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ahead of the men.
    “That little boy worships you, you know? The whole
Rogue Vantage does.”
    Teddy stared up to the two women standing on the
wall. “Too bad they couldn’t share some of that with their mother.”
    Seth returned the punch Teddy had given him
earlier. “Keep working on that. Some walls are worth breaking down.”
    Teddy barely felt the punch as he continued to
stare. Yep, some walls were worth whatever it took to break them down to get
to the treasure inside.

Chapter Five
     
     
     
    In less than an hour, Teddy and Seth had rounded
up the brother-sister team of Josh and Suz Logan. Paul Luther, the right-hand
man for the commander of the compound, joined them as well. These days you
never saw Josh or Suz without Paul. Teddy couldn’t quite figure out if Josh
loved Paul too, or if the man couldn’t live without his sister, Suz.
    It made for an interesting topic for banter around
a campfire, their new replacement for the water-cooler at an office or the back
fence in a neighborhood, but he didn’t mind the trio having his back. They were
a lethal group to have for hunting skinbags. Working in unison without a word
needing to be spoken, the three of them had been seen taking out twenty zombs
in half as many minutes.
    They’d arrived at the church to find the parking
lot a zombie central of shambling undead tripping over each other. He couldn’t
imagine how the one skinbag had found the compound because the rest of the deaf-school
kids were just milling around in circles and running into walls until their
group showed up. Then it was like someone set off a dinner bell.
    The moans and the stench reached him at the same
time. The group was riper than their friend back at the compound. Teddy pulled
the bandana over his mouth and nose and leapt out of the bed of the pickup
truck. Two of them were on him before the thud of his boots finished echoing
over the blacktop.
    He took care of one with his baseball bat and the
other one tripped and fell at his feet. One stomp and he was truly dead as well
as his friend. Scanning the parking lot, he grinned as the Logan siblings and
Paul had a pile of zombs and Ripley was adding his few to the mound.
    “That wasn’t even a workout,” he complained as he
dragged his two to the gasoline-scented pyre being built in the center of the
parking lot.
    A moan sounded from the church building and he
whipped his head around. “Some of the kids didn’t come out for recess.”
    Teddy and Seth ran over to the door. A steady
thump echoed from the other side. Ripley counted down and he ripped the door
open. A zombified boy sat in a wheelchair, his struggling movements in the
chair causing the footrests to hit the door.
    Straps held the thing into the seat. Seth took one
side and he took the other and they carried it to the now rapidly burning pile
of the finally dead. Teddy tried to pry him out of the chair, but chomping jaws
went for his face and fingers. In the end, they could only splash him with gas
and let the flames catch hold.
    Suz huffed out a noisy breath. “Men. Always have
to make it so hard. You could have killed him first.”
    He and Seth stared at each other, and then started
busting out laughing. Once the laughter died down, Teddy caught his breath at
the cry of a baby or small child from inside the building. He swallowed hard. Man,
this job sucked.
    They used rock, paper, scissors to see who would
go in. Teddy and Paul lost. He handed his bat to the man and pulled the machete
from his belt. Suz, Josh, and Seth split up to check out the perimeter of the
building for any strays, although they hadn’t seen any on the way here.
    He’d had some dicey times as a bodyguard, but
hunting zombies was like constant ass-pucker time, as he’d called it back in
the before zombie time. Must be what it was like to be a cop. Going into a dark
building, not knowing what you would find, took balls. If they ever found a cop
left, he’d be sure to thank them.
    The light