Kevin and Alyssa entered their room of choice. The door was a little hard to open, but that just made Kevin only try a little harder to open it.

Kevin: Man, how old is this place?
Alyssa: Don't ask me.

As they completely entered the room, they stopped to look around. Nothing was in the room, so they had no reason to suspect any lingering infected at the moment. Kevin shot his attention at a desk with a lamp in front of him.

Kevin: Hey, a lighter. This could prove handy somewhere down the line.
Alyssa: Uh huh…

Alyssa watched as Kevin put the lighter in his pocket before she branched out and went further into the room. She spotted a lead pipe leaning on the wall and pointed at it.

Kevin: Yeah, yeah. I got it.

Kevin took the lead pipe and held it in his hand firmly as he kept an eye on Alyssa's movements from a few feet away. Alyssa's attention wasn't peaked until she spotted a cabinet. Her intuition told her something of value to their survival was in there, so she walked up to it without regard to her surroundings at the time. She put her hands on both handles and tried to pull the cabinet open.

Alyssa: Damn!
Kevin: What?
Alyssa: It's locked. I'll have to pick it.

Kevin smiled and approached Alyssa's side as she was searching her pocket for the lock pick. A loud crash was heard as Kevin bashed a hole in the cabinet with his fist. He pulled his fist out of the cabinet and waited for a response from Alyssa, while still smiling. Alyssa stopped looking for her lock pick and looked up to see Kevin's fist hole in the cabinet.

Alyssa: Oh great, a hole.
Kevin: It's only step one, baby.

He placed his fingers in the hole and pulled outward. In a moment, he broke off the cabinet door, dropping it to the ground. The door wasn't made of thick wood and it seemed old, so it wasn't hard for Kevin to rip it off. The other door of the cabinet just creaked open slowly as Alyssa got a good look at what was inside.

Alyssa: That's one way of doing it. Brute man force, good one.
Kevin: If that's your way of thanking me, I'll accept that.

Alyssa took a serious look into the cabinet and a brown cloth covered an object. Alyssa reached in and pulled the cloth off slowly. She finally removed it completely and knew exactly what it was.

Alyssa: Dibs.
Kevin: ****! And I grabbed the lead pipe…

Kevin threw the lead pipe to the ground because he didn't like it anyway. Alyssa grabbed the shotgun from the cabinet and held it with both arms. She turned around and walked away a few feet before turning to look at Kevin who followed her movements. Alyssa lightly launched the shotgun into the air and caught it in her hand while smiling at Kevin.

Alyssa: Sucks to be you right now.
Kevin: That's cool. I still have my baby.

Kevin pulled out his .45 and aimed it at the window next to him. He was displaying how he prefers the feel of his gun to any other weapon. He simulated a sound from his gun in a low tone.

Kevin: Pow.

As soon as he said that, something slammed the window and cracked it.

Alyssa: The hell?
Kevin: What was that?

Something else slammed the window and broke through, but a big piece of glass pierced its body and it fell to the floor. Kevin aimed his gun at the window by instinct and Alyssa's eyes were locked on the entire event.

Kevin: Is that a… crow?

Before Kevin got to investigate closer, four more crows poured in. One of them charged at Kevin as he dodged the crow. Alyssa was ducking down as the crows were hovering above her. Kevin took a shot at one of them and killed the crow. The other crows were all coming down towards Alyssa. Kevin made a jumping move to push Alyssa out of the way, knocking them to the ground. Alyssa spotted a canister of rat killing spray and took it quickly with her hand. The crows circled around and were planning on trying to attack again.

Alyssa: Give me your lighter! Right now!

Kevin searched in his pocket and pulled the lighter out. Alyssa snatched it from his hand and stood up.

Kevin: What are you doing!

Alyssa lit up the lighter and placed it in front of the rat spray. The crows were getting much closer as she waited just a few seconds longer. Kevin quickly stood up and stood behind Alyssa aiming his gun at the birds.

Alyssa: Come on, you little bastards.

Alyssa sprayed the bug spray through the lighter and aimed the fire at the crows. Each one of them flew into the fire, but their burning bodies came flying at Kevin and Alyssa. Alyssa stopped spraying and quickly moved out of the way. Kevin also moved as quickly as he could. The crows hit the ground and were unable to fly anymore. They were burning. Alyssa and Kevin stood there looking at them.

Kevin: Resourceful…
Alyssa:  Thanks.
Kevin: I think it's safe to guess that the infection is not just limited to humans…
Alyssa: You think they were infected?
Kevin: I'm sure if they saw a dead corpse, they would eat at it. Damn birds eat anything.
Alyssa: All right then. We're done here. We should go before we make more crow friends.
Kevin: Right.

Alyssa made her way to the exiting door. Kevin took one last look at the burnt crows. He smirked at their bodies.

Kevin: They had it comin.

Cindy opened the door to the locker room and gently pushed the door open. The lights in the room illuminated everything enough for her to assume no threat was in there.

Cindy: It looks safe…
George: Let me enter first.
Cindy: Okay…

George entered the locker room slowly and looked around. Cindy waited in the doorway while holding the door open with one hand.

George: It's fine. There is no visible threat.

Cindy let go of the door and entered the room. The door shut itself slowly but surely. Cindy stood still in the middle of the room and looked to the ground. George was checking to see which of the lockers were unlocked. The first few he tried wouldn't open. He glanced at Cindy as she was standing there looking at the floor. George stopped trying to open lockers for a moment and called to her.

George: Cindy, are you all right?
Cindy: It's Will… I miss him…
George: Death of close friends and loved ones is never easy to push through. I'm sorry.

George walked over to Cindy and stood in front of her. He grabbed her hands in an attempt to help her through her grief. Cindy looked up at George and stared into his eyes with her damp eyes. She broke the contact of her hands with his gently, but continued to stare at George. She looked at his shoulders and just quickly hugged him. George was accommodating to her hug because he anticipated this.

Cindy: I… still can't believe… he's… gone.
George: I know, but you must be strong for Will. He has passed, but I'm sure he would have wanted you to survive the terrible circumstance he has fallen prey to.

Cindy slowly broke the hug, as she lightly pulled away from George. Her eyes follow his tie up to his eyes before she smiled at George.

Cindy: You're right. Thank you for setting me straight.
George: You're welcome. Please, feel free to consult me at any time for anything else.
Cindy: All right.

George turned his body a little so he could get a good look at the lockers he was trying to open. Cindy followed his movements and noticed her own locker in the spot George was looking.

Cindy: That's my locker over there.
George: Oh? Do you have anything useful in it?
Cindy: I'm not sure. Let me check.

Cindy walked past George and stood in front of her locker. She used the combination number she always remembered and removed the lock.

Part 5 will take some time, since I haven't started working on it yet. Thanks for reading this far.