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“This is all my fault. We have to help them,” Victor said, rocking in his seat.
“Listen, I’m sorry that this happened, but if we don’t leave now, we might not get another chance,” I told him as I turned the key and the engine roared to life.
“We can’t just leave them!” Victor shouted. “Not everyone here is evil.”
“Maybe not, but everyone here knew what your father and the rest of the department were doing and did nothing to stop it,” I countered.
“It will take two minutes to kill them, then we can leave,” Victor pleaded.
“And what about the ones already infected?”
“The town can take care of those people themselves before they reanimate. Please, Dyana. Innocent people need our help, just like you needed mine.”
I sighed. “Fine. But we make this quick. Do you know how to shoot a gun?”
Victor looked at me like I was stupid. “Of course I know how to shoot a gun.”
“Then lock and load. I’m driving us close enough to shoot them, and then we’re leaving!”
I put the truck in gear and pulled out of the lot. This was stupid. We were taking too big a risk. I got close to the crowd and then made a U-turn so we could get away quickly. Then, we both hung out our windows and began shooting zombies. The addednoise helped to attract their attention away from the fleeing townspeople.
“That’s good enough,” I shouted as I slid back onto the seat. We had taken out all but a couple, and the street mainly had cleared. They were on their own.
Victor stopped shooting and went to slide back into the truck when he was pulled from the window with a shout.
“What the fuck did you do to that cake, boy?!” Riggs shouted.
“Fuck!” I almost drove off. Almost. I climbed back out my window and pointed my gun at Riggs’ head. “Let him go!”
Riggs looked at me, his eyes devoid of all emotion except rage. “Who? Victor?”
“NO!” I screamed. Before I could pull the trigger, he pointed the gun at his son’s head and shot him.
“Now,” Riggs said, turning his gun on me and stepping onto the running board. “Get us back to the station. Give me any trouble, and I’ll drop you just like I did my worthless embarrassment of a son.”
Nope. I wasn’t going back. Either I was driving out of this fucking town, or I would die here in the street. Deciding I would take my chances on being quicker than him, I started to squeeze the trigger just as a zombie came up behind Riggs and pulled him off the truck. I relished his fate. I was about to get back in the truck and leave before I recognized the zombie.
“Oh, God. No! Kelly!”
Kelly turned her head toward me as if she recognized her name and snarled. Judging by her appearance, Kelly had been dead a long time, possibly since the initial outbreak. I had become a prisoner in this town because of my search to find Kelly, and in the end, she saved me. Riggs shot her, but in his panic, he didn’t aim, and it only served to regain Kelly’s attention. He screamed as she tore into him, and I quickly drove away, one eye on the rearview mirror. When I was a safe enough distance away andfelt Riggs had suffered enough, I stopped one last time and aimed at my baby sister.
With tears running down my face, I gave Kelly the final rest she deserved and then drove away. I passed the police station just as Sheriff Finley came running through the front door. I didn’t slow as he pulled his gun, but before he could take aim, something down the street caught his attention, and without another glance toward me, he ran toward the mayhem. Victor was gone. Kelly was gone. Kelly had been my reason to live, and she was gone. I no longer had a reason to live.
Even as the thought ran through my mind, I rejected it with my entire body. No. I was done living for others. From now on, I’d live for me.
And I sure as fuck wouldn’t trust anyone ever again. The only person I could trust was myself.
Present
I jolted awake from the nightmare. I wasn’t surprised that I dreamed about that day, after where my thoughts were all day. Losing Kelly had been hard, but my time with Sheriff Finley had taught me several well-needed lessons, and I owe my time there a debt of gratitude.
I opened my eyes and screamed when I saw the three shadowy figures crouched over me.
Chapter four
Evan
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