Whoa, didn't know that the last post format would be that, ugly. I am using Microsoft word so I don't really know why that is happening. I guess I have to space more. Just thought I would make a follow-up post. Last night really killed me.

The wall of the courtyard burst open, showering everything with dust and bricks. I coughed and Sabrina covered her nose as well. The undead that were following us turned towards the huge explosion.

"Hmm, zhat will be a problem."

The heavily accented voice reached my ears from all the smoke. It sounded very, Germanic. The smoke started to clear and I could see a person standing on top of the rubble with a fire axe. He was lean and tanned, with brown hair and wore a large red sweater. He also had a backpack. He had a winter coat slung over his shoulder. The entire crowd of zombies was shuffling towards him, moaning. He smiled a bit as he grabbed a vial of something and threw it into the crowd of zombies. The entire crowd of zombies exploded, sending bits of meat flying everywhere. My mouth gaped open as blood showered me and pieces of meat stuck to my blowtorch. Sabrina was dodging the blood shower pretty well but she was still getting soaked. A couple zombies were sneaking up on the person and I was about to shout a warning when he spun around and cut the heads off the zombies with a fire axe. He wiped the blood off the axe on some rocks and turned towards us.

"Ahaha! You are not one of zem! Could I join you, or you one of zose loner types?" he asked, smiling at us.

"Sure, we could use someone like you." Said Sabrina, waving him over.

The boy quickly hoped down from the rubble and walked up to us. He had green eyes and he had unshaven stubble on his cheeks.

"My name is Martinus Graus." He said smiling.

"I am Sabrina Williams and this," she pointed to me, still lying on the ground. "Is Vi'Nay Stemvaller."

"Wunderbar! I know a good way to leave zee school." He said, pointing towards a door at the far end of the courtyard.

I knew the school pretty well, being a junior and all, but that led towards the main gate.

"That leads to the main gate. That's where the outbreak started." I groaned, getting back up.

"Exactly. All of zees swine have moved out, in search of new victims. Ve can sneak out quietly." Said Martinus, making motions with his fingers.

Sabrina nodded and I shrugged my shoulders. I just wanted to get out of here. I still had a question though.

"What was that you threw? The vials I mean." I said, walking along with Sabrina and Martinus.

"Vials of nitroglycerin. My own brew.' He said happily.

We reached the door and Sabrina pushed it open. I peeked inside. No one was around. I gave the ok. Martinus went ahead to the front door. He looked outside and grinned. He motioned for us to come closer.

"See that? We can use zose buses to escape." Said Martinus, pointing outside at the buses.

"You sure? I don't think the keys would be just sitting there." I said.

"Vi'Nay, just be careful not to set off any alarms." Said Sabrina jokingly.

I grew red in the face, talk about fail. Suddenly, one of the side doors flew open. A group of kids ran out, smashing zombies as they went. They were running towards the bus! Martin acted quickly. He threw open the door and ushered us outside.

"Go! We do not have much time!" he shouted as we ran outside.

As I ran, I saw another kid come out of the building. He had an aluminum bat with him. He tripped and dropped it. The bat hit the ground making all sorts of noise. I groaned, why us? I looked ahead to see zombies already crowding around the buses. To my left, Martin crushed zombies with the axe. Sabrina expertly speared a zombie through the head.

"Damn it Crack! Nerve! For my family!" I screamed as I clubbed a zombie in the head.

Adrenaline flooded into my veins. I will not die here! Pretty soon, we found ourselves surrounded. The school nurse had managed to escape as well and she was fumbling with the keys to the bus. The undead crowded all around the bus, attracted to all the noise we had made.

"Get the bus open now!" I shouted, finally snapping.

The nurse continued to fumble with the keys. Damn school keys! They bunch all the keys together! Martinus grabbed a vial from his pocket and threw it into the crowd. It exploded, blowing a couple zombies apart. I sprayed my blowtorch everywhere, burning zombies into a crisp. Finally, the nurse got the doors open. Everyone rushed inside, pushing and shoving. I was the last to board. I shut the door quickly and sat down next to Sabrina. Martin was sitting across from us to the left. The bus was a nice charter. It had room for everyone. There were a lot of kids I didn't know. The bus started and we felt the sway of the huge bus as the nurse drove around bends and ran over zombies.

"Hey wait! Help us!"

I looked out the door to see a group of kids and a teacher running across the lawn towards the bus. The nurse opened the door for them and they all climbed on. I didn't care about them at all, I just wanted to see if my family was safe, especially my sisters. The bus kept moving, past the baseball fields, past the soccer fields. I was about to turn away when I saw the fields next to the soccer field. The football field. The next moment, changed me forever. As we passed I saw some zombies, they wore cheerleading uniforms.

