Chapter 2: Great. A Fucking Perverted Bastard.
Author's Note Part 2: Well guys, here it is. Chapter 2 of this story (finally). Sorry it took so long, but like I said in the last chapter, this is going to be one of the stories that I focus on less than the others. As shown by the few months of waiting. But I thank all of you who stood by, and waited for this chapter to come out.
I'd also like to say that for those of you who read the first chapter, and are now reading this one, I went back to the first and made a few changes. So, if you want to go and read them, then go ahead. And I also added in some important info in another author's note that I added at the top, and I'd like for you all to go and check it out. But, I think that's enough news on this story. I'm certain that you all just want to hurry up and get to reading the actual chapter, so here you go!
" ~Bzzzzzzzzzz!~ There appears to be a problem with our cameras. From now on, we'll bring you the story from inside the studio. The condition outside seems extremely chaotic, so stay home unless it's absolutely necessary to go outside. We'll bring you more stories as soon as it's safe to cover the current situation from the sight." The announcer on the TV tells the teens as they watch the newscast inside the teacher's lounge. However, Takashi suddenly slams his fist into the desk next to him.
"Is that all?" He asks in an angered voice. "Why didn't they tell us anything else?"
"They're afraid of causing a panic." Takagi tells him, making everyone turn to look at her.
"A panic?" Rei asks her in confusion.
"Yeah you idiot!" Takagi responds in annoyance. "First panic, then chaos. And chaos causes a disruption of order. And then, when order is disrupted…Well you should just hand it all over to the walking corpses!" She tells them as Jack turns to watch the newscast and change the channel to a different one making everyone look up at the new channel. This time, the news is going more in depth about the outbreak.
"This unusual and unprecedented biological phenomenon that spread throughout North America has yet to be put under control." The newscaster says, making Jack scoff in his head.
Right. Like this whole thing was caused by some sort of biological weapon or something. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I'm pretty sure that we humans haven't found a way to bring the dead back to life. He thinks as he rolls his eyes and continues to watch as the newscaster goes on.
"There are reports that the transfer of power is in preparation for the use of tactical warheads to combat the infestation. We have currently lost contact with Moscow, Beijing has been set ablaze. London has maintained order while in Paris and Rome there are reports of looting. The government officials have declared a state of mARtiaL LaW. Current ~Bzzz~ PeoPLe ~Bzzz~" Suddenly, the TV starts to change and the screen goes blue. The only sound it gives off being a loud buzzing.
"So they're everywhere…" Takashi says in disbelief.
"That's crazy." Kohta says. "Everything was normal when I checked the internet this morning." He continues.
"And you know that as soon as this happened, it would be all over the internet." Jack agrees.
"I can't believe this. This happened all over the world in a matter of a few hours…" Rei says, trailing off as she walks over to Takashi and grips onto his shirt as if to assure herself that he's there. That, or as something to hold onto as she digests this new information. "But they'll stop it, right?" She asks him. "I mean, they have to stop it. From spreading, I mean-" She stops talking, and then puts on a smile as if to assure her next words are the truth. "Everything is going back to normal soon-" She's cut off as Takagi speaks up.
"That's not going to happen." She says, making everyone turn to look at her again.
"Why do you have to be so blunt about it?" Takashi asks, this time Jack being the one to answer.
"Two reasons Takashi." He says, drawing attention to him. "First off, because that's the truth. And the only way that we'll survive it is if we accept that fact. And secondly, in terms of reality. What's happening right now is a pandemic. Not some biological weapon that some country set on the rest of the world, but more likely something that's been evolving for a long, long time, and is now affecting everyone." He tells them.
"A pandemic…" Ms. Shizuka says as she puts her hand up to her chin. She gets a nod from Jack in response.
"Exactly Ms. Shizuka, a pandemic. A pandemic is the outbreak of an infectious disease. And this certain disease is affecting the entire world's population." He continues for the others who didn't know exactly what a pandemic was.
"So what, it's some kind of epidemic?" Takashi asks, Takagi nodding again.
"This is exactly like the Spanish flew in nineteen-eighteen." She says. "More than six hundred million people got infected, and fifty million people died from it." She tells them. "Remember how much panic swine flu caused?" She asks, getting nods in response. "Well square that." She tells them. This time, Ms. Shizuka speaks up.
