The three of them were talking about potentially cover stories, when we heard yelling coming from the lobby. Clayton poked his head out to see if the coast was clear.
"What's happening?" Zima asked
"I don't know, i can't hear from here" Clayton closed the door.
"Well, you two still need to leave. If you caught, we all screwed " Ann interjected
"OK, Zima you ok? I will stay if you need me" Clayton asked
"Yeah, i have Ann and i know i have you" Zima gushed
"OK" Clayhtonb made his way back to the door, opened it and peeked out. "Don't see nobody"
We slowly left the room and went back down the hall. Going down the stairs, the commission from the lobby grew.
"We need to see what's going on" Clayton asked "Don't worry, just a quick peek and we go back"
I reluctantly went after him. We made it to the stairs leading to the lobby and saw the scene before us. A man was bleeding on the couch, people huddled around him. Men that looked like cops were trying to calm everybody down. Kids from the trip were helplessly yelling and tapping on their phones.
"Everybody, I know we all are worried and scared. But, we need to calm down" The oldest looking cop in the room said. He countied "The lights are out, but that means help is on its way."
"How do you know that?" One people said
"Because, when lights go out people usually notice that. That means people who can help. We have food,water, and candles. We have everything we need to wait this out."
"Het, what happened to the guy on the couch" Clayton mouthed
"What are you doing?" I said
"Listen kid, he got hurt that's it" The old man respond
"Hurt by what?" Someone asked
"Listen, that's not important, right now. What is important is that we are ok."
"So ok that you won't tell us what happened to the guy?" Clayton questioned. People in the lobby agreeing with him
"Yes and that is finale" The old man said before turning his attention to the bleeding man
People in the lobby were not happy with the repsoned the old man gave. Some went back to their rooms and others continued to try their phones.
"Whatever" Clayton said.
"Mister Miller" A voice from behind us said
We turned around and saw that it was Ms,Fisher
"We woke up because of the noise, sorry" Clayton said
"You came down from the end of the hallway, when your room is 2-E."
"Well, uhhhhh" Clayton shuttered
"I'M gonna have to put you two in your rooms for the rest of the trip" She responded
"Wait, I went to Zima because i thought she was having a panic attack, ok" Clayon confessed
Ms.Fisher went silent for a minute, then said "Just go back to our room, ok. It's my job to check on the students, ok?'
We both nodded our heads and returned to our rooms.
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Harrison looked around the room. He saw multiple people that could help him with his idea.
"Everybody listen, we have a situation on our hands tonight. We need strong people, preferably with police or military background"
A few hands slowly went up
"Anybody else? We need all the hands we can get '' He waited and saw some other hands went up "Ok, now listen. We got a problem, keep this to yourselves. There are some animals that are acting up and we need some medical supplies for our friend here. Now this is dangerous, something wrong with animals around here. There is a high possibility that yall will get hurt. That's why if you don't want to go, you can stay here."
Harrison let his speech take effect on the people. Few went pale, others looked around for approval, and some put their hands down.
"For those who choose to come, grab whatever you can use as a weapon. We will divide into teams and go on different objectives ok?"
The volunteers slowly filtered out of the lobby and went out searching.
"We need to get Dylan" Tony said
"Son, I know. We need to get back to the stratino,see if we can get into the vault. If we need to, we gotta break into Sam's shop. I think hells understand." Harrison said
After a while, the volunteers came back with a myriad of weapons. They were wenches, knives, hammers, and even table legs.
"It's the best we get" Harrison thought
"Alright, we are splitting into teams. One will go the the police station and the other will head to the hospital." Harrsion started to separate them into two "Tony, you take one team and head to the hospital. Me and Malcom will head to the station"
"Are you sure?" Tony asked
"Yeah, those wolves are probably still there," Harrison said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Then we should all come, more firepower"
"And more people to potentially lose"
Tony stop for a moment before shaking his head with Harrison's thought process
After a while, the two teams were made and they were excited about the hotel. Tony took his team and went towards the hospital, while Harrison,Malcolm, and their team went to the station.
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Harrison's group walked as fast, but as quietly as they could towards the station. They saw the police cars intact. Harrison motioned the group to the side of the station and peered around the corner. When he didn't see the wolves, he rushed out hiding and went over to the cars. He looked inside and saw the shotguns were still in the car.
He motioned his hand to Malcom to come over. Malcolm crouched and walked over to him.
"The shotguns are in the car. We can get them. Tell them to go into the station" Malcolm nodded and walked back the group and led them into the station.
Harrison fished in his pocket and got the keys. After looking around to make sure the wolves weren't around, he went to the driver side door and unlocked it. He got in,grabbed the shotgun and quickly exited the vehicle.
The 12 gauge felt heavy in his hands while he ran back into the station. The group was huddled around the back of the station.
"Yall, found anything?" Harrison questioned
"Yeah we got the keys, Malcolm is getting the vault now" A woman said
"Good, we need all the firepower we can get"
"Harrison, we in" Malcolm called out
Harrison went into the vault and saw the weapons lined the wall.
