as a girl and two guys rush at me. I lift the ax to swing, when Sam is suddenly beside me brandishing the fire poker.
We easily hit the dead aside.
The dead are having more trouble getting through the small entrance now. And the small hallway is filled with so many bodies that I lost count. Gabe is standing before Sam and me with his back to us.
“ Sam, get her in the truck!”
Sam grabs for my arm, but I pull it back.
“ Dan and Brian are trapped in a room upstairs! We can’t leave them.” I have to yell over the noise the dead are making.
“ We don’t have time, Maggie! Dammit Sam, now!”
Sam gets a grip on my arm and tugs on me, I see Gabe swing at the one armed guy again as he rushes him. The back passenger side door is open and Sam shoves me in before yelling to Gabe and getting in himself.
Claire is in the driver’s seat, and is gripping the wheel with wide eyes. Emily is in the seat behind me, gripping a knife between white knuckles. Maria is beside me, and at first I think she’s talking to me, but it’s too fast and quiet that I don’t understand what she’s saying. Then I see a phone in her left hand, she’s talking to someone else.
She looks up at me and her face is alight.
“ It’s Daniel, you were right they’re stuck in a bedroom upstairs. They’re not hurt though. What do I tell them?” She’s shaking and keeps glancing out of the truck. And I know she’s afraid we’ll leave him behind. So am I, to be honest.
Sam slams the door closed behind him and the front passenger side door opens then. Gabe slides in then, just as three guys rush him.
“ Maria, tell them to jump like Austin did!” He gets the door closed, and turns to Claire. “Get us out of here!”
“ But the door isn’t even opened yet!” Her eyes are wide and I can see the sweat at her temples.
“ Doesn’t matter, it’s not a heavy door. We can make it, just hit the gas hard.” He grips the handle above the door and turns to look at the garage door behind us.
“ Everybody hold on tight.” Claire says as she steps on the gas.
Chapter Twenty One
The tires of the truck squeal for a second before we’re flung forward as the truck goes backwards. It hits the garage door hard, and I can hear it bending as we push through it. It barley slows us down, as we clear the garage with the hood flipping over the top. Claire hits the breaks and spins the wheel. We get tossed to the side, as she turns us around with the garage behind us.
Pushing myself off a stunned Sam, I look back to the garage. The door hit at the dead as they were trying to get to us. So we have a head start at least. I look to Maria and pray she’s still on the phone with Dan, but she’s not holding it. Hopefully she already told him to jump, because the truck is already turning toward the yard.
Claire slows us down though, as the yard still has a ton of cars in it. When she speeds up to pull up to the road, I hear Maria yell as she points behind her. I swing my head around and try to see what caught her eye. It’s so dark in the front of the house that I try to catch any movement. The dead are all in the house trying to go through the garage so that’s not what she’s looking at.
Then I look up.
It’s Dan and Brian; they made it out onto the ledge of the roof. It overlooks the front of the house, and is about ten feet high. Too slowly for my liking, they walk to the edge. Pausing for a moment Dan jumps down first and lands on his feet. He turns right away and faces Brian, who is about to jump.
I glance back towards the garage to make sure they still have enough time. The door only slowed them down so much, and the others beyond are already making their way around the fallen ones. The guys have a minute or less before they have company.
I look back as Brian jumps down beside Dan, but he must have landed wrong because he instantly falls to his knees. I hear Claire’s cry of panic as Dan helps Brian up, and they jog towards
We easily hit the dead aside.
The dead are having more trouble getting through the small entrance now. And the small hallway is filled with so many bodies that I lost count. Gabe is standing before Sam and me with his back to us.
“ Sam, get her in the truck!”
Sam grabs for my arm, but I pull it back.
“ Dan and Brian are trapped in a room upstairs! We can’t leave them.” I have to yell over the noise the dead are making.
“ We don’t have time, Maggie! Dammit Sam, now!”
Sam gets a grip on my arm and tugs on me, I see Gabe swing at the one armed guy again as he rushes him. The back passenger side door is open and Sam shoves me in before yelling to Gabe and getting in himself.
Claire is in the driver’s seat, and is gripping the wheel with wide eyes. Emily is in the seat behind me, gripping a knife between white knuckles. Maria is beside me, and at first I think she’s talking to me, but it’s too fast and quiet that I don’t understand what she’s saying. Then I see a phone in her left hand, she’s talking to someone else.
She looks up at me and her face is alight.
“ It’s Daniel, you were right they’re stuck in a bedroom upstairs. They’re not hurt though. What do I tell them?” She’s shaking and keeps glancing out of the truck. And I know she’s afraid we’ll leave him behind. So am I, to be honest.
Sam slams the door closed behind him and the front passenger side door opens then. Gabe slides in then, just as three guys rush him.
“ Maria, tell them to jump like Austin did!” He gets the door closed, and turns to Claire. “Get us out of here!”
“ But the door isn’t even opened yet!” Her eyes are wide and I can see the sweat at her temples.
“ Doesn’t matter, it’s not a heavy door. We can make it, just hit the gas hard.” He grips the handle above the door and turns to look at the garage door behind us.
“ Everybody hold on tight.” Claire says as she steps on the gas.
Chapter Twenty One
The tires of the truck squeal for a second before we’re flung forward as the truck goes backwards. It hits the garage door hard, and I can hear it bending as we push through it. It barley slows us down, as we clear the garage with the hood flipping over the top. Claire hits the breaks and spins the wheel. We get tossed to the side, as she turns us around with the garage behind us.
Pushing myself off a stunned Sam, I look back to the garage. The door hit at the dead as they were trying to get to us. So we have a head start at least. I look to Maria and pray she’s still on the phone with Dan, but she’s not holding it. Hopefully she already told him to jump, because the truck is already turning toward the yard.
Claire slows us down though, as the yard still has a ton of cars in it. When she speeds up to pull up to the road, I hear Maria yell as she points behind her. I swing my head around and try to see what caught her eye. It’s so dark in the front of the house that I try to catch any movement. The dead are all in the house trying to go through the garage so that’s not what she’s looking at.
Then I look up.
It’s Dan and Brian; they made it out onto the ledge of the roof. It overlooks the front of the house, and is about ten feet high. Too slowly for my liking, they walk to the edge. Pausing for a moment Dan jumps down first and lands on his feet. He turns right away and faces Brian, who is about to jump.
I glance back towards the garage to make sure they still have enough time. The door only slowed them down so much, and the others beyond are already making their way around the fallen ones. The guys have a minute or less before they have company.
I look back as Brian jumps down beside Dan, but he must have landed wrong because he instantly falls to his knees. I hear Claire’s cry of panic as Dan helps Brian up, and they jog towards
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