Nephi blushed brightly at Karen's declaration, then offered his hand as he led the way back to the others.

"Yeah, let's go back to the others..." Before I make up my mind on which one of you I wanna jump the most right now. Jane left the second half of the sentence unspoken, but seeing two people so clearly in love always turned her on somehow.

True, her turn-ons were as numerous as the stars in the sky, but those two had something special.

She was even willing to forget Nephi's unfairness from earlier: really now, when he called in advance, she always got dressed!

Okay, there had been that time when she had gotten dressed, then he had taken longer than usual to arrive, and one thing had led to another... But it had only been that once.

...Well, okay, maybe twice.

...Three times, tops!
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Holding Nephi's hand as she followed him into the main room Karen blushed and smiled, giddy to be Nephi's girlfriend and grateful to have his love and acceptance. When the duo regrouped with the others, Karen couldn't help but smile as she intertwined fingers with Nephi never wanting to let go.

Geoff returned from the bathroom oblivious to what had gone on, he looked around and said, "So, are we ready to go?"

The group set out to leave the city, opting to head south, towards thelonger bu tless travelled route. On their way out, they stopped three times: once, at a pharmacy, to get as many medical supplies as they could reasonably carry.

The second, at a gun store, where they loaded up with enough ammo and guns to provide for a small army.

Finally, at a mall, where, upon Jane's insistance, everyone who needed it loaded up with two bags of useful personal supplies, including several changes of clothes.

And so it was that Geoff found himself in the police cruiser he had shared with Hector until only a few hours before, now loaded with guns, ammunitions, medical supplies, and possibly more clothes than used to have back home.

The way out of town had been devoid of zombies but filled with abandoned cars. An eerie silence had weighed on them as they had freed the roads enough to allow the passage of their small convoy, while the girls kept watch in case a stray zombie appeared, but even they had seemingly disappeared.

It was probably better not to think too hard on where all those people could have gone...

Suddenly, a voice coming from the radio pulled Geoff from his train of thoughts.

"CallinSTATICs, calling all STATICthere anySTATIC Over."

Geoff started at the radio as it crackled into life. He'd almost gotten used to being on his own and detached from any higher authority. He picked up the handset as he tried to decipher the words from the static. He hoped that his reply might be a little easier for his fellow officer to pick up as the squad car had a better transmitter than any hand set.

As the group travelled, Nephi was reminded of a responsibility he should have taken care of as soon as they had escaped the store.  Not being able to do anything about it now, he silently said a heartfelt prayer 'Lord, watch over the children in my class, as I am unable to do so.'

A moment later, the radio came alive again: "If that's STATIC  all fineSTATIC vanished, but we'll meet STATICjust in case. STATICout."

Wait a minute, was that Hector?! It sounded like him...

"All fine" seemed to be good news, he wanted to meet... Where?

It was probably a good idea to tell him where they were going.
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Geoff spoke to the others, "I think Hector is on the horn and he sounds OK. I'll tell him where we're going, it is still Fort Monroe, isn't it?"

Jane grabbed the microphone off the RV's CB and squeezed the button: "Yes, Geoff, still Fort Monroe. Did Hector... Say anything about the others?"
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Geoff got back on the air and said, "Same destination. Fort Monroe, I repeat Fort Monroe. Requesting SITREP on civilians, over."

It had been a minor interference in the static that had covered most of Hector's voice, but the high-pitched sound that came from Geoff's radio suddenly started to grow louder and louder.

Just when Geoff was about to turn the volume down or even turn the radio off completely, the sound changed.

*FORT ... MONROE*

Nephi looked at Karen worriedly.  That last message was rather sinister.  "Do you think this means the zombies know where we're going now?"

"Probably, if only because it's likely the largest population of survivors around. But even if they know the name of the place, that's not the same as knowing the way. Still, I don't like to fact that these things are learning how to talk, let alone learning at all." Karen replied as she thought out loud.

Nephi replied thoughtfully "I don't like it either.  Possibly even more worrying, how did they intercept our transmission?  Did they grab a set of radios and start monitoring all the frequencies, or do they have some kind of ESP ability?"

"The first is unlikely, though the second is frighteningly possible. Still, we have the advantage for now, hopefully that will be enough to keep us a step ahead." Karen remarks as she shudders slightly from the thought of one of the creatures being able to intercept their messages.

"That doesn't sound good..." The camper's radio suddenly coming to life to announce their destination looked like an ominous portent if she'd ever seen one. Not that she'd seen many, but she was quickly becoming an expert, like it or not.

"Guys? Did you hear that too?"

The way to the fort was surprisingly clean. Well, not exactly clean: there were a number of abandoned cars, and the convoy had to slow down to avoid them, but none of them was really blocking the road like before.

It was almost as if a path had been cleared for them...

Geoff shifted nervously and said, "I'm not sure about this, it looks really fishy. Do you want me to go ahead and scout it out?"

Geoff's voice came through among the static. Apparently, whatever had been preventing radio communication was back in full force, and even at that close a range it was difficult to communicate.

After taking a few moments to figure out how the radio worked, Nephi replied "Probably a good idea.  Do you want anyone to back you up?"

"I agree, this is all too convenient." Karen said as she listened to Nephi and Geoff talk or rather attempt to talk over the radio.

"No," Geoff said, "if I see anything untoward I'll be coming back screaming and gibbering."

He changed gears and slowly eased the squad car forward away from the rolling convoy to see what the hell was going on in Fort Monroe.
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The convoy was still a few hours from the fort, but Geoff would be able to make a much better time, considering he was specifically trained for that kind of driving, if he did not have to wait for the large and unwieldy vehicle at the rear of the convoy to pass the tight spots.

So it was that he quickly disappeared from the group's sight, hidden by the abandoned cars that punctuated the road.
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"Anyone else have a bad feeling about this?" Monica said, as she watched the squad car disappear from sight. "In every horror movie I've ever seen, splitting up is bad."