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bushes were perfectly cut and manicured, a nice place to walk.
    “You guys get relieved?” he asked. He had heard both of them being called a few minutes ago, but since it wasn’t his call number for the day he hadn’t paid attention.
    “Yeah, Johnson and Scarrow relieved us, along with Sergeant Hicks. He told us to collect you and head back to the security building to debrief the lieutenant,” he stopped talking and looked at Yolanda who shrugged. “What do you think happened to Brian?”
    “The only thing I can think of is the virus,” Kyle answered. He knew they just wanted to talk about it, but he was trying to think of a way to get out of here. “I think that this may turn into a big problem...a bigger problem than protecting this place. That radio also said this morning that there have been major riots on the East Coast, even in North Carolina. Even if that’s the worst coming, I need to be with my brother.
    “I heard that,” Yolanda bobbed her head, “we need to get out of here, I got people I need to see.” Kyle wondered who, since he knew that her family didn’t even live in the state.
    They were halfway along the building as collectively their radios blurted out a message: “All units be aware, there has been an emergency broadcast on the local Law Enforcement Channel. Keep your vigilance up, there are some problems outside the plant. Sergeant Hicks please call the command center immediately.” The main intercom for the plant came on: “Sergeant Hicks please report to the command center, Sergeant Hicks call the command center.”
    “Sounds like you’re right man, I need to call my wife then and make sure everything is all right. She’s watching some kids today also,” he said. His normally jovial face had turned serious.
    He looked a little scared. Kyle thought, “Hell so am I.”
    They had come to the end of the path which split in two directions. They started to turn left toward the building with the medical office when the double doors burst open, followed by a security officer who immediately fell down and tried unsuccessfully to regain his feet. His actions were hampered by his constant looking over his shoulder. The three of them stopped and were staring in wonder at the strange sight.
    Yolanda spoke first, “Yo, Johnson, what’s wrong with you?”
    The man recoiled visibly as his name was called. He took one more look backward, stumbled to a tree, and fell over. He was out of breath, “We need to get out of here. Brian has gone crazy, and the doctor also.” Kyle could see Johnson shaking and instinctively began to look him over.
    “Where are the sergeant and Scarrow?” he asked.
    Johnson seemed to be about to panic, he came right up to Kyle and grabbed his vest. “They’re dead!” he screamed.
    Yolanda started to move up beside Kyle but he saw it and shook his head slightly. Kyle gently removed his hands. They were covered in sweat and rigid. “Tell us what happened?”
    “We tried to get Brian first but we could hardly get in the door. He was trying to bite us, but Scarrow was able to hold him down and we restrained him. We called it in and were told to check on the doc. We walked in the nurse’s office and he was…” Johnson hesitated. His cheeks bulged a little and he doubled over, emptying his stomach on the grass. Yolanda and Patrick took a step back from the sick man.
    “The doctor was eating them! One of the nurses was lying in a pool of blood by the door. Her face was gone! The doctor was already eating the other one. He had his face in her neck. Chewing.” He turned and retched again in the grass.
    Kyle passed him some water. Pieces of food and liquid covered his chin and knees where he had been kneeling, he didn’t seem to care. “The sergeant jumped in the room and tried to pull the doctor off, but the doctor just grabbed his arm and bit it also. He didn’t just bit it though, he started chewing it. The sergeant started screaming…. trying to get free. He