Level One: Chapter 7

Sam and Jess didn't make it in time. "What the hell is wrong with that guy!" Jess cried out. She seemed to have enough on her plate for the day. Jess sat on the sofa while both Sam and I sat at either sides of her , trying to comfort her. It wasn't working , but it was the least we could've done at the moment. John was going crazy with his ideas of me , but first , we had to find a way out of this place .

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"Grace??" I opened my eyes to Sam trying to wake me up. The room was filled with light as the sun shone brightly outside. I must've been really tired because I was sleeping on the floor and Jess was asleep on the sofa. Her eyes were puffy from all the crying she did last night. "I gave you enough time!" Someone shouted from outside the door . He unlocked the door and made his way in. "John is locked up right now , don't worry. You guys can come out now. Name's Isaac , by the way." He spoke in a cheerful tone. He seemed to be one of the survivors . 

Sam and I forced Jess to wake up and made our way downstairs with the guy. "We locked him up with that weird guy upstairs. God know if he's alive right now . Funny how life is , isn't it?" The jolly tone he used was giving off a bad vibe but we went with him anyways. What choice did we have ? We had nowhere to run to...

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Isaac took us to the living room , where almost all of them had gathered. A tall and lean red haired guy walked up to me . He looked worried. "Hi. We need your help." What did he mean by that? All of us were going through this for the first time. " I don't think we'll be of much help...." The others began looking at each other. They seemed really anxious. "When you were locked up , we kind of... I'm sorry , but we went through your bags. Where did you get these? Can you tell us where it is?" 

So that was why they let us out . They just wanted the weapons. "What's in it for us?" Sam held my hand a little tighter when I spoke. " What do you mean ? You get to walk out freely ! Did we not take you out from being imprisoned? If the voice was right , there is going to be some kind of trouble in the next few hours . 24 hours are almost up. If you're locked up here , none of you would be able to prepare for a fight. I'm giving you the freedom to fight for yourself. Now tell me where it is ."

The sudden change in his demeanor was surprising. Maybe there wasn't enough time left . I couldn't let Sam and Jess take any risks when all the weapons that we had were with them. It didn't matter how we felt..... 

"Fine. I'll take you there , but it's going to be me , and only me who's gonna take one of you there." The red head , seemed to come to terms with my statement. "I'll come with you. Let's go." He took one of the pistols and signaled at me to walk out of the manor. If I didn't get my act right , he would probably continue to treat us like this . That is , if we're still alive . I had to find a way to get on his good side. 

We walked out of the manor , with the guy right behind me , pistol ready to shoot in case I made a wrong move. I walked towards my office building. Even though my time at this place didn't give me a lot of good memories , the sight of it made me miss how everything was almost a day ago. Dad , Mom , my brother and both my sisters ... I missed them. I didn't know where they were or what they were doing . I could only hope they were alive and well , staying at some other place with other survivors , if there were any. 

"Focus." The guy nudged me with the pistol . I walked up into the building , and walked over to where Sam and I kept the bag of snipers and the other weapons. The duffel bag was still there . Thank god. The red headed guy saw the bag and must've figured out what it was because as soon as he noticed it, he pushed me out of his way and made a run for the bag. Of course he got to it sooner. If only I didn't have a pistol ready to shoot at the back of my head....

I almost regretted not running to the bag and getting something out to defend myself against the guy when the bag exploded... right in the face of the guy with a loud bang. It was too fast ... I didn't understand why it exploded all of a sudden. Did he pull a trigger perhaps? I had no time to check up on it though , because it exploded again, a second time , getting to me too this time. 

I flew into the air and fell , hitting one of the pillars in the office. I hit my head, and I could tell from the feeling of warm liquid behind my head that I was bleeding . My vision started getting dizzy , blurred , and lost focus on everything completely . 

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