Introduction and Disclaimer:
Names and Places are used for sense of familiarity, and to save time coming up with new names. This was thought of one day after reading some zombie stories, and I got to thinking what would happen if it happened to me. Reviews are welcome, and if anyone wants to join the story, leave a brief introduction in the review of yourself, together with your name, age, and whether you want to be found alone or with a group. If in a group, how many were in that group, and whether your partner and/or family would be in the same group.
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Cheers people, and I will try to update more.
It was yet another morning in my school year, as I woke up to the alarm blaring out its usual noise. Grumbling, I rolled over and got up, doing my usual stuff, preparing for school.
Why do I have to keep waking up at these ungodly hours! I can't wait until I finish school and go out into the adult world! Then perhaps I can control my own time!
Driving to school was usual business, living alone on the inheritance did have some perks after all, even if it meant not being able to see my parents again. The usual traffic jam was there to slow me down.
I swear, the only things keeping me in school nowadays are the thoughts of seeing her again! I mean, with my inheritance since the accident last year, I can practically live till I'm hundred on the interest earned every month anyway! It's not like I do well in my subjects, I barely scrape through most of the time! Oh well… enough of all these, lets have some music!
The minutes passed by soon enough, and I found myself parking at the usual spot. Walking into the classroom, I quickly settled down into the place near the windows at the back of the class, and prepared to go through another boring lecture again.
There she was, sitting in front, chatting with her friends. A gorgeous girl, going by the name of JQ. Cute and intelligent, hardworking as well, the dreams of everyone in the class. Though it was known that she was not looking for anyone, we guys could only dream, can we not?
"Hey, still looking at her, are you? It's no use, you are not her type. Just forget it."
I turned in the direction of the voice, and looked at the girl speaking. Her name was Connie, and her other two friends, Mindy and Cheryl were looking at us, nodding in agreement.
"Haha! Who says I'm looking at her? I'm just waiting for the lecturer to come in. He's late, as always!" I said. "So what's going on with you girls nowadays?" I said, quickly changing the subject. Smooth one, Slick.
"Do you wanna catch a movie? The Karate Kid was out several days back, and I heard it's a pretty darn good show! Starring Jacky Chan and Jaden Smith, though everyone complains that it should be called Kung Fu Kid instead of Karate Kid, as the main character was teaching Kung Fu!" said Mindy.
"Sounds good. What time do you girls wanna go? Why don't we go after lunch, and ditch the boring IPD class later? We can go sing Karaoke and have dinner after that." I said.
"Sounds like a plan!" Cheryl said, as the teacher entered the class.
I quickly zoned out as the teacher droned on and on about the assignment due 3 weeks later, that took up 30% of our total grades. Sheesh, it's not like it's due next week, I'll just start on the last day like I always do, and complete it in time for her.
I was distracted from my thoughts by the two lovebirds in front of me, Michelle and Imran. She was a pretty one, and I had a crush on her in semester 1, before she went out with him.
Damn… should have put in a lot more effort in going after her! Oh well, heard she broke up the day before they got together, so who would want someone on the rebound? Luckily she didn't choose me, I think she would immediately go out with another once she gets over losing him.
I looked at my watch. It was almost eleven, just one more hour to go. That's when I heard the screams. Or rather, we all heard the screams.
I leapt out of my seat and looked through the windows. At first glance, there wasn't much. People were running, I assumed they were late for class. Then, as I watched, a girl fell to the ground, and tried to get up. Immediately, several people started to gather around her, and I thought they were trying to help her up. I was wrong.
The screams intensified, and I saw that a boy had her hand up. At first, it seemed that he had helped her up, but then I saw that he had brought the hand to his mouth, and that he was standing up, and that the hand was separated, it ended at the elbow. My God! He's chewing on her hand!
Soon, the others moved away from the girl to go after other targets, the girl's body left there on the ground.
By then, everyone was gathered around me, looking at the scene below.
"Look!" Michelle called out.
There was a twitch in the body of the girl, and she staggered up, swaying unsteadily.
"She's fine! But she needs medical help!" said the lecturer. "Stay in class, I will go and see what I can do!" With that, he ran out of the room.
Down below, someone ran past the girl, and immediately it was like a switch was activated. She jumped onto the person, and started munching on her. Everywhere, similar situations like these were happening.
I stepped back in horror. These looked familiar. Like a scene out of movies and stories, and then it hit me.
Zombies! If that is right, I better do something!
"They are eating people! What do we do!" Yvonne cried out.
"Zombies." I murmured.
Connie heard me and asked, "Zombies? Isn't that something from a movie? How is that possible!"
"They are getting back up after being eaten, and going after other students. Can you give me any other explanations?" I said calmly.
I turned back and looked at the classroom. The door's not gonna hold without anything, and the glass is going to be a problem. Now, if only we can get everyone to cooperate…
I walked towards the teacher's desk and dragged it over to the classroom door, and placed it against the door. Going back to the study tables, I took a small table and placed it on top of the desk.
There, that should hold the door for now. Luckily we are on the top floor, so we should be safe, for now. Now for the glass…
The students noticed what I was doing, and Izzudin called out, "What are you doing man?"
