Runners

"Kring x2!!!"

"Do you have any contacts in the Yongsan Garrison, Ben?" Omar asked.

"Yeah of course, that place is close to Itaewon and the embassies. Remember those guys during military exercises in Subic and the 2007 Basilan abduction incident" Ben said.

"Yeah x2, did you have contacts w/ them? It would be great news if we can have them to help us." During the joint military exercise between US and Philippine army, they meet and bond friendship w/ them. Omar and Ben were the first to volunteer for the rescue of them during the 2007 Basilan abduction incident.

One unlucky guy was beheaded since their government didn't give ransom money to the abductors. If they didn't come, maybe the rest of them were headless corpse going back home.

"I'm 90% that they'll say yes to our request so I'll call you later if anything comes up." Ben said.

"I'll give you 15 minutes to get them, Ben." Omar said.

"No problem, trust me and consider this mission accomplish." Ben dials a number, sitting inside his tent and boiling water for his instant coffee.

"Hey good evening Speke, Is Ellis w/ you?" Ben asked.

"He's sleeping not long ago after a long day in the base and doing errands since people started took shelter here. Need our help w/ something?" Captain Speke, an Army Ranger and good friend of them who's stationed at Yongsan Garrison.

"We have at least twenty people in here, Omar is coming back from Daegu w/ his girlfriend's family and he said that I have 15 minutes to ask you for favor. Can you help us get a pass and accommodation there? Ben was praying for good news and helps them in this dire time.

"I won't promise you anything, give me 5 minutes, and I'll get back to you, Ben." Speke replied.

Speke went to the command center in the Camp Coiner, inside the conference room was still pack of people and several reports were presented in front of the US and South Korean government.

He went beside the Commanding General Walter Sharp, then waited until a report is done and whispered the request of his friend. The Commanding General, give him a nod and Speke return to his quarters while the meeting continue.

"Hey, I have both good and bad news so w/c one go first, Ben?" Speke asked.

"Good news first, then the bad ones last, Speke." Ben replied.

"Good news is that we got an approval w/ your request, our time's limited so guys come here ASAP w/in 20 minutes and I'll be waiting in the entrance of the South Post."

"The bad news is that places w/ no military presence are overrun by those infected people and luckily Seoul w/ few other are still in order due to early plus the army and police control the order" Speke said.

"Thank goodness, it's great to have a friend like you and see you later, buddy" Ben said.

"Yeah, hurry up before they change their minds and inform Omar, bye" Speke went to the South Post entrance and observe the people coming in for shelter from this.

Inside the Red Velvet's dorm, they held an emergency meeting and Ben said, "If you guys notice the situation outside is getting worse and sooner this place will not be spared. We decided to move in a much secure place and we got a yes from our friend in Yongsan Garrison. We've only 5 minutes to pack our things, inform your friends living in the building to meet in the underground parking lot and let's move fast." Ben explained the situation and everyone went into their rooms.

It was faster than he expected since everyone have them prepared earlier and everyone is helping moving the supply.

A minute before they depart, people from other units are dragging their stuffs into the RV like Jungkook and J-Hope of BTS, Super Junior's Leeteuk and Eunhyuk, BTOB's Sungjae, IKON members, SF9 Zuho and GOT7boys.

"Hey good news, we got a green light from Speke to stay in the Yongsan Garrison. So go straight here and we'll be going now, see you there Omar." Ben said.

"Okay I got it, I suggest you put the RV in autodriver mode to be safe and the AI will choose the shortest and fastest route for you. So tell everyone to fasten their seatbelts and hold tight for safety, we'll be there soon." Omar said. He went to his place and took a nap since it's still a long way to Seoul.

Seok-woo tried to call his ex-wife and replied, "The person you're calling is not available."

"Buzzz x3" unable to contact his wife, he got a call from analyst Kim and Seok-woo answered. "Yes, Mr. Kim".

Analyst Kim asked "Have you arrived in Seoul?

"Not yet, where are you? Is it still ok there" Seok-woo said.

Analyst Kim replies "Seoul, Pyeongtak, Incheon, Jeju, Busan, Seongnam, Waegwan and few other cities succeeded in securing perimeter after the declaration of the State of Emergency."

"What? Are you sure? Where did you hear that news?" Seok-woo asked.

Analyst Kim replies "Sir... All of this started from our lab in Wuhan, China. It was our project! Our site started all of this, it accidentally leak while transporting the samples to other labs in Africa, Asia and America!"

"Sir, please tell me this has nothing to do w/ us? We were only doing our jobs, right? This isn't my fault! " followed by gibberish and sobbing from Analyst Kim.

"Mr. Kim.. It's not really your fault... " Seok-woo said

Analyst Kim replies "Thank you, Sir..."

Seok-woo turned off the phone, shocked by this news and he still tried to divert his focus on his daughter. He took off the bloody clothes, then washes himself and changed to new shirt that he found in a bag.

"Screetch!!!" Omar and other survivors were woken up by the sudden break of the train, it was a timely break by the driver and railway was blocked by a container van w/c different from the info he got earlier.

He took several long deep breathe to calm himself, then took up the train's phone to inform the passengers regarding the problem.

He said "Attention all passengers on board! Due to a blockage in the tracks, we have to stop at the nearest station. We should either wait for the rescue team or we'll find another train to reach Seoul.

As soon I end this announcement, I will find a working train and run it on the left most tracks. I repeat, in the left most track and anybody survivors onboard, please make your way there, good luck." The driver got off first, he observe the surroundings if there's any zombies and run to the maintenance area of the station.

