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door to the left of the window, obviously into the warehouse area. There was a second door off to the right, which I hoped led into the office area. One of my men put his ear up to the door for a minute, then shook his head at me, indicating silence. I nodded to him, and he took point, throwing the door open and rushing through. The rest of us followed and fanned out.
We had stepped through to a short hallway that opened up into a large room full of cubicles. The dividers where about chest high, so we could see the whole room, but it left plenty of hiding places. The team split up, going down each aisle at the same time, peeking into cubicles, over walls, under desks, and trying the office doors. Several of them were unlocked, and two men at least cleared each one. One of the men found a door that led to a front lobby area, apparently the main business entrance. The front windows were boarded up like someone had tried to secure this place at one point, or just hide.
We finished searching the office area without really finding anything except some blankets and discarded food containers. Someone obviously had holed up here for a while at some point. I had my men make sure that front area was secure, and that there were no other entrances. Once we made sure of that, we headed back to the lobby we first came in at to go find Jeff's team.
As we walked in, one of Jeff's men was there, waiting on us. He said that Jeff was waiting for us at the far end of the warehouse area. There was something he wanted me to see. I motioned and we followed the man to the rest of Jeff's team. We crossed the warehouse, which still had pallets full of supplies loaded and stacked all over the place. Some had been opened and gone through. I stepped over broken pallets and trash as we weaved our way through the warehouse.
Stepping out from the stacked pallets finally, it opened up into just an open area of floor, and I saw Jeff and several of his men standing at an open door. The smell hit me from even this far away, and I wasn't sure I wanted to see it after all.
"Looks like we weren't the first ones to try to hole up here." Jeff said, looking grim. I went up to him, trying to breathe through my mouth so I wouldn’t have to smell it so much. He handed me a flashlight and I shined it around the room. It looked to be a storage locker of some kind. There were metal shelves lining the walls, but the sight that drew your attention first was the small pile of bodies on the floor. It looked to be about ten people, all dead. There was bedding, a few makeshift weapons, and plenty of canned food on the shelves.
"I guess they closed themselves off in here with food and weapons, hoping to ride it out for a while. They must not have realized it was airtight. None of them looked bitten, or changed, from here." I said, surveying the rest of the room.
"Without a close examination it would appear that's the case, yes." Jeff said.
"Clean it out, if there is anything left we can use, then close it back up. Let's leave them in peace.” I ordered, turning to survey the rest of the warehouse. I had seen a forklift somewhere in there, and thought maybe we could move some of these pallets around and clear out the area furthest from the room of bodies. I heard Jeff assigning a few men to clean out the room, and then his footsteps came up behind me.
"I saw a forklift. I'm guessing you are thinking of moving these pallets around to clear out an open area closer to the door, farther away from this room?" he asked me. I just turned my head towards him and smiled, then nodded. We thought a lot alike.
"We should probably get that overhead door open there for a little while, let it air out in here. I wouldn't
We had stepped through to a short hallway that opened up into a large room full of cubicles. The dividers where about chest high, so we could see the whole room, but it left plenty of hiding places. The team split up, going down each aisle at the same time, peeking into cubicles, over walls, under desks, and trying the office doors. Several of them were unlocked, and two men at least cleared each one. One of the men found a door that led to a front lobby area, apparently the main business entrance. The front windows were boarded up like someone had tried to secure this place at one point, or just hide.
We finished searching the office area without really finding anything except some blankets and discarded food containers. Someone obviously had holed up here for a while at some point. I had my men make sure that front area was secure, and that there were no other entrances. Once we made sure of that, we headed back to the lobby we first came in at to go find Jeff's team.
As we walked in, one of Jeff's men was there, waiting on us. He said that Jeff was waiting for us at the far end of the warehouse area. There was something he wanted me to see. I motioned and we followed the man to the rest of Jeff's team. We crossed the warehouse, which still had pallets full of supplies loaded and stacked all over the place. Some had been opened and gone through. I stepped over broken pallets and trash as we weaved our way through the warehouse.
Stepping out from the stacked pallets finally, it opened up into just an open area of floor, and I saw Jeff and several of his men standing at an open door. The smell hit me from even this far away, and I wasn't sure I wanted to see it after all.
"Looks like we weren't the first ones to try to hole up here." Jeff said, looking grim. I went up to him, trying to breathe through my mouth so I wouldn’t have to smell it so much. He handed me a flashlight and I shined it around the room. It looked to be a storage locker of some kind. There were metal shelves lining the walls, but the sight that drew your attention first was the small pile of bodies on the floor. It looked to be about ten people, all dead. There was bedding, a few makeshift weapons, and plenty of canned food on the shelves.
"I guess they closed themselves off in here with food and weapons, hoping to ride it out for a while. They must not have realized it was airtight. None of them looked bitten, or changed, from here." I said, surveying the rest of the room.
"Without a close examination it would appear that's the case, yes." Jeff said.
"Clean it out, if there is anything left we can use, then close it back up. Let's leave them in peace.” I ordered, turning to survey the rest of the warehouse. I had seen a forklift somewhere in there, and thought maybe we could move some of these pallets around and clear out the area furthest from the room of bodies. I heard Jeff assigning a few men to clean out the room, and then his footsteps came up behind me.
"I saw a forklift. I'm guessing you are thinking of moving these pallets around to clear out an open area closer to the door, farther away from this room?" he asked me. I just turned my head towards him and smiled, then nodded. We thought a lot alike.
"We should probably get that overhead door open there for a little while, let it air out in here. I wouldn't
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