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"I remember some of it now," Sara said after a moment "When the viral took esture that was half shrug, half shudder, and Peter knew she would say noAnd I don’t care what you say, Maus, you’re in no shape to be out here But I agree with Michael If you’re asking for "

She shifted her eyes toward Hollis, who nodded "Yes We keep going"

The other question was Olson Peter’s distrust of the h no one had said aselse Since the train had stopped, he had barelyvacantly in the direction they’d coh the loose dirt, scooping up a handful and letting it fall through his fingers He see his options, none of thehts lay

Hollis pulled Peter aside as they were packing up the supplies All the shotguns and the rifle now lay on one of the tarps, beside the piles of aht in the train-it was as safe a place as any-and set out, on foot, in the

"What should we do about hi his head toward Olson Hollis was holding one of the pistols; Peter had the other "We can’t just leave hiuess he comes"

"He may not want to"

Peter considered this for awe can do"

It was late afternoon Caleb and Michael had gone around to the rear of the engine, to siphon off water from the tanks with a hose they’d found in a closet in the engine’s aft coed panel, about aoff the underside of the train

"What’s this?" he asked Michael

"It’s an access panel It connects to a crawl space that runs underneath the floor"

"Anything in there we can use?"

Michael shrugged, busying himself with the hose "I don’t know Have a look"

Caleb knelt and turned the handle "It’s stuck"

Peter, watching fro his skin Sohtop-"

The panel flew open, sending Caleb tuure unfolded from inside the tube

Jude

Everyone reached for a weapon Jude stu a pistol Half his face had been blasted away, revealing a broad s bone; one of his eyes was gone, a dark hole He see of pure i people!" Jude snarled

He fired just as Caleb, reaching for the pistol, stepped in front of hi higers of their weapons, lighting up Jude’s body in a crazy dance

They e face-up on the dirt, one hand clutched at the place where the bullet had entered His chest rose and fell in shallow jerks Alicia threw herself onto the ground beside hiers His eyes, pointed at the e

"Sara, do so!"