Chapter 8: Vent Savior
1:23am
They were all in some sort of room, but it was too dark to see anything.
"Someone fine a light switch" Owen begged.
Everyone immediately searched the walls. It only took a few seconds because; Cody found a light switch next to the door. Cody switched it on.
The room came into focus for the remaining survivors.
It was small front desk room. On the right side had a desk that looked like it had never been touched by the zombie invasion. On the left side a small table and some chairs. On the table was a box. Straight ahead was a dark and spooky hall.
"Well let's get to the roof and wait" Courtney sighed.
"But we have over four and a half hours to wait" Trent pointed out.
"Let's just keep moving" Sierra said, acting as the new leader since Chris was no longer there.
"How are we goanna see in the dark" Leshawna asked?
Duncan reached into his pocket and pulled out something.
"Wow, you still have those" Owen said amazed.
"Yup" Duncan said strapping his night vision goggles on.
"You mean the ones from when Chef stranded the four of us in the woods back in TDI" Gwen asked?
"The very same" Duncan said turning them on.
"I miss Mr. Coconut" Owen sighed, remembering his old friend.
"Let's go" Duncan said leading the way.
"And we can just turn on more light switched as we come to them, provided the lights work" Harold said following.
Everyone else sighed and followed.
Current survivors list update, Lindsay, Gwen, Sierra, Cody, DJ, Izzy, Harold, Leshawna, Tyler, Trent, Courtney, Duncan, Bridgette and Geoff.
1:25am.
They had only been walking for about three minutes when, they came across something silver on the wall.
Duncan only one being able to see it, knows exactly what it is.
"Hold up a sec" Duncan said.
Not knowing what Duncan was doing, followed his orders and stood still while Duncan went over the electrical box. He opened it and played around with the wires.
A few seconds later, the lights to the hall came on and everyone could see. Duncan took off his night vision goggles and stuck them back in his pocket.
"How'd you do that" Courtney asked? Very impressed.
"Juvie teaches yah a lot" Duncan responded.
They continued down the hall, until they came across two doors, one the left and one on the right.
Trent, Leshawna and Gwen took one door while, Courtney, Duncan and Harold took the other. The others stood guard in the hall.
1:29am
Gwen, Leshawna and Trent.
Trent found the light switch and quickly turned it on that illuminated the small office.
"Nothing, important" Trent said.
Courtney, Duncan, and Harold.
Duncan found the light switch.
It was another small office. They were about to leave when they heard something.
Harold brought up the courage and went to see what it was, while Duncan and Courtney waited by the door.
Harold peaked around the desk and saw a zombie munching on a body. The zombie stood up and faced him.
He screamed, it lunged at him dragging him behind the desk before he could move.
Courtney screamed as well and dragged Duncan out the door closing it. Leaving Harold to fend for himself inside. He managed to get out of the zombies gasp before it had bitten or scratched him. But he found the door…
The zombie quickly approached and he screamed.
1:34am
"That was a close one" Courtney said.
"But we left Harold in there" Duncan said.
The door was thick enough where they couldn't hear anything on the other side.
"What you left Harold in there" Leshawna screamed.
"I didn't think" Courtney cried.
"Ahhh" Lindsay screamed.
"What is it" Gwen asked?
"Zombies" Cody screamed, pointing to the hall behind them.
Everyone faced and saw a herd of zombies, being led by Zombie Noah.
"Run" Gwen yelled.
"What about Harold" Leshawna cried?
"He's dead" Duncan said running after the rest.
The zombies came flooding past the door after them.
1:39am.
They came to a split hallway; left and right
Without really thinking, half took one direction while the other half took the other.
Left hall: Courtney, Duncan, Tyler, Lindsay, DJ, Gwen, and Trent
Right hall: Bridgette, Geoff, Cody, Sierra, Leshawna, Izzy and Owen.
The zombies came flooding down and split up as well and went down both halls down after halls.
1:46am
Left hall.
The seven of them kept running until they came to a door on the left.
"In here" Gwen motioned, opening the door and running in.
The other six followed and slammed the door behind.
Trent quickly locked it while Courtney found the light switch.
The zombies didn't seem to notice as they ran by.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief and found themselves in another office.
"We should wait here for a few minutes before we leave" Gwen said.
That sounded good to the rest of them.
"I hope the rest got away" DJ hoped.
1:47am
Right hall.
The seven of them came to a dead end. Except a door on the left. A sign next to the door read BASEMENT.
