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The next morning the woman's body was gone. Lauren was confused and woke Mike immediately. They woke up Jared and the other man, who's name was John. The small group looked for Hazel but couldn't find her. Lauren looked outside the window to see Hazel outside with a walker that resembled to her mom. Lauren ran outside immediately. "Hazel what the fuck?!" She yelled and ran to Hazel. Hazel jumped in front of the walker. "I'm just playing with my mom, it's okay." She said. The walker reached out to grab Hazels neck. Lauren was quick to grab Hazel and jerk her to the left, away from the walker. Hazel screamed bloody murder. "Leave her alone!" She added. Lauren pushed the walker to the ground and led Hazel inside. Lauren crouched down so she was eye level with Hazel. "What do you call your mom when she's like that?" Lauren asked softly. "Mom." Hazel replied innocently. "What do you call those creepy people?" Lauren asked again. "People. Just different." Hazel shrugged and walked upstairs. Lauren sighed. Mike walked up to his girlfriend and hugged her from behind. "What was that about?" He asked and kissed her neck as she explained. At the end Mike stopped kissing Lauren's neck and jutted put his bottom lip. "Sad." He muttered. Lauren nodded. They heard someone talking and Lauren turned around to see Hazel standing in the doorway talking to a walker in the living room. Lauren walked up to her. "Lauren!" Mike yelled. Lauren looked at him as he pointed at something behind her. There was more than one walker. There was more that two, three, four, five, and six. There were more than seven, eight, and nine. There were at least ten. And Hazel was heading straight towards them with her arm stretched out. "No!" Lauren shrieked and started to run to Hazel but Mike grabbed her. "Mike STOP!" Lauren started to say sternly but ended up yelling. Mike let go and Lauren ran to Hazel. Her arm was being grabbed by a walkers and Lauren froze when she heard Hazel giggle. "We're friends." Hazel said with a bright smile. Lauren pushed the walker to the ground and dragged it out the door as Mike stabbed the others. Lauren came back to come face to face with Hazel who did not look happy. Hazel pushed past her and she walked to her room. "Murderers." She muttered, loud enough for mike and Lauren to hear.

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