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back to look down the highway.
    “What?” Lucas grunted his way.
    “Nothing,” Dax said. “Life is just shit right now.”
    “Life is shit,” Richard parroted.
    Dax shook his head at the insanity around him. Ex-husband’s and wives, babies, a supposedly grieving widow with a boy at least a decade younger than her, and him with the crazy sick sap in the back covered in puke. Life just didn’t get much better than this.
    A noise down the road caught his ear. The sound of an engine shocked the hell out of him.
    “Listen! A car,” Dax yelled with some excitement. “I mean it can’t be driven by a zombie, right? Maybe they can offer us some help.”
    “We have to wait for Chase. And, I can’t imagine they’ll stop for us,” Lucas said.
    “Maybe it’s military and they can get us to the checkpoint, get us out of this stinking van,” Dax spat.
    He moved to the side of the road to see one of those little earth-friendly excuses for a car speeding down the road.
    “So, not military,” Lucas laughed.
    “Shut the hell up and eat your candy, kid,” he hissed.
    Dax waved his arms frantically as the car approached them. A man and a woman barely glanced his way as they swerved to avoid him and continue on their way.
    He turned back to Lucas with a half-smirk on his face.
    “Isn’t that the damn candy you two were arguing about in the store?” he asked.
    Lucas shrugged and popped another piece in his mouth. His smile widened for Sherri. Dax’s stomach turned. Acid seemed to boil inside him. Heartburn, sure, empty stomach and all, but more a distaste for life in general including those around him at the moment. Chase seemed cool. And he was thankful to be on his way to safety, even if the ass in the back had probably infected everyone with his little deadly secret.
    “Let me out of these,” Richard yelled as if on cue.
    “No way in hell, buddy,” Dax shouted.
    “Everything is going to end anyway. We are all going to die soon. This is all pointless,” Richard ranted. “Chase claims he can save the world, but his track record sucks.”
    “Shut up,” Lucas warned. “He’s a great man even if your jealous eyes can’t see it.”
    “Jealous? Jealous of what? She’s married to me,” he shot back.
    “Lot of good that’s doing you now tied in the back of a van dying,” Lucas said.
    But Dax watched the kid’s face fall right after. He just didn’t have it in him. He’d only survived this far because of Chase. He’d turned back to Sherri and started talking to her again. He could hear her comfort him. Poor cougar had it bad for the kid. He guessed that’s what happened when you felt like the last people on earth, you paired up with whoever was left. So where the hell was his chick?
    “Stupid women!” Richard yelled.
    Dax swore the loon could read his thoughts.
    “You just lost your husband, bitch. Seems you’re just like my wife though, quick to move on,” Richard hissed. “Go ahead. Live out your last days however you want to. Isn’t going to matter soon.”
    Sherri burst into tears and Lucas comforted her as he glared at Richard.
    “Shut the fuck up, man,” Dax said for the kid. “Nothing wrong with being kind to a perfect stranger. You should try it some time. In fact, you should try being kind to your own wife, maybe a tad grateful to the guy who has risked so much to save your sorry ass.”
    * * * * *
    Chase glanced behind him at Jayda. His stomach dropped to find her not there. He turned in a circle quickly, scanning for movement, but biting his lip not to yell and alert any possible zombies lurking nearby. Spanning out a ways, he looked frantically for her. Hearing a limb crack, he turned with relief. Only, he found himself face to face with one of them.

Chapter Six
    Chase felt the zombie grab his shirt. Sweat poured from him now. Just as he went to push himself away, he tripped backward over a tree root. With a thud, he hit the ground. The zombie had followed, but fallen to the wayside