When someone falls behind you have two options either you leave them behind to die or you stay with them, I find I made the right choice...sort of.
We slowly made our to the lobby, the screams had stopped.
Bailey poked his head out to see. The zombies were just stumbling around. "Alright I see a path through them," he whispered.
He looked back at us "They're just wondering around completely oblivious, I'll go first when I get to the door I'll wave back that's when you guys make your way through them, the next person follows every 5 seconds that way we aren't all bunched up."
He quietly and carefully began to walk through the lobby. Everyone was on edge if he made one mistake he was done for.
"I bet he's going to make noise right at the door." The voice said.
He had made his way through them, careful not to bump into anything; he slowly opened the front door, and beckoned us to come over. We looked at each other, who would be the first to go?
"Uh…Guess I'll go first." I volunteered. Before I could go Karen gently grabbed my arm. "Be careful," she said. I nodded back at her. I took some deep breaths and started walking.
"Just remember if you fuck up there's no restart button to save you." The voice said.
As I slowly made my way through Them, a zombie stumbled in my direction.
"Oh shit!" I thought.
"No, no, no, no don't panic."
I had just enough room to let it pass, I held my breath as best I could the only sound I could hear was my own heartbeat, as it did the smell of it hit me I remember wanting to vomit so badly, I had no choice but to swallow the bile back down. It finally went past me I let out a little sigh of relief, the zombie then slipped on a dismembered arm, it's face smacked off the floor. I put my hands over my mouth to keep myself from laughing. I could see Robert coming this way; 5seconds must've been up.
"Uh door, now!" the voice reminded me.
I finally made it to the door; I looked at Bailey he gave me a thumbs up. All we had to do was to wait for the others; Robert managed to get through them without a hinge. Richard was next; he was carrying Lisa on his back. But he didn't seem to be having too much trouble getting through the crowd. Amy, Amanda, and Karen were trailing behind him.
Bailey started heading for the bus. I kept thinking to myself "Almost there."
We were almost out when the fire alarm went off; it scared the hell out of us with its ear-piercing siren. Amy covered her ears and screamed, "Make it stop!"
The zombies turned their attention to us.
"Aw crap. I knew something was going to happen."
"So much for stealth!" I pulled out my crowbar and hit the nearest zombie.
"RUN!" I yelled. We made a run for the bus. Bailey heard the commotion he jumped out of the driver seat.
"Who the hell tripped the alarm?" he asked.
"I don't know just get this thing moving."
Bailey jumped back in and began fumbling with the ignition. The zombies were closing in.
"Hurry up!" I ordered.
"This is more difficult then it looks!"
Richard managed to make it into the bus he placed Lisa in a seat.
"Stay here." He ordered her. He turned to help defend the bus from the incoming horde, realizing he has no weapon he looked at Bailey.
"Is there anything on this bus I can use as a weapon?" he asked.
Bailey reached under the driver seat and pulled out a crowbar, "All school buses have these." He handed it to Richard. He jumped off the bus and joined me; we were surrounded. One of Them got too close Richard stabbed it in the eye it kept moving, he plunged it deeper into it's skull, he kicked it away we then began slashing into the crowd. It was a little difficult to use my left arm since I'm better with my right arm. Robert and Amy came running towards us, a zombie got in their way.
"Get outta my way!" he screamed. He jumped in the air and flat out dropkicked it in the chin sending it flying.
The buses engine roared to life. "Yes!" Bailey screamed with joy. We all piled onto the bus, Bailey closed the door the zombies pressed up against it. We were set to go but something was missing then I realized.
"Wait! Where are Karen and Amanda!"
Robert shot up "We can't help them!"
"He's right, forget about them!" Amy agreed. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.
"What! That's your own sister you're talking about!" I argued.
"What are we going to do?" Richard asked. I could see that he didn't want to leave them neither did Bailey or Lisa.
"Please, tell me your not going to do what I think your going to do." The voice pleaded with me.
"Exactly."
I looked at Bailey, "Get these guys out of here." I went to the back of the bus.
"You sure you want to do this." He asked.
"Yeah, I'll get them out just GO!" There wasn't that many zombies in the back, I jumped out of the bus and slammed the door shut.
"Your going to get us both killed." The voice remarked.
The bus sped off into the distance honking its horn, which kept the zombie distracted for a while. Running over any zombie that got in its way. I could hear zombies being crushed under the weight of the bus; it was the sweetest sound in the world. I ran for the entrance bashing anything that got in my way, I tried to open the door they wouldn't. I remembered that they couldn't be opened from the outside I ran around to find another entryway I found a broken window but They were in my way.
"Why are you always in my goddamn way!" I swung at them more blood sprayed everywhere as my crowbar ripped through their flesh. To my dismay it slipped out of my hand.
"Aw Fuck!" I thought.
"Way to screw yourself."
I jumped into the window one of Them grabbed my leg I kicked in its teeth but it wouldn't let go "Get off me NOW!" I put all my strength into the next kick; it sent the zombie flying, finally letting go. I flipped into the room onto my back; I laid there for a few minutes to catch my breath. I sat up to check my legs for bites, nothing. I got up and exited the room there wasn't as many zombies as there was before and the alarm had stopped.
"It's going to suck if they're already dead." The voice said.
"Karen's a strong person she's still alive, I just know it."
"Really? You know her that well?"
"You need to learn to shut the hell up."
"I'm inside your head you need to get used to it." I just sighed and went on.
I started looking around they weren't in the lobby, auditorium, office, facility room, cafeteria, 2nd floor, or even the 3rd floor. I went back down to the lobby. But the whole time I was looking for them it felt as if someone was watching me.
"There's one place I haven't checked yet."
"The Gym." The voice answered. As I walked down a hallway I spotted Karen's axe lying in front of the door. I picked it up as I did I heard a noise coming from inside the gym. The door was barricaded I started to take it apart; I pushed open the door and saw Karen and Amanda lying in the middle of the dimly lit gym. "This doesn't feel right" the voice said. I rushed to them. I gently shook them. "Hey, c'mon wake up." Amanda didn't wake up but she was still breathing. Karen groaned as if waking up from a long nap. She slowly got up holding the back of her head.
"Ow." She muttered.
"You okay?"
She looked at me "I have a splitting headache but I'm fine." She then looked at Amanda "Is she okay?"
"She won't wake up but she's still breathing."
"What happened?"
"When the alarm went off we tried to fight our way through Them but there were too many, they cut off the route to the stairs. These two guys yelled at us to get to the Gym they fought Them off while we got in, then I was hit by something next thing I know you were waking me up.
"Wait, where are they?"
"There was no one here besides you two."
"That's not…" we were interrupted by the door being slamming shut.
"It's a trap!" the voice blurted out.
Two figures came out from the shadows holding bats.
"Who are you?" I asked. They didn't say anything.
I raised my axe "Answer the question!"
They took a few steps closer I saw their faces I recognized them.
They both were big guys one had a shaved head, and the other had blonde curly hair.
"Uh oh."
The all the lights suddenly turned on, it blinded me for a moment.
"Well look who it is!" a voice behind me said. It sent shivers down my spine I knew that voice anywhere. I looked over my shoulder, my eyes went wide "No...Not you!"
