"I didn't mean to use the streets as a way out, almost everyone would end up dead." Nicholas quickly replied to the photographer, slightly annoyed at the thought of using the streets. "We need to reinforce these barricades-" he spoke, pointing with a free hand towards the makeshift barricade he was working on. -"Then we can all settle down, clear the rooms of threats "quietly," and finally come up with an exit strategy."
Grayeson's grasp of his rifle's grip became tighter as he leaned up against a nearby wall, his eyes turning down the stairs. The shrieking and howls from the creatures below was starting to irritate him. The last thing he needed was to be stuck in a inescapable situation with people that could possibly slow him down. There were some that seemed like intelligent folk, but whether or not they could do what was necessary for survival is another matter. He knew what needed to be done in order to survive in this "dream" of his, but whether the others in this group would go along with it is hard to say as well. In the back of his mind, their situation reminded him of the time he and his fire team were cut off from their squad. Having to barricade themselves in a run-down building against insurgent attacks, he even then, didn't have a clue on how to get out. All he could do was command his Marines to keep fighting and eventually they'd make it through. But these people weren't Marines or soldiers, they don't know how to keep a cool head under the pressure of outside forces.
There were mentions of these barricades not lasting long and how long till reaching the roof. Someone else saying the "cops" were all being loud and not thinking straight, but the individual as made the notion to leave silently. Nicholas agreed with both of them, there was too much commotion and we didn't have much else to go to besides higher. Sure the group could barricade the stairs the best they could, but eventually something nastier would go through that like it was nothing. If he remembered anything about zombie lore, it was that something bigger and badder was always lurking around the corner. This thought was surprisingly not at all shocking, but rather indifferent about the thought of that actually occurring. If it did, the entire group and himself wouldn't last very long against it anyways. And that's when the ground started rumbling and the windows rattling, followed by the sound of an explosion which caused the windows to shatter. Lowering himself to a knee as glass spilled all over him, he immediately took a stand and peered out the window that exploded near him. Above the buildings, he saw the familiar shape of an attack helicopter which started spinning up its rotary cannon.
"Is that a Cobra...?" Grayeson wondered to himself, listening and feeling the 20mm cannon rip through the streets.
When the bird had emptied its payload, it took off as suddenly as it had appeared. Down below, the carnage it had wreaked was awe-inspiring to anyone that was once military. Where that had been a horde of walking corpses, there were few still left standing... well, perhaps "moving at all" would be a better explanation.
"You wanted your streets escape plan... well, my friends in the attack bird just opened the hole up."