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disoriented from her condition close to Mario. 
    “It’s okay, they fired almost all of their rounds.  I’ll draw more fire and hopefully I can get to them before they reload.”  Mario attempted to calm the girl.  He poked his hand out waving his knife and three more shots were heard followed by clicking noises.  “Now!”  Mario broke into a sprint and tossed the knife at one of them in the right shoulder causing him to drop his gun.  He unsheathed his machete and hit the other man in the forehead with the butt of it while he swept the feet from beneath him and then thrust the machete at the other man cleaving his head right off.  The man on the ground attempted to get up to pistol whip him but was stopped when Mario dropped the machete across his neck removing his head as well.  Tactics to kill Azrael do just fine against men as well.  Mario thought.  He removed his knife from the man’s shoulder, wiped the blood off using the dead man’s shirt and placed it back in its sheath.  He did the same for the machete, collected the rogue bolt from the shot that nearly hit him and reached out to the girl.
    “Quick, let’s get out of here.”  Mario said and she took his hand. He picked up his crossbow and his pack that thankfully didn’t get disassembled yet.  He led her out the back door and slipped into the darkness of the woods.  His goal was to get as far north away from the house as possible.  The smell of blood will draw the herd.  Since the wind was blowing south, they would find these men first but they were still in danger.  They needed to mask their scent soon, especially the girl.
    “Hey, we need to cover our scent.  Those monsters will find us if we don’t, okay?”  Mario said to the girl, and she shook her head.
    “What’s your name?  I’m Cortez, uh, Mario.  Call me Mario. I came from an army base in Missouri.  I’m headed for Chicago, where the signal is telling us to go.  Are you familiar with it?”  Mario asked.  She shrugged.
    “Taliah, my name is Taliah.”  She spoke faintly but Mario heard her.
    “Taliah, that is a pretty name.  Now let’s get you covered up.”  Mario said rubbing mud and plants on her body.  He heard a few moans in the house of those not quite dead yet.  They began to set out and they heard the rustling of a herd behind them breaking into the house and doing what Azrael do best, eat.  It wouldn’t keep them busy long, once the blood went sour from their deaths they would lose interest.  The virus can’t infect dead bodies.
    “Thank you Mario.” Taliah said under her breath as they moved through the trees and bushes as quiet as possible.  Mario smiled and was glad to have company again.
    “No problem.  It’s what I was trained for.”  Mario responded and continued to push through the dark woods listening for predators, herds and possibly a lone Azrael.  The world wasn’t safe anymore.

Chapter 3
    Simon Killbrook
     
    In a lab, heavily guarded by private security and military staff in Chicago’s Central District, Jim Short, CEO of BioTech Industries, spoke to the head scientist.  “So why are we still doing this doc?  You’ve yet to produce a viable cure for the virus.  It’s been over three years and you’ve got nothing.  We’re tired of all of the excuses.  Where is the progress Doctor Schwinn?  Where is the progress?”
    “We have made progress.  We’ve learned more in the past year than in the first two years.  The virus attaches to the host, causes it to die and reboots in a primal rage.  We’ve isolated the virus and know the exact proteins they contain.  The problem is the RNA within the virus.  The moment we cut through the envelope it immediately decays.  It must have a host for this information to be revealed.” The Doctor explained with the help of graphs, charts and data from his laptop on his desk. “Lab conditions can’t trick the virus.  It has mutated and evolved over the years, becoming