OOC:

Courtest of C3PX2 for giving me the idea, I meant to catch you on IRC to talk about this, but I apologise for not being able to do so

Kanderin took another sip of coffee, his eyes fading in and out of focus upon the lines and lines of text emblazening his computer screen. A glance at the clock confirmed it was well past three in the morning, and everyone else in the immediate vicinity fell asleep long ago, lights from the other barracks going out one by one. Even the rogue troopers, who'd snuck off to the local taverns, had already gotten back and dozed off.

He'd forgotten what he was reading a few minutes back, so he was almost glad when a knock at the door interrupted him. He threw his coffee cup down to one side and urged this body to rise from its slumber. He was hesitant to open it, not only because he didn't really want company, but also because of the hour.

"Helena? What the hell are you doing up at this hour?" Kanderin said, trying to stifle a yawn. His ASL was stood there in nothing but her night gown, shivering from head to toe.

"I couldn't sleep" She chattered "Mind if I stay a while?"

"Sure thing, I'm only putting some reports together"

"Couldn't that wait until tomorrow? It's pretty late"

"I got a message through earlier, Darr's summoned me for a meeting in a few hours, so I figured I might as well stay up and get some work done" He smiled and shrugged "For once"

"Thanks" Helena nodded, dashing into the room as Kand locked the door behind her. He was about to say she was free to find her way into his blankets, but she did so before he had the chance.

"So what's up?" Kanderin asked, seating himself back at his desk and trying to look busy.

"I've just...got a really bad feeling about something" Helena replied, blushing.

"As in..."

"As in something bad is going to happen to one of us soon"

"With me in command?" Kanderin grinned. "You've got nothing to worry, if anyones going to die in this squads its because I've whipped them one too many times"

Helena tried to laugh, but it came out as little more than another shiver. "But still..."

Kanderin sighed and got up from his desk, moving across the room to sit on the bed with Helena, putting one arm around her.

"Everything's going to be fine, I promise you. I won't let anything go wrong, okay?" He soothed.

"Thankyou"

"Don't worry about it. You can stay here tonight if you want, sleep in my bed." He pointed over at his desk "I'll be right there until morning, anyone that want's to hurt you has to get past me, okay?"

Helena giggled for the first time in a while, before nodding and curling herself into a comfortable position. Kanderin went back to his position at the desk. Helena watched him typing line after line, her vision slowly going blacker and blacker, until it disappeared entirely.

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"There's been a...problem... with one of our research platforms in the Vectra system, that needs our attention petty sharpishly" Darr began, pushing a heavy file towards Kanderin's end of the desk. He carried on explaining as Kanderin glanced through it.

"There was some sort of problem with one of their experiments, and something happened resulting in many deaths, and some sort of virus emerging"

"You don't know much about what you're asking, do you Darr?" Kanderin smiled.

"What made you guess that?"

"Well, the fact that this file is empty apart from a few satellite pictures, and that you're being far too general"

"Good spot" Darr shrugged "Anyway, High Command, for whatever reason want to blow the place into a million pieces, but first of all they've asked us to send a squad. Some of the experiment reports are very valuable, and we could do with at least recovering those before we blow it up. Or even better, you guys could confirm that it's safe again, and there's no need"

"So we're on a scavenging hunt?"

"Pretty much. Have your squad ready in the next three hours, your ship will be here in three and a half"

RK had been walking aimlessly around the barracks since he had awoke at 0645. He couldn't really understand why he had really gotten up so early, it wasn't normal; but something in the pit of his stomach made him feel like something bad was going to happen, and real soon. Until then though, walking through the barracks kept those thoughts at bay.

The longer he walked though, the more his body ached. He hadn't realized how much damage that explosion had done to him from their last mission, until now; His whole body felt like it was going to shut down. Every step he took was like he was getting punched in the chest repeatedly. I should really get it checked out, but I probably won't.

“Excuse me, Sir?” A sound made it's way to RK's ears, but he ignored it. That is until he ran into the person who had just asked the question, which instantly made a shot of dull pain sere through his body.