Geoff opened it and they all entered. It was a flight of stairs, with a very dim light, lighting the way. They all ran down them as fast as they could, the horde close behind. And gaining distance.
They came to hall, four doors, two per side.
They ran past the doors to come to a double pair, they ran past to into a room with tall metal holders, like the ones in warehouses. They formed isles.
The room was also very dimly lit.
The seven quickly, moved passed the doors to the walls and pressed their backs against them. They staid quiet.
The zombies came barging in and all disappeared down the aisles. They didn't notice the eight of them against the walls.
They waited a sec and quickly ran out the doors.
Sierra quickly grabbed a piece of pipe lying on the ground and stuck it through the doors handles, so the zombies couldn't get through.
They quickly ran back the way they came, through the hall, up the stairs, through the basement door and down the hall.
Owen thought this was more exercise he had ever gotten in one night. But somehow he was able to keep up and make his way with the others.
They quickly made it to where they had separated and made their way down the hall, there friends had taken.
1:54am
The seven of them exited the office and were reunited with the other eight as they ran up.
"You're all okay" Trent said.
"Yah, you guys to" Owen cheered.
"Now that we're back together.
1:55am
They heard the ever so familiar groaning and moaning sounds. They all looked and saw zombies charging at them from the left. Then they turned and saw they were coming at them from the right as well. They were trapped.
They only had one choice, the room Gwen and gang had been in.
` They all returned and locked the door behind them.
An instant second later the door was being pounded and shaken by the zombies. Their moaning and groaning seemed to louder than ever.
"We're trapped" DJ screamed.
"There has to be a way out" Gwen insisted.
"We're in an office" Courtney screamed, "There is no other way out."
"Right there" Cody pointed.
They all looked and saw a grate above the desk.
One of the zombies punches a hole in the door.
"There's breaking through the door" Izzy panicked.
DJ and Duncan quickly pushed the desk against the wall, after; Geoff pulled the rollie chair out of the way.
Gwen and Trent pushed a bookshelf on its side in front of the door to by some time. Another zombie made another hole.
Courtney quickly got up on the desk and peeled the crate off showing a dark vent. She let drop to the floor. "Quickly" she warned.
"Whose going first" Gwen asked?
Before anyone could answer a hand jetted out from the crate and grabbed a hold of Courtney and pulled her up and in.
She screamed and disappeared.
"Courtney" Duncan screamed, as he ran up, climbed the desk and looked into the vent.
"Be careful the zombie doesn't get you to" Geoff warned.
But they couldn't hear any screaming, they thought the zombie just killed her quickly.
The hand jetted back out and grabbed a hold of Duncan, before he knew what was happening he was being dragged into the vent. "Help" he panicked.
"Duncan" they screamed.
Third hole, the door's getting weaker.
"We're surrounded" Owen panicked.
"Hurry up, get in here" a familiar voice said.
They all looked and saw Harold sticking his head out.
"You're alive" Leshawna asked?
"NO time for that" Harold demanded, helping her in.
"Lindsay, Tyler, you next" Harold said.
They listened and climbed the desk. Harold helped Lindsay in then Tyler.
Gwen and Trent followed by Sierra, Cody, Bridgette and Geoff were all helped up and in by Harold.
"DJ, hurry up" Harold ordered.
He didn't have to be told twice; he climbed and got in all by himself.
"Izzy Owen hurry" Harold said.
The door was almost broken through and the bookshelf would only be a step to them.
Owen and Izzy looked wide eyed at it.
"Hurry" Harold repeated.
"On it" Owen assured, grabbing Izzy and jumping onto the desk.
2:09am
The door completely gave away as the zombie horde came flooding in and surrounding the desk. Owen and Izzy pressed their backs against the wall as far as they could, trying to dodge the zombies reach.
"Go without me" Owen said.
Owen picked up Izzy and shoved her into the vent. Just in time to because the zombies stormed the desk and dragged Owen into their group. He disappeared in their wave in seconds. They could hear his screams, as Harold and Izzy watched from afar.
The zombies also saw Izzy and Harold and tried to get at them.
Izzy and Harold quickly turned around and headed the other way. The zombies all scrambled, trying to get into the vent after them.
Owen sacrificed himself for Izzy. Who knew he was next. Still to come. More zombies, more blood, more sacrifices, and lunch from 1942. Who make it out alive stay tuned chapter 9. Review please.