Chapter 29 - Rescue

"So, Denton, I need all the details to save the people on the roof of this building. How many people are there? How efficient is the route you guys took to come down from above and mainly how many zombies?" asking for a full report from Denton.

"Yes, I will tell you. The route we took is mainly all right except the fact that you need to pass through the lobby of the first floor to get to the safe stairs we took to come down. The regular stairs are swarmed by the zombies so it's not safe. There are almost 40 zombies on the first floor."

Steve nodded and motioned him to continue.

"So after crossing the lobby and into a hallway, you reach the stairs. There are no zombies in the stairway. We killed them all on our way down slowly. That is one of the major reasons for our delay. The top floor was clean when we killed the few that were there, but we can not say the situation now.

There are about 20 people on the roof. Most are elderly who work in the company. They are tired as we had no food for them last night. We could only give them some fruits and biscuits, which were on the floor."

Listening to Denton, Steve was shocked at some moments like how Denton told him they killed zombies on their own but did not pry as he noticed the sword in Mona's hand. After Denton was done he got an overview of the complete situation and nodded.

He turned back towards the soldiers waiting for orders behind him, all equipped with guns, ready to go for war.

"All right Soldiers, The people we need to save are on the top of this building. From the information, I heard Most of the journey up is safe but only if we get across the lobby on the first floor. Get ready, we move out in 5 minutes." and turned back towards both of them and nodded, making his way towards the soldiers to get ready.

Mona and Denton stood in their spot before Mona slowly turned towards Denton and asked, "Is he your brother?"

"Yes, my family is of military background. My father is in the military and also my grandfather was in it. He is my elder brother, and he followed their footsteps into the military, while I studied and started my business in the city." Nodding explained Denton.

Mona nodded understanding and asked Denton once again looking at the vehicle Mark was in, "Will he be okay?"

She felt bad knowing she couldn't save him in time and now he is in such a situation. She knew his personality was selfish from the beginning but did not hold it against him. It was only due to Mark they could get down and would have been impossible otherwise.

"He will be fine. But we should make this quick so we can take him to some treatment in the military base." feeling the same as her.

Mona nodded and both of them remained still, observing all the members of the military running around. There were about 50 soldiers in this batch and they bought 4 vehicles each with enough to hold 25 people.

After a few minutes of waiting, Steve approached them fully suited. He nodded at both of them and they nodded back. Steven asked 30 of the soldiers to remain here, cook, and take care of the vehicles from any zombies. He also asked them to cook some food for the people after hearing they did not eat.

Taking the rest of the 50 soldiers with him, they followed Mona and Denton towards the stairs. Before opening the door, Denton reminded his brother, "You guys should be as quiet as you guys can. There are zombies on this staircase and the number is not small. We should only get to the 1st floor to enter the hallway."

Steve nodded and lifted his hand, making some signals for the soldiers to understand. Slowly opening the door, Mona was the first to enter after noticing no zombies near the door. She slowly made her way up, followed by Denton and the army behind her.

As she slowly climbed, she noticed a zombie on the stairs to the 2nd floor and paused. She turned around and gestured to Steve. Steve understood and lifted his hand making some signals and 2 soldiers came out of the line behind

The two soldiers crossed Mona and went in front of her before one of them took aim and shot the zombie, while the other caught the body quickly. The guns had silencers equipped, not giving any sound when they shot. Their good coordination surprised Mona, she was impressed by the military way of doing things; they were quicker than how she and Mark did..

After they looked around and found no more zombies, they stood near the door and waited for the others to get inside while they guard the door. Mona slowly followed them up, and they went into the hallway slowly. There was only a single zombie in the path, which she took quick care of before making the soldiers come in.

Steve turned back as they got in, including the soldiers near the door, and said, "4 of you stay here and guard the door. If it gets harder, you can go back."

Hearing him, 4 soldiers separated from the rest and stayed behind, while the remaining slowly made their way following Mona through the hallway. Mona stopped at the end, near the lobby, and turned towards Steve and asked him to come to the front.