'He who fights monsters should look into it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze long into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you.'

He looked out at the rising sun, a bright orange breaking through the clouds above the city. Jimmy stretched and checked his watch, it was nearly 9 am. Mike was watching the screens now, Cass lay on the floor covered in a coat and Eric was also asleep, sitting on the chair clutching his MP5. The handgun was next to Mike, who has a look of intense boredom on his face.

"What food do we have left?" Jimmy asked.

"Huh?" Mike replied.

"Food?" Jimmy said.

"Yeah it's over there," Mike pointed at the table.

Jimmy sat down on one of the chairs and took a cookie from the packet, only to find it was the last one. He sighed and had a swig of water, though it tasted a bit stale it was all they had.

"Has anyone contacted us online?" Jimmy asked.

"I dunno," Mike said," ask Eric, he was up all night,"

Jimmy thought better than waking him after just a few hours sleep and sat by him instead, wondering what he should do for the day. He picked up Eric's radio and got up.

"I'm going for a walk," Jimmy said," I'll be on the roof if you need me,"

Emerging onto the stone roof, the sun blinded him for a moment. He shielded his eyes and waked out onto the dusty stone, which had no barriers at the edge. He found a ventilation duct and sat down, looking out at the city.

There were still fires here and there, great infernos spreading across the city, but no one to put them out. From the rooftop, he could see thousands of the undead roaming the streets. Down the road at the bridge, there were masses of them blocking the road, if they had any hope of getting out they needed a good plan.

As he set the radio down, he realised he hadn't brought the gun with him. They would have to break through the barricades first though if they wanted to get to him. Leaving the radio on the duct he walked to the edge and looked over. Three stories below, a horde of people were outside the front doors. Across the street was a crashed truck, crushing a car against the wall. He could easily see the truck he had ignited before, at least half a mile away.

"Did I really run that far?" he asked himself, squinting to see anything else out there that might bring him some hope.

'……..yes…..," a man's voice behind him said.

He spun around, wondering who had sneaked up on him, but no one was there.

"Hello?" he said, scanning the rooftop.

"…….cannot wait………back here….," the muffled voice from the radio said.

Jimmy literally dived for the radio, grasping it in both hands he pressed the button.

"Hello?" Jimmy said," is someone out there?"

"……..c……….over?" the radio said.

"Hello?" Jimmy said," we are at the sewage disposal plant, do you copy?"

"Landing………too hot……..," the radio replied.

"Hello?" Jimmy said," hello?"

The radio fell silent and Jimmy sat back against the duct, he couldn't tell if anyone was coming for them.

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Jimmy burst into the control room and Eric almost rose his gun, but stopped when he saw who it was.

"Are you ok?" Eric asked.

"I just heard someone on the radio," Jimmy said.

"Great," Eric replied," what did they say?"

"I told them where we were," Jimmy said," and all I could make out was landing too hot,"

"Shit," Eric said.

"What's wrong?" Cass asked, sitting up.

"The Landing Zone here is too hot," Eric said," there wont be any help coming,"

"So what the fuck are we gonna do now?" Mike said," those fuckers are gonna get in here are tear us to pieces and your telling me no ones coming to help us? So our only options are to starve to death or get eaten?"

"Calm down," Eric said," It's not over yet,"

"Of course it's over you fucking idiot," Mike said," what the hell planet are you on because this one is ending for sure? Oh but wait, we got a chocolate bar and enough coffee to last until next century but apart from all that we're gonna be fine I guess?!"

"You need to chill," Jimmy said.

"I wasn't talking to you," Mike said smashing his hands against his head," fuck, fuck we are gonna die in here,"

"Will someone tell me what's going on?" Cass asked.

"Fuck off," Mike said, Cass closed her mouth looking slightly hurt.

Mike turned away and leant against the desk with the screens, breathing hard.

"Good," Eric said," maybe now you can calm d-,"

"Shut up," Mike said," there's not enough food to last us, maybe if we could just survive a few more days we would be fine,"

"Maybe," Eric said.

"So someone's going to have to die," Mike said.

"What?" Jimmy asked.

"It's logical," Mike said," there's enough food for one person,"

Jimmy looked at Eric, who had taken the MP5 in both hands and had his finger on the safety catch. Jimmy moved towards Cass who was watching Mike with suspicion.

