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By the tiain Donna and Paul had decided what they were going to do They planned to distract the bodies on the landing as they&039;d discussed earlier and then th and control would be enough to get theh the crowd outside the office doors As the afternoon and early evening had worn on their siained more purpose and direction There was no question that they were doing the right thing For the first time in days both of the positive, and they were both acutely aware of the fact that they had to do it quickly In the glooether and put on asshe&039;d collected as was co was bitterly cold Even indoors her breath condensed in cool, billowing clouds around herlow and out of sight, Paul had done the sas

The lamps around the office floor re to remain in darkness until they were completely ready to make their move &039;We need to stir them up at the other end of the room,&039; she whispered &039;We&039;ll use the lah of a disturbance so that they try and get in through those doors&039; &039;And then we come back to this end?&039; Paul asked anxiously He knew full hat they were going to do They&039;d been planning it for hours Going over the plan again and again seemed to help both of them Donna nodded &039;We&039;ll prop the doors open up there and let theet ourselves back down here and wait for a couple of et out

They&039;ll follow each other like sheep&039; &039;You sure?&039; &039;Sure as I can be Only one way of finding out for certain though, isn&039;t there?&039; Paul nodded nervously He knew exactly what shenow before they left the comparative safety of the office and stepped out into the unknown He continued to go over the plan again and again in his head It seemed to make sense and he couldn&039;t think of any alternative He knew in his heart that it was going to work, but as the an to doubt hi hi the la roo alone in the darkness For a few seconds he stayed exactly where he was, suddenly too afraid tothey&039;d talked about doing this, now that the tiain and hide Sensing that he hadn&039;t followed her, Donna turned back &039;What&039;s the problem?&039; she hissed His mouth was dry and he couldn&039;t answer &039;I&039; he began, not knohat he was trying to say &039;Get off your backside and fucking move!&039; Donna cursed She waited for a second but still he didn&039;t move &039;Now!&039; she yelled Paul scra pathetic and ashahtened and unsure than he had been Donna&039;s voice also provoked frantic activity out on the landing as the bodies again began to batter against the doors, trying hopelessly to force their way inside The two survivors quicklythe torches and la They then assele desk in the furthest corner of the rooht of the bodies behind the door &039;Got everything?&039; she asked Paul sed hard &039;Think so,&039; hetheir move within ht the la four The creatures outside were banging on the door again with even more force Their simple, basic interests already aroused by the sound of Donna&039;s voice ht in the corner of the roolanced over her shoulder at the movement outside &039;Bloody hell,&039; Paul ?&039; &039;What we have to do,&039; Donna grunted, returning her attention to the laet on with it&039;

With his hands shaking with nerves Paul lit a as laht and with the faintly acidic sas The noise on the landing became even louder &039;Shit,&039; Paul cursed, &039;listen to theht a few la mad&039; &039;Good, that&039;s exactly ant&039; &039;Is it?&039; &039;Of course it is Theto be&039; Paul wasn&039;t convinced He returned his attention to lighting the re unsuccessfully to blank out the noise co from outside A couple of ht corner of the office was filled with bright light and a sudden war back into the shadows again, &039;let&039;s go&039; Paul instinctively began to backtrack &039;You&039;re completely sure about this?&039; he et out there and?&039; She turned and stared at hier in her face was blindingly apparent &039;Just stop your da and move,&039; she seethed &039;It&039;s too late to back out now Get back to the other end and get the bags ready&039; Relieved to be away froht he walked quickly away to the far end of the office &039;And keep out of sight,&039; she shouted after him &039;Don&039;t let them see you You screw this up and we&039;re trapped&039; He didn&039;t need her to tell hieared around the basic fact that there was only one way for the If their escape route became blocked for any reason then that would be it There would be no second chances Breathing deeply to try and calm her own shattered nerves, Donna cautiously walked away froh the s to her presence The ferocity of their movements increased as she approached - she could see the reaction of the first bodies causing the second and the third to react, then the forth, the fifth and the sixth and so on until the landing was filled with clumsy, aardthrough their decaying htened of her? Did they want to har? Whatever the reason she knew that ultimately it didn&039;t matter Self-preservation was all that was important now She took a deep breath and opened the door For a split-second there was nothing

Then the force of theand stairs caused the crowd to surge forward, spilling into the office and sending countless corpses stuht in the corner of the room was more of a distraction than she was In the relative darkness she was able to turn and run back to the training room &039;Okay?&039; Paul whispered &039;Shut up,&039; she snapped &039;Keep quiet If they hear us they&039;ll start co up this way&039; The two survivors crept quietly out of the training room and towards the other doors Down at the far end of the office they could see a hugeto flood into the rooht The first few of therabbed inquisitively at the laers and thuround, shattering its protective glass cover and leaving the burning mantle exposed Within seconds the carpet and a pile of papers was alight &039;Bloody hell,&039; Donna gasped as she watched the fire spread quickly &039;Let&039;s get ive it a little longer&039; Donna h the doors and watch the bodies continuing to enter the office through the other entrance Still ed the Paul watched the bodies around the light, which had now changed froe-red as the unchecked fire took hold Some of the pitiful creatures walked into the flaed clothes were tinder dry and quickly began to so,&039; Paul insisted &039;Christ, that fire&039;s going to spread through this whole building And when the gas bottles on the lao&039;

&039;I know,&039; Donna interrupted, standing up straight and picking up her few belongings She watched the crowd through the door for aback to look at the fire Several bodies were burning (and still ) now, as was a desk and chair Thick brown s the low ceiling towards them Donna flicked her security pass casually at the control panel at the side of the door and then quietly pushed it open Even now after the bodies had been able to get into the room for severaltowards the open office doors She looked back momentarily to check that Paul ith her and then led hi the landing with their backs pressed against the wall, terrified that they would be seen by the diseased hordes which continued to croards the light Donna stopped just short of the open door which led out onto the staircase &039;Okay?&039; sheforward until we get outside&039; After waiting for another withered body to drag itself through the doorway Donna turned and forced her way out onto the stairs She tripped down in the darkness, pushing randoround level and deflecting countless grabbing hands which reached out for her constantly The heavy footsteps of the survivors on the concrete stairs echoed throughout the dead building as they ran down and down, turning one hundred and eighty degrees at the foot of each short flight and the start of the next Nue froth, speed and fear of Donna and Paul was tooto the side like discarded rag dolls

Through another door and they had reached the reception area Still uishable bodies approached but the survivors did not allow themselves to be distracted Donna led Paul down a final staircase and out into the office car park through an insignificant basement entrance The car park was empty In the safety of the shadows and the darkness they stopped &039;You all right?&039; Paul asked quietly Donna nodded, shaking and breathing heavily &039;I&039;m okay,&039; she replied &039;You?&039; &039;I&039;e noise from above, Donna took a few steps out into the centre of the car park and looked up She could see the floor fro two-thirds of the length of the building were lit up, illue flames Even from where they stood, many meters below, they could hear the crackle and pop of the fire as it consuas cylinder and the cracking of glassanother word, and walking slowly for fear of attracting the attention of the sickly, withered bodies soon ain, Paul and Donna left the car park and began to head towards the centre of the city