Kevin Barr stepped out of the boy's bathroom, his hands dripping wet, and ambled over to the water fountain. Sunlight filled the hall. Bending his head down while he pushed the button to release the clear liquid for himself to drink he decided to gaze at the nature outside. It was a beautiful fall day, the leaves were all vibrant yellows, oranges, and reds. Kevin couldn't wait for the middle of October to present itself again. That was when the ground looked a rich brown in color and next to the colorful leaves on the trees and with a delightful autumn breeze it was perfect.
He bent his head down for more water before pushing himself up and back away from the water dispenser. Kevin thought to take one last look out at the day he was currently missing out on. Something, then, piqued his interest. There seemed to be something in one of the floral bushes down in the school's garden. Kevin maneuvered closer to the window, from what he was witnessing whatever it was in the bushes from appearance didn't explain the usual small animal. No, instead of small rustling a bits of unseen movement from within the bush along with detectable shakes of a few branches that made up the bush there seemed to be something much larger that he'd feel like identifying.
Large areas of the bush were being moved, the whole seven foot tall bush was moving! Kevin stayed and waited, wondering what the fuck was going on.
'That couldn't just be a big dog,' he mused, 'Looks like someone's trying to knock it down, really.'
There was what seemed to be one more shove of the bush before whatever had been behind it fell. From what he could see, Kevin was able to conclude that the thing was actually a human man. His jaw was red and bruised, there were dark areas on several places of his arms, he had yellowing of the eyes and open wounds on his neck and arms. His shirt was bloody and he looked as though he belonged in the crital care unit of the most immediate hospital. Just when Kevin got his brilliant idea of calling the emergency number to see if anywhere nearby had a patient missing he noticed something else.. The man wasn't acting right.
He didn't seem as though he could figure out how to stand as he was shifting his body harshly against the ground, it appeared that he was trying to roll over. His mouth was hung open, the redhead guessed he was hollering, maybe for someone to help him up. Kevin lowered his face into his open hand.
'Damn this bites, someone's sick and I could help him, but..' Kevin thought to himself with a roll of his moss-green eyes. If he went down there to help the man out he was sure he'd be getting a detention. It seemed as though, in his life, adults could never understand. He'd just started school, too. Biting his lip, Kevin chose to rely on his phone for the time. If he had enough time maybe he would take a more courageous route and hurry down into the garden.
Kevin shook his head when he saw the time. Classes wouldn't be being dismissed until another fourth five minutes. Choosing to check on the man one last time he glanced down again. The man was still there, alright. Actually, he was slowly getting on his legs. Now, unfortunately, there was another concern. Down, three stories beneath the teenager's feet were several people who were involved with extreme unhealthiness and from the looks of things a popular thought of most people would've predicted that they were soon going to be attempting to get inside to the school.
Something about the way their skin was worried the high-school student. The sight of them was truly an unpleasant one, as Kevin looked closer he, after a bit, noticed they looked as though they weren't controlling their own movements as a well person would. He thought he hit the nail right on the head while understanding that those "people" appeared to be so ill that they were either colorless or sallow and could be assumed to be decaying. Kevin shook his head as surprise was mixed into his eyes before he stopped and was lead to staring in horror at his discovery of what was below.
Two security guards were outside, making the mistake of approaching one of the gross. The wider of the two guards became even more misguided, he decided to add a confrontation to his list of things to do that day. He walked right up while making gestures with his hands to direct the man in front of him away from school grounds. Before Kevin knew it he was watching the something truly ghastly; the man with the bloodstained grey shirt had grabbed the security guard with one swift motion and broken through the flesh of the uniformed man with his teeth. The guard's shoulder was visibly leaking blood.
They were infected! Kevin had one thought before he jumped into action while his eyes contained shock. The numbers were gaining and the redhead didn't like what those things were. Worse than just the fact of saving his own life from those whatever they were his boyfriend, Edd, was downstairs. The nerdy genius boy was giving an important GPA speech in the auditorium, was close to those things, unprotected, and unaware. Fear entering his eyes, the redhead sprinted to the staircase and rushed down those steps as fast as he could. By the second row of stairs, surely he was breaking a sweat.
