Cataclysmic Infernal

CHAPTER 29: Submerged

The sound of screams and gunshots echoes in through the building as we weave our way through the people running around in the building for their lives. The officers are evacuating this building as soon as they can because the preatures have entered the premises, we are running in the opposite direction of the crowd, not drawing too much attention towards us because we don't want anyone to see us as they will definitely try to stop us.

We all rush through the stairs moving upstairs, I don't know where to go to find the painting but Mr. Charles suggested we start looking in the bathrooms of this building as it is the only room with water in it. So that is what we are doing right now, we all split up in the middle and decided to go check every bathroom we can; Allison, Jules and I are searching the upstairs while the boys are searching the downstairs bathroom. 

This building has total 10 floors to it and each floor has 3 sets of bathrooms. I am currently on the fourth floor right now checking every stall, every cabinet, under the sink, everywhere I can possibly look for it but i didn't find it anywhere, frustrated I move onto the fifth floor where I find Allison coming out of one of the bathrooms and seeing the frustration on her face too I knew she didn't find it either.

I exchange a look with her and she comes my way quickly dodging the few people still trying to get out of the building. We have to be very careful here because we don't know if the souls are attacking us or the already infected preachers and only I and Mr. Charles can see the souls of those demons. She reaches where I am standing and shakes her head confirming my suspicion. I sigh and we both walk downstairs for the third floor where Alan is searching the bathrooms there. Before splitting up we decided to meet on the first floor corridor so we are just going to wait for the others there.

Me and Allison reach on the third floor where we meet Alan and we all make our way towards the first floor. The sound of screams and gunshots and the horrible screech of those monsters can still be heard in this commotion. After almost five minutes the rest of my friends and Mr. Charles come down and meet us on the first floor, none of them found the painting anywhere. I don't know what to do now.

"What do we do now Mr. Charles?" I ask him stress evident in my voice. 

"Did we cover every bathrooms from this building." he asks us.

"Yeah." I answer and the rest nod their heads in agreement.

"Wait." I interject and they all turn their attention to me.

"We didn't check the Central Range." I inform them.

"But are you sure we can find something there?" Owen asks.

"I don't know I mean it is pretty huge we might find something there, at least a clue or something maybe." I speak.

"Let's give it a try." Brandon agrees and we all make our way towards the Central Range. We reach at the front gate in a few minutes where we see the guards are still guarding the door which I find kind of odd because the rest of the officers are fighting outside and the remaining are trying to evacuate the people out safely, so why are they still guarding that door. 

"Wait." I stop them and quickly turn back pulling all of them back to hide behind the wall, peeking outside I point at the guards standing by the door.

"Isn't that strange that the building is evicting and these guys are still guarding the Central Range without any fear." I point out the strangeness of the situation to them to which they give me puzzled and ambivalent look.

"You are right." Brandon says.

"How are we suppose to go in now?" Jules asks.

"I have a plan." Brandon chimes and we fix our attention on him.