"Not to be disagreeable, but I think this is more like the black death from the fourteenth century." She says, getting a nod from Jack as Takagi looks thoughtful.
"One third of the European population died, you're smarter than you look." She comments.
"So then how did the outbreak finally end?" Takashi asks them.
"Well, there are many theories." Ms. Shizuka answers. "It usually stops when too many humans die. There wouldn't be enough people to spread the disease." She tells them, only for Kohta to speak up from his place by the window.
"But now… All the dead people still move and start attacking you." He says, making Jack speak up.
"Which means that the amount of people carrying the disease doesn't decrease, unless they're killed off completely." He says, making the others look at the two of them.
"Are you saying that there's no reason for this outbreak to stop?" Saeko asks them. Jack's grim expression is all the answer she needs, until Ms. Shizuka speaks up again.
"The weathers going to be really hot! They might not be able to move if their flesh decomposes and they become skeletons." She says, only for Saeko to turn around and face her.
"How long does it take for that to happen?" She asks, making Shizuka look down in thought.
"In summer, some parts of the body could become skeletal in about twenty days. But it takes considerably longer during winter…" She says, before looking up at them with a smile. "A couple months. That's not too terribly long." She tells them, making the others look at her in surprise, and Jack to silently facepalm.
"You're kidding. She's not smarter than she looks." Saeko says, Jack silently agreeing with her, but not saying it out loud so that he doesn't hurt Ms. Shizuka's feelings.
"So what are you saying?" Takashi asks, turning to face Takagi. The girl in question adjusts her glasses as she looks out the windows.
"Medical logic doesn't apply to those walking corpses that move around and attack humans. Worst case scenario they may never decompose." She says, making Jack think about the situation as Saeko speaks up.
"First thing we find out is if our families are okay. Then we need to find some place safe to hold up for a while. But no matter where we go, we're going to need a plan." She tells them, Jack finally refocusing on the groups discussion, his face now one of utter seriousness. A look that shows he's going to get everyone he's with out of the situation alive, or die trying. At the same time, Saeko looks up with a similar facial expression. "Teams. We need to team up." She announces, the others following her instructions quickly. Takashi and Rei grab their weapons, as Kohta has his nail gun ready as he stands with Ms. Shizuka and Takagi. As the others do this, Jack readies his crowbar, and stands next to Saeko.
"What I wouldn't give to be at my house right now. I could really use my own weapon right now." He mutters. "But, I suppose this'll do." He says as he turns the crowbar over in his hands. Saeko nods at his words, before looking around at the group.
"Let's try to pick up survivors whenever we can." She suggests, getting a nod from the gathered in response.
"We'll just have to work out who joins our group. Finding them and rescuing them is fine. But too many people in one group… And we'll die off quicker by distributing the materials we have." He mutters to Saeko, the two of them still not sure if the rest were ready to hear that part yet. Jack had a feeling that Kohta would understand, but Takashi was too nice for his own good. He reminded Jack of how he would have acted five years ago. Before his mother died. Saeko nods in understanding, before Takashi speaks up.
"Let's do it." He says, Rei speaking after him.
"What's the best way out of here?" She asks them.
"Sorry to break it to you stupid but we're just gonna have to go out the front." Takagi tells them. The next second, the men had pushed the desk out of the way of the door, and everyone was ready to take on what was on the opposite side.
"Let's go." Takashi orders, whether he knew it at that moment or not, Jack could already tell that Takashi was the unnamed leader of their little group. The others may have suggestions, or facts about what to do, but it was Takashi who would have the final say. When he announces this, they push open the door to the teacher's lounge, and see a small group of zombies waiting for them on the other side. A couple turn to face them, and Kohta quickly dispatches them with two shots from his nail gun. Then, everyone follows. And when another tries to come up from the side and attack them, Takashi slams his baseball bat into its head, knocking it down to the ground and killing it. Then, they continue on through the school.
A few minutes after leaving the teacher's lounge, and after being told about what the zombies react to by the residential pink haired genius of the group, the teens run into another group of students being attacked by zombies. So, they decide to help them. Kohta takes the high ground, shooting down one of the zombies trying to turn the students. Then, Takashi, Rei, Saeko and Jack come down, and dispatch the rest of the zombies. Takashi, Saeko and Jack smash in the zombie's heads, as Rei proceeds to stab them in the chest to hold them at length, before leaping past them, and kicking them down the stairs so that their heads smash apart when they impact the steps below.
