Chapter 8: Desperate Times

At the East Office

Marvin shows a map to his colleagues that leads to an escape route.

"This statue should have an escape route that will lead us outside the building," Marvin told them.

"And that'll get us out of here?" Rita, one of the officers asked.

"It should, but it's so narrow you might be the only one who can fit in. Alright, let's get to work."

Marvin spoke with the survivors. "We'll keep the monsters around the building busy while you four try to search for the 5 plates. By the way, when you see nerve gas around the rooms, leave that room immediately or use Nerve Gas Neutralizers scattered around the building."

"Where would the plates be?" David asked him.

"Kevin should help you with that." Marvin left the East Office and he and Rita went to the Main Hall.

"So where do we start?" Cindy asked Kevin.

"Well…"

At the Autopsy Room

Cindy is searching around. She saw a Handgun HP and takes it with her.

"I wonder if there really is a plate here," she thought to herself. She searched around and saw the Emerald Plate. She takes it with her but as she took it, zombie arms grabbed her.

"Ahhh! Ahhh! Ahhh! Get offa me, you crud! Help me!" she panicked and panicked and she crossed the zombie arms and immediately left the Autopsy Room. She couldn't breathe normally. She was tense as hell. Suddenly, the speaker warns something.

Caution! Warning! Caution!

Nerve gas flooded the corridor.

"Oh come on!" Cindy complained. She immediately went into the Substation Room. She saw a zombie and immediately killed it with her Handgun HP.

"I need ammo," she said. She saw a drawer and opened it. She saw a pack of Handgun Rounds and a Secret File.

At the Waiting Room

David is in the rooftop side of the Waiting Room.

"Meh, all I got is some ammo and a few herbs and I couldn't find a plate," he complained.

Yoko appeared from the main hall side of the Waiting Room.

"Hi David!" she happily greeted.

"Whaddya doing here?" he asked.

"Well, just searching. Kevin said that there's one here, possibly on top of that shelf," she said, pointing at the shelf. "I can't reach it though."

David saw an item box. "You can use this." He pushed the box and Yoko climbed it. She saw the Ruby Plate and took it.

"Thanks David," she said as she went down from the item box.

Caution! Warning! Caution! Nerve gas appeared inside the Waiting Room.

"Goddammit!" David complained.

"I feel like I'm gonna barf," Yoko said. "I don't have a Nerve Gas Neutralizer! David! You have one, right?"

"Hold on!" David panicky dig around his pockets looking for a Nerve Gas Neutralizer. He emptied his pockets and found zilch. He then searched underneath his uniform, of all places. He grabbed it and immediately used it.

"Oh thank God," Yoko felt relieved. "David, you still have one of those?"

"Here," David tossed a canister to Yoko.

"Thanks," she said. "By the way, why did you put that canister under your shirt of all places?"

"Um, nothing."

Kevin is at the East Office opening a safe.

Kevin said while turning the knob, "2…2…3…6."

The safe opened and Kevin obtained the Onyx Plate.

"I wonder how the others are doing…"

At the Hallway

Yoko enters and meets up with David.

"Find anything?" Yoko asked.

"Nothing…"

David and Yoko proceed…and a zombie comes out of the window. It startled the both of them and they ran. As they ran, more zombies busted out of the windows. They ran faster towards the Witness Interrogation Room. They were panting hard.

"Damn zombies!" David cursed. Yoko felt something in her hand. She grabbed it and obtained the Amethyst Plate.

"I found another one," she said.

They saw the interrogation room beside them and saw some weapons and ammo they could use. They saw a vent hole under the table.

"I'll push the table," David said. He pushed it and they crawl into the room.

"There sure are a lot of weapons here," Yoko said. They grabbed everything they need.

"We're gonna need all of these so better save up," David told her.

At the Holding Cells

Cindy meets Ben.

"The secret files! Give it to me," Ben said. Cindy gave the file to Ben.

"Thank you. You can have this," Ben gave her the Sapphire Plate.

At the Main Hall, the survivors put the plates on the statue. The statue raises and reveals a small hole.

"Good work," Marvin told them.

"It was nothing," Kevin replied.

Marvin talked to Rita.

"Take this with you," Marvin gave her a walkie-talkie.

"Leave it to me; I promise I'll be back for help," Rita replied. She crawled inside.

A few moments later…

Marvin waits outside and gets contact from Rita.

"Marvin! I found help. I'll be there in a few minutes," she said.

At the Main Hall

"Do we have enough ammo until we leave the city?" Yoko asked her friends.

"I still have a lot with me," Cindy replied.

"But just in case we ran out again, I'll check out the parking lot for some weapons and ammo. We left a lot there," Kevin said. "You guys wait here."

Kevin activates the shutter and leaves. He saw Marvin killing a zombie.

"Where did that zombie come from?" Kevin asked.

"He crawled from below of all places…" Marvin answered.

Kevin shrugs and went down. He went inside just before the shutter closes.

"This place sure has a lot of stuff," Kevin said. He grabbed as many artillery as he could carry.

Caution! Warning! Caution!

"Oh no you don't!" Kevin said. He immediately used a Nerve Gas Neutralizer.

At the Main Hall

Yoko is reading a novel, Cindy is powdering her face and David is flipping a screwdriver.

Kevin enters.

"I'm back," Kevin said. He distributed the weapons and ammo to his friends equally.

Marvin showed up. "Everyone, wait outside. Help is on the way.

Everyone waits outside…but the zombies were able to bust their way in before help would come.

"Zombies!" Kevin screamed. "Everyone, don't hold back!"

They shot as many zombies as they can.

A zombie bits on Yoko.

"Help!" Yoko screamed. David shot the zombie and Yoko pushed it away.

Another zombie came and rushed to Cindy. Cindy ducked but the zombie grabbed Kevin.

"Ugh!" he moaned. Cindy shot it.

"Thanks," Kevin said.

"Where's the help when you need it?" David asked.

A van appears and reverses towards the entrance. The back door opens and there's Rita and Harry.

"Come on!" Rita told them.

"Hurry!" Harry followed as he saw a zombie about to get up.

The survivors get in.

"Is this everyone? What about Marvin?" Rita asked.

"I'll go look for him," Yoko said. She went down and went inside.

"Yoko!" Cindy said and followed her.

"Hey! You two! Get back here." David told them.

The Front Door opens and Marvin is inside wounded.

"Move! Go, go, go!" Marvin told them.

"Marvin!" Rita called.

"Don't worry about me! Just get going!"

"No way! I'm not leaving you behind!"

Yoko and Cindy rush to the van. Harry saw a zombie about to attack him and immediately left. Yoko and Cindy weren't able to get there.

"Marvin!" Rita screamed.

"Damn! The girls!" Kevin shouted. "Harry, turn back, now!"

"No! We're gonna die if we do!" Harry said.

"Damn! There are survivors still there!"

"I'm sorry. I can't do anything else."

Back at the RPD.

Marvin walks around the Main Hall wounded. "I'm not dead yet…"

Virus gauge: Kevin-71, David-75, Cindy-69, Yoko-57