ng against steel doors echoed v
nst the building in a relentless rhythm,
y as he grabbed a security guard by his uniform col
trying to push the growing crowd away. "The emergency doo
antically pulling at door handles
ing resonated across the tile fl
et everyone killed,' she thought, forcing her muscles to relax. She stepped for
need to clear the main hallway! Help me move any sta
" he said, his voice surprisingly steady despite the thick sweat shining on his forehead. "We
his support. "Thanks, Derek. Let me chec
ze mid-
tal beds lining the nearby wall. A
nurse was completely empty. Blood still st
arby, the ones holding the patients who had
ere em
mering in her ears. 'They were dead. They couldn't
a shaking finger toward the vacan
mattresses. "Maybe another nurse m
hook her head, her skin crawl
echoing from the far end of the dimly lit corridor. It was a woman'
snatched a heavy metal stand off a
the slick floor. The rain outside sounded distant here, sw
ss the corridor under the f
nting to a treatment room with
e door inward. The hing
eath a metal cabinet, her arms w
with absolute horror. She had both hands clamped tigh
pping to her knees beside her. "It'
wed hard. "It... it didn't attack me," she gasped out, her voice
d, peering cautiously bac
ke wild animals. I saw one of them... it stepped behind a pillar when the security guards walked past. It hid.
'They aren't mindlessly aggressive,' she realized,rt enough to hide and wait fo
r was happening to these patients was controllin
llic click vibrated thverhead sputtered twice, g
antly swallowed the
s was completely blocked out by tnt of her face. The air grew instantly colder, thicknto the dark, her voice trem
ek's voice came from nearby,
chime buzzed i
The screen lit up on its own, casting a
displayed across the glass
TAL RU
MERGENCY DEPARTMEN
rule? Who sent this?' She tapped the screen frantically, but there was n
een pushed direct
rk...' she thought, her hear
t, the soft, distinct sound of footsteps echoe
Tap
g slowly across t
screen. Beside her, she heard Derek hold h
knees tighter to her
opped right at t
ed out, heavy a
ath blew into the room,
out of the darkness, quie
r... h
ld. The voice didn't
exactly lik
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