"What does it look like I'm doing? Does anyone here have some glue?" I said loudly, going back to my desk and taking out my A4 sized notepad.
JQ offered me some, and taking it, I quickly glued the top of the papers over the glass, leaving the bottom to flop down. That should do the trick. Now about the students…
Aaron came over and asked, "Dude, you mentioned zombies just now? You mean something like Dawn of the Dead and Night of the Living Dead?"
"Yea, something like that." I replied.
Immediately, there were a lot of shouts from the rest. Many immediately took out their phones and tried to call their parents. Their faces crumpled, and they shouted that the lines were down, and that no calls could get through.
"There's our lecturer!" Connie called out.
Everyone turned their eyes back to the courtyard. Our lecturer had emerged, and was trying to pull a zombie away from another student. As we watched, the zombie immediately turned his attention towards the lecturer, and tried to bite him. He put up a fight, avoiding the mouth, before another pounced on him from the back and caused him to fall forward towards the first zombie. It wasn't a pretty sight after that.
I looked back at the chairs and tables, and tested their limbs, finding that they did not break easily. Flipping a table over, I placed it on the ground, and stomped on its leg, while pulling the opposite side up. A crack was heard, and with another stomp, I had the leg in my hand. Looking around, I estimated that there were around 30 tables, with as many chairs.
The class heard the noise and looked towards me.
"Has everyone watched zombie movies? Do you all know what to do?"
There were nods all around the room.
"Remember, do not hesitate when encountering one, for it may be the last thing you'll ever do. Now guys, can you all see what I have in my hand?" I asked, holding up the table leg.
They got the point, and soon, the room was filled with sounds of table legs cracking.
"Do we do the same for the chairs?" Imran asked.
"No, we need the chairs to hold them at bay. That's where you girls come in. When we go out, I want you girls to hold the chairs like shields, with the chair legs facing outwards, for maximum grip and distance." I said, demonstrating.
"What do we girls have to do now then?" Cheryl asked.
"I want you girls to look through all the bags, remove everything, and categorize them accordingly. Any food and drinks are to be separated for sharing. Place everything against one side of the room. Guys, place the table tops stacked up against the door, and stack the chairs up near the door." I said, as I went back to help with moving the tables and chairs.
Soon, the guys were done, and they went to help the girls while I looked out of the windows. There were still a few zombies moving around in the courtyard, and I decided that we would have to wait until tomorrow before we have to move.
Can we risk sneaking a peek out of the doors? Should we perhaps barricade the fire exits and use the entire floor as our own? Better not, staying in here would be safe for now. Luckily there are water fountains on every floor, so we can replenish our water supplies. But food is going to be a problem, I will not risk going for supplies now, while the zombies are still around. That means they will have to go hungry today. Luckily no one has any medical needs.
I turned back to see what they were doing. There was a growing pile of water bottles, most of them full. A lot of books were piled up in a corner; these would be useful as pillows. Stationeries were placed aside, and these were the ones I was interested in.
Moving over to them, I found a fair number of scissors, which I knew were useful weapons. The pens would help as well.
Joanne came up to me, saying that they were done.
"Good job everyone," I said. "Problem now is, we have a few decisions to make. As you all can see, there are still a lot of zombies out there, and it will be suicide to go out now, or today, for that matter. I think the best idea is to wait until tomorrow. What do you all think?"
JQ came up beside me and turned to face everyone. I was hoping that she would help me, and guess someone was still looking after me.
"I know we do not have enough water or food," she said, "but I think that we should wait it out as well. Luckily we have a water fountain on this floor, so we can replenish our water."
There were many nods around the room. Aaron stepped forward and said:" I think we should make Teoh and JQ our leaders, since they have already started taking charge of the situation, and that we all should trust them and listen to them."
Again, everyone nodded. Inwardly, I was cheering, for I would be able to work with her, but on the other hand, it meant being responsible for everyone, for every decision I made could mean life or death for people in this room.
"Thank you Aaron, I will do my best. Everyone, I know that you all are impatient for news of your family, but please, keep the phones on silent mode, for noise will attract those out there. Leave a message on their phones, and wait patiently, for most probably everyone will be trying to get through, hence networks will be busy." I said.
"Does everyone mind if we put the water from everyone's bottles together, so that we can fill up the empty bottles?" JQ asked.
Anna and Michelle immediately went to transfer the water, and soon enough, we had three empty bottles, and one half full.
"I need a few guys to follow me to fill these up, can you all do it? Three should be enough." I said.
Immediately, everyone's hands went up. I chose Imran, Victor and Amirul to help me, telling the others to stay in the room.
I lifted the makeshift curtain over the glass, and found no one at the door. I motioned for Amirul to take a chair as I took one myself, and gestured for the other two to follow.
Syazwan and Aaron moved the barricades aside for us, and I opened the door gently and eased out. There was no one around. Coming out, we made a beeline for the water fountain, and the two of them started to fill the water bottles, while Amirul and I looked around.
After what seemed like eternity, which probably lasted around five minutes, they were done, and we went back to the relative safety of the classroom, replacing everything back to its original position.
"What do we do now?" Mindy asked.
"Now, we wait."