Sorry. Been on a lazy streak and kinda busy these few weeks. Don't know when i'll continue but i'll do it when i do it. Will let you guys know. Sorry.



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Silence. There was no gunshot. The gun was empty. The store owner gave a loud laugh. "Nice try, woman. Now get outta 'ere 'fore i blow ya brains out." I grabbed Mary by her arm and dragged her out of the store before anything else happened. Shotgun in hand, I scanned the streets for any signs of screechers. None. Where had they all gone too? But now's not the time for that. I walked back to the mouth of the street and walked along all the stores, hoping to find a reply from Elizabeth, if she was even here at all.

Perhaps she didn't notice the note at all. There wasn't a single reply from any of the stores. It was possible that most of them were too scared to even come out from the back. Probably have to wait till tomorrow. For now there wasn't anything to do. And suddenly, my stomach started to growl. I hadn't eaten since I left Froumann and all the action made me forget my hunger. I looked at Mary, she still seemed a little spaced out from the incident before. "Hey snap out of it. What happened to Philip, we couldn't prevent. Don't blame yourself. It's not your fault," I said to her, hoping to comfort her. "Not our fault?" she screamed. "Yes it's not our fault but you acted like nothing happened at all. After that man killed Philip, you became all buddy-buddy with him. Is this what you're like? When your friends are killed, you just treat it as though nothing happened?" I didn't know what to say. She was obviously upset.

"Some friend you are," she said in an angry tone, and turned and ran back up Westlake Street to Cape Street. "It's not safe out there! Mary, come back!" I shouted. Mary didn't reply, she just ran straight ahead. She'd probably come back once she cools down. Right now the streets are pretty safe. The screechers don't seem to be around. She'll come back when she realizes there's no where else to go.

Suddenly in the distance there was a loud moan. Not a single moan. But from thousands. The screechers? Is it them? It sounded as if they had awaken. It sounded like it came from very far away, but it was loud. Very loud. Then as though they read my mind, they answered my question with a loud screech. The screeching filled the entire Gutter City. What's going on now? Then from ahead, I heard a scream. Mary! Quickly I loaded the shotgun and ran ahead. This is bad, I thought.