Herlo there reader who had the time to click on my story :D This is really the first story i've written on here, so i really have nothing to say. Other than Review if you will, flames will become sushi, and enjoy this somewhat makeshift story.
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H.O.T.D. Outbreak in America
"Miguel hurry up! I've literally lapped you twice!" How could this day get any worse? My least favorite class, warm weather, and my best friend won't shut up.
"DAMNIT KWAN YOU KNOW I HATE RUNNING."
"Heh, want me to hit him for you?" Kaelynn Miyamoto was probably the smartest and fittest person I knew. She was a tall 5'9", which gave her one heck of a running advantage.
"Yes please, I'd do it myself but I can't grab him."
"Oh god Miguel, I didn't know you were like that." She said with a 'that's what she said' tone.
"NOT LIKE THAT!" In my mind I had anime sweat dropped, and asked what I thought of myself. "Jus- hit him already!"
Overhearing our little conversation, Kwan had said, "Oh no, how scary, Kaelynn's gonna hit me." then a moment of silence. "...OH NO KAEYLNNS GONNA HIT ME!" Then he started running faster. Aside from being smart AND looking good, she could pack a punch. They started to chase one another around the track, and it ended with Kwan exclaiming, "SAVED BY THE BELL!" *smack*
"Not so much." She still slapped him anyways.
*bell ring*
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"Pheww, it's finally over." I was exhausted, and the commotion starting at the front gate didn't help either.
After the three of us had changed out of P.E. attire, we went to see what was going on.
"I wonder what this could be, 'nother fight?" Kwan asked.
"Ugh, I hope not, there's too many fights for this school!" Personally I hated fights, even though I generally take advantage of them.
"Miguel, oh so pacifistic～" Along with my somewhat trademark evil glare, I said,
"Shut up Kwanathan." Kaelynn interrupted our verbal sparring by alerting us of who the fight was about.
"Hey guys, isn't that Marlou?"
And in almost perfect unison we said the same thing in different languages.
"Merde."
"Damn."
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Being mistaken for his brother countless times, I had to ask,
"Marlou's fighting? Who?"
Kaelynn spoke up this time, "Would I know? He always wins, so it doesn't matter."
"Yep. He just beat the guy unconscious." Kwan reported.
"Wow, is that a record time?
My endless skill of knowing everything paid off a bit and I answered, "Nope, fastest time to knock someone unconscious was 4.64 seconds, this was 4.86."
"Hey guys! What'd I miss?" My equally nerdy Korean friend Ryan joined our trio with hands in pockets.
"Marlou knocked someone unconscious. Again." I said. Me, Ryan, and Marlou were like the three nerdy musketeers, Kaelynn and her two friends, Reina and Jamie, were like the three... musketeerettes. Then as fast as it had happened, the crowd dispersed and went on with their lives.
"Well then, off to our classes." said Ryan.
"Oh sige den, off to math!" Kaelynn and I along with Reina had that class, whereas Ryan, Jamie, and Kwan had another. Marlou had a class with the genius known as Katie. As we were about to head to our classes, a loud `clang`noise sounded at the front gate.
"What was that? Correction, what IS that?" Kwan asked. It resembled a human, but stood at a massive 6'4", far taller than even Kaelynn. Its flesh was a sickly grey color and the eyes no more than fairly off-white spheres. It clearly had no sense of touch, as it kept on walking into the gate. One of the teachers walked to it and said in a commanding voice, "You there! If you're not gonna do anything important, get outta here!" He grabbed it by its shoulders, whispered something like, "Only students and teachers on this campus during school hours." and we immediately knew he was done for.
The second the teacher grabbed the thing, we felt a chill run down our backs. Once the teacher was done speaking, the thing wasted no time and proceeded to grab the man's arm and bite down on it. I don't care how badly you think you've been bitten, this guy had it worse. We could hear his bones cracking, flesh tearing, and various other sights. We would've kept watching, but he let a blood-curdling scream tear through the sky, followed by another scream from elsewhere, then another, and another. This was an infestation.
