Raymond ran forward and reached for the door handle on the double red iron doors. He grabbed it and forced it up and down "Fuck! It's locked!" Raymond kicked the door then turned around. None of the zombies were close to them "Help me break this damn door open!" They all started to kick wildly at the door for a few seconds.

"This isn't working!" screamed Melanie as she stopped kicking and started to pound the door with her hand.

"Wait stop!" said Raymond putting his hands in front of them signaling them to stop. Raymond took a few steps back "All at once!" Raymond ran forward and kicked the door with all his might at the same time as Connor at Melanie. The doors flew open and they rushed into a dark deserted lobby with only a few lights on. They turned around and closed the doors Raymond sighed deeply "Well that was fun, and it looks like the powers out." said Raymond barricading the door with a near by chair.

"Really now?" said Melanie wiping sweat from her forehead. Connor walked over to the front desk and checked behind it.

"Dead body of a lady here" said Connor backing away from it. Raymond and Melanie walked over and Raymond examined it.

"She was shot in the head. She won't be getting up, I wonder who did this." said Raymond quietly. He looked at the two elevators on the left wall. "3rd floor is the offices we should check there I got a gun and some ammo in my desk." said Raymond walking over to an elevator.

"Isn't the power out?" asked Melanie following Raymond.

"Auxiliary power, it mostly powers the elevators for escape." answered Raymond pushing the call button. They watched the numbers above the elevator go from 4th to 1st. There was a ring signaling the elevator was there. The door opened and a lone zombie lunged out at Raymond. "Shit!" Raymond ducked under the zombies arms, grabbed its legs and pulled them up. The zombie fell forward and its head hit the ground snapping its neck.

Raymond let go of its legs and sat there he took a deep breath and let it out slow. He looked up at Connor and said "That scared the hell out of me" as he stood up and walked into the elevator. Connor and Melanie followed him in Melanie looked at Raymond.

"Are you ok?" she asked

"Yeah sure" answered Raymond softly as he pushed the 3rd floor button. The elevator started moving up with a jolt. A ring sounded at 2nd floor and Raymond took out his gun and held it up in front of him. Connor looked at the gun.

"What's up?" he said taking his gun out.

"Melanie, get behind me. We don't know if any more zombies will stumble into the elevator when the door opens." said Raymond cautiously.

"I guess your right" said Connor aiming his gun at the door. Melanie stepped behind Raymond as the elevator rung as it stopped at 3rd floor and the door opened slowly. The room was also dark and deserted with only one row of lights on in the middle of the room. The room had two rows of cubicles going down with about twelve on each side on every row.

"Hmm well it's deserted, but keep your guard up my cubicle is the one all the way at the end. Melanie stay behind us." said Raymond quietly as he took a step forward he looked out of the window on the left "Its starting to rain pretty hard. Ok Connor eyes on the left I'll keep my eyes on the right walk slowly. If there are any zombies in here lets hope they don't wake up." They walked slowly through the middle of the room.

"Raymond I don't see anything I think we're safe here" whispered Connor they continued to walk and they reached Raymond's cubicle.

"Don't be so sure about that Connor we can't see the other side and there might be some in those." Raymond whispered back as he crouched down searching his desk quietly.

"So why do you have a gun and bullets in your desk?" asked Melanie as she kneeled down next to him.

"One day some bank robbers came in demanding a ride, ever since I had these" said Raymond pulling out a silver gun just like the black one he had. "My custom silver Beretta," he said taking out the clip checking for ammo inside it. "Here you can have this one" taking out the clip and putting another bullet into it, replacing it into the gun and handing it to Melanie. She aimed it at the wall and looked down the sight. Raymond put his hand on hers and pushed the gun down "Emergencies only." said Raymond blankly.

"Um… Raymond I think you should see this." said Connor. Raymond stood up and looked around.

