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Chapter 14 - a savior?

Arjun – "Listen to me. Now open the door."

(His voice turns serious.)

Ahmad – "Are you crazy?!"

Arjun – "Just listen. When the zombie comes in, run out and we lock him inside. Then don't stop—go straight down. Okay?"

Ahmad – "With this plan, either we survive… or we die before we even start. here you keep this ( he gave him the other wooden leg."

Arjun – "Before more come—FAST."

(Ahmad nods, eyes wide with fear. He slowly unlocks the door while standing back. Arjun stands beside the door—just out of sight—rod raised and ready.)

(Ahmad gives a scared nod. He cracks the door open. And immediately—)

BANG!

(The door bursts open. But instead of one zombie, three rush in. Ahmad and Arjun freeze for a split second—shocked.)

(Arjun grabs the shirt of the zombie closest to the door and shoves him hard onto the floor inside. Ahmad and Arjun sprint out, slamming the door shut and locking the three zombies in.)

But the real fear starts now while running arjun lost his iron rod .

The dorm corridor is not empty.

It is completely filled—with zombies from the para-athlete dorm and even some from the other buildings.

As they run, the zombies from the first floor pack the stairs, blocking the way down.

Ahmad – "GO BACK! GO BACK!"

(They turn and run up. The third floor also has zombies. Arjun swings the wooden leg, Ahmad pushes through bodies, trying to make a path.but initially it also broke )

But the fourth floor zombies start coming down too.

They are trapped.

Zombies rush from all sides, hungry and closing in.

They reach the last dorm at the end of the third-floor hallway—

No escape.

No door.

No stairs.

No way out.

They closed their eyes, accepting their fate, while Ahmad cried and screamed.

Ahmad: "HELP!!!!!"

Suddenly, the last dorm room door burst open.

A girl with long black hair tied back, wearing a shooter uniform, stepped out with a gun in her hands.

Without hesitation—

bang,

bang,

bang

—she fired clean headshots one after another. Her expression was cold and serious; she didn't even glance at them, just kept shooting without missing a single shot.

Another girl rushed out from behind her and grabbed Arjun and Ahmad's hands, pulling them inside the dorm. The shooter girl quickly followed, still firing until the last second, and they all slammed the door shut.

The door started shaking violently as zombies banged on it from outside.

The shooter girl immediately slid a bed in front of the door—a barrier that was already prepared.

Arjun and Ahmad stared in disbelief, their bodies trembling from the shock.

Arjun collapsed to his knees in fear, and Ahmad fell right beside him, equally terrified.

Sia: "Want to say something?"

(She sat normally on the second bed.)

Arjun: "Thank you… thank you so much for saving our lives."

(The shooter girl sat beside Sia. Sia made a hand sign toward her; the shooter girl looked, then nodded—still silent and serious.)

Ahmad: "What was that?"

Sia: "She's saying 'you're welcome.' Anyway, what were you two doing out there during a crisis?"

(She signed the words as she spoke, and the shooter girl watched her hands carefully.)

Ahmad: "We'll tell you everything, but… what's wrong with your hands?"

Sia: "It's sign language. So she can understand what we're talking about."

Arjun: "Oh! Yes—you're the deaf girl who aced all the shots that day!"

(He stood up immediately as he realized.)

Sia: "You two know each other?"

(She looked at Arjun curiously.)

Arjun — "No—" (scared) "I mean… I know her, but she probably doesn't know me." (nervous)

Sia turned to Lily and asked if she knew him. Lily shook her head, confused.

Ahmad — "This is such a weird language…" (whispers)

Sia narrowed her eyes at him.

Ahmad — "Sorry, my bad." (guilty)

Arjun — "Uh—on the first day I bumped into her and—"

Ahmad — "OH! The bracelet girl!"

Sia — "Bracelet?"

Arjun — "Yeah, the magnetic one. It got stuck on my jacket when we bumped."

Sia — "So you had it all this time?" (annoyed)

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