Rescue (II)

Steve slowly made his way to the front of the line and looked towards the lobby. He saw the zombies and was a bit shocked, but could still keep a calm face. He slowly counted the number of zombies in the room and the possibilities of their group taking them out with no noise.

He thought, 'If what Denton says is true and many elderly are up there, we should go for a frontal attack and kill the zombies as quickly as we can here. We can not face them on our way back here.' and nodded to himself.

He slowly returned to his place and said in an audible voice, "We should probably kill the zombies out there in the lobby. It will be tough to have the elderly cross secretly. There are around 35 zombies out there are 19 including Mona here. So let's make this quick. Don't waste your bullets and aim for the heads."

All the soldiers nodded including Mona and Steve said, "Ok then let's move out. Mona, as you use a sword you have to go close, but do not worry I will have your back covered the entire time and shoot down the ones near you." making Mona nod again.

Slowly one by one the soldiers went out of the hallway and positioned themselves behind some furniture closer to them, taking cover. Mona slowly followed them out and went to the nearest zombie while Steve stayed a bit far from her with a gun in his hands.

Mona slowly killed off the first zombie starting the attack. The soldiers who took aim before shot out bullets rapidly evading Mona and taking down zombies. Mona immediately ran to the next zombie that was already near her and stabbed her sword right into its throat, killing it.

Another zombie jumped on her from behind and got shot by Steve, who was looking after her. She glanced back and gave him a nod before resuming her attack. All the zombies had their complete attention on Mona, who was the closest to them, while the soldiers behind were shooting them down slowly.

The empty gun shells slowly fell down from each gun and the already blood-stained shirt of Mona became darker. Mona was moving like a dancer, elegantly killing off the zombies near to her. They were successful in not attracting much attention to themselves due to the silencers used by the soldiers.

Denton continued to watch this while staying in the hallway, observing each and every person. He was useless in the big fights like this and would only create more problems if he tried to kill zombies, hence opted out. He promised himself to learn how to use a gun after he got back to the base.

The soldiers continued to fire and Mona continued to kill until each zombie in the lobby was killed, taking 20 minutes in total. Many bodies were near Mona standing in the middle of them, while bullet shells fallen on the ground were also not a negligible amount.

Steve slowly walked towards Mona with Denton behind him and the soldiers also coming out of their positions. Slowly observing that all the zombies are dead and there are no more, Steve turned back towards the soldiers and said, "Ok now, five of you stay here and guard this area till we come back."

Steve looked at Mona, surprised by her killing, and complimented her, "You were better than I give you credit for."

Mona only smiled and Steve then said, "Ok, let's get going." and made their way up, leaving 5 men to guard the lobby. There were now 7 people on the first floor and 13 soldiers with them. Steve felt 7 were enough and they could retreat if they faced problems.

So, Mona led the rest towards the hallway to the next stairs and opened the door. All the soldiers made their way in and she closed it back once again.

"Ok, let's make our way up," said Mona, leading them.

As the soldiers climbed, the bodies surprised them on the stairs. They felt amazed and their respect towards Mona and Mark grew. It was a big feat for normal citizens like both of them to kill and get through these zombies.

Since the outbreak occurred not a single soldier was free, they had to go out on several missions at a time, trying to save people and secure a headquarters for themselves in the city. It has been very tough for them lately, and they knew it might get tougher as time passes by.

They slowly went up, crossing each floor, making no sound. As they finally reached the 15th floor, Mona turned and looked at Steve, who gave a confirmation nod. She slowly unlocked the door and went inside. After observing no zombies in the hallway, she gestured to the rest to come in.

Closing the door, all of them made their way across the hallway, Mona peeked out into the lobby and found there were only 5 zombies probably from the staircase which was filled with zombies across them.