Valley of Death, Zombie Trailer Park
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Boris barked and bounced a little to the right in an attempt to draw the snake's attention away from the boy. The snake followed the movement and shook its rattle faster.
Billy couldn't remember if he'd pumped up the BB rifle since the last time he'd fired it and whispered a little prayer that he had as he lowered the rifle into firing position. In his mind's eye, he saw himself wearing a cowboy hat with a neckerchief and a big Remington rifle before he tried to take aim.
The snake slid away from the boy, focusing its attention only at the dog, as Billy aimed down the rifle barrel. The boy tried to get a bead on the snake's small, quick, and erratically moving head. He was concentrating so hard on the snake that it took several seconds for him to see past it as two vehicles rolled down the winding road. His eyes opened wide when he saw beyond the snake, only a few hundred feet away, a big gray bus with the letters ICE written on the side slowly following a police car down the road into the valley.
Billy focused on the snake and pulled the trigger yelling, “Cavalry's here! Woo Hoo!”