Before The Storm

Gabriella's Perspective

"Oh my God! What are we gonna do!? Gabriella, we need to do something! Troy, shoot!" Sharpay was screaming, as those things came towards us.

It was silent after the gunshot. Everything went dead. We were hoping to be found, but it was technically the end of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Too much was happening in one day, and I wanted it to end. Whether we died, or got away, let us all stay together. We hoped for the best, and maybe that's what we'll get.

9:00 AM: East High

I was heading to drama class, when the teachers started to shout. "Get in a room! Get in a room!" Everyone worried that this would be the end of us all. Troy Bolton pulled me by the arm into the class that we shared together. "You have no clue how happy I am that you just got me in here," I smiled at him, and he hugged me.

"You're my best friend, Gabriella. I wouldn't let anything happen to you."

"Do you think the others are okay?" I asked him.

"I can't guarantee anything. But Chad and Taylor made it for sure. Kelsi and Jason were in the music room; so they were already safe. Especially since that room has no windows. I was in the gym when I ran here; because I wanted to be with you. I need to get weapons. I'll go to the school emergency vault. I want you to stay here, and make sure that you don't get hurt, okay? Do this for me."

Troy's Perspective

I ran as fast as I could to the principal's office. "Principal Matsui! They're attacking us! We need some kind of weapons."

"For the safety of the children in this school, I can not dispense out weapons to anyone under the age of 18. It is illegal, and I just can't do it."

"You don't know what it's like out there. You're in the safety of your damn office!"

He sighed, as well as I. "Please. People are dying out there, and I, for one, don't want to sit back and watch." He handed me five pistols. I ran back to the room, as Ms. Darbus was announcing something. "What's going on?" I asked aloud. It was Gabriella who responded.

"There's two windows. And those double doors. So, there's five of us. This would mean that each person gets a door, a window, and the extra person keeps their eyes on the walls, since these things are coming through them. So here's the deal: I can't kill. Something is coming towards me, then I'll let it kill me most likely. I get really nervous when it comes to pulling a trigger. So now, we're trying to agree on what to do with me." This is when I shot out my huge announcement, letting people know what I'm going to do.

"Seriously, guys? Someone couldn't just take two shifts? Fine. I will. I get the double doors. Ms. Darbus, your gun." I tossed her and everyone else a gun.

"Gabriella, it's your job to tell me if they're coming from my right. I can only look one way at a time, and more seem to come from the left." I remembered what I heard from someone earlier. I couldn't remember who, but that didn't matter right now.

"They can only die if you shoot their heads off. Either that, or you shoot them in their non-beating heart twice." I didn't know how I could make this any clearer, but they all seemed to understand.

We slowly shifted to where we were shifting. I shot the first gun shot. The creature dropped dead, and its head flew from in front of the bathroom doors to the end of the hall.

"You guys know it's okay to shoot. This is for our own protection. Don't let them bite you. If I'm not mistaken, it will kill you. Keep your guard up, okay, guys?"

They all simultaneously said "yes," and I was hoping that they all meant it.

The one that I shot started crawling towards us at the speed of about 30 mph, I was guessing. Gabriella shrieked. "Oh my God! Kill it!" I shot the thing; laughing at Gabriella.

"You're scared quite easily." She smiled in response. "I'm sure I won't be after this."

I heard four gunshots from each direction of the room. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Troy, do you think we're gonna make it out alive?" "I sure hope so."

Sharpay started running towards us. "It's following me! It's following me!"

After she said that, a giant vampire-zombie monster thing came towards us. Half of it's face had fangs, and the other side of it looked like dried blood, and it's eye was bugging out.

"That's the nastiest thing that I've ever seen in my whole life," Gabriella cried.

In response I said, "I never thought that I'd have to bring this out. I'll be right back!"

I tossed Sharpay my pistol. "Don't be a baby, and shoot if you need to!"

I ran to the principals office again. "Hand it over. It's heading to Ms. Darbus' room."

I sprinted back as fast as I could. I took out the bazooka, and shot the missile at the monster's face. It fell to the ground, moaning; like the zombie it is.

I turned around, to see three people crawling towards me. I shot all three of them in the face, leaving them dead. One was full vampire, and the other two were a mix of vampires and zombies. I hated to call them zombies; to me it sounded really cheesy and childish, but I'd have to get used to it. "Apparently if you get bitted you don't die, but turn into one of them. So what I'm thinking is that they started out with a vampire, and a zombie. Boom. They bit a whole bunch of people, and the chain began. People bit other people, and now, the whole town of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is officially transformed. This school is full of probably the only survivors. This also means that our parents are probably all dead..."

It was Gabriella who screamed first. "No! No! My mom can't be dead, she's all I have left..."

I pulled her into a meaningful hug, assuringly succeeding in being understanding.

"She's not all you have. You have your friends too. Sharpay, Ryan. Chad, Taylor. Kelsi, Zeke."

She cut off my sentence. "And you." She hugged me tighter. "And me," I whispered.

"Okay, excuse me for ruining the moment, but I'm pretty sure that we have to get out of here. Let's find the others and meet on the stage. There's only two doors. The front door, and the back door, so it will be simple to guard. However, there will be more zombies and vampires attacking us if they find out where we are, because they will be coming from numerous directions." "Sharpay, for once, your logic actually made sense," Gabriella joked.

"Haha, very funny," Sharpay said sarcastically. Ryan appeared in front of the door.

"Thank God," Sharpay sighed. "We're going to split up. Ryan and Sharpay, Gabriella and I."

I grabbed the guns that Ms. Darbus and the others were using. I tossed one to Ryan, one to Sharpay, and kept the extra in my back pocket.

"Why isn't Gabriella getting one?" Ryan asked. "No time to explain," I replied to him.

"Guns just aren't for me." With this we split up; not sure if we'd ever see each other breathing again.

A/N: This is the first chapter, and I hope that you enjoyed it. I tried my best. I'm actually amazed, this is the longest chapter of a story that I've ever written.