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“Vega?” I asked, stepping closer to her “How are you holding up-”

I froze when I realized she wasn’t shaking because she was crying She was eating her pillow, tearing into it like a rabid dog

“Shit,” I whispered, taking a step back “Lazlo, run”

“What?” Lazlo asked He’d been standing behind h I told hia?”

At the sound of her naa turned towards us Her eyes had already yellowed, and drool and stuffing were stuck to heras hell

“Run!” I shouted, and Vega jumped up

We were in a bedroom without weapons, and I had to think fast I pushed her bunk forward, knocking it down on her, but she could get it off her if she really tried Her bones and ht her with my bare hands

Thankfully, Lazlo ran away, but I stayed where I atching Vega

“I have so up behind me

“What?” I glanced back at hia

“A weapon” Lazlo held up a silver meat cleaver “I took it ere at Korech’s and hid it under a started pushing the bunk off, I ran and juainst her chest, pinning her down, and her feet were tangled up with the bed and blankets froa bucked against the bed, and I wasn’t sure how long I could hold her down

“On what?” Lazlo asked, staring down at Vega and me with confused disa snarled and spit, roan Lazlo stood by her head, and she freed one ars He looked uncertain for a second, but when her fingers latched onto his ankle, he swung in surprise

The cleaver sliced into her neck, h her spine though, and Vega was still alive, snarling and convulsing Lazlo raised the cleaver again, and this tih force to take off her head

“Good job,” I said

“Thanks” Lazlo was still catching his breath, staring down at Vega’s corpse “I told you that you needed uess I do” I turned back to the roo behind a bunk, and Blue stood in front of her bed, shielding her

“What happened?” Harlow asked

“The zootten her today when it attacked her” I wiped blood off my broith the back ofup behind ed “You never can tell”