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reason. Use the buddy system," I say.
     
    I go to the window to watch the zombies. They are still running together at that same high speed. I watch them for hours. The others watch with me or watch the news.  I notice they are not one big group, but multiple large packs. Many of the buildings have been breached. I check for the guy in the window and he is not there.
     
    I notice the pounding has stopped from the stairwell. Danny and the others must have given up.

Chapter 5
    The Powers that Be
    We find three other couches in other offices and bring them into Remington’s office.  I sleep on the floor while the others take couches that night.  He has a corner office, so they all easily fit. We talk little and eat less.  We talk about taking watches, but decide to barricade Remington’s door with his desk.  We keep our weapons close.  Everyone falls asleep before me and I alternate between the TV and the window. The window shows little when it is dark besides the skyline. I can almost imagine none of this has happened. The TV makes sure I know this is not true. The military has managed to stop the spread of zombies just south of Orlando. There is no footage of how they have done this.  Instead, there is footage of the military traveling south on the road. Large trucks packed with men. I think I know how the military has stopped things. They set up a barricade and are shooting anything that tries to move past it. It isn’t pretty, but there is probably not much of a choice. There is much talk about the spread of the virus from Miami, and stopping that at all costs. There is little talk of saving south Florida.  The Keys have already been overrun. Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach have fared no better than Miami. It was only the relative lack of population and the Everglades that slowed the zombies down enough for a blockade to even be set up. The military was able to mobilize from Camp Blanding in north Florida and MacDill Airforce Base in time to set up.  They have had to fall back several times, and have resorted to using some pretty heavy weaponry to accomplish what they have.
     
    I am not sure when I fall asleep, but when I wake up, Katrina is awake. She sees me.
     
    “Something has happened. It is happening in other cities, but different,” she says. She makes space on the couch for me. 
     
    “Different how?”
     
    “The change is very slow; it is taking like a day or two after the bite. They are trying to figure out how to stop it, but as long as it is so slow, the police and military are able to contain it.”
     
    “What are they saying about Miami?  How are they going to help us?”
     
    “They have not said. They only talk about how important it is to keep the Miami strain from spreading. They are saying the virus, or whatever it is, must have mutated in that basketball player. They are even calling it the ‘James’ Strain.’”
     
    “They are not going to help us,” I say. I feel bad for saying it, but this girl seems strong.  I think she can take it.
     
    “Why would you say that? They have too.”
     
    “No, think about it. They just want to contain this version of zombies.  South Florida fell in less than a day. If this gets out of Florida, the entire country could fall in a matter of weeks. We had a perfect storm.  An entire stadium full of people, nearly 20,000 people, turned in seconds. That spilled out on the city so quickly no one even had a chance to react. The farther north it spreads, the faster it spreads. I wouldn’t be surprised if the government fire bombed the city. Hell, I don’t even think nukes are out of the question.”
     
    “That’s comforting to hear.”
     
    “Sorry, I am just trying to be honest. I think we need to find a way out of the city.”
     
    “Okay. Listen, I appreciate you saving me, but we only had a thirty second window and we barely made it. Danny died taking on two of those things.  Even with the weapons, I don’t think we would make