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was right in front of her, so she grabbed it and pulled, knocking the person to the ground violently. She didn’t wait for another opportunity, she raised herself up and brought the axe down on her opponent with a fury, who deftly kicked it out of the way as the blade came down. The force of her momentum on the heavy axe sent her flying sideways where she hit the ground and rolled once. She shrugged out of her backpack and stood. All right, ninja zombie is going to die. But ninja zombie was standing as well. Ten feet from each other they squared off. “Come on, asshole, show me what you’ve got!” she taunted.
    The zombie cocked its head at her curiously. Then it spoke, “Are you still human?” a boy's voice asked.
    Kala’s jaw dropped. In this nightmarish hell, the last thing she expected to see was a person - a real person. Holy crap . She didn’t know what to say so she just said, “Yes.”
    “Why did you attack me?”
    “You attacked me, jerk!”
    “Oh, yeah. Well, I’m sorry.” The figure stepped closer and removed his cap. Kala saw a beautiful boy with smooth brown skin and close cropped black hair. He looked young, probably fourteen or fifteen. He carried a long hunting knife in one hand. She saw that he had some cuts on the palm of his knife hand. He lowered the blade as he approached.
    Kala hesitantly let the axe relax in her grip. “I’m Kala,” she said. “What's your name?”
    “Dylan.”
    There was a moment of awkwardness as the two young people tried to recall what the social norms said they should say next. “What are you doing here, Dylan? I didn’t see you coming. I’ve been watching out the windows for a while now.”
    Dylan grinned, “I can be like a ninja when I want.”
    Kala chuckled, then chuckled some more.
    “What?”
    “I was thinking to myself when we were fighting that you were a ninja zombie.”
    That got a chuckle from Dylan.
    “What are you doing here, Kala?”
    “I was a patient in the military field hospital that was set up out in one of the hangars.”
    He looked confused. “There was a military hospital here?”
    “It was small, but it’s shut down now.”
    “And they just left you there?”
    “Um, yep. I got left behind. I finally made my way up here yesterday morning. What are you doing here?”
    “Looking for a car with gas in it. Then I thought I’d come in here and look for some food.”
    Kala nodded slowly. “Is it still like a maze of cars out there?”
    “Yeah, but there’s a path that's been blasted through out by the road, where I guess the military people were coming and going. Wait, if it's a military hospital, what were you doing there?”
    “Just the right place at the right time I guess. I was here at the airport when I got hurt, and they were just setting up the hospital, so it was happenstance I guess.”
    Dylan seemed to be thinking about her story. “How long have you been here?”
    “Over three months, I think.”
    Dylan did a double take. “That’s - that’s back at the beginning of the outbreak. So you, you don’t know anything then, do you?”
    Kala’s eyes darkened and narrowed at him. He immediately realized his mistake and stuttered, “I - I’m sorry, I didn’t mean you’re stupid or something…”
    “Because I’m not.”
    “But a lot has happened in three months. Holy shit. Sorry, my mom told me not to swear in front of ladies.”
    “I’m not a lady, so you're fine. I’m just a girl.”
    Dylan took a second to appreciate her looks. “No, you're a lady,” he sighed. Do you have anything to eat?”
    Kala nodded. “I do. But I was just leaving. I’ll share some food with you, if you’ll bring me up to speed on the last few months.”
    “Deal.”
    “Cool, then let’s walk and talk, I’m about done with this airport.”
    “I know a good way out, follow me,” Dylan told her.
    “Perfect, I was hoping I wasn’t going to have to walk out the front door and face all of those things.”
    “Have you seen one