ng against steel doors echoed v

nst the building in a relentless rhythm,

y as he grabbed a security guard by his uniform col

trying to push the growing crowd away. "The emergency doo

antically pulling at door handles

ing resonated across the tile fl

et everyone killed,' she thought, forcing her muscles to relax. She stepped for

need to clear the main hallway! Help me move any sta

" he said, his voice surprisingly steady despite the thick sweat shining on his forehead. "We

his support. "Thanks, Derek. Let me chec

ze mid-

tal beds lining the nearby wall. A

nurse was completely empty. Blood still st

arby, the ones holding the patients who had

ere em

mering in her ears. 'They were dead. They couldn't

a shaking finger toward the vacan

mattresses. "Maybe another nurse m

hook her head, her skin crawl

echoing from the far end of the dimly lit corridor. It was a woman'

snatched a heavy metal stand off a

the slick floor. The rain outside sounded distant here, sw

ss the corridor under the f

nting to a treatment room with

e door inward. The hing

eath a metal cabinet, her arms w

with absolute horror. She had both hands clamped tigh

pping to her knees beside her. "It'

wed hard. "It... it didn't attack me," she gasped out, her voice

d, peering cautiously bac

ke wild animals. I saw one of them... it stepped behind a pillar when the security guards walked past. It hid.

'They aren't mindlessly aggressive,' she realized,

rt enough to hide and wait fo

r was happening to these patients was controllin

llic click vibrated th

verhead sputtered twice, g

antly swallowed the

s was completely blocked out by t

nt of her face. The air grew instantly colder, thick

nto the dark, her voice trem

ek's voice came from nearby,

chime buzzed i

The screen lit up on its own, casting a

displayed across the glass

TAL RU

MERGENCY DEPARTMEN

rule? Who sent this?' She tapped the screen frantically, but there was n

een pushed direct

rk...' she thought, her hear

t, the soft, distinct sound of footsteps echoe

Tap

g slowly across t

screen. Beside her, she heard Derek hold h

knees tighter to her

opped right at t

ed out, heavy a

ath blew into the room,

out of the darkness, quie

r... h

ld. The voice didn't

exactly lik