When all of the zombies are taken care of, the group that was being attacked thanks the teens. "Keep it down. Is anyone bitten yet?" Saeko says, making sure that everyone keeps quiet so that no more will come after them.
"What?" One of the females from the group they saved asks in confusion. "No, no one." She says, holding up her hands in order to reinforce that statement.
"It looks okay. We'll be alright." Rei says with a smile, confirming that no one from the group had been bitten. Takashi comes walking down the stairs and faces them.
"We're getting out of here. Do any of you want to come with us?" He asks them.
"Sure." The same girl from earlier answers, before everyone sets off. On their way out of the school, the members from the main group take care of any zombies that get in their way, until they reach the main staircase that leads to the main entrance. Unfortunately, there's a large crowd of zombies between them, and the doors.
"Man, there's a bunch of 'em." Takashi says as he looks out at the large crowd. The rest of the group staying on the stairs with him as they wait to find out what's going to happen.
"And from what I can tell, the only thing they react to is sound. They can't see so it's pointless to hide from them." Takagi announces. However, Takashi just turns around to face her when she says that.
"Why don't you go down there and prove that theory?" He asks. In response, Takagi looks at him in surprise, before huffing. But she stays seated on the steps. At this, Saeko speaks up.
"But even if we keep going inside the school… Once we get attacked we're going to be stuck …" She trails off as Takagi stands up and puts her hands on her hips.
"We have to go through the gate. We don't have any choice." Rei says, getting nods from some of the others.
"Somebody needs to go and confirm Takagi's theory." Saeko agrees. "Don't suppose you want to volunteer." She says while looking Rei. In response to her announcement, Takashi rubs his forehead, while Jack pinches the bridge of his nose.
"I'll go." They both announce at the same time, only to look at each other in surprise. "What?" They both ask, yet again at the same time. Then, Takashi just puts up a hand to stop Jack from speaking.
"No, it's alright. I'll go." He says, before he turns and starts to make his way down the stairs. As he does this, Rei speaks up.
"No, you stay I'll go." She argues, before Saeko gives her own input.
"I think I should go ahead first." She says, only for Jack to put a hand on her shoulder, and shake his head before leaning in to whisper in her ear.
"Saeko, if Takashi says that he'll go… Then I guess we should just let him go. After all, everyone is entitled to their own opinions and choices." He says, just before Takashi speaks up yet again.
"I think you should stay here just in case." He says, only for Rei to get up and start to argue with him.
"Takashi! Why?" She asks in a quiet yell, making Takashi pause on the steps.
"I don't know." He finally answers her.
"You don't know?" Rei asks him in confusion.
"Seriously." He admits while he chuckles a bit. "I don't know." He tells them, before he walks the rest of the way down the stairs and into the large group of shambling zombies.
"Takash-" She's cut off from yelling as Jack and Saeko hold her back.
"Stop. I understand but you can't interfere with him. This was his decision." Saeko tells the girl, Jack nodding alongside her.
"And besides. This is Takashi we're talking about. He always finds a way out of situations that are bad for him." He tells Rei as Takashi stops walking, and stands in the very middle of the zombies as they all shamble around with no sense of direction. Everyone watches as they continue to shamble about, none of them heading towards Takashi. But all the survivors are ready in case one of them does. At one point, it looks as though one is about to attack him, and the members with weapons get ready to defend Takashi… Only for the zombie to shamble past him. They all let out breathes they didn't realize they were holding when this happens.
A few seconds later, Takashi chucks a shoe at a nearby locker, getting the zombie's attention and sending them shambling in that direction. Then, he closes the distance between him and the doors, and opens one as Saeko and Jack head down, Saeko to help hold open the other door, and Jack to provide any cover in case something goes wrong. Everyone else follows shortly after, and it looks like everything is going to go according to plan… That is, until one of the newer teens bangs his steel pole against the railing on the stairs, and gets all the zombies' attention focused on his position. Unfortunately, due to the silence that surrounds the entire school area, that means that all the zombies on campus hear the sound as well.
"Run!" Jack and Takashi exclaim, the prior smashing the closest zombie's skull to smithereens as he does so, while the latter points at the buses. Then, most of them start to run. However, one person takes the time to speak up during that time.
"Why did you have to open your big mouth?! We could have taken care of the ones close by if you hadn't said anything!" She exclaims, much to Jack's annoyance.
