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train?” I ask Kat.
            “About a year, it pays well, plus I like meeting new people.” 
              “How far do you think it is to the train depot?” Mathew cuts in while he is scanning our surroundings. Something has him spooked.
                  “I’m not sure; we were one hour away from the depot when we stopped, but we should be able to get there before nightfall.”
                 “Let’s take a break,” Mathew says firmly to us.
                  We sit on the floor in silence for what seems like forever when Mathew speaks up.
                 “I’m thinking we should start jogging a little, I don’t think it would be wise to be stuck out here after dark, especially since we don’t know what killed those people on the train and it’s getting dark quick.” 
                  “We have some time to take it slow… don’t we? I’m in a hurry to get away from here too, but we have no water or food, we need to pace ourselves.” I say whining a little bit.
             “Fine, but we still need to pick up speed.”
                  “Okay.” Kat and I agree. We start at a slow jog for about three minutes when my ring tone goes off, making me jump.
     
     

 
     
    Chapter 5
    This is the way the world ends not with a Bang but a whimper
    -T.S. Elliot-
     
     
                               
     
     
     
                  “Hello! Hello!” I yell in my cell phone
      “Sam! Thank God you’re okay!” Jennifer says relieved.
        “Jennifer! God, I’m happy to hear your voice!”
        “Sam, are you and Mathew ok?”
        “Yes! But we have an emergency!”
    Jennifer cuts me off before I was able to finish.
        “Sam, you must listen to me! You need to get back here a.s.a.p! The gunshot patient at the hospital yesterday, well he had rabies and now it’s spreading all over the place! Stay away from anyone who has the symptoms and stay away from anyone who has already been bitten!” Jennifer screams, sounding rushed and panicked.
             “Are my boys ok? Can you please call my parents and warn them! We are still in Arizona.”
                  My phone cuts out, I look down at the screen, and it says no signal. I look up at Mathew and feel the tears spill over onto my cheeks.
          “What happens if my parents don’t know what’s going on? What happens if the boys are hurt?” I question, as Mathew pulls me into an embrace.
                  “Your parents are smart people, your father has a shotgun in the safe and they would die before they let anything happen to our boys,” Mathew assures me as he holds me tighter.
                  I slowly start calming my breathing; I repeat what Jennifer said to me.
       “Rabies? How the hell did that patient get rabies and how fast is it spreading?”  Mathew says while pacing back and forth kicking dirt around.
                  “I don’t know my phone cut out before she had a chance to say, she said to stay away from anyone showing signs of rabies and anyone who has been bitten. I guess it can spread that way.”
             “Samantha, what are the symptoms?” Kat questions, her voice trembling.
              “From what I saw at the hospital it was sweating; discharging of puss from the corners of the eyes, foaming at the mouth and the patient’s skin looked like it was rotting away. They also have a very potent decaying smell, like a dead dog that has been rotting away for days. I think, but I’m not one hundred percent sure, that those who are infected are extremely strong. Why?” I say giving her a questionable look, as we start walking again.
         “The engineer of the train, Johnny, looked so sick this morning. He said he was super cold, but he was sweating badly.”