Alice

Even though I knew that Josh couldn't hurt us, I had problems falling asleep that night. Maybe my mind was too focused on Shun. We had just gotten him back, and those people did so much damage to him. I left out of my room and walked down the hall to Shun's. He was deep asleep in his bed, and didn't even know that I walked in there. His hair was splayed out on his face and pillow. I sighed. "Shun." I didn't think I had said his name that loud, but his eyes slowly opened up and he turned to face me. I blinked my eyes and said, "Sorry if I woke you up." He smiled. "Don't worry about it." I sat down next to him on the side of the bed. He looked at my face and frowned. "Where'd you get those bruises from?"

He rubbed the bruise on my face with his thumb, and I held his hand to my face with his. "It's nothing." I didn't want him to stress out over the truth. Not with his condition. Shun gave me a look that meant he didn't believe what I was saying, then he sighed. "If you say so." He took his hand from my face and put it back at his side. "So, Nolan's dead huh?" I stopped and looked at him.

"How did you know?" He looked at me and said, "I heard all that yelling downstairs. Why didn't you just tell me that Josh was the one that hurt you?" I should of known better than to try and lie to Shun. He was one of the best in figuring out when somebody wasn't being honest. "I didn't want you to stress yourself out. It doesn't matter now. Everyone knows that Josh is a traitor."

He sighed and closed his eyes. "Josh was always a little off in the head. Even I saw that. But I never could of imagined that he'd kill Nolan, try and kill Dan, or even hurt you. All of that makes me wish that I was here to stop all of that." I felt sorry for him. He was blaming himself for something that wasn't necessarily his fault. Yeah, if he were here the Josh wouldn't of tried to kill Dan.

But that might not of stopped him from killing Nolan or hurting me. "Why did you run off anyway." I saw behind his eyes that I had struck a sore spot. "After I had shot that guy, I started to think that I had spent all I was good for and that I was turning into a threat to you guys. That I was losing control over myself. So I left to hopefully give you guys a better shot at making it. The more I thought about it later on though, I found flaws in my plan. I wasn't thinking straight when I did what I did, and all of us had paid for it in some way or form." I smiled sadly. Even in his breakdown, he was thinking about our safety. "You know, a day didn't go by that I wondered if you were alive or not, Shun."

He smiled at me and said, "Same thing here. I wondered everyday if those zombies had broken into the building, or the ones above us had broken free and gotten to you guys." He moved over, and I laid down in the little space he had made for me. I laid my head on his chest, and heard his heartbeat. It was much too slow to be normal. "Alice, if this thing is killing me, I promise I'm going to fight it as long as I can." That meant everything to me. Him just laying there was proof that he would fight till the end.

Whenever I thought about this being real, me laying next to Shun, I couldn't help but have a little jump in my chest. "So, how many floors are left till they get to the jet?" I almost fell off, but moved closer to Shun from the edge of the bed. I told him, "Not many. Two or three. They've been working hard to get to that jet." When Shun didn't say anything, I turned to look at him. He had closed his eyes and looked like he had fallen asleep again. "Shun. Did you hear me?"

He opened his eyes back up and said, "Yeah. I was just resting my eyes. So, their pretty close, huh?" I nodded my head. "Well, that's good. How many people have died since I've been gone? Minus Nolan of course." I did the numbers in my head. "Maybe three or four. I'm not sure. Dan never gave us the death report after going upstairs." I shivered and Shun looked down at me. "You getting cold?" I nodded my head and Shun pulled some of the blankets over me. I thanked him as I felt his body heat on the covers. "Hey, Shun." I turned to face him again, and saw he was falling asleep once more. I didn't want to wake him, so I didn't say anything else.

Dan

I could sleep soundly now without worrying that a power hungry maniac would kill me in my sleep. We all agreed we'd figure out what to do with Josh in the morning. I woke up right as the sun was rising, and climbed out from my bed. I walked down into the dining room and saw they had propped Josh's leg up on another chair and had a makeshift splint. I smiled.

Alice had done a number on him. I saw Alice sitting down in her seat. Of course Shun was still upstairs in his bed sleeping. Kato had fixed another plate and walked upstairs to give it to Shun. He needed to get his strength up. Today would be our last day of clearing out floors. With only a few left till we got to the roof, we could easily get the job done. The only problem was that the team had gotten a lot smaller. We had lost at least three people to zombies, Nolan, and Josh with his broken leg.

I wished that Shun was well enough to help us out, but that wasn't going to happen. The two or three people left in the team, not including me, gathered our weapons and prepped ourselves for our final run. I took Shun's sword along with my metal bar. I'm sure he won't mind.

