Survival
Chapter 1 – A Normal day in Tokonosu
ONE MONTH AFTER FIRST ARRIVING ON THE PLANE: Z-DAY -1 – 07/09/16
A beeping echoed through the small space I knew as my room, waking me up and pissing me off.
*BEEP*BEEP*BEEP*
It continued its onslaught of terror without mercy, practically forcing me to get up. I yawned and quickly turned off the alarm clock. I couldn't help but think back to those 'Jobs' my Brother and Mother got, I Found out that my brother managed to get a job as security at the Takagi household, while my mother managed to get a job at a local auto-repair shop.
I Stood up from my bed and began looking for my clothes so I could go to high-school… again. My first day there went fine and I did my usual routine of ignoring people except from those who, after observation, i felt would be valuable assets and good friends. So far, I have only managed to gain 3 friends and multiple acquaintances. These 3 friends were Kohta Hirano, Saya Takagi and Morita – I originally met Kohta in a Sevenson store while I was buying some chocolate that was imported from Britain, He struck up a conversation about it and I continued it. We soon became good friends after we decided to play video-games together.
Saya takagi is classed as one of my brother's (Michael Overbeck) bosses. We were paired up for a science project a few day's after I arrived, I began talking about how my brother works for her family and I also spoke to her about multiple different… theory's I have about certain subjects. Whenever I messed up she always pointed out my mistake and called me an idiot, I was never offended though as mere words will never harm me.
Morita is a friend with benefits, our friendship is a mutual exchange of information, with him asking for information about people in my class or people around the school and me asking for things in return for said information. The only reason I struck the deal in the first place was because of how persistent he was, always asking me when I could due to him over-hearing from one of his friends who I particularly don't like that I'm 'Always Listening'. We occasionally hung out after class and pranked a few idiots, but that's really it.
By now I had gotten changed into my usual clothes. Because the school wasn't too strict on uniforms, you could wear anything if it was 'Appropriate', and as such I was wearing my usual black jacket with matching headset and flat cap along with simple black tracksuit bottoms with white stripes going down the side. I rushed downstairs to see my brother eating some toast. My brother was a whopping 10 Years older than me, with him being 26, my father being 50 and my mother being 47. My father, Garry Overbeck, managed to get a job in an office on the other side of the Onbetsu Bridge. My mother, Helen Overbeck, could be seen making some coffee through the glass kitchen door. Looking at Mike, I quickly said;
"Mike, mind if I borrow some toast?" Showing some emotion to keep them happy
"No, you can't have my toast for the 7th time in a row!" he said, frowning
I quickly swiped a piece of toast and ran for my life, my brother yelling profanities, I burst through the glass door as my mother looked at me with a confused expression
"What are you doing?" She stated in perfect English, we always spoke our native language at home unless we wanted to practice our Japanese like I was sub-consciously doing a second ago.
"I stole mike's toast again because I needed it and now he wants to kill me!" I Said over-dramatically as my brother put me in a headlock and hit me once.
My mother simply laughed at the entire situation before stating with a smirk on her face "Alright, that's enough you two, Bill, go to school and Mike?" – "Yes?" Mike said with an angry expression "Calm down, It's just a piece of toast! Nothing' to worry about!" I knew how my brother LOVED toast and my mother also knew. If we were to... Undervalue toast he would rant for HOURS. I Sprinted over to my bag, which was a Black stealth backpack with white zips and put it on my back, hearing mike talking about the benefits of toast.
Closing the door with my phone at the bottom of my bag, I walked calmly towards my Yamaha SR-400 before starting it's engine with a smile on my face. Digging through my bag, I looked for my combat goggles. When I found them, I saw mike burst through the door with dad following behind with a confused expression on his face. Mike immediately began preaching about toast as I laughed my ass off and drove off as fast as possible. Remembering the silent act I put up for school, I quickly steeled my nerves and hoped for the best.
Our house was located near the Takagi household on a hill up towards it, allowing for my brother to easily get to work on time without delay. I drove through the streets of Tokonosu, towards my first destination: School. The one thing I never really liked.
A few minutes later I had arrived at school, pulling into the empty parking space I would usually enter. I saw Morita stepping off his 250cc Honda CBR250R. I calmly walked up to him, preparing to speak in Japanese and not English. Before I had managed to reach him, he had whipped around and smiled at me
"Bill! How's it going buddy?" He stated cheerfully
"Good." I replied bluntly. From what he knew this usually signified something to do with toast.
"Brother preaching about toast again?" He said, a large smile growing on his face
"Yep" A Grin of my own slowly forming.
His smile quickly faded as he got back to the topic at hand. I was supposed to find out information on a 'Miyamoto', which I did. "Got the info I asked for?"
