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Day IV

"We're almost there," Eien whispered. The group found themselves walking down a darkened hall, the only light coming from the COM on the short, silver-blond leading them. Eien glanced over his shoulder to look over the grim faces of the men following him. They all couldn't be anymore mismatch if they tried. Their hulking size aside, one wouldn't assume their past occupation -- David a nurse, Vicktor a lawyer, and Bryan a marine biologist. 'Then there's little ole me. The weapon's specialist.' Eien thought absently.

David and Vicktor were right behind Eien with Bryan not too far behind the pair. David caught Eien's eye and his lip twitched upward slightly. Eien's eyes squinted in amusement. Vicktor stopped walking, throwing his arm across David's chest and grabbing the back of Eien's shirt. Startled, both men stopped walking. Bryan bumped into them and gave Vicktor an annoyed glance.

"W-" Bryan cut himself off. Vicktor yanked Eien behind him and cocked his gun. He nodded his head forward. Just down the hall was an infected.

It had no clothing nor skin -- just pure muscle. On the sides where its ear should have been, it was smooth -- the same for where its eyes would have laid. Other than the gaping maw of terrifyingly sharp teeth, the creature resembled a human. It was definitely not an original. These creatures spawned from the originals -- the humans that were infected.

"Eien, stop eye fucking your fuck buddy and pay more attention to where the fuck you're leading us, you fucking idiot," Bryan hissed, slapping the shorter man on the back of his head. He instantly regretted it when David snapped his heated gaze towards him. Bryan could feel the hostility coming from the slightly taller ebony man in waves.

"What the fuck did I say?" David growled, a vein visible on his forehead and neck.

"Kill him after infected is dealt with," Vicktor hissed, pushing Eien farther away.

"Can you not," Eien snapped as the bigger man continued to maneuver him closer to the back of the group. "I'm not my sister, I can handle myself!" He stamped his foot in irritation.

"You idiot!" Vicktor shouted a moment before the infected creature snapped its gaze towards them - having felt the vibration. It hissed loudly and ran towards them. Vicktor and Bryan jumped to the right and David grabbed Eien by the shirt and yanked him with him to the left. When the creature flew passed them, they all took off down the hall.

"Great, just fucking great!" Bryan shouted. "Thanks, Eien. You're really the fucking best, you know that?"

"Can you shut the fuck up before I trip you," Eien growled. "We would definitely get away with that thing digging into your fat ass. You could feed a whole army of them."

"I'd trip you but you'd only last it a few seconds, fucking twig. Your sister is more of a man than you are," Bryan hissed back.

"Watch it," Vicktor snapped. "I may have to throw my foot at your feet."

"There's two more of those shits up ahead of us," David said. True to his words, there were two infected creatures up ahead. They shared the same features as the one that started the chase, except these ones had ears. "Fuck, here they come!"

"Impossible to get out of this without noise," Vicktor said. David spared him a glance briefly and nodded.

"Eien, snipe 'em," David said.

"Thought you'd never ask!" Eien grinned, pulling his gun from his holster. The two infected were a mere few feet from them. Eien quickly aimed and pulled the trigger on both the creatures, hitting them in the neck and staggering them. David and Vicktor met them head on, tackling them to the ground. Eien took the opportunity to shoot both of them in the head, effectively killing them. He spun around and yelped when the one chasing them rammed into him, sending him flying a few feet down the hall.