“Owww, what you do----” RK paused when he realized who it was that he had just ran into, “---Leon?”

“That's the name.” the man replied, his face turning into a grin.

“I haven't seen you in forever, what are you doing on Wraiths barracks?”

“Wait, RK?” Leon asked, his face a confused mess.

“Yea, didn't think you remembered me, been a long time since basic training.”

“Yea it has.”

“So, what can I do for you?” RK asked, as he grabbed for his chest as another shot of pain made it's way through his body.

“Well, it be nice to find out what I do next, after all I am here.” Leon  said, handing RK a piece of a paper.

“Ah, alright, well then, follow me.” RK turned around and started walking, not realizing that he had developed a slight limp, but still it didn't bother him, right now he had to find Helena or Kand.

"You're leaving?"

The noise from the lounge had already gathered quite a bit of attention, Leon already dragging RK through to see what was up.

"I've got no choice Kand, there's some things I have to do" Jennabelle nodded, looking down at the floor.

"Cant you do them here?"

"I wish I could. It's not forever, I'll be back soon. Besides, Leon is taking my place, he's a good kid"

"That's not the point" Kanderin sighed, looking around the room. The squad still only contained less than half of their full capacity, which probably explained why they were sent on some lame scavenger mission. They couldn't be trusted to start blowing things up again just yet.

"You were a good trooper Jenn, you'll be missed" He smiled, eventually "I'll call you a cab, gives you time to say goodbye to the rest"

"Thanks, Kand" She called after Kand, who was already leaving the room "For everything"

"Don't mention it" Kanderin replied, passing the wraith signature cheesy thumbs up back.

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"Someone told me we lost Jenn?" Helena shouted, running in and collapsing in a sweat in the middle of the lounge.

"Yeah, we did. Personal issues" Kand replied, going through his bags and checking everything was there.

"So I'm the only girl now?"

"Pretty much" RK nodded, dismantling some sort of weapon and packing it away.

"Woohoo!" She shouted

"Someone's feisty" Leon responded smiling, juggling a pack of cigarettes in his fingers "I like that"

"Excuse me? Who the hell is this guy!?" Helena blurted out, running to Kanderin's side.

"Senior Sergeant Leon, Wraith's newest member" Kand replied.

"And it's a pleasure to meet you" Leon winked back.

"Oh and Leon, I would quit flirting with her. That's Sergeant Helena Leucine, my ASL. You don't want to meet the last guy that did that"

"Why, what happened to him?" Leon smiled, almost nervously.

"Wanna find out?" Helena smirked, cracking her knuckles.

Leon was still winking at Helena; she had a death stare across her face.

“What?” She said with attitude, placing her hand lightly on her hip.

“Oh, nothing” Leon replied, smirking to himself.

Helena shrugged him off and sat down. She pulled out a book and began reading, only to find Kand and Leon overlooking on her shoulders.

“What now?” She seemed to be getting annoyed at this point.

“Oh nothing. Just, you never read. Must be something important.”

Leon grabbed the book and ran to the other side of the room. He flipped it over to find the name of the novel. ‘Love Blossoms’. Both Leon and Kand began to laugh uncontrollably.

“What?” She said, her pale complexion turning rosy at her cheekbones.

They both threw the book at her and ran out giggling.

“Men…”

------------ Few minutes later --------------------

“Kand, May I come in?” She whispered, hoping no one could hear her as she stepped into his office.

“Of course, I always have time for my ASL. What’s up?” He patted the seat besides him.

“It’s Leon, is he here permanently?” her voice slightly quivering.

“Yes, why Kiddo?”

“Oh, nothing” She face palmed before heading out of the door.

“Jeez, and just like that we're off on another mission,” Leon said aloud, lighting up a cigarette.

