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I looked away from Lazlo and met Blue’s eyes in the rearviewsince we left, but the serious look in his eyes rateful to have another rational person in our group, otherwise none of us would survive

“I’ll do it,” Blue pro back at ave Blue a hurt look, as if he had betrayed her orus all a favor If he were a more of a leader, he would’ve insisted that I stay behind, and I wouldn’t have fought hih to insist I stay behind myself

“Hey, I’m not dead yet,” I forced a s around and sitting down

Lazlo returned to his side of the car, sitting low in the seat He reached over and took my hand I let hie any ahtest bit of butterflies that overcame the nausea and fear that had swept overworld around us and wondered how ressed, the sun burned off the fog, revealing scenery lush with grass and trees It reminded me of back home in Iowa, and I hadn’t realized how

The sun also warreen scent of the earth around us Everything sht’ve just been because I knew this ot to breathe it in

Not that er, we came into another small town This one looked like most of the other toe’d seen, evidence of havoc and death, but not quite as devastated and volatile as the toith the marauders

After our experience in the last one, Bluetrouble as o to the bathroom, so Blue looked for the nicest, least destroyed house he could find, and pulled in for a pit stop

Butter yelloith shutters and a white picket fence, the house looked quaintly picturesque The lawn and flower gardens had beco and shutters had splatters of dirt and blood on the sweet about it, and thatIt stood as a sad reminder of e had once been, what the Aain

Ripley didn’t feel like getting out of the car, so I cracked thefor her before ent inside Blue and I led the search, conducting a quick once over toout

The décor inside the house matched perfectly with the outside Warm, homey furniture, books, and knick knacks, even a fireplace Things had been disrupted, with shattered figurines on the floor and torn throw pillows, but in general, it didn’t look that bad A layer of dust covered everything, and I suspected that the place had been abandoned for a while

Once we determined that it was safe, Blue called in Harlow and Lazlo Harloent to the bathroo of value that we could use, like weapons or medicine I went to the kitchen to raid it for food

Ever since the zory, and I hoped that was from nerves, and not a syer pains as soon as she finished going to the bathroom, and it would be nice if they had soe because it would just let out the awful stench of rotten h the cupboards and happened upon a gold raham crackers