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This one gave e, dusty et a clear view of anything I could see ing chain that swung back and forth, but I couldn’t really see anybody

Stella was still crying, a plaintivefroht have been Bishop, but the noise they were roan or that bizarre retching thing zombies sometimes did

It reminded e blathering of sounds that were coible

The ere divided up into eight sh One of the bottom panes on thehad been broken with the top half colass and pulled out the pane, trying to be as quiet as possible Once the glass was free, I dropped it in the snow and hoisted h the panes silently

I alht h, and then dropped quietly onto the floor

I’d landed behind a large machine with massive rotary blades I’m not sure what it was for, but I was thankful that there was no electricity to turn it on I didn’t want to see it in action

I was still catching gliarbled noises were louder and rather panicked I crouched down and crept around the et underneath a lineshaft roller conveyor belt The bars above me kepton fro all those weird sounds Her head twitched, like she’d suddenly developed Tourette’s, and her movements were jerky Her hands and ar, but like a arbled cartoon grunt, spittle would fly out from her mouth Her eyes ild and crazy, but there was a hint of so in them, a consciousness that a zo, but based on how terrified she appeared, I didn’t think she had any control over it

I realized that I was seeing so into a zombie I’d seen humans, and I’d seen theer still, Bishop appeared to be trying to fight it She couldn’t, of course, not any more than a person could will away AIDS or stop the co and painful as it was to watch Bishop transforure out where Stella was, so I could get her out of here,

Iunderneath the conveyor and followed the sound of Stella’s crying I’d walked a few yards across the factory when I spotted Stella If I hadn’t been crouched down, I don’t know if I would’ve been able to see her

There was another huge round That’s where Stella was, squished underneath I’et under there Even the teddy bear she always carried with her look sht space

I was about to crawl out from under the conveyor belt and let Stella knoas here, when I heard Bishop startthat I’d only heard zombies and movie monsters make before

Bishop had had her back toshe was a zoence had been erased from her face And she fixed her bloodshot eyes directly on ht I wasn’t sure I could win But when Bishop ran at me, I realized I had no choice

I ran out the other side of the conveyor belt, so that would be between us That didn’t really stop her, though She dove at it, flying over the rollingfor soht her with

The factory was full of deadly es, but I had no idea how to use that against her Bishop would be ridiculously strong and fast It wasn’t like I could just grab her and hold her down against a rotary blade

Sheets ofon thick, rusted chains Farther down the line, the sheets of metal had been pressed into doors and sides of combines and tractors They moved across the factory on heavy ht on my tail, so I jumped up onto the conveyor belt I stumbled quite a bit on the lineshaft rollers, so I ran on the side Because it was like walking on a balance beao slower than I would’ve liked

But Bishop had gotten up on the conveyor behindon her belly, grabbing at ed to stay a step or so ahead of her

When I was close enough, I leaped up and grabbed onto one of the hooks The thrust ofacross the aisle It stopped short above the top of aonto the chain, and the hook came down to my waist when I stood I’m not sure what the machine beloas supposed to do, but the conveyor belt ran through it The top was flat, and it was about ten feet off the ground