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through. Screeching tires caught my attention. A few cars had followed us out, figuring that was better than being trapped in the gated community.
    A zombie with a bloody, mangled scalp came too close for comfort. I took a well-placed shot with my rifle. Blood sprayed as it jerked back a step, then collapsed, staining a handicap parking space marker with crimson-black ooze. I took aim again and squeezed the trigger as another one walked past its dead buddy, unfazed by its demise; it dropped next to its dead friend. I squeezed my trigger and shot another and then another. Gunshots cut the air, and I knew the other survivors were fighting just as hard as we were. I blew the heads off of at least three more, then reloaded, but no matter how many I took down, more came to take their place. It seemed to be a never-ending, pointless battle, and the stench of rotting flesh made me want to gag.
    “ Roll up the window!” Val said. “There are too many of them.”
    I sucked in a trembling breath at the realization that she was right, especially when a zombie in a dirty, tattered wedding dress pulled the severed arm off our window and began to devour it like she’d found a drumstick from KFC. It had to be the sickest thing I’d ever seen. “Move it, Nick!” I yelled.
    “ North is our best shot,” Lucas said calmly. “If we can get past them, we’ll make it to the main road.”
    I jumped when rotting hands with black fingernails began to claw at the passenger window, leaving long streaks of fresh blood behind them. I stared straight into milky, white eyes and a face that looked like something straight out of a nightmare. It sucked its bloody fingers, and I almost puked right there in the cab of the truck.
    Just as Nick threw the truck into gear, a red SUV screeched to a stop next to us. A woman in a hat and ponytail popped out of the sunroof, pointing her rifle directly at us. She motioned Nick to roll down the window. The driver was an older man and didn’t look threatening in the very least; I was more worried about the gun-toting chick.
    Nick and Lucas whipped out their guns just in case, since it seemed things might turn very hostile and dangerous in a hurry. The zombies were one thing, but lunatic humans in a panic was another.
    The woman didn’t even flinch and just motioned again for Nick to roll his window down.
    “ Seriously?” Nick said. “With zombies two inches away? Is she crazy?”
    “ Just open it a crack and see what she wants,” Val urged. “She looks a little trigger happy.”
    “ She looks like freaking Minnie Pearl on drugs,” Lucas said. “I’m not sure it’s such a good idea to talk to her.”
    “ Right,” Nick retorted. “I’m in no mood to have a conversation with somebody who’s pointing a gun at me.”
    Zombies began pounding on the U-Haul truck, and I had to agree with Lucas and Nick; it wasn’t exactly the right time to have a discussion. I didn’t know what the woman wanted, but I really didn’t care. We had to get a move-on before more zombies surrounded us. The last thing we needed was to be trapped by an undead mob.
    The woman fired three shots, taking down the zombies by Nick’s window.
    “ Lower your weapons!” Lucas said. “She’s on our side.”
    Nick rolled down his window.
    The woman’s lips pressed into a grim line. “Samson Road is our ticket out of here,” she yelled. “If we work together, we can do it. Are you in or out?”
    He shot her a nod.
    “ Good. Follow us,” the woman shouted.
    Nick pointed to the north. “There are less of them that way, north.”
    She nodded. “Gotcha.” She then turned and recruited a line of cars behind us to join the caravan.
    With all of us working as a team, I was sure we could mow through the onslaught. The SUV took off in front of us as shots sliced through the air. Zombies continued shuffling toward us, and I thrust my barrel out the window, aimed, and fired into the nearest ones. I would have killed to have a