A door they had not noticed at first opened suddenly at the other end of the room.A well-dressed, formidable-looking man walked through the door, followed by a younger-looking version of him.The older man pinned his glare on Adam’s family and said in a booming voice. “So, these are the family of the murderer?”“What? Murderer? How? Why?” Marriane said in agitation as she came forward towards the man with her hands extended in supplication “Did Adam hit someone with the car when he had an accident?” she asked with tears in her eyes."Adam,” the younger man scoffed.“At least we have a name now,” said the older man, ignoring Marriane as the others followed her.“Sir, can you please tell us what happened?” Caleb asked.“Oh, I will tell you that. Right after this.”Before any of them could react, the man whipped out a pistol from his pocket and shot at Marriane. Caleb pushed her out of the way and the bullet pierced his head.“Dad!” Lisa screamed as Marriane, who was pushed away, fell h

Adam finally looked around at the faces around them.It was apparent that this was not just any plane.It was a military airplane.Though they were not all in their uniforms, they all had that discernible aura about them.The aisle door opened and marching footsteps approached.“Commander”“Commander”Men saluted as the figure came down the big Antonov An-124 Ruslan airplane rumoured to be capable of carrying 350 men in its cabin and about 88 more in its upper deck. Decked in the Army Green Service uniform with the silver eagle insignia, the formidable-looking woman marched towards Adam and Layla.“What were you two doing down there, like ducks waiting to be ripped apart by the walkers?”“Walkers?”“Aunt Catherine?"Adam and Layla chorused together.Adam turned to look at Layla, just as the military woman also turned to her. “Who are..."Her eyes flickered a bit and she said, “Lay? Little Lay? Is that you?”“Little Lay?” Adam said in wonder when he saw her looking at the woman with a

Colonel Catherine Aguilar was welcomed to the shelter with such respect.An accord which was extended to her entourage as well.While the liutenant colonel and the men with him went with the supply unit to sort out what the colonel’s plane brought, Colonel Catherine offered to help Adam and Layla gain knowledge of the whereabouts of their people.The supervisor in charge of the facility listened carefully to Adam’s explanation.“I am really sorry, mister. This place has been more busy than a beehive for weeks now. People come in every day, so I can’t really say if your people are here or not. One thing I can do is ask the men in charge of evacuation. They would have more details.”The man quickly arranged to have the evacuation team brought to him.There were about twenty of them.“They used to be more than this, colonel but just two days ago, we lost some of them to the sickness again. Let’s hope any of these have seen the people.”Then he gestured to Adam with a respectful "Mister.”.

Despite Anthony’s jittery confession about what happened, he did not have the full details of where Adam’s family were taken.His colleague was the one who had spoken to the man on the phone.Anthony had just gone along with the plan, as his colleague had asked.The promise of a better career was what prompted his silence about the matter.When the colonel demanded to know who the colleague had been on that particular trip, Anthony grimly proclaimed that he was dead.The man died in the same town where Anthony got his bug from.Anthony was already leaking in his uniform by the time the colonel released him.He held his hand tightly to his butt as he ran back to the toilet.After which, he would report directly for his punishment.As hilarious as the scene would have been for Adam as he remembered, the anxiety of what could have happened to his family clouded his mind beyond all things.A touch startled him and he looked at Layla beside him.“They would be fine,” she said in assurance.

“Liars! They are nothing but liars. I told you they have nothing to offer. They couldn’t save us so they sent us here to die!”A man and a woman stood in front of Alagan Gate.They were staring at the notes pasted on the signboard.The auburn-haired woman flinched every time she heard the snarls of the zombies from within the city.“Something must be keeping them from the gate," she said quietly as she stared desperately at the warning notes.“What does it matter? If we can’t enter the gate, we can’t get to the facility!” the man snapped at her.His beaked nose flared as he looked at her. “I told you we should stay put. I told you we shouldn’t listen to that ridiculous recording. Now see this!” He jerked his hand towards the notice. " It is all your fault!"“This is not the time for blame,” the woman said timidly. “We need solution.”“Solution. You want a solution,” the man responded with snorted laughter. “Have you gone mad, woman? There is no solution! The world is coming to an end