"Oh no. Oh no, this cant be happening. No no no no." I groaned, putting my hands up to my face.

The sound that I let out was a sound of pure despair, the noise an animal makes when its about to die. A death rattle. Sabrina tried to comfort me, as I kept crying. Lexi and Amber, dead. My whole family torn apart.

"What a baby."

There was a thick thumping noise as Martin slammed his fist into the kid who had spoken. He fell onto the floor of the bus, bleeding from the nose.

"Marvelous!" said a suave voice from the back.

I looked up to see the teacher, standing there. He was wearing a suit, like he was going to a ball. His glasses and creepy smile made me want to kill myself. Sabrina glared at him. He spread his arms wide like some sort of messiah.

"My children, this is proof that we need a strong leader. Join me!" he shouted.

I looked around and saw a bunch of kids nodding.

"Your kidding me right?" I asked.

The teacher looked down at me like I was some sort of bug.

"Who would you be?" he asked, his voice sending chills down my spine.

I stood up defiantly. This guy, he just pissed me off.

"Vi'Nay Stemvaller, junior. Your words are bullshit." I said, getting angry.

The man chuckled and touched my shoulders and I slammed my head into his. Mom always said I had a hard head. The teacher fell back, grabbing his head. I spit in his direction and went towards the front of the bus. I tapped the nurse on the shoulder.

"Stop the bus. I am getting off." I said, my anger falling.

"B-but-"

The wheels screeched as I slammed down the emergency brake. The doors hissed open and I got off. Sabrina and Martin followed me.

"I never liked that guy anyways." She said as she raised her broomstick, smiling.

"Ja, vhat a verido." Said Martin, cracking up.

I smiled and thanked Martin for his support. The bus had already rolled away and I looked down the street. I needed to check on something.

"Is it alright if we stop by my house? Don't worry, my dad has a couple guns we can use." I said as I led them down the street, careful not to make a lot of noise.

We walked to the edge of the street and hid behind a street corner. I poked my head around and saw 2 of "them". I held up 2 fingers and Sabrina and Martin nodded. They ran into the street and took care of the zombies. Pretty efficient. I was careful not to slip on blood or guts as I walked up to the only house that had a gate. My house. I opened the gate silently and open the front door. The house was icy cold. Good, no one had intruded.

"Ok, if you guys need anything, just take it. The guns are in the main hallway." I said as I hurried upstairs.

(Flashback)

"Hey, Crack!"

I spun around to see my sister, Lexi calling me.

"What is it Lexi." I said, annoyed.

"Tomorrow is my first day of middle school! Can you help me get everything organized?" she asked sweetly.

I grunted.

"What about Amber. What is she doing." I said as I followed my sister into the main room.

"She already got her stuff cleaned up. I am just really stupid." She said, smiling.

I sighed and put everything in plastic bags for her. She skipped happily around the room. I turned to leave.

"Thanks! You're the best brother ever!"

Best brother ever! Ever! Ever. Those words rang in my head as I approached my parent's room. I opened it and wiped away some of the tears that were starting to show. No matter what, I will survive. For Lexi and Amber. I opened the door and entered the room. From downstairs I heard a thump as Martin opened the firearms locker. Sabrina was telling him not to make too much noise. How carefree. I went up to the closet and opened it. I pushed away all the clothes and revealed a white plaster wall. I smashed my foot into the wall, breaking through it. Hidden behind the plaster was my mother's snub nose revolver. I reached through the wall and grabbed it. Heavier than I thought.

"Vi'Nay! We found something cool!" said Sabrina from downstairs.

"Alright! Give me a second!" I shouted.

I inspected the gun and saw that it held 6 rounds. Nice. I went down the stairs and saw Martinus playing with my father's shotgun.

"You like, ja?" he said as he grinned at me.

Sabrina was looking inside the garage. Of course! Transportation! Inside, was a gas powered golf cart. Martin came over to see what was going on. His eyes lit up when he saw the golf cart.

"Ahaha! Who has zeir lizcenze?" he asked gleefully.

"Not me." I said as I got in the back of the golf cart.

Sabrina just shook her head and got in the passenger seat. She held a semi auto pistol. Whoa, badass. Martin got into the driver seat and grabbed the keys. My dad always left the keys on the seat. The engine started. Martin pressed the garage opener and the garage rumbled open. We probably went from 0-60 in about 2 seconds. The wind screamed around me as the golf cart sped down the road. My hair flew everywhere and I could see Sabrina keeping her eyes closed.