RK had went to the Medical Bay to get checked out, so Leon decided to make the trip on his own to their transport. He had doubts on RK's condition, and for him to be going off on a mission so soon wouldn't really be the smartest thing. One squad mate could jeopardize the squad as a whole, and that could lead to some unwanted casualties. As squad medic, it was Leon's responsibility to look after the squads condition and their ability to perform. He needed to see how everyone was doing physically and mentally, and he took this responsibility very seriously.

Leon had to admit though, he was feeling quite nervous. He had never administered any kind of medical care on the battle field, except for simulations. Even the simulations shook Leon up, and he had a success rate of 50%, which wasn't something to be proud of. Someone had to do it though, and Leon took the responsibility upon himself to pursue such a specialty.

“Hey new guy, what took you so long?” Asked a menacing Helena.

Leon approached the transport, taking one last drag on his cigarette before flicking it away. “Did you miss me?” He asked with a cocky grin.

“Shut up and board the shuttle before I'm forced to make things painful.”

“Whatever you say miss,” replied Leon with a wink as he walked up the boarding ramp.

A few minutes later RK showed up, looking pretty stiff. “Well the Doctor said I have a few broken ribs and a sprained leg. Nothing to serious I guess,” RK said, staring at Leon bleakly.

“Well if you need anything just lemme know, I am the squad medic after all,” replied Leon reassuringly.

Helena walked over towards the two of them with a smug grin on her face. “What was that you said new guy?”

“You can call me Leon doll face. And I said 'I am the squad medic after all.'”

“Well, Leon, it just so happens you have some competition,” she replied, that cute confident grin still placed on her face.

“And who would that be?”

“That would be me.”

“Interesting,” Leon mused. “We have something in common, lets mate.”

Helena glared at Leon, who in return stared back at her with a wide grin. The two of them held the gaze for a couple seconds longer before she stormed off to the front of the ship.

“I suggest you stop hitting on her Leon. I don't think its working,” RK said, plopping down on a seat.

“Don't worry, I just like messing around, its nothing serious. She's a little fire cracker though,” chuckled Leon.

“Yeah, well, watch your back when we're out there today. I wouldn't be surprised if she tried to shoot you.”

“Don't worry about it, every things gonna be fine.”

Something definitely wasn't right; RK was slowly floating towards the ceiling, along with Leon who was frantically trying to grab the pistol that had been getting away from him. Helena on the other hand seemed to be prepared, she was clinging onto the closest thing, trying to keep herself from getting to far away from the ground.

“Okay, who turned off the gravity?” Leon said, finally getting close enough to his pistol in order to get a hold on it.

“Huh, that reminds me, what did you say about people flying on our last mission?” Helena's face turned into a slow grin.

“This doesn't count, were actually suspended in Mid-air. But while we are up here.....” RK's voice trailed off, his mind was going extremely fast as a whole bunch of ideas flowed through his mind; most of them involving bounding off walls.

“Leon, grab my hand.” RK said, extending his hand, which moved him through the space slightly.

“Dude, no.” Leon said, a hint of hostility in his voice.

“Trust me, sides if it make you feel any better I don't go that way.” RK said, his hand still extended.

“Fine.” Leon let out a low sigh before grabbing RK's hand. RK pulled himself closer, and then proceeded to let go of Leon's hand using the momentum he mustered toe propel himself of Leon's back. Thank you no gravity. The propulsion sent him flying towards the nearest wall, which he promptly shifted his body so that he was able to hit the wall with his feet to keep himself moving. “YAY!!!”

“RK you going to get---”Helena barely got the words out before a familiar sound was heard; a low hum spread throughout the cabin and the ears of those inside it.

Without a second though RK kept going, but his fun was promptly halted. Just when he was about to hit the wall and propel off of it he felt gravity take hold. His whole body ran into the wall, hard; bouncing off that he fell to the floor, face first. Again, he felt like he had just been through another explosion minus the burning, except for that of his lungs, which were burning from shortnes sof breath

“Nobody. Say. a. word......oooooohhhh.” RK knew everyone was also hurting from the landing, how he was able to say anything at all; was beyond him.

“Is everyone okay?” Kand's voice filled everyone's ears over the humming.