Finally on the first floor of PCH Kevin ran away from the stairs and as he hurried to make a right turn caught a quick glance of some of the diseased closing in on the school's front double doors. Barely thinking about it Kevin stepped his success up, in a haste he ran over to the black auditorium doors and threw one of them open.
Double D stopped himself from going any further towards completing the sentence he'd started. He turned his neck after hearing a loud bang to see a familiar jock letting go of the door. Edd glared straight ahead at the man who was trying to be as inconspicuous as possible about completing his journey to the stage in which the ravenette stood.
"Mr. Barr," Double D chastised, "Would you like to provide an explanation as to why you're intruding on thi_" Edd was saying as Kevin quickly reached out and clutched the other's forearm before turning away and jerking him along.
"Sorry," Kevin told him, "Everyone get out of the school, now," the redhead loudly shouted, "Theh-theres something dangerous out their and someone's already gotten killed."
Kevin turned to look at Edd, unaware of the previous reaction he'd had had done to his usually stony demeanor, "I tried to be gentle but I'm not in the best condition right now."
As Edd looked up at him his hard eyes softened, "K-Kevin, you're crying."
Kevin's eyes widened a bit, he hadn't realized that. Again, Kevin reached out and grabbed Edd's arm and began to pull him towards the exit. During this time the other students in the room seemed to be on the phone alerting the police about the information Kevin had given.
..
Edd gasped, eyes wide in horror, as Kevin rushed him through the halls. At one of the windows there was a very unkempt person who was obviously suffering from a deadly disease just banging his forehead against the glass. Upon further inspection Double D could see that the man was clearly decomposing. There was dry, yellow tissue around some of his open wounds. There were signs of gang green, too and one of his eyes seemed to be rotting away.
"Yeah, I know, that's what I tried to warn you about. One of those already took out one of our guards."
"Well, we have to help the others," Double D exclaimed, worry potent in his glaucous eyes.
Abruptly an announcement was made and heard over the intercom, alerting the entire school of the situation and that each student was ordered to stay with a teacher.
"M-Mandatory," Edd loudly questioned like it was the most out-of-your-mind suggestion he'd ever heard in the entirety of his life.
Kevin just stared, "We can't do that. It's not a good idea to stay here, it'll only take a few hours before this place is surrounded!"
"We've got to save Ed and Eddy," Double D yelled right before he snapped his head to the right due to the sound of shattering glass.
From somewhere unknown a girl with a familiar sound screamed.
"Help! Heeelp! Someone fucking do something," the girl's voice yelled with a shriek. It sounded like she was in terror.
The sound of running footsteps came closer quickly and before either Edd or Kevin could comprehend what was happening a red-faced bawling Marie and tearstained Lee had approached.
"Th-they got May," the short-haired bluenette stuttered out.
Edd turned to her before giving her a quick comforting hug. He explained to the sisters that nothing could be done for the poor girl before telling each of them that if they wanted to stay safe to follow himself and Kevin.
Marie turned to her redheaded sister, Lee, with a questioning look. Lee nodded and Kevin, after grabbing his boyfriend's hand and pulling him close took a step forward. Luckily neither of those in critical condition were smart enough to figure out how to get inside.
"We're saving my dorky boyfriend's dorky friends, getting Nazz and getting the fuck out of here," Kevin said in his commanding voice, "Anyone got a problem with that?"
"Yes," Double D answered the rhetorical question, "I do have a problem with that as their are others who make up the student body in this very school, Kevin."
"I don't know if we can save everybody," Kevin told him as he lead his small group up the stairs.
On the second floor was the classrooms of their most appreciated people. Nazz had science at this time and Ed and Eddy were both in the math class they shared.
"Babe," Kevin stated to gain Edd's attention, "You go grab your friends while I get Nazz."
