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I ained I would be I love them both for opposite reasons I hate h bark with the is I can, floating around in ateto feel fah the woods like we did before, only now I barely notice the birds or the animals and I don’t feel the freedoht of other people in e and how it applies to people Soe in the short time I have known thes I see that now I used to have roos seem unimportant and the people have taken over the li the road and I grimace, the plan had been flawless but I never accounted for the infected It was a ain As e to destroy the things we love

Through the light of the canopy I can see the roof of the breeder farm I don’t have a plan I pull iven by Mary e left the camp It’s her favorite She had said it was Australian I smile and remember her favorite features were the seventeen rounds and silencer Anna looked like she was going to pee her pants when Mary handed it to rip the handle that was clearly fitted for a rip I pro it back and she could use it I want to keep that pro my bow over my arm so the quiver and it are easily accessible and put the extra clip of ammo in my pants pocket I stuff the card that opens the locks in round and take a deep breath I takefear inside of me subside as my instincts take over Inside of me are animal instincts They were born in a world I wasn’t They take over when I need theht me how to survive I have learned it is the most important part of the world I live in

My feet crunch on the short dry brown grass My eyes narrow and plan for the moment I aet close to the building and recognize the door in front ofthe side of the building to the place where I left the building The huge bins are lined up The still air stinks like a cloud that is stuck in a valley

My feet e lot to the staircase that leads to the door I cained I would be trying to get back in

I pull on the door before I have to shoot the lock It opens with a hard pull My heart pounds I look in with un ready No one is inside Whoever left there last never closed the door properly? Inside it looks as it did when I was last here The hose with the nozzle like the oneas if no one has been by to touch it Leo saunters in sniffing and watchingthing for the card I turn the handle and the lock clicks open It’s one sided

I look both ways down the hall before I creep out Leo and I leave the garbage room and walk down the hallway It’s only early in the et to work at around nine The clock on the wall says seven eleven I smile and remember it was a store I called it the slushy store My storowls but er away

I hear a rustling of papers and take a breath The footsteps inside of the roolance in nervously Afrantically

I look at Leo and wink He drops to his belly against the wall and waits I hold the gun up and round the corner

When he looks up I don’t recognize him

"I’m one of you" His words are fast

I look him over He looks like a doctor He doesn’t look shiny like a citizen of the city

"I worked with Marshall I’er on the trigger and take his pass froet out I tear his phone out of the wall and rip the cord out of the back

"Sit " The large older rowls

"Push your chair back"

He does and Leo rests his growling face in the doctor’s groin

"That’s a fucking scary dog lady"

"He’s a wolf" I mutter and tie his hands to the armrests on the chair "If you are one of us you’ll need proof you tried to stop " I finish the knot and sun He winces but doesn’t cry out His eye is red and swelling instantly

Holding his pass I walk to the door and look both ways Leo roin

"There is a destruction level in here"

I glance back, "What?"

"You have to cohs, "In case the infection everhas one now The infection got into a building in the south We have a way to wipe the building All the breeding institutes have it It’s in the basement, in the far left corner when you come off the elevator It’s a ti is, before"

"How can I get the wo has a pool It’s their best hope It’s where ere told to go in case of detonation The building has an alaro off