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It hurt like hell, but I was too pissed to care Pulling it by the hair, I got the zoround I puton the hair Itsound, which would only attractto die today, I would take as , I ripped off the zombie’s head There was a satisfaction in that, until I realized I was holding a head in round Itto the bloody stu at the scene in front oftiht or if I should tell her to run We were in the dark in the un in a while, so Blue and Lazlo ht be the only one really alive here, and I had no idea how to keep her that way
Light flooded everything, blinding ht white headlights appeared out of nowhere, and they bounced towards us in a hurry A static voice bellowed souns started firing, rapidly and loudly
Instinctively, I rushed towards Harlow and shielded her with , but I could hear the zo stopped, and when I looked up, two soldiers were running over to us
“Come on! Get in the truck!” A soldier barked and waved us toward the headlights “We can’t hold thee unifor us Harlow ran right away, letting one of the soldiers lead her to the truck, but I just blinked at him
“Are you froet in the truck!” he shouted atme
“Is that a lion?” another soldier asked as we reached the truck
“Leave her alone!” I yelled, suddenly afraid that they
At the back of the truck, I stopped and wouldn’t go any further It was one of those arreen canvas top The soldier trying to rescue me couldn’t be much older than I was, and he looked more confused than irritated by my display The name sown in his shirt read Pvt Tatum
“Is my brother there? A little boy?” I had to speak loudly to be heard over the engine of the truck and the sound of gunfire A few other soldiers were on the ground, shooting at the never ending supply of zombies “At the quarantine I have to find hiet on the truck to find out!” Tatuet on the da me I was even more surprised by how happy I was to hear his voice and know he’d made it
Much to Tatu both sides, and three soldiers were sitting on one side, along with a cache of weapons on the floor Blue, Lazlo, and Harlow sat along the other bench, wrapped in blankets, the heavy duty kind they used for ot in, a soldier put one on me and pushedto the other round, and he jumped in the truck Within seconds, everyone had loaded inside, and we drove away I pulled the blanket htly around me, thankful for the thickness that would hide the blood sleeping through
I was covered in zo, but I was covered in my own blood too I didn’t want anyone to know that I’d been bitten, that I had to be infected
“I’ to Tatum He sat across the aisle from me, and he see, and his na He’s probably in theabout it” Tatum kept his steel blue eyes fixed on some point behind me “We’re almost to the quarantine That’s why the zo forward so he could hear
“The zombies are attracted to people” Taturoup of people, the stronger the attraction Zoiven up trying to kill them all We just keep them locked out”
“Is that safe?” Harlow asked nervously “The quarantine won’t get broken in?”
“No, this place is secure,” Tatum assured her with a brash smile
“I need to see my brother,” I interrupted their conversation Tatum’s smile disappeared, and he wouldn’t even answer me this time “I need to see him! Is he there? If he’s not there, then you need to tellover at me “Calm down! We’re okay, and we’re almost there! You’ll have plenty of ti hard, I looked down at the floor and didn’t say anything I didn’t have time anymore If Max was here, I had to see hioodbye to hio in with the anyone if I didn’t have to But if there was any chance of seeing my brother, I had to take it
The truck stopped, and a soldier explained that ere stopping at the ate to the quarantine A ht inside and asked what they’d found Tatum reported four injured civilians in a zoht waved us on, and the truck ate froiant and metal, at least twenty feet tall, if noton either side of it, and when Tatuone in the first set of doors An identical gate stood on the other side, still closed
“What’s going on?” I asked nervously Taturabbedus?”