"Will there be any rescue?" Seong-kyeong, Sang-hwa's pregnant wife asked.

"I heard earlier that Seoul is still safe so we have to move now! Seok-woo said and everyone nodded in approval.

They got off one by one, searching a way to the left most track and passed by a zombie infested train. The driver got into the maintenance area, one train has a zombie and luckily there's one working old train.

Back to the Car#15, Yon-suk and the male dispatcher is stuck in the car's washroom. He opens a little bit of the door to check if there's a near zombie in the place they're staying and saw a lot of them.

The male dispatcher asked "Are they gone?"

Yon-suk replied "Yeah, you go ahead first"

The male dispatcher said "Okay, stay close to me then"

He saw one zombie opposite of their washroom; Yon-suk pushed him towards it and run out for his life. The male dispatcher became a feast for the zombies, leaving the door open and the more than fifty zombie passengers were chasing after him.

Looking for a way to cross the railway since the route used by the train driver has zombies on board and line of train seems never ending. They run as fast as they can, the driver was waiting in the left most track when he saw a burning train running on the opposite track.

Train driver said "What in the..."

Yong-guk, the young baseball player found an empty train car and called the others. "Everyone, over here!"

But before they could cross it, the ground was shaking and followed by a thunderous sound. "Bang!!!"

The train that was on fire hit the KTX 101 then loses its balance and skids on the railway. Yong-guk and Jin-hee got separated w/ the others and said "No! We have to move, come on! Jin-hee let's go!"

He pulled up Jin-hee, they got into the other train car but the door was jammed and he saw tool to break the door's glass. "Clink x5"

The two didn't notice Yon-sok coming in; he pushed Jin-hee to the chasing zombie and got bitten in the legs. Yong-guk saw his friend being bitten, he drop the tool and tried to save Jin-hee. He kicked it out of the train but he was too late after he forgotten to close the door.

Yong-guk said "Jin-hee x2!! This can't be! I'm sorry... Aahhh..." while holding the infected and was transforming into a zombie, Jin-hee bitten him and they live as zombies together.

Yon-sok succeeds in killing the two youngsters and broke glass, then run his way to the new train. In Omar's group, he and Seok-woo went unconscious, as both Su-an and Irene were calling their names while shaking them.

"Daddy!! x2"

"Omar oppa!! X2"

Awakened by the two girls, they're in between two trains that have a lot of zombies and have nowhere to go.

Train driver said "What's going on? Come on, move it! Faster! Damn it!" he saw Yon-sok who's followed by a lot of zombies but got by the track and went out to help this nasty guy.

Yon-sok used him as a shield against the incoming zombie, he able to escape and run to the train while train driver was infected "Argh!!! X3"

Back to Omar's group, the other train is gonna anytime soon on them and him, Sang-hwa and Seok-woo joined to lift an obstacle on the remaining members.

"Aaahh!!!" the three were giving their best to lift it, while on the other side was that the train's glasses were started to cracked and one window broke down. Several zombies were rushing towards them, the homeless man Mr. Choi block their way and they finally lifted it.

"Everyone, come out here!" they shouted.

"Mister..." Irene and Su-an said to the homeless guys.

"Don't worry about me, Go now! Hurry up! Mr. Choi was trying hard to prevent the zombies, as the last member got out and the remaining windows broke down.

Running to the already moving train, they're being chase by more than a hundred zombies and successfully got on the train. But a zombie was able to grabbed lower part of the stairs, this followed by many more zombies and it dragged the train slower.

Omar "Equip" Ak-47(Infinite Ammo), with night sights, tactical light and suppressor.

Power: 7

Fire rate: 8

Crit.: 6

Weight: 3.5 kg

Length: 34.5 inches

Range: 350 meters.

He signals everyone to stay back, seeing all members are in safe distance and no threats nearby. He puts on the glasses for protection and show-off his skills in shooting this undead.

"RAWR!"

"Thack! x8"

"Ding! +160 gold coins for killing 8 infected are 20 gold coins each." the system said.

The horde of zombies fell down to each other, as they got nothing to hold on and everybody breathe a sigh of relief and Omar checked the driver while others sat down to rest their tired body.

Opening the driver's seat, he saw Yon-sok whose body is turning into undead and tried to appeal to Omar. "Mister... Please help me.. My mother is waiting for me at home! Please bring me w/ you, my address is.. Save me!"

"You're already infected, stay there, Mister" Omar said. Seeing an opening, he aimed the Ak-47 and ready to shoot this guy's head.

"No! 4x" Yon-sok has gone mad after hearing what Omar have said, he notice his bitten right hand and a sudden urge him to attack Omar. "RAWR!!!"

"Don't worry; you'll meet her later so eat my bullets, mister" at this close range, all he needs to do is aim and pull the trigger.

"Thack!" Yon-sok's lifeless body fell down the train; Omar checked the inside and went out to ask something.

"Anyone knows how to drive this thing?" he looked at the tired faces of everyone and someone raise a hand. It was Seok-woo who have knowledge/ skills based on his confidence he saw in him.

"It's pretty simple to operate this thing, here's the throttle, the brake and etc. When you need to stop, just pull the brakes here and that's how you do it." Seok-woo is a train otaku, w/ a license to drive one is a proof of his passion about trains

After 45 minutes, they reach the last tunnel to Seoul and they began walking since there are a lot barb-wired fences and corpses at the entrance of the tunnel.