Zane sighed as Addelyn collapsed once more to the ground, sobbing. He walked carefully over to the two bodies and inspected them.<span style="font-style: italic">Hmm... yeah. They're bodies are decomposing and they were clearly fucked up before I got them.</span>He kicked them over carefully, making sure they were indeed dead.<span style="font-style: italic">Or, re-dead...</span>he though, chuckling internally for a second. He walked back to Addelyn as she sat on the ground. He squatted, resting on the balls of his feet, and brought her chin up. She refused to look him in the eye as he spoke. "Addelyn, listen to me. You have to do this. We can't give up just because things are hard. I know how sensitive you are to life. I know you can barely stand to kill spider, and you hate spiders. We have to keep moving, living, surviving. I'm sure we can find other people and a safe location to live. We<span style="font-style: italic">can</span>do this Addy." Zane waited a second as Addelyn appeared to think, then nodded. She sniffed and stood, "Let's keep moving then." She went back to working on rigging the reactor and laptop. " I'm overriding the connection between the reactor and the laptop, disabling the failsafes that cause it to shut down due to communication lose. That should enable us to keep going no problem. Here we are. Well, it didn't shut down so, I think we're good." She finished by closing everything up and got back in the car, as did Zane.<br/><br/>They continued along the US-50 for about another 35 miles, seeing no one and slowing down as they approached the town of Winchester. "I uhh think we should try to go around, Zane." Addelyn said, slightly turning toward Zane. "I agree, but right now, I can't see anything. I think we should maybe try to find a gun store or sporting store or something." he replied. Addelyn stayed silent as Zane carefully rolled forward, not seeing anything as they came upon Eagle Military Outfitters, right off of the 50, down West Jubal Early Drive. They carefully looked around, then exited the car, Zane leading the way with his Sig. He checked the door, which happened to be slightly ajar. "Be careful Addy. Stay close." He pushed the door open and slowly entered. "Alright it looks clear. But keep your eyes and ears open." Zane closed and turned the bolt lock on the front entrance, then turned to look for weapons. Addelyn looked around the store, "I think this place has already been picked clean." Zane nodded, then spoke after he noticed Addelyn wasn't looking in his direction, "Yeah I see that. Still, look for 9mm rounds. I need those. And there might be one gun left. Something is better than nothing." All of the shelves were empty, as were the display cases. Addelyn walked up to Zane holding a few boxes of 9mm. "I found some of that ammo you needed." she said as Zane checked down behind the broken glass display cases. "Aha!" he exclaimed. He pulled out a crossbow and two packs of bolts for it, as well a suppressor for Sigs. "Looky what I found." he said smiling. Addelyn was skeptical. " What do we need a crossbow for? We have guns." Zane handed her the crossbow and bolts, and screwed on the suppressor as he spoke, "All you gotta to aim and shoot. I'll teach you how to use it once we have the chance." She gripped the crossbow awkwardly and nodded.<br/><br/>Zane unlocked the door and once again slowly opened it. "Oh shit." He closed the door and turned toward Addelyn. "What? What's wrong?" she asked. Zane's face was pale as he spoke, "There's a small horde of them out there. The... zombies. They're surrounding the car and the front of this building." "Oh good job Zane! You fucked us! We're dead now!" she shouted. "Addelyn shut up!" he loudly whispered. "Do you want to let them know we're in here? There's gotta be a back exit. Look for it. Now." They quickly found the rear exit, which, after careful inspection, was clear of zombies. They exited quickly and quietly. "Where are we heading now? We don't have a car, we're in the middle of a town, there are zombies, we may be the only people alive here... What are we gonna do?" Addelyn argued. "We're going to head to the police station" he said, pulling out his phone and checking the local map. "Luckily communications haven't dropped yet. I don't think this has spread country-wide. At least not yet." They crossed over W. Jubal Early Dr., east of their car's location. They made their way down train tracks that passed behind several houses and stores. It lead back up and under the US-50, They continued along, through a small wooded area. "Are you sure you know where you're going Zane? We've been walking for at least 20 minutes." Addelyn said. Zane sighed. "Yes,<span style="font-style: italic">darling</span>, I know where we're going. These train tracks lead right past the police station. All we have to do is follow them. Now be quiet and keep an eye out." He led the way with his handgun in the ready position, careful not to trip over the rails.<br/><br/>After roughly another 20 minutes of walking, they arrived at the outskirts of the police station, passing carefully next to a large amount of businesses and homes. "Ok" Zane said "there are a few of those bastards meandering on the small park next to the police station. There were very few cars in the parking lot. "Hmm. There's not a lot of cover from here to there. I think we're gonna have to just sprint there." He said. Addelyn hefted the crossbow and sighed, nodding. "Let's go then." They ran quickly to the front door. Addelyn trailed behind, not quite as fit as Zane, as she spend most of her time in a lab, with only some jogging as exercise. Zane covered her as she quickly caught up. They both caught their breath and checked the door. "It's open?" Adelyn asked. "I guess they didn't have time to lock up. That, or there are other people here." she finished. Zane nodded and they pushed their way inside.<br/><br/>They carefully made their way through the building. "Don't move another muscle." A female voice said. Zane and Addelyn stopped, raising their hands and weapons in the air. Zane turned around slowly to see a women, a little girl, and two men standing in a doorway, one in a police officer's uniform. Zane spoke first, "We don't mean you guys any harm. We didn't know anyone was in here. I swear it." The men lowered their weapons, and did Addelyn and Zane. "Ok" one of the men said "This isn't the time to be turning on each other. We have some food. 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