Everyone then slowly walked towards the water fountain which was located towards the front doors.

The sun shined bright through the glass skylights and made everyone extra nervous seemed everything seemed so still...almost as if it was like any other day a few hours before the mall opened and everything was still setting in it's right place...waiting to wake up.

The click of their shoes on the hard marble tiles mixed with the gurgling sound of the water pouring out of the stone fountain.

Ana still felt like she was in a daze, she had no idea how much time had past but the vision of Luis breaking through the bathroom door kept repeating in her mind over and over again.

Andre then told Luda to rest and sit down on the edge of the fountain.

Ana sat beside her and felt the cool feeling of the smooth stone under her legs as she kneeled down.

The taller man in white had laid down his crowbar beside her and walked over to the front doors.

There were two sets...spaced apart and locked as he tried them and looked out into the empty parking-lot.

Ana then turned and saw how ugly her hands looked, they were soaked with Luis' blood...she then remembered how she was in such a panic hours before and tried to save his life, how scared she was of thinking he was about to die.

But he was dead now.

Her heart jumped a little and she held back the tears as best as she could. She took a deep breath and then put both of her hands into the crystal clean water of the fountain and started to slowly wash the blood off.

"We better check if this place is safe..."

Ana heard the taller guy say.

"Why don't I check down there and you check there."

She heard Andre agree.

"Officer...maybe it would be good if you looked..."

She then looked in the conner of her eye and saw the large police officer not moving an inch...he just loaded another bullet into his shot gun.

"Okay...maybe it would be better if you stayed here with the guy, Andre I'm gonna go look."

The guy then started to walk and Ana without even looking at his face handed him the crowbar and he thanked her and walked off.

Andre told Luda to stay as his footsteps went down the other direction.

Ana had then washed all of the blood off. She looked at her hands, still damp and cold from the water and rubbed them on her pant legs.

She turned a little and saw the young pregnant woman named Luda.

She looked just as scared as she felt.

"Hey..." She started and Luda looked over at her and gave her a worried look.

"You okay?"

Luda nodded

"We..."

"Are you feeling all right, I'm a nurse."

She then saw the black officer look up a little towards them. Ana really didn't know why she was asking this...but if she pretended that she had to help or serve someone when it came to using her skills she was going to try her best to take her mind of things.

Luda then rubbed her stomach

"I'm fine..." She paused for a name.

"Ana..."

Luda smiled for a second and then said something so thick in her voice she couldn't hear...the only words she made out was "I hope Andre returns."

So they waited.

Five minuets or so later the mall was filled with bone chilling moans and screams from further down the mall...they seemed to belong to the taller guy.

Ana's heart raced and her and Luda jumped up as the officer stood in front of them with the gun.

Then the moans became louder.

Ana and Luda saw it running towards them and screamed at the top of their lungs.

It was one of them.

Gray face, dead eyes and a deep smell of death on it as he raced towards them.

Luda screamed louder as the thing hissed and took hold of her arm...it did the same thing Luis had tried to do.

Luda fought back and forth screaming as Ana tried to pull them apart...then the officer came crashing towards them and threw himself on it.

Luda became free and her and Ana held each other screaming as the man fought with the monster.

Screams and groans filled the air and then both fell backwards hard into the splashing water.

Ana knew she needed to do something...so in a flash she saw the shot gun and grabbed it.

She tried her best not to hit the officer...but then again this was her first time holding a gun.

Then with all her might she pulled the trigger and the bullet sound exploded into the shoulder of the thing and it fell back...twitching and jumping in the splashing water.

The officer then screamed for them to run and they started back where they came from.

Andre ran out of no where and asked what happened...but their wasn't time to talk.

He ran beside Luda and then the taller man joined them from a sporting good's store.

Ana noticed his shirt was soaked in blood and so wasn't his face and hair.

"Towards the elevators...over here!"

Everyone ran faster, Ana didn't seem to mind the heavy weight of the shot gun in her hands.

The doors them opened and everyone rushed inside.

Their heavy breathing showed them were scared to death and really had no idea what the hell was going on.

As the doors closed Ana looked over at the officer. He had whacked his arm on the fountain pretty bad and the blood was gushing from the cut.

"Let me see your arm..."

She looked it over fast.

"We're gonna need to stitch it."

Just then the sound of the bell rang out and the doors opened.

Everyone jumped back at the sight of three men...security guards holding guns out towards them.

The one in the middle was taller then the others and had a black beard and mustache.

"Find someplace else."

The taller guy who was standing behind Ana spoke up.

"There is no place else."

"Oh yeah...well we were here first."

The other guard to the man's left who seemed to be in his early twenties spoke up.

"Yeah...besides you all ready trashed Metropolis."

Andre then spoke

"Look my wife his pregnant...we can't run anymore."

Just then the sound of the bell rang and the doors almost shut, Andre reached out and hit them back.

Ana tried to start and tell them about the man's arms...but she knew they were gonna be trouble.

The taller man spoke again and the man in the middle answered.

"Lessen those things are downstairs..."

"Oh yeah...well that's your problem."

The officer then looked over at the men.

"How about I stick my foot up your ass...would that be a problem?"

"You can take your ass over to the Quality Inn if it's still there, Shaq!"

The man's voice rose and she could tell he was getting angry. Then the younger of the three guards spoke up.

"CJ...he's a cop."

"Yeah so?"

Ana then knew she needed to say something before trouble started.

"Were not gonna start any trouble, we just need a place to stay for a while."

The man named CJ stopped and looked her right in the eye...Ana then knew he was looking her up and down...and that was the only reason they were let in.

Later in the Television store everyone stood in a straight line looking up at all the TVs along the wall.

All said the same thing...no one knew what was going on, and it was spreading everywhere.

Ana felt herself shake inside as she watched the visions spread across the screen.

She had gone to church when she was younger...and now she knew this was the end of the world.

She gulped and then CJ told them to find their own little spot in the store.

Ana lead the officer who had introduced himself as Kenneth to one of the leather chairs.

She pulled one up for herself and looked over his bleeding arm.

The taller guy who was soaked in blood as much as she was watched the TVs a few feet away.

Luda and Andre had been lead by the younger guard to use the rest room.

Ana then told CJ the bleeding wouldn't stop on it's own.

He threw his key ring to the guard called Bart and he lead her down to the back office where they kept the first aid.

Bart seemed like a real jerk and Ana tried her best to keep away from him. She felt like her whole body was being torn apart...she felt sick and confused.

Once Bart unlocked the door for her she went in the back room and searched for the first aid kit...which wasn't that hard to find.

After that she noticed how bad her feet were hurting so she searched the lost and found box and found some worn sneakers and tried them on.

She didn't even seem see how she was doing everything in a steady order and not stopping.

But once she finished tying the last shoe something broke down inside her...she didn't know what it was, but she sure was glad she was alone when it happened.

Tears poured from her face and she cried.

She cried for her dead husband.

She cried for what had happened to the world.

She just cried knowing everything had changed in this nightmare world and she was stuck alone with strangers.

Then their was a bang on the door from Bart to hurrt up.

How she hated his voice all ready. But she wiped her tears with the back of her hand...took a deep breath and headed back to help the others.

Much like Michael that's all she knew how to do...help others.