The ravenette nodded before hurrying down the hall for the safety of his two best friends. Along the way he cursed his lack of athleticism before he got to the door. Double D extended his arm and placed his hand on the door knob. To his dismay he was locked out.
Feeling dread he reached into his pocket and took out his student I.D. card.
"I can't believe I'm doing this," Double D moaned before the door swung open.
A few of the students gingerly lifted their heads from the arms on their desks.
"What are you doing," Eddy mouthed as he looked into Edd's combination eyes.
Double D looked over to his friends' instructor before demanding he make the right decision and allow hid students to leave. He explained with elaborate detail exactly what was outside and the fact that they are able to make an entrance into the very building the adults were trapping unsuspecting students in. The teacher looked both shocked and concerned as he gazed on at the honesty in his favorite over-achiever's eyes.
"I-I'll warn them all," Mr. Finster said before turning to look at his students, "Don't listen to the announcement, just leave and get out of here quick. Class dismissed," he said, tone dead-serious.
Eddy rubbed the back of his head as he walked out of the class, "What exactly is going on here, sockhead," the brunette asked his friend.
"You'll see, Eddy," Ed said with a hissing background sound accompanying his voice.
"That's right, Ed, as soon as we've reached the downstairs area you'll_"
Eddy grumbled aloud, "What's shovelchin doing here," Eddy crudely asked.
It was then that Kevin ran forward, away from the three girls who all stood behind him.
"Dorky," Kevin said, addressing Eddy, "Tell me you brought your truck to school with you today."
Double D looked Kevin in the eyes and nodded.
Eddy crossed his arms before smirking, "Of course I brought the truck, how else do ya think I got here?"
Anger spiraling within, Kevin threw his arms down, "Look, dork, I was just asking. There's kinda something going on here and I'm one to make sure all my friends, everyone I care about, and everyone who matters to Double Dork is kept safe, okay?"
Eddy eyeballed Kevin, the redheads tone held much desperation. Suddenly, it dawned on him and Eddy just about lost it. That was right, something really was going on.
Nervously Eddy quirked a brow, sweat dripping from his scalp, "Wh-what are ya talking about, Kev.. And wheh-wheres May," he asked, stuttering from fear.
A couple students screamed loudly and Kevin, not wanting to waste another second, lifted the shortest Ed from the floor with one hand and carried him over to the window. Losing control, Kevin's arm shook and he shoved Eddy's face against the window glass. He watched as a look of surprise became evident through the other person's features.
"You get it now, dorky, do you see why now," Kevin asked him seriously as he held back the emotions threatening to break through, "One of those things already killed somebody and I'm just trying to get myself, my boyfriend, my friend, and you dorks out of here alive!"
Eddy looked to be frozen right before a sizeable number of students entered the hall. Their numbers were increasing! Kevin snatched the brunette from the window and shook him.
"So, where's the keys, dork, where are they," he asked.
Eddy laughed nervously before shaking his short leg to cause an audible jingle which he knew would qualify as an answer to Kevin, "I got 'em, don't worry," Eddy stated before Kevin dropped him to the ground and put an arm around Double D's back before he lifted him, bridal-style, into his arms. Students continued to rush past the Eds and Kevin, Rolf was one of them. He yelled out an ominous tale about the situation as he flung himself down the hall.
"Alright," Eddy yelled over the screaming students on the first floor, "Lets get out of here."
"Agreed," Edd nodded before the three boys relying on legs hurried over to the three girls who loyally stood by the stairs.
Nazz's hair was a mess, she was definitely freaked out by what she saw, "Someone just, like, bit somebody," she shrieked as the boys walked by, "Kev, just what is going on here!?"
They didn't stop to chat, instead they started hurrying down the stairs, "We're under an obvious attack, Nazz," Double D explained before Nazz's condition stabilized considerably.
"Wull, why do you think that is, Double D?" For the butter-blonde, understanding the answer to the question she'd asked appeared to be far from her comprehension.
Almost everyone in the group gasped as they gained knowledge to what was taking place only several stairs beneath them. Eddy's face was contorted into an image depicting one's disgust. Ed stared horrified, but with interest.
