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SCREAMS AND WHIMPERS FILLED her ears, followed by low growls. Her first instinct was to reach up to touch her head, hoping it was still intact. Much to her dismay, it was. She could feel liquid pouring from the top of her forehead, hissing when she touched a piece of glass. She blinked her eyes open, feeling the aftermath of being knocked unconscious.
She turned her head, still woozy and in a dazed state. Fluttering her half-lidded eyes, she tried to make out the distressed figure beside her. She realized she was at an awkward angle with half her body trying to fall, almost like she was dangling from something.
"Juliette! Juliette!" Lori screamed, knocking Jules out of her confusion as she stared at the woman. Oh, God. What the hell happened?
It was night now, and the car was flipped over on its side, with the passenger's side facing up. There was a walker trying to climb into Lori's side and make her his next dinner. Jules held back the bile rising in her throat as she watched the walker skin what was left of its face trying to gnaw Lori through the window.
Jules scrambled to resituate herself, feeling for the indie strapped to her leg. She then called down to Lori, though not as loud to alert the possibility of more walkers near them, "I'm going to climb out of the car. I'll pull you out!"
She used the small amount of upper body strength she had in her, careful not to cut her hands on the broken glass surrounding her exit.
"Hurry!" Lori wailed from below. Jules grunted when she felt a piece of glass stab the skin on her palm, ignoring the pain it caused and instead focused on balancing herself on the side of the car to grab Lori. It looked like Lori was able to kill the walker below, stabbing it in the eye with an object Jules couldn't see.
The teen reached down for her, Lori grabbing her hand instantly. They both let out loud pained and exhausted breaths as Lori climbed out of the car. Jules slammed onto the road hard, letting out a hiss of pain as her vision went in and out.
"Stay with me, Juliette!" Lori hauled the girl upright just in time for a walker to stalk over to them. The blood rushed out of Jules's head, clearing her senses. Everything in her body ached, but the growls of walkers nearby gave her the energy to push.
Lori turned around just as the walker held on to her, letting out a horrified yelp. The biter tackled her to the ground.
Jules paused, knife readied, allowing the frozen feeling to take control of her body. She could feel her heart, she could hear everything around her. She could see Lori struggling in the grip of the hungry walker, but she just froze. "Juliette!"
