He approached them and stopped in front of them. That was how he was able to get there safely but it was already too late to do something about his situation. He had already contracted the disease and it was just a few minutes before he became one of them and began to grunt like a demon. He stopped in front of them and greeted them.
"Hi," Riley said as she stopped and began to scan him to make sure that she was not seeing things. She was happy when she saw him, she just hoped it was not somebody who was as dumb as the guy she was with. That was something she never wanted to entertain in a situation like this.
She just didn't want someone who would stress her or put both of them in a very bad situation where they would be exposed to danger or something of that nature that was something she feared so much and she hoped he was going to be a very cooperative person who listened to people and who didn't behave weird.