"What was that!" I could hear the panic in Kaelynn's voice. I looked around at the campus, and then wondered why there were few students panicking. Then I realized that there were actually very few students around. 'Huh, we must've been late to class.' The thoughts I come up with. As if reading my thoughts, Ryan spoke up and said,
"They probably haven't heard anything yet. This is probably a good time to get our weaponry." Most of us agreed, but Kaelynn asked,
"What? What do we need weapons for!" There wasn't any time, that teacher shouldn't be lasting very long anymore. Without the slightest word, we four males went off to find our friends and weapons. Whichever was first seen. I stopped when I realized that Kaelynn staring the, assumed, dead teacher. But it wasn't dead, but rather it had become one of the creatures. Not as tall, or with the same features, but unmistakably a Zombie. Its moans were so gruesome, and quite like those horror films. If anything its spot on. Kaelynn this time got hold of her senses, and broke us up into groups.
"Ryan and Kwan, go get Jamie, Reina, Katie, and whoever else may be useful. Me, Miguel, and Marlou will find those weapons." And without fail we all went off to our jobs. If only we were prepared for what was coming.
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{Kaelynn, Me, Marlou PoV}
"Alrighty, where to start..."
"Kendo club? There has to be some sort of weapons there, I mean, it's a kendo club. Really." Marlou suggested. It's one of those 'Durrr' moments, unique to Marlou completely.
"Shyyuuttuppp." I replied.
"Knock it off you two, let's go." Kaelynn's words were immediately followed by the awkward silence. "Ehh... where's kendo club?" Then a familiar voice said,
"Fail." We spun around to the source of the voice, and found my good friend Jamie. She walked towards us and as she neared I jokingly stated,
"Wow, impeccable timing baa-chan. impeccable timing." I had my rights to call her baa-chan.
"SHUT UP. DONT CALL ME THAT!"
To end the conversation I simply said, "Whatever whatever, nice timing anyways." Marlou took the 'referee' role this time, and said,
"Good, now we can split up." We all looked at him with a quizzical face. "Why ya'll lookin at me like that? Just saying now we can split into 2 groups of 2 and cover more ground. More ground, more weapons, more chance to survive. We'll meet back here once we're all done."
"Wow, that actually makes sense. Good call." Jamie said. "Well who's going where?" That was actually a good question. The way I saw it, me and Jamie should go one way, because I was one of the few people who she trusts, and I was one of the few that WOULD trust her. Marlou and Kaelynn were both good close-combat fighters, so it would make sense for them to go to the kendo room.
"What're you thinking about Miguel?" Marlou and I had known each other for a long time, and he could tell when I was thinking of something. Then again anyone could. I have a very strange thinking face. I stated my ideas, and we eventually all agreed, and then settled on me and Jamie going one way, and then Marlou and Kaelynn another way.
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{Me and Jamie PoV}
"Ok, if they're going to kendo club, where're we going?" Jamie and I went walking one direction, with her leading the way.
"Some old storage place I found, it's been a while since I've opened it, but it's got some pretty nice stuff in there."
"What kind?" We went to the 3rd floor of school, down the hallways and stopped at a wall. "Uhh Jamie? You sure this is the right place? Looks like a dead end to me." She laughed a bit, and said to me,
"To you it does." My question was answered when she peeled back a part of the wall, revealing a door. She opened the door, which led to a poorly-lit room.
I complained, "Wow, hard to see in here."
"Hold on, there's a flashlight around here somewhere. Lemme see... Here!" She produced a fairly small flashlight, than illuminated the room to reveal all sorts of things. Batteries, paper, spare clothing, I've always wondered how she changes clothes halfway through the school day. Then she lit up a small corner of the room, and to my delight, revealed all sorts of weapons. There were quite a few boxes of them, and she went to one labeled 'For emergency usage ONLY'.
"OH MY GOD Jamie if I didn't know you weren't gonna snap my neck I'd hug you."
"Then it's a good thing you do, now get the weapons and carry them!"
"Why me?"
"Hey, I supplied them; here I'll carry me weapon if it makes you happy." She drew out a fairly thick shortsword, which I could tell was hers for a long time. In my mind I'm thinking, 'She has a shortsword. A FREAKING SHORTSWORD for god's sake. What kind of female has a shortsword?' She held the swords like they were nothing, then I realized why she was so good at sword-sparring. I was absent-mindedly admiring her features for a while when she smacked me in the head with the blunt of the sword. In a commanding tone she ordered,
"Quit starin, let's go." I could tell I was blushing, so I just followed her out wordlessly. After maybe…. 2 minutes I asked her,
"Where to?" I wanted to know when we were gonna stop walking around.
