Chapter 44

A low, soft sobbing noise filled the room as Tasia crawled toward the flashlight. She paused and looked toward the sound, then remembered that she was wearing modified night vision goggles. After a couple of seconds, she found the switch that clicked them back into proper infrared mode and turned toward the sound.

In a corner, sitting on the wall, sat Dana. She was huddled in a ball with her knees hugged tight against her chest as she rocked in place.

“Dana?” Tasia fought the urge to go to the zombie’s side immediately. They were on opposing vertices, and if the goggles failed, she would be in the dark literally. “Hey, what’s wrong?”

Dana didn’t answer. Erring on the side of caution, Tasia found the flashlight first, which had landed in another corner of the room. She turned it on and swept the beam in Dana’s direction as she toggled the goggles back to regular viewing mode. As her gaze swept over Dana, there was a brief distortion in the goggles themselves that lo