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find any but they did see bloody handprints on the trees that lined the path. They pressed on. After seeing an increasing number of bloody hand prints and trails of blood droplets in the dirt, Mary Beth was thoroughly creeped out. That is when she noticed that the wind had stopped. The trees were perfectly still and the air grew stale.
    “Guys…” She said quietly. But before she could point out the change in weather she saw a dark blurry figure tackle Bobby and drag him into the trees. He screamed for only a matter of seconds as his friends listened in horror. The screams turned to the sound of him choking on blood. Todd screamed and ran back the other direction and the same blur grabbed him and dragged him off into the dense greenery. The remaining three friends ran deeper into the woods as fast as they could. Joe was in the lead and ran faster than he ever had in his life. Soon he happened upon a small cottage that was used to store the park equipment. Luckily, he found that the door was unlocked and he jumped inside. He watched through a crack in the door until he say Mary Beth and Sue Ann run by. Quickly he grabbed them and pulled them into the cottage.
    They stood in the dark room breathing hard. Joe locked the door from the inside and made sure that they were away from the windows. No one knew what to say. Mary Beth was crying and Sue Ann just stared at the floor. Mary Beth’s sobs grew louder and louder. Joe stepped forward and put his hand over her mouth. “Shshhhhhhh” he said quietly.
    She blinked hard then looked at him and nodded. She tried to calm herself as best she could. The horror of the rapid attack replayed in her mind over and over. “They were just gone. They were just gone.” She repeated quietly over and over.
    Joe looked at her then at Sue Ann. “I guess he was still hungry.” He said. Mary Beth looked at him in shock.
    “Do you think this is funny?” She hissed.
    He shook his head. “No, not at all. I only said that because it doesn’t make sense. Every single zombie attack we know about, the Zombies attack enough to kill one person. Feeding off one person usually lasts them for a few days. They only attack out of hunger. But this one is attacking for another reason.” He trailed off.
    Sue Ann turned toward him. “They don’t have reasons. It’s their base instinct to attack for food. They don’t think about it or anything.” She spat.
    “This one might.” He said. Mary Beth’s eyes grew wide. Sue Ann shook her head refusing to believe him.
    “No, no. Maybe they are more like animals than we thought. Animals kill for two reasons, they are hungry or they feel threatened.” She hypothesized. Before Joe could make another argument he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He turned toward the window to see a bloody corpse staring at him. He stopped cold. The girls turned to the window and froze in fear. Slowly the Zombie backed away from the window and walked around the cottage toward the door. Joe immediately turned his eyes to the door knob. The girls gasped as they watch the knob twist. Zombies didn’t have reasoning skills. They shouldn’t know how to open a door. Joe was glad he had been extra cautious in locking it behind him.
    When the door didn’t budge the zombie pushed harder. Soon, the cottage was filled with the sounds of the zombie screaming and wailing in frustration. Then the wailing stopped and it got quiet. The three friends could hear each other breathing. They looked at each other and then looked toward the window. Joe slowly made his way over to look out. When he got close enough, he peered out through the glass window to see the zombie standing 4 feet from the door staring at it. Then, with one quick step, the zombie threw itself at the locked door creating a crack in the wood.
    “Quickly!” Sue Ann screamed as she began piling the park equipment in front of the door. They put shelves, tables and large metal tools at the base of the door. The pile