"Not a very good question..." Tyler let slip out.  

Dallen gave him a glare, then left the two of them to their own.  He started walking back toward the stairwell, but a small group of people stood in his way.  At the front of them was the man from the elevators, his steelworker uniform and nametag now clear to see: Buck Harrington.  

"Listen mister, we're gonna need more than a 'just wait for help' type of solution," he said.  "If we really are trapped, this food situation's not gonna cut it!  Who puts you all in charge anyway?"

[color=steelblue] "I don't have any answers," [/color] Dallen replied.  He started walking through the people, there was a slight hesitation, but they let him pass through easily enough.  

He walked under the security camera, the doors unlocked, and he went back in.  

[i]8 pm  Day 1[/i]

"The entire city is on fire," Judge Williams said.  She was staring out one of the large windows that wrapped around the building. 

"The city is on lockdown, too," Briggs spoke.  "The bridges are raised.  This thing might be contained solely to Mecha city."

"Wh--what does that mean?" his fellow security guard asked, a young apprentice named Steven Burwell.  

[color=steelblue] "It means the military might bomb us, any minute now," [/color] Dallen said cooly, he was leaned against a desk and smoking a cigarette.  [color=steelblue] "How's that radio working?"[/color]

"It's dead, nothing but-" the kid started, he turned the radio on as he spoke, halting when he heard a voice on the other end.  He quickly found the frequency, then connected the broadcast to the airwaves of the building.  The voice on the other end turned on every loudspeaker throughout.  It was a loop.

"...this is happening because we have sinned...we did not listen...the flood has come...when there is no more room left in hell, the dead will walk the earth..."  

"The fog is still out there..." Riley told Dallen, a glum look on his face.  

"...this is our reckoning...the dead will rule the world..."

"Turn that shit off!" Judge Williams finally shouted.  She was clearly having a massive headache, as she then ran off to her quarters for the night.

The broadcast was shut off.  Everyone seemed to go their own ways afterward, all staying relatively quiet.  They had no choice but to wait it out until tomorrow.

"I'm scared for Kelsey," Lucy said.  Her, Dallen and Riley had their own corner of the floor.  "...what if..."

[color=steelblue] "Don't," [/color] Dallen said.  [color=steelblue] "Just don't.  Get some rest if you can..." [/color]  He turned himself to lay down on the carpet.  The thoughts of his daughter were already burning in his mind.  He wanted to think that she was still safe, hiding in her school classroom.  A quick look outside the thick windows told otherwise.