We were completely surrounded on all sides.
Approximately thirty infected had been positioned throughout the reception area in the same motionless standby state we'd observed elsewhere in the building. But our dramatic entrance had activated every single one of them simultaneously, their clouded eyes all turning toward us with the same unnatural intelligence and coordination we'd witnessed from the enhanced guards upstairs.
"R…Ryan!" Rachel called out in panic, her voice tight with fear as she took in the overwhelming number of hostiles surrounding us.
