I'm still managing to pump out chapters, but this might be the only chapter for this weekend. I now plan to have about 18-30 chapters total, so we are still nowhere near the end.

Also, we're in Die Rise now, which will only last until about Chapter 10, because I hate Die Rise. Mob of the Dead will NOT be immediately after Die Rise, so don't get ahead of yourself too much.

Chapter 8: The Highest Hell

Shanghai, China

The group must reunite after the elevator collapses and find the truth of Die Rise

Marlton's POV

We stared in horror as the elevator containing our friends dropped. We heard their screams all the way from up here. After about ten floors down, we heard a loud clang noise and their screams stopped. It got quiet after that, deathly quiet. I began to worry. Are they dead? Will they meet up with us if they're not? Will we be OK with just three of us? Misty must have saw the fear in my eyes, because she gave me a comforting pat on the back.

"It's OK, Russman and Austin are tough sons of bitches, we'll see them again."

Zombies came about that time, the weak Round 1 zombies that are a bore. We all got around 3 of them, then Misty opened the door to the next room, which forked. On the right side was a closed elevator door next to a buyable M14. To the left was another closed elevator and a drop down to the next floor, which we took. We continued to explore, passing by an outline of an SVU-AS sniper rifle which none of us wanted. We continued down a narrow corridor, being careful not to fall off, until we were stopped by a large slide of rubble.

The slide was the only way to continue access to the others, but I had a dreadful fear of heights. No way was I going down there! Misty, though, never hesitated. She quickly slid down and landed safely on the other building. She saw the fearful look in my eyes once again and mouthed 'I'll catch you' to me. I continued to resist, and suddenly I felt a push from none other than Stuhlinger. I fell down onto the slide, screaming the entire time, until I landed on top of Misty, causing us both to fall over.

My heart fluttered, something it has never done before. This girl, I think I might actually show emotion. I thought I was emotionless, except for anger, that is. But, I just wanted to hold on to her for hours, not caring about the zombies or the others. It felt amazing, could this be love?

We both blushed an intense shade of red. We brushes off each other and stood up. "Er, yes, let's go find the others," I sputtered as Stuhlinger slid down, followed by the round 2 zombies. We killed them all, leaving only a single one so we could look in peace. We descended down the next floor through a rubble pile, and then we saw we had to go down an elevator shaft with convenientally placed items to land on so we wouldn't take the entire fall at once. This couldn't be any worse than the slide, so I jumped down simultaneously with the other two, landing on various rubble, then jumping down again until we made it into a room with a buyable AN-94 assault rifle, but no Austin or Russman.

Misty groaned. "Where could they be?!" She screamed in frustration.

Austin's POV

Continuing off where it ended last chapter

"Where could we be?" I asked the only other member of the group with me as I dusted off myself and wiped his vomit from my back in a disgusted manner. Ugh, why is Russman so disgusting? He could at least turn his head away. I digress, why did the elevator collapse as we got on it? Was it the demon's doing, or was it a coincedence? How will we reunite with the others?

I picked myself off the ground and wiped the dust off my sunglasses. We were in a dark hallway, but there was light at the end of it. A few of the weak round 1 zombies began to pour in, nothing we couldn't handle.

"This way, Russ!" I called, knifing the zombies out of the way. We turned the corner only to stop when we saw we had to jump across a small gap. I allowed Russman to go first, and he did. I jumped across with no problem as well. We were on a different building, another large skyscraper. Inside the first room was a door for 750 points, I had 890 from the zed I had killed before. I opened it, and it was a large room filled with sewing machines. Was this a clothing company? I also saw a power switch, which I hit. Immediately, the room brightened and the elevators opened. One elevator was Juggernog, and the other was "Pack A Punch", some kind of weapon upgrade system that costed a whopping 5000 points. I hope it would be worth those points.

I hopped onto the Juggernog elevator top when it went down, wanting a ride to wherever it would take me. I heard more zombies coming, probably round 2 zombies. Before they got to the elevator, though, it began to ride up. It traveled all the way to the roof, I thought I was going to get crushed until it suddenly stopped and allowed me access to the roof. Behind me was a Bowie Knife buyable for 3000 points. I made a mental note of that as more zombies approached.

I took care of them with a clip and a knife, everything went fine and round 2 was over before you knew it. Round 3 started, and I seeked out a stronger weapon than my M1911. Unfortunately, the roof had no weapons, just Claymore mines. I saw another building to jump to. It was the same one we had been on. I walked up the ramp next to the dragon prop, and made the jump, barely making it. I gave Russman a wave, he was next to the dragon and waved back. He had bought an MP5, wherever that was.

"I'm going to look for a weapon!" I called. He gave me a thumbs up.

Nearby was a B23R, my trusty friend that was also a gun. I bought it load cocked it without hesitation. Zombies came, but they were no match for my trusty pistol. I'll just stay here and wait for the others, yeah, that's a good idea.

After round 4 ended, the other four jumped across the gap to meet me. The group had found me!

"Hi guys!" I called out. "Ya finally found us?"

"Yeah," Misty replied, getting closer. "We finally made it onto the building with the power switch and rode our way up here, then Russman told us where you were. Nice to see the group reunited."

Everybody smiled, but then the fog came. It darkened our vision, and I heard a familiar guitar play as Round 5 started. I heard the demon's voice scream "Fetch me their souls!" and weird things charged at us, the things that killed Russman before!

They closed in on us, and Russman shouted "Here they come!"