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"JACK!" Cindy cried out to the man, who now layon the ground with a large entry wound in his stomach. The Licker (As Yoko called them) that killed Jack was now covered in bullet holes as both Mark, and David fired into it. From her position over Jack's body, only Cindy could see another one creeping down the hallway. She scrambled for words, but nothing came out. Acting out of instinct, she picked up Jack's silver handgun revolver, and rolled so she could see perfectly down the hallway. The licker was hanging on the wall like a bat. It opened it's mouth and unsheathed it's vicious tongue. As it did, Cindy closed her eyes and fired the gun into its mouth. The licker was blown away by the powerful weapon. Cindy just looked angrily at the monster's corpse down the barrel of the gun. Her angry mourning was ended by the sound of glass shattering. A window at the end of the hall burst into pieces as two zombies crawled through. Mark and David both switched there fire to the direction of the new enemies. They managed to kill one but two more were able to break through and crawl to there feet.

"Click, Click." Both guns were out of ammo, Cindy was getting up to give David her gun, but that's when she noticed the zombies were heading for Yoko. She was just standing there, not moving, with her back to the group just watching the zombies creep closer to her.

"YOKO!" Cindy screamed. Yoko looked to the floor; and they waked right past her. Men in white lab coats with big glasses and pens with paper, acting like their job was truly useful. The room was covered in silver. Large containers filled with coloured liquid were neatly placed everywhere. Yoko looked around to notice she was strapped into a chair. She tried to scream but it was as if no one knew she was there. That's when she felt the needle pierce her forehead. Her sight became only voices, voices she recognized.

"Why yes, She is our greatest prodigy. A creature of extraordinary ability. Not like anything else we have seen." A man said

"Is she stable?" Another man in the room asked

"Why with such discovery, comes. . .side effects. We are working on a way to control her but. .." The man was interupted

"Is she stable!" The second man asked firmly again. A sigh could be heard from another.

"No."

"Then your job is done now. See you may be fine with Prodigy Doctor..." Yoko could feel his breath roll down her face, She could feel his eyes searching her's "But my Successors want more, they want legend, and doctor... you simply are not god."

"I am not playing the role of god, I am trying to go above and beyond..."

"Science? That's not what you are here to do. If you can't play god for this girl..." A loud gunshot filled the room and there was silence all around it. "...Then I'll find someone who will." Yoko could taste the fresh blood that now covered the wall.

"Yoko!" Cindy screamed again. But Yoko didn't respond, she just stood there. The zombies were only a foot from her. She turned around and looked directly at Mark, with a face of pure hatred. Yoko inleashed a kick directly beside her, the zombie was standing in that spot and her foot met with it's face, sending it to the ground with a snapped neck. Another one was on the other side of her and she gave it a hard backhand and then kicked it in the spine as it fell, breaking it. Four more were behind her. Consumed by brutal kicks and graceful spins she took down each and every one until there was only one left, which she had pinned against the wall with her foot. Looking at the thing she saw the past, clear as day she saw it. She had done this very thing down in the labs, been in this very position before. It brought about a world of pain to her, everything was just too...too real.

"Cindy." Yoko said calmly, looking deep into the eyes of the beast she had trapped. It only took a few seconds for Cindy to realize she wanted her gun, so without hesitation she threw it to her, Yoko didn't even look, she just moved her arm directly in it's path. After twirling it in her fingers, she aimed for it's head.

"We have a difference. . . " She whispered in a soft enough voice she could barely be heard. Yoko pulled the trigger and the zombie exploded with the force of the shot. immediatly she spun around and kicked the face of another, which was trying to crawl back to life. It's spinal colomn became a broken piece of shrapnel from the attack. She was standing with her back to another window about a few meters away. The moonlight lit the world around her but Yoko remained dark, just a shadow. Slowly Yoko lifted her head and closed her eyes, ". . .I'm still here." She finished. Immediately after, the window shattered open and a larger licker, bigger than any other one they had encountered, hurdled through the air in a vicious attempt to end the poor little girl. As if time slowed down, without any thought, Yoko turned around and bent down aiming the gun at the monster screaming towards her. The round from the gun blew off, the bullet was so powerful it sent the beast the other direction in a bloody mess. Yoko didn't move from the position. Everyone else just stared in awe.

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The rapid chatter of typing could be heard from any space in the room. "This must be some kind of office for the security in the hotel." George was ignored as he spoke, Alyssa was searching the computer systems, while Kevin was in complete heaven staring at the guns scattered on racks on the wall.

Kevin walked over and grabbed a shotgun, "They wont mind if we borrow this." He pumped the shotgun in one hand. Alyssa got off her seat and walked over to them.

"There is nothing in the systems about the incident. They must have been hit first." She said slowly looking around.

"Or without knowing it. . ." George said with a look of horror in his eyes. Up on the ceiling looking down on them was a horribly mutated creature with no eyes, and a large tongue.

"Oh my go..." Alyssa started, but the creature dove for George. Kevin jumped to push him aside and then tried to fire off his shotgun while in mid air, but missed. The creature just barely missed the two. Alyssa quickly turned around and grabbed the first guns she could find. The beast was already in the air attempting another attack on the men, but the rapid rounds from Alyssa's two machine pistols, tore it apart before it reached it's meal.

In shock, all three of them remained in the same position, quietly. Alyssa broke the silence, "You might want to watch your step boys." Kevin looked at her with a grin. George got to his feet and wiped the dust off of his pants,

"I didn't even see it on the way in, I didn't even hear it." He said in awe.

"I don't like zombies I can't hear comin'." Kevin said turning to Alyssa again, who was busy packing guns into a bag.

"Take this." She gave him the bag and he slung it over his shoulder, "There's bound to be more of those things, so keep your wits about you." Alyssa said

"Wow." Kevin said in a sarcastic manner, "Are you actually caring about what happens us?" Kevin finished. Alyssa stepped closer to him, so her eyes were only inches from his, and Kevin stared back intensely

"I just don't want to have to clean you up...when they tear you apart." Alyssa gave him the same sarcastic smile, and then turned around and headed for the door. "We need to find the others." She stopped and looked down and the bloody monster on the ground, "Before they do." She put 4 more rounds into it's body and walked away.

"Yoko?" David asked barely speaking with any volume at all. The girl was kneeling on the floor still holding the gun firmly in her hands aiming at the licker's corpse. Mark walked over to pull her to her feet, but she pushed his hand away and got up herself. She walked toward Cindy and dropped the gun on Jack's body without even looking at him as she stepped, It fell in a slower time than ours, it could be clearly seen the gun was out of amunition. The rest of the group just followed her, except David. He just stood there. Yoko turned around and looked at him "Let's go." She said

"No." He replied back, "Not until you tell me what is going on"Yoko began slowly walking to him as he spoke "What happened to you? What happened to the Yoko I saved, the Yoko that looked in my eyes and..." Yoko softly put her finger onhis lips and he stopped talking "The truth is waiting." She closed her eyes, "soon you will know everything..." she began walking in the opposite direction towards a door, "... and then you'll wish you didn't."

Okay everyone I know I am going very slow but I have become a busy fellow, so bare with me, Hellfire will be concluded next chapter, and then Finally you will see what I have been wanting to show you forever...ooooooooo intense huh? Haha