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"I can't bring <strong>the</strong>m back to life," Taxon said. "Company policy and all that... if <strong>the</strong>y found out, I'd get firedand be sentenced to eternal toothbrush manufacturing duty or something.""Okay.""But yeah, if it's just you, you might have a shot at getting back and reaching <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs... hang on, letme call someone."**The cloaked skeleton loomed up before not-Tim, scy<strong>the</strong> in hand and grinning; not that skeletons arecapable of any o<strong>the</strong>r expression. I mean, if critics think that Keanu <strong>is</strong> bad, what would <strong>the</strong>y think ofskeleton actors? All <strong>the</strong>y do <strong>is</strong> grin: when happy, <strong>the</strong>y grin, when angry, <strong>the</strong>y grin, when loved ones die,<strong>the</strong>y grin...CHOOSE YOUR GAME, Death said."Um," not-Tim said. "Chess?"15 minutes later..."Checkmate."THIS SUCKS, Death said. He sighed. OH ALL RIGHT, YOU WIN. YOU CAN GO."Thank you." <strong>Not</strong>-Tim got up, when Death stopped him with h<strong>is</strong> scy<strong>the</strong>.NOT SO FAST, he said. CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?**Group C: Shane, Perry, Tommy, Chr<strong>is</strong>, MattFingers yanked suddenly as Chr<strong>is</strong> slipped in front of him; grabbed tight, pulled him up again and let himregain h<strong>is</strong> footing-Splashed on in <strong>the</strong> darkness, Shane leading, feeling h<strong>is</strong> way against <strong>the</strong> cold rock walls.Then after an eternity <strong>the</strong>y saw light; sped up towards it, up <strong>the</strong> ladder and through <strong>the</strong> open manhole –if it was a manhole – and into <strong>the</strong> red-lit street beyond.It was <strong>the</strong> same redd<strong>is</strong>h glow of <strong>the</strong> tunnel, but lighter, and more still; and when <strong>the</strong>y looked past <strong>the</strong>empty street lined with short buildings and turned <strong>the</strong>ir eyes upwards, <strong>the</strong>y saw not sky, but more rock,spreading up and away into a gigantic cavern."There's no one around," Chr<strong>is</strong> said, and h<strong>is</strong> voice set off a faint echo far above <strong>the</strong>m. They stoodfacing outwards in a small clump near <strong>the</strong> spot where <strong>the</strong>y had emerged, gazing at <strong>the</strong> strange deadworld <strong>the</strong>y had arrived in.The streets were cobbled stone redd<strong>is</strong>h grey in <strong>the</strong> light, and <strong>the</strong> broken pieces rattled hollowly down<strong>the</strong> street when Tommy kicked at <strong>the</strong>m.Eventually <strong>the</strong>y made <strong>the</strong> instinctive move towards <strong>the</strong> buildings – Matt starting towards one and <strong>the</strong>o<strong>the</strong>rs trickling behind him, growing sparser and fur<strong>the</strong>r apart, for somehow th<strong>is</strong> place felt safe,contained, untouched for many years.The buildings were houses – small affairs no larger than a single room, cube-like structures lined neatlyin rows.Matt pushed at a door long rotted with age. It crumbled quietly at h<strong>is</strong> touch into a heap of fine rubble on<strong>the</strong> ground.He stepped in. The o<strong>the</strong>rs followed from behind. Bed, desk, some shelves, cupboards.Shane sank down on <strong>the</strong> bed and stared at <strong>the</strong> floor. He looked up at <strong>the</strong>m, resignation on h<strong>is</strong> face."We're going to die here," Perry said quietly.

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