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10 Minutes Remaining!
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Drake ran through the corridor as the thick green gas chased him.

He knew he'd transform into a zombie if it hit him.

[Host must evacuate the lab if not in possession of a gas mask.]

A young man, who was also trying to escape Luke's men and seemed to be hiding in the lab, saw the gas and started running.

He ran out of the corner and followed Drake closely.

"Who the hell are you?!" Drake screamed as he kept running.

"I was hiding here from the men who are trying to turn us into zombies!" the young man shouted back as they both kept running.

The corridor was extremely long, and they still could not find its end.

"Bad news! If the gas hits you, you turn into a zombie, even without a scratch," Drake said.

Suddenly, the young man slipped while running.

"Ahhhh!!" He screamed, and Drake turned back to see him struggling to get up.

In just a matter of seconds, with that one mistake, the gas filled the young man's nose.

"What the hell?" Drake said as he stared at the young man and watched him
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