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on her or lose her forever.”
    “So he gave a drug to someone that had never had it before?”
    “My dad wanted her around forever he was pretty much willing to try anything at that point. He gave her the drug and that’s how it all started.”
    “Wow that’s a lot to take in, so what was it with Mike that made him leave again?”
    “I told him the truth, I told everyone the truth and Mike couldn’t handle it. He wouldn’t go with us after that to help find the research that the CDC announcement said they needed. We ran into the Seals and when they found out who my dad was that they made me take them back up to the woods where we had my grandpa’s cabin and all of our supplies located.”
    “You guys have a cabin with supplies? Why are we staying here then?”
    “Because Mike burned the damn thing down. He left a note saying he had and when we went back up there everything minus what we’d carried down was gone. We found Andy after we sent the research and the general or whoever it was that Clary and Aslin called and were expecting a call from had told them that they had completed their mission but they were worried about the infection and couldn’t pick them up.”
    “Ouch I bet they were pissed?”
    “They weren’t very happy about it no, I don’t think any of this has really caught up with us yet it’s like every time we try and get ahead some stupid hurdle gets in the way or something bad happens. About all we got to be thankful for at this point is Andy living out in the country and that those things haven’t started thinking about venturing out this far.”
    “Do they?”
    “Do they what?”
    “Think?”
    “I don’t know for sure Jordan it’s all new man. But i do know that they are hungry and that they can hunt. They act like wolves and you’ve seen how fast they are i’m sure. I’ve seen them rip doors away and one of those bastards threw me yesterday after taking my gun from me.”
    “One of them threw you? What were you doing?”
    “Patrick the kids with the glasses well he had went to the cabin and in the hurry of getting out of town didn’t bring his insulin with that he desperately needs to live.”
    “That’s a pretty stupid thing to forget isn’t it?”
    “Yeah well when you have one of those Turned running faster than you and their main goal is ripping your chest open so they can dine on what’s inside i’d think that you might have a chance of forgetting what you need to. We woke up on day two and he didn’t wake up. After a while we started to think that maybe he was Turning himself but Ellie being the voice of reason found his bracelet explaining what was wrong with him. After giving him the last of his meds we went to town and found his house and got his supply.”
    “Did you lose that when the place got burned down?”
    “No he took the entire supply with him, thank god because I don’t know if we would be able to find what he needs or the type that he needs. Andy only had so much stuff at his shop and were going to go to Camp Dodge do you know how to shoot a gun?”
    “No but i’m thinking it’s something that i’d like to learn how to do here real soon.”
    “You might be making the right choice. Are you going to come with and drive something back?”
    Jordan nodded, “Yeah i’m going to have to go with. My dad always said don’t be a freeloader if you want to belong, you need to have a reason to be there and to be kept there.”
    Sean said, “I’m confident if we want to stick around Andy’s we need to pitch in, there’s enough of us here we should be able to get this place set up to survive for as long as we need to. At least until we find out if there’s a cure for the infected.”
    “What happens if there isn’t a cure?”
    “That’s what the bullet stockpile is for. If they can’t be saved, than they need to be exterminated as soon as possible. I don’t know what’s happening in the rest of the states but it seems like they are everywhere