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out
and pulled the pistol out of his holster. Then she quickly backed into a corner
and clicked the safety off.
    “Put
it down now!” Aaron exclaimed and started running at her.
    She
didn’t have time to pawn this task off to Zoe or anyone else. She could kill
this man, or she would probably die. Rebecca closed her eyes and shot. When she
opened them, she saw him lying on the floor holding his chest. She fired two
more times, effectively ending his life. While she stared down at his lifeless
body, Zoe ran into the room.
    “Give
me the gun,” Zoe said.
    Rebecca
stared blankly at what she had done. She was in shock, but there wasn’t time
for that. This was all happening so quickly, and someone who could finish this
needed that weapon. Zoe took it from her and walked out. As she did, the door
to the room that Max was being kept in opened, and Tate stepped out. Zoe didn’t
have time to think. She simply raised her gun and fired. She heard two shots,
but she seemed to be fine. Tate certainly wasn’t. He had hit the floor
immediately. She hit him right between the eyes. For a split second, she
thought there would be no consequences to their escape. Then she felt something
dripping down her arm and started to feel dizzy. Zoe looked at her right
shoulder to see blood oozing out of it. She fell to the floor.
    By
this time, Rebecca had heard the shots. They snapped her back to reality, and
she ran out into the hall to find Zoe lying facedown. She turned her over on
her back and examined the wound.
    “I’ll
be fine. Just get Max, so we can leave this place,” Zoe said while trying to
hide how much pain she was in.
    Rebecca
didn’t have a choice. She had never dealt with a gunshot wound before. Maybe
Max would know what to do. She ran into the next room to find him tied to a
table. She quickly started untying him.
    “What
just happened? Is Zoe okay?” he asked.
    “I
don’t know. She got hit.”
    “Why
are you helping me then? Go to her.”
    “I
don’t know what to do. I’m not a doctor. I was hoping between the two of us we
could figure it out,” Rebecca said as she got him loose.
    Max
ran into the next room to find that things looked bad. Zoe wasn’t dying anytime
soon, but with no doctor, she would eventually bleed out. The odds of finding
anyone who could help her were next to none. He ran into the room where all the
others were located and asked for help.
    “Is
anyone here a doctor?”
    No
one responded. The people in that room looked scared of everything. Just what
had happened over the last two days to make them cower in this room?
    “I
asked you a question. Do any of you have medical training?”
    “I
was a veterinarian,” a man finally said.
    “Good
enough. A girl has been shot. We’ll find you some supplies. Do what you can
until then,” Max said and led him into the next room.
    He
and Rebecca searched the room where the officers were staying until they found
a first aid kit. It wasn’t much, but it would have to do. When they joined Zoe,
they were happily surprised to see that their new veterinarian friend looked
optimistic.
    “The
shot went straight through, so all we have to do is disinfect the wound and
wrap it. It’s a good thing, too. That’s all I could’ve done,” he said while
taking the kit.
    Max
held Zoe’s hand while the wound was disinfected. It burned terribly, but it was
all over very quickly. Before they knew it, she was patched up, and Max was
able to put her in the room where he was kept. Then he and Rebecca asked the
man who might have just saved Zoe’s life a few questions.
    “Thank
you for helping us. What’s your name? I’m Rebecca, and this is Max.”
    “I’m
Walter Rose. I just did what I could. There’s no need to thank me.”
    “What happened to everyone here? You all
look terrified,” Max said.
    “The
end of civilization happened. We watched neighbors, friends, and in many cases,
family members die. Then those men paid most of us a visit. They robbed us