Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

Back in the hospital.

Just as Kate reached the T section of a hallway, she slowly peaked out of the corner.

She could see two men standing outside the door with a rebar in their hand, with several hostages behind them.

As Kate patiently waited, a man came out of the room with two more hostages.

Suddenly, the three men turned toward Kate's direction and started walking.

"Shit... What are the chances." Kate quietly mumbled as she got behind a nearby curtain just as the three men reached where she was earlier.

"Your turn." The two men looked toward the man in the middle.

"Fine."

The man in the middle knocked on Xiaoyun's door, but there was no response from the inside.

The man knocked again, but still no response from the inside. So the man tried to turn the doorknob, but it was locked.

"Hello? Is anyone inside? I'm the doctor doing a checkup." The man softly asked towards the room.

Still, no response came out of the room as the hallway remained dead silent.

"Nobody is probably inside the room." The man in the middle commented.

"Yeah, you're right."

As the three walked away for a second, they suddenly rushed back and kicked the door in unison.

The door hinges popped open with a loud pop as the inside was revealed.

"Huh, there is no one in the room." The man in the middle commented as he walked inside the room.

As the two stayed outside waiting with the other hostages, they started to get a little impatient.

"Are you done checking yet?" One of them yelled.

"Yeah, almost. Let me check this closet."

Just as the man was about to open the closet, it suddenly opened by itself.

"Hand's up where I can see them." Tianci jumped out of the closet as she pointed the gun at the man.

The man immediately dropped the rebar on the ground and raised his hand.

Hearing the sound coming from inside, the other two rushed inside the room.

"What the hell is happening——"

"You two, raise your hand up before I put a bullet in your head," Tianci warned the two standing at the doorway.

Just as Tianci moved her gun to point at the other two, the man in front of her rushed toward Tianci to try to knock the gun out of her hand.

Tianci anticipated that the man was going to try to take the gun, so she simply kicked the man right in the stomach.

The man yelled out in pain as he collapsed onto the bed behind him and fell onto the floor.

The other two immediately dropped their rebar and raised their hands, seeing their friend rolling in pain from a single kick.

Kate walked back into the room and noticed Tianci had already neutralized all three threats as she had tied them up.

"Damn, you are a lot stronger than I expected," Kate commented as she noticed the broken hospital bed she slept on earlier.

"Oops, I didn't mean to break that." Tianci turned around and noticed the broken bed as well.

"I'm sure it's fine. Anyway, where's Xiaoyun?" Kate curiously asked as she couldn't see him in the room.

"I put him in the lower closet. Let me go get him out."

As Tianci opens the closet, Kate sees Xiaoyun curled into a ball as he barely fits in the lower department.

"Geez, that place is so dusty. Did you really have to put me there?" Xiaoyun swings his hand around his dusty face as Tianci lifts Xiaoyun back to the bed.

"It's for your safety," Tianci replied.

"Whatever... you two can interrogate those three. I'm going to take a nap." Xiaoyun closed his eyes and pulled the blanket back up.

Tianci and Kate looked at each other for a moment and then dragged the three men out into the hallway and put the door back into place.

As they stepped outside, all the hostages that were still tied up looked toward the two with hope.

"Tianci, you go untie them. I'll interrogate these three."

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As the three followed Kate into a patient's room, they started having ideas in their heads.

"Would you mind confessing why are you guys here?" Kate asked nicely.

"We're here to take hostages to the front." One of them replied.

The other two looked surprised by the sudden confession by their groupmate.

"Why are you betraying us? You won't be let go even if you confess everything." One of them yelled out.

"Shush, I didn't let you talk yet." Kate aimed her pistol at the person who yelled out loud.

The man instantly turned quiet as Kate turned her attention back to the first person.

"Where are you guys from?" Kate inquired.

"We were forced to come to this town after our settlement was destroyed. We ran out of the cages they set us in and followed our boss here." The man explained.

"How about the hostages? How many people do you guys have? And what weapons?" Kate threw in multiple questions at once.

"Boss asked us to bring them to the front as a bargaining chip against the police. We have six people in total, and we all have rebar beside the boss, who has a gun inside his jacket."

"I see... Thank you for your cooperation. I'll tell the police and try to give you a lighter sentence."

"Wait, we can tell more than him." The other two yelled out as they saw their groupmate getting a free promise.

"Too late now," Kate replied as she stepped out of the room and locked it, leaving the three fully tied inside.

"How was it?" Tianci curiously asked as all the hostages the three gathered were untied.

"They are just some unhappy newcomer that coincidently ran to the hospital..." Kate started explaining all the information she had gathered.

"I see... What should we do now, then?" Tianci curiously asked.

"They'll realize their friend has been gone for too long. All we have to do is hide and wait." Kate explained her idea.

Tianci nodded in agreement with the plan.

"Hey, can you all stay in a room? I'll call you all to come out when it's safe." Kate asked as she looked towards the hostages.

The hostages went inside a room as directed and closed the door.

"You hide behind that curtain, and I hide behind this curtain. I'll knock out the one on the left when the other three walk in. Can you knock the other two out?" Kate asked.

"Sure, I think I can do that." The two went behind the door and started waiting patiently.

After waiting for ten minutes, the three men finally walked towards the hallway.

"Hey, boss, is it just me, or is this place awfully quiet?" One of the men spoke up.

"Yeah, it is a little bit too quiet." Li Cibing replied.

As they walked past the doorway, Tianci and Kate immediately jumped out and kicked their target onto the floor.

Cibing tried to pull out his pistol, but Tianci kicked his hand away, with Kate kicking him in the shin to force him to fall onto the floor.

"That was easy," Tianci commented as she tied up the two.

"Well, they aren't trained professionals or anything. More like a bunch of street thugs." Kate replied as she tied up Cibing.

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When the SWAT team finally breached and sneaked inside from the back entrance, Tianci and Kate had already freed all the hostages and tied up all six of them to the front of the hospital.

"Took you guys long enough," Kate commented as the SWAT team took over the escapee.

"Sorry about that. I had to make sure they couldn't hear us breaking in. How did you guys manage to arrest them all?" The SWAT team leader was in awe as he entered the building through the front door.

"They only got a bunch of tools, and only one person have a gun. They were dumb enough to check their friend without hostage, so what do you think?" Kate replied as she rolled her eyes.

"Well... I don't know that." The SWAT leader awkwardly scratched his head as he ran out of words.

"Hello, two great citizens of the town. I just want to thank you for helping and resolving the situation...

Do you two want to join the police force? I can give you both the highest starting position," Li Zhen suggested as he walked toward the three.

"Sorry, I'm already working as a bodyguard," Kate replied.

"Yeah, me too," Tianci added.

"Bodyguard? That is such a waste. If you join, I would even put you two to lead the SWAT team unit. It's one of the highest salaries in the town." Li Zhen doubled down to try to get the two to join.

Kate was tempted for a second, and Tianci shook her head from the start.

"Hey Li Zhen, long time no see." Yueyue suddenly appeared out of nowhere as she walked into the conversation.

"Yeah, it's been a while... Anyway, how's the work going?" Li Zhen asked.

"Going pretty fine... Good thing I wasn't assigned to deal with securing that perimeter." Yueyue smirked.

"Yeah, I'm always stuck with the short end of the stick." Li Zhen sighed.

"Speaking of work, did you try to poach my workers to work for you?" Yueyue brought it up.

"Yours? You mean these two ladies work for you?" Li Zhen looked surprised hearing the question.

"Yes, they do," Yueyue replied with a determination in her face.