Tom sunk down to the ground next to her, sitting on his haunches. "There sheriff's department was already hit. I am thinking that cellular service has been blocked somehow, and the phone lines have been cut. Otherwise the state police would already be here." He handed his water bottle to the girl. "Here, drink some of this slowly. If your dehydrating yourself, it is almost as dangerous as a bullet.

He looked at her seriously. "Look miss. We can't stay here. It's to exposed and I am afraid that the killer or killers are still around. Come with me and we will return to the school. We need to get a vehicle and get to the next town to tell the authorities what is happening."

Across town, a man in a black ski mask was going door to door, to each house, kicking down the doors and searching them. When he found anyone hiding. He shot them. So far, in the tiny town, he was half way through the houses. Some had tried to fight back, using civilian firearms, but he was carrying an AK47 assault rifle and a sniper rifle and won every fight he came across.