Chapter Three

The group moved down the street in silence. Each was thinking about the atrocities they had just seen. David hoped he'd wake up from all this and realize it was all a dream. With every step it sunk in deeper that this was not a dream. He glanced over to the doctor who still looked in terrible shape. David didn't think he'd ever get over forgetting that man behind.

Everything was quiet, which made David nervous. There were no people at all walking the dark streets. The lampposts revealed wooden benches, which begged him to sit and take a break. David sighed and pushed onwards looking at his own feet. His shoes had blood on them. Just the sight of them made David want to throw-up. 'I'll get out of this mess,' he thought,' I won't die here'.

Just then he bumped into the bartender, which interrupted his thoughts. David looked up to see him pointing ahead of him. David followed his finger and saw something moving towards them through the darkness. As it ran passed the lights it gave a visual foronly seconds at a time. The figure seemed to be human but then again so didthose beasts from back at the bar. The bartender raised his shotgun towards it. "No don't!" shouted the girl from behind them," He might not be one of them." The bartender lowered his weapon but still had it at a ready position.

The man slowed down as he approached them panting. "We have…. got to get.. out of here…" The man looked at the rest of the group," Listen, if you don't get out of here now you'll be chow for those freaks!" David then saw what he meant. Just turning the corner of another nearby street was a horde of zombies. The man obviously saw this and took off running, and else everyone followed suit. David was soon running out of breath because everyone was at a sprinting speed. The fear of those creatures was all that kept him going. He could see the girl struggling to keep up and thought that she would soon fall behind. The boy was pushing her to go faster but he too knew that she would not be able to keep pace.

"Hey man! Where are we going! We can't keep running from these things all night!" yelled the boy from the back," Sarah can't keep this up!" The man yelled back," Yeah, just follow me it's only a bit further." They kept running for a few minutes and they seemed to have lost the large group of zombies. They stopped in front of a library. "Quick! In here. We can't let those assholes see us or they'll follow us right in.

Everyone hurried into the library and the stranger shut the door. They all barricaded the doors and windows with bookshelves and then when they were all exhausted when they finished. They all sat down around a table and no one said anything for a while. Suddenly the younger man broke the silence. "Maybe I'm just stupid but a library does not seem like an impenetrable fortress and also how do we know that there aren't any of those freaks already in here?" The new man just smiled. "Listen buddy, I'm a librarian here and I don't know but you've never seen a library at twelve o'clock have you? Trust me, you won't have to worry about there being any around here. Anyways does anyone know what's going on around here?" Everybody shook their head.

Sarah was crying while the young guy was trying to comfort her. By the way he was holding her David could tell he was her boyfriend. 'Lucky them,' he thought,' No matter how bad it gets at least they'll have each other. I don't know any of these people, but I should probably keep it that way. Otherwise it'll be harder on me if they get killed." That seemed cruel to David but he could not help but know it was the truth.

"So how did you that group of monsters after you?" asked the bartender. The librarian leaned back in his chair and sighed. "Well it all started when I was coming home from this place. I had made sure everything was in order and said goodbye to the other people that work here." The young guy looked up when he heard this but then the librarian added," but I'm sure they had left here long before now. Anyways I got into my car and started off for my apartment. I had gotten about half way home when I saw a man standing alone on the sidewalk. I thought nothing of it then and turned the corner, but just as I did so the idiot jumped out in front of my car and wham I ran him down." The librarian snickered as if he had made a joke. "Well of course I was terrified. Why would someone do that? 'I hope he's okay' I thought,' oh man Luke, you're going to be in trouble now.' I stopped my car and got out and hoping for the best. I ran over to where the man was and I knew that he wasn't going to make it. But that's when this freak reaches out and tries to grab me! If it wasn't for my lightning-fast reflexes he would have got me," he continued with a smile of his face. "This man's legs were practically ripped off and he was crawling towards me. I was getting pretty worried now and was about to go back into my car when I heard a screeching sound from behind me. I turned around to see some punk driving off with my car. I didn't even have enough time to get pissed off because shortly after that I saw that large pack of those animals coming towards me. I ran like I had never run before after I saw what they did to so poor kid that had unfortunately gotten caught by them." Luke's face grew grim. "They torn that kid apart and … and just ate him like a piece of meat. I was horrified and I turned to run but just as I did I could've sworn that the kid had gotten back up." The librarian just stared blankly at the table," and that's how I met up with all of you."

" What about you mister….?" said Luke waiting for a reply. "Wilson. Jack Wilson," answered the bartender. The bartender as well as everyone from the bar told the story up until that point. The story revealed what David thought was true. The younger boy and girl were together and that the boy's name was Jake. The only thing David had left out of the story was what was in the suitcase. These people had no reason to be involved. If Umbrella was willing to murder him, what would stop them from killing the others? David promised that he would not tell anyone until he could get the proper help he needed to keep himself safe.

Then there was a sudden crash that made everyone jump. It seemed to come from upstairs.