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distance from Petey and pushed it down onto it’s back. She looked around and found a broken piece of metal in the mist of all the cars. Holding it high above her, she took a deep breath in before plunging deep within the monster’s chest, stopping its movements.
    “What the fuck? What the literal fuck?” He said breathlessly.
    He attempted not to freak out but he could feel his whole body going into shock at what he has just seen settled in. What Alex described stood in front of him and tried to eat him! Petey felt in the right to freak out.
    Alex moved to kneel in front of him reaching out for his hand but he flinched away. She pulled her hand back but held her position.
    “I know.” She said.
    The utter calmness in her voice was like a sharp stab in his side. His eyes turned wide at his friend. How could she be so calm after that thing attacked? After she stabbed that thing?
    “It’s human but it’s not.” He tried to reason.
    “I know.” She said again.
    Alex reached out again and rested her hand on his shoulder. This time he didn’t flinch away but his gaze was distant.
    “Give it a couple minutes. You’re in shock.” She said.
    The distance look from his eyes left as he narrowed them. Anger filled his features as he pushed her hand off of his shoulder and distanced himself from her. Distance as much as he could with his back to a car.
    “Shock!” He yelled. “Fuck you! You had time to process this shit. I mean…Jesus.”
    His heart raced. Petey ran his fingers through his hair tugging at the short strands. How could she be so calm? Alex could see she was losing her friend. His panic was over taking and she didn’t know what to do. Leaning in closer she pushed his hands out of his hair and down to the side. Leveling with him she forced eye contact.
    “I need you to listen. I need you. Maggie is not even here and I can’t do this alone. I need you. Okay?” She begged.
    He could see the genuine fear in her eyes. He knew that she really did need him or at least that’s what he was willing to believe. Hell, if she could keep going after fighting those monsters, then he could as well.
    “Yeah, okay.” He nodded.
    Alex opened her mouth to say something encouraging a groan interrupted them. The monster stood up, the large metal shard still deep within its chest but it didn’t seem to notice. It moved closer to them, reaching his hands out making grabby motions towards them.
    “Christ, it’s still moving.” Petey tried to scoot back but found nowhere to go. Alex got up and reached inside her pocket. She looked down at Petey.
    “Close your eyes.” She whispered.
    Making a show of shutting his eyes but when Alex looked away he snapped them open. He watched as she breathed in and pulled out a small blue pocketknife. Alex scoffed quietly to herself at the memory of how she got the knife. Her sister had given it to her so that she could protect herself on those nights were she got out of work really late and had to take the bus. God, how she wished that was her only worry once again.
    Alex released it, the blade caught the sun as she raised it up. It was a bit difficult with the branch in between them but with a small struggle she finally about to lodged the blade into the side of its head.  She could see it was effective when the groaning had stopped and all movements ceased. The glowing eyes dimmed as she pulled the knife out allowing it to fall to the ground again. She dropped her arm to the side. Her breath became shallow as she turned to see Petey watching her.
    His face was dark and unreadable as he started at the blood that dripped from the blade. The tips of her fingers were barely coated with red but it was enough to stir fear within him.
    “How dead would you say you are inside?” He asked not sure if it was a joke or not.
    Looking at the red on her fingers and the blade, Alex wiped the blood off on her jeans before closing the blade. Slipping it back into her pocket and brushed dirt from