Dark room

As Sophia said that, all the people started discussing among themselves. Mona suddenly thought of something and as she was about to go towards Sophia and a hand fell on her shoulder stopping her. She turned back to see a college she befriended named Addie.

"Can we both be partners?" asked Addie with a smile plastered on her face.

Not knowing anyone else, Mona agreed and turned back to see all the other people already done pairing up. Sophia nodded and said, "Ok, now that everyone is set. You can take a room, you can take a bath, we keep the hospital robes on the shelves and you will receive food when it's time. We will distribute identity cards for the people hereafter they pass the test." and turned back.

"I need to talk to her for a bit. You go on ahead and choose a room for both of us." not waiting for a response from Addie, Mona made her way towards Sophia who almost reached the stairs. Noticing her going towards Sophia, a few of the soldiers blocked her, and she shouted her name once, gaining her attention.

Sophia turned back as she noticed Mona waving her hand. She raised her hand showing to let her through and the soldiers did not block Mona's path anymore.

"Is there a problem, Ms.Ray?"

"Oh! Just call me Mona. I needed to ask you about something important."

"Go ahead. What is it that you wanted to ask about?"

"I want to ask about my parents and grandfather, if possible, Can you check if they are in this settlement."

Not finding any problem with her request, Sophia accepted and Mona gave her the details.

"OK! I will check and tell you tomorrow first thing in the morning."

Getting some assurance from her, Mona felt relieved and went back to her group. She noticed Addie waving her hand before a room and went towards her. Looking inside the room, it was a simple room with 2 beds and a closet with a clean washroom.

Feeling satisfied, it was Mona who got into the bath first, cleaning herself off all the sweat and blood she got on herself while killing the zombies. After a long hot bath, she wore the robe given for patents in a hospital and decided to get some better clothes after the results are out.

After Addie took her bath, both of them started to have a pleasant chat, trying to relax their nerves. The doorbell suddenly rang and Addie opened the door. She received 2 plates of simple curry rice with a water bottle and closed the door after thanking the soldier.

Having some food go down their body, they plopped on the beds to have a pleasant sleep after a disastrous day.

As this was happening, Mark who fell unconscious suddenly woke up. He slowly looked around and found himself in a dark place. He looked down to notice no clothes on him and all his wounds non-existent.

He tried to get up but couldn't move his body. He suddenly felt a cool breeze behind him, slowly turning his head. He noticed 3 silhouettes floating in the air in the dark place, radiating a dim light. He couldn't catch their faces, only the outline of their body. By the looks of it, they seemed to be 2 men and a woman.

He could hear 2 of them talking, specifically the female on the right and the male on the left talking, but couldn't understand a single word coming out of their mouths. They continued to talk as it seemed like the middle one was closely looking at him, while the 2 made some comments. He could not understand what comments they made on him, though.

It was a completely foreign language to him. Mark knew a variety of languages and the number piled up to 30 languages. Even if it was few, they were all the root languages, making him understand under languages which were made after them.

As the 2 on the sides continued to talk between themselves, the middle one suddenly raised his hand, making the 2 of them stop. He slowly opened his mouth and a pleasant voice came out in the language they spoke before.

Hearing him, the 2 of them looked more closely at Mark before nodding to themselves. As he continued to talk, Mark felt himself drown in his voice. After he was done talking, silence took over.

The middle one raised his hand as a silver orb enclosed in chains came out of his palm and it slowly made its way towards Mark. He could feel some danger to him from the orb and tried to shake his body, to evade it.

The orb continued to follow its path and slowly enter into his chest as he slowly felt his consciousness fading. The last thing he heard before he fell down was the middle one's voice, "Hope you are the one."