"Listen Takagi!" He exclaims as he crushes another zombie's skull. "Since you're a genius, I'm sure that you would realize that the sound would echo!" He yells, knocking a zombie to the ground, before curb stomping its head and smashing the brain within. "Ugh, I really need to stop at my house so that I can get my combat boots and other stuff. This is not the kind of stuff to be wearing at a time like this." He mutters to himself, before he notices Kohta having trouble aiming at the approaching zombies, and Takashi rushing past him to smash in their heads. "And, to get Kohta some better equipment." He adds on, before joining everyone else as Takashi sends a zombie flying.
"Forget talking. Just run." His friend exclaims, doing just that with the others close behind as they rush towards the buses. "Run!" He yells again to emphasis the point. As they run towards the buses through the courtyard, Takashi, Saeko and Jack take the lead. They swap positions each time so that it's easier to take care of the zombies getting in their way. Rei follows behind them, taking care of any zombies that shamble towards the rest of the group after the first three pass them. Kohta follows after her, shooting down the last few that aren't already taken care of.
Unfortunately, on the way to the buses, they lose two members from the second group. One being taken by the zombies and the second willingly being turned to be with her boyfriend. When Takagi starts to yell at Shizuka when she claims to know why the girl did that, Kohta uses the time to save her from a zombie that was trying to turn her. This makes her turn her anger on him, and she ends up getting a surprise at his response.
"I don't know cause I really, like your voice." He admits, making Takagi's eyebrow twitch, and her cheeks to flush. Whether from embarrassment of having him like her voice, or embarrassment of him liking her, nobody knew. But, at this point, Saeko and Jack speak up.
"Nice to see you two getting along." The purplette says sarcastically, while Jack takes care of a zombie that was heading towards Ms. Shizuka.
"Yeah, when can we expect the wedding?" He asks over his shoulder with a smirk, before turning back to Ms. Shizuka. "Ms. Shizuka! We need to get out of here!" He exclaims, gesturing to the bus a few yards away. A few seconds later, Ms. Shizuka climbs in with a few others, while Jack, Takashi and Saeko make sure that none of the zombies can get on. Finally, Ms. Shizuka starts the bus, trying to figure out the controls, and the three climb on. As they do this, Jack looks out one of the windows and sees another group closing in. And it seems that Takashi saw them too.
"Who's that?!" He exclaims, Saeko being the one to answer.
"That's Mr. Shido, from class 3-A." She tells him, getting a gasp from Rei as Jack just glares at the man in question.
"We can go now!" Ms. Shizuka exclaims from the front seat, making Rei startle as Jack looks between Shizuka and Shido.
"Wait just a little bit longer." Takashi replies.
"They're in front of us! Any more and we won't be able to drive through here." She tells them, looking out the windshield at the growing crowd.
"Run 'em down." Takashi orders, looking out the windshield with her. At this, Takagi speaks up.
"If doctor boobs tries to drive over that many we'll flip the bus." She says in a deadpan voice. Takashi scowls at this, before attempting to leave the bus. However, Rei and Jack hold him back.
"We don't have to save him." Rei tells him, Jack nodding with her.
"As much as I would love to save more lives, that bastard doesn't even deserve to live." He growls out.
"Jesus! What do you two mean we don't have to save him?!" Takashi exclaims in surprise, making Rei lean over and look him in the eye.
"We don't have to save him! We should just leave him here to die!" She yells, until Jack places a hand on her shoulder, and looks Takashi in the eye, before pointing out of the bus.
"Takashi, look at what the bastard is doing right now." He says, making Takashi turn to look. At that moment, one of the kids that he's directing towards the bus trips, and slides to a stop in front of the teacher. The teens are too far away to hear what's said, but they all see the outcome. Shido curb stomps the teen's face, leaving him to die by the zombies surrounding him. Unfortunately, he makes it to the bus anyways, before anyone has a chance to close the door in his face. Takashi lets out a quiet growl at what he saw, before turning to look at Ms. Shizuka.
"Okay, go!" He exclaims.
"Right!" Ms. Shizuka replies. "Hang on!" She yells, before she presses on the accelerator, and they go swerving around the zombies that had been closing in on the bus.
"Head to the gate!" Takagi exclaims. Holding onto the seat in front of her and standing up a bit to see out the windshield.
