I drove past Abigail and ahead of the horde that was chasing her. This fucking rain ain't giving me good visibility either. More were coming from the road ahead of us. If we don't get out of here soon, we're gonna be kiddie meals for the unclean. I got out of the pickup just as Abigail was coming at me. "I need you to drive back," I said in a hurry. " What!?" she said exasperated but seeing that Bennie was nowhere to be found, she agreed.

"O-Okay!" she exclaimed. I moved to the back of the pickup. Abigail jumped into the driver's seat and swerved the car around. I nearly fell with the momentum of the car but I managed to hold on to the roof railing. "That's why women cause more car accidents than men," I said to myself making sure Abigail didn't hear me. "I swear this woman is gonna be the death of us one day," I said begrudgingly.

As she drove back to where I left Bennie, I heard the clear snaps of gunshots. He must've been enjoying shooting a real firearm rather than a replica. I bet he's on a killing spree right now. I wouldn't even be surprised if he doesn't miss. I looked out the back side window at Abby. She's just so haggard and must have fallen a few times. No blood wounds as far as I can see. Good.

I looked at her side windows. I sighed. I kicked the back mirror hard. The car swerved a bit. I can see her shouting something at me. Yeah, be a Karen you stupid dolt. I kicked again. Now cracks were forming. I ready another kick and kicked hard just as she stopped the car. The glass broke but the sudden stop caused my leg to my thigh to go through the back window.

A leftover glass wrote a curvy line from my leg to my thigh. Ripping through my jeans and wounding me in the process. "Fuck! Just great. Just fucking great!" I exclaimed. Abigail popped her head out of the window, "What! Why are you kicking? You got something to say about my driving huh!? I was just being chased by.." she was going to be a pain in the ass, "Really!? Are you going to be fucking arguing with me right now!?" I shouted as I pointed towards the horde with a bloodied arm. The first line of the horde was starting to cross a lane on the main road.

Abigail stopped her squawking and looked at my bloodied arm. She turned around and looked at the bloody window then at my leg with an ugly gash streaking from my leg to my thigh. She was gonna say something but kept quiet. She turned back on the wheel and continued driving a bit faster. I peeked a bit through the back window, "I was gonna fucking say to close the windows because you might get bitten if you don't. I broke the fucking glass so I can communicate clearly with you through here than shouting in the side window. It's better than having my head bitten off if I wanted to say something to you ain't it?" I said with a bit of anger in my voice.

I was pissed. Now I am a liability. Fuck! The wound was not deep, but not shallow either. I tried not to think about it. I tried to move it. I can still feel my leg. Capable of the full range of movement. The sting of pain was on another level though. It was my fucking good right leg too. I looked ahead. We were nearing the first sight of car wreckages. I see a soldier cradling a child in her left arm. Her right arm was limp. She was weaving and dodging as best as she could through the cars and unclean that blocked the highway.

"Keep to the clear walkway, Keep it steady towards those two running towards us. The unclean will pound your window but it won't shatter immediately, Stay calm and focus on my fucking voice this time." I said calmly. Now it is not the time to lay it on her. I can bitch about it later. Saving those two was priority one. I clasped my wounded leg and held it tight. As the car was shaking, bumping up and down against the dead bodies on the road. Courtesy of Mr. Bean, oh I mean Big Ben. I just remembered Bennie's nickname in elementary. Huh. Flashbacks? Am I gonna die?

A sudden shake took me back to the present. A body apparently changed the trajectory of the car for a bit causing it to crash into a wreckage but Abigail managed to nudge it back in the clear. I can see the soldier clearly now. Just a few meters.

"Come on!" I shouted. Abigail stopped the pickup just as the soldier bumped on the hood. I expected her to open the passenger seat but rather she rushed towards the back. Then two unclean pounded the hood as well. Just as where she was at. She wouldn't have time to open the door.

"Her first!" Amber shouted. I grabbed the child and set her down gently in the middle of the trunk away from the hands of any would-be unclean. I turned around to help her just as she punched an unclean right to the chest which sent two more unclean behind it to fall. Then I saw her tag "Frost" Oh it's Miss Amber alright. It wasn't a good form but man, she hits hard. I heard a scream inside the driver's seat. I saw that the driver's side window was starting to be pounded by some unclean from the parking lot.

