Page 24 (1/2)

“Hardly,” I laughed hollowly

“No, you are,” he insisted “You’re better at everything than I ahed I even smiled a little

The sun started to rise above the horizon, and I felt a little better I was just thinking that LazloBased on the panicked expression on Lazlo’s face as he pounded the gas pedal, I knew he had no clue as going on

Then the SUV stoppedentirely

– 10 –

“What the hell happened?” I dees on the car A lowed blankly the way it always had In soe atteht

“What’s going on?” Blue asked groggily from the back

“I don’t know The car just stopped,” Lazlo ed to downplay the anxiety in his voice

“Did you hit anything?” Blue leaned forward between the seats to investigate further

Lazlo accidentally clicked on the stereo, causing Bon Jovi’s hit song “Wanted Dead or Alive” to co the hell out of the three girls sleeping in the back

“Sorry!” Lazlo fu? Why aren’t we ?” Lia asked frantically

“I don’t know!” Lazlo snapped in frustrated “It just stopped!”

“Whatever I have to pee,” Harlow sighed and got out of the car, and Vega ith her

I considered telling the around Mountains were off in the distance, but the land around the highas still fairly flat, with green shrubbery dotting it Other than sparse vegetation, there was nothing

We had traveled through a small town about an hour before, but it looked just as deserted as this Zombies tended to only be a probleotten stretch of highway

“Oh, I see” Blue nodded “We’re out of gas”

“What do you lared at Lazlo

“Oh,” Lazlo said as understanding hit him “I didn’t even notice”