Here's the next episode! Enjoy!

Act 4: Running in the Dead-Part 1

[Z-Day+1 - 05:05 a.m.]

Above the skies of the city was a military jet. Inside the jet was a special camera device, taking pictures of the devastation that hit the city. It took pictures of bloodied cars, smoking buildings...anything it had to offer.

It then flew over to a bridge, where Rei and Takara were riding on. He was still driving, though he looked rather solemn. She was just sleeping until the noise of the jet made her stir. With half-lidded eyes, she saw, along with Rei, that it was flying right by them for only a few seconds. At that second, the device took a picture of them, capturing their wide-eyed looks.

Seeing that though, triggered the memory of what happened before all of this for Takara.

Before the day everything came to an end, she stayed up late.

[Z-Day 0 - 01:33 p.m.]

As she was leaning against the rails of the outdoor staircase, looking at the distance before her, she heard Sora say, "This is so stupid." She looked back to see him without the glasses he found not too far from her.

"Takagi?" she replied.

"Every single time-you deal with something you don't like, you go to this place. This is getting old."

When that scene continued, she remembered how everything was so normal then. She was in the sun, enjoying the luxury of feeling sorry for herself, believing that she would be ranked fourth as the unluckiest high school sophomore in then entire world, third as the most unluckiest teenage girl in the entire world. But at that time...

Everything then began its end.

She remembered seeing one of "them" try to go through the gate, Mrs. Tejima pointing her hand at "her" through the gate, and her being bitten...screaming bloody murder. She had looked aghast.

She also remembered the P.A. announcer being killed by one of "them", causing everyone in the entire building to go into panic mode the second a piece of chalk dropped and broke. It was pure anarchy.

She then remembered Hisoka's arm being bitten by "her", then Rei being hit by one of "them" and leaving him a bit dazed, his bulge being shown off.

Now that she thought about it, she could have just forced her way outside then, no matter what. But she, Rei, and Hisoka were frantically heading towards the observation deck because they honestly thought that was a good idea.

When the girls saw him get him, Takara said, "Re-" before Hisoka shouted his name as well and grabbed her bat to smash "her" head against the wall, to save him.

...

[Z-Day - 3:05 p.m.]

It was later now and Rei asked, "Why...? Why the fuck is this all happening?"

"There has to be a reason," Hisoka said in a calm voice. "If we can figure out who or what's causing this, then we'll figure out how to solve it." She then began to cough hard, sinking to her knees and coughing out blood that stained the ground. It was obvious that she wasn't going to make it.

She knew that back then, what Hisoka said was always right, that she wanted to believe it. But she knew...

She knew that the world they knew before was already broken.

Hisoka coughed out more blood and got into a seizure, but not before telling Takara to kill her by dropping her off of the building. She gripped her bat hard and ran to "her", screaming as she bashed "her" head in, killing her.

[Z-Day - 3:50 p.m.]

She then remembered all the attacks made by her allies before remembering her and Rei blasting "them" away with a fire hose.

Pretending everything was normal was too dangerous, even she knew that back then.

She next remembered a crying and terrified Sora drilling in "her" face.

She knew that back then, she then realized, she and the group were armed with weapons and prepared for any kind of danger...in the school hallway. That was because it was no longer a school hallway.

This country wasn't of the living anymore. It was for the dead.

[Z-Day - 10:32 p.m.]

Stopping the motorcycle for a second, Rei and Takara looked at a street of the city, seeing a lot of "them" roam it. The multi-athlete sighed. "I keep thinking and hoping someone will come rescue us, but..." he muttered.

The long-haired girl looked at him with concern. "They won't?" she asked.

He nodded. "Remember those helicopters?" She nodded back at him. "It's like that. They can't afford to rescue us...and I don't think they ever will at this rate."

"Not ever...?" He shook his head, making her sigh. "So we'll never get any help. We'll have to do what we can then."

He nodded at her again, looking at her. "You know, Takara? I think you're rubbing off on me."

She gave him a puzzled look. "What?"

"I'm not becoming delusional with hopes of things that will never happen anymore. I just say things as they are, like what you always do, ever since kindergarten. Maybe with just a speck of hope, but that's it."

She frowned at him. "Is that really bad?"

"I'm not saying that. I'm-" He stopped when he noticed something coming up behind him. She slowly looked at what he was looking at and saw more of "them" come towards them. They both that was coming, Rei looking back to what was in front of him. "Let's just go." He started up the motorcycle again.

