Pewds and I entered the building. It was a dark room with a staircase going down to the lower floors. I could already feel my breath being caught in my throat. It reeked of death, though it just looked like a regular abandoned building, no blood nor any dead bodies. Well, at least not yet. I nervously took a few steps down the staircase before I tripped. I closed my eyes, expecting the cold ground to hit my face and injure me, but my face never met the ground. I did, however, feel my shirt choking me.

I looked back to see Pewds holding me by the back of my shirt. Once he saw that I regained my balance, he let go.

"And you were worried that Ididn't know what I was doing," Pewds chucking quietly and I blushed from embarrassment. Wait, could he see my face?

I looked up at him. "Hey, Pewds. Can you see my face?" I asked.

"No, you're wearing a mask. Can't you feel it?" Pewds replied, confused.

Confused as well, I lifted my hands up to touch my face. Instead of skin, I felt plastic. Wait… how the hell did I end up wearing a mask?!

I thought about lifting up the mask so Pewds could see my face, but I decided against it. I didn't want him to see who I was, not just yet. I was terrified of what he might think of my face. I was never attractive – always bullied in high school because of my looks. I had absolutely no self-esteem. I couldn't let him see who I was – at least, not right now.

I turned around to continue down the stairs, the other three following right behind me. Suddenly, my heart caught in my throat. I stopped in front of a door with a plaque next to it, which read 'Floor 9.'

I turned around to face the three people behind me. "Should… should we open the door?" I asked. I was scared to death. What if there was a horde outside the door? Suddenly, I heard groaning and gurgling come from the other end. Yup, there are zombies in there.

"It could be our way out. Keep your weapons close to you, just in case," Coach warning. I grabbed my silenced submachine gun and held it close to me. I didn't dare put my finger on the trigger, in fear my finger might slip and accidentally shoot something other than a zombie. I was shaking more and more and then froze when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see that it was Pewds' hand.

"It's okay, Cry. Don't worry. We'll make it," Pewds gave me a reassuring smile. I felt my body tense less when I saw him smile. It was actually quite comforting. I couldn't help but smile back, even though he couldn't see it because of my mask.

I nodded. "Alright, let's do this."

I opened the door to find a messy hallway. We were definitely in a hotel. But whatever braveness I had in me quickly left as soon as I saw what was down the hallway – zombies. The room reeked even more of death, making me gag slightly. The zombies limped around the hotel room. I gulped in fear, hoping they wouldn't notice us.

"Let's go, now!" Coach shouting, running into the hallway and gaining the zombies' attention.

WHAT THE HELL?! I screamed internally. Was he fucking crazy?! Just running into a room full of zombies and screaming?!

Coach shot and fought off as many zombies as he could. There were zombies everywhere – in the hallway, even coming out of the rooms!

My fear wouldn't let me even budge. I wanted to run, run far away. I wanted to run back to the rooftop, but I couldn't I had to get out of here somehow. Suddenly, I felt Pewds yank me into a room. He took an axe with his free hand and hacked up some zombies that were in the room.

"Cry, grab that pill bottle on the bed!" Pewds shouted, fighting off the zombies. I couldn't just let him fight them off on his own, but I was too scared to fight. I ended up obeying Pewds' orders, grabbing the pill bottle off of the bed and shoving it into my jeans pocket. Suddenly, I felt something sharp dig into the back of my neck. I cried out in pain.

"Cry!" I heard Pewds shout. Not even a second later, I felt the sharp thing leave the back of my neck. I turned around to see Pewds chopping up a zombie. I guess it attacked me while Pewds was distracted by killing other zombies in the room. Suddenly, I saw a zombie come up behind him.

"Pewds!" I screamed. I instinctively grabbed my handgun, but before I could shoot it, Pewds turned around and hacked his axe into the zombie. Damn, I guess he does know what he was doing.

