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Chapter 3

Lizzie with Gordo right on her heels made the turn in the road running as fast at they possibly could. They would have more than likely have missed the unlit driveway that was just off the curve in the road if it hadn't been for Miranda yell.

"LIZZIE,GORDO THIS WAY!!"

The pair slid to a halt and looked up the up hill running driveway to see Miranda jumping up and down waving her up stretched arms in a crossing fashion trying to get their attention. They ran up the driveway past a pick up truck parked in the driveway and soon found the rest of the gang there huddled together on the front porch of a very old and a very dilapidated looking farm house.

"Have all of you been smoking dope or something?! Because what you just told me is so not possible!" screeched Kate as Ethan tried to tell her what happened to the guys when they checked on the supposed "dead" man in the road.

"I'm swearing to you Kate!" said Ethan holding his hands up in the air in surrender "that...that...thing was in the road dead one minute and than suddenly it sat up and started to come after us! Still dead by the way!"

"Hey this truck has it's key in it!" Larry shouted as he crawled into the truck and turned the ignition on "Well shit,shit,shit!"

"What's wrong?" Gordo asked as Larry crawled out of the truck with a frustrated look on his face and slammed the truck door hard.

"The damn gas hand is way below E on it!" shouted Larry as he slammed the truck door hard "We wouldn't make it two miles down the road in that damn thing."

"Hey there's a gas tank up there!" shouted Ethan as he pointed and started up toward a barn that was close to the house.

Gordo watched as Ethan ran up and gave the gas tank one good looking over and than came back down the hill with the same frustrated look on his face that Larry had on his.

"More bad news I take it?" asked Gordo rubbing his forehead.

"Damn thing has a pad lock on it!" Ethan shouted as he got back to the group "We won't be able to get any gas out of it for the truck until we get the lock off."

"All right lets see if someone home!" said Gordo"They'll more than likely have a key to the pump. Than we can get the hell out of this place."

"Gordo!" yelled Miranda as she grabbed him when he started for the front door. Gordo flinched a little because she was giving him her patented Sanchez Stare Of Death "Is this some type of sick practical joke?! Something you guys decided to spring on us girls?! Because if it is, it's sure the hell is not funny!"

"Miranda this is no joke I swear!" said Gordo as he put his hands on her shoulders feeling how she was shaking with fear "I have no clue on what's going on I swear. But what I do know is that we need to get the hell out of the open and into that house." After saying that Gordo ran up to the front door and turned the door handle. Finding it locked up nice and tight Gordo turned to the group."Somebody run around back and see if there is a back door to this place!"

"I'm on it!" yelled Claire as she took off by herself around the side of the house.

Claire had been only out of sight for only two seconds when the group heard a blood chilling scream from the direction she had just went. In a flash the group were around the building finding the source of the scream. There they found Claire being held by what, at one time might have a man. The thing that had a hold of Claire was missing practically the whole left side of it's face. But just like the thing earlier in the road this should have been dead person was also up and moving around. As Claire let out another blood chilling scream Ethan sprung into action. Charging he body checked the man off Claire knocking him ass over elbows backwards on the ground. But almost immediately the man was getting back up. Charging again Ethan grabbed the man by the shoulders and was planning on ramming him against a nearby tree in the hopes of knocking him out. But to Ethan horror the man became impaled on a low hanging branch that suddenly burst out of the front of the mans chest. Ethan watched in shock as the man just stood there looking at the limb and than back up at him. The man didn't seen to be in pain or anything as he just stared at Ethan without making a sound. Ethan watched as this thing pulled himself off the limb and once again started coming after him. Looking around for a weapon to use Ethan saw the pick ax laying on the ground. Grabbing it up Ethan put all he had in the swing. The business end of the ax caught the "man" just above the ear and sunk all the way into his head. As he watched the man quickly dropped to the ground this time not moving Ethan vomited his entire stomach content on to the ground. But Ethan soon got his wits together, grabbed Claire up off the ground and headed for the back door.

"COME ON GUYS, THIS ONE IS UNLOCKED!!" yelled Ethan as he flung the back door open and ran in still dragging Claire, with everyone coming in right behind him. Gordo coming in last slammed the door shut and locked it.

"HELLO IS ANYONE HERE??!!" Miranda yelled as she cautiously made her way down the dark hallway that lead off from the ktichen "HELLO ANYONE?"

"I don't think anyone is here, Rand." said Lizzie as she followed closely behind Miranda.

"HOLY SHIT!" both girls yelled in fright as the lights in the hallway suddenly came on. The girls turned to see Gordo standing next to a light switch.

"Sorry"said Gordo looking at them sheepishly "I thought we needed a little light on the subject."

The group made their way out of the kitchen and into the living room keeping an eye out for the home occupants or more of what ever those things outside were.

"Would someone mind telling me just what in the hell is going on?" Larry asked for once totally clueless "Anyone have any idea just what in the hell just happened to us?"