Takara nodded once more, saying, "Yeah." They both then rode off, avoiding being caught up by "them".

"At this rate, we won't survive if we do what we please," Saeji said back in the faculty room. "We'll need to team up." Everyone got into position, ready to get through "them" to get to the bus, their only way out of here.

"Then let's go!" shouted Takara.

They then were outside, running and killing some of "them" to clear a path to the bus. Making moves meant that they were ready to face the real crisis, frantically running through the school...the school filled with yells, screams, life, and death, all mixed together like it was a fucking smoothie.

...

Later, the bus started and more of "them" were blocking the door. "They're not human..." Shinji muttered to himself before yelling, "They will never be humans!" With him running over some of them, he managed to burst through the gate and drive away from the campus, everyone inside escaping the hell it became.

[Z-Day - 11:45 p.m.]

Deep in the city, there was a large traffic jam, a soldier woman with a megaphone shouting, "It's very dangerous out there! Please, no matter the case, do NOT get out of your vehicle! I repeat, no matter the case, do NOT get out of your vehicle!" Other soldiers were with her, a couple of them recording down what was happening.

While this was happening, the bus was also part of the traffic jam, everyone inside looking at some cars next to them moving. Saeji was standing at the middle of the isle, right next to Sora and Kotomi. "We're moving at one kilometer per hour," he stated.

"I doubt we'll be able to reach the bridge at dawn in this rate," the pink-haired guy added. Suddenly, they both heard Kotomi's stomach growling, annoying him. "Will you keep your hunger down, chubby?!"

She stiffened up at him yelling like that, replying, "I can't...control my stomach..." She placed her hands on it, frowning. "I'm so hungry..."

Suddenly, everyone heard gunshots, making them look to see a couple of soldiers shoot one of "them" dead. Another one of "them" was approaching them, making them shoot "her" too. Hearing that made two of the male students' skins crawl, the two students being the one with the blue hair and glasses and the other with the short brown hair, making them look terrified too. Ms. Shido appeared next to them and faced them, grinning. "Oh, it's alright, gentlemen~," he said to them before giving them a hug, comforting them and making them blush. "We're all safe here. We'll be okay."

They both smiled at her, feeling safe...and her breasts resting against their arms. "Sensei..." the guy with the brown hair murmured.

Her grin was of malice, her whispering to them, "There's nothing you should be worried about...everything is alright~."

The three in front of them looked back at the scene, looking rather concerned and disgusted of seeing it. It was like...she had an alterior motive...a creepy one.

After all...

[Z-Day - 06:42 p.m.]

Earlier, she was voted to be the leader.

While the rest of the students were clapping, she turned to them and said, "It's decided that I am now the leader from now on, given the majority vote!"

Rei looked pissed at this revelation, so that was why he decided to go out the door with his pole, his bulge bouncing a little as he hopped off the bus, and began to walk away. Takara, witnessing this, shouted, "Rei, wait!"

He turned to her with a furious face. "No fucking way will I EVER be with her!"

Ms. Shido did look disappointed before the teenage girl followed suit, stopping him by grabbing his wrist. "Wait!" He stopped, but didn't turn to her. "You just have to be patient until we reach the city. Besides, it's dangero-"

He turned to her and yelled, "I told you you would regret helping her! I fucking told you!"

He did, but that wasn't important. "Listen, for now-" She got cut off again as she heard a car's horn blare off, the two looking at where it came from.

Saeji looked at where that came from too, looking shocked at what it was. He looked at the male nurse and shouted, "Marikawa-sensei!"

He tensed up and looked at what he was looking. "What the..." he said in a breathy voice as everyone saw a speeding city bus with a lot of "them" in it and eating people in there.

It crashed into a car, causing it to flip over and head towards...Takara and Rei's way. The multi-athlete grabbed her and jumped from where they were with her in his arms. At that time, she still had no idea that the world was already over.

Saeji, now out of the bus, ran to the flaming vehicle and shouted, "Komuro-chan! Miyamoto! Are you alright?!" He saw "them" rising up from the bus in flames, prepping himself to get away from them before Takara shouted, "The police station!" He looked and saw her through a gap between the wall and the bus. "We'll meet up at the east police station!"

"At what time?!"

"Seven, seven at night! If we can't make it today, then we'll meet there tomorrow at the same time!" Debris then fell, closing the gap she appeared at.

Stopping here. What do you guys think?

Honestly, this is my least favorite episode just because it uses scenes from the past episodes to pad the time...oh well.

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