[center][h1]Liliana Russo[/h1][/center]

It was late at night, and Lili was in a dark alley all by herself. She heard sirens off in the distance, or maybe an alarm of some sort. The young woman looked around, but the walls on either side seemed to stretch on for miles.

[I]"If anyone can hear me..."[/I] The voice was sudden and unexpected, and Lili attempted to make out the words just right, [i]"...security control room"[/i].

What did that even mean? As far as she could tell, there were no doors in that alley. No windows either. Maybe the announcement was meant for someone else, it'd only be logical. Lili started walking forward, not being too picky about which direction she went. It's not like it mattered; she'd be walking for a while anyway. 

[I]"Liliana! Wake the hell up!"[/i] This voice was much louder and clearer to understand. It was oddly familiar...

She was startled awake, only to be face to face with her boyfriend, [url=https://paintable.cc/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Digital-Painting-Inspiration-26.jpg]Liam[/url]. He was ordering for her to get up and get dressed, although it took her a moment to figure out she wasn't dreaming anymore. Lili looked around the room and realized where she was, and the urgency in Liam's voice coupled with his frantic movements prompted her to get out of bed. Her heart rate picked up and adrenaline started coursing through her veins. He was usually calm and collected under pressure, so Lili knew the reason behind his behavior wasn't good.

"What's going on?" she asked him, trying not to trip over her own two feet as she pulled on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. Liam gently tossed her the pair of white shoes she had on the previous night before answering her question. "It seems people have lost their bloody minds out there. They're attacking and eating each other so we need to get out of here this instant." Lili had barely slipped on the last shoe before Liam grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the door. For a moment, she wondered who in their right mind would run [I]towards[/I] danger when they could have been perfectly fine holed up in their room, but then that bit from her dream came back to her, where a security room was mentioned. That's probably where Liam was taking her. And who's to say they'd be any safer in their room? They where practically sitting ducks.

Once outside, Lili finally understood the situation. The hallway was a scene out of a horror movie, but she did her best not to focus too much on the details, that never ended good and it would only waste time. They couple turned the corner near their room and were met with a few bodies not too far from them. Some standing, some dead, and a few others hovering over an unresponsive one. Lili gasped in shock before they turned to go the other way, but a tall man with a bloody face and idle eyes was blocking their path. In the next instant, the stranger would tackle Liam with an inhuman growl and Lily could only stand there paralyzed with fear as the man bit Liam's cheek. His screams paralyzed Lily with fear and her breath caught in her throat, making it nearly impossible to get her legs to work.