"I know!" Ms. Shizuka replies. Unfortunately, the zombies that were near the gate had heard the bus, and were turning towards the sound. Ms. Shizuka seems to be having a hard time keeping the bus steady as she nears the crowd, until a hand is placed on her shoulder. She looks to the side a little so she can still keep an eye on the road, and sees Jack standing next to her.
"Ms. Shizuka… They aren't human anymore." He tells her in a quiet voice, getting a small nod in return, before the nurse turns to look out the windshield completely again, repeating what he said.
"They aren't human anymore… They aren't people anymore…" She adds, glaring a bit as she tightens her grip on the wheel. "They're not alive anymore!" She shouts as she presses down harder on the gas, before the bus hits the first row, and bodies are thrown into the air, and sail above the vehicle. Ms. Shizuka swerves between the shambling bodies so as not to hit too many at once and flip the bus, before they hit the gate. The force behind the bus smashes the gate open, and the bus successfully goes flying out onto the road, before continuing on into the now-destroyed world, sending up waves of Cherry blossoms in their wake.
As they drive, the main group keeps quiet, doing their own things. Takashi and Rei are both thinking about Shido, Takagi is doing her own thinking, Kohta is wrapping new tape around his nail gun so that it stays working, Saeko is cleaning her boken, and Jack is borrowing one of her cleaning rags to clean the blood off his new crowbar. Finally, Takashi breaks the silence. "I can't believe we made it." He mutters, Kohta nodding at his sentence in agreement.
"Yeah." He agrees as he finishes with the tape. However, an unwanted voice speaks up next.
"Thank God we did." Shido says as he walks down the aisle, before stopping by Saeko and Jack. "I take it one or both of you have been appointed leader?" He asks, making them stop their cleaning.
"There's no such thing. We just work together in order to live. That's all." Saeko says, and as Shido starts to get a maniacal gleam in his eye, Jack speaks up.
"And if you even think about trying anything here Shido," He starts, leaving out the "Mister" on purpose. "Then you'll learn that the meatbags aren't the only things that can be on the receiving end of this crowbar. After all, the old world is dead. The rule book has been thrown out the window. Therefore, anywhere we go, we have to watch out backs… You have to watch your back." He says, the threat hidden in the wording, but still there. The silence that follows stretches, before it's broken by a voice that calls out.
"The city!" Everyone turns to look out their windows, and the sight that greets them only seems to cement what Jack had said moments before. As this happens, Shido simply looks at Jack out of the corner of his eye, before he turns and walks towards the back of the bus. Jack lets out a small sigh when this happens, before giving a satisfied smirk at his accomplishment. He notices Saeko's look, and decides to explain. After giving her a brief explanation on Shido's character, what he did earlier at the school and his usual attitude during his classes, she understands, and agrees with how Jack took care of the situation. Jack also notices the small smile that Rei sends him, and nods in return.
A few minutes after the bus passes by a convenient store, which Jack swears he saw someone standing in that reminded him of a character in a movie he saw once, a teen in the back decides to speak up. "Shi~~~t, like I said. It's only dangerous if we keep going. First of all, why do we have to go with Komuro and the others?!" He exclaims, the main group looking at him out of the corners of their eyes with slight scowls. "You guys are the ones who decided to go back to the city! Maybe we should have just… Looked for a safe place inside the school. If you ask me, we were better off where we were." He continues, getting another teen to speak up.
"He's right. I kind of agree with Tsunoda." The teen says. "We should barricade ourselves-" But no one ever gets to find out where he was going to suggest they barricade themselves, because Ms. Shizuka suddenly slams on the breaks, unbuckles, and turns around to face everyone.
"Okay you all, that's enough. I can't focus on the driving with all this yelling!" She exclaims. However, most of the men, and some girls, are too distracted by the fact that her breasts are hanging, that they only slightly hear what she says. However, Takashi, Rei, Takagi, Saeko and Jack aren't. Takashi wasn't distracted because he knew what would happen if he did, the girls because they were used to it from other females, and Jack because he saw it on an almost daily basis with how often Ms. Shizuka visited his house.
"Yeah… Whatever." The teen that had been ranting in the first place says, obviously one of the men who were distracted. However, Saeko choses this moment to speak up.
"Why don't you tell us what you want to do?" She suggests, making Jack hold in his laugh since he knew that Saeko was good at turning situations around on people. It'd happened enough when they first started dating, so he'd also learned this from her. In response to her question, Tsunoda seems to be at a loss for words, before he turns and points at Takashi.
