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everyone had been waving their arms again, trying to catch the helicopters' attention. 
as military soldiers threw their ropes down, and had hopped down to the surface. they held their guns towards them, causing me to widen my eyes.
"get down all of you." one of the soldiers says.
"sir." dae-su started softly, slowly bringing his hands up in surrender. "can you help us?"
"i said get down! face down on the ground! get down!" everyone listened to the armed man yelling, slowly getting down on their knees.
i had no choice but to obligate the soldiers command, i moved closely to my brother before getting down on floor with my head facing down on the ground.
a soldier scanned me, mostly likely a thermometer, hearing a small beep after.
i heard a voice saying, "find the object first then rescue them." i had low hope after hearing.
"you guys can stand up now."
"are you the only survivors?" one of the soldiers asked.
cheong-san answered, "we don't know, there are
probably others." the soldier nodded. 
"we are going down for a few minutes. wait right here."
ji-min pushed through them, now standing at the front. "are you not going to rescue us?"
they nodded. "yes, we will. so stay here. don't do anything, just wait here. understand?" everyone had nodded, humming as they had understood.
~🍙~
"finally~" i let out a sigh of relief.
but the happiness didn't take long when hyo-ryeong suddenly got all the gear off her and ji-min backed down.
"we're sorry but we have change of orders." the soldier says, ji-min and hyo-ryeong cries begging to be back into the chopper.
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as soon as the chopper flew away, The rest stay at their same position, hyo-ryeong sniffing and sobs lightly, "they've abandoned us." she told everyone while whimpering, "didn't they?" she asks, sobbing.
"no one's come to save us now?" she cries, "but why did they do that?" joon-yeong asks, unable to move, for a moment he has hope and now the hope is gone.
"maybe.." wu-jin starts, "they thought that all of us were already fucking zombies." he questions joon-yeong, 
"if we already were, they would have killed us." he replied, "they wouldn't have left us." he continues.
suddenly, cheong-san approached the fire as he used his legs to extinguish the fire. we all watch him angrily extinguish the fire.
"no one's coming. no one else is coming!" he said as he continued kicking the woods before letting out a loud rage.
i stood speechless. no one's coming? 
i feel uneasy suddenly, tears started to fill my eyes, i don't know why i'm tearing. i feel dizzy right now, what is going on? i feel i had a lump on my throat.. what is this? i can't breath, i can't breath, i can't breath. what is happening?
i felt a hand on my back, i looked to see my brother. his hands caressing my back, "it's okay, i'm here." he whispers. i felt my self calming.
a sound of thunder exclaim, i saw on my peripheral vision, nam-ra quickly lost her balance and cover her ears, su-hyeok that stood too far rapidly approach her as he knelt in front of her.
"are you okay?" he asked her worriedly.
"they hurt so bad." nam-ra said, while covering her ears. she let out a heavy breath while su-hyeok looked left and right as he gasped, suddenly i heard the noises of ripping shirts.
"this should help.." he told her, showing her the earbuds that he made by ripping part of his shirt. she looked at him with his hands over her ears before taking it and plugged it into her ears.
i feel like watching a drama.
thunders keep rumbling when tears slowly patter down onto each of them, soon the rain takes everyone's attention.
we all  thought the night would be the end of us but we were wrong, we still had hope.
i stood next to my brother as The rain didn't stop and so it was thundering. 
"alright guys, let's make a haven. i have a plan for us." cheong-san spoke up about his plan.
we all gathered in between the entrance and the water tank while su-hyeok and cheong-san hang something to avoid them from getting wetter, "if we manage to reach the mountain, we can make it all the way to yangdong." on-jo informed, "i've been hiking there a few times before with my dad."
wu-jin sighs, "even still, isn't this suicide?" he asked her, "i'm not going.iI'm scared." hyo-ryeong butt in, forfeited from doing this mission to escape, "what are we gonna do if the zombies catch us?" she asks.
"it's not like anyone is going to save us if we stay here." cheong-san said, "we're the only ones who can save ourselves." he reminds, everyone sighs while cheong-san stands in the middle of the rain as thunder rumbles, "let's go." he encourages.
"if anything goes wrong, i'll scream and lead the zombies away." he stated, "that the only way none of you will get hurt, okay?" he insists, eyes staring
into on-jo's eyes, "so let's do this." he encouraged us.
"don't say that." su-hyeok butt in, interrupting cheong-san and on-jo eyes contest, "we're all gonna make it." he ensured him.
cheong-san looks bothersome, "if anyone will die tonight.. it will be me." he told him.
"because of the rain, all the scents came to us at once, i can smell stronger than before." nam-ra told. "everything is too loud as well." she adds, "but i'm sure, the zombies' senses are dulled as well."
"if that's what a half-bie says, it should be reliable." dae-su stated, "what half-bie?" su-hyeok asks him suddenly, confused.
"oh! it's a-"he stopped when the girls looked
at him, "someone you can rely on." he corrected himself, " you ready?" he quickly changed the topic.
ji-min glances at her seeing that nam-ra is looking down at her palm "I think some of us might not be able to keep pace." she said hoping cheong-san would think of another way out.
"we can't have anyone fall behind, let's pair up and hold hands, for protection." he explained.
"okay!" dae-su agreed before he looked down at hyo-ryeong, "hey" he led his hand toward hyo-ryeong, she turned to him confused, she started ignoring his hand and faced ji-min as they held hands and walked away.
dae-su turn to me but my brother took my hands, he was about to ask nam-ra but su-hyeok took her hand and led them away before turning to joon-yeong but he already took wu-jin leaving on- jo alone, he waited but cheong-san took her hand.
dae-su were the last to step out from the roof, they quietly tip-toed down the staircase when cheong-san jolted back, surprising everyone. "what?" i asked him.
"n-nothing." he replied before continuing down the stairs, the thundering kept getting louder.
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