When Flora Bloom heard the dog barking, she immediately thought, 'This is bad.'
A Labrador retriever came into view, its fur mangled. Its organs and intestines spilled from a gaping hole in its left side, hanging over its ribs and dragging on the ground as it ran toward them.
"Mr. Wallace, Old Lynch, it's a zombie dog. I'd estimate it's at the level of a Level 3 zombie. Shauna, be ready to heal at a moment's notice."
At that moment, they had only three escape routes on the second floor. The first was the escalator they had just taken. The second was the emergency stairwell ahead and to their left, but a Middle Level zombie was lying in ambush on the third floor. The last path was the one the zombie dog was charging down, which led to the other end of the mall.
The zombie dog was incredibly fast, making a retreat down the escalator extremely dangerous. They would likely be forced to fight it before they even reached the first floor.
