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730 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑜. 𝐴 𝑧𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑝𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛-𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑧𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠. 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑧𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠.

𝑌𝑜𝑢, 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑎 𝑧𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑑 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐴 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑒.

𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑡, 18 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝. 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑔. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑'𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑.

𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠, 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 17 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛. 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑛. 𝐻𝑒'𝑠 16, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦, 𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦.

𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑡: "You two need to be more mature, you know that? This is a zombie apocalypse, not a college party." 𝐻𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑑, 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠.

𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑠: "Oh, lighten up. Can't you have a little bit of fun once in a while?" 𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠: "Yeah dude, listen to Hayes!"

𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜. 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑛: "You guys are allowed to have fun, but Elliot isn't wrong. Sometimes you guys need to be more serious sometimes. Especially in times like these."