"Are you alright?" Pewds asked, stepping closer to me.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but we should probably leave," I said, pointing to the small pack of zombies entering the room. He nodded and we left the room. We went out onto the balcony and turned to the right. I swear my face grew pale as I saw that there were zombies here, too. Pewds hacked his axe into a zombie that was coming towards us from the balcony. I took this chance to shut the balcony door so no more zombies would come in from the hotel room.

I turned around to see a zombie running towards me. Instinctively, I took out my handgun and pulled the trigger, shooting the zombie right in the head.

"Nice headshot!" Pewds congratulated me, turning around to hack up more zombies. I was breathing and sweating heavily. I couldn't believe what I just did. I actually shot a gun and killed that zombie instantly. For the first time in my life, I think I felt my self-esteem rise. I smiled and took my finger off of the trigger.

I turned around and saw that Pewds had killed all of the zombies on the balcony. Jeez, I didn't know he was this much of a badass. I knew he was good at video games, but I didn't expect him to be good at killing zombies in real life. Wait, was this still considered real life?

"Come on, let's check the rooms for loot," Pewds said, snapping me out of my thoughts. I nodded and walked into another room with him. The balcony door had been smashed open, so I made sure to be careful when I stepped in. I looked around the room quickly, not finding anything.

"Let's check the next room," I suggested. Pewds nodded and we walked back to the balcony and walked up to the last door. It wasn't broken, so Pewds tried to open it. It was locked.

"Stand back, Cry," I obeyed Pewds' orders as he smashed the door to the other room. I heard a sickening sound. I stepped closer to see that while Pewds had made an entrance for us, he had killed a zombie in the process. I chuckled silently and followed Pewds into the room. There were zombies everywhere, mostly trying to claw their way out the door that led into the hallway.

Pewds hacked his axe into some of the zombies, while I shot the other zombies with my handgun. I was getting used to using this thing now. It wasn't as heavy before and it seemed to have an endless supply of ammo inside of it. I was surprised. I guess some of the game's logic stayed in the real world. Well, I guess you could call this the real world.

I looked around the room and found a baseball bat. I figured that it would be easier to kill zombies with, so I quickly switched my handgun on safety and shoved it in my jeans pocket. I bent down and picked up the baseball bat. I walked back into the hallway to see a dead boomer. What I also saw made my eyes widen in fear. Rochelle was standing there, trying to fight zombies off. There was a horrible stench in the air, like a mixture of death and vomit. I suddenly realized that the boomer had vomited on Rochelle.

"Oh, that's just nasty," Pewds cringed, seeing what happened to Rochelle.

I turned to Pewds, "why are you just standing there? Let's help her!"

Pewds nodded in response and I grabbed my baseball bat, smashing it into as many zombie's heads as I could reach.

"Pewds, Cry, leave! I'll take care of it!" I heard Coach yell, shooting some of the zombies with his handgun.

"We're not going to leave you two behind!" I shouted, killing another zombie.

"Goddammit, just leave! Rochelle and I will meet you outside the hotel!" Coach shouted back, killing two more zombies. I turned to Pewds for an answer, but I saw him running down the hallway. I guess my answer is right there.

I ran after Pewds, trying to catch up to him. Pewds was hacking his axe into random zombie's heads on the way there, making a clear path for me to follow him. As he was hacking the zombies, he yelled, "DO YOU SPEAK AXENESE?! WELL, I DO! CHOP! CHOP! CHOP! CHOP! CHOP!"

I laughed at his words, yet I was amazed at how positive he was being. I guess the positivity was rubbing off on me a bit because I was actually enjoying myself right now.

Suddenly, I found something on the floor that caught my eye. "Holy fuck, it's a Molotov cocktail!" I shouted, picking it up and putting it in my pocket, along with the pills. I found that it was sticking out at an uncomfortable angle, so I took the pills out and quickly shoved them into the medicine pack.

"You found a Molotov?! You lucky bitch!" Pewds said, running into the other room. "Hey, wait for me!" I shouted, running after him.

