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Bullets tear through the wood-panelled wall over your head as you run the length of the auditorium away from the crazed bandit woman and the horde of zombies chasing her. She seems less concerned with the living dead on her tail, even as the noise from her weapon draws in more and more. You climb the steps to the dark stage and slide behind a thick curtain. Bullets cut through the material, making holes that allow light to stream through, allowing you to make out shapes on the stage. In the middle is a series of ladders leading to a metal scaffolding. Past it stands a much narrower ladder that leads up to a control booth perched among the rafters.

From the auditorium comes the sound of rapid gunfire and the thick snarls of the zombie horde, all moving closer to the stage. You climb the far ladder and kick it away once you reach the control booth. A series of ropes lead from a panel to the scaffolding and a trap door below it, and another ladder extends into the rafters at the ceiling, which you presume leads to the fourth floor. Raised high above the stage, you watch as the red-haired woman runs behind the curtain, her face now flush with fear, then she fires back into the gang of undead still following her. From the other side of the stage, a pack of new zombies rush out, now trapping her from all sides.

She scampers onto the scaffolding and climbs to the highest point, and the zombies run under her, leaping and swinging though unable to reach. She stands on a shaky pole and clings to a rope for balance. She won't last for long, and even as you think it, she slips and struggles to stay on the scaffolding.

You glance down at the control panel. One of the levers connects to ropes for the trap door beneath the stage. If you flip the switch, the zombies would likely fall through the trap door, allowing the red-haired woman to escape. On the other hand, you could leave right now and ascend the ladder to the fourth floor. This woman is no concern to you now, and Jaime still needs your help. Yet another thought crosses your mind: the other lever on the control panel leads to the scaffolding. Pulling it might release the metal holding her up, and she'd fall to her death. Revenge would be sweet.