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followed close behind.  "What's that building for, anyway?" she asked.
         "I don't know exactly," Shari said.  "But it has garage doors on it, so maybe that's where they keep their farm equipment.  We know that it'll be safe in there, and that's the important thing."  They approached the building, and she and Daphne set the ladder down for a moment.  "You ready to help me stand this thing up?" she asked.
         "Let's do it," Daphne said.  "The sooner we get in there, the sooner we can sleep."
         "And eat!" Juanita chimed in.
         "And maybe wash with running water," Shari said, nodding toward the cistern behind the building.  Together, Shari and Daphne stood the ladder up and leaned it against the building next to one of the second story windows. 
         "Wish me luck," Daphne said as she ascended the ladder.  When she reached the second floor window, she unsheathed her titanium knife and used it to break the glass. 
         "Be careful," Shari called after Daphne as she crawled into the building.  She turned to Juanita.  "You might as well have something to eat while we're waiting."  She slid her backpack off of her shoulders and rummaged through its depths, taking out the various food items that she had scavenged from the last gas station that she and Daphne had picked through.  "I have mac and cheese, spaghetti with meatballs, or a cereal bar."
     Juanita giggled.  "I think I could eat all of them!" 
         Shari smiled.  "You eat as many as you can without getting sick, okay?  I'm sure you need it, after being with those yucky guys."
         "Yeah," Juanita agreed, opening the cereal bar first.  "I didn't really want to eat anything they gave me."
         "You don't have to worry about that anymore," Shari said.  She opened a cereal bar for herself, standing and surveying their surroundings as she ate.  She had seen a group of undead about a half mile from their present location, but none of them had seemed fresh enough to close the distance with any kind of speed.  Still, she kept a close eye on the road and the area around the farm, ready to greet any undead with an arrow to the cranium at a moment's notice.  She heard the sound of the garage door being lifted, and turned to see Daphne motioning them inside.
         "I searched the place," she said.  "There's no one in here."  Shari led Eva into the building.  She saw that the first floor of the building was set up as a large studio apartment.  There was a bed in one corner, and a living area beside that.  The opposite side had a kitchenette and a bathroom.  She flipped on a switch, bathing the room in soft light from the overhead fixture. 
         "Glad to see that generator outside is functioning," she said.  She went to the refrigerator, opening the freezer door and leaning toward its interior.  She was greeted with frigid air and the sight of a freezer filled with frozen entrees, appetizers, and other cook-and-serve foods.
         Daphne drove her ATV inside.  "We should get that ladder and bring it in here," she said.  "Just to be safe."
         "Yeah, sure," Shari said.  She pointed to the fridge.  "We can actually have a hot meal later, after we get some rest."  She followed Daphne out to the side of the building, where they lowered the ladder and carried it in through the open garage door. 
         "Everything's in," Daphne said, reaching up above her head to pull the door closed.  She crouched,  carefully locking the door in place, then leaned against the door, sighing as she melted languidly into the floor, kicking her legs out.  "It's time to not think about zombies or sadists, at least for a solid six hours or so."
         Shari lit up a smoke, pulling the string on the ceiling fan to get the air moving in the room before collapsing into a recliner.  "I think I'll need at least eight, personally," she said, exhaling the smoke upward toward the ceiling.  "How 'bout