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“I’ve been here before,” Lazlo said to no one in particular “I played at the Hard Rock, and we partied it up in Vegas for like three days after”

“Yeah, great” I did lass and squinted in the darkness of the casino “Does anybody have a light or so?”

Casinos were built without s so people can’t keep track of how long they’ve been there That’s fine when it’s full of bright lights, but with the power out, the casino was a pitch black to around broken chairs, upended slot machines, and lots of dead bodies

“It srimaced after he’d etting used to the set used to it

“You should’ve sed at the thought

“Blue, can you see anything?” I walked farther into the darkness Blue was ahead ofto find security They should have flashlights” He started to say so “I’ht in the car,” Lazlo said He waited just inside the doors, rubbing his aret it?”

“Yeah, that ht be helpful,” I said dryly

He caht, and I took it froht After that, ere able to find the security area and torking flashlights I gave one to Blue and one to Harlow

Lazlo nored hiht to look for food, and I went to the left, thinking it’d be quicker if we split up I left Harlow and Lazlo with the instruction to look for food but not to stray too far away

“Is she always like this?” Lazlo said to Harlow as I walked away

“Usually,” Harlow replied, and I sighed toas h s for a kitchen or bar

Without air conditioning or s, it was suffocating By the ti it hard to breathe The air was filled with dust, heat, and death

I found an eed around Most of the food had spoiled, and a body lying on the stove had burned to a crisp soo I pushed past it and hunted around the shelves

There were many jars of maraschino cherries and olives for drinks, and I tossed the I found were cases of bottled of water, and I was filling the bag with theroan behind me