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lot, and one caught the other one and it erupted in a fight.
Beyond the fighting cats was the grocery store.
He walked toward it, feeling desperate, hoping to God that
if he would just eat something – something other than human – that
these insane impulses would go away. He had to walk around the cat
fight. It was vicious; one had the other by the throat, and they
were rending each other with their hind claws. There were little
droplets of blood all over the pavement. He hardly even glanced at
them, as his main purpose in life at that point was to get though
those doors and find some food.
Inside the store it was quiet. There were several customers
in the store, along with the employees and the management. He
caught eye contact with one of the cashiers, a tall buxom brunette
with big hair, and she didn't look away. She didn't say anything,
either, just stared at him with glassy eyes and no expression. She
didn't look good to him, but he had the impression that he looked
good to her. As he took a cart and walked down an aisle she
silently abandoned her register and stalked him. Brad passed a man
with an empty grocery cart whom stood motionless, moving only his
eyes. His hands had a death's grip on the cart handle, his whole
body tense. Brad watched him warily as he passed, feeling the man
was ready to pounce. The man's gaze shifted from Brad to the
checkout woman and back, keeping perfectly still, acting like he
was camouflaged and that no one could see him as long as he didn't
move.
Brad made it around a corner only to be faced by the
butcher, who stood on the outside of his counter and sharpened a
huge knife. He looked up at Brad and locked eyes with him, never
pausing in his knife sharpening. Brad edged past him, and passing
the meat section. The butcher followed. Forgetting about food,
Brad decided he'd better get out of there. It was an
eat-or-be-eaten situation and he was outnumbered.
Ahead was a big guy – he was huge! – who had a demented
expression and appeared to be drooling. He turned his cart so that
he blocked Brad's way, and just stood and stared at him with
bugged-out eyes. His mouth was open and he was biting his tongue.
He grinned at Brad.
Brad made a quick left down the junk food aisle only to find
two women had their carts side by side at the far end, blocking
him in. He continued down the aisle until it was apparent that the
ladies were not going to move. Turning around, Tom found the big
guy and the butcher had him blocked at the other end, and behind
them was the checkout woman.


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Brad continued toward the two women at the far end, gaining
speed until he was trotting. Either they were going to move their