The Outbreak Chronicles Book Two Crisis Ties

Chapter 15

Pounding on the door woke all of us up.

"Are they here?' Harper asked.

"They would have radioed." I said.

"Then who is knocking?" Daisy asked.

"I know you're in there girls and I have a surprise for you since you killed Jackson." Spenser called to us.

"Do you think he can get in?" Daisy asked.

"If he wanted in, I think he would have slammed himself against the door." I said. Spenser was laughing.

"Sleep tight girls." He said.

"Should we go out there?" Daisy asked.

"No, I think we're safer in here." Harper said as she got up to check on Blossom, "He may have been hoping we would be stupid and go see what he was up too."

Daisy got up and went to the bathroom and splashed water on her face.

"Is it going to be a problem that there's a window in the bathroom?" She asked. I got up to see what she was talking about. In the bathroom up above the toilet near the ceiling there was a small rectangle of a window.

"I don't think anything can make it in through that." I said, "I think Sam was more concerned about the huge windows all over the building."

After Spenser's visit we were all to wired to go back to sleep. Even after settling back into our spots, there was no getting comfortable. I wanted to pick up the radio and find out where the rescue squad was, but I knew I had to wait for them to check in with us.

"Do you think he's out there just waiting for us to open the door?" Daisy asked.

"Whatever the "surprise" he has out there for us, I do not want to see it." I said.

"Do you think Justine is acting like him now?" Harper said.

Before I could answer we heard a scream coming from the hallway.

"Now what's going on out there?" I asked.

"Do we check?" Daisy asked.

"Spenser could be just waiting for that door to open." Harper said.

"Or he could be long gone and someone out there needs help." I said.

"So what do we do?" Daisy asked.

"I vote we check it out." I said. Harper looked like she was going to fight me on the matter but the screaming was ringing around us.

"Fine you look out, Daisy and I will be ready to slam the door if it's a trap and Spenser is out there." Harper said.

We moved the desk out of the way and got into position. Harper and Daisy got the door open enough for me to see into the hallway which was lit up. The screaming was coming from Justine, a few doors down from us.

She was engulfed in flames that had already moved to the walls eating its way to our door. The screaming stopped. I threw myself back into the room and the girls slammed the door.

"What's going on out there?" Harper asked.

"We're in trouble." I told her and grabbed the radio.

"Sam?" I said into it trying not to scream.

"Ashlyn, I told you to wait for us to call you." Sam said.

"We couldn't wait. We're in trouble. The twin who's not dead set the building on fire." I said. Harper gasped and Daisy started to cry.