For over a two seconds time period nobody responded, until Leon began to get back up on his feet. “Yea, I think so.”

“I'm fine.” Helena's voice cued in.

“RK?”

“Ummm, I think I'm just going to lay here a little longer, it's quit comfortable.” RK replied, still not feeling up to even moving at all.

“I will take that as a yes.”

Helena tip toed carefully around the building, and kept her arms stuck to her body, making sure she didn’t touch anything. The occasional ‘eww’ would escape her lips if she touched a wall accidently or put her whole foot on the ground. As she looked around, the horrific sight of bodies lay overlapping each other in heaps. Blood was splattered onto the walls and drips of something oozy looking hung from the ceiling.

“Eww eww eww!” She shrieked.

“What now, Helena?” Kand spun round on one foot, holding the scalpel behind his back, hoping she didn’t see anything.

“Nothing, just, did we have to come here? I mean, this places is gross” she scrunched her nose up in disgust.

Leon managed to quietly sneak behind her and grab her by the waist. Helena’s body almost went into shut down mode, it took her by surprise.

“Leon you fucking idiot, do you seriously want my foot up your ass?!” She breathed heavily.

“No, I’d like something else” He winked back cheekily.

Helena grunted and pushed past him violently, making her way into another room. 

The room was just like a murder scene. Desks had been upturned, chairs flung and broken against the floor, ornaments shattered against walls, and glass everywhere. The most shocking of all were the bodies just lying there, lifeless and cold.

Helena’s mind went into flashback mode and she thought about the coffee shop. The bodies that were being collected by family members…

She shuddered at the thought and then froze.

“Well it looks like someone had fun,” Leon said aloud to Kanderin's remark about the bites.

“I'm not sure anything they could have told us in briefing could prepare us for this,” replied RK grimly.

Leon had to agree with RK, feeling slightly disgusted himself. Throughout his whole career in the Army, Leon had seen plenty of gruesome things, but this by far topped the charts. Who could have done such a thing? Or the better question was... What could have done such a thing? Whatever it was, Leon didn't think a couple of troopers with E-11's could handle it.

“So what now?” Leon asked.

Kanderin shrugged his shoulders. “We keep moving. Be on the lookout for any survivors. If you see anything suspicious, let me know.”

The squad quickly shuffled into a single file line, Leon taking the rear. He flicked his E-11's safety off, his finger running over the thin trigger frame, ready to blast anything that moved. Wraith squad slowly made their way to the end of the large reception room, being careful not to step on any bodies. They eventually found themselves in a narrow corridor, and even here there were trails of blood and mutilated corpses.

“They didn't tell me I'd be seeing this kind of shit when I re-enlisted,” Leon said, breaking the eerie silence.

“I don't think they told anyone we'd be seeing this. I'm gonna have so many nightmares after this...” replied RK, sounding non to enthusiastic. “What do you think could have done this?”

Leon decided to toy with his friend. “I might have a feint clue actually. Not to long ago, a patrol ship discovered a stranded vessel. The only source of life was its emergency beacon. The patrol ships crew were ordered to board the vessel and rescue anyone that was on board. They found a scene similar to this, only --”

“Can you stop it Leon? I don't think scary stories are appropriate right now,” Helena demanded.

Leon dismissed her and kept going. “So they kept exploring the vessel, and eventually found themselves at the command center of the ship. Upon entering the command center, a ghostly blue image emitted from the holoprojector. It was the ships captain.”

“Kanderin tell him to stop.” Helena cried.

“No no, I want to hear what happens.”

