[color=cyan][center][h2]Cole Anderson[/h2][/center][/color]

Cole held Carter down long enough to allow everybody to safely get in before he released the man, shoving him away from the controls and into the center of the room as he leaned his back to the controls, crossing his arms and sighing. It wasn't much effort on his part to restrain him, he was a professional, but it was very concerning that he had to fight not only those things outside, but also the not sick people in the room he was in. He didn't know which was worse for their health, although he could only hope people kept what was left of their humanity and tried to work together, not for themselves. [color=cyan]"Oh don't worry, I've done plenty of that buddy. It would just be more useful and break yours first."[/color]

He was surprisingly calm in the situation, at least comparatively, considering him and Charlotte hadn't gotten much of a scratch on them the whole way down considering they took the elevator shaft and were one of the first people in the room. He did, however, notice the tug on his arm as he turned to face Charlotte, feeling his sharp jaw line get pushed to the side as she inspected his jaw. Definitely some bruising, but nothing serious or he hadn't dealt with, and Carter wouldn't be terribly hurt besides maybe a mark on his head either. If he wanted to hurt him he would have. [color=cyan]"Yes, it was, but you did a wonderful job with those doors dear. We're safe for now, but we can't stay here forever. Worst of all, getting out of that door again is going to be much worse."[/color] Cole pointed this out, seeing bodies pile up and bang on the door, faces plastered, teeth bared, and probably screaming their heads off outside there. The psychological warfare of just hearing them, seeing them, knowing they were only a few feet away sent chills up his back. 

He put a comforting arm around Charlotte, pulling her in for a quick embrace as he whispered in her ear. [color=cyan][i]Don't worry, we'll get out of this. Just be careful and stick next to me. I don't know how much we can trust these people.[/i][/color] In all honesty he had no reason to trust her either, he only had spent the one night with her, and before that they were strangers, but these situations often drew people together very quickly, and frankly it was nice to at least put some kind of faith in someone. Hopefully this trust would not be broken, and as quickly as he had embraced the woman, he let go and went back to crossing his arms and scanning the rest of the room.

[color=cyan]"Well, as much as I love some good banter, we have a bit of a problem going on outside. And, quite frankly, this is a hell of a lot worse than a fire drill. We're safe for now, but we're gonna have to find a way out of here and somewhere to go. We can't all stay in this place forever, and there's no telling what the rest of the island looks like. If it's anything like this place, and the phone lines are down, it's going to be a long time before we get any help."[/color] Cole addressed the room, looking around at all the people, making a mental note of all of them. He would try to spend more time getting to know them later, but for now he turned to Mike. [color=cyan]"I'm assuming most of us are tourists here, so you're probably the only one with any knowledge of our surroundings. Do you have any idea how we could get all of us out of here? I have a bad feeling the longer we wait, the harder it's going to get to get out of here. Once everybody else flees, we're going to be the only thing on these things' minds."[/color]