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Reilly takes us back to our cells one at a tiht That develops into a routine He escorts us to zom HQ (as we call it) every day, lets us mix for several hours, then returns us to our cells We always go with hiets to see where the other zom heads are housed We could all be quartered in the same corridor, or in completely different parts of the complex - we’ve no idea

They could leave us with each other the whole time - like me, the others don’t need to sleep - but Tiberius thinks they’re trying to institutionalize us, to make us easier to control

I try to discuss the attacks and the outside situation again, but nobody wants to talk about that They’ve been through it all before and are reluctant to rehash old arguments It doesn’t matter that all of the theories are fresh to h they’re not tight like real friends, they share a bond that I’ to break their rules just to please the new zom head on the block

Even Mark, the friendliest of the lot, gets prickly when I push him

"Just leave it, B," heabout it If they want to tell us, they will If they don’t, they won’t, and all the guessing in the world won’t get us any closer to the truth"

Mark’s the runt of the litter The others tease him and pick on hi allowed to join the zom heads when they experi with theo too far

Danny tested me on my second day in zom HQ Tossed a casual insult ain and you’ll be picking the remains of your teeth out of your mouth," I told him, ready to back up the words with action if pushed But Danny’s no fool He saw that I was serious and judged irl and he’s bigger than e is the undisputed leader of the pack He’s a big old bruiser - easy to see how he got his nickname - but clever too, reads a lot, excels at the s Reminds et the better of people like that You can’t beat thee doesn’t seem to be as violent as htly because there’s always the chance that he’ll snap and s said that, he acts like a toad whenever any of the scientists or soldiers co when they inding him up that first day, but I soon see that they’re not He’s like a fanboy when Josh or his tea to run soet tested regularly, usually by nurses or low-level doctors But today ere treated to a visit by the high and hty one hie beaer puppy

"Very well, thank you," the doctor replied, then asked Rage how things were going Once they’d dispensed with the se barked at the rest of us and ordered us to line up He walked down the line with Dr Cerveris, glaring at us,untoward or threatened the doctor in any way

"Are those okay?" Rage asked when Dr Cerveris caer bones

"Yes," the doctor said "I was just curious to see what he had drawn" He smiled at Gokhan "You have an artistic eye"

"Art’s my favorite subject, innit?" Gokhan replied

"We’ll have to give you oils and canvas, to see if your skills have been affected by your altered circumstances"

"I dunno about that," Gokhan pouted "I’"

"You’ll do whatever the hell the doctor tells you to do!" Rage roared, and shoved Gokhan in the chest

Gokhan squared up to Rage and it looked like things were going to kick off, but Dr Cerveris coughed politely and said, "Please, boys, no fighting"

I think Gokhan would have ignored hie took a step back and y

"Why do you suck up to thee would prickle at that but he only shrugged

"They’re the newout of this place, we need to play ball Besides, they’ve taken good care of us We should be thankful They could have left us to rot with the zo their best to look after us and make our lives easier You don’t bite the hand that feeds you"

I haven’t seen much of the complex yet Reilly never varies the route when he leads me to or from my cell The others haven’t seen h they’ve been to the places where the reviveds are housed

According to Mark, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of zo held for experiiant laboratory, not a prison