Chapter 11
Barry was first out of the lift when they arrived on B2, he had offered to take point & was surprised when Chris had agreed to let him do it. The hall went in two directions, the corridor ahead of him was dark, the light either broken or not switched on, the corridor to his left was clearly lit & a door stood at the end of it. Barry headed down the corridor to his right, Chris & the others following five feet behind him. As Barry arrived got closer to the door, he saw the active card-reader by the side of it & realised that they would not be getting in without the key card.
"Damn it." Barry mumbled.
"What is it?" Chris asked, walking up beside him.
Barry pointed to the card-reader. "That's the problem. We can't get in."
"So we go down the dark one, what's the problem?" Carlos asked rhetorically. Jill nodded, as did Rick. Barry took out a torch from a belt-pouch & made his way back to the other corridor headed down it. His torch landed on a body, slumped against a door, when the reached the end of the corridor, it was bloody & seemed to have been scratched & pecked. Three large holes could be seen in the chest, presumably the cause of death, his ankles were also chewed up, presumably by a zombie. Barry stepped closer to see if he could open the door, when suddenly, the body grabbed his legs & tried to take a bite out of them, Barry pulled himself backwards & ended up falling on his ass. He shuffled backwards & pulled out his gun, he pulled the trigger & turned the zombie's head to mush, as he did, a key-card fell from the zombie's pocket onto the floor. Chris helped Barry up, who mumbled a 'thank you' & turned away to hide a bright- red face.
"So?" Claire asked. It took Barry a moment to realise that she was asking him about the door & the key-card, he bent down & picked it up.
"I think this card is for the other door. The other card we found should be for this door." Barry said & moved aside for Chris to use the key-card.
"We're finally getting somewhere then." Jill said as she followed Chris into the room. Reaching the labs had seemed to raise everyone's spirits once again & Barry only hoped that this time they would not be disappointed.
Barry was first out of the lift when they arrived on B2, he had offered to take point & was surprised when Chris had agreed to let him do it. The hall went in two directions, the corridor ahead of him was dark, the light either broken or not switched on, the corridor to his left was clearly lit & a door stood at the end of it. Barry headed down the corridor to his right, Chris & the others following five feet behind him. As Barry arrived got closer to the door, he saw the active card-reader by the side of it & realised that they would not be getting in without the key card.
"Damn it." Barry mumbled.
"What is it?" Chris asked, walking up beside him.
Barry pointed to the card-reader. "That's the problem. We can't get in."
"So we go down the dark one, what's the problem?" Carlos asked rhetorically. Jill nodded, as did Rick. Barry took out a torch from a belt-pouch & made his way back to the other corridor headed down it. His torch landed on a body, slumped against a door, when the reached the end of the corridor, it was bloody & seemed to have been scratched & pecked. Three large holes could be seen in the chest, presumably the cause of death, his ankles were also chewed up, presumably by a zombie. Barry stepped closer to see if he could open the door, when suddenly, the body grabbed his legs & tried to take a bite out of them, Barry pulled himself backwards & ended up falling on his ass. He shuffled backwards & pulled out his gun, he pulled the trigger & turned the zombie's head to mush, as he did, a key-card fell from the zombie's pocket onto the floor. Chris helped Barry up, who mumbled a 'thank you' & turned away to hide a bright- red face.
"So?" Claire asked. It took Barry a moment to realise that she was asking him about the door & the key-card, he bent down & picked it up.
"I think this card is for the other door. The other card we found should be for this door." Barry said & moved aside for Chris to use the key-card.
"We're finally getting somewhere then." Jill said as she followed Chris into the room. Reaching the labs had seemed to raise everyone's spirits once again & Barry only hoped that this time they would not be disappointed.