Chapter 8: Reunion and Tears

They enter in the main hall, passing by and checking on Marvin again.

"Ivan, lets check upstairs on the right." They venture off into the room.

"That door again." Ivan unlocks it, but the key got jammed and broke off.

"Hopefully it was the last door of its kind." The hallway was quiet. They started left and entered the room. Nothing important in here was their first thoughts until they saw the giant statue.

"The arm is on the table? Weird." Ivan picks it up and examines it. There was writing on the wall with a book with arrows pointing to the hand which equaled the staff in the left one.

"We need the book." Ivan calls out.

"I actually took a book from the library, could we use this?" Claire hands the book over and Ivan combines the two. He then locks the hand in place with the statue and it begins moving. They both step back, surprised. The statue's left hand turned and offered the staff. Ivan took it and pocketed it. They left the room and ventured to the right.

*VROOM* *CRASH*

The floor beneath them shook.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" As Ivan looks around the corner.

"A Helicopter?!" Claire screams out. They check the sight to see if anyone was there. To no behold, the pilot was inside, dead.

"We can't go through that way now. How about downstairs?" Claire points to the stairs.

They leave the crash site and head downstairs.

They examined the confined area, confused on their next move.

"...Ivan...? ...IVAN...?" There was someone calling out his name. Ivan look around, confused to who it was.

Claire finds a guy walking through the courtyard behind the fence.

"Who's that?" Claire asks.

Ivan turns around and happiness and joy fills him instantly.

"LEON!" He runs to the fence, grabbing a hold of it.

"Ivan!" Leon runs over to the fence, pressing as close to it as possible. He tries opening the door but it wouldn't budge.

"Leon! I'm so happy to see you're alive! Where were you?! You said to meet here!" Ivan pumps out sentences.

"My route became hectic and had to hide until it died down. I'm so glad to see you're alive... and with someone else?" Leon looks at Claire.

"Oh! This is Claire. She saved me on my way here, she's a survivor looking for her brother in here." Claire chuckles and waves.

"Listen Leon, this police station is filled with those monsters. There are no survivors in here, it's a monster's playground!" Ivan continues.

"You need to get in here and help us! We need to find 3 medallions and escape through the underground tunnel. We're getting some help from another cop but he's injured and is barely making it. We need to hurry! Find a way to get to us and reach the main hall! That's where we'll meet!"

Leon shakes his head to the orders.

*BOOM*

"Shit, what happened there?!" Leon asks.

"A helicopter crashed into the building, the pilot body was... we were- Leon? LEON BEHIND YOU!" Ivan blurts out.

Leon turns around to the bodies behind him reanimating.

"You need to go!" Claire blurts out.

"Leon, meet us at the main hall of the police station... and please, stay safe! Now go!" Ivan yells out.

"Stay safe Ivan!" Leon turns around and begins his departure, putting a bullet to the zombies head.

"Claire, we need to find those medallions quick." Claire nods her head.

"There's chain cutters on the barrel. Let's open that door." Claire points out. She grabs the cutters and slices through the chains. They open the door to a familiar area.

"Oh no..." Ivan whispers.

"There's another door over there..." Claire whispers. They slowly walk to the door, cutting it open. Inside, a window was boarded up and a zombie was in the corner of the room, lifelessly standing. They close the door and take care of the zombie in the corner. They explore the room and find the fuse and a random wheel with a note left behind.

"This belongs to the shower room. The repairs are done and is ready to be used again. Watch out for scolding water and make sure the pipes aren't bursted." Ivan takes the wheel and puts it away.

"There's something wrong with the shower room on the 2nd floor. This handle belongs to the pipe for the water. We should check it out." Ivan and Claire look around the room one last time before opening the barricaded door that raced to be a problem earlier. They head to the fuse outlet and put it in, opening the shutter. They walk through into the main hall, looking around. Claire witnessed Marvin walking around and she calls him.

"Marvin! You okay there? Are you feeling better?" Claire calls out, but there's no response. They make there way to him.

"Marvin, you good?" Ivan asks.

He turns around slowly, with slow and blurred movements. Horror fills the two as Marvin was no longer himself.

"Oh no... Marvin..." Ivan chokes down tears.

"Oh god, no... Marvin.." Claire says, empty behind her voice. Marvin begins to walk toward them, limping with each step. Both shaking, they know what they have to do. Marvin would've wanted it like it, rather than walking around like a beast looking to hurt people he would've wanted to save.

"Thank you Marvin. Please, rest now." Ivan puts 3 bullets into his head, hesitating to look as chunks of Marvin fly off. Finally, with one last bullet, he falls... twitching before stopping. A keycard fell out of his pocket with a sticky note attached to it. "Claire and Ivan. Storage Room." Ivan picks it up and just stares at it.

They both stand there, looking over him.

"If only I was here sooner..." Claire's voice cracks in sadness.

"Claire, don't say that. We tried.. okay...? We couldn't have done much. But right now, we need to escape. For Marvin. He wanted it for us and he still would. We need to go!" Ivan grabs Claire's arm and tugs, entering the office again.