Jack found out that it was dark outside the hallway and there is no rays of sunlight can be seen.

There is only a single stairs window that he saw where the sunlight can pass through. He even saw some attackers (living dead) at the corner of the hallway where they are planning to pass through. Jack closes back the door and then look at the others.

"We need to be more attentive there are attackers outside of this room and there are plenty of them." Jack tries to warning them of what was going to be seen outside when they go out from the room.

"But the good thing is that, I saw the stairs that can reach the rays of the sun. If we can reach in there as fast as we can. We will be okay." Jack said as he was trying to calm the others.

He take a look at the old man and old lady behind Margaret.

"Can you walk faster?" Referring to the two of them.

"Yes. We can still walk faster mister. We will." They responded both and then he take a glance to Margaret.

"Hold her tight. Both of them. I will be here to guide you okay?" Jack said and Margaret nodded with her worried face.

"That's good. I need you all to walk fast as you can and don't look anywhere and just focus going to the stair." Jack said as he was looking at Winston from behind because he has doubts in him but still needed him to concentrate on the mission.

They needed to get out as fast as they can without hopefully any problems on their way.

"As I have said FOCUS, okay?" Jack said as he was referring to Winston behind.

While Winston was having a problem with himself, he can't control his nervous. His hands were shaking and Jack notice that.

"Winston!", Jack exclaimed in a whispering tone.

But Winston wasn't listening to Jack. His head was too busy looking around.

"WINSTON!" Jack called him the second time and then Winston lifted his head and look at Jack.

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"Are you alright?" Jack ask.

"Yes, sure. Let's go." Winston responded.

Jack was nervous of what he saw on Winston but they needed to move quickly.

"Okay, Winston I need you to focus on the attackers okay? If they get near us, use this." Jack said as he was talking the gun he was holding.

Winston nodded as a respond to Jack.

"Shoot them straight in the head. Got it?" Jack continues.

"Got it." Winston exclaimed.

"On my mark at the count of three, I will open the door and we will go. Got it?" Jack commanded and they all nod as a respond to him.

When Jack was about to count, everybody was paying attention to him but at the same time felt nervous what could be happen out there. Jack even felt his sweat falling from his forehead down to his face. He was signaling his fingers from counting, then old man and old lady started to hold each other tight.

When he signal three in his fingers and whisper it at the same, Jack turned the knob of the door to open it. He quickly step out and they all follow him. They are walking so fast so they can reach the stairs where the rays of the sunlight can reach. But reaching half way of the hallway, an attacker notice them hurrying from walking.

When the attacker turn his head into their location and saw them, he moves quickly into their way sniffing and growling sound of a hungry living dead can be heard. Then followed by the others in their way.

Winston didn't even notice the attackers in his way because he was busy trying to reach the stairs and he was focusing on looking in front not on his behind. But Jack quickly saw those attackers when he was about to turned his left to protect Margaret and the old couples to walk first.

The attacker was getting near to Winston when Jack fire his riffle to the attackers, some has been shot from the head and some just gotten hit in their body. They fell down but stand up after a shot from their body, so Jack continue to fire his rifle to all the attackers. That made all the living dead downstairs heard that loud noise and being triggered by it so they made a loud growling sound and screeching moans trying to sniff where is the location of that sound of fire came from.

Even at the other side of the building where all the attackers (living dead) where hiding were triggered by the noise of the successive gun shots. There are plenty of them and they 've got it into their location.

Jack glance at those survivors who nearly reaching the stairs and Winston wasn't even a big help to him because he can't fire even a single attacker to their heads. He hit them in the body that triggers the attackers (living dead) to move in their way.

Jack can't control them anymore and he just continuously open fire his AR-15 until he reached the stair with the other survivors.

Margaret was shaking while holding the two kids that were both crying. The old man who were holding his wife very tight not to let her go. Jack was still firing his rifle, he got empty and even shakingly got his extra cartridge in her chest and reload it but because of his shakingly hands moving it was too late for him when he was trying to insert the cartridge. He release it and fell to the floor.

The attackers (living dead) were already reaching him and tryin' to hold unto him. Margaret were already shouting when he saw Jack was already been attack by the two living dead. Winston don't know what to do, he was shaking heavily because of his fear by seeing those living dead in a close contact. Jack uses his strength to defend himself by using his rifle but they are very strong and can't even feel any pain in their body.

Jack still trying to push them away and when the face (one of the attacker) gets in his face. He was surprise when someone fired.

'BANGGGG! BANGGG! BANGG!' It was the loud sound of a gun.

Winston fire his gun to the living dead that was about to bite Jack in his face. He hit it in the face while the other one just got hit in his body. The other one just step back and was about to attack again when Jack reaches his gun in his waist and fire it straight to the head of the living dead that makes it fell down immediately. Jack was breathing so heavy while reaching the cartridge of his rifle who fell on the floor when was trying to reload it.

"RUN!" He shouted to them and they all continue to run his way to the stairs down to the second floor of the building.

But Winston out of shock he can't even move a single step so Jack pushes him downstairs ,

"GO!" He said and then Winston gasped in shock and immediately ran after the others.