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and could
use the break.
    Earlier today, I thought I saw a quick
glimpse of Malice (what a VERY fitting name). He was running
between a couple of buildings. He looked like a scared cat trying
to stay hidden. He needs to stay out of my way.
    I have no idea where we are. I know we’re not
in the city. We are in a small town. This building we are in is a
two-story office building. It looks like the company was some kind
of ad agency. There are banners and signs everywhere. A huge sign
sitting in the corner reads, "A+ Paws and Claws, Inc." Another one
is for some place called Spooky Empire. Sitting in a printer is an
unfinished sign that reads, "Dine and Dash Auto Clea." There is
quite a bit of blood on the ground near the printer. No doubt the
worker was probably attacked as he was working. Upstairs, there are
quite a few offices and a large break room. Everything in the
fridge is rotten.
    Back downstairs, Spook and Paula are huddled
in a corner. I am worried about Paula. She hasn't stopped crying
since yesterday. She has a wild look in her eyes. We need to watch
her. She may try to do something stupid. In extreme situations like
this—
    Someone is coming through the back door! I
can't see if it is a zombie or a live person. Spook is on his feet,
pistol in hand, and Tonya is right by his side.
    Oh my God, it's Ken.

Day 37
     
    Ken is alive.
    After we walked away from the accident, he
held the gun close. He said most of the zombies tried following us,
but the few that came after him got a face full of lead. He told us
about how he knew he was done for and almost shot himself but
decided to go out fighting. He said when he got to the last bullet,
there were about five left. They were moving towards him, ready to
eat, when out of nowhere, Malice appeared behind the undead
bastards. Ken said Malice was wildly swinging a metal pipe at their
heads. Within seconds, he had them all laying in a big bloody mess
at his feet. Ken told how Malice helped free him from the wreckage
with a crowbar he found in the cab of the truck. Once he was free,
he took shelter in the wreckage until it was safe to come out. He
said that Malice felt so bad about what had happened, he could not
and would not face any of us. Malice had saved Ken from certain
death then run off into the shadows. It is hard to remain mad at
someone who would help, but at the same time, he is to blame for
the death of a fifteen-year-old boy.
    Ken may be safe from the zombies, but his leg
is severely mangled. I don't think he will last much longer with
that wound. We have stopped the bleeding, but if infection sets in,
he will die within days. The most we can do it is watch it and try
to keep it clean. If he does make it, he will never walk right
again. Maybe in the days when we had hospitals, but not now, not in
this mess.
    I found a map of the local area and have
decided to go looking for a hospital or that dog place A+ Paws and
Claws that I saw on the sign. Maybe they have some kind of
antibiotics. I don't see a hospital on the map, but maybe I can
find a doctor’s office. If not, then Ken, you’re getting dog
medicine.

Day 38
     
    Spook and I decided to be the ones to go
looking for medicine. We gathered what little supplies we could
find, plus the map, and headed out. Finding the hospital was easy.
In fact, we were there before dark last night. The hard part will
be getting into it without being seen. It seems the zombies flock
to hospitals, probably because that’s where the living head to when
something is wrong.
    This is a small town, so the hospital isn't
very big. The whole building is no bigger than a small warehouse.
We are in a house directly across the street from the emergency
room entrance. Three ambulances are parked in front of the
building; one looks as though it rammed the back of the one in
front of it. No doubt the ambulance driver got a surprise from the
"dead" body he was transporting to the morgue.
    It appears that everyone in the town rushed
to get