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Chapter 7: Hell is other people.

POV Change: Gerard

Great. Now I'm separated from my closest friend and he's stuck with that absolute scumbag of a teacher. At least we have a place to meet up. Takashi rushed off saying "We need to hurry!"...and blundered straight into a zombie's grasp. Fortunately for us, it was wearing biker gear, including a helmet. It tried to bite him but only ended up head-butting him. Rei blind-sided the zombie with...a board or something. I then grabbed Takashi's dropped bat, my fire-extinguisher had gone missing after the explosion, flipped the zombie over and jabbed through the helmet's visor. I felt it's nose break and it stopped moving, bone probably pierced the brain.

Rei helped Takashi to his feet. "That was way too close!" I told them "If that zombie wasn't wearing that helmet, you'd be dead Takashi." I sighed "No point dwelling on it, we just need to be more careful." I'm pretty sure they got what I was saying. Rei asked "Can we walk all the way to the city" I figured "We don't really have any other options" Takashi then said "Wait, that guy's bike..." Surprised I didn't notice. He righted the bike, got on and started it up. Rei asked him "Do you have a licence?" and Takashi just responded "It's customary for high school students to drive without a licence" Rei climbed on behind him and I got on behind both of them. "Normally this would be all kinds of illegal but that doesn't really matter right now".

As we drove down the road, a Self-defence force jet flew past, low to the ground. Rei tried to get their attention, no luck. Takashi brought the bike to a stop. "They were flying low just now, so why didn't they help us?" Rei questioned. I figured "They're probably trying to secure an area for people evacuate" Takashi followed with "It's the same as the helicopter we saw from the roof of the school. They can't do anything to help us yet." Rei didn't like that "Well then, what do you think we should do?" she asked very forcefully. "There's only so much we can do!" Takashi responded. Rei started pushing his buttons "You're always like this Takashi. When important stuff happens, you just give up... You've been like that since kindergarten." Takashi got pretty angry after that "How does that have anything do do with all the chaos going on right now!?" I had to end this "Can we not argue now! We have a place to go so lets get there already!" That shut them up. Before Takashi got us moving again he told us "We won't be able to make it much further unless we find a gas station. I think there's one after another couple traffic lights." I took his word for it, I couldn't see the fuel gauge from here.

As we went through the city, it looked completely abandoned. We saw a cop car and decided to check it out. It had been hit by a truck, the occupants were crushed. We were able to get one cop's gun, baton and handcuffs. I took them "I've used guns before, back in Fortune City." I opened the cylinder "Five chambers, fully loaded. Better than nothing" Rei gave me another five bullets "The other police-man had them. I couldn't get the gun out of his hand, but the bullets looked okay." "Thanks Rei, this will make things a little easier". We got back on the bike and continued to the gas station.

We got there without any real issues. "This station's made for cars, so we should be able to top off the tank." Takashi said "Oh damn!" he suddenly yelled. Rei asked "What's the matter?" Takashi told us "This is a self-serve place, so we have to put in a card or some money" "Then do it!" Rei told him. Takashi informed us "I spent my last 30 yen on a can of juice!" I facepalmed "Well that's fan-fucking-tastic!" I looked over at the station "Stay here a minute, I'll get some cash. Shout if something happens." I went inside and went to the register. After jabbing buttons unsuccessfully trying to get it open I just resorted to smashing it with the baton. As I started gathering the cash I heard a commotion outside. I ran to the door. Some scumbag had grabbed Rei and was holding a knife to her throat. Takashi was yelling at him trying to get him to let her go. Doesn't seem like he's noticed me. I drew the revolver and lined up my shot. He's pretty big so I know I can hit him without hitting Rei if I aim for his head. Still, his hand could twitch and cut her open. He started shouting again, this time waving the knife at Takashi. I took the opportunity to put a bullet through his head. "What a waste of a good bullet" I quipped. Where did that come from? I ran to the pump and put the money in the slot. We filled the tank and got out of there before the zombies reached us.