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didn’t seem to care about the dog so he let it go.
     
    The storm was thinning out and the wind was dying down so Roland did his best to keep his guard up but he couldn’t stop his mind from racing; wondering about all that had happened and how it had happened so quickly. He’d gone to sleep the day before and the world had been normal and today he wakes up to find the dead up, walking around and attacking people. He was just wondering why there were so many dead people and what had caused them to rise in the first place when Crystal started running rounding a corner before he could catch up.
     
    “ Shit, this chick’s gonna get us all killed.” He cursed looking down at Eve who just turned her head to side.

Chapter 8: Death Bites
     
    He rounded the corner in time to see Crystal dart in a house up the street; a big Hummer in the driveway, more importantly though he showed up just in time to catch the attention of the five monsters that had exited the house directly to his right. Turning their heads in unison the five; three female and two male, shrieked and started shambling towards him arms outstretched. It was at least twenty-five feet between him and the creatures and Roland brought up the HK aiming at the creature on the far left a male, well built and also completely naked.
     
    A little stunned at the creature’s lack of clothes Roland took an extra second to sight its forehead and squeeze the trigger. The creatures were only twenty feet away and Roland quickly dispatched the next three leaving only one female, she was naked as well and at ten feet Roland recognized her as one of his ex girlfriends. Letting go of the HK Roland pulled the Desert Eagle out his pocket; the big black gun glistening.
     
    “ I’ll see you in hell, bitch.” His face expressionless; Roland squeezed the trigger and watched as her face disintegrated only five feet from him.
     
    Roland was about to go after Crystal when something stopped him; a big black Dodge Ram sat in the driveway of the house the creatures had come from and he was pretty sure he knew who owned it. The dog surprisingly had stayed beside him the entire time and even now followed him as he headed to the house.
     
    “ Hello, is anyone here?” He called out receiving no reply as he stepped through the doorway and looked around the house. It split upstairs and downstairs at the entranceway, the basement looking dark and ominous while the upstairs was brightly lit and open.
     
    “ I’ve seen this movie.” Roland said to no one before heading upstairs; the Desert Eagle leading the way and the dog right behind him.
     
    Reaching the top of the stairs Roland looked left into the living room; there was a big screen TV, a recliner, and couch. The couch had a bloodstain on one of the cushions and a first aid kit sat on the coffee table. Eve started growling and Roland spun around just as the creature that used to be his friend’s boyfriend lunging towards him like a wild animal. It happened too fast for Roland to register as his arm brought the Desert Eagle up and squeezed the trigger, the big gun roaring twice.
     
    The first round tore through its shoulder, and the second ripped up and through its neck severing it. The two brass cartridges clinking down the stairwell as the creature’s head and body squished to the floor, the disembodied head still chomping its teeth. Disgusted Roland stomped down hard with his right boot the shattering bones giving a resounding crack. As the ringing in his ears ceased Roland became aware of a quite sobbing coming from down the hallway where one of the white doors was damaged, the paint scratched away in places and indentations in others. Stepping over the body that now filled the hallway his boot making a disgusting noise every step he knocked on the door. “Are you okay?”
     
    The door flung open and Emily’s skinny arms wrapped around Roland’s chest. Caught off guard Roland put his arms around the skinny girl; her red