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they want to wipe out everyone, throw us back into the dark ages, living in caves and hoping the zombies don’t find us?  Granted it would be different this time, since there weren’t as many people around to get infected, but in the last twenty years of relative peace and quiet, people have been doing a pretty good job of getting things running and rebuilding the population.  There were a lot of kids around, and as I thought about it, I realized that if someone got a bunch of kids infected, we’d all be in trouble.
    We moved towards the other side of town, heading towards the restaurant.  It was the most easily defended place in town, and was a backup location in case of an outbreak.  That much we had learned when we arrived here.
    Jake retrieved the needle from its hiding place, and carefully carried it with him. I thought that having it out in the open was probably a bad idea, so as we walked, I looked for something we could store it in.  I wanted to find something that was sealed, so in case the thing broke, the virus would be contained.
    As we made our way to the holding area, we passed a small food store.  I looked in, and saw they had a lot of canned goods on the shelves.  That gave me an idea, so I went into the back room and found a number of jars and lids.  Jake saw what I found and happily transferred the needle into the jar.  I put the lid on, and then transferred the small jar to my pack.  As I looked at the liquid in the light, I swear it swirled on its own.  If I had put some on a counter, I firmly believe the evil stuff would have tried to make its way over to me.  That’s how creeped out I was over it.  If I had to think about it, I was angry, too.  I couldn’t figure out how anyone could hate so much that they would be willing to kill the world.  It didn’t make any sense.
    With the needle secured, we made our way to the river, and then the restaurant.  Along the way, we burned off the remnants of the virus from the killings at the houses.  As we did that, I started to get angry about the number of orphans that were needlessly created.  Sure, someone would take them in, but why was it necessary?  If someone hated the world that much, why cause suffering?  Just suck a gun barrel and pull the trigger.  All hate would be gone.
    I said as much to Jake, and he nodded in agreement.
    “It does seem like a lot of trouble to go through.  If you wanted to start an outbreak, why bother with all the secretive stuff?  Doesn’t make any sense.  There are still plenty of zombies in the cities.  Just knock down a wall or two and wait for the fun to begin,” Jake said.
    “Makes you wonder why they are trying to do things this way ,” I replied.
    “Well, if we can figure out the plan, we can get ahead and finish this before it does become a major outbreak.”
    “Good luck with that,” I said.
    “Why?”
    “Right now we’ve got two small outbreaks which we handled.  Taken together, they seem to be a part of a plan, but the communities are nowhere near each other.  Right now, it’s looking like just experimentation, with something else to hit us at another time.”
    “Think we’re being tested?” Jake speculated.
    “Not us.  I think society is, and how it reacts will determine the next move by our mutual enemy,” I said.
    Jake looked at me sideways.
    “What?” I asked, not liking his look.
    “You sounded like dad just then.”
    I thought for a minute.  “Not a bad thing, considering.”
    Jake looked off into the distance.  “Wouldn’t hurt to have the old man around right now ,” he said quietly.
    “Yeah ,” I said, just as quietly.
    At the restaurant, we made our way through a number of people who looked at us with anxious eyes.  I found the leader of the community and quickly relayed what we had found and where they would need to send crews to get bodies out of houses.  When they asked about how the outbreak started, I hesitated for a minute, but then realized