"You know," Mike said," I lost everyone to those bastards, my wife, kids, even that fucking dogs probably dead,"

"I'm sorry," Eric said," but there's nothing we can do for them,"

"I said shut up!" Mike said, spinning around, the handgun aimed at Eric.

Eric was faster and rose the machine gun, aiming right into Mike's eye.

"Don't do this," Eric said," I don't want to have to shoot you,"
"Fine, I cant take it anymore," Mike said, a tear running down his cheek," I'll save you the job,"

Mike turned to Glock 17 on himself and pulled the trigger.

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"This is bullshit," Jimmy said as they covered the body with a sheet.

"Don't you go like him," Eric said.

"That's not what I meant," Jimmy said," he was right, we cant survive this shit locked up in a damm room for the rest of our lives,"

"What are you suggesting?" Eric asked.

"If the rescue teams cant find us," Jimmy said," we find them,"

"The streets are thick with those fuckers," Eric said," we don't stand a chance,"

"I wasn't thinking going out that way," Jimmy said, pointing at the map of the building on the wall," look at this, I saw it in the basement, It's a sewage access tunnel leading right across the city. All we need to do is hope none of those things are down there,"

"Sounds like a solid plan," Eric said," but we will need supplies,"

"We can stop off at the supermarket," Jimmy said," come up in a back alley, break in and then head back into the sewers,"

"Ok," Eric said," If we head north, there's a military base outside of the city, hopefully someone is still alive there,"

"How long do you think it will take us to get there?" Cass asked.

"A day," Eric said," sometime tonight if there's no hold-ups,"

"You really think we will make it?" Cass asked.

"It's either this," Eric said," or this," pointing at Mike's body.

"We have to at least try," Jimmy said," sitting here, we will just die slowly,"

"I'd rather die here than out there," Cass said.

"Come on," Jimmy said," are you with us or not?"

Cass thought for a moment, looking around the room and at Mike.

"I'm with you," she said," let's do this,"

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Eric threw the bag over his shoulder, containing two flasks of Coffee readily warmed up for their journey, the MP5 on a sling over his shoulder. Jimmy held the Glock and Cass had an iron pipe, the little food they had was in a bag that Jimmy had. Between them, they didn't have much ammo, so they Eric had told Jimmy only to shoot when he had to.

"You think we should go and find Colin's rifle?" Jimmy asked," we may need to firepower,"

"It could be anywhere in this building," Eric said," if we want to go, we go without it,"

Eric took the lead, followed by Jimmy and lastly Cass. They kicked the barricade aside from the door, opening it onto an empty stairwell. They had chosen to take the stairs down there as the monitor was broken, if they took the elevator they might find the area down there full of hostiles as Eric called them. At least this way they had somewhere to run if they had to.

Eric flicked on the torch on his gun and Jimmy and Cass followed him down the stairs, he kept his eyes on every door they passed until it was out of sight and they slowly made their way down towards the basement.

As they reached the doors, they heard the sounds of banging on a metal door. Eric motioned for Jimmy to stay put while he edged through the open door leading to the passage where the power room was. The thudding stopped and Jimmy heard a scream, two gunshots rang out and there was a thump.

"All clear," Eric said.

Jimmy led Cass through the door and they passed the body of a women with a bullet hole in her head. Further down the hall, three more people were laying down outside the power room door.

"What happened here?" Eric asked, checking the bodies, both of which had large dents in their skulls.

"I don't know," Jimmy said," we should get moving,"

"Yeah," Eric replied.

"You hear that?" Cass asked.

"Hear what? Jimmy asked.

'Someone's coming," Eric said aiming at the door to the stairwell.

Running footsteps echoed in the hall and Eric stuck his head around the corner.

"Shit!" he cried turning and running back towards Jimmy," they must have heard the gunshot,"

Eric sped past towards the door labelled sewage access tunnel and tried to open the door, but it was stuck. He aimed the gun at it and opened fire at the lock, blowing holes in the rusty door. Jimmy rose his gun as two men appeared behind them.

Eric pushed Jimmy through the door, followed by Cass who almost fell. They landed in the water and Eric closed the door behind them.

"It wont hold them Eric said," GO!"