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left.
                "Almost on the highway!" Olivia cried.
                I looked forward.  The big trucks in front of us blocked most of my view down road, but as we took the ramp to the highway I could look down it for a few miles.  I saw lots of zombies, but not nearly as many as we'd just plowed through.  They seemed to thin out slowly towards the north.
                "Hey, does anyone know how to change the barrels on this thing?" Ralph asked.  "I don't want to overheat it."
                Wrong time to ask that question.  Jake could've shown us before we left.  Maybe even Officer Hanks knew how to do it.  I've never taken a gun apart in my life.
                "I don't think you have time," Olivia said.  "More walkers ahead."
     

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
                The zombies didn't react well to moving vehicles, so we were able to drive through them fairly easily.  Mostly they stopped and stared at us.  Every last one of them watched us intently, like they were all connected mentally.  If they did have a hive mentality, it wasn't very quick to respond to anything out of the ordinary.
                Most of the convoy was in front of us, so they plowed aside the zombies on the road before we reached them.  Jake used the walkie-talkie to make us stop shooting them.  They weren't a threat, so we shouldn't waste ammo.
                "Shooting a walker is never a waste of ammo," Ralph grumbled.  "Besides, we have a ton of it."
                The convoy sped up considerably as the vehicles reached the highway.  About two miles out of Emory the road was clear.  I could see scattered solitary and small groups of zombies heading south.  The convoy sped up even more.
                "Maybe," I said.  I had to shout now.  With the windshield down atop the hood the wind roared in my ears.  "Don't forget how fast we went through our ammo on the way down from Carson."
                "At least we aren't carrying it on our backs this time," Olivia added.  The vehicles in front started pulling away.  She floored it, but they drove faster.  I looked over and saw we were slowly passing 55 miles per hour.  "Tell Jake this jeep doesn't go that fast."
                I hadn't used a walkie-talkie in fifteen years.  I lifted it to my mouth, keyed it, and tried to speak.  My mouth was forced filled with air and choked off my words.  I had to bend down to get my head behind the dash and out of the wind before I could speak.
                "Jake, or Red Leader," I said, making Ralph snort in amusement.  Olivia didn't get my Star Wars reference.  She probably thought it was just because his Trailblazer was red.  "This is Zombie Patrol.  Slow down.  Officer Hanks said the jeep cruises at 45 to 50 miles an hour."
                "Over and out," Olivia corrected me.
                "Over and out," I quickly repeated into the walkie-talkie.  Then to my friends as I sat back up, "This is too complicated."
                The vehicles in front immediately slowed.  She took her foot off the gas, and I felt the difference in the jeep's ride.  Neither the engine nor the suspension could handle the 60 miles per hour we'd been going.
                I didn't think I could handle that wind all of the way back to Carson.
                "I thought we were Old Rat?" Olivia said.
                "Red Leader to Geek Patrol," Jake replied.  "Take the lead, out."
                "Ha!" Ralph laughed.  "He got it."
                "Wait," I said before she started to go around them.  "Pull up closer to the truck in front."
                "Why?"
                "I want to lift up the windshield," I said.
                Olivia shook her head vehemently, while Ralph thought I was crazy.  I didn't see a problem.  I