Claire swung her pipe, pulling a little at the last second, and caught the maddened woman a blow to the head. She slumped to the ground like a particularly large sack of wet cement and lay still.
Claire carefully checked the woman. She was still breathing, and there was a shallow gash on her head from the pipe and probably a nasty bruise.
Looking around, Claire spotted a grimy length of rope and a bungee cord. Within moments, the woman had been effectively hog-tied. Claire sat on a nearby crate and prodded the woman with her pipe until she awoke.
"Now that we've got that under control..." Claire grinned, "Maybe you can tell me what's going on here?"
The woman groaned, shook her head, and sighed. "I'm sorry. I really didn't want to do that. Well, I mean... Anyway, yeah. There are other monsters around, too, though. They shuffle, shamble, move real slow with their arms outstretched... and eat people..."
Claire jumped. "What?! Monsters that eat people? You gotta be putting me on..."
The blond woman shook her head as well as she could. "I'm dead serious. I was running from them when I ran into... well, I'm not sure. I- I sort of blacked out, and woke up like this... Nearly naked. I thought about getting to the clothes store just about a block down, then you came along..."
Claire stood up and nodded. "Well, thanks for the warning, lady. But I've got to get going. My brother's out there somewhere, and in danger..."
The woman wriggled frantically. "What?! You can't just leave me here! The monsters will get me!"
Claire paused. 'If I take her with me, she'll probably slow me down and... otherwise inconvenience me. But... can I really leave her to the monsters?'
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