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Then the car alarm finally went quiet. It was so sudden. "Fuck me, Murphy!" I bellowed. I thought car alarms could go indefinitely for days. The sudden crack of the window jolted me awake and I looked for Amber. She went around and pushed another unclean that was trying to lunge at her. She scrambled to climb on the trunk but slipped. Maybe she was wounded in the leg. I hurriedly grabbed the strap of her plate carrier and pulled as hard as I could, just as another unclean tried to grab hold of her. The unclean, with no avail, bumped its head straight to the tailgate and fell.

The unclean at the closest to the main road noticed us first. Now without the car alarm to keep them occupied they slowly started to notice us. Few at a time turned their heads towards the roaring of the engine. "Drive!!" I screamed at Abigail. The car lurched backward and the sudden jolt of momentum caused all three of us to be pressed against the window. The girl, barely 10 years old was caught unaware and lost her balance while sitting. She steadied her helmet which is big for her size and grabbed hold of Amber's arm.

An unclean got run over and caused the car to bounce and I had to grab hold of the railing. "Keep it steady. Easy now!" I said calmly to Abigail just as the first line of unclean in the parking lot started to fall over the small road railings. A few managed to bump the hood of the pick but we got through.

"Keep driving! Don't slow down! We are not out of the woods yet!" I shouted to Abigail. I can see that the other horde from the hill is starting to overrun the other lane. At the edge of the wrecked cars, I can see Bennie stabbing the unclean that got too close to the van that he was on. It was getting swarmed and the dead bodies were starting to pile up creating a foothold for others to climb upon.

"Abigail!" I screamed over the noise of the engine. I didn't bother to look at her. I was estimating the distance between us and Bennie's van. "Shift over to your left, for about two arm's length!" I ordered. I can feel the pick-up shift. "Hold on to something! We're ramming those sons of bitches!" I shouted. Abigail already had her seatbelt on. Amber steadied herself at the corner of the trunk and grabbed hold of the side railing. The plus one that Amber didn't tell me about grabbed hold of Amber's right arm and huddled tightly there. She looks like a monkey grabbing onto a branch. I can see Amber grunting.

"Bennie!" I screamed at him. He looked up and knew exactly what was gonna happen next. I laid down rested my feet inside the tailgate and grabbed hold of the railing. "It's on you to stop Abigail!" I exclaimed to her.

I peeked my head as the truck picked up speed. I just hope it won't cause a breakdown. As I saw the van only a few feet away I braced myself. "Brace!!" I shouted to warn everyone.

~~~~~

A resounding crash reverberated in my ear. We were nearly thrown off the pick-up because of the sudden impact on the bodies, but seeing the bodies as they flew after we crashed into them.

It was glorious! A certain thud followed after Bennie jumped in the trunk bed. With an oomph, he steadied himself and immediately grabbed hold of the railing.

"Drive! Drive! Drive!" I screamed to Abigail. The pick-up lurched again as we were outbalanced because of the sudden momentum. Just as the unaffected unclean got side swept as they tried to get on board our bloodied pickup truck.

"Swerve it! Swerve it! Swerve it!" I said with relief after a few bumps with the dead bodies on the road but far away from the horde. Abigail stopped and swerved smoothly, then took a near-perfect U-turn. Not much momentum, just enough force like driving a limo on the streets.

"Oh, now you wanna drive carefully," I whispered quietly.

"Amy, you can let go of my arm now. It's a bit painful because I dislocated it you see." Amber said smoothly to the child who's apparently named Amy. I looked at Bennie who just chuckled. I laid my body down for a bit of rest and tried to forget everything about the border town.

"Motherfucking Murphy," I said with a bit of sarcasm. Then I heard Bennie chuckle and then laughed. I laughed back a bit louder. The next thing we knew, we were laughing our hearts out. I bet he is thinking the same thing as I am.

This is fucking fun!