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.Brendan cleared his throat, seeming more in control.“What do you think caused all of this? It seems like once we figure that out, we’ll know what we’re dealing with.”“I still think it was those Z pills Mason had at the party.You heard Blake.He’s been getting calls from customers about their friends acting weird after taking them.Then look at him.He said he’d been taking them for a while.He took one in front of us and next thing you know, he’s puking black gunk like everyone else,” I reminded him.“But what if he’s fine?”“I doubt it,” Reagan mumbled.“Maybe we should try and find him,” Brendan suggested.“I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Kaci said, rubbing her arm.“I don’t either,” I added.“Me neither.In fact, I think that’s the dumbest idea ever.”“Then what do you think we should do? Huh, Reagan?” Brendan snapped, stepping closer to her.“I have no idea but it shouldn’t be something that’ll put us in more danger.” Reagan stood her ground.“We can’t stay here,” Brendan huffed.“No shit,” Reagan snapped back.Both of their faces had begun to turn red again.I stepped in between them“Guys.We’re in this together.While I don’t think we should go looking for Blake, we shouldn’t stay here either.Maybe we should try to get in touch with our families, see if they’re okay then get outside.I—“A muffled scream for help came from the hall.Without thinking, I opened the door to see what was going on.TENThe screaming from the hall was drowned out by the sound of our screams.A black-eyed, gray-skinned security guard—Thomas according to the nametag pinned to his uniform—stood in the doorway, reaching for us.Brendan took the katana out from my belt loop and with a few quick moves, he had it out, its blade catching and reflecting the florescent lighting.He rammed it into Thomas’ stomach with enough momentum to pierce clean through to the other side.The sword sticking out of his body didn’t stop him from trying to rip out Brendan’s throat.“Get out of here,” Brendan commanded as he struggled to avoid Thomas’ nails and pushed Thomas out of the room.The rest of us squeezed through an opening between the zombie and the door—first Reagan then me.Kaci was the last out.Reagan got through with no problem while I was bumped into the doorframe, jarring my arm.I bit down hard on my bottom lip to keep from screaming.I swallowed the sound and scurried to safety a few feet away with Reagan.Kaci screamed from behind me.I turned around to check on her and saw Thomas had snagged a lock of her hair.He jerked his arm, bringing her down to the floor on her butt.She screamed again.Past Brendan, who still fought to protect himself and free Kaci, was Sloane.She squatted over someone cramming handfuls of bloody innards into her mouth with the arm that wasn’t hanging on by a thread.Who the guts belonged to was a mystery.Only the lower half of the body was visible, the distance obscured their face.But they were wearing the same slate gray pants as Thomas, which meant they were part of the security team.I hope it isn’t Will.Kaci screamed and pawed at Thomas’s hand trying to untangle her hair from his unrelenting grip.Reagan ran to help, swatting at Thomas’s back while Brendan tried to remove the sword.It didn’t budge.I ran over to Kaci.She cried and squirmed on the floor, trying to free herself.I kneeled in front of her and placed my hand on her cheek.“Kace, I have an idea but you’re not going to like it,” I said, my voice calmer than I thought it would be.“W-W-what is it?” She cried.“Pull away from him.”“But my hair!”“Hair is hair.It’ll grow back.Is your hair more important than your life?”“N-n-n-no,” she wailed.“Shhh.Shhh.Shhh.Just calm down.” I wiped away one of her tears with my thumb and patted her cheek.“Give me your hand.”She placed a shaking hand in mine.“When I say ‘go’, I want you to pull away from him.Okay?”“O-o-okay.”I gripped her hand and positioned myself to pull.“Go!” I yelled and pulled the weight of her body.She helped, using her legs to push forward [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]