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jolted up. They all looked very groggy.
    ‘Susan!’ Ian screamed.
    He realized that her window hadn’t been broken. But, her side of the windshield was caved in more from the wreck. That thing outside her window could get to her soon if he didn’t do something. It was already pawing at Susan from the outside. It’s jaws expanding far more than the average human. It wasn’t human anymore though. And what ever these things were when they turned; they don’t care about mutilating the host’s body to mutate their dna.
    Ian grabbed at her seatbelt and pressed hard on the harnesses button. It immediately released her belt and Susan broke free. She quickly scooted next to Ian. The guys in the back were all scampering around trying to figure out what to do.
    Having to think light on his feet, Ian pushed open his door and stepped out. He traced his surroundings with his green eyes. The only undead that he saw was at Susan’s window. He rushed over to it swiftly. First, he made sure that the thing hadn’t noticed him and searched the ground for anything that he could use to take it down. The first thing he saw of use was the mirror  of the side mirror of the truck. It had broken off in the crash. It now had a more jagged edging to it and could be used to create a blunt force.
    Ian swooped down and grabbed the mirror on the ground next to the thing . He nearly lost his footing as he did so, because, the thing noticed him and charge at him. Ian barely made it several feet away before the thing was able to reach for him. It seemed quite slow. Where as, Allison was much quicker. Maybe this thing had been around longer than Allison. Before she turned… He thought.
    As he stepped a little further back, Ian glared at the mirror. He was trying to find the jagged edging. After a second, he found it and held out the mirror facing with the jagged edge directly up front. As the thing approached him, Ian  reared back the arm holding the mirror and  slammed it into the thing ’s head. Dead center between it’s eyes. A loud cracking noise sounded as the mirror collided with it’s skull. The sound made Ian’s skin crawl. He never wanted to have to do that in real life. Acting just came natural to him. But, this, this was something entirely else.
    The thing fell to the ground with a loud thud. All of the weight it had was dead weight. The landing was in no way graceful. As it fell, you could distinctly hear several bones break in either it’s back or leg areas. Ian flinched when he heard this. He turned away from the body just intime to catch his breathe before seeing another one on it’s way. In fact, there were many more coming. It was an entire horde of them !
    Ian peered out into the vast amount of bodies heading towards him. They all had crazy expressions about their faces. Every single one smeared with blood. Many different types and shapes of people were in the group. He even noticed a few were missing arms and sometimes a leg. But, even if they had to crawl, they would still come. Nothing would stop them. They may not be as fast as the average human but, they are diligent. And will continue to come at you through any obsticle. Even if it meant getting injury to the body.
    Ian held his breath and ran around to the other side of the car. He quickly opened the doors to the cab of the truck. He had to get them out of there. Or it would be like throwing chum into the ocean for Great White sharks to come and feed at the side of a boat. There would be no escape. Susan and the others jumped out swiftly. There would be no need to shut the cab doors. They would be abandoning this vehicle. All five of them watched as the horde got closer and closer. Susan looked at Ian. Her eye’s seemed to ask him what to do ? And he wasn’t even sure if he could answer her. His body was just as  frozen as hers. He was just as scared. He had no idea how to get out of this situation.
    As the terrifying swell of the undead moved closer to them, Ian