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Fishing for your keys, you keep watch for any signs of danger. Snow falls again, wetting the ground. You fall into your car and start the engine. The radio blares with the voice of an agitated reporter.

"—police are trying to control the situation, but a massive number of reports are coming in of enraged, violent citizens wreaking havoc throughout the area. Many assume this change in behavior is due to infection from the virus spreading through Asia, Australia, and Africa—"

You veer out of the way of an oncoming trailer. Hanging from the driver-side window, a dark-haired woman claws at the trucker inside. Passing by, you glance back as the truck slams into the cement divider beside the parking lot, and the woman vaults off and collides with the windshield of a parked SUV.

You wipe sweat from your forehead and turn your attention back to the road. You aim your sedan in the direction of home.