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Vick. “I have friends in Canada we can get to.”
    Cade seconded the motion, “Canada seems like a shorter trip than Mexico from here.”
    Everyone agreed and stayed in the group. No one seemed to remember the dangerous creatures that lurked nearby. Suddenly Autumn screamed, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.”
                  Two of the chatterers had crept behind them. She fell down scared as the others reacted. Cade pushed ahead of the others and knocked over some trash cans.
                  It slowed the two down some but alerted the rest.
                  “Good thinking, dumbass,” said Vick.
                  He kicked at the two, bludgeoning their faces and knocking them down.
                  “RUN.”
                  The seven took off back down the stairs and onto the tarmac. Looking ahead Trina saw the fire trucks. “See if there are keys in any of them,” she said.
                  They ran over to the trucks and began looking for keys. The mob of chatterers had begun exploding onto the tarmac behind them.
                  Vicks truck had no keys. Cades truck was locked and he could not get it open. Finally Hank got in the one closest to him and hit the jackpot.
                  “Guys let’s go.”
                  “Those bastards are right behind us.”
                  They all ran towards Hank and the truck. Keiko grabbed Cades arm. “Do we go with them?” She seemed concerned.
                  Cade looked at her, “We don’t have a choice at the moment. Besides, they don’t seem bad so far.”
                  She was scared. “Fine I trust you hero.”

 
    Chapter 3
     
    The door of the fire truck jammed. Everyone was loaded inside and the damn door would not shut. The infected had surrounded the truck and began rocking it all while chattering. Autumn was tucked into her father’s lap and hid, plugging her ears.
                  The engine revved. Nothing was wrong with the engine. If this were a movie, it would be stalled and everyone would be panicking. Instead Cade had made himself the driver and threw it in drive.
    The fire truck slammed forward into the pack of killers. Blood splattered the windshield and plenty of thuds were heard as they pulled out of the airport. Cade turned on the wipers but it just smeared the blood around worse than before.
    “Guys we are on the road. I am heading us North toward Michigan where the border to Canada is. With any luck we will make it in a day.”  The rest of the group kind of looked at each other with worry. How could anything in this situation be so easy?
    Getting out of the city would prove harder than expected for the band of survivors however. Even though they were on the interstate which sat next to the airport, the roads were littered with vehicles and the walking dead were all over.
    Driving through the mess took many hours. It was as if everyone had turned at the same time and the world had just stopped. As they passed one car in particular it hit home. Two children with their eyes rolled back were clawing at the backseat window of a SUV.
    “It looks like everyone got the shot,” said Keiko. The others just watched in horror and sadness as they drove by slowly.
    “Daddy I’m hungry,” whispered Autumn.
    “Think we could stop along the way and find some food? The little one is hungry and frankly none of us have eaten in who knows how long,” said Hank to the group.
    Cade looked at them in the mirror, thinking about it. He glanced at the gas gauge that neared empty and said, “There is a truck stop ahead. We can stop and see if there is any food and we need gas.”
    Trina was huddled into the side of Vick like they had been lovers. “Good god I am starving. I hadn’t even thought about it.” She put her head back into his side.
    The slow miles drifted on. Every so often they would