"Got the payment?" I stated, all previous emotions having faded.
"Yessir! Got it right here!" He said as he handed me 6 Chocolate bars. I LOVED Chocolate, which is why I always asked him to pay me in chocolate.
"Alrighty then, here's what I've found out" I stated, smiling as I shoved the chocolate into my stealth bag and gave him the A4 Piece of paper with all the information I collected about the girl on it. I collected my information by slowly observing my target and overhearing conversations. I always payed attention to every conversation I could to get the most info as More info meant more chocolate!
He looked up at me from the piece of paper before looking at his watch, quickly saying "Oh! You're going to be late for class! Thanks for the information and all, but Get your ass to class before I drag you to it!" I smiled at the statement before saying thanks and walking to class 2-A.
I Calmly walked into class, knowing that we always had history first. I sat right at the back with my two friends Kohta Hirano and Saya Takagi being seated at the front. My last target, Miyamoto, sat right in front of me. I let out a sigh before muttering in English "Great… More history. Just what we need"
The first few lessons went fast and by now it was break. I was leaning against a wall with my headset blocking out most sound as Sabaton – The Lost Battalion Blared through the buds, my phone being wirelessly hooked up to the headset. I saw Kohta walking towards me and quickly muted the music through a button located on the left ear.
"You still up for that L4D2 Game tonight?" He stated, holding a can of what seemed to be Diet Pepsi
"Yes" Was my simple response. A look of surprise adopted my face as I asked him "Kohta… Did you install all the mods?"
He sheepishly looked away saying "No… Not all of them, I couldn't stop laughing last time I used all of them!"
I smiled, stating "Fair enough" in my usual deep voice
"Well, I got to go talk to a friend of mine, see you later!" He stated, before walking away from my corner located close to the stairs, and down the hall. When he disappeared from view I decided to continue playing music, thinking about how we were going to get through the campaign 'Dark Carnival' with only melee weapons.
A FEW MORE BORING LESSONS LATER…
It was the end of the day and I was bored, yet eager to start the tricky task we had set ourselves on L4D2. I walked out of the building and looked to my left, seeing a few people who I disliked near my motorbike. I sent a quick glare their way, which they entirely ignored, before I heard a loud cough coming from my right. I heard it again.
*Cough*
The cough was clearly fake, and I wasn't paying enough attention to realise that it was Takagi coughing to get my attention. She got up behind me and said "Idiot!" In an angry tone, at which point I finally turned around to look at her.
Takagi always wore her school uniform and never wore anything different, and from what I knew it's because her parents disliked it when she was 'Informal in school'. She has orange eyes and pink hair done up in two ponytails to the side.
"What's the matter?" I stated calmly, resisting the urge to grin at how angry she was
"Why is it that whenever I try and get your attention you ALWAYS Ignore me for at least 30 seconds? Are you an idiot or something?!" she nearly yelled angrily
A grin formed on my face as I said calmly "I'm so used to ignoring people that I'll ignore random coughs. Try a different tactic next time!"
She growled in frustration before saying "You better have done the revision for the test tomorrow"
My grin became more apparent as I stated sarcastically "There's a test tomorrow?!"
Her eye twitched. And then it twitched again. She simply walked off, shaking her head.
I began laughing before shouting after her "Just so that you know, I did revise, I'm just annoying you!"
"I KNEW THAT YOU IDIOT!" she yelled at me before getting in the back seat of a Black Chevrolet Tahoe as it drove off. The Tahoe was driven by a driver hired by the Takagi family. I chuckled and walked to my bike, sitting on it and starting the engine. I gave a quick glare to the douchebags I mentioned earlier and drove off slowly, obeying speed limits.
I never went straight home, I always stopped at 2 places along the way: That Sevenson store me and Kohta met in and the Auto-shop that my mother worked in. My first stop would be the store as it's where I get all my 'Classic British Stuff' as the cashier, Paul, put it.
5 Hours Later
It was late at night and the intense game of Dark Carnival with only melee weapons was over. I laid in my bed with a grin plastered to my face, the mass number of mods having made my day, I Mean seriously, having Shrek chase you around while all you have is a frying pan that looks like a cat is fun.
I laid back and set my alarm clock to the usual 7:30 Wake-up time before dosing off to sleep.
A/N:
That was chapter one of the story, written on my computer this time rather than my Tablet, which might explain any improvements in quality. Next chapter is Z-Day everyone, so prepare for those undead abominations to begin tearing up the school like a 1000 Degree knife to butter! (Or just a regular knife, I don't think it makes too much of a difference to butter, unless you want to argue that 'BURNT BUTTER IS THE BEST BUTTER!'
-Panzer
