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Ok here is the next chapter from the story. Hope you enjoy! And thanks for the reviews!

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The next few minutes seemed like an eternity to the two friends. The flare, which had started to fade in the sky, was the only reassurance they had that help was coming. As the trucks of people drew near, a new problem had aroused.

Not only did they have to go through the already increasing number of the undead, but also they had to figure out how to get them off of the building without endangering them.

Serena watched silently as her friend still shouted, only to have her voice drowned out by the loud gunfire and the moaning from the zombies down below. Watching it made her think back to her favorite movie. Dawn of the Dead.

So what are we going to watch tonight dear?" her mother asked as Serena put a tape into the old VCR. "You know the usual. My favorite movie of all time." She replied as her father came into the room with a bowl of popcorn, shaking his head.

This was one of the few nights her family accuracy had time to get together. Along side her parents work and family, her sister's school work and dance class, and her school, drama, soccer, and karate, there was not much time for them to even see each other. But once a week they had decided to set aside a night to do what normal families would do with each other. Tonight was movie night. Last week her sister had decided they would watch a Barbie movie.

To Serena it was more two hours of hell, rather than a family time gathering. So this week she had chosen Dawn of the Dead, the original version.

"But honey, that movie seems way to scary for your Kari." Her father spoke out as Serena looked at him. "But she chose the other movie last week, its my turn this week. You promised!" she whined.

"You know dear, she does have a point." Her mother replied coming to her daughter's rescue. Serena secretly knew her mom loved this movie as much as she did.

Her father sighed and eventually agreed. The night had gone on with a blast. Kari got to scared and had went to play in another room, while Serena and her mother took turns saying the words to the movie before they were even spoken.

"Serena! Lets go!" Emily shouted snapping her friend back to reality.

"Huh?" she ask confused, but already found herself being dragged to the edge of the roof where a ladder was positioned and steadied.

"We have to go now! I don't know how much longer they can keep the zombies away and the ladder up at the same time!" Emily shouted already climbing down the ladder.

As she started to go down, it made a violet shaking motion. "Just hang onto it tightly honey! Don't worry we won't drop you!" a man shouted reassuringly as two other men grabbed the sides and steadied it once again. Eventually Emily made it safely to the back of the truck and looked up towards the building.

Serena then started to go down the ladder, stopping every so often at the sound of the gun shots and shaking.

"We have to go now! We can't hold them back any more. Our ammo is low enough!" screamed a woman from the driver side of the car. Serena was by now half way down and stopped when she heard the woman shout.

"No we can't leave my friend here!" Emily complained as one of the men from the ladder drew back and hopped into the back of another car.

The man that had given her reassurance looked at her, then to her friend. "Don't worry I am not going to leave without her." He replied and then shouted towards Serena to hurry a little and that she would be all right.

The other trucks had already started to gear away as Serena jumped the last five steps into the back of the truck.

"Alright! GO! GO!" the man said hitting the back of the truck. The creatures had now rejoined in a large group and now were slowly coming towards the truck as it sped away into the barren wasteland.

Serena and Emily sat at the near front of the truck as they were each given food, water, and a blanket. Even though it was nearly midnight the moon in the sky lit up the world, or what was left of it.. As they came onto a highway, things seemed to have quitted down.

The man that had helped them sat on another side of the truck, looking at the girls. "My name is Dan Connors. I am the second in command at the base near Atlanta." He said trying to strike up a conversation.

"I am Emily and this is my friend Serena. Thanks for saving us." Emily replied as the man lit a cigarette. It reminded her of her Uncle in Maine. His short brown hair and deep blue eyes were very evident in this man.

He smiled and nodded. "It's not often we find survivors now a days, especially people young like you. Most have either died or became one of those things out there." He said taking a puff of the cigarette.

"Oh." Was the only reply she could give? The thought almost brought her to tears. So did that mean her family was dead. Her mom, dad, and brother could have become one of those things out there. She shook off the idea. No way, they were still alive, she kept telling herself. Her dad was a retired army sergeant. Maybe he had taken the family to a base somewhere? Maybe to even this one.

She put the thought aside as the window to the back of the truck opened and a woman slid out mumbling curse words under her breath.

She looks at Dan and then turned to the girls. "Hey my name is Karen. Hopefully Dan back here hasn't bored you to death with one of his made up stories, I hope." She asked laughing a little.

Dan just glared as Emily shook her head. She then turned to Serena who had fallen asleep, with her head resting on Emily's shoulder. Emily rolled her eyes. "Once again." She thought, "I have become a human pillow."

She looked back at the two officers and told them everything they had gone through in the last month, which was short, since nothing exciting really happened.

They had escaped the creatures, made it to the top of the bakery with the food and water that they had, barded the door, and sat there for a month. That was basically their story.

Karen listened, finding it hard to believe the two had survived a month on top of the store and never had been noticed by others or the creatures only a couple feet down.

Finally Dan spoke up again. "Well we won't reach the base till late afternoon tomorrow. So maybe you two should get some sleep." He said looking at both Emily and Karen. Karen gave an annoyed look. "Listen, I am not a little girl. I will decided myself when I will go to sleep you hear." She barked as Dan kind of inched back.

It only felt like a minute to Emily as she feels asleep before a loud scream and a big explosion awaked her. It almost felt like a dream as she looked at Serena who was now wide-awake and to Karen who was firing a gun from the side of the truck. Dan on the other side was doing the same.

The girls peeked over the edge to find a large building surrounded by a fence on fire. Thousands of those creatures were eating people and at the same time falling from the guns shells to the head.

As the trucks passed by the building another explosion came and shouted from the officers. "Get us out of here Sid!" Karen yelled, as the driver tried his best to maneuver around the bodies of fallen comrades and the creatures.

"What's going on?" asked Emily as Serena grabbed onto her arm. "We were at the base and ready to load off when a loud explosion came and knocked off the back of the building and taking out two trucks that were behind us." She replied.

Suddenly the truck geared and swerved as another explosion came. It stopped at the front end, but another truck hit them in the back.

Emily and Serena peered over the side again, horrified. There was another truck coming at them full speed from the side, the driver appeared dead an or confused. were. They could hear Sid trying to start the car, but it just wouldn't start. Dan and Karen quickly went to the opposite side of the truck near the girls and held on. The back truck was still stuck to the tail end of theirs and to couldn't move.

They were not in danger at the moment though. The truck was coming towards them. Emily and Serena could only watch as the truck came closer and the realization hit them. They were going to get hit, and possibly die. Their thought of survival was slowly demolishing.

Maybe they could get out before the truck hit them, but as much as their brains screamed to move, their feet stayed glued to the floor. Emily couldn't believe it. They were going to get hit hard, fly out if they weren't killed, and die, or worse. They would become the next course on the menu for the dead.

The truck did hit them, sending supplies and people alike flying. The truck it self smashed to pieces and gasoline had started to leak from the front. The gunfire had felt silent. The last thing Emily remembered was the moaning of the dead and a voice calling her name. Everything quickly faded into the darkness.

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