We sat in the hallway, and I stared at the door where Josh had thrown me into and left me for dead. They were probably still on the other side, so we had to be ready for whatever came at us. I slowly reached for the knob, and swung the door open. Two zombies can tumbling out, and we didn't hesitate to crush in their skulls before they could get up. I knew there were more up the stairs.

Shun

I woke up and saw Alice had left my side. She probably went to get something to eat. I smelled food myself, and saw a plate placed on the nightstand next to me. I smiled. Thanks, Kato. I ate the food, knowing it would help me regain my strength. I then tried to stand up again. I didn't lose my balance like I had in the lab, although my legs were still a little wobbly. I smiled, already feeling stronger.

Then again, I started feeling stronger back in that lab and ended up going downhill quickly. Maybe I had just exerted myself too much and used up any energy I had obtained. I also put in the variable that I hadn't had any real food or water for days while I was in there. I slowly walked out of my room and down the hallway, then into the dining room where I smelled the rest of the food. Alice was the first to see me walk into the room. "Shun! You're up!" I smiled.

"Well of course. I told you I'd fight this thing till the end, right?" Kato looked at me and said, "You're looking much better than you were yesterday." I walked over to where Alice was sitting at the table, and sat down next to her. I asked them, "Where's Dan and the others?" I had my guess, but I wanted to make sure. Alice told me, "They went to clear out the last few floors. We should finally reach the jet today." I looked over at where my sword and whip chain were. Or should I say where my sword used to be next to my whip chain.

"I take it Dan borrowed my sword." I rolled my eyes. Everyone seemed to be in a good mood knowing that they would be safe in the building and have access to the jet. And soon the jet would be repaired by Kato and we would be home free. I turned to Kato and asked, "How much repair is left on the jet anyway?" He was picking up empty plates and said, "Well, before all hell broke loose, I was halfway done. It should only take me a day or so to finish it up." I

t sounded good to me. A few more days and we'd be on our way to Moscow. Or what might be left of Moscow. None of us really knew how far and badly the virus had spread. "What are y'all going to do with me?" We all turned to see Josh raise and eyebrow and crossing his arms. I looked at the poorly made splint on his leg. That's my girl.

I said, "What is there to do about you? I saw we leave your ass here after what you've done." His eyes widened. "You can't do that!" I smiled and stood up and walked over towards him. "And where does it say we can't leave you here? There aren't any rules saying we can't. Beside, last time I checked you tried to kill my best friend, killed Nolan, and hurt Alice.

I have every right to throw you sorry ass out into those streets as live bait." I was right up in his face as I said the last part, and he tried to hold his gaze but couldn't hide how intimidated he was. Even when I was weak, I could still be much more threatening than him. He didn't say anything, and I walked back over to where I was sitting.

"That's what I thought. You're nothing more than a sorry piece of shit, Josh. Even you know that." He wouldn't face anybody, and I knew he felt defeated. He was just lucky that I wasn't around when he did hurt Alice, or he wouldn't be sitting there right then. I looked out one of the high placed windows. It seemed like a nice day outside. Maybe things were turning around for us.

Dan

I had just killed the last one. The very last one. Now all we had to do was check out the roof, and then we could head back downstairs and deliver the news so Kato could repair the jet. The steel door to the landing pad was locked. The funny thing was, we were told it shouldn't of been locked. That meant either somebody in the building was locking something out, or someone on the roof was trying to keep something in.

I dug into my pocket for the key Kato had given me in case the door was locked. Ah. Good old Kato. You can always count on him. I stuck the key into the door and pushed the handle down. Me and my team went up the short staircase and onto the roof. All of us were ready for whatever might jump out. The roof looked abandoned.

Somebody behind me said, "Hey, Dan. Come check this out." I walked over to where they were pointing. Behind an air-conditioning unit, were five bodies. Most of the skin on the bodies had rotted away. I knelt down and got a closer look. They reeked of death and decay. I told my team, Looks like we found out why the door was locked. Guess they got caught out here and died. Go check the jet for more bodies. Odds are if these five were out here, somebody may of turned the jet into a shelter."

I walked with my team, and one of them opened the door to the jet. It looked empty as we climbed up the little steps that popped out when you opened the door. We stepped into the jet and checked all of the rooms. Everything was jus like it was the last time we had flown in it. I smiled and told the others, "Let's go downstairs and give them the ok."

i had to redo the chapter cause somebody pointed out i failed epically. -.- my bad. -turns red at fail- read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~