renored hi away from the others to see her

Ripley leaped out of the tree and raced toward me, her ears poised happily She almost knocked me dohen she reachedThen she walked aroundme very er than when I’d seen her last She was growing fat on a zoh her course fur, and I actually couldn’t recall a time in recent memory that I was happier Ripley rarely let me pet her, but she seemed just as happy to see me as I was to see her

"I remember the lion," Nolita said "She was at the quarantine for a while before she escaped I didn’t think she was friendly"

"She’s not usually this friendly," I ad her behind the ears "But she’s pretty tame"

Nolita reached out and tentatively petted her back Ripley let her and nuzzled her head into my stomach It hurt, but I didn’t complain

"I don’t ht to find shelter before dark," Boden said "Where is the compound?"

"Over that way I think" I pointed to the left "It’s on this side of town I know that estured forsince I’d been here, and it’d only been once We’d left in a hurry in a car, so h the toith Ripley staying close by She actually walked atwhen she heard a noise and raising her ears

We could hear the zombies, but we avoided them A small pack of four zo room of a rather decimated house Ripley watched them from the front steps while we hid, and eventually the zo us

But I’d seen thelass of the s One of the a marauder uniforotten much worse since the last time I’d been here

After the zombies passed us, we left the house, and we only had to round one ht sight of it, my heart froze in my chest