Matthew chuckled as he continued walking to the dining hall, but what neither he nor Thobias realized was that Bethany was looking at the [LOTTERY] section of the system while her eyes glowed with determination.

When Matthew arrived at the door of the dining hall he tried to open it and couldn't, the door was locked, Matthew then started knocking on the door while he asked for them to open, then Matthew heard a voice coming from inside the dinig hall:

"Sorry, it's crowded here, we can't open the door for anyone."

Matthew then replied to whoever was inside:

"I don't want to get in and get stuck there with you, I just want to get some foods and then I'll go my way."

After hearing what Matthew said, he began to hear noises coming from inside as if they were having a conversation, and after a few minutes they replied:

"Sorry, we will not be opening the door for you yet, please continue your way or come back from where you came from."

Matthew was annoyed when he said:

"What do you guys think they're doing? This food and place is not even yours, what makes you think you can do it? "

Then the voice answered again:

"Speak what you want, we will not open, we are not fools, food will be a valuable asset in the future and we are in a group here, the food that is stored here will definitely not last long, if we split the food will worsen all."

Matthew was extremely annoyed and said:

"To hide as a coward will not serve anything, you have heard the system, there will be evolution, things will only get worse from now on, why hide and hope to die like a coward?

Matthew then heard an argument coming from within again and after a minute Matthew replied:

"It doesn't matter, we will not open and we aren't so stupid as to want to fight those monsters, we saw what they are capable of, we will wait here until the government comes to save us, then we will not share our food, nor open the door for you . "

Matthew was then going to argue with them again when he felt a tug at his arm, as he turned around he saw Bethany shaking her head negatively as she said to him:

"It's no use, Matthew, they've made their decision, no matter what we say to them, they still will not open the door, instead of wasting time here, we can go to a supermarket in the way to Dallas and try to get food there, as you planned. "

Thobias hearing this then intervened:

"Wait, what did you say? Why would we go to Dallas? That is not the wisest decision. "

Bethany looked at Thobias and said:

"Matthew's parents are there, he wants to go there to see if they're still alive."

Thobias sighed knowing he couldn't convince them he so him sighed and said:

"And you? Are not you going anywhere behind your parents, too? "

Bethany shook her head as she spoke:

"My parents have died some time, I am alone in the world."

Thobias then said with an expression of guilt:

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that, forgive me."

Bethany smiled to try to cheer up the situation and said:

"Alright, more important and your parents? Don't you want to go after them? "

Thobias then said as he wiggled his glasses nervously:

"Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't have the courage nor the capacity to do this, my parents are divorced, I don't know where my mother is and my father was in another country on a business trip."

Matthew realizing that the conversation wasn't going very well, then started walking toward the main building to get the key from a bus in the director's office, as he spoke:

"Let's go guys, let's not waste time, wasting our time is a luxury we can not afford if we want to stay alive."

Thobias and Bethany nodded and began to follow Matthew, without much surprises along the way, with Matthew fighting with only two zombies, they managed to get to the principal's office and they took the key from the bus and were prepared to start their journey to Dallas when Thobias asked :

"Great, we got the key from one of the buses, how will we drive one? I can not drive a car yet, let alone a bus. "

Bethany also said she didn't know how to drive a bus, Matthew then embarrassed to realize that even if they got a bus they couldn't use it, him said:

"Do not worry we'll find a way, until then we'll-"

Matthew was then interrupted when he heard two people talking as they walked down the hallway:

"Do not worry, Ms. Campbell, I'll protect you with all my might."

Then Ms. Campbell answered the man who had said he would protect her:

"I never said I needed your help Mr. Scott."

As they both walked through the corridors, they passed the director's room and when they saw that the door was broken they blanched with fear when they thought it was a zombie that was inside the room so they started to retreat, that's when Matthew and his group left the room.

The man who had been called Mr. Scott by Ms. Campbell then took a step forward, ignoring the fact that he had retreated with fear a few moments before and said:

"What were you students doing in the principal's room?"