Problem (II)

Slowly walking towards the lobby, all three of them tried to make no noise at any cost. As they reached the end, all three of them stuck to the wall, while Mark slowly peeked into the lobby. He found 6 zombies in the lobby.

"There are six zombies there right now. Denton, you stay here while I and Mona will go take care of them." while nodding towards Mona. Denton stood there nodding, understanding the gravity of the situation.

"Mona, you take the ones on the left, I will go for the right." planning a simple plan.

Mona nodded, and both of them slowly made their way out of the lobby. Mark checked the direction of the main stairs to the right and noticed no zombie coming soon. The 2 of them continued to their nearest zombie and Mark slowly counted up to three before slacking the head off with Mona.

The remaining 4 zombies turned around as they heard the zombie body fall down. Noticing Mark and Mona they ran towards them furiously trying to get their meat. Mark dodged the first zombie, which lunged at him to the side and slashed the 2nd zombie at the same time.

Mona slowly stood there, moving from her place while holding the sword with both her hands, concentrating on the zombies ahead. As the first zombie was with the reach for her sword, she did not hesitate to draw a smooth arc right at the neck, separating the head from the body.

The sword went right through the neck and without stopping she slashed the head off the 2nd zombie in one motion. It was beautiful to see her graceful sword art in play. The two bodies fell on the floor and she looked at Mark who was slashing at the zombie which was turning back.

Mark also noticed Mona done with her share and both of them made their way towards Denton and bought him over. Denton almost puked at the severed heads lying on the floor with black blood oozing out from under them. He could only keep his hand on his mouth and forcibly swallow it back in.

Following Mark and Mona across the lobby, the three of them reached the entrance for the hallway, they needed to go. Mark slowly peeked into the hallway while Denton and Mona remained as a lookout if any zombies came into the lobby.

Mark slowly peeked inside and noticed something which made him curse out loud. Mona and Denton whipped their heads at him with confused faces. Mark only shook his head and said, "I forgot to lock the door to the stairway case while coming back up. Now zombies would also be in the staircase."

Denton and Mona were shocked and Mona asked, "How many would there be inside the staircase?"

"It's hard to guess, seeing that there are 5 zombies within this hallway itself. I expect a minimum of 20 zombies within the entire staircase," said Mark, shaking his head.

"Is there another way down?" said Mona, turning towards Denton.

Denton could only shake his head and say, "In this situation, the elevators would not work and the other staircase is already filled with zombies."

"Both of you go back up. I will continue alone. Denton, tell me the route." said Mark. He wanted to go alone, not cause he was scared they would be killed, but because they might drag him down.

"No, we are going together. It is too dangerous alone this time. We should just bust through the zombies in the staircase." said Mona.

Noticing Denton also supporting her, Mark could only click his tongue and say, "Don't drag me down." and went into the hallway.

Mona and Denton followed him into the hallway, and Mona was very excited. She had a wide grin plastered on her face as she noticed the zombies ahead. Denton was behind her as he was only a lookout for them if there would be unexpected zombies from behind.

Mark ran towards the first zombie and slashed the head off before it could react properly. This made the other zombies in the hallway frenzy as two zombies came at a time onto Mark. Mark swiftly dodged the first zombie and struck the one behind it.

He looked back and noticed the zombie's head fling as Mona killed it. He could only grin at the sight and continue onto the next one. He quickly slashed the zombie nearest to him, while Mona went for the one after him.

Denton could only look at them going on a killing spree at the back. Killing the one nearest to him, Mark noticed Mona struggling a bit with the last zombie in the hallway. He was bulkier than normal and was probably a security guard while he was still alive, judging by the dress on him.

Mona never thought The zombie would luckily dodge her attack because of its massive body and was stuck because of it already swinging its big hand at her. Mark swiftly ran to her and cut off the head before the arm reached Mona.

"Be careful next time," said Mark, looking at her, and Mona nodded.