HOTDR Chapter 7: Survivors Of The Dead
Last time on Highschool of the Dead Revamped…
Saya: Little girl, are you okay?
Alice: I'm Alice.
Takashi: Man… It sucks what happened to her dad.
? (calling out): Takashi!
Takashi: Hm?! Rei?!
Kiba: Where is everyone else?
Rei: They… they were taken.
Kohta, Kiba, Takashi (exclaiming): WHAT?!
Momosuke opened his eyes and looked left and right. He was standing next to Lars on his left and Saeko on his right. Both of them were unconscious and in the same predicament as him; they were bound to ceiling with rope that was hanging from a metal pipe, all three of them had their hands above their heads and rope around their wrist. Momosuke felt a sharp pain on the left side of his stomach and looked down at it. There was a hole in his school undershirt and blood forming around it. Lars had a bruise on his cheek and a bloody nose and Saeko had bruises on her legs.
Momosuke: Lars…
Lars didn't move or reply. Momosuke nudged to the side and bumped into him.
Momosuke: Lars? Are you okay?
Lars woke up with one eye open and nodded his head "yes" to Momosuke.
Momosuke: Saeko-chan.
Saeko's eyes quivered and she woke up, opening her eyes slowly. She looked to Momosuke and then observed the room they were in.
Saeko: This… this must be their hideout.
Momosuke: Yeah. At least Rei got away. I'd rather one of us get away rather than none of us.
Saeko: No doubt, she'll be back with help.
?: Nobody is going to help you, jackass.
Momosuke looked forward to see a man in a ski mask along with 5 other thugs.
Masked Man: They don't know where you are. And that little bitch that escaped won't come back to "save" you. She's not that stupid. You know as well as I do that she was lucky to get away.
Momosuke: It's pretty obvious that you don't know… who you're dealing with.
Masked Man: Oh? Is that right? Why don't you enlighten me?
Momosuke: I am Momosuke Kamigawa. And you've just picked on the wrong group.
Masked Man: Am I supposed to be afraid?
Momosuke: No. I want you to be arrogant and have no fear. You'll need it when I come at you with the intent to kill.
Masked Man: You intend to kill me? HA HA HA! And how will you do that when you're bound by rope to a ceiling pipe?
Momosuke: Well, little bitch. Why don't you untie me and fight me one on one?
Saeko: Momosuke, don't antagonize him. You're losing blood. You should save whatever energy you have left.
Momosuke: Why not? It's not like he's going to do anything. He can't face me like a man, so he's gotta tie me up. Like a BITCH!
The Masked Man's face frowned and he began taking heavy steps towards Momosuke. He cocked back his fist and punched Momosuke in the temple, knocking him unconscious again.
~One Hour Earlier~
Saeko walked out into the front yard first and Rei and Lars followed. Momosuke stopped in front of Kiba.
Momosuke (whispering to Kiba): Watch Saya for me. If anything goes down here, take her and run as far as possible.
Kiba (whispering to Momosuke): Keep Saeko safe. She's more important to me than I am to myself.
The two bump fists and Momosuke walks away. Kiba closes the door behind them slowly, making sure to not draw any attention from "them". The Runners went to the left side of the yard and climbed over the fence that led into the neighbor's yard. Once the coast was clear, they made their way down the side of the street.
As they were progressing down the street, Momosuke took point and lead the group through the neighbor's yard and up to the front door. Lars went to the front of the group and used the handle end of the baseball bat to bash off the door handle. Once successfully in, the group closed the door and pushed a nearby shelf in front of the door.
Momosuke: Okay, keep it quiet and keep it fast. We don't know what's in here.
Saeko: I'll search the house.
Momosuke: Lars, go with her.
Lars nodded and went with Saeko as they creeped through the darkness of the house.
Rei and Momosuke then went into the kitchen and began opening the cabinets, filling up their bags with the few canned foods they had left in the house.
Rei: It looks like someone beat us to it.
Momosuke: If this house has been raided, then I'm sure we won't have much luck in any other houses here.
Rei: It's worth a shot.
Momosuke and Rei then heard Saeko scream from the darkness. The two dropped their bags and rushed to the back of the house, Crossbow and rifle aimed. Saeko was looking down and shaking her head in disbelief.
