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Michael pulled himself up and into a standing position, cracking his neck to the side and heaving heavily as the horde of undead moaned and gurgled at him and Jess through the barred off door. As Michael moved around the new uncharted hallway, Jess offered small anecdotes that Michael half acknowledged as he looked down and up the hallway, spying the blood smeared across the hallway, dried, blackened and tar-like in viscosity. Michael turned around and faced back to where they had come from, the horde was clawing longingly out to them. Michael shivered in repulse at their insatiable hunger.

Then Jess broke his train of gruesome thought with "So...um...What exactly happened back there?" Michael shook his head and rid it of all the worst outcomes possible that could happen at this very moment. "The powers not out... Someone is controlling the prison" Michael said matter-of-factly as he motioned Jess to follow him. "Look up at the ceiling..." He said pointing up towards the lights. As the two passed each one they could see how the lights were all smashed or missing... Every single one. "Whoever is here... they've set this place up to be a maze..." Michael moved towards an intersection and suddenly as he went to turn right a sliding door abruptly shut blocking his and Jess's path, "And whoever it is took Toby and they're pushing us towards somewhere..." Michael kicked the recently closed door and pushed on with Jess, "They took Toby..." Michael said morosely, "And the people who took him... they sort of looked like the people I thought I saw down the road..." Michael moved towards another door and as he passed through it another alarm rang and suddenly he and Jess were separated.

Michael turned around suddenly and a loud "FUCK!" echoed through the hallway. "What the hell! What do you want!?" Michael yelled outwards down the hallway. Michael shone his light down past Jess and before he could properly communicate why she should run the two men behind her began to shout "Don't move and we won't we kill you" they said angrily. Michael looked down the hallway and began to panic for Jess, although he somewhat suspected that being the thrill junkie she seemed to be would probably enjoy a little more action... Michael was about to yell instructions to Jess as he unclipped his torch from himself and handed it through the bars of the door, but suddenly an ear splitting screech filled the entire prison followed by a solid thud and loud boom.

The two men who were on their way to Jess stopped to listen to the sound and Michael cocked his head to the side to try and determine the sound, swearing for a moment he could hear the distant whirring of a helicopter. Michael turned to Jess and quickly hissed "Go down that way, we'll meet up at cell block D! I'll find Tob-"

Suddenly a loud crash and the sound of rubble collapsing filled the air too and down the hall where Jess's would be pursuers stood a hulking great beast burst forth through the wall, allowing daylight to dimly light down the hallway. "What is that?" Michael said in awe, his jaw dropping at the monster that Jess now faced. It lumbered at first, the effort in breaking the wall must have temporarily stunned it... "Jess... You need to move!" Michael shouted, alerting the monster suddenly.

It turned slowly in the direction of Michael's voice. Slackjawed with human like teeth, it bellowed a loud growl down the way towards Jess. It's body couldn't be seen from their position, but the creature was jaundice in colour and thick veins pulsed around it's skin. It had sallow eyes and gaunt cheeks. It's eyes were swollen but it was clear it could see well. The creature was clothed - barely - in some sort of leather, although that only covered it's lower half.. But most strangely, the creature had a small metal plate across the back of it's head, that had a small glass dome over it, with a small red light illuminating gently in the partial darkness as it began a slow jog towards Jess.

Michael yelled again, as it seemed Jess was momentarily shocked by the raucous on her side of the hallway, "RUN JESS!" Michael shouted as he turned himself and made a run down his hallway and turned the corner, hoping Jess would do as Michael urged, and that she'd survive whatever had just made their shitty situation shittier.