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out at her and start walking. Athena paces from the front of the line to the back of the line. She is in full alert mode and I personally like having her around. She makes me feel safer.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 5
    ~~What we fear, we often rage against.~~
     
     
    We reach the barricade and stand there for a couple minutes. Staring at the ghost town ahead of us. Empty gun shells scattered on the road by my feet, tons of dead zombies lay on the street soaked in their own brownish red blood. Their bodies covered in bullet holes. The air reeks of dead zombies and a mix of a barbecue smell. How odd who would be barbecue right now? Maybe there are people at the high school.
    “Looks like a war zone,” Mathew says as he puts his foot on the Humvees bumper.
    “It smells weird,” Kat says as she gives John some water.
    “Yeah, a mix of the dead with Barbecue,” I add.
    “Not very appetizing,” Mathew says jumping over the K-rails. Kat and I jump over while Mathew grabs John and helps him over. Athena jumps over and growls at a dead zombie on the road. I point the nose of my gun down towards the zombie and kick its belly several times, making sure it’s dead not zombie dead. I walk to the Ten ton and hop on the side of the truck and take a peek inside the dirty blood stained window. No soldiers, No weapons, not even a dead soldier Weird. It’s like humanity never existed. Wouldn't there be bodies?
    “Where is everyone?” I ask as I jump down from the ten ton.
    “Let's keep walking. Keep your eyes open,” Mathew says as he starts walking towards town. He's alert and focused. Behind me Kat holds onto John's hand, John keeps playing with a loose string that hangs down from his shirt. His cute little face is so filthy, blotches of dirt cover his forehead, his shirt is torn at the collar, he needs a good scrub down. Athena walks close to John’s ankle.
    Scanning the buildings around us, the country pub comes into view on our left, the front doors are smashed in and the windows are all broken. Feet lay spread out by the front door. No need to look to see if it's dead, the smell alone gives it away. What I wouldn't do for a nice cold Blue Moon right now.
    Just thinking about having a pitcher of beer is making my mouth water. Ignoring my urge to walk right inside of the pub and grab a couple beers, I walk a little faster to catch up with Mathew. Mathew stops and holds up his hand, motioning for us to stop walking. He points his index finger to the alley for us to run and cover.  Not wasting any time asking Mathew what he saw, we take off running towards the alley. Quickly we kneel down next to the dumpster.
    “What did you see?” Kat asks Mathew as she pushes John against the wall.
    “Six zombies at the grocery market. They're just standing there,” Mathew says quickly.
    “We can try to go around them? Or do we kill them?” I ask as I look behind us to make sure there are no zombies.
    “We can kill them, but I don't want to use
    our guns. The sound may attract more of them. Let's follow this alley around them.”
    Kat and I agree and follow behind Mathew down the alleyway. The alley leads behind the set of business, where the loading trucks come and go. Mathew walks ahead of us checking to see if the street is clear. He signals us to follow him and puts his finger to his lips.
    “John, can you be super quiet? They’re evil people around and we don’t want them to find us right?” I say as I kneel down to be face level with him. John nods his head yes and grabs Kat's hand again. Standing back up I follow behind Kat and John.
    The street is empty except for a bread truck that is parked sideways next to the door that says grocery store. Walking up to the bread truck, crates of bread loaves are stacked neatly in the back of the truck. I point my gun inside before I jump in the truck and pull out a loaf of bread and shove it in my backpack. I throw one to Kat and she puts it in her