Floor after floor, the group advanced further and further down, closing in on the Terrosphere. Some of the wounded were getting tired of all the walk and the stress, a few people nearly stumbled down the stairs a few times. But they were advancing and they were all still alive.<br/><br/>Rob wiped the sweat off his brow. The gun felt so heavy in his hand. The boots felt heavy on his feet, the uniform felt heavy on his body. His eyes were getting dry and itchy in the dusty still air. He kept moving down, step by step. The group was close to the ground floor when he heard the echo of gunfire. He immediately raised a fist in the air in the universal soldier sign: 'hold your ground.' He did it without thinking. But most of these people have lived under military authority for years, so they knew what the sign meant, and they halted. Without looking back, hoping that Lucian would know what to do, Rob advanced alone, picking up the pace until he reached the place where the shots were fired.<br/><br/>He slowly peeked from behind the corner to see a soldier being taken down by ferenzies. Others were lying around, both infected and not. A grate was slowly pulled back into place on the background, but Rob couldn't take a clear look of who was doing it. The last soldier still standing was Richie Ignacio - Madman, one of the soldiers that had taken off with Dr Seris. His last shot took away one of the infected, but the other two just jumped on him and tore him apart. It all happened in the moment he peeked through.<br/><br/>Rob shouted and the Showstopper jumped in his hands - once, twice. The last two infected fell dead, brains and bone shatters flying across the air. Sarge ran towards Ignacio but the man was dying, his guts ripped open, his eyeball popping out. He tried to speak something to his sergeant, but only gurgling came out before he tilted his head back and took his last painful gasp.<br/><br/>Rob had no time to grieve. He spun on his heels, his eyes sweeping across the environment for any more potential danger. But things seemed quiet at this point. He also noticed that there was no body of Dr Seris around. He looked back at the grate, wondering if it was her, or a civilian, or somebody infected. He had no time to go check it out. He had to go back to the others.