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Meanwhile, in a building which is at a few thousand of meters from the beach, Jayce is entering the recording room of that building, where another three survivors are waiting for the man to come. After he came into the room, Kataro is looking at Bibi.

"He is him?"

"Yes." she replies to Kataro.

"Thank you." says Jayce hugging his fiancé after he let him inside of the building, and saw she's alright and in a good shape. "Thanks Heavens you are not bitten."

"Y-You are okay?" asks Bibi on Jayce arms after she saw his clothes covered in blood.

"Yes. I am fine."

"What's with the blood? Who's that?" asks Tarya feeling sick as she sees blood on Jayce.

"I'd rather not talk about this. Messed up shit on the street."

"I saw it." says Bibi to Jayce.

"Have you been bitten?" asks Jayce to Bibi.

Bibi only shook her head in disapproval meaning she hasn't been bitten by one of these creatures who are luring on the streets or inside of the house.

"Anyone from here was bit by a zombie?" asks Jayce to the other three musicians.

All of them said "No." to Jayce, and this made Jayce feel better to know not anyone from here it's not bitten. Then, the man remembers a thing from the manual of the zombie. He leaves Bibi alone, and he looks at the other three people.

"Do you people smoke?"

"Why are you asking that?" asks Kataro.

"T-There is a thing. About this virus. It can transform even the person unbitten or dead into a zombie if they have a weak respiratory system. Smokers as seen as one of the most vulnerable "victims" of this disease. So, again. Do any people of you smoke?"

"I was." says Jayo tossing the pack of cigars into the nearest trash can.

"That will not be enough." says Jayce feeling bad. "Gods have mercy on your soul."

This sentence is making Jayo shake a bit.

"Are you sure this virus can infect people with weak respiratory system?" asks Tarya to Jayce.

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"I am sure. That stated the manual that was given to us. At the moment, the manual is in hands of Morgan, a good friend of mine."

"Morgan has survived?" asks Bibi surprised and happy by this information.

"Yes. He is now at his house. He is keeping safe a group of survivors. Didn't count them because the moment he showed up, I left the house and ran here. But at the looks of it, it will be wise to stay overnight." he says as he is looking at the sky and he sees the Sun going down, then he checks his watch, and notices it is already 6:54 P.M.

"Can you communicate with this Morgan?" asks Kataro, our phones have died and communication is lost.

"I have a walkie-talkie." says Jayce showing the walkie-talkie station to the group of four people. "I can talk with Morgan through this. And I should-"

"Jayce! Jayce!" says the voice from the walkie-talkie, coming from Morgan. "Jayce. Do you copy? Over."

"Here, Jayce. I got your message, friend. Over." replies Jayce on the walkie-talkie by pressing the button to talk to it, and releasing it after he finished speaking.

"You made it?"

"Yes." says Jayce to Morgan. "I found all four of the survivors, and a hell of a swarm of zombies here. Are you fine?"

"Yes. all of us is fine. Over."

"Good to hear. Over."

"I got a message from the Army, Jayce. They are on their way here. Over."

"Glad to hear it." says Jayce having a big smirk on his face. "They are going to rescue us? Have you given the coordinates? Over."

"That's the problem. They are going to only free the city. Which I think it would be to kill the zombies. Over."

At the hearing of this, Jayce and the four people have looked at each other, stunned by this statement.

"Are you joking?"

"I am not." says Morgan who sounds sad as Jayce and other members. "They've sent me message to seek shelter somewhere safe and not be on the road. Probably killing the zombie on the streets to make free space for them to move on foot and stabilize a camp for survivors."

"B-But they've said they will come to the beach."

"Change of plans, probably. I am as unsure as you are, Jayce. I wish they can give us a reason why they are telling us to keep shelter instead of being rescued."

"Hope they will give us an explanation after they finish the mission. Over."

"I hope so. Over." says Morgan.

"Stay safe. We'll talk later." says Jayce.

"Same to you, my friend. Over." and closes the transmission.

Jayce is putting the walkie-talkie on the trousers pocket, he looks at his group of four people, who are feeling scared of what is going to happen. The cop is telling them that everything will be okay.

"How can everything be okay if the authorities will not help us!?" asks Tarya.

"We will survive." says Jayce to the group. "Listen. I have been prepared by this type of apocalypse. Sort of. And I was told what kind of zombies I am facing. Even you kinda know what type you are facing, that is because of the zombies movies. You know what I'm talking about?"

"Yes, we do." replies Jayo. "Last of Us from HBO. The walking Dead Franchise."

"Shaun of the Dead." says Kataro.

"iZombie." says Bibi remembering a night where she watched a horror movie with Jayce.

"See. Without those, all of us we would have died. Now, what we need to do now is to stay put and wait for the morning to go outside. Because going outside is deadly. We stay here, and we rest for the night."

Jayce looks around the studio, he sees this room doesn't have much furniture for them to use to sit, lay back and take a night sleep, so he decides to leave the recording room to go and carry some furniture pieces. He carries it with Kataro and Jayo. The three dudes have carried in the room one couch and two chairs.

When they finished it, Jayce locks the recording room and stays in there until the morning will arise and with it will come a new day for survivors.