"Oh shit," said Raymond reaching for a key on his desk. In a few cubicles at the edges of the room some zombies were rising. "Come on! Get to the elevator!" Connor made off to the elevator and Raymond pulled on Melanie's arm "Let's go!" Raymond sprinted behind Connor. While Melanie was running a floored zombie in a cubicle grasped onto Melanie's shoe she screamed and fell forward. Connor and Raymond stopped running "Go Connor I got it" said Raymond running to Melanie helping her up. Connor ran to the elevator.

"Hurry guys their getting close" said Connor aiming his gun at a zombie getting near him. The zombie yanked at Melanie's shoe pulling it self closer to them and causing Melanie to lose balance while getting up and pulling her down again. The zombies head got close to her leg but she kicked it with her other leg. It pulled at her shoe again but immediately stopped and died from a shot in the head. Melanie looked at Raymond with his gun aimed at the zombie. Raymond helped her up and put his gun away she hugged him tightly

"Yeah, you're safe now come on" said Raymond looking around. She let him go and he grabbed her arm and they ran into the elevator. Connor backed slowly into the elevator as a zombie got a few feet away. Raymond pressed the close door button then the 4th floor button. "Well that was also fun," said Raymond tossing the key up in the air then catching it. Connor looked at the key.

"What's that for?" asked Connor curiously

"My chopper." Answered Raymond blankly

"So you have your own helicopter? If you do and you're a pilot why do you have a cubicle? Or are all those cubicles for pilots?" Connor asked examining his gun.

"First, it's not really my helicopter but it's in my responsibility and I fly tours with it. Second, I like having a cubicle I could have an office but I feel a cubicle has more privacy. Lastly, no those are for the accountants." said Raymond aiming at the elevator doors. A buzzing sound startled all of them as the elevator came to a halt on the 4th floor.

"What's wrong?" said Melanie pressing on the open doors button.

"Oh yeah we need a code for the 4th floor, the roof. I've been laid off for a while so I forgot It." said Raymond lowering his gun and walking to the key pad under the buttons.

"Think you can remember?" said Connor lowering his gun and walking next to Raymond.

"Probably it just that-", the sound of a motor starting cut Raymond off. Everyone stay quiet and listened to it for a while. "What is that?... Shit that's my chopper starting someone's leaving in our escape ride!"

"Hurry up and open the doors!" screamed Connor. Raymond dialed in 4 numbers and the same buzzing sound went off.

"Shit, I think it was." said Raymond dialing in another four numbers. And the buzzing sound went off again. Melanie stepped over to Raymond.

"Hurry!" she screamed. Raymond put his hand on his head trying to remember.

"Got it, it was 2291" said Raymond dialing it in. The doors opened slowly and they all stumbled out onto the wet roof. They looked up and the helicopter was already about twenty feet in the air.

"Wait!" they all screamed. But the pilot couldn't hear them over the sound of the motor. The helicopter tilted forward and started to move forward, Raymond aimed his gun up.

"Maybe if I shoot, it would get his attention!" screamed Raymond. He shot straight up but the helicopter continued to move forward. "Damn it!" screamed Raymond as he aimed at the Helicopter and shot. The bullet hit the back part of the cab and the back propeller stopped spinning immediately. "Oh shit" said Raymond blankly. Connor looked at Raymond.

"What?" said Connor pushing back his wet hair. Raymond lowered his gun slowly.

"He's gonna lose control and crash" said Raymond looking at Connor. The Helicopter started to rotate to the right faster and faster. Melanie turned to Raymond and grabbed onto his arm.

"What did you do!" screamed Melanie shaking Raymond's arm rapidly.

"I must've hit something that made the back propeller spin. That keeps the chopper steady now he's gonna crash." said Raymond walking forward. The Helicopter started to lose altitude and was heading toward a near by building. "My god…" said Raymond quietly. Everyone ran to the edge of the building watching the Helicopter head straight toward the building. The Helicopter collided with the corner of the roof of the building and exploded in a fiery blast. Shrapnel flew in all directions; they covered their faces with their hands from the bright explosion. A piece of shrapnel missed Melanie's head by a few inches and another skimmed Raymond's right thigh.