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Todd figured there would be a handful of survivors hiding out in the school but found he had been mistaken when they got to the small gym. The place was packed with people, at least a few hundred, and there were tables set up with food, juice, coffee, tea, water. It wasn't unlike a social gathering.
The survivors had formed into small groups and were talking amongst themselves as if they were at a party instead of in hiding. It was obvious they saw the school as in an impenetrable fortress, rather than what it was. The noise was loud enough that anyone on the other side of the emergency exit, human or otherwise, would be able to hear them.
The group stood in the doorway for a few moments. The children too shy to go in on their own, the adults assessing the situation, or looking for pe
