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covering her mouth and nose.  She squinted as she searched the landscape.  They usually don’t travel this fast when it’s dark since Azrael are just as active at night.  However, they needed to get back to the Highwaymen Station as soon as possible. 
    The truck was designed with a dim setting on their lighting system that caused their headlights to illuminate the road ahead just enough to see but weak enough to not draw too much attention.  However, the smell coming from outside had Savanna curious and she switched on the normal headlights. Nothing stood out as she scanned the road and the grass around it.  She pulled the truck over and turned off the engine but kept the lights on.  The air was thick with a pungent odor that strongly resembled the Azrael and the sounds of the night were silent.  There were no sounds being made at all.  The quiet wail of the breeze through the leaves was the only thing that made a sound. 
    “Turn off the lights, now!”  John urged Savanna and she shut off the lights as they both donned night vision goggles.  They waited, quietly in the truck.  The armor on the doors was well capable of withstanding a herd beating and the glass was bulletproof.  However, something had both of them shook.  Was it the large Azrael that killed and ate the bear the other day?  Was it the fact that it looked right at them but didn’t attack?  They discovered more questions on this run than ever before and it’s creeping them out.
    “What’s that?”  John said pointing towards a faint light moving in the tree line ahead of them about seventy yards to the northwest as he looked through the goggles.
    “I don’t see it.  Wait, yeah, I see it now.  What is it doing?”  Savanna said trying to make out the figure in the distance.  The figure was moving towards them slowly.  Suddenly more figures appeared behind it, further than the eye could see.  It was a herd.  It was a huge freakin’ herd.
    “Damn it!  We need to turn around.  I think there was a street about a mile back we can detour on.”  John said and began to search on the map for the road.
    Savanna started the engine and began to slowly turn around.  The front Azrael, the alpha, saw them.  He began sprinting towards them.  The aroma began to intensify even more as the others followed suit.  The truck started to gain speed and the fuckers were on top of them in seconds.  About fifteen climbed onto the bed of the truck and commenced beating on top of the cab.  The sound of the flesh and bone striking the roof sent chills down Savanna’s spine.
    “Calm down Babe.  We’re going to be ok.  We got the best armored vehicle on the road.”  John said patting the door as he turned and saw an Azrael in the back window looking at them wildly.  Its gray eyes seemed lost and unfocused.  Its face was covered in blood and there were pieces of flesh in its teeth.  Three more brought their faces to the window pressing their noses on the window leaving snot, spit and blood in their wake as they drug them across the window.  Their lost unfocused gazes caused John to turn around and stop looking at them.  “Those things are creepin’ me out.” John said to Savanna.
    “There’s our turn, Damn it!  Hold on John.”  Savanna attempted to make the turn going 55.  The tires lost their grip as the top-heavy truck began to tip over.  “Shit, shit, we’re tipping over!”  Savanna said as she attempted to turn the wheel to counter the weight but it was too late.  The truck rolled over violently until it hit a small hill near the street, they struck a street sign and it landed on the windshield.  The truck managed to roll and stop its roll upright.  The Azrael that were in the bed of the truck were stains on the street.  The engine was still running, but the transmission was jacked.   She couldn’t get the truck into gear. 
    “Ain’t that a bitch?  Shit all over our luck.”  John said as he read the sign that