"I just can't stand this guy… I hate him." He says, making the main group scowl silently. Kohta grips his nail gun a bit more, but Takagi holds him back. The same can be said for Jack as he grips his crowbar in his fist, but Saeko makes sure to keep him from attacking Tsunoda. A few seconds later, Takashi speaks up.
"Why?" He asks, standing up and turning to face the teen. "What the hell did I ever do to you? I don't even know you." He says. But this just seems to make Tsunoda angrier, as he steps towards Takashi and pulls back his fist.
"You know!" He exclaims, running forwards… Before he's hit by the side of Rei's makeshift spear as she swings it at his stomach. He falls to the ground when this happens, and starts to hack up spit.
"Asshole." She comments as Takashi looks on in surprise. Jack silently applauds Rei, Saeko even giving a small smirk at how she reacted, before another sound besides Tsunoda's coughing can be heard. The sound of slow clapping. The people on the bus follow the sound, and see that it's Shido who's clapping as he slowly walks forwards.
"Bravo." He comments, even as Jack growls low in his throat. "Simply outstanding teamwork." He says, adjusting his glasses. "I'm impressed, I commend both of you." He says with a small smile. But the smile holds no warmth. And Takashi seems to notice this, as he scowls at the former teacher. "At any rate. A conflict like that only proves that we need a leader. And surely neither of you want such a responsibility on your shoulders." He says to them, only for Takagi to speak up.
"So, you're gonna run for the position then." She comments, Shido leaning forwards to look at her.
"I'm a teacher Ms. Takagi. And while mature, all of you are barely in your teens." He says. At this, Jack can't help himself. He bursts out laughing. Everyone turns to look at him in surprise, besides Saeko, until he finally calms down.
"Oh, that's rich! All of us are fifteen at the least Shido. I wouldn't say that's "barely in our teens". Heck, me and Saeko are a year away from legally becoming adults. Oh, wait, there are no laws!" He exclaims, before glaring at the teacher. "So therefore, you're roll as "teacher" no longer stands." He says. Shido seems taken aback by this for a moment, before regaining the supposed confidence he did before.
"Despite that, I am still the oldest here. And that alone makes it very clear that I'm more qualified to assume such a roll. I have experience." He says, before turning to face the teens sitting in the back. "Why, just minutes ago I saved all of these brave students." He says. "What do you say guys?" He asks. A silence stretches on for a few moments, before a couple teens start to clap, followed by the rest that are sitting in the back. "There, it's been decided." He says as he turns to face the rest of the bus. "The majority seems to have made the choice quite clear, yes?" He asks. But just as Jack is about to argue, the bus doors are suddenly thrown open, and Rei jumps out.
"Rei!" Takashi calls out as he leans out the door. She just turns around to glare at him in response.
"No way. I won't do it. I'm not staying here with him!" She exclaims. Takashi says something that Jack can't hear, but what Shido says next is quite clear.
"Well there's nothing I can do if you don't want to act in accordance with all of us." He says, putting his finger to his head in an exaggerated manner. Takashi turns to look at him in shock.
"What "us"? What are you talking about?" He asks, not getting an answer. A few seconds later, he jumps out of the bus to go after Rei much to Kohta, Takagi and Saeko's shock.
"Komuro!" Takagi cries out as he chases after Rei. As this goes on, Jack turns to look at Shido, already used to Takashi's impulsiveness.
"Shido." He says in a tight voice, making the man turn to look at him. "Don't you dare think I didn't see what you did back at the school." He says with a glare. Much to his glee, Shido seems to fear what he says, before the mask slips over his face again.
"Why, I have no idea what you're talking about. That young student tripped, and "they" surrounded him. I'm afraid there was nothing I could do." He says, making Jack have a mixture of a scowl and a smile on his face. Scowling because of the lie, but smiling because…
"But Shido… I never said anything about a student." He says, making Shido look at him in shock, before he glares at Jack. Jack gives him a smug smile in return, before he hears Saeko yell at Ms. Shizuka.
