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“I need to go. They can hear us and are beating the walls under us. Can I call this number?”
    “Yes, baby, I love you.”
    “We love you too, Momma,” Carrie said and hung up.
    Hanging up the phone, Teresa held it up, and Malik took it and dialed his house. Ginger moved over beside Teresa and pulled her up. Glancing around, Teresa saw everyone move away with Malik as he talked on the phone. “Ginger, I’m begging you, please help get me home. I’ll do anything. Please,” Teresa begged in a whisper as she clasped her hands together.
    “I’m in enough trouble as it is,” Ginger huffed but shook her head. “Ask Daniel. I’ll tell him I agree, but you have to convince him. Now I’m warning you, don’t ask where others can hear because we aren’t taking everyone home.”
    Teresa sighed with relief as Daniel walked in carrying more stuff. Dropping it on the table, he turned to a huge copy machine at the front of the room. Not saying anything, he turned around and went back to Mr. Barron’s office.
    Ginger followed with Teresa tagging along. They walked in to see him rake everything on a glass table onto the floor. Grabbing the table, Daniel flipped it over with the legs pointing up. The table had six legs with two in the middle, and Daniel pulled out a crescent wrench and started twisting bolts out.
    When he was done, he held up a heavy brass leg that ended in a wide Y. “Hold this,” he said, tossing it to Ginger and walking over to a massive fish tank. Like the oddity Mr. Barron was, it was a beautiful tank but held no fish.
    Sticking his hand to the bottom, Daniel grabbed a handful of black marbles. “You have a brass fork and marbles,” Ginger said, holding up the leg Daniel had taken off the table.
    “Yep,” he said. Picking one out, he held it between his thumb and index finger, smiling. “This will do nicely.”
    Watching Daniel study the marble, Ginger looked at the table leg then up to the wide fork and grinned. “You’re missing a very important piece,” she said as Teresa walked over to a small garbage can then brought it to Daniel.
    “Thank you,” he said, dumped the marbles in, and continued pulling more out. “I know where to get it,” he said, glancing over at Ginger, and winked.
    Ginger smiled and stepped closer. “When do you think we should try to make a run for it?”
    “This evening,” he said, dumping a handful of marbles. “We have a date, but I think I’m going to have to make you dinner. Restaurants don’t usually open during an apocalypse.”
    “I’ll make you a deal; I’ll cook dinner, and we can leave tomorrow. We have too much to do and are leaving in a few hours, and we ,” she stressed, “won’t be ready.”
    “Hey, I’m just keeping my word,” he said, dumping another handful.
    “An apocalypse is an excellent excuse for moving a date back one night,” she smiled. “Besides, if you get hurt and we can’t have our date, I’ll rip your nipples off with pliers.”
    “Whoa,” Daniel grinned. “Kinky.”
    Glancing at the small trash can and seeing it was halfway full, Daniel dropped one more handful in. “Let’s get started then.”
    He walked in to see everyone watching a TV showing footage of other major cities, and all of them looked like Chicago. Dropping another armload on the table, Daniel cleared his throat. “Alright, Don, Ken, and Joe, from now on, I’m calling you Larry, Moe, and Curly,” he said, pointing at them respectfully.
    “The stooges,” Don, or Larry now, gasped. “Come on, man, how about the musketeers or something.”
    “I have every movie and show they ever made along with the Little Rascals. Don’t downgrade them,” Daniel said as Malik chuckled.
    Joe, or Curly now, grinned. “Hey, I like it,” he grinned.
    “Listen up; we have a lot to do,” Daniel said, cutting the zip ties off the fire hose. “Larry, Moe, Curly, get note pads, and go to Mr. Barron’s office. He has a telescope, and I want two of you to study