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afflicted don’t seem much different,” Dietrich explained.
    All of them jumped at pounding at the door. In the window there was a hideous, misshapen face looking at them.
    “Peekaboo! I see you! Hahahahaha!” It squealed. “Come out and play!”
    “Jesus Christ!” Laura yelled as she jumped back. The thing began pounding on the door as they moved back into one of the other rooms.
    “Come out! Come out! Wherever you are! We don’t wanna hurt ya! We just wanna fuck you in the ass! Hahahaha!”
    Dietrich led them to the back of the house and out the back door. For the moment, none of the afflicted had come into the back yard. Dietrich and the group ran into the yard and each climbed the fence into another yard. Sharon had trouble climbing over, but Bernard helped her. They crossed through the yard into an alley which seemed quiet.
    “Where we going?” Derrick asked.
    “Away from here,” Dietrich said. They ran down the alley, which had almost no lighting at all. Dietrich stopped suddenly. There was a set of glowing eyes just ahead of them.
    “Holy shit,” Derrick said. “Is that one of them?”
    “I think so.” Dietrich said. “Don’t move.”
    The thing stepped out from the shadows. It was a man, but he was hissing and snarling. Unlike some of the others, his jaw was elongated, making his snarl look more animal than human.
    “We just want to see Simon,” Dietrich said. “He’s given us safe passage.”
    “Safe passage has been revoked. You’re all meat!” The thing squealed. Dietrich took a step forward, and the thing lunged. Dietrich got out of the way, but Bernard was standing behind him. The thing knocked Bernard to the ground and tore his head off as if it were paper Mache. Sharon screamed as the thing punted Bernard’s head like a football, and then began smearing Bernard’s blood all over itself. Laura took off running as the rest followed her.
    The thing took off after them. They turned left out of the alley and onto another street. The thing wasn’t even trying to catch them. It ran behind them, mocking them as it skipped along.
    “Run, run, run just as fast as you can! Can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man! Hahahaha! Bring those cunts back here! I’m gonna fuck those cunts in the face!” It screamed.
    As they ran, dozens of glowing eyes appeared up ahead. They stopped in their tracks as several more of the afflicted came toward them, yelling something their pursuer stopped as well.
    “Oh looky there! Nowhere left to go! Hahaha!” He howled, just as his head exploded.
    A flatbed truck had driven up behind them. Dietrich never heard the gunshot, until the second one was fired into the crowd, hitting another of the afflicted
    A couple guys and a girl were in in the back of the truck, and the bald man in the back yelled “Come on! Get on!” Sharon climbed up, and the rest of them piled on. Once they were all on, the bald guy pounded on the roof of the cab and the truck sped right into the crowd. Bodies bounced off the truck as it plowed through.
    “Thanks for helping us out,” Dietrich said. He was still catching his breath, and haven’t even processed Bernard’s death. That would have to wait. “I’m Dietrich. This is Laura, Derrick, Amanda and Sharon.”
    “Hey guys. I’m Cody. We just happened to be in town.”

Chapter 19
    C ody was with a couple of other guys, and a girl.
    “You guys from town?” Dietrich asked.
    “Nah. We’re from San Antonio. I guess Skip has family here, so we came to check it out.”
    “Who’s Skip?”
    “Oh, he’s in the passenger seat. He kind of runs things,” Cody said.
    Dietrich nodded. Looking around the back of the flatbed, he saw there were stacks of TVs, computers and other electronics. Chances are they weren’t in town to see anyone’s family. They were there stealing crap. Great. They just got rescued by a bunch of looters. Dietrich also noticed the shotgun in Cody’s hands, as well as each of them having guns in their