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around her. Jack took one more look at Elle, she was looking back in fear, he winked at her, and she nodded in return. Jack was then punched in the face, he fell back, and the three men all took turns kicking him.
    “Don’t break him, I think this one will be fun to play with,” Alina told them. They dragged him away.
    Two men dragged Jack down the dark hall; they dragged through the room where Josh’s body was still on the floor. Jack looked at his friend’s body. They dragged him to another door, one man let go and unlocked the door. They dragged Jack inside and threw him down. They slammed the door shut and locked it behind them.  Jack tried to get up when a voice spoke to him, “Jack, we got you,” Jack looked up to see Frank and Bray.
    “Shit, they got you too,” Jack whispered.
    They helped him to his feet, Jack started to move backwards when Frank shouted at him, “Careful,” Jack turned just in time to see a Zombie launch itself at him.
    “What the fuck,” he shouted.
    He stepped away from the Zombie; he noticed it was chained to the wall. “They have a fucking pet Zombie, any other time, that would be strange,” Jack said.
    He walked over to the opposite wall, and slid down the wall to the ground. Frank and Bray joined him.
    “Josh?” Bray asked.
    “No,” Jack replied looking down.
    They all went quiet. “Do you know if Elle and the kids are OK?” Frank asked.
    “They have them,” Jack replied.
    “How did they get you?” Jack asked.
    “We found soldier’s uniforms covered in blood, we guessed they were not in charge. We were about to come after you when they sneaked up on us” Frank replied.
    “I see you both put up a fight,” Jack replied, indicating the marks on their faces.
    “We tried, there were too many,” Jack replied.
    Jack sighed, touching his head to check if it was still bleeding. “Are you OK Jack?” Frank asked.
    Jack looked lost in thought, “I’m going to kill them all,” Jack, replied. He looked up to see the Zombie pulling at his chains trying to get to them.
    “Any of you notice that Zombie is wearing a military uniform,” Jack observed.
    Back in the basement where the team found refuge, the boarded up door was now open. A torch still sat on the floor lighting up the room.
    The metal door the team escaped through was rattling; the hinges broke off from the door. Falling through was a single Zombie, a half-rotted mutilated corpse got back to its feet and began to walk.
    The Zombie walked through the open door the team went through, dragging its rotting feet through the thick dust, walking over the footprints left behind.
    It kept moving through the hall and then the room until it noticed blood. Josh’s body still on the ground, a small gasp of air came from Josh, he was still barely alive. The Zombie slumped down beside Josh and sank its teeth into Josh’s face.
    Elle was now tied up and placed with the other prisoners. Clare and Joe had regained consciousness and were also tied to the wall.  Joe cried as Clare tried to comfort him. Elle looked at Clare, “Are they the soldiers?” she asked.
    “Yes,” Clare replied.
    “NOOO!” a man said, interrupting them.
    Elle looked over to see a man who had been badly beaten. He was dressed in blood stained rags, his hair and beard was overgrown.
    “Who are you?” Elle asked him.
    “Private Ryan Garrett,” he replied.
    “You’re a soldier? “She asked.
    “My Section was left behind after the evacuation; we helped survivors and fortified this place. I wish I had died in the outbreak. Some of the people we saved were animals, eventually they took over. The things I have seen, Murder, rape, blood so much blood. They posed as soldiers to tempt in new survivors,” Ryan replied.
    Elle looked at the broken man, “Where is the rest of your team?” she asked.
    “All dead, except for me,” he told her. Elle looked around the other survivors; she counted twenty including the kids.
    Alina entered the room, Ryan