"After we stock up. We are going after Dylan. Who experienced with guns?" Harrison
A couple of hands rose up.
"Good, each takes a shotgun and if you are confident in a rifle. The animals are being affected by something, so all that knows about dealing with them is out the window." Harrison let his words set in. "We are out to find a man name Dylan. He is 6,2,white, with a crew cut. Make sure to identify yourselves before approaching him. He may be in a heightened state because of the wolves. You got it? Ok lets go"
The group exited the station, splitting up to find Dylan. Harrison, along with a man and a woman.
"I need ya names, don't want to get confused" Harrison told the pair
"The name Ian and hers is Luna" The man answered, with the girl waving to him,
"Soldiers?" Harrison asked
"Former and she wants to be one. Also, she wouldn't let me leave without her'' Ian said
"All right, was heres our game plan. If you see any animal, don't say a word and group up as fast as possible. Something made these things more resilient than normal"
The two shook their heads in responde and the trio continued on their way.
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Tony's group saw their destination in sight. It was a moderate sized building, giving a welcoming and comforting glow. The lights was still on, thanks to the generator.
They made their way to the entrance when the glass doors were smashed. Tony made the group stop and capitol made his way to the doors. He looked inside and saw the lobby was trashed, claw marks was everywhere. He entered the hospital and saw the body of a receptionis , mauled to death. He couldn't even see if it was a man or a woman.
He signaled the team to come into the lobby.
"We were sticking together. No wandering off or splitting." He ordered
Exiting the lobby, the group saw that the claws mark counting down the hall branching off the lobby. They counted down the hall when they started to hear screaming. Tony and the rest drew their weapons and entered the patient's wing. The screaming was becoming clear when they called a group of people shoved into a room, while a massive grizzly bear tried its best to get in.
Tony immediately made the group back out of the wing and back into the hall.
"Shit, what the fuck are we gonna do?" A man stammered out.
"Well, we can't let that thing tear into those people now can't we?" Tony looked back as saw the bear still focused on the people in the room. "Wait here"
He snuck back into the wing and saw the bear. He turned around and saw the wing lead into a complex web of other hallways. He went back to the hall.and turned to the man.
"OK, so i'm gotta shoot the bear then run down the hallways breaching off here. You get as many people as you can out of there while I'm gone." He said
"You can't outrun a bear, much a grizzly"
"I'm not planning to outrun a bear. I'm planning on getting it away from you guys as long as possible. Also, grab as many supplies you can" He ordered
The man barely took in what Tony said when he was already taking off. The bear immediately noticed and gave chase. Tony made his way through the hallways as he heard the beast gaining on him. He continued to weave around corners when he saw a space decorated for the elevators. He ran to open and and pressed the button as he was running. He found himself back in the lobby and turned around to see the bear squeezing it way through the hallway to him.
He wired till he got halfway through to run down another hallway. He circled back around till he found the elevators again. One of them was arriving on the floor he and the bear were on.
WHen it reached the floor, it opened. Tony ran in and pressed the lowest button he could find... He heard the road of the bear as it circled its way around to him. It came raring in and lunged for him, mouth wide open. Tony tried to get out of its way, but its teeth took a chunk of arm before the bear fell into the elevator. Tony quickly ran out of the elevator. Pressing the close door button on his way out. The bear struggled to get back upright, finally getting up when the elevator doors closed.
Tony limped his way back to the hallway. His group was helping the people trapped in the room.
"What happened to you? Let me see you arm" A woman in a white raob said
"Nothing, Monroe"
Monroe injured Tony in a bad attempt to distract her and grabbed him to look at it.
"Are doctors supposed to be that rough?"
"Only when the patients is being stubborn" She respond
"Well,Listen, that thing resembling a bear is not in the picture yet ok.? We need to hurry up and get everybody out of here" Tony said
"Ok, well we're already getting stuff out now. Were Harrioson and them?"
"You won't believe me, but they are dealing with even more crazy shit. Now, again there is a bear in the basement. So, we might want to speed this up. "
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Harrison's team continued thiwe search for Dylan when they saw smoke come drifting into the air.
"The hell is that" Thought Harrison
The trio made their way from the shops to the smoke locations. When they got there, some of the other teams were already watching the fire before them. It was the town's library. They saw some men dragging something out of the blaze.
Harrison broke from Ian and Luna to see what it was,
"What the hell is happening?" he asked the crowd
""Saw the damn place on fire and saw this guy was in it" Malcolm said trying the snuff out flames on said guy
Harrison looked at the man on the ground and his heart dropped
"Dylan?"
The man painfully turned to Harrison and gave a grimace smile.
"Took your trick, Malcolm" Was all he said before passing out.
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"Everybody, screw the building we need to get my back immediately!" Harrison yelled out, already getting his officer shoulders.
Others, along with Ian and Luna. help Harrison and Malcolm with Dylan and they turned their backs on the blaze behind them rushing to save the burned officer.