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holding
up?”
    “ They’re a bunch of tough
little kids, but they’re looking pretty beat up.”
    “ Anything I can do to
help?”
    “ Actually, yeah…if you guys
are still looking around for stuff, can you keep your eyes open for
kids vitamins, maybe some kids medicines, Pedialyte maybe. You
know, stuff like that.”
    “ Sure, I’ll keep my eyes
open. How about you? Do you need anything?”
    “ A cozy pair of slippers,
pj’s and a bottle of Riesling.”
    “ I know you’re kidding, but
I can probably find those before I come across the stuff for the
kids.”
    “ Then don’t let me stop
you.”
    Eddie followed his brother as he
scavenged forward, looking for any number of the things that
everyone needed, but he was more concerned with finding something
for Alexis.
    “ Don’t loose your head,”
Eddie said.
    “ I’m not man, I’m just…ya
know, I want to get this shit and get out of here.”
    “ I know. I do too, but we
can find your girlfriend some slippers when we’re someplace she can
actually were them, you know?”
    “ Yeah, yeah you’re right.
Fuck it. Let’s go.”
    “ Good, we’ve been at this
for an hour and all these empty cars are giving me the fucking
creeps. Big time.”
    “ Seriously.”
    “ Hey…”
    “ Yeah?”
    “ Can I ask you something
without you thinking I’m crazy?”
    “ Too late.”
    “ All right. It’s happened a
few times now, and since we’ve been looking through these cars it’s
happened a few times more.”
    “ What’s
happened?”
    “ I think I’m seeing ghosts,
man. But not just seeing, like I’m feeling them too. It’s really
fucking weird. It’s like a cold shiver runs right through me, or
I’ll see like a shadow move that shouldn’t be there. It’s not like
I’m seeing a ghost, like Sixth Sense or something, but more like a
feeling, like I just know.”
    “ You’re freaking me out
even more now. You know I fucking hate ghosts. Mom used to talk
about that shit all the time with Grandma when she was alive. I
wouldn’t be able to sleep for days. And now you’re going to start
with it.”
    “ Do you think I’m losing
it?”
    “ Yes. No, well I don’t know
man, I’m not seeing anything weird, except for the
zombies.”
    “ I knew I should’ve kept my
mouth shut.”
    “ I believe you, but I just
don’t want to think of anymore freaky shit. Zombies. Ghosts. What
else, man? What’s next?”
    “ Gremlins.”
    “ Gremlins would be a walk
in the park. Shit, they could be pets. All you have to do is follow
two rules: no eating after midnight, and don’t get them wet. How
hard is that?”
    “ You guys talking about
Gremlins again?” Chung-Hee asked.
    “ You know it.”
    “ Dude, give me a Gremlin
Apocalypse over a Zombie Apocalypse any day.”
    “ Amen.”
    Abdul-Ba’ith stood beside his truck
stretching his legs. “You should stretch, too,” he suggested to
Carrie.
    “ No, thanks.”
    “ We’ll be driving for a
while. It’s not good for circulation to sit so long without doing
some stretching every now and again.”
    “ How about fuck
off.”
    “ How about you go find a
vehicle and follow behind the rest of us?”
    “ Is that a
threat?”
    “ Take it as you will, but
if you end up getting a blood clot because you refuse to get out of
the car and stretch your legs you are threatening my life, Alexis’s
life, and the children’s lives. So, please get off your big ass and
stretch out for a few minutes if you plan to keep driving with
us.”
    Carrie didn’t respond, but she stared
at Abdul-Ba’ith with an incredulous look etched across her face as
she got out of the car and walked away.
    Alexis looked at Abdul-Ba’ith and
asked, “Do you think she’ll find another ride?”
    “ Sadly, no. I’m sure she’s
going to hide behind a car, stretch, and then come back to
us.”
    “ How has she made it this
long without someone killing her?”
    “ I’d say luck, so maybe it
will be good to have her with us.”
    “ Can we