Chapter 7: Booksmart
The library was a well lit up place, still intact. Books stacked on shelf's and wood still intact. Seemed like a normal place.
"Quiet in here, huh?" Ivan questions.
They walk down the walkway and look over, bodies were littered everywhere.
"Hopefully they don't come up." Claire states.
They go down the stairs and enter the door closest to them, avoiding the two dead cops on the floor.
"Another statue!" Claire blurts out.
Ivan took out the photo and began examining it. He looked at the 3 symbols on the statue and tried to match them with the one in the photo. After trial and error, they finally got it.
"The first medallion! Let's report to Marvin." Claire said while putting the medallion away. They begin to get ready to step out the room when the door they came through began making noise... as if someone was hitting it from the other side. They readied the guns and pointed it at the door. One of the zombies rush through the door, falling over, making it an easy target.
"So they were alive." Ivan said while putting his gun away.
"Be careful, there were a lot of bodies in there." Claire responds. They walk out slowly and examine the area.
"That door over there has the same symbol as the key! Let's see if the two have something to do with each other." Ivan walks over, weary of the body, and puts the key in the door. To success, it opened, leading back to the lobby.
"Convenient." Claire puts out.
Before walking through, Claire looks over to see a book on the table. Without thought, she grabbed it. She was always a fan of random reading.
"Marvin! We found a medallion!.. Marvin?" They both look over to see Marvin laying on his chair, unresponsive.
"Oh shit." They both said while making their way down the stairs.
"Marvin!" They said while getting closer. "Marvin!" They put a hand toward him and he shoots up, a pained and angry expression, with a slight growl. They both step back in shock.
"Are you okay?" Claire asks.
"Yeah... yeah, just resting. Did you find anything?" Marvin questions. Claire pulls out a medallion from her bag, showing Marvin.
"Alright, try putting it in the statue." With the command, Claire goes to the statue and puts it in. Concrete around the statue moves, revealing a secret hiding place protected by a bar.
"The other two must open the rest." Ivan states.
"There's one up on the stairs, I just don't know the code." Marvin points to the statue to show them.
"We'll find out." Ivan insurers him.
Ivan looks around to see if there's anything else they could use before looming around again, when he noticed another door with the key.
"One of the doors again..." Ivan walks forward and unlocks it, revealing a room they didn't enter.
"Claire! Over here!" Ivan calls her over.
"Its an office? Let's search it." They both enter, leaving Marvin to rest.
Inside, Ivan immediately notices a banner with the name Leon on it.
Ivan gasps. "Leon! I hope he's alright..."
"Leon?" Claire asks confused.
"He was the guy I came with and got separated from. We were supposed to meet here at the station... god I hope he's okay." He becomes worried and stressed.
"I'm sure he's fine. We'll see him soon I promise. He's probably hiding out waiting." Let's find these medallions then look for him before leaving."
Ivan perks up and shakes his head.
They begin their search through the room.
"There's one in this room." Ivan calls out.
"There's one on the desk." Claire responds.
Together, they pull out their gun, putting 2 bullets in the figures together. Ivan's gets up and begins to attack. Another 2 bullets is pumped into him, putting him down. Claire looks over and they continue the search.
They find materials useful to them, but nothing about the statues. They did however, find gun parts that fit their model, giving it more grip and fire power. There was a safe in the room with and the key was placed in one of the shelf's in the desk. Inside, was another hip pouch. "Nothing in here..." Claire thought to herself.