"We just saw two people who were very much dead just get up and come after us!" Ethan yelled at the school brain "That is what the hell just happened to us!"

"That is so not happening!" Kate wailed as she collapsed down on the only chair in the living room and than went suddenly quiet.

"Claire are you alright?" Parker asked a little concerned as she helped the young girl down on to the old sofa in the living room.

"No"the frightened girl said as tears streamed down her face"That...that person out there bit me on the arm." Claire held her right arm up so everyone could see a very nasty looking bite mark on the outside region of it.

"Damn"said Parker as she gave the wound a good looking over "David?" she said looking over her shoulder at Gordo "This looks pretty bad."

Gordo walked over to kneel in front of the girls and looked at the wound "Parker I think I saw a bathroom just off the hallway leading back to the kitchen." said Gordo pointing back toward the way they came "Take Claire back there and see if you can clean that bite up some ok. Put some soap or hydrogen peroxide or something on it."

"Will do David." said Parker as she stood up "Come on Claire lets go get you cleaned up." Parker said as she pulled the crying girl to her feet and stared down the hall toward the bathroom.

"Ethan go with them and keep a close eye on them." said Gordo taking charge of the situation.

"Gotcha Gordman" said Ethan who was down the hall like a rocket trying to catch up with the two girls.

"Gordo?"came Miranda voice behind him.

Gordo turned to see her holding up the business end of a telephone.

"This thing is making some type of weird sound."

Gordo walked over to her and put the phone to his ear and heard a shrill sound coming out of it "Damn something must be wrong with it or the phone lines!"

"My cell phone not working either." said Larry as he held up his phone "It just keeps saying the cell network is down."

Gordo looked down to his side to find that he had lost his cell phone somewhere during the middle of their little adventure. "Anybody else got their phone on them?"

Everyone else shook their heads no or said their phone was back in the SUV in their purses.

"Well, shit"muttered Gordo. There went his idea for trying to call for help.

"Where is the tv?" asked Kate as she got up quickly out of the chair and started looking around the room.

"This is so not the time to be watching American Idol, Kate!" said Lizzie in anger.

"No dumbass!" said Kate rolling her eyes "The TV might have something on it that might tell us about what the hell is going on!"

"Oh"was all an embarrassed Lizzie could get out.

"I don't see one." said Larry looking around the room.

"Me either." said Miranda.

"Well, what the hell kind of screwed up Stone-Age place are we in that doesn't even have a god damn tv?!" said Kate throwing her hands up in frustration.

"Hold it." said Gordo kneeling down in a the back corner of the room "There's a radio over here."

"Crank it up Gordo and lets see if it's saying anything." said Lizzie.

"Just a second and here we go...."said Gordo as the radio suddenly burst to life.

Radio:" Because of the obvious threat to untold numbers of citizens due to the crisis that is even now developing, this radio station will remain on the air day and night. This station and hundreds of other radio and TV stations throughout this part of the country are pooling their resources through an emergency network hookup to keep you informed of all developments. At this hour, we repeat, these are the facts as we know them. There is an epidemic of mass murder being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins. The murders are taking place in villages and cities, in rural homes and suburbs with no apparent pattern nor reason for the slayings. It seems to be a sudden general explosion of mass homicide. We have some descriptions of the assassins. Eyewitnesses say they are ordinary-looking people. Some say they appear to be in a kind of trance. Others describe them as being misshapen monsters. At this point, there's no really authentic way for us to say who or what to look for and guard yourself against."

Gordo noticed that Lizzie and Miranda were standing close to one another offering each other support as they listened to the radio in shock. But what surprised Gordo most of anything, ok other than having dead people walking around was the fact that Kate was actually leaning up against Larry and staying quiet.

Radio:" Reaction of law enforcement officials is one of complete bewilderment at this hour. Police and sheriff's deputies and emergency ambulances are literally deluded with calls for help. The scene can be best described as mayhem. The mayors of Seattle, Denver, and Los Angeles, along with the governments of several western and southwestern states indicated that the National Guard may be mobilized at any moment, but that has not happened as yet. The main advice news reporters have been able to get from official sources is to tell private citizens to stay inside their homes behind locked doors. So far, the best advice they we are able to give the public is this quote from Chief T. K. Dunbar from Santa Fe,New Mexico, who is quoted as saying, "Tell the people for God's sake to get off the streets! Tell them to go home and lock their windows and doors up tight! We don't know what kind of murder-happy characters we're dealing with here.So please do not venture outside for any reason until the nature of this crisis has been determined, and until we can advise what course of action to take. Keep listening to radio and TV for special instructions as this crisis develops further."

"All right people you heard the man!" said Gordo taking charge again as he turned the radio down and stood up "Let's look around for some wood,hammers and some nails and lets board this damn place up nice and tight! And if anyone finds any keys laying around hold on to them. They may go to that damn gas tank out back."

TBC