The hallway was dark, so I decided to take out my silenced submachine gun. I turned the flashlight on, helping Pewds. Suddenly, we came across a sign on the ceiling, which said 'EXIT' with an arrow pointing left. Pewds and I took a left, hoping to find the exit soon. This silenced submachine gun was really heavy, but I kept a steady grip on it, using as much strength as I could.

Pewds was shooting zombies with his shotgun when suddenly, there was an explosion. Luckily, Pewds wasn't near the explosion.

"Are you two okay?!" I turned around to see Coach and Rochelle, who was now cleaned up, running towards us.

"Yeah, we're fine. Just a small explosion," I said, being half-sarcastic. Suddenly, I felt myself being pushed onto the floor and I heard screaming. I looked up to see what appeared to be a hunter on top of me. A blue hoodie covered his head, but I could see his face. It was completely grotesque and disturbing. His eyes were black with grey clouds covering some parts. His skin was grey and rotten. Blood dripped from his eyes, his nose, and his yellow, rotting teeth.

I could feel my heart beating against my chest roughly. My eyes widened in fear. I laid there, completely frozen. I didn't even know how to react. I was scared to death; I thought I was going to die in a brutally painful way. Please don't let it be the end!

Luckily, before he could start tearing into my stomach, someone shot him and he fell back. I quickly stood up and saw that my saviour was Coach.

"Thanks, Coach," I smiled, a bit disappointed that Pewds didn't save me. I looked around to see that Pewds was too busy chopping up other zombies. I guess he was busy, but it still hurt nonetheless. He had my back and I had his, but he didn't have my back this time. I guess it wasn't his fault, though.

"No problem, Cry," Coach smiled back. My attention turned back to the fire, which was spreading across the hallway.

"What do we do about that?!" I yelled, pointing at the fire.

"This way!" I heard Pewds yell. I turned around to see him running into a room. We all ran in after him. I looked around the room, scared out of my mind. First zombies attack us, then I almost get eaten by a hunter, and now we're stuck in a burning building! Pewds walked up to me.

"Hey, Cry. Don't worry. Everything will be fine," Pewds smiled at me, putting his hand on my shoulder. I aggressively pushed it off.

"Everything is not fine! I almost got eaten by a hunter! We're stuck in a burning building! Pewds, we're going to die in here!" I shouted, not really caring at this point if it attracted more zombies or not.

"Cry, don't worry about it," Pewds said, giving me a small smile. I hated that smile now. I hated how he never took anything seriously. This was a situation that he really needed to take seriously. Our lives are in danger and he just brushes it off like it's nothing!

I turn to my left to see Rochelle and Coach grabbing loot from the shelves against the wall. Suddenly, I heard a loud crash and turned to see what it was. Pewds had broken the glass window, leading onto the balcony. He turned to face me and stretched out his hand.

"Come on, Cry. Trust me," Pewds begged. I looked into his eyes, which were begging me to trust him. I sighed, giving into him. I grabbed onto his hand and let him help me up on the balcony. There were a small group of zombies just a few windows away from us. I took out my handgun and shot as many as I could. Pewds shot the rest of the zombies right before he helped Coach and Rochelle out onto the balcony.

As soon as the zombies were dead and the other two were on the balcony, I decided to start walking down the balcony to find a room that wasn't engulfed in flames. I passed one window, sweating from the heat inside the room. I moved out of the way just in case the window might break open. I found a room to go in. I was about to shoot the glass when suddenly a couple of zombies broke the glass, climbing into the balcony. The sudden action made me lose my balance and I found myself hanging from the edge of the balcony.

I swear my heart stopped for a couple of seconds. I screamed loudly. "HELP! HELP ME! I'M GOING TO FALL!"

I held onto the balcony for dear life. I could feel my fingers starting to slide off of the balcony from all the sweat on my hands. Before I knew it, I lost my grip on the balcony.