Chapter 9: Life and Death.

The regeneration of Ace takes a while, but soon his head starts to grow again. In a short time, his head is back in place. He looks around and sees parts of the airport collapse. He sees the hundreds of zombies wandering there, but he doesn't see the assassins, nor Bernard, nor Melanie, or the doctor. He walks around the place, looking for one of them. The tentacles controlled by the queen keep crushing the zombies outside. Ace then sees Steve at the end of an aisle, in front of a store.

Steve calls him with a movement of his hands and enters the store. Ace runs there and immediately enters the store. The store was a bookstore, they had several books scattered on the floor. Steve was without his coat and his mask. His bandages were stained with blood, the new wounds were bleeding and he looked weak.