"Holy crap Martin! Learn to drive!" I shouted as I shielded my eyes from the wind.

"This is the Autobahn! No zpeed limit! Hahaha!" laughed Martin as he went around a curve.

"Any idea where we are going?" demanded Sabrina as she held on for dear life.

THUD. THUD THUD THUD. BUMP.

"Uh, what was that?" I asked, barely being heard over the wind.

"Oh nothing, just zome undead." Said Martin casually as he drove crazily.

"Jesus Vi'Nay! Tell your dad to buy some window wipers for this thing!" laughed Sabrina.

"Hahaha! Call me Crack!" I laughed as I looked at the windshield. It was splattered in blood and a finger, ew.

Suddenly the golf cart slowed to a stop. Martin was shaking his head.

"Nein nein nein! Out of ze gas already?" said Martin, annoyed.

I looked around. We had stopped at some neighborhood, far away from my house. A sign pointed towards a gas station. I pointed towards the sign.

"Hey guys, a gas station." I said as I walked towards it.

Then I realized something, during the golf cart ride…I had fun. It didn't seem right that the worst and the best things could happen in the same day. I crept towards the gas station, staying low. I had already entered the "denial" stage of grief. Lexi and Amber were alive, the only explanation I could come up with. I saw Sabrina and Martin walk into the bright lights of the gas station. I grunted and followed them. The gas station was relatively clean and quiet. 2 gas pumps stood in front of the convenience store and there was a burned out truck at the first pump. Martin tapped the gas pump his finger.

"Hmm, zeems we need money to pump ze gas. Anyone have any?" he asked as he turned towards us.

Sabrina shook her head and looked at me expectantly. I also shook my head. I pointed to the gas station with my blowtorch.

"Convenience store should have some. Martin, come with me. Sabrina keep watch." I said as I walked towards the convenience store.

Ding A ling~

I entered the store with Martin, looking around. Martin walked over to the cash register. I looked around for food and stuff. The place was surprisingly dirty, with bags of chips everywhere and cans of pop spilled all over the tile floors. I didn't have time to react when the katana flashed in front of me, almost cutting my nose off. I let out a shout of surprise and fell down on the floor. Martin looked over at me and came over.

"Vhat is it Cr-"

Martin grabbed his cheek. Blood dripped from the cut that the katana had made.

"Oh sorry, I didn't realize that you weren't one of "them"." Said a female voice from behind a shelf.

"Oh freaking balls that hurt." I said as I rolled over and stood up.

Then I heard the scream from outside. Sabrina! Martin ran outside first to see what was going on. I came out last, my blowtorch ready. Unfortunately, fire and gas don't mix well when you have a friend being taken hostage by a 200 pound gangsta.

"Haha! I got a good one here! Nice and sexy, just the way I like 'em!" shouted the gangster as he waved a knife around.

I started to reach for my pistol but Martin gave a slight shake of the head.

"Vhat do you want with her." asked Martin, calmly.

'Whoa, pretty calm' I thought.

The gangsta took a while to process this, his cocaine high mind attempting to decode Martin's "message". He kept a firm grip on Sabrina, who was trying to get away. She would have escaped if he didn't have the knife to her throat.

"I want whatever car you got! And the girl!" shouted the gangster crazily.

"No, we give you the cart but you leave the girl." I said slowly. Keep cool Vi'Nay.

"Wrong! You give me both and I don't cut this girl's neck! Hahaha!" laughed the gangster.

I looked at Sabrina who was squirming beneath the gangster's grip. Her eyes gave a clear message. Do or die. Before Martin could stop me, I reached into my back pocket and took out the revolver I found at my house. I aimed it straight at the gangster's forehead. Deadshot. I think it took the gangster about a minute to realize what u was holding.

"H-heh, your stupid aren't you? This a gas station! Fire and the entire place goes up in smoke!" he laughed.

That's when Sabrina broke out of his grip. In about 2 seconds I had the pistol aimed straight at his shoulder. A bit far off from where I originally aimed but close enough. I pulled the trigger. A sound of thunder. Blood splattered my already red shirt and the gas pump behind the gangster.

"Agh! W-what the h-hell!" screamed the gangster as he fell to the ground, the red blood pooling around him.

The convenience store door opened and a short girl with long blue hair and green eyes stepped out. She had a chef's knife in her hand and 2 katana's strapped to her back. Wore…our school uniform…. She looked at the three of us and the gangster who was still squirming on the ground.

"Hey, my name is Miko Kozuki, could I join you?" she asked.

Oh by the way. Look up Tim Jackson on youtube. This guy is actually my drumline conductor. Chapter 3, there you go. Thanks to Past Memories for her OC