SUPERPOWERS! Running Man

2K Reads Special #1: Zombie Infestation Pt.6

Warning: This chapter is ridiculously long in comparison with the others, so do bear that in mind.

Hiyaaa alll!!! The day has finally come for us to end this special once and for all!! But before we get into this chapter which I'm planning to make to be the most action-packed out of all the specials until now, I just want to thank every single one of you who have still stayed with this project. It's amazing how my story written in one part of the world could be read by somebody else thousand of miles away. And I really really am grateful for every support that I have gotten for this story in the past 2-3 years. Nevertheless, let's all once more delve ourselves into the world of the Running Men... Here we go!

The five Running Men, plus the unconscious girl on Gary's back, managed to lose all of the zombies after a long time running around the mall. Although the zombies were definitely getting much faster, the Running Men's stamina had been largely increased due to all of the simulations they had had before and so they were able to outrun the zombies slowly but surely. Once they no longer had the problem of being followed, the five Running Men decided to rethink their whole strategy in the shop where Jihyo woke up in just a couple of hours ago.

After having caught their breath, they all went on to review their whole situation. Donghoon told everyone about the things he had read about the mission, while Jihyo told the others about the syringes that she and Kwang Soo had used. Intrigued by these syringes, Gary asked Jihyo for one and immediately injected himself with a shot. Both Donghoon and Ji Lupin seemed to be kind of wary of the syringes, and so the two of them didn't follow in their peaceful-faced friend's footsteps. The rest of the Running Men watched as Gary slowly turned himself into a zombie. He turned pale just like Jihyo and Kwang Soo, however that was where the similarities ended. Gary's whole demeanor slightly changed and once the transformation was finished, Jihyo swore that Gary had turned to be much more muscular before.

"Oppa, you okay?" Jihyo asked, slightly taken aback by the change in her close friend's appearance.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Gary answered cooly, his whole aura quickly changing from that of a timid guy to a guy who was full of confident. "Anyways, any ideas on where are we supposed to go?"

"I'm not sure but if we were to base this on the movies, the usual place where escape is possible would be either the roof or the lobby right?" Donghoon replied. "Either way, I'm out of bullets and so wherever we are going, we should do our best to keep a low profile."

"Maybe Gary hyung, noona and I can try to cause some sort of distraction to help out," Kwang Soo suggested. He hadn't really done much today except screaming nonsense as well as following others, and so he wanted to get in the spotlight a little bit. Nevertheless, making a sacrifice for the team like one he had just said seemed to be a very exciting prospect.

"Yah, don't just say that so easily when you're gonna end up not doing it," Jihyo retorted, dragging Kwang Soo straight back into reality by force.

"Aish, you shut up!" Kwang Soo replied angrily, completely forgetting to use honorifics.

"Well, nevermind that," Gary tried to calm the whole situation down. "For now, I do agree with what Kwang Soo had just said. Us, zombies folks, might prove to be useful to act as a diversion for Donghoon and Ji Lupin hyung to take the girl into safety. But if we were to do that, I need everyone to completely stick to the plan! And second of all, we need to decide on which direction are we going to go to. Are we going to the upper floors or the lower ones? We need to decide now, because judging by how pale the girl's face is, we might not have that much time left. Even if we do end up failing, I would rather have us fail without regretting anything. So is everybody with me?"