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us,” Bray replied.
    Jack sat down next to Elle, “Clare, Joe, we can help, you just need to trust us,” Jack told them softly.
    Clare looked straight at Jack, “They already have people helping them,” she told him.
    Looking confused Jack asked, “Who helps them?”
    “More soldiers,” Clare spoke out suddenly.
    Elle frowned and looked at Jack, “Solders?” she asked.
    “They must have been left here after the evacuation,” Jack replied.
    “Clare, we can get everyone to safety?” Bray asked her.
    Joe finally spoke, “No monsters?” he asked. Thinking about the zombies below.
    Elle smiled knowing what he meant. “No monsters, I promise,” she told him.
    “They are at the museum,” Clare told them.
    “Sweetheart which one” Jack asked.
    “Near the bridge, it is straight down there,” Clare said while pointing in the direction of the river Thames.
    “Thank you, Clare do you think you could take us there?” Jack replied.
    Clare replied, “Yes, but the monsters will come for us.”
    “Do not worry about the monsters, Ok, we will keep them away,” Jack told her.
    Clare simply smiled; she was starting to trust Jack.
    Jack stood up and asked Elle to join him and for Bray to stay with the kids. Jack and Elle walked over to Frank and Josh. “You OK now?” Jack asked Josh.
    “Yeah, sorry I didn’t mean to make it sound like I didn’t care,” he replied.
    “Well, this is a screwed up night,” Jack laughed it off.
    “Sorry Elle,” Josh continued.
    Elle simply touched his arm, “No problem,” she told him.
    “Frank, the kids said the survivors are protected by soldiers at a museum,” Jack told him.
    “We should think about moving, time is ticking away. Can the kids show us?” Frank asked.
    “Yes,” Jack replied.
    “What about the zombies?” Elle asked.
    Josh replied before anyone else could, “We kill the bastards,” Jack and Frank smiled.
    Elle looked and laughed, “Sounds like a plan,” she laughed out, causing the others to laugh too.
    The team moved to the far end of the roof and looked down to the ground level, “OK, there is nothing down this end. We are going to move very quietly. When you reach the bottom stay close to the wall until everyone has made it down,” Jack told everyone.
    Frank and Bray were the first to start the climb down, Josh helped them and then joined them, climbing down behind.
    Jack spoke to the kids, “listen, I will go first and you both will join me. We climb together. If you need to stop just tell me,” the kids both agreed and looked scared.
    Jack noticed the fear in their face, “Hey, I will not let anything happen to you both.” he reassured them.
    Elle walked along the roof edge a few feet and Jack noticed her limping, “Elle, you Ok?” he asked.
    She smiled at him, “Yeah, it’s just a little sore. I am fine, will meet you at the bottom,” she replied.
    As she watched Jack go over the edge, she kept smiling thinking how strong Jack was tonight, keeping everyone going and dealing with the hell around him at the same time. The kids started to climb down, Elle quickly made sure they were OK, “I will be right behind you,” she told them. Jack looked down seeing Frank, Bray, and Josh reach the bottom.
    The kids were moving slow and this had slowed them all down. Joe was struggling; his small legs had trouble reaching the next bar. As he struggled down his foot slipped and he dropped, quickly taking hold of another bar.
    The others climbing all looked, but feared shouting out in case they attracted the zombies. Joe had his eyes shut as he tried to regain his breath, opening his eyes he let out a loud scream. Jack looked up to see Joe face to face with a Zombie. “JOE” Clare screamed.
    “KEEP MOVING!” Jack shouted at her.
    Jack raced back up the scaffolding. Joe was pushing himself away from the Zombie. As Jack got closer, he could see the decomposing living body, it had an arm missing, and half its face had been torn away, revealing the