Feeling more confident than before now, Dana looked around the street. She was satisfied at how well her findings had worked out. Then she heard a sound down the street as if somebody had landed a jump from very high up. Footsteps followed the noise, and as they got closer Dana was able to make out Alex walking towards her along the dark street.

As he came closer Dana smiled victoriously. Alex looked somewhat confused. "What happened here? Hunters were running away from this direction."

"I know. Are you ready to listen to what I have to show you now?" Dana asked.

"Listen? Sure, go ahead."

Lifting up her laptop, Dana began to explain what the noise did. "It's a noise that seems to somehow affect the Hunters. Once it starts, the Hunters are completely helpless. It probably has the same affect on zombies. I found it in-" As soon as Dana pushed the button to play the sound, Alex began screaming in pain. He held his head in his hands, and fell to his knees. "Alex!"

Dana stopped the noise at once. Setting down the laptop she bent over to see if her brother was alright. He was fine, but looked shocked and was breathing hard.

"You going to be okay?" Danna still looked to her brother with concern.

After receiving a nod from Alex, Dana breathed a sigh of relief and continued what she had been saying, "I found it pretty deep in the Gentech files. It definitely wasn't easy to find."

"That ringing… My head..." Alex sat up, holding his head with one hand still.

"Sorry Alex... I didn't think that would happen… But I guess you're not all that different from the Hunters now…"

"Yeah… Guess not."

"I thought it could be useful, but I can't really use it while you're around now that we've seen what happens."

Dana picked her laptop up and stood up. Alex also stood up and then turned, starting to walk away. Dana caught up to him and put her hand on his shoulder. "Where are you going now?"

Alex looked down at the ground. Then he finally answered after a few seconds, "I have some things to take care of."

With that, he shook Dana's hand off his shoulder, ran down the street, and jumped up and out of sight. Dana frowned.

With Alex off doing whatever it was that he was doing, Dana decided it was time for her to take more action herself. Now that she had a way to fight off zombies, she didn't have that much to fear. Beginning to walk down the street, she left the front of the business building. Keeping to the shadows of the night so she wasn't seen, she headed in the direction she believed the closest hive was in.

Dana was ready to put her finding to the ultimate test. Alex was stronger than the Hunters, and if the sound made him so helpless that he fell to the ground in pain, then she was ready for a bigger enemy target.

As she approached the strongly infected area Dana heard the roars of numerous Hunters. It made her nervous, but she didn't slow her pace. She needed to do this, and didn't want to be scared and helpless.

Coming nearer and nearer to the hive, the roar of Hunters became much louder. Dana began to shake slightly, but continued walking. Turning her laptops volume up to full once again, Dana began to play the high pitched sound.

The hive was now in her sight. She could see Hunters standing all around it. The pulsating globs on the side of the building looked as if they were about to hatch even more Hunters. Zombies were gurgling and scuffling around aimlessly on the street in front of what used to be a normal building, the strange red-orange fungus from the hive growing under their feet.

Dana hesitated for a second at the sight, but then forced herself to persist moving forward. The Hunters standing around noticed her and sent out blood thirsty roars of hatred. Moving towards her at amazing speed, they had no idea Dana had the ability to stop them in their tracks.

Dana stopped walking. It was time. The sound would either work or end in complete disaster. Turning her laptop to face the hunters straight on, Dana braced herself for whatever was going to happen.

The Hunters reached Dana in seconds. The first few lifted up their clawed hands to take a blow at her. Dana jerked her head away, flinching, but nothing happened. She turned back to see why, and looked on amazed at the thirteen or so Hunters squirming in agony on the ground.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Dana continued to walk on, passing between the dying Hunters. She walked straight towards the Hive. The pulsating globs of fungus broke open to release more Hunters onto her. Not slowing her pace or stopping this time, Dana walked on.

The Hunters charged at Dana just like the others. As the neared her, they fell to the ground. Coming closer and closer to the Hive, Dana smiled as hunters fell around her left and right. The zombies then started to approach her as well, but they were dispatched more quickly than the Hunters; within two to three seconds.