"We're going back to the school veranda. There shouldn't be too much people there, so we'll wait for Marlou and Kaelynn to get back with what they have. Then we'll find Kwan and Ryan, have them meet us here, then leave before this place gets too infested."
"And throughout this entire escapade I'm carrying these?" Come on, I'm a lazy person and I won't wanna carry this stuff around school. She glared at me for a while, then we got caught up in a staring contest. I always win these. Another 2 minutes had passed before she answered,
"Ehh, maybe. Once we've all chosen our weapons we can hide these somewhere and leave."
"Alrighty then." And so began our wait.
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{Kaelynn/ Marlou PoV}
I am pretty sure Marlou wanted to be paired with Kaelynn. Nonetheless, they made a very powerful duo. Kaelynn had amazing hand-to-hand and weapon combat skills, and Marlou was essentially a berserk warrior from god-knows-where. They were standing idly when Kaelynn's voice broke the silence.
"Well, you know where the kendo room is, so I'm following you." Kaelynn said. Marlou smirked and said,
"Oh we're not going to the kendo room. Anything there might be too dull to actually be used."
Kaelynn asked with a confused look, "Where are we going then?" Marlou had begun walking and said with a pedophile voice,
"Ever heard of Swordplay Club?"
"We have a swordplay club? Since when?" she began to follow, then for no reason they began to run, and got to said club in no time.
"Since me and a couple of friends started it. We did exactly what the name says. Swordplay. And some sparring." They got to the door when they realized,"Damnit I forgot the keys... Kaelynn can you break the door down?"
"Heh, no problem." She readied one leg for a kick, and as definitely as she said it, the door fell off of its hinges in one go. "Couldn't you have done that?"
"Yes, but I'm too lazy." The room inside was actually well-lit, and very spacious.
"Wow, this is a nice place you got here. Really nice designs too." The room was about the size of every other classroom, albeit less classroom like. With the desks and chairs were arranged neatly in a corner, and the floor was covered with a hard-looking material. Upon closer inspection, and an epic fall onto the mats, the material turned out to be very soft and cushioning, yet stable. "Wow, these are some nice pads. Where'd you get them?" The walls of the room weren't as padded, in fact they were pretty hard. Seeming to think about something, Marlou replied,
"Imported from a Thailand worker. Not that legal, but who's gonna jail us for padding?" Weird, weird friends I have. "Now, help yourself to any weaponry you might like." While the female in the room was toying with the padding, he had reached into various hidden drawers in the room, apparently looking for something.
"You need something? And where's the sturdiest sword you've got?" She was now on her feet behind Marlou.
"I'm looking for my special sword. Jade on the hilt, steel blade with sapphire designing on it. About a meter long. As for your sword, broadswords are in the box to my right, the shortswords should be behind them. There's a mace Felipe uses, maybe you can use it." Kaelynn walked to the area designated, then began to find the right sword. 'Wow these are some nice weapons. Hm... Her train if thought was interrupted by Marlou screaming,
"AHA! I HAVE FOUND IT!" He held the, indeed impressive, weapon in his hand. The handle looked soft, and comfortable to grip, and on the end of it was a Jade crystal. The blade was gleaming silver, shining and bright, divided in half by an intricate design of blue sapphire. He smiled wickedly and said to Kaelynn,
"Now for your toy..."
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After settling on a bringing a katana, 13 throwing knives, a mace, some kunais, and a couple of shurikens, the melee warriors left the room to find us. Marlou's impatience made him wonder out loud,
"Where the RUBBER BALLS are they? We've been walking for how long now?"
Kaelynn giggled slightly and said, "36 seconds, no joke."
"..."
"Oh come on, I'm sure Jamie's gonna appear out of nowhere again and we'll just need to find Ryan and Kwan. Hey, if they were looking for Katie, Reina, useful people AND Jamie, wouldn't they be confused trying to find Jamie?" Marlou simply answered,
"I dunno." He apparently had said it with a harsh tone, but Kaelynn didn't seem to mind. Now they were sitting on a bench relaxing until we got to where they were. Relaxation fail.
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{Ryan/Kwan PoV}
You'd think that a psychopath and... Kwan couldn't get into much trouble. Think again. In the same time that it took me, Jamie, Marlou, and Kaelynn to get our damn weapons, THEY managed to find 2 people, 2 extra people, a pair of spiked gauntlets, and the keys to the female locker room.
