Jake sneered as he snatched Lucas' arm and knelt down to check his time.They still needed to clear the path and get on the road, even though it was midday.Dark storm clouds rose in the sky above them, covering them in a dull grey mist and dimming the light.This indicated that night would arrive earlier than usual.

“With a deeper scowl, Jake responded, "That's a little too far."Can you make that before it gets dark, are you positive?

Muscles and Lucas exchanged uneasy glances.Lucas responded, "Well, we have to."

Jake's eyes lit up with excitement, and he smiled.He had just had a thought that probably would not have been appreciated on any typical day.However, on this particular day, this crazy day, it was a thrilling thought.

He pointed to a location on the map that was close to town.This location has a hotel.About two weeks ago, it had just shut down.He stopped and waved his hand in a circle, "I would venture a guess that they found themselves with more important matters to worry about." They were supposed to demolish it, but that hadn't happened as of yet.

The big man replied, "All right, we'll try to get there."Show the others, Lucas.Lucas gave a quick nod and left.Jake was the big man's next target.We will already have reached our objective if we fail to reach it.Have fun.You will require it.

Francis was close behind Jake as he nodded and dashed back toward Lucas's vehicle.He decided it would be best to let Francis drive the back this time, so he stopped just before getting in.She began to enter, but she stopped, turned toward Jake, and grabbed his arm.She responded, "Hey, don't make me regret saving you."His eyes narrowed in disbelief as he cracked a small smile.She replied emphatically, "No, really," adding, "I'm going to be really pissed if I wasted a bullet saving your ass just to have you immediately go and get yourself killed."She climbed into the truck and made her way to Andrew's seat without saying a word.Lucas was hurriedly giving another driver directions as Jake turned to look at the rest of the group.As if a great weight had fallen on his shoulders, he let out a sigh and felt his shoulders droop.

What in the world did he just get himself into?

The unwieldy, white SUV rounded the parking lot's corner and moved slowly but cautiously.On the inside, seven eyes were fixed on the windows, looking for any sign of danger.

Since most of the creatures that had been there before had followed Jake and were probably still attempting to break through the gate that led to the pool area, this part of the lot was almost entirely clear, as Jake had anticipated.However, at the far end, the parking lot curved around a building to the front entrance, and several of the creatures were already stiffly progressing further into the complex from this point.

Lucas said with nervousness, "I don't want to get too close," while keeping an eye on the creatures in front of him.

Jake agreed, "Yeah, obviously."Simply drive up to that red vehicle.That will suffice.

Jake quickly jumped out of the truck as it came to a stop.He quickly rounded the edge and made his way toward his car, the small red one he had mentioned earlier.Although the vehicle did not appear to have sustained enough damage to render it unusable for driving, the side and rear bumper dents were certainly not ideal.He quickly extracted the appropriate key from his pocket, slipped it into the driver's side slot, and unlocked the vehicle.He could hear the minute "click" echoing in his ears like a drum's pounding.He looked up to see if any of the creatures had noticed, but they seemed to be just going about their aimless stumbling in the same direction.

He rJakeefed for a long time before realizing he had been holding his breath.He had hoped that they wouldn't notice him too soon.They may have surrounded Lucas's vehicle and attempted to enter, or he may have encountered some awaiting him when he returned to it at the end.If at all possible, it was best to avoid that circumstance.

He ran as quietly and quickly as he could toward the entrance, bending over in the hope that doing so would help him remain stealthy.He gave up on it and straightened up about halfway there when he realized it was probably a stupid idea and he was just making himself look stupid.After taking a few steps, the closest animal seemed to notice him and turned to follow him.Taking a few steps back as he passed it, Jake ignored it.

His destination was indicated by a dark green, boxy vehicle.It was close enough to the gate that all of the creatures would have to go through it to enter the complex, and it was also close enough to some of the apartments to give them a way out.Most importantly, many of the creatures were already getting close to it, and he hoped that if he could get enough of the ones in front of him to pay attention, the rest would just follow.

In a stumbling, awkward manner, several of the things attempted to turn in his direction and appeared to already be paying attention to him.But because he was speeding by them, they had to keep turning, which was too hard for their sluggish movements, and some of the creatures even fell over from trying to turn.

He got to the car and jumped a few times to get onto the trunk and then the bumper.He took stock of the creatures in the vicinity after glancing around and taking another step to get onto the car's roof.He took a few seconds to ensure his Daniel ce after it slightly buckled under his weight.He started to feel very stupid when he looked up.His primary concern was what he was going to eat for dinner less than an hour ago.Because of his foolishly hasty plan to put himself in the greatest threat he had ever encountered in his entire life, he might now be dinner.Who is doing this?He pondered from a distance.Who is this ignorant?

He could see the front gate from a few dozen feet away.It turned out that it had been forced open, and the doors were only dangling from their bottom hinges.There was just enough room for all of the cars to pass in single file.Due to the addition of creatures, the space slowly got bigger, but their numbers were decreasing, which was both good and bad, and only a small number of them were still outside the gate.

Jake felt himself wishing he had the common sense to bring a weapon with him as his hands moved open and closed.He probably could have done with just about anything to get through the next few minutes.He was becoming overcome by anxiety.He should have run and left as soon as he could while he still had the chance, according to his common sense.The attractive young woman who had saved his life just a few minutes earlier was waiting in a certain white SUV when he turned his head and glanced back to where the group was waiting.He sucked, berating both himself and the things he would do to get a girl's attention.He steJakeng himself for the task ahead by turning back toward the gate and taking a deep breath.

He started frantically waving and bobbing up and down on the car's roof after raising his hands.Over here, hey!Even though he was completely unaware of the creatures and unsure if they could even hear him, he called out.Clean meat!He went on, "Come take it!”

He seemed to be getting their attention, whether it was because of his ridiculous behavior, the monsters' inherent sense of humor, or something else entirely.The creatures were making a deliberate, slow turn in his direction before sprinting toward the vehicle and raising their arms to grab him.After giving a few more bounces and shouts for good measure while remaining there for a brief moment, he turned and jumped off the opposite side of the vehicle, away from the creatures.

He quickly broke out in a dash and took several steps, trying to get out of their grasping range by a few feet before turning around to make sure he was being followed. Some were already coming around either side.When he did, the scene that greeted him was terrible and nearly overwhelming.It was like looking down a never-ending sea of monsters in the middle of a tsunami, one of which was heading straight for him.From the top of the vehicle, their numbers had not appeared to be very high.The mass appeared to now extend into infinity.

He made a U-turn, climbed onto the nearest sidewalk, and then took a quick step down the path in the direction of one of the apartment buildings.The frightening thing was that his feet were unable to move. His heart was racing.He had to stop and look over his shoulder every few steps to make sure enough people were still following him.He would hop up and down and shout again whenever anyone left the main group, giving the impression that the wanderers had resumed their search.

It took a few minutes to finally reach the closest building by moving in this manner.A long hallway ran down the building's center.Doors leading into apartments lined it on either side, and this one hallway connected all twelve apartments on the ground floor.He would get the most out of it if this worked.It wouldn't be possible for more than six or seven of the creatures to squeeze down the hallway at once.He might be able to use the hallway as a sort of bottleneck with a little luck to not only slow the creatures down but also prevent them from easily returning to the vehicles and parking lot.