Before long there was no longer anything to protect the Hive. Dana was standing right next to it now. She raised her laptop above her head, facing the Hive. The remaining blobs imploded, but nothing more happed. The fungus didn't retreat.

Waiting a few more minutes to be sure, Dana lowered her laptop, disappointed. She was able to do away with Hunters and zombies, and maybe even Alex, but she couldn't destroy an entire Hive. This was something that Alex would have to help with. Dana was frustrated at this realization, but was happy that she wasn't helpless like she was before.

Looking down at her laptop Dana gasped. There was only one battery bar left on her computer. Looking up at the Hive, she saw that the pulsating blobs were beginning to reform. Looking up and down the street, Dana began to run in the direction of her old safehouse. She needed to charge her laptop before she was attacked again.

As Dana ran down the street, she once again noticed that it was almost too quiet. All she could hear were her own footsteps. She reached her safehouse within a few minutes. Running inside, she closed the door behind her and sat in front of it to catch her breath.

"Carrying a laptop around is not gonna work forever…" Dana said to herself. "I need to find a way to put that noise on a portable device that has longer lasting batteries."

Standing up, Dana walked over to her desk. There were numerous electronic devices sitting there, but none of them where right. She glanced at the corkboard above the desk. It was filled with papers from magazines and newspapers. There was an add that caught Dana's eye. A cell phone add.

Ripping it out from its tack, Dana looked at the paper. "That's it." Dana smiled to herself. "I'll find some sort of communication device that Alex and I can use. And hopefully one that can store sounds."

The next day, Dana looked around abandoned shops in Midtown Manhattan. She managed to scavenge some sort of high tech walky-talkies. Hoping she could find some way to import the sound onto them, Dana took them back to the safehouse.

After spending some time hacking into the walkie-talkies programming, Dana found a way to import the anti zombie sound into them.

Wondering when Alex would come back, Dana spent the next two days staying in the safehouse digging deeper into the Gentech files, and watching a few movies. On the night of the second day, Dana heard movement behind her as she was watching TV. She spun around, her walkie-talkie in hand. It was Alex.

"Oh, it's you. You really need to stop doing that." Dana snapped at Alex.

Alex ignored the comment. "What're you watching?"

Dana, although miffed, answered, "It's just some zombie movie."

Alex looked at the TV as a dog tried to protect his owner from rabid zombies. "I wish that's all we had to deal with."

"I know, right? Anyways, here." Dana threw a radio at Alex. He caught it. "That's so we can stay in touch." Alex looked down at the walkie-talkie. "I also killed a bunch of Hunters off if that makes any difference for whatever you're doing out there."

"It doesn't." Alex turned and began to walk towards the door.

"Wait." Dana was becoming irritated and felt as if Alex wasn't telling her everything. "Listen, I've minded my own business till now, but I need to know. What is it exactly that you're doing out there?"

Alex turned back to face her. "It doesn't really concern you Dana."

"Oh it doesn't?" Dana asked with and annoyed tone. "I'm your sister. I think whatever it is that your doing does concern me, Alex."

"No, not really." Alex turned away again and began moving to the door.

Dana was furious now. She pulled out her radio and pushed the button to start the noise that she killed the Hunters with. Just like before, as soon as the high pitched screeching noise began, Alex fell to his knees holding his head screaming. Dana only used the sound for a second and then turned it off.

Alex got up off the floor, still holding his head with one hand. He looked up at Dana, moderately surprised, but also quite pissed off. Dana walked straight up to him and stood between him and the door. After Alex had recovered enough, he looked at Dana. She was still holding the radio. "Tell me. What are you doing Alex?"

Alex still held his head. He walked towards Dana as if he would push her out of the way. She held up the radio. Stopping, Alex sighed, "Dana, I know you won't purposefully hurt me. Especially not now."

Dana looked at him indignantly. "Try me then."

Alex nodded slowly. He took a couple more steps towards her and began to walk around her to the door. Dana stood there holding the radio, shaking now. Alex opened the door behind her and walked out. "You see?" He said just before he closed the door behind him with a click.