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roof. The door was slammed shut and the cadence of the moaning shifted when the light was taken from them. Several made it to the top of the stairs, Kaylee could hear their fingernails scratching at the metal door. But it stopped quickly as the infected fell to the pull of the darkness.
     
                  "Who's got a padlock?" Quinton asked. Emma pulled one from her pocket and Quinton secured the door.
     
                  Kaylee lay back on her backpack, the tangle of boots still around her neck, a ragged pain shot through her chest as she panted for breath. But she was safe, they all were. No one seemed able to talk. The only sound on the roof was heavy breathing.
     
                  "Why are you covered in blood?"
     
                  Kaylee twist her head around at Andrew's question, looking from him to her sister. Emma's features twisted in disgust.
     
                  "'Cause Anna can't aim worth a damn."
     
                  "Hey!" Anna said. "At least I didn't let you get bit again!" She was leaning back on a metal casing for a vent that was nearly as tall as she was, hands on her knees as she drew in breath.
     
                  "There was an infected guy in the pharmacy?" Andrew asked. Anna nodded as Emma yanked her sweatshirt over her head. There was a trail of blood staining her cleavage and spattering the thin tank top she wore underneath. She made an irritated noise of disgust.
     
                  "Behind the counter," Anna clarified. "Didn't notice him at first. Emma got caught in the spray."
     
                  "Well, warn me next time. I don't have a change of clothes," Emma muttered, using her dirty sweatshirt to try and wipe most of the blood away. Kaylee sat up and pulled off her backpack, tossing it to Emma.
     
                  "There's some for you too, Anna." She nodded her thanks.
     
                  Before Emma had the chance to rifle through any of the new, clean clothes, thunder rolled overhead.
     
                  Raindrops, fat and heavy, splattered on the tarpaper. They left spots the size of dimes all over Kaylee's clothes and skin. Her eyes scanned the expanse of the roof, noting in seconds that there was no shelter. Just tall metal vent hoods and the door to the stairs. The rest of the roof spanned dirty black and now shining with spots of rainwater against the charcoal grey sky.
     
                  Anna pressed back into the metal vent hood, Andrew and Emma were standing stock still. And Jack was still lounging, stretched out on the rooftop where he lay since he collapsed. He threw his head back and laughed. It was loud, throaty laughter that cut through the thunder. Soon Quinton could be seen chuckling and even Nick was grinning.
     
                  Because it was ridiculous. Stuck up on a roof, pouring rain, no shelter. They hadn't even been gone from the firehouse for two days and already this.
     
                  Kaylee felt a smile tug on her lips. Her hair was already plastered to the side of her face. She glanced up at her sister and found her face lifted to the rain. She was smiling too.
     
                  "Well, at least now I can get clean," Emma said, her voice loud and carrying over the sudden storm. She turned from the group, moving to duck behind the vent Anna was still slumped against. Before she got there, Kaylee watched her peel her tank top off and toss it over her shoulder, already sopping wet, unto the roof.
     
                  The look on Andrew's face pushed Kaylee over the edge and as his cheeks colored, her face split open into a wide grin and she fell to her side laughing.
     
     

Chapter Two
     
                  It rained for hours.
     
                  After the first round of hysterical, disbelieving laughter, Bill and Quinton did their best to