Love Is A Dangerous Word

Part 2: We Are Not The Enemy

Jorge and Lilith were walking along a beaten path hoping to find someplace worthy of spending the night. It was getting dark and in the dusk light Lilith spotted a single flickering light that was on the third floor of a 5 story brick office building they were heading towards. The sign on the front was no where to be found, not even on the ground. Nothing else around it that could tell what the building contained.

"Jorge look up there. It must be a fire," Lilith said while pointing to the window.

"People," Jorge said with a straight face "We should go up there and see if they are friendly. You know how to be on your guard."

Lilith nodded and held her weapon close; Jorge did as well. The door to the lobby was bolted shut by a chain and lock. "Lets look for a back way in," Jorge suggested quietly not wanting to alert the people above. 

When they went around the building one infector could be seen stumbling around and walking with a limp. Jorge took his knife and simply stabbed it in its head causing blood to splatter on the wall. The infector was right next to the back door which Lilith found was unlocked. Jorge noticed something on the infector he just killed. A thin necklace with a strange round symbol with unknown markings on the base with the same smaller markings going around the circumference. He looked at Lilith and handed the necklace to her "Do you know what that means?"

She examined it closely and shook her head "It is strange, we should keep it in case the people up here know what it means. Let's go on and see who these people are."

The back door lead them through a dark storage area the contents could not be determined directly until Lilith found a light switch, by instinct she flipped it on with the slight hope that it would work and it did. No windows were in the room except the solid metal door which had only one open area for the window near the top. What Jorge and Lilith found after the LED lights flickered on was unbelievable to their eyes. 

"Guns," Lilith said with a shocked expression.

"and ammunition," Jorge said with the same expression.

All around them was a giant ammo stash of weapons mounted on walls and inside containers. They were both mesmerized by what they found, Lilith picked up an MP5K sub machine gun while Jorge went of to pick up a hunting rifle with no scope. Jorge then realized "If all these weapons are here...then how many people are in this building?

A sudden voice called out "FREEZE!"

Lilith and Jorge both waved their guns around not seeing where the voice was coming from when suddenly tranquilizers shot out from the dark rooms and hit both of them, rendering them unconscious. As Jorge fell down he could hear a distinct voice walk in the room and give orders "Get them in a holding cell." 

*5 HOURS LATER*

Jorge woke up feeling really drowsy, he sat up and took in his surroundings. He was in a cell with cement walls and no window. Everything was taken off of him; his weapons, equipment, and everything except his clothes. The only thing in his sight was bars that went out into a hallway with other cells and a single light attached to the ceiling that was 10 feet off the ground. Lilith was in a separate bunk on the other side of the cell still unconscious also stripped of weapons and her camera. Jorge stood up and walked over to the bars to call out "HEY! Anyone there?" No response was given. The other cells were empty except for the one diagonal from Jorge's. A man in a deep black trench coat with a black fedora that has a wide brim and a deep voice came to the bars to say one thing "They only come when both of you are conscious." 

"Who are you?" Jorge asked him.

"I'm behind bars, so all my liberties are taken away. Including the liberty to say my own name and status," the man stared at him for a moment and started laughing "I'm fucking with you. My name is Greg."

"Hello Greg, I'm Jorge with a J."

"I've been dying to ask this question: How did you get in here?"

"Long story short we were wandering on the road and we found this building. We entered through the back to find a massive cache of weapons and next thing I know I hear 'Freeze!' and something pinch my chest. It was a tranquilizer and you know the rest. What about you?"

"Did you see a flickering light on the third floor?"

"Yeah."

"It's was a trap from the start as soon as you guys fell for the light. I don't want to spoil the surprise so I'm going to keep my mouth shut." 

"When did you get here?" Jorge asked him.

"5 days ago. If you're wondering why I'm here and no one else is then you will find out as soon as your friend wakes up," Greg went to sit down in his dark cell not saying another word.

Lilith was slowly waking up rubbing her face trying to make sense of things. Jorge went over to help her. "Where are we?"

"In a cell, that's all I know."

"Why?"

"I don't know that either."

A metal door opened and slammed shut at the end of the hallway. A tall man came from the door followed by two buff looking men. The taller man had a portable chair with him which he sat down on in front of their cell. He had Lilith's camera and the necklace that Jorge picked up.

"Hello Jorge and Lilith. I go by Leo and I have some questions for you as you may have questions for me. Just to be clear, we are not the enemy," Leo pointed back at Greg "He is."