Shun

Dan and his team that used to be mine, ran down the stairs with huge smiles on their faces. Dan put his two thumbs up and said, "Every floor is clear. We can start working on the jet!" We all looked at each other smiling. We would be getting out of here soon. I couldn't help but hug Alice. We had made it this far, and we'd make it through this thing one way or another.

The staff members were standing in a group talking about our new found safety. This was probably a bigger deal for them than us. Either way, we were all grateful we had access to the jet and upper floors. Dan walked over to Kato and said, "While the jet is being repaired the rest of us will go and gather up as many supplies as possible. Sound good to you, Kato?" He bowed to Dan and said, "I'll start working on the jet immediately." Kato rounded up some of the younger staff to help him, and walked up the stairs to the landing pad on the roof.

Alice and I walked up to the roof a few hours later, and saw tools and engine pieces scattered around. Kato and the other staff were covered in motor oil and dirt. I whispered over to Alice, "I thought half of the repairs were already done. It looks like they're putting in a new engine." She shrugged her shoulders and looked around on the roof. She walked around, just to observe the area.

I turned my head and saw something behind an AC unit. I raised an eyebrow and walked over to what I had seen, and my eyes widened when I saw the five decayed bodies. I knew they hadn't been zombies because they had no bites or gashes in the head where they had been killed. They were just people trapped in the wrong portion of the building. Something that was shining caught my eye. I looked and saw something in one of the dead corpse's hands.

When I removed it, I saw it was an empty syringe. Why would they have this? I rolled it over and saw a number stamped on it. "Vial 346." Those people hadn't been stuck up here and starving. Those lab people saw them up here and handed them one of their previous antidotes. I figured the five people that were up here were promised a working antidote, and got skrewed. I shook my head and walked away. I walked over next to Alice and whispered to her, "Don't go behind that AC unit. Just warning you."

She was about to look that way, but I stopped her before she could see anything. "Trust me. You're better off if you don't look over there." Alice nodded her head and we walked over to the jet. Kato was up on a tall ladder and working on something behind a steel door. I called up to him, "Hey, Kato! How's it going up there!" He leaned a little from behind the door and gave a thumbs up to me. I smiled, happy that everything was going smoothly. Dan soon joined us on the roof and hit me in my back.

"Hey, buddy! What's up?" I rubbed my back where he had hit me and turned to face him. "What did you do with my sword anyway, Dan?" Alice was behind me trying not to laugh. "Don't worry. I put it back next to that whip chain thingy." I rolled my eyes. I didn't like the idea of Dan using that sword when he had no experience, but I was happy he left that whip chain alone.

Kato stepped down the rungs of the ladder and wiped his hands on an oil covered rag. He said, "Almost done. A few more adjustments here and there and we're ready to depart." It was hard to believe we were almost safe. Dan jumped into the air and said, "Hey! How about we celebrate before leaving? Like a getting away from hell party?"

I stared at him and said, "That's actually not a bad idea. It would give us a chance to actually have a little fun." Dan smiled and ran towards the door that led back to the building. "I'll go tell the others about my idea. Kato, you gunna join our party?" Kato was drinking from a water bottle and put the cap back on. "I think I'll continue working on the jet. Thank you for the offer though." Dan shrugged and disappeared down the staircase. I turned to Alice and smiled. "Wanna go back downstairs and get out of this heat?" She smiled and nodded her head.

Alice

Dan was running back and forth from person to person telling him of the idea of a party. I didn't see any harm in it. We needed a way to unwind after everything we had been through. Shun was shaking his head in shame as he watched Dan make an idiot of himself. This was one of Dan's many different sides. When Shun was gone and Dan had to step up, he was in full-on leader mode. Now that Shun was back, he had returned to being…Well, just Dan. And nobody could do Dan as good as Dan could.

I turned and saw Josh was still on the couch with his leg propped up. I told Shun, "I'll be right back." He nodded and I walked over to where Josh was sitting. I asked him, "How's it feel now that karma has kicked your ass?" His eyes narrowed at me. "Karma had nothing to do with this. I wasn't paying attention and you got in a lucky shot." This had to be one of the most obnoxious people I had ever met in my life.

"Is there ever a time you're not an ass?" He then grinned and told me, "Just you wait. Your little friend karma is going to pay all of you a visit. I promise that." I felt my eyes widen, and I walked away from him. I didn't know what he may have been plotting, but I didn't like the way he informed me of it. I walked over to Shun, who was leaning against the wall and still watching his spazing friend.

"Shun, I think we need to keep an eye on Josh. I believe he's planning something against us." Shun half smiled and raised an eyebrow. "Alice, his leg is busted. Even if he is plotting something he can't make it happen." I looked back at Josh. "Maybe you're right, Shun. I guess my mind is just working overtime." He wrapped an arm around me and brought me close to him.

