We moved through the corridor, although Tamari didn't move very fast. Then we stopped at a window that overlooked the yard. She saw the pools of blood and gasped.
"Told you so, now can we move?" I said hastily.
"B, but where's the bodies?" she asked
"not sure, that's why we HAVE to move, NOW!" I said, pulling her arm again. We made our way through the corridors, all the other students still in lesson. We made it down to the ground floor where we saw one of the teachers walking around, very slowly. Tamari ran up to them
"sir what's with all the blood outside?" there was no reply as he slowly turned
"sir? The teacher lunged at her, grabbing her arm
"TAMARI!" I yelled as she screamed. Running up to the teacher I planted my elbow and his arm with full force, hearing the bone crack with a sickening crunch. The grip lessoned as Tamari struggled free, but the teacher didn't react at all. "You ok?" I asked calmly, looking at her. She nodded.
"Who… what is that?" she asked. Keeping our distance I looked it over. It was the same teacher who had been bitten first. "I'm not sure" I replied. "But by the look of it there's more. We need weapons"
Tamari thought for a moment "the kendo hall" she finally said, "we can get the swords from there, you can use those cant you?"
"Yeah" she was right, I had done kendo since I was young, but still, I was unsure, as well as afraid.
"Ok, let's go then" leaving the "teacher" behind. We headed to the kendo department.
"I just thought what about you? You've never done kendo in your life."
we carried on as she thought, then as we passed the janitors closet she stopped.
"What are you doing?" she smiled as she picked up a spare broom handle and spun it round with some interesting finesse.
"Nice" I grinned as we carried on. Making it to the kendo department the intercom came on with the principle talking. *STUDENTS, I NEED YOU ALL TO REMAIN CALM, FOLLOW YOUR TUTORS AND EVACUATE, WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. FOLLOW YOUR TUTORS AND EVACU…* the intercom went quiet then muffled in the background he spoke again *what are you doing, get away, sir, keep awa… AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!* it fell dead again
"shit…" as I said it, screaming could be heard all around the school. The panic had begun. Students flooded from every classroom and spilled out into the corridors.
"We really gotta move" I looked at Tamari, my face more serious than ever.
"Wolfee… are we gonna be ok?" I looked at her, straight in the eyes as my face fell.
"I really don't know…" she gulped but forced a smile.
"Ok…"
I made a move for the store room. Grabbing a practice sword, then, as I turned around. Something caught my eye, and I grinned.
"This is new." Tamari looked at me, confused. Then I walked over and picked up a bow.
"Thank you archery club" I smiled. Grabbing that and a full quiver of arrows we made a move.
"Where too?" Tamari asked. I closed my eyes and thought for a moment.
"The corridors will be packed, as will every entrance and exit. Taking those is suicide"
"then where?" Tamari asked, worried.
I thought again for a while, and then it hit me. "The roof!"
Tamari looked at me, "you sure?"
"Think about it, everybody else is heading down and out. The roof is an obvious choice"
"ok" she smiled, a real one this time. I grabbed her wrist and we ran to the staircase. Looking over we could see students massing in every direction, and blood everywhere. Tamari stopped and stared, she almost started crying.
"Tamari, we don't have time, it's too late for them now" she nodded as we continued. We made it too the roof. Seems I wasn't the only one to have this idea as a few students were already there. Looking again I realised, they were exactly like the teacher earlier.
"Stay back, their like the teacher" she hesitated as she looked again, and realised what I had.
"Come on" I said leading her to a ladder that lead to the water tower.
"We'll hide up here" climbing up we camped out up there. Watching the massacre that unfurled below us.
"holy shit" was all I could muster as people were torn limb from limb. Blood spurting in all directions. Then watching the dead pick themselves up and continue like the rest.
this was the day the world went to hell…