Chapter 70 Nowhere to Run

Chapter 70 Nowhere to Run

Thick globs of white brain matter mixed with ck–and–red fluids oozed down his face in heavyb, /bwet drops.

His month gaped like a bottomless pit. The zombie’s entire skull looked ready toe apart at any second, blood and gore bstraight /bout of a horror movie. Worse still, his stomach had been gutted straight through.

“I’ve seen ugly.” Theresa muttered, stomach turning. “But not this ugly

It was pure savagery,

Who knew what kind of torment he went through before bdeath /bto end up like this?

She squinted for a better look.

Oh no, You’ve got to be kidding.

Wasn’t this the same guy from yesterday? The one who attacked them and then got taken down himself- the earth–based ability user?

“Theresa, it’s him,” Kyle said. “That earth–based bability /buser from yesterday. He turned.”

“Rahhh!” Dane snarled at Theresa and Kyle. His lifeless gray eyes sparked with a flicker of hate.

There was something in him–just a trace of memory from his former life. Enough to recognize his

enemiesb. /b

He lunged at them.

Boom!

A high–pressure stream of water sted btoward /bhis head.

Crash!

To Kyle’s shock, the wall beside him crumbled with a thunderous roar, copsing between them and Dane. The water jet mmed into the debris instead.

A dark figure darted out of the wreckage, hurling btoward /bKyle.

Instinct took over. Kyle sidestepped andshed out with a fierce kick. His boot struck the shadow bsquarely/b, sending it flying down the stairwell.

Years of elite special forces training meant his reflexes kicked in faster than thought–zombie or not, nothing could sneak up on him.

But just as he regained his footing, the stairs beneath Kyle gave way.

Concrete cracked, rebar snapped. His foot slipped into thin air, and he began to fall.

Theresa grabbed his shoulder bin a /bsh, hauling him bback /bup with one strong pull.

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But it bwasn’t /bover.

The staircase kept copsing. With no time to set Kyle down, Theresa slung him over her shoulders band /bsprinted bupward/b.

Step by step, the stairs crumbled behind them.

Chunks of concrete crashed around them as the stairwell disintegrated floor by floor. Through the falling debris, Kyle spotted a figure down at the very bottom.

“Theresa!” he shouted. “That zombie with an bearth/b-based ability–he’s still got his power! And it’s stronger than before“”

“I know!” Theresa replied, charging toward the roof.

The final set of stairs suddenly gave out beneath her. One foot missed its mark, but she didn’t stop.

Sheunched upward, skimming the wall with Kyle on her shoulders. Kyle reached bout /bjust in time, catching the third–floor stairwell door frame.

Now it was his turn to hold on.

With one hand mped on the sealed emergency exit and both legs locked around Theresa’s waist, Kyle twisted his body and flung her toward the narrow ledge next to the door.

Shended on the tiny strip of concrete,

Kyle followed a split secondter, vaulting up beside her.

Boom!

The entire stairwell gave way. All that was left were snapped steel bars and crumbling walls.

Kyle and Theresa clung to the edge of the doorway–bncing bon /ba ledge barely wide enough for half ba /b

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A 30–foot drop yawned beneath them.

One wrong move and it was a straight fall into darkness.

And worse–behind them, the emergency exit was locked tight. But the zombies inside had caught their

scent.

Dozens of them smashed against the safety door.

Blood–slicked zombie faces pressed against the tiny ss window, just inches from Theresa’s eyes.

It was nightmare fucl.

“bTheresa/b!” Kyle barked. That mutant zombie disappeared!”

He’d been trying to sense Dane’s location, but with an earth–based ability, Dane had the perfect hiding

spot.

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Once he ducked into the rubble, he vanished from Kyle’s sensespletely.

Out here. Kyle’s water–based power was useless.

This was Dane’s battlefield–and they were losing.

In front of them: a deadly fall.

Behind them: a horde of undead.

No way out.

Then Theresa closed her eyesb. /b

In the darkness behind her lids, a vivid image bloomed–an intricate map of thend around her.

Her powerful mind scanned outward like radar, reaching as far as she could push it.

Within her psychic field, the person beside her glowed in deep blue.

Behind her, seventeen or eighteen zombies pulsed in murky gray.