I do not own any characters associated with The Walking Dead. Most of the places mentioned are real. I am taking liberties with some characteristics of the places to help our group out.
The group moved to what had been the common room. Several blueprints were spread out on a large table. Karan moved to the side of the table with Kylie.
" You may or may not know, but Kylie in I worked in several campus offices as part of our scholarships. While working the alumni office a couple years ago some people from the class of '54 started talking about the snow tunnels with each other. Apparently there are underground passages that students and faculty used during heavy snow storms.",he paused and Kylie took over.
" What makes this interesting for us is that, while they were no longer used they were maintained and they ran to the original campus buildings. One of which is this building and another which has the campus radio station."
Karan took over," While it maybe a long shot that anyone has radios on, we were thinking we could try broadcasting while we still have power. ," he paused and exchanged a look with Kylie." We also thought we would try hooking up a sound system to broadcast over the campus. There's the risk it will attract the deaders, but we think its one we have to take."
Miles, Matt and Jana were silent as they thought it over .Karan spoke up again, " Look we know this is a lot to take in, but we have no idea how long the power will stay on and its too risky to go building to building. You saw what happened to the frat house when they tried." They all shuddered at the memory. " This is our best be " Where is the door at?" Miles asked.
A hour later the group was at the door in the storage basement. Kylie and Matt had guns, while Miles and Jana had a sawed off coat rack and a crowbar. Karan held a flashlight and a map and stood in the middle of their jolly little band. They all flinched at the loud squeal the hinges gave. They stood frozen to see if anything came to investigate. A minute passed as they stood as quietly as possible. Kylie finally gave the signal and they moved silently into the darkness. It was several degrees cooler in here and Miles shivered, from the chill and what they were doing.
Karan looked at the map automatically whispering for some reason. " Its 400 yards straight down this tunnel. There's branch off in about 200 yards, so we'll want to be extra careful."
They moved quickly and quietly down the tunnel a few small service lights flickering. While you could tell this hadnt been used regularly in years, apart from a thick layer of dust and some cobwebs it was clear.
" Are there other tunnels we need to watch for?" Matt asked.
" Just this one coming up, but its on both sides. When the other buildings were demolished they sealed the tunnels off permanently." They seemed to become even quieter as they approached darkened doorways. Pausing, Karan shone his high powered light down one tunnel, then the next. They all listened intently, and let out a communal sigh as nothing could be heard. They has already been down here 6 minutes and had 6 or 7 more to go.Miles couldnt help but think these had been the longest 6 minutes ever, at least so far.
Finally they reached the door. Listening, trying to determine who or what might be on the other side. Karan put his hand on the door. The rest of the group stood in a semicrcle .Matt had his piece of mahogany raised to strike anything that might come through the door. Jana held her crowbar in a batters stance while Kylie and Matt stood slightly back.
Karan took a deep breath and counted to 3 before yanking the door open. A deader fell the door and Miles started beating its head until it stopped moaning. They waited, but nothing else seemed to be coming yet. Matt slowly led the way into the basement. This one was messier than the one in their dorm. It looked like someone had tried living in here, most likely the corpse now behind them. As they made their way to the staircase they were on high alert. They listened carefully. There was scuffling on the other side of the door. This would be the most dangerous part, this narrow area.
Carefully pulling the door open they watched as Kylie sigh with relief. " It's a racoon." Hurrying, praying that their luck would continue to hold they made their way to the studio.