"Maybe this party is just what you need to relax. Before that long flight to Moscow." Dan jumped in front of us, and startled me. "Hey, Shun. Could you help me with gathering up supplies for the trip?" He sighed and said, "Sure. You wanna help out, Alice?" I didn't really want to. I was more concerned with keeping my eyes on Josh to make sure he wasn't up to anything. "Yeah. I guess I'll help. What do you need done?" Dan led me and Shun into the kitchen and showed us towers and towers of cardboard boxes. "The maids got together all the stuff. We just need to get them up to the jet. Watch out though, some of them are pretty heavy." Me and Shun exchanged glances and started grabbing boxes.

Shun

After an hour or so of carrying a seemingly endless amount of boxes up God knows how many stairs, we loaded the very last one into the jet. The three of us were bent over panting. If the maids loaded those damn things, why couldn't they help carry them? Dan fell onto his back and laid himself out. I told him, "Dan, get up. You're making the birds think you're dying." I pointed above us at a flock of crows or ravens that were circling the roof. They were probably there for the five dead antidote victims. I'm sure those things have been eating good.

Kato was up on the ladder again when we heard him say, "One more turn and, done! We're all set to go!" He climbed down and the three of us clapped for him. Dan walked up to him and asked, "So, now that you're done are you going to come and celebrate with us?" Kato shook his head and told us, "I'm going to stay up here and run a few more checks on the engine." Dan shrugged and we started to walk back inside the building. Once we were back in the sitting room, I sat on one of the couches and rested my tired legs.

I asked Dan, "So, how exactly are you planning this party goes anyway?" Dan stopped and thought for a minute. "I don't really know." I shook my head and face palmed. "Dan, you're a failure." My friend smiled and said, "I'll figure something out." I couldn't help but smile. Everything seemed to be returning to some stage of normal. Dan ran off into another room, but poked his head out the door and said to us, "Don't you guys worry. I'm going to have something thrown together in no time! I'll let you know when everything's done!"

I could hear him running down the stairs and yelling his plan to somebody else. Alice then said, "I'm still paranoid about what Josh said to me. I just can't shake the feeling that he's really going to do something." I sighed. "Alice, look at it like this. All of his previous plans have failed. Well, except for Nolan. Even if he does have something, he can't put it into action." Dan's loud voice yelled for us from downstairs. "Hey! Everything's set!" I raised an eyebrow and looked at Alice.

That was quick. Alice and I walked down the stairs to see what Dan had thrown together in only a few minutes, when a blood curdling scream sounded from the main hall. "Alice, stay here! No matter what." She nodded her head and I took off down the rest of the stairs. Please let it just be an accident. Please. Everyone who was downstairs looked horrified as they all leaned against the door that led into the main hall. There was a banging on the other side.

My eyes found Dan trying to tie something around the handles to keep whatever was on the other side out. "Dan! What's going on!" He was fumbling with a nylon rope, and couldn't get it to knot. I took the rope and loosely double knotted it. He was shaking and panting as he spoke. "Josh…..He opened the doors and lured every zombie within earshot to this place. There has to be a hundred in that room." I growled. Alice was right. And I just brushed it off like no big deal! The doors actually bent at the sheer force of the zombies behind it. I turned back to Dan. "Where is that son of a bitch that let these things in here?"

Dan turned to the door and said, "He left himself in there and was saying how it was worth it for him to die if it meant all of us would too…Bastard." I was biting my lip as I tried to think up a plan under so much stress. I felt the little light bulb flip on over my head. "Dan! The jet! Kato has it running, remember?" The door was now being slammed into on the other side from piles of zombies stacking up behind it.

Dan pushed his hands against the door and helped the others hold it shut. "We can't just leave this door though! The minute we let go, they're going to flood into this place!" I couldn't think straight. There was too much going on at once. My eyes found a leftover empty gas can. I remembered they siphoned out gas from anything they could find for the jet. "Dan! How many cans of gas did we get?"

He stared at me as if I couldn't find something better to ask at a time like this. "I don't know. Eight or ten at the most. Why?" I didn't answer his question, and darted up to the roof. Kato was oiling the landing gear when I swung open the door. He jumped from the sound, and dropped what he was doing. "What's going on?" I frantically looked around the roof and saw the ten gas filled cans.

I darted for them and set them next to the door. I yelled back to Kato, "No time to explain! Get the jet cranked up and ready to take off!" I was running as fast as my legs could take me, when I shot past Alice. I skidded to a halt, and quickly told her, "Go up to the jet! Now!"

She was about to say something and I snapped at her, "Go!" Alice turned and ran up the stairs I had just run down from. I finally got back to where the others were, and saw that the door wouldn't hold much longer. The hinges were bending, and the door was actually moved from the frame slightly. I yelled at Dan, "Let go of the door and run like hell to the roof!" He looked at me, and back at the door. It was all about timing now.

well, sorry for being late. i had a project. :/ i had almost finished this yesterday, but it wasnt quite done. o.o well, read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~