Momosuke: What's wrong?!
Rei: Are you okay, Saeko?
Saeko: Yeah. That scared me.
She pointed in the direction of the bedroom and they saw a white cat sitting in the middle of the floor staring up at them. Momosuke let out a sigh and scratched the back of his black hair.
Momosuke: That's what gave you a scare?
Saeko: It was dark… And it was just a black mass moving along the floor.
Lars: It scared me too.
Momosuke: Are you sure? I can't tell.
Lars: Yeah. I screamed on the inside.
Momosuke: Really now? Anyways… The place is pretty much cleaned out. Only a few cans of non-perishables.
Rei: We need to think of where else to find food. The other houses have probably been raided like this one.
Lars: How about a grocery store?
Momosuke: Oh. Well, yeah… Didn't think about that.
Saeko: That might be a little dangerous though. The bigger the enclosed area, the more likely we are to get surrounded. We don't know what was in the store last before the infection started.
Rei: That's true, but we need all the food we can get. I mean, we can't stay at Minami's house forever.
Momosuke: Hm… I think the grocery store is a good idea. There's no way the entire grocery store has been cleaned out this fast. It's only been two days.
Lars: Let's go for it.
Saeko: Okay. We just need to watch ours backs.
Momosuke: Let's get going. I don't want us to be out all night.
Momosuke led the group to the to the back of the house and found the back door. Once they unlocked the padlock, they went outside and saw that there was one of "them" roaming around. It heard the door close and began making its way towards the Runners.
Momosuke: I got it.
Lars put his arm out in front of Momosuke as he began to raise the Crossbow. Lars started walking towards it and swung once, bashing in the undead's temple with the baseball bat. The infected collapsed to the ground and Lars gave it one final swing with one hand, cracking open its skull. Lars looked at the disgusting mess he made on the ground, turned to the left, and walked away. Momosuke looked to the girls and raised an eyebrow.
Momosuke: Certified badass?
Rei: Just a little bit. Geez.
Saeko: Let's not fall behind.
The three followed behind Lars and they continued down the sidewalk to the grocery store. As long as they were dead silent, no undead soul would know they were near. Momosuke constantly shifted his eyes back and forth from left to right to keep an eye on any quick movement. Saeko had her bokken drawn and ready in hand and Rei was covering the rear with her new rifle. Lars was walking steadily in front of the group with the baseball bat lowered and he, too, was constantly looking around for any appending danger.
Rei: There it is.
And there it was, the Aminaka Super Market. The store looked vacant; no cars in sight, only infected scattered lightly throughout the parking lot.
Momosuke: Let's take our time and not rush. I don't want to draw any attention this way.
Saeko: Let's take it slow. Rei, Lars, can you cover the rear while Momosuke and I lead?
Rei: Yeah, I can do that.
Lars nodded. The group began to progress across the dimly lit parking lot and tried avoiding the infected instead of attacking them. As they were walking, Saeko nearly ran into an undead woman, but she beat it in the face with her bokken and kept moving. One of "them" were in the way of the group moving and was in a straight line towards them. Momosuke lined up the Crossbow with the infected man's forehead and fired an arrow into his skull. Once the body hit the ground, Momosuke quickly recovered the arrow and got back into formation. As they approached the building's glass front doors, Momosuke went a little ahead to see if there was anything, alive or dead, in the store. And he saw not a soul. Saeko, Rei and Lars caught up to him.
Saeko: Do you see anything?
Momosuke: No. Nothing that I can see.
Rei: Well that's a little weird. Nothing at all?
Momosuke: No… it's a little creepy actually.
Lars: Let's not waste time.
Momosuke stood from his knelt down position and walked to the front door that was for entering and put his hand on the glass. He slightly pushed and when there was no alarm, he pushed it all the way open. Rei and Saeko followed behind him and Lars came in last. The group walked to the front of the store and passed the registers that were vacant. Everyone looked around and saw that there was still plenty of supplies on the shelves.
Momosuke: Okay, Saeko, with me. Rei and Lars, grab drinks. We'll get the canned food.
Rei: Roger that.
The two walked off towards the back near the freezer aisles for the still cold drinks as Momosuke and Saeko went to the non-perishable food aisle. Saeko knelt down and started grabbing canned food from the lower shelves and Momosuke was grabbing cans from the upper shelves.
