The short battle had come to an end, but it had done so revealing a lot of truths to everyone. Zain and his companions had quickly left, taking Sarah's body along with them. He did as she wished and hadn't turned her.
Meanwhile, Buke wasn't so upset about what had happened or the loss of Sarah, but was mulling over the words of Humfree. He had looked at the dead bodies of not just the zombies but some of his own hunters and he could tell something wasn't right.
Meanwhile, when Carl and the others had reached the area where they were meant to meet up with Humfree, they found only a few remains of his body. The helicopters themselves had been destroyed along with most of what was known as the Dark Zombies.
A big change had started to occur from these events, after that day. One of them was the movement of the demons. For a long time, it was theorised that one of the reasons they hadn't expanded out much or seen as much as they had done until now, was due to the high stage zombies in the centre of the city.
It turned out, that wasn't the case at all. The demons were just waiting for the right time, and with the two organisations disappearing, they felt like it was now the right time. The demons were making their move, spreading out, surpassing what territory the civilians and military had, while also taking the Zombie Hunters that were out as scouts.
As for Zain and his group, they too were put in a difficult situation. Carl was to lead the Dark Zombies, what was left of them. It was a token group of around ten members, one of them being Dart who had managed to survive.
On top of that, Wendy, Anna, and Kyle were all to stay with him as well. The trust seemed to grow as they lessened in numbers and had been through what they had been through.
However, Carl had actually come to Zain wishing to stay with him. Zain understood his position and he felt it was best the two work together. For now, the Dark Zombies were constantly on the move, not staying in one place for long.
Zain had placed a zombie horde member, Cobra along with him. He would use this to communicate with Carl when the time was right, meanwhile, Skittle, Pink, Kun, Dab and Kelly all came along with him, in the search of the cure that Sarah had mentioned.
"We're finally here." Zain said. "It took us a while to get here."
"Who would have thought that she would have placed something so important, in an important place." Kun said.
Right now, the group was standing at a bank placed toward the centre of the city. The outside of the building was destroyed, such as the windows, but not much else.
"I guess in our world right now, there is no need for money." Kelly stated. "She probably put it in a bank thinking that no one would come looking for it here of all places. It's one of those things, it's probably the first place you think people would look but at the same time the last."
When they entered the inside, it did certainly seem that way. The inside of the counters, the sofas and more were trashed up, but based on the way the dust had settled on things, it appeared as if no one had been here in a long time. Only at the start of everything.
After climbing over the counter, the group went towards the back, and that's when they came across a large vault door.
"Ah, I know what this is!" Dab said excitedly. "It's where people lock away those important items like diamonds or something, and then you need a key, like the bank manager and the one on the person."
Kun went to the vault and attempted to pull it a few times but it just wouldn't budge.
"Did Sarah tell you the location of the key by any chance?" Skittle asked.
"No." Zain replied as he walked forward, he then readied his fst, and tensed it tightly.
"I have a feeling, she could tell, that as long as I knew where it was I could get it."
Throwing out a fist, it smashed into the metal vault door and bent it inward, nearly folding it in half. It hadn't completely broken off just from one hit, but they all could tell the strength Zain had in his fist.
"What the heck happened while we were away!" Pink thought. Even if she kicked the thick steel vault door a hundred times, it would look nothing like this.
Zain went on to hold onto the bent metal, and with a pull he broke it away from the wall and threw it behind him. Giving them a clear entrance into the vault room.
Just as Dab had said, it was a room full of numbers on the wall. There were drawers of different shapes and sizes and when one would pull it open, several items would come out.
Most of them would be filled with either important documents or expensive jewellery that was pretty much useless.
"7169." Zain said, as he came to a relatively large locker, one that was big enough to fit a suitcase in. Giving it a hard pull, the door came off once again, and they could see it, a strange device.
It was around the size of a football. It was standing up, tall somewhat like a tower, with a crystal in the centre of the device. There was see through glass and the crystal itself was glowing with power.
"I've seen one of those before." Kun said. "We used it one time. You're meant to set them up in a high area, and then activate it. When you do, it will release a cloud of smoke that will cover the area."
"So that's the cure." Pink said. "The wide area cure that will turn everyone back to a human… even those that are dead. Is there not even a way we can test it."
Zain shook his head.
"There is only one button, and Sarah made sure to tell me we only get one chance. We can't take this back."
Everyone was silent for a moment, until Kelly spoke out.
"Well Zain, now you have the cure, what are we going to do?"
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