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“They’re going to overrun us. I’ll hold them off.” Al kept firing ahead while looking over at me. “I’ll go with Cindy.”
                  Al grabbed Gina by the arm and drug her along with him. “Don’t wait too long,” he shouted back over his shoulder.
                  I continued firing into the horde. There was so many of them what little damage I was doing didn’t slow their progress at all. Runners were breaking away from the main group and would be on me any second. I stopped firing and turned to run back to the truck. The U-Haul was gone. At least Gina and Al had gotten away. I jumped in the truck and slammed the door just as the first of the runners jumped onto the hood.
                  Cindy threw the truck in reverse and started backing up. “Al backed across the creek and up the hill,” Cindy said.
                  The runners stayed close but we were able to out distance them. By the time we crossed the creek we were free of them. I grabbed the radio, “What’s your plan?”
                  “Al says we need the downhill momentum if we’re going to be able to break through,” Gina replied.
                  “Alright baby. I’ll see you on the other side.”
                  Cindy was having trouble keeping the Ford on the road backing up the hill and had to slow down. I couldn’t see the horde any longer but I knew they were getting closer. Still I couldn’t fault her. The road was tight and I probably wouldn’t have been able to do any better. How in the hell had Al been able to back that big ass U-Haul up the road so fast? By the time I had gotten in the truck he was already out of sight. Was there anything that old man couldn’t do better than the rest of us?
                  There was no telling how big this horde was. I knew the Ford could get back the way we’d come. The ground clearance was higher and we had four wheel drive. The U-Haul was a different story. It sat too low and would probably get hung up on the dead bodies that littered the gravel road back where we had first tried to stop the horde.
                  I got back on the radio, “Gina I want you and Al to get in with us when we catch up to you.”
                  “Will do,” she replied. “We’re sitting here waiting for you. Just a minute.”
                  “I’m not leaving all this equipment behind,” I heard Al shouting. “We’ll make it.”
                  “All that shit in the back of the truck doesn’t mean anything if you get hung up and don’t make it through,” I said. “Just listen to me for once.”
                  “When you get here I’ll send Gina up.”
                  “No you won’t,” I heard her yell at him. “Either we both go or we both stay.”
                  “Both of you come with us. I see you in my mirror. We’re almost there.”
                  The argument between Al and Gina raged on. I heard bits and pieces of it over the radio as we drew closer. Then I saw movement off to my side. I looked into the trees and saw that the woods were full of zombies. We were surrounded on both sides. Looking out the front window I could see the road in front of us filling with the undead. Then I felt the first of them hit the back of the truck. Cindy slammed on the brakes. I could still hear the two of them arguing over the radio. One of them had the call button pressed down and it would do me no good to try and get through using the radio. I reached over and pushed on the horn. It took a few seconds but they finally both looked up. The sounds of their arguing stopped coming over the radio.
                  “You win again Al. Try to stay close,” I said, hoping that whoever had been holding the button of the radio down had finally let it go.
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