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through that!’ He cried.
    His words coming out so fast they jumbled together. The boy’s chest was slightly heaving because he spoke so quickly without taking a breath. He began to suck in air quickly. Sam thought that he might be experiencing a panic attack.
    ‘Hey, let’s just sit down for a minute ok? She asked him.
    Sam grabbed his hands gently and guided the boy over to the chair next to her door. He gave her no trouble at all. And seemed to welcome the help she was trying to give him.
    ‘Let me see your phone.’ She told him, holding her hand out.
    The boy looked at her sweetly and handed her his phone. Sam noticed that he was already beginning to sound and look better. The color was slowly returning to his face and hands.
    ‘She won’t answer…’ The boy exclaimed. Shoving his hands into his pockets. He had the look of complete abandonment. And as though He’d given up trying. She looked down at his phone. She pressed on the screen lock button on the top of the phone. The light of the phone swiftly kicked on to reveal that she needed a password to unlock his phone.
    ‘What is your password?’ She asked tapping on the screen to keep it from hibernating into safe mode.
    ‘adventkingfrost33’ the boy told her.
    His words had slowed down considerably. The boy had been stressing so much that his face looked very tired.
    Sam put in the password and quickly found  way to his mother’s number. The sound of ringing filled her ear. Ringing and ringing...No answer would come. Sam would eventually end the call. She looked at the phone again and this time brought up his text messaging. She could immediately see where the boy had already tried contacting her. His sentences were short and simple.
    Are you ok? He asked. Reading these words made Samantha’s heart drop. She hoped that his mother was alright. Her little boy was extremely worried. How thoughtful of him.
    ‘How about we wait for her to call?’ She asked the boy. She pushed a few strands of hair out of his eyes.
    ‘You can sit right here until you get in touch with her.’ Sam said looking him in the eye.
    It looked as though his face lit up with joy. She could sense that he didn’t want to be alone. And judging by the way he had already handled things, he probably needed her help. It didn’t look like his mom knew that he had been calling. Surely, soon she will check her messages.
    ‘I’m really worried about her. I saw this.’ He said pointing at the phone in his hand.
    It had a video on the screen. Sam took the phone from him and pressed the play button at the bottom of the screen. The video began and Samantha watched. She couldn’t believe her eyes only a few seconds into the video.
    Are the dead coming back? She asked herself. Samantha looked back at the kid. His eyes were widened by the thought of what his neighbor was witnessing. He had already seen the video of course. But, he knew that he never wanted to see it again. It scared him badly.
    She looked back at the screen and saw a news Anchor alerting the media that the images were real? They couldn’t be real! Samantha cried. In her eyes this was probably just another hoax that some college wannabe animator put together. She had no reason to believe it. Until….Sam exited out of the video. She quickly mashed in the webpage for the local news 4. This was her go to site. She felt that she could trust its news. Once the page loaded, she noticed immediately that there was a breaking news article and clicked onto it. She bit her lips as she opened the article. Embedded into it was the same exact video that she had just watched.
    Samantha lowered the phone. Her heart was beating fast. The article was warning people to stay inside and lock your doors. That these things were unsafe and dangerous. They are comparing it to the Rabies virus. The symptoms are similar! The article also warned that Marshal Law had been declared in many states. She looked down at the boy and moved back to shut and lock