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it’s crazy. It’s suicide. I’ve gotta be more careful, so you can count me out.” When they said nothing and just looked at me in disbelief, I continued, “The last time I took off with you on a mission, I almost died.”
    “ But you didn’t,” Steven said. When I didn’t answer, he continued, “If you change your mind, meet downstairs in twenty minutes. We’re gathering some supplies for the mission. I hope you’ll decide to join us. We need you, Dean.”
    “ We’ll be there,” Claire said.
    “ He was talking to me,” I said.
    “ Can you fight, Claire?” Rachel asked.
    “ She’s not cut out for this kind of thing,” I said.
    She glared at me. “I can decide for myself,” she said sternly, glaring at me. She turned to Steven. “I’ll fight with everything I have.”
    I looked at her, incredulous. “It’s practically a suicide mission, Claire. They’re gonna march right into a huge mob of zombies. They may as well hang ‘Come and get it’ signs from their necks!”
    “ I’m well aware of the risks Steven and Rachel are willing to take, but those people need help. They don’t have much time, especially if they’re barricaded in.”
    “ A handful of people can’t fight a herd, Claire. You should know that firsthand.”
    “ Someone is meeting us with an armored truck,” Steven chimed in, “and I have flamethrowers too.”
    That was definitely a plus, and I thought it might temporarily tilt the tables in his favor. As I thought about the risk involved, I realized it really didn’t matter. I was numb inside, and I had to distract myself from the pain. Claire was right: Those people needed our help. It wasn’t that I had a death wish, because I most certainly didn’t, but I had to help any way I could. I was no stranger to being surrounded by evil, and I’d felt that same terror more than once. I knew what they were feeling inside, and I couldn’t just desert them.
    I was also confident that Steven’s plan might just work, but if it didn’t, I could always back out. I was willing to help, but I didn’t want to die as a martyr. Nick’s rule of thumb flashed through my mind: “Don’t go looking for trouble.” Yet there I was, ready to fight. Part of it was a bit of rebellion, because once again, Nick had left his little brother behind to go out and do the important work. I was also struck with grief and wanted revenge, and I had inherited my mother’s heart. The combination of those emotions made me want to volunteer, but truthfully, I was still on the fence.
    Steven looked at me. “It’s one of my dad’s friends, Charlie.”
    “ Charlie?” Claire said.
    “ He’s a scientist from the lab.”
    “ Yes, I know him well.”
    “ I know the scientists around here aren’t exactly opening up to you, literally and otherwise, but if we save Charlie, I’m sure he’ll have some answers about Jackie’s death.”
    “ I’m in,” Claire said, without a second thought.
    That was all I needed to convince me. “I’m in too.”
    “ So…what’s the plan?” Claire asked.
    “ We start the party with a little barbecue,” Steven said. “That’ll get rid of most of the ones surrounding the front of the house. Bart will park the armored truck right outside the door, and our team of snipers will shoot any stragglers as we drive around so survivors can load up in the truck. Then, if everything goes as planned, we’ll ride off into the sunset.”
    “ It could work,” I said, “but it’s very risky.”
    “ What good zombie-bashing plan isn’t?” he retorted.
    “ You’ve got a point there,” I said.
    “ What’s the escape plan?” Claire chimed in.
    Rachel blinked and shook her head. “Well, that’s the best part. The house sits by the perimeter that the zombies won’t pass. All we have to do is get to the next house where the invisible force field is.”
    “ Like I said, the after-effects of the explosion has left most of the town safe,” Steven said.
    “ The zombies