Mark ran into the alleyway, avoiding the debris and dead bodies, avoiding to trip over, but it was too damn dark. He was still thirsty, his throat in utter drought. Rachel paced behind him, the horde approached slowly, but it wasn't their speed that was Mark's greatest concern- it was their number. The walkers kept groaning and dragging their broken feet, their rotting hands, and what is left of their decapitated limbs on the dark concrete. It was dark, Mark was struggling to catch breath, thirsty.
Mark wasn't a big believer in signs, or in miracles. He was a good and kind person before the apocalypse, the kind that'd give his neighbor and expect nothing. He do so out of his own drive for righteousness and goodwill, never in the name of religion- or God. But once the nearby restaurant's neon lights fired up like a Christmas tree amidst the barren dark alley, Mark took it as a good enough of a miracle. The illumination was followed soon by human noises, and a young voice tearing through the bleak night,
"You two! Come help us!"
Mark took a quick look backwards, the horde was closing in, they were slow, but eventually they would be where he stood. Rachel was there, looking at him, he looked back at her. "We stick together now." He comforted her, he comforted himself. He grabbed her hand, "let's go." He approached the broken window of the restaurant, the neon light briefly blinding his sight, he could make two silhouettes, one was close by. The horde still marching towards them.
Mark gestured Rachel to climb the window, he assisted her, carrying her and hiving her support as she climbed over. He followed soon after.