Sorry. Been on a lazy streak and kinda busy these few weeks. Don't know when i'll continue but i'll do it when i do it. Will let you guys know. Sorry.



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I rushed out of the elevator the moment the doors opened, but I was greeted with chaos. It seemed the news had already spread all the way up here. And there were more people than I remembered seeing since I went down. The others from below must have gathered here. At least now I didn’t have to be the one the break the news to them. I nudged my way amidst the crowd, looking out for Mary but she wasn’t amongst the crazy mob. I looked into her office and noticed the lights were on and there were a few silhouettes on the blinds. She must be in there. I pushed my way further in and finally reached the office door. I opened it and I saw Mary, Carrie and a new guy whom I’d never seen before.

Mary and the new guy were engaged in a heated argument and Carrie was trying to calm the both of them down. Apparently it was about whether to stay or to find a safer place to hide. When they noticed that I had entered the room, the argument broke into silence. “What’s up,” I jested “Am I interrupting? I could always come back later.” “Oh hey, you came back,” Mary said. “Great timing. Alvin here insists that we stay here and wait for help. I think that staying here would only mean suicide for all of us. Carrie has no opinion, so we need your opinion.” Opinion? Yea right. She probably means "I need you to decide, NOW". I just came in and already I have to make such an important decision? Great, I thought to myself. It was a tough choice. On one hand, the screechers were already on their way up and staying here would mean an inevitable massacre. On the other hand, it wasn’t easy leaving the building either and going out into the open was equally dangerous. “I don’t know. Both options are equally risky. I suggest we put it out to a vote, see what everyone out there has to say. My vote would still be to leave this place. I have to go out and look for my wife. If anyone wants to come with me it’s fine, but just don’t drag me down.” They looked at me and nodded in agreement. “I’m fine with that,” said Alvin. “Now who’s going out there to try to talk sense into those people? They’ve been going crazy for quite some time now.” “I will. I would need some moral support though, in case they suddenly turn on me or something. I don’t know, those people seem crazy enough to do that.” Mary said sarcastically.

I opened the door and ushered Mary out. She looked at me and whispered, “Prepare to rush back into the room and locked the doors.” I chuckled and followed her out. The people had calmed down. “I guess they were tired out from all that screaming and running around,” I joked.

“Okay, we have two options now:” Mary said in a pseudo-boomy voice, “either we stay here and die, or we go out and die. My choice is to go out and try to get out of Gutter City. Who is with me?” I looked at the crowd. Most of them looked very scared, and none of them wanted to go. Then one man in the crowd raised his hand, “I’ll go with you. There’s no point staying here and waiting to die,” his voice was shaky, but he was trying hard to hide it. Another person raised his hand, and yet another and another. Seven people had decided that staying here was suicide, that means seven more people to slow my search down. “Ok, now those who are leaving with us come in here. The rest can continue with what you were doing. I suggest you prepare yourselves for the worst. Arm yourselves with whatever you can.” The seven people plus Mary and I went back into the office. We sat around to think of how to get out of the building unnoticed.

“I got it!” one of the guys suddenly jumped up. Everyone turned their heads and looked at him expectantly. “We could go to the third story and I know a fire escape route from the back of the building. We could escape to the alley and then escape to Cape Avenue through the back alleys from there.” “That’s a good idea,” I said, “anyone disagree with that plan?” No one said anything. “Okay then, everyone grab some food, water and whatever you need. Try to arm yourselves with whatever office supplies you can for now. We’d go out and try to find some weapons we can use.”

After everyone had gotten their belongings, we gathered around the lift lobby. “Here goes,” I said, “whether we live or die depends entirely on each other. We have to work as a team.” I merely said that to encourage them, but I knew that we wouldn’t be travelling together for long. They were headed out of the city and I was staying in the city to look for Elizabeth, if she was still alive. No, what am I thinking? Of course she’s still alive. She’s probably safe somewhere with another group of people. I checked my gun to make sure it was fully loaded and I had a map in my pocket. I had to protect them because I was the only one with a real weapon. Westlake Street here I come. Please hang in there, Elizabeth. We entered the lift and went down to the third floor.