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reaction was more training than anything.
There was someone in trouble over there, and he wasn't going to let
them face the undead on their own.
    They ran to the edge of the barn, being as
quiet as they could. There was the smell of pig shit. Frank went
first. Kelly stayed behind them. Frank moved up the side of the
barn and then looked in, peering around the open door. It was like
looking into the mouth of a giant monster.
    The light was dim. Two dead freaks were
face-down on the pine boards in the barn. Four live zombies were
looking up at the hayloft from below, making their sick hungry
moans and growls. There was something they wanted up there. Frank
looked up at the hayloft and saw a shadow move.
    One of the freaks broke away and went to the
wall. There was a ladder hanging there. The freak started to take
it down. The damn thing was going to climb up for its meal with the
ladder. It made Frank shake his head. It wasn't supposed to happen
like this. Not even in the movies.
    There was a defiant voice shouting from up in
the hayloft: "Stay back. I'll fucking kill you if you try to come
up here." It was a girl's voice. Frank thought she sounded young.
Maybe ten. She was telling off the freaks. She moved and Frank saw
she had a rifle.
    The zombie at the ladder dragged it to the
other freaks. It was lifting it up to put it into position. Now it
was obvious it wanted to make a meal out of the girl. It might have
been smart enough to know that if the girl had had more ammo she
would have used it already.
    "Stay back," shouted the girl. "Fucking stay
back, motherfuckers." She pointed the gun at them. Her voice
sounded desperate.
    Frank gestured to Todd to take the one pulling
the ladder and the one closest to it. Frank took aim for one of the
two right under where the girl was standing. Frank told Todd, “On
three.” He counted down.
    Frank and Todd walked into the barn with their
guns out. Frank told the freaks, "That's right, motherfuckers; time
to eat your medicine."
    Todd fired six times. Four of the shots hit
the freaks, but one of them didn't drop. It was just
pissed.
     
    Frank squeezed off two rounds and vaporized a
freak's head. The next one he shot spun around when the bullet
grazed the side of its skull. It was grinning. One of its eyes was
missing. Frank put a bullet in its forehead and it fell backward
like a cartoon character playing dead.
    The one Todd hit but didn't kill ran at him.
Todd shot it in the knee and it dropped for a moment before getting
back up, hissing with hate in its eyes. Now it had a
limp.
    The zombie was fifteen feet away from Todd.
The freak had long, dirty blond hair. It was a woman who might have
looked good before she got bit and changed over. It went for Todd
and Frank didn't shoot it. He figured Todd wanted the
satisfaction.
    Todd let the freak get to six feet before
pulling the trigger again. This time, he blew the thing's jaw off.
The bullet made a big hole in the zombie's brain stem and it
crumpled down and fell to its knees before keeling over face
first.
    Frank scanned the barn again, then looked up
into the loft. "You okay up there?" he said. "We're not here to
hurt you. Come with us. We'll help you."
    The girl up in the loft said, "They got
everyone. Mom and dad and Rick. We tried to keep them back but they
broke the door down in the back of the house when we were trying to
keep some from coming in the front. I was the only one who got
out." She started to cry.
    "Come on down," said Frank. "There are three
of us. We'll keep you safe. We're getting out of here."
    The girl said, "Are any of you bit? It takes a
few minutes to change over. I'm not coming down if anyone's
bit."
    "Smart girl," said Todd to Frank.
    "None of us is bit,” said Frank. “Now come on
down. We can use someone who can shoot straight."
    The girl hesitated. She said, "I don't have
any more ammo for the gun." She let out a rope and used it to
shimmy down from the loft. Her feet made a soft landing on the
floor