The Outbreak

Chapter 2 : To The Vault

Nathan was really scared. Scared and nervous as he had no idea what he had to do. He could go to the security room but then he'll need keys or a pin code for the compartment but he didn't have the keys and only the manager had the pin code but he didn't believe his zombie story. He could surely go and tell the nearest officer about it but for that he'll have to cross the main lobby which he was too scared to cross. This was because the security guards closed down those gates only and the zombies were just outside that door. It was too risky. It should just have been a matter of time before the other officers find out that something is wrong but it might take about five to ten minutes. He couldn't risk it. He rushed to the elevator and pressed the 9th floor button. He was too impatient and anxious for the elevator to reach the ninth floor. When it finally reached there, he rushed out of the elevator towards room number 918 where Alex and Mathew currently were. He found their room and couldn't help but rang the bell about twenty times.

He could here Alex saying, "Who the hell is coming at this time." He didn't care really. He saw Alex and cried, "HELP ME!!! Please". Alex became serious and asked him to come in the room. He told Nathan to sit down but Nathan said that there was no time. Mathew who was half awake asked what happened. Nathan tried to speak but couldn't say anything. So he just went and opened the curtains. He called Alex and Mathew to look at the laboratory. They both were shocked to see it.

The whole scene was changed. Such a well designed laboratory was now destroyed due to the blast that caused the smoke cloud that could still be seen over the lab. They could see zombies coming from the lab. There were cars on the road. Some of them they could see crashing in front of their eyes. As soon as the cars crashed or stopped the zombies surrounded the car until the windows broke and they would infect the people inside it.

"What the..." said Mathew

"I know. What are they? Are they..... but that's not possible" said Alex

Nathan explained what happened to them. He explained from the part when there was a blast at the lab to the one where the hotel was on lockdown as the zombies were outside the hotel and it was just a little long before they enter the hotel. Alex tried contacting the PFC for help but the mobile showed that signal was out of reach.

Alex asked Mathew to bring his guns from the cupboard. Mathew rushed to the safe in the cupboard in which two pistols were kept along with four magazines.

"You guys got some place from where I can contact the PFC in this hotel?" Alex asked Nathan

"There is a place, there will be weapons and all. Plus two security officers should be there right now but the thing is they will be sleeping. The third went outside but... he couldn't make it. I don't have the keys for that door and neither do I know the pin code for that."

"Don't worry Mathew will take care of that. He knows how to hack into almost any system."

"No offense but I don't think he will be able to. That door was installed by some of the brightest minds of PFC right?"

"Well it isn't that hard trust me. It's just to make sure that normal tourists who know how to hack don't get in there. Plus, my account and password will do about seventy percent of the work."

"Oh right, you work for PFC so... right."

Mathew came with the guns, then he opened his laptop and started writing the code while Alex loaded the guns. Nathan was just standing there not knowing what to do.

"Are there any more people in this hotel?"

"Most of the staff are in a conference meeting at the ground floor. Most of the people are there on the first floor except my manager who will be sleeping really peacefully on the top floor."