I fell to the ground with a tremendous blow to the back of my head, which only stunned me. The sword flew away too far to reach. I had that pale face over my face, the Infected was looking at me with those bloodshot eyes, as it opened its jaws and showed those rotten yellow teeth with which it was trying to take a bite out of me. My hands were too busy stopping the creature to take the pistol from my pocket. I screamed until they abandoned their banal tasks and noticed my plight, and then I screamed again with my arms giving way and the thing getting closer and closer to taking a bite out of me. Halston was the first to arrive and immediately unleashed a tremendous kick to the creature's head, hard enough to give me a chance to push it away. The girl took her pistol and shot it several

