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right.  But we are not fast enough. There are just too many and they are faster. "Egypt, we need to move up the hill, and I know your knee is bad. May I carry you?" Gus asks.
    Looking over at him laughing. “You’re asking me, Gus?” I ask. At least he has some manners and doesn’t just go and do it. Looking back at the zombies, we are going to be overrun. It does not look any better up the hill by Jake and the others either.
    “OK, Gus. Thanks for the help. But honestly, it doesn’t look any better up there. Hell, I don’t know which is worse, getting chewed on or shot.” I say.
    Taking aim, I fire my last two bullets and tuck the gun in my running shorts. Looking over to Gus he does the same. Walking over to me, he lifts me up and cradles me in his arms like I’m nothing.
    “Egypt, wrap your arms around my neck; I’m going to jog with you up the hill and it’s going to get bumpy," Gus says.
    “You got it, big buddy,” I say with a smile. Looking around I see that the other two guys with us start to run up the hill behind us.  Every once in a while they shoot at the zombies. One of them runs up to us and hands me another clip. “Here you’re going to need this, Jake just told me that there are guys up there shooting at them, so I really hope you don’t mind killing humans, Egypt. And don’t think about it; they are not going to help you. Matter of fact, I’m sure they will do a lot worse than what Jake has in store,” he says.
    I did not get to say anything because he took off running away from us. Wonderful, now I have to protect myself. Well, unfortunately, I think he is right. I look over at the other people and man, they look nasty and even scary. From the looks of it, Jakes team is outnumbered big time.
    “Gus put me down I can handle myself, it looks like Jake needs all the help he can get“ I say.
    Gus looks down at me and gently puts me down by one of the SUV’s. “Egypt, why do you even care? We kidnapped you,” he asks.
    “Believe it or not, Gus, I’m not a total bitch. And guess what, you guys are the lesser of two evils,” I said smiling. I walk to the front of the SUV and take aim and fire. I really don’t know what is worse zombies or asshole people. The one guy that was a passenger in our SUV walks up to me. Rick is his name I think. “Hey Egypt I’m going to give you a shot. It will numb the pain in your knee and you should be able to run if you need to. It’s only temporary, it lasts for about an hour and a half,” Rick says.
    Looking at him, I ask, “Rick, if it does anything else to me, once it wears off I will kill you. Got it?”
    “Gotcha, Egypt,” he says. He bends down and gives me the shot in my knee. Holy shit did that hurt.
    “Damn it, Rick, you really need to work on your bedside manner,” I tell him.
    Shaking his head, he walks away to the other side of the fighting. Looking the other way I see that a few of Jake’s men are down. Bending my knee it feels great! It does not hurt anymore! Whatever Rick gave me, it works! I hear yelling to my left. I see that Jake has his hands full. Some woman is trying to kick his ass and from what I can see he is not attempting to hit her back. She is getting some good hits in too.
    Damn, I just can’t leave well enough alone, I’m going to have to go over and do something. A few of the guys are standing around watching from both sides. OK knee, do not fail me now! I start to jog over there and the knee is holding up. I push my way through the crowd that has gathered. I am right behind him. I hate to admit anything nice about him, but he did say he would never hit a lady.
    “Well, now what do you have here Jake, you need some help?" I ask. With a grin on my face. I slowly reach out and slide my hand down to his hip and grab the knife there. I feel him stiffen up. Laughing, I whisper in his ear, “Don’t worry, LOVER, it’s not for you.” I feel him start to shake and see that he is laughing. I will deal with him