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happening on-line.”  The young people entered the internet café and occupied four of the built-in terminals at the counter in front of the windows.  They each logged in and their own home pages came up on their screens. 
     
                Billy opened Firefox and clicked on Gmail.   It was taking longer than normal to load, so he opened Facebook in another tab then brought both windows up side by side on the flat screen.   The Gmail page came up with a message that it was unable to connect and would retry in 30 seconds.  The Facebook page was slow too, but it finally loaded and Billy leaned forward intently.
     
                “Lot’s of posts,” he said eagerly.  Then he started to read them.
     
    Kelly Small is alive.  I’m hiding in my dorm room.  Psychos are attacking people in the quad.  Can anyone help me?
     
Ben Maxwell still alive 2, Kelly.  I’m going to fight my way from my dorm to my car.  I’ll stop and honk in front of your dorm. Come with me if you can get down there.
     
Kelly Small will try!
     
                Christine Flowers wants 2 go 2!  Same dorm.  Please hurry!
     
    Ben Maxwell should be there in 10 minutes.
     
    Kelly Small is scared.  It’s been half an hour!  Where’s Ben?
     
                Kelly Small  Hello?  Christine? Anyone? Someone is pounding on the door! I’m scared.
     
    Howard Small Baby are you there?  I’m at the office. The phones are out.  Write back!
     
    Howard Small Stay there baby.  Hide.  Daddy will come get you.
     
    Howard Small Kelly!!  Daddy is coming for you right now.
     
    Billy felt sick to his stomach.  This was worse than watching zombies attack strangers on TV.  Those were his friends at college trapped in a nightmare with little hope for survival. Nobody on campus had guns to defend themselves except for a few cops.  He doubted that Kelly would still be alive if her father was able to get there.  She had made no further posts, but a new thread caught his eye.
     
    Amanda Steinbeck is home alone in Malibu. The news is awful. No violence here yet. Phones are jammed, but cable internet is working.  Any local news?  Any advice?
     
Brad Thomas is also home in Malibu. Lock your doors. Do your parents have a gun?  If so, get it.  Do you want me to drive over and get you?  Our house on top of the hill is a lot safer than your beach house. And I do have a gun.
     
Amanda Steinbeck does not have a gun.  Doors are locked now.  Please come get me!
     
Brad Thomas is coming soon!
     
Amanda Steinbeck will be waiting!  Please hurry, I’m scared.
     
Shawn Smith and Bruce want to meet you guys up at Brad’s place.  We have guns too, but it’s getting freaky here on PCH.  We’ve seen a zombie get hit by some cars. It’s still crawling around in the road.  Another one attacked a guy on a bike and now the biker is a zombie too. We’re going to shoot all of them before we leave.  Be careful on the road!  We’ll bring food, guns, ammo.  Ok with you Brad?
     
Brad Thomas says bring it on!  This place is plenty big enough and it’s gated.  My dad’s in Europe.  We’ll have an Apocalypse party for as long as we can hold out.  Let’s roll!
     
    Now that was more like it!  Billy knew all those guys.  He used to play D&D, paint ball and air soft war games with them during high school.  They would be good at killing zombies.  He decided to add his own comment to the thread.
     
Billy Allen and a bunch of friendlies are on a ship off the coast of Mexico.  No infection aboard.  We can’t help you now, but eventually we should be coming past Malibu.  Hang in there gang. Hold the fort.  Remember to go for head shots! If you have to leave Brad’s house, be sure to leave a note telling us where to find you. Stay in contact as longs as you can.  Don’t lose hope.  My dad has a helicopter too. 
     
    He had added the last line to give them more hope.  A minute after Billy posted