CHAPTER 26

Claire left the library which lead out onto the second floor balcony of the main hall. She killed the zombies with ease and made her way round. She stopped at a large red box.

"Wonder what this does?" she thought to herself. She pushed the button and a set of stairs began to descend from it.

"Well that may come in handy at some point." She thought to herself as she continued round. She got her gun ready and jumped into the room. There was nothing but a long chair, small reception desk a typewriter and a large wooden box. Claire closed the door and sat down. Her head was beginning to hurt and she was starting to feel a little ill. She lay down on the seat and without realising it she fell asleep. As she lay sleeping someone entered the room. The man stopped when he saw her and a smile formed on his lips. He had been searching for anything he may have left behind. He looked down at her and gently stroked her cheek. He could have killed her but he didn't instead he wrapped a blanket around her and left her to sleep. Claire woke up sometime later and cursed herself for falling asleep. She sat up and a cover fell to the floor.

"Now I don't remember that when I fell asleep." She thought. The sudden realisation that someone was in here while she was sleeping scared her a little but then she was still alive.

"It might have been Lisa or Leon." She thought but then another train of thought entered her head. If it had been any of the two of them why didn't they wake her up this was definitely not the kind of place you wanted to be sleeping in. she got up and fixed her head just as Lisa came in.

"Hey Claire found Sherry yet." Lisa asked. She then noticed the blanket on the floor.

"Have you been sleeping?" Lisa asked.

"Yeah sorry my head was hurting and I lay down just to rest it then wham am sleeping." Claire answered.

"Well I suppose this means your well rested hey where did you get the blanket?" Lisa asked.

"I don't know I don't remember wrapping myself up in it when I lay down." Claire answered.

"Oh well it doesn't matter come on lets continue the search together." Lisa said. Claire smiled and they continued on.

"So did you enjoy your sleep?" Lisa asked.

"Yeah I did actually but I think someone may have been in there with me." Claire answered.

"Maybe Leon came by and wrapped you up or maybe it was Sherry and she didn't want to wake you." Lisa said. Claire hadn't thought of that and relaxed a bit she would ask her when they found her. Lisa stopped and turned around.

"Do you smell that?" she asked. Claire sniffed the air.

"Yeah it smells like something was burning until recently." Claire answered. they went to investigate. They saw a helicopter which had smashed into the side of the building.

"Do you think this guy forgot to break?" Lisa asked smiling.

"Its wet someone must have put this fire out." Claire said. They heard a scream coming from behind the wall.

"What was that?" Claire asked. Lisa looked at the wall.

"This looks about ready to fall give me a hand if we kick it hard enough it should fall." Lisa said.

"Yeah Lisa right onto us isn't this dangerous." Claire asked.

"Not any less dangerous than running around a building filled to the brim with weird and wonderful creatures each out to kill us." Lisa answered. Claire sighed and realised there was no argument to be had. They began kicking the wall making sure not to be standing directly in front of it. It didn't take long for the wall to collapse.

"Wow I feel so much better." Lisa said heading into the hall behind the wall. They walked into an office. A man turned around in his chair and pointed his gun at them.

"Who are you no don't tell me it doesn't matter any way you will just end up like all the other officers in this building." He said. Lisa saw the body on his desk and gasped.

"Oh my god what happened to Marion." She said walking towards it.

"You knew this girl." The man asked.

"Yeah I did Chief she was a friend of mine." Lisa answered.

"I am Chief Irons by the way." He said to Claire. Lisa was to busy looking at her dead friend to notice anything else.

"Listen could you please leave I would like to be alone." He said. He looked at Marion's body.

"I was supposed to be looking after her and I failed." He said.

"You damn right you did." Lisa said angrily.

"Come on Lisa lets go." Claire said. Lisa continued to glare at the chief until they were out the room.

"I cant believe it she was so sweet." Lisa said tears beginning to fill her eyes. They went back to the reception room and sat down.

"How long did you know her?" Claire asked.

"Five years we met at the police Christmas ball she was there with her dad the mayor." Lisa answered. she wiped her eyes.

"She was as bored as I was and we got chatting and that was it we were friends from that day." Lisa said. Claire put her arm around her and hugged her.

"Come on we should get going." Claire said. Lisa smiled and wiped her eyes.

"Yeah you are right come on then lets get a move on." They left the room.

"We don't seem to be getting any where." Claire said.

"I have a weird feeling in my stomach can we go back and check the chiefs room?" Lisa asked. Claire nodded and they headed back to the chiefs room. He was gone as was the body of Marion. A large section of the wall had moved and showed a secret lift.

"Now I wonder what's down there." Lisa said. Claire held her gun up.

"Well there is only one way to find out." She said and she pushed the call button.