Lightning: Fighting the Living Dead

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I BACKED AWAY FROM LUCY, my heart pounding. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. How had she been bitten? How had she gotten a syringe of the vaccine? How as I supposed to help her?

“Leave… me… alone,” she murmured.

I couldn’t just leave her in the storeroom; it didn’t seem right. But if I tried to move her to one of the bedrooms, what would she do? Would she freak out if I tried to get her to her feet?

I wasn’t sure it made a difference to her where she was; she was probably unaware of her surroundings. But I didn’t want to leave her here curled up on the floor. I approached her. “Lucy.” I kept my voice low, almost a whisper, trying to soothe her.

She shrank away from me. “Leave… me… alone.” She looked frightened, her eyes wide, darting from me to the room. If my presence was going to make her try to escape, I should just leave her here. I didn’t want her running up to the deck in a blind panic and falling overboard.

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