“The captain's clothes were torn to shreds, and he looked as if he'd been mauled by a rancor and spit back out... And then he spoke: 'Please, if you're listening to this message, get out now,' the captain cried. 'Everyone on this ship is dead, and I fear its also to late for me. It all happened so fast... These things came out of nowhere!!! At first we didn't know what was happening. Every day a crew member would go missing... Just disappear. My crew members started panicking, thinking it was one of our own.... Until that one day. We were having a meeting discussing the situation at hand, and then the alarm went off signaling something was wrong in the mess hall. We ran as fast as we could, hoping we could catch the culprit, and then they attacked...' The captain broke out in tears, his voice shaking madly. 'I don't know what they were but there were plenty of them! They had huge claws that could tear a man to shreds, and razor sharp teeth that could pierce through the thickest of metals. At that point it was every man for himself, and now I find myself here, all alone with those things waiting outside.' Spat the captain. He paused for a second, regaining his composure, wiping at the tears running down his face. 'Whoever you are, listening to this message, get out. Those things are still alive, somewhere on this ship. Hopefully its not to late for you, because I know it is for me. Farewell.' And then the captains image disappeared.”

“Oh I've got the creeps,” RK said.

“So the patrol crew kept exploring the vessel, and the they heard a shri--”

Wraith squad stopped as a loud piercing shriek broke Leon in mid sentence, causing the hair on all of their necks to stand up.

Kanderin gulped. “Please tell me you weren't going to say shriek.”

“Sorry Kanderin, but thats exactly what I was going to say.”

Helena at this point was hyperventilating; her body had gone into a shut down mode as she backed herself into the wall closest to her. She noticed the wall was damp and sticky. The substance seemed to have a slight green tinge to it. As noticing this, Helena leaped forward, shaking herself and spinning round, making sure she hadn’t touched it.

“Kand! Have I got anything on me?!” She panicked.

“Don’t be so stupid” he sternly replied, yanking her round close to him.

“Now shut up” he held his hand up to her mouth, making sure her heavy breathing didn’t disturb anything.

The group decided to move themselves, making sure they weren’t to be found in one place. With moving, Leon froze. His eyes lit up and he began shaking.

He had caught a glimpse of one; it seemed to be sniffing some clothes on the floor before travelling at light speed to the edge of the corridor. It had a pale blue tint to its skin, and from what Leon could see, its eyes would glow a red, and when it was charging it would change to the brightest green you have ever seen. Its facial features seemed to be deformed into its face. As if it was burnt into the skin. The teeth were pointed and sharp, designed to pierce and slice the top layer of someone’s skin. The most disturbing of all was the fact it had a huge hole in its chest, so big and airy that you could still see the heart beating.

Helena gulped quite loudly accidently. Along with that, came the highest pitched shriek you had ever heard. Funny thing was it didn’t come from any of the squad members. The next one did however, as what ever caused the first, knocked Ror to the ground. Helena spun around, just in time to see Kanderin fire thee rounds into the female staff member trying to claw at Ror’s face. It shrieked again as it collapsed against one of the walls, where the rest of the squad also began shooting it, collapsing it into a helpless bloody pulp.

“What the hell was that!” Ror shouted, jumping to his feet and slapping his clothes.

“Look’s like you got an admirer” Leon smirked.

“Not funny”

OOC:

Just a little note, we don't want slow crippled zombies, we want fast and furious deadly things

The comlinks being dead could now be added to their list of problems. Kand had every member of the squad desperately trying to get some sort of link with command, or anyone outside the complex, but they couldn't get a thing. He was hoping they would get the confirmation to scrap the mission and run for their lives, however there was no such luck. He had to make the decision on his own shoulders.

"We're leaving everyone, right now" Kand shouted, marching back down the hallways. "I'm not risking our lives for some stupid documents, no matter how important"

"Here here!" RK gasped, running after Kand.

"Oh thankyou, thankyou!" The technician cried, collapsing to his knees in joy.

"On your feet stupid, we still have to make it out alive" Helena laughed, slapping him on the back as she walked past.

High Command might take him to the cleaners for the decision, but he would rather that than being eaten alive. The complexes medical facilities, where the 'incident' had happened was on the opposite side from where they were. And logically the densities of the infected people was decreasing the further away you got, to the point that the entrance corridors were virtually clear. The occasional infected individual would appear in front, but they were no match for the combined firepower of the Wraiths. Especially since they were now watching all sides, expecting to be crept up on.