"Okay Ryan, you know which class they're in right? LEAD THE WAY!" Kwan was a very spontaneous fool, but he was a good fighter nonetheless.
"Fine..." Ryan began walking, and the other one followed soon. Sadly their first objective was on the other side of the campus. Said target was Reina Cen. Not exactly the tallest person, she was a very unique individual. Her combat prowess was passed only by Marlou and Ryan on their bad days, and matched by none other than her best friend Kaelynn.
"WHOA HOLD ON." Ryan's somewhat loud exclamation drew Kwan's answer of,
"What? What happened?"
"WE TOOK A WRONG TURN! I DUNNO WHERE THIS PLACE IS!" Epic fail moment. As smart as these guys are, they sometimes had no common sense. After slightly overreacting, aka falling to the floor and spazzing out, Kwan managed a weak "What do you mean lost? Can't we just turn around?"
Ryan's reply was a mere "You kidding me? This school can be a labyrinth if you don't know your way around. If we walk ai- WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
"Well, if you're gonna do squat and worry, you can die without trying." And with that, Kwan turned the corner only to be back within the minute and say,
"Found a door."
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They went up to that door, and with a little bit of manpower, and Ryan's hacking skills, managed to get it open. The room inside was familiar, but not that much. Very white and tiled flooring, it was similar to the
"Medical room. This has to be the medical room, look at all of this stuff!" Kwan said.
Ryan had been looking around, when he spotted something interesting.
"Well, door saying 'confiscated weapons' sounds cool. Check it out?"
Kwan's eyes seemed to shine with an evil tint as he said, "Ohhhh this'll be fun..."
Kwan noticed first, and pointed out a lock on the door.
"Err, how do we open it? There's a pretty complex looking lock on it."
"Well, whose medical ward is this?" Kwan looked around and found a plaque reading 'Miss Brandi Kuhora, Winner of the 1998 Medical Nobellion Prize' "Well, I guess its Brandi's place."
"Good job. Now go find something useful here while I jack into here." Having said that, Ryan turned to the lock, and began to think. Kwan just stood around. Waiting for him to be done. Within 5 minutes, the door was open, and revealed a fair amount of strange weaponry.
Ryan whistled at this arrange of violent weapons. It had everything from knives to spiked gauntlets.
"Hey, doesn't Marlou want one of those?" Kwan motioned to a pair of spiked gloves, and sure enough he went to take it. Oddly there was no alarm sounding, so they began playing with what they needed. Once Ryan chose a simple, bayoneted pistol and Kwan had the gauntlets and a staff, they went to exit the room. The two idiots turned the wrong direction, and went through the wrong door, directly into Ms. Kuhora's operating room.
"What are you doing here? And what are these! Actually, how did u get them is a better question." The medic seemed somewhat jittery, and wondered if the frail girl on the medical bed was okay. Then something caught Ryan's eye.
"Hey... That's Katie! What is she doing here?" Still somewhat jumpy, Brandi sat down and said,
"She was hit by something."
"What -EXACTLY- hit her?" Ryan for some reason felt mad about seeing the girl in this room. Something made him mad, and worriful, about it.
"Well..." Ms. Kuhora wasn't about to argue with children who had weaponry in hand. "She was walking around when something big hit her. She's been here for 3 days. Planned to be released today actually." The girl on the bed looked fine, other than the endless tubing leading in and out of her. Kwan went to ask a question, but was cut off when the first of many Zombies slammed into the door, breaking it easily.
"For Christ's sake, they're already here!" Kwan and Ryan readied their weapons, and took stance in front of the two females. Ryan intended to be the one closer to Katie, and stood slightly back.
"Kwan I hope your good with that sword, this gun won't do much." Ryan was behind Kwan's right, directly in front of Katie, which Brandi was next to. Kwan indeed was fair in swordfights, but wouldn't last forever.
"Brandi, wake up Katie, we're moving out." His idea was to move out to the veranda, where there more space to move, and where we were. After the zombies in their way were gone...
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Aaaaaaaand this writer is finished :D Well like, for now. I might be continuing if i find the willpower to do so. I seem to lack said willpower. If i do continue, chapter two will have the fihgitng scenes in it :) 3,600 words :D I wanted that number. :P