"Sarah's at home with just Jimmy, Eddy," Ed exclaimed loudly.
"Okay, okay, we'll go get your sister," Eddy announced.
"Yes, Ed," Double D said while using his soothing voice as he was carried down the stairs.
The diseased had already gotten in, they'd completely taken out two windows and part of another. Attacks were coexisting, bite after bite was taken out of each of their captures. They were stupid and not picky in the slightest bit. While one of them, a female, held down a young lady she'd caught, a couple other of the diseased tore through her already wounded form.
It was a mess, a gruesome, gory mess. Kevin bowed his head, throwing up all he'd eaten at lunch that day while Double D looked away, hiding his face in Kevin's shoulder and shutting his eyes tight. One of those animals had bitten past his victim's shirt and had ripped away flesh from her body, her pink and bloody bowels were now revealed. Blood was seeping from her wound.
Double D threw his head from the slight of the girl who continued to scream and fight in a frenzy on the floor. Suddenly, he vomited straight onto the floor.
"Dudes," Nazz uttered slowly, "We've got to get out of here, now," she said in the most serious fashion before commenting what was far from everyone's mind, "Those things are zombies."
While the girl on the floor continued to panic and other students along with a few teachers wore looks of pure terror whilst looking around trying to find a way out Nazz's friends turned to her with their own looks of realization on their faces.
"Zombie or no zombie, I'm getting Double D out of here if it's the last thing I do," Kevin vowed.
"We're gonna have to come up with a plan to get to the lot outside and fast," Eddy said, "Damn.. They're almost everywhere out there," Eddy commented lowly.
"We'll have to take the exit in the gymnasium and follow around one of the sides of the school while eluding them. I believe that route is the fastest to get us to our destination," Double D said as he scanned the growing massacre. The severity of the situation was enough to be that of a gory miniature war. Kevin hopped over the last two steps before setting himself up to dash straight into the gym.
"Mind your surroundings people, you'd safety and lack of contamination is now of the highest importance," Double D advised as he was carried closer and closer to their destination. Keeping an eye out for what was going on, Double D decided to try to save some time they couldn't possibly spare and kicked his foot out after calculating a solution was that his boyfriend had gotten him within a close enough distance to get the door open to freedom to their safe place already.
The door hit the wall, making a racket. Kevin rushed through the doorway and the girls filed in after shoving Eddy away. Marie stuck out her tongue at him as she walked by while he tried to collect himself from the floor. Always the helpful oaf, Ed was there to clean Eddy from the tiles.
Soon after Eddy was back on his feet their entire team was occupying the space they'd entered and heading for the back exit. Double D held the door open to let everyone out. Cautiously, everyone serveyed the school's property.
Kevin released the door handle, allowing it to shut closed mere seconds later.
"It would seem as though something involving our peers has attracted them all to the front of the school," Double D theorized with a finger to his lip.
"Eh, probably can sense the air seeping from the cracks of the doors," Eddy said with a casual shrug.
"Eddy," Double D's voice sounded dead serious, "that has to be the most ludicrous thing I've ever_"
Marie yelled at him to shut up, Edd crossed his arms across his chest and glared at her angrily with his combination eyes.
The blue-haired girl pointed a finger at the ravenette, "You wanna talk about ludicrous? Try absurdity. This place is clear, we're trying to escape and here were are just standing around when we could be running!"
Kevin, ready to say something, fumed due to her having an attitude directed at Edd.
"She's right," Lee stated, seriously, eyeing her sister with her only visible eye, "We should be seizing our opportunity to leave, but instead of doing that we're just standing ar'ound. "
"I was making the attempt to warn you all that it's necessary that we obtain weaponry, ladies," Edd informed, suggestively.
Eddy stared up at his best friend with his smokey-grey eyes. He looked completely confused, "Like what?"
"Oh please," Double D said with a sardonic tone, "Reenter the gym and acquire a couple to several of the baseball teams' solid, wooden bats, Eddy."