The airlock leading them back out to the hanger eventually came into view. There was probably no ship on the other side waiting for them, but they were hoping they would get a better signal there and be able to hail their pilot. That and the fact they knew the hanger area was clear, making them feel a lot safer even if they were stranded.

They couldn't help thinking something was wrong with the door however, but it didn't stop Kand from punching information into the control panel. It however refused to respond, everytime demanding a password. He attempted three different entries, before it became clear to him - He hadn't don't this on the way in. The door was broken, and they had opened it by brute force. The door had been fixed, and password locked. They were trapped.

The zombies had caught someone. One of the surviving science staff had made a break to join up with the Wraiths, but a little too much noise had caused him to attract the attention of four of five of his old friends. He'd gotten less than five paces before he was pounced on, having a large section of his neck bitten away before he hit the ground. A few seconds later another one of them managed to rip through his ribcage and started to eat away at the organs inside, at which point Kanderin stopped watching.

"Let's get out of here before they spot us" Kanderin called, as quietly as possible. Everyone around him nodded, until a shrill cry from somewhere behind them caught everyone's attention. it caused the feasting creatures to also look up, admiring Wraith Squad for only milliseconds before charging towards them.

Helena unsurprisingly was the first one off the mark, nearly leaving her weapon behind in the dash for the nearest safe hallway. The rest of the squad were quick to follow suit, hurdling the dead bodies as quickly as possible.

Four corners past by without anyone really knowing where they were going, the flesh eating humans behind them were putting too much pressure on them to actually to stop and think. What was worse was the fact they were actually being caught, the lack of any sort of brain power apart from simply wanting to catch their prey meant they could make progress far quicker.

The scream sounded off again, but this time supported by a round of blaster fire.

"Helena, someone needs our help over there" Kanderin called back.

"We aren't exactly comfortable here ourselves, if you haven't noticed!" She panted.

"Exactly, so I'll play decoy. At the next junction you take the squad right, I'll go solo left. Im hoping they'll see me as the easier prey then and focus on me. You guys go help whatever the hell is over there"

"Christ you have balls!" Kand heard Leon shout from somewhere behind him.

"Just shut up and do as you're told" Helena shouted back.

"Aye aye captain"

The room was like a horror movie. Helena closed her eyes tight. She didn’t want to open them, she of all people to be leading the squad towards the scream was the worst decision Kand had made. Apart from the whole suicide route he had just taken. Helena was the most scared of them all. Her heart was racing and every beat it took, she felt it as if the ground were shaking. She prayed in her head that when she opened her eyes Kand would be there, reassuring her everything would be okay, but her heart knew that that would never happen.

The room was covered in blood from the ceiling to the skirting boards. Every now and then, a drop of blood would drip to the floor from the ceiling. Bodies of staff members were arranged in a heap in the centre of the room. It was as if someone carefully placed them there. It wasn’t the work of zombies, it was far too neat.

“Leon, close the door please?”

“Yes boss” He nodded.

A quiet whispering between two people could be heard. Helena scrunched her face up; it wasn’t one of her squad members. If it was, it sounded like their balls had either dropped, or they had none.

Helena raised her rifle.

“Who’s there?!”

Not a sound was heard after that. Helena ordered Leon and RK to search the room. She wasn’t taking any chances. It was a fairly big room, a room that would have been used as a meeting room, it had a long table, but a blood soaked cloth was covering it.

“RK, take the cloth off please, but be careful”

RK was shaking; Helena could see that as he slowly uncovered the table. Both Helena and Leon had their rifles locked on the table; they were taking no chances for zombies to attack.

Under the table were two men, both quivering and huddled together for safety.

“Please don’t shoot!”

“Yeah, we’re one of you!”

“Names! The pair of you!” Helena ordered.

They both clambered to their feet nervously and stood to attention, saluting in unison.

“I’m Private First Class Antos, and this here is Corporal Anival. We got trapped here after being sent here to find a Squad. What were their names again?”

“Wraith I think or something along those lines. The boss sent us to join you, but we kind of got locked into this room after we got chased” Anival stuttered.

