“Thanks!” Sienna said and began leading them towards where they’d been told they’d find help outside the fog covered zone. They’d been walking for a few more minutes when she realised that visibility was improving slightly and there was less masonry in their path as well. She breathed a sigh of relief and they sped up slightly. As the fog turned into mist Lucy’s breathing eased slightly. Sienna just wished that her head would stop aching as well.
“Go back!” A woman came running out of the mist ahead. She was barefoot and had a panicked look on her face. “He’s crazy!” She cast a fearful look over her shoulder and darted past them with one more frightened “Run away” before she disappeared into the fog again,
“What the–” Sienna began but stopped as a man appeared from the same direction. He had a strange, shambling gait and his eyes were glazed, almost like a zombie from a movie but she could see him breathing. As he approached she saw that he was drooling and his face was fallen on one side. The woman who’d fled past them had said something about a crazy guy and she probably meant this man but Sienna rather thought he looked more like he was having a stroke. She was wondering why the woman had been so scared of him when he suddenly roared incoherently and charged at them.
Sienna didn’t even think she leapt between him and her friends. She had no idea what she was doing so she followed her instincts and twisted around digging her elbow hard into his solar plexus. He grunted and fell backwards. He scrabbled around on the ground for a moment but then regained his feet and roared again.
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