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the cheetahs and I look outside. I breathe a sigh of relief and go to the gate. When I try to open it, it doesn’t move. I don’t see anybody on the street to help me. I remember something that I saw in the news a few days ago. China has been threatening the U.S and the government was talking about emergency procedures. One of the procedures was that you couldn’t drive cars; I think that one stated that you couldn’t go outside in the daylight. There was one more; it was the most extreme of all... oh yeah that no doors can be opened ever again. What if that started today! I may never get to leave! I guess it’s fitting that I am stuck with the dead; soon I will be joining their ranks if I don’t get something to drink.

outside in the daylight. There

was one more; it

was the most extreme of all... oh yeah that no doors can be opened ever again. What if that started today! I may never get to leave! I guess it’s fitting that I am stuck with the dead; soon I will be joining their ranks if I don’t get something to drink. Running for your life really makes you thirsty. I started exploring this little plot of land. One lone building stood among the tombstones, it looks like a shed. I pull at the door but I can’t get it opened.

s ee a stream. It seems like it comes from nowhere, there isn’t any space in the wall for the water to get through. I follow it to the other wall and I see that I can’t get out that way either. There is just enough opening in the wall for the shallow water to get through. At least I now have a source of water.

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