"Okay you need to punch it!" She exclaims, getting Jack's attention as he notices what Saeko noticed. A bus on a collision course with Takashi and Rei. And suddenly, the side of it hits into a car, and flips the entire vehicle. As it falls onto its side and continues sliding towards the two teens, Takashi manages to break out of his surprised state first, and tackle Rei into the tunnel they were standing next to. Jack watches as the bus collides with the arch that was dug into the hill the tunnel went through, before part of it catches fire thanks to some leaking gas. He quickly leaps out of the bus, and runs towards the burning vehicle to call out to Takashi on the other side.
"Takashi! You alright in there man?!" He calls out, only to notice flaming zombies climbing out of the top, which was now the side, of the bus. Some even smash through the windshield to get onto the road. Jack backs up slightly with his hand gripping his crowbar, just in case they get too close before they burn to death. As he does this, Takashi replies to his earlier call.
"At the police station!" Jack hears, looking at Takashi through a small hole between the bus and the arch. "Meet up at the east police station!" Takashi continues to yell at him.
"When?!" Jack calls back, wanting to have a set time so that they wouldn't arrive at different times, and miss each other.
"Seven-o-clock! If not today, then tomorrow at the same time!" Takashi yells, before more debris falls, and blocks him from Jack's view. The raven haired teen in question readies his crowbar as a few zombies get too close for comfort, before they fall to the ground. Re-killed by the fire burning away at their flesh and brain. He quickly gets back onto the bus, and closes the door behind him.
"Ms. Shizuka, we need an alternate route to the east police station. I have a feeling that this route is going to be closed… Permanently." He tells the blond haired nurse.
"Okay, I'll turn around and find another way." Ms. Shizuka replies, doing just that and driving away from the wreckage. Jack sighs, before he makes his way back to his seat, throwing a glare at Shido as he does so, before he sits down next to Saeko with a sigh. Suddenly, he hears an explosion behind them, and turns around to see the bus go up in smoke. He looks in that direction fearfully, before he feels a hand on his own. He looks at the person who owns the hand, and sees that it's his girlfriend. This makes him relax slightly as he turns back around and sinks into his chair.
"You shouldn't worry. What was it you said earlier? "It's Takashi, he always finds a way out of troubling situations" or something like that?" She asks, getting a weak chuckle out of Jack in response.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." He admits, Saeko giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"When am I wrong?" She asks with a smirk, this time Jack chuckling for real as he shakes his head slightly, and wraps his arm around her shoulders.
"Never." He tells her with a smile, leaning over and giving her a quick kiss on the lips. "Now, you wouldn't mind taking first watch would you? I want to sleep, but I don't trust that bastard over there as far as I can throw him." He says, gesturing towards Shido with his head. Saeko gives him a small nod in response. "Thanks." He thanks her, before getting comfortable in his chair, and drifting off into an easy sleep. The events from the past day making it easier to fall asleep than one would think.
Author's Note Part 2: Well, there we are guys, the end of chapter 2. Now, first off, I'd just like to say this to all the people who read my stories… HAPPY NEW YEAR! It is now 2015 people! And you want to know what my New Year's Resolution is? To focus more on allmy stories! So, I'm going to try to update my other past stories within the next month, instead of just focusing on two or three at a time.
Now, as you saw in this chapter, I've made it so that Jack speaks his mind about Shido, as opposed to John keeping quiet in my other story. Why is this you may ask? Well, the simple answer is because, I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT! But, seeing as I'm trying to stick more to the script in my other story, I couldn't since Shido plays important rolls later on in HOTD (or so I've been told). But in this one, I have no problem changing some other things to my liking.
Well, I think that's about it. The only other thing that I have here is to reply to the two reviews that I got in my last chapter.
Anime PJ:
Well thanks a lot! It's nice to know that you're interested in this story, and I hope to keep you entertained! As for this being a first of its kind, it's nice to know that I was able to do that. So thanks for notifying me!
Kyuubi gear:
Thanks for the compliment! I hope to keep you in that frame of mind through this story, and look forwards to future reviews!
Now guys, as shown, I reply to my reviews. But, not only that, the reviews are my favorite part! I love hearing what you guys have to say! Whether they be compliments, suggestions, questions, or complaints! So, review, review, review! I want to hear what you guys are thinking about my story, so that I know how to keep you all entertained!
Well, that's about it. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this, and I hope to see you next time!
(Updated: June 7th, 2015: Well guys, here we are with the second updated chapter. Now, just like the last one, not much was changed here. I simply went through, and added or changed details a bit so that they fit in better. So, thank you all for reading this, and I'll hopefully see you next chapter.)