At the sound of the gunfire, Abbie ceased worrying AT ALL about her keys or Steve's truck or Steve or getting to Birmingham or ANYthing. Something deep inside of her pulsed with a need to get the hell out of town. Some part of her realized THEY WERE COMING.<br/><br/>She fell back inside the lobby with the girl from behind the desk and some of the others.<br/><br/>She turned to the girl, eyes frantic. From the TV, she could hear screams of terror, as people in far away cities and her own city ... which might as well be on another planet at this point ... tried to battle back this menace from beyond the grave. She scanned the eyes of the others in the crowd, feeling herself start to hyperventilate.<br/><br/>And then she fainted.