Chapter 87 - Mark's Help

As David went off with his team, Mark sat on a chair as he looked at Suzie. He asked Suzie to take a rest, and he followed his words and lay down on the bed and slept. Looking at her he had only one thought, 'I need to make her normal again.'

In these few days he travelled with her beside him, he understood things would only get tougher from here on out and with her always beside him, it would be harder. He won't be able to have her beside him. But with him not being beside her would be harder for her, which he doesn't want. 

He needed to do something quick, and it had to be effective. He decided to have a talk with her later when she wakes up again from her sleep. But as he continued to think about it, he looked outside and saw the sun slowly going down. The time was already 4 and it would only be a few hours before the sun goes down. 

But he suddenly heard people shouting from the outside. He stood up feeling confused and went up to the window. He looked down and saw a horde of zombies in front of the main gate of the hospital premise. There were nearly 50 zombies, probably more than that. The people who were fighting against these zombies mainly had melee weapons like hammers and rods. 

It would be hard for them to survive if it continued like that, and the camp would be swarmed with zombies once they die. He sighed as he remembered the promise he gave to David before he left. Cursing his luck, he thought over whether he really has to go down and save them. By how things are going he might have to, but by that time it would be too late for any saving. 

Feeling defeated by the promise he gave, he took out his gun and checked the magazine. It was nearly full but won't be enough. He had to aid them and by looking at the numbers it would probably be more than that. He went to his bag and took out two more magazines. Keeping them in his pocket, he wrote a small note for Suzie and kept it beside her bed. He slowly exited the room and made his way down. 

As he reached the lobby of the hospital he already noticed the Mayor, Baren, and another old man wearing a police officer dress. He went towards them and they turned towards him after hearing footsteps. 

Baren was the first to react, "Are you going to help?" With some anticipation. He was worried about the present situation. They sent most of their personnel on the mission to find vehicles and only had a very few to guard the camp. They needed any aid they could get. 

Mark nodded and said as he passed them, "Well, I made a promise to help, to the idiot member of mine. So I am here to aid your people." And went towards the steel gate. 

As he arrived, he noticed how there were only 2 people with guns and the rest only had some melee weapons. He went to the side of the steel gate and immediately climbed it. He noticed the situation from above the wall. The people with melee were able to form a very weak barricade in front of the main gate. But it looked like it might fall over any second. It allowed the people to hit the zombies with their weapons from over the barricade. 

He continued to look at all the members fighting against the zombies. But suddenly one zombie started to climb the barricade to attack the person on top. The guy wasn't able to react, and the zombie tried to jump at him. Mark took out his gun when he noticed it and shot a bullet right through the zombie's head, killing it immediately. The zombie's body fell back down into the horde. 

The man turned his head towards Mark and nodded before turning back and continuing to kill the zombies. Mark continued to look over the situation and continued to kill the zombies which came too close to the people in front. He only helped them if they were about to get attacked and nothing more. But unexpectedly his killing became more. The people started to become slower and hence the zombies climbed up faster. 

Mark continued to kill the zombies and by the time everything was done, he already went through another magazine he brought. Everyone exhaled in relief as the last zombie was killed by one of the people. Mark kept his gun back and jumped off the wall and walked towards the hospital. 

He sighed at what happened. He helped more than he thought he would. As he came up to the entrance of the hospital, the mayor immediately came up to him and said, "Thank you for your support just now. If it wasn't for you, this camp would have already been overrun by the zombies." With a sincere smile along with the other two. 

Mark nodded and nonchalantly said as he continued to go inside, "As I said before, I only helped because a member of my party asked. If it wasn't for him, I would have cared less what would have happened to this camp." And went into a hallway. 

As he climbed the stairs he thought, 'David, I did as I promised you. I swear if you continue doing these in the future I would not hesitate to leave you.' it was too problematic for him. David was too kind for their own good and if this continues to happen either he would die, or because of him even they would face tough consequences. 

He reached the room and found Suzie was still sleeping. It had been only an hour since he helped. He closed the door. Kept the empty magazine in his bag. He laid on the bed, kept his gun under the pillow, and closed his eyes for a small nap.