“Papers both of you?” Helena sighed.

They both dug around their pockets before pulling out tattered old pieces of paper containing all their details. Helena read them then sternly nodded.

“You’re clean. Right now I don’t have time for meet and greets. We need to find help urgently. One of our beloved members has sacrificed themselves for us and I don’t think he has much time left” She wiped a tear from her eye as Leon placed a hand on her shoulder.

Helena’s stomach turned, she had a bad feeling about something that was going to happen in the VERY near future…

“Has anyone else noticed that the lighting is starting to deteriorate?” Anival asked; holding his rifle up, blood from the zombie he had just killed still dripping off of it slightly.

“I think your just seeing things or.....” Leon paused, his face turning into a slow dead panned stare, “...... or we are about to go into a Jet black hallway.” His voice trembling with a slight touch of fear; after all if it wasn't for their past experiences it would have just been another hall.

“I'm guessing there is no way around it, like somewhere we can see what's going to grab us.” Antos asked.

RK wasn't even paying attention to their rants, he was already digging into right pocket for an object he didn't think he was going to have to use; his flashlight. He pulled it out and attached it to the side of his helmet that he had upgraded for this very type of situation. After he checked to make sure it was in place; he grabbed for a thin tube from his utility belt and attached it to the end of his CR-2, as soon as he turned it on a thin red line sprayed out of the tube, creating a fine dot where ever it was pointed. “So are we just going to stand their and delay the inevitable?” He finally spoke, after getting his preparations done.

“RK's right, but we don't have much time, if you have a flashlight turn it on, if not get behind someone who does, and keep alert. Let's move.” Helena said, her rifle aimed up and the light on it turned up as bright as it would go.

RK was the first one into the abyss, but it didn't bother him after all he was once a bounty hunter, this was just one of those things that didn't bother him; even if the thought of the living dead still scared him.

After a while they were completely surrounded by the darkness, the only form of seeing was white patches here and there from the three flashlights they had available. Which even then didn't do much justice.

“does nayone else get the feeling this is a really bad idea?” Anival asked.

“Yea, but it's our only option at the moment.”

“Hey does anyone else notice this?” RK asked, pointing at the broken light hanging from the ceiling.

“What?” Leon asked, sounding annoyed.

“It was punched open, there's blood around the edge's of the bulb and the glass protecting it.”

“So this was... set up?” Antos asked.

“No time to worry, we have to keep moving.” Helena said.

Something wasn't right though, why was it this hall was the only one that was darkened. Something didn't sit well in RK's mind, and the restless thoughts began.

Antos continued to follow them with a fast pace. Antos felt a tap on his back and he turned around aiming at the air. He noticed something move around in a few piles of crates. He took his flashlight from his holster and attached it to his helmant. He observed the area where he saw the "thing" moved. He walked back to his squad when Helena called him back. Antos looked around everywhere while they were walking. He was very nervous about all the zombies. He saw another thing past by them and tapped Helena on her back.

"Did you see that?"

"See what?" Helena Said.

"That thing that passed by us." Antos said nervously

"You must be imaging things Antos." RK said

"Your right."

Antos had his rifle up high aiming at anything that would move. Antos felt a tap on his back. He turned and aimed at the air that tapped him. He took a few seconds to look around the area and then caught up with the squad.

Antos starred at the cannibals through his helmant. One of the cannibals lunged at Antos managing to bite his shoulder. Antos pulled off the cannibal and fired at it. He successfully killed it and held onto his wound that started to bleed.

"Gah! This isn't what I signed up for!"

"Shut up and shoot!" RK said quickly and started to fire his weapon

The squad started to fire at the cannibals that tried to attack them. Helena bumped into a door and signaled them to come. They took their last shots before they ran into the door and they barricaded it.

"Are you gonna be alright?" Anival asked

"Yea, I'll live."

Leon stood pale skinned signaling for the squad to look. They all looked at what Leon was pointing to. The wall was smeared with blood saying: "HELP ME!"