Momosuke: What you find, Saeko?
Saeko: Some canned beans, tuna, corn and a few others,
Momosuke: Good. Might not be the greatest daily meals, but it'll last us.
Saeko: What did you find?
Momosuke: Mainly canned veggies. Some canned fruit.
Saeko: Veggies are good. It'll keep us healthy.
Momosuke: I know it's perishable, but I'm craving chips.
Saeko: We should get those too. They're short term, but they do taste good.
Momosuke: Hey, Saeko.
Saeko: Hm?
Momosuke: Lemme ask you a question.
Saeko: What is it?
Momosuke: Do you like Kiba?
Saeko paused from grabbing food for a moment. After a few seconds of thinking, she began grabbing food again.
Saeko: Yes. I do. We're all really good friends.
Momosuke: No, not in that way. The "like" like way.
Saeko stood and stared at the ground.
Saeko: I… I don't know.
Momosuke: Hm?
Saeko: I feel like I do like him… a lot… But it's just that I don't know if I'm ready to love again.
Momosuke: Again? What do you mean?
Saeko: My first and only boyfriend… I loved him more than the world itself. But he died in a sparring accident.
Momosuke: What… what happened? If you don't mind me asking.
Saeko: His partner was a rival of his. They were both two very skilled swordsman, excellent with a Katana. He's what got me interested in swords in the first place. But his rival went too far. He was tired of losing and… he pierced him through the throat accidentally.
Momosuke: Damn… That is… unfortunate.
Saeko: That's an understatement. I was devastated. And since then, I haven't let men into my life. I was too afraid of being hurt again. But now…
Momosuke: Kiba is a great guy. I know he won't die anytime soon and he would never hurt you in any way. He cares about you Saeko. He really does.
Saeko: Well-
Rei screamed at the top of her lungs and sent an echoing scream throughout the store.
Momosuke: We'll talk later!
Saeko: Yeah!
The two quickly grabbed through bags and ran around the aisle and went towards the drink aisle. But before they could reach it, they saw what had Rei screaming. Six people, four of them armed with melee weapons and the other two with handguns, were surrounding them in the middle of the store. The gangsters were all wearing black jackets with hoods and ski masks with dark pants and black shoes to match.
Rei: No! Run!
Thug 1: No, don't do that. You wouldn't want a bullet in the back of the head, would you?
Momosuke and Saeko looked to each other and stood still.
Thug 1: That's what I thought. Get over here.
Momosuke and Saeko slowly walked over to the group of thugs and stood in the middle with Lars and Rei. Momosuke looked down and saw that Rei had set her gun on the floor next to Lars' baseball bat.
Thug 1: Drop the weapons, or get filled with lead. Your choice.
Momosuke: What the hell are you guys doing? It's the apocalypse! You don't have to steal from people anymore! Everything is pretty much free now!
Thug 1: That's not why we're doing this. Now drop the weapons!
Momosuke tossed his Crossbow to the ground and Saeko did the same with her bokken. Momosuke kicked his Crossbow towards them.
Momosuke: There. Happy?
Thug 3: You got a lot of lip kid.
Thug 4: For such a cute guy, you're pretty stupid.
Momosuke looked at the thug and raised an eyebrow at his comment.
Momosuke: Uh…
Thug 1: We're going to let Number 4 here have some fun with the guys while we have our fun with the females. And there's not a fucking thing you're going to do about it.
Thug 5: Hey, Number 1. We're not doing it here are we? All those dead fuckers outside make me a little uneasy.
Thug 1: Shut the FUCK up 5! Don't you think I know that?
Thug 5: Sorry, sir.
Thug 1: Go stand in a fucking corner or something.
Thug 5 began to walk away to the nearest corner when Thug 3 stopped him.
Thug 3: Number 1. Take it easy on the kid, alright?
Thug 1: Yeah, yeah. Next time he asks some stupid shit like that, I'll break his fuckin' face.
Momosuke: Can you tell me why you're doing this? It doesn't make any sense.
Thug 1: We're going to take your food, fuck your women, and kill you. Anything else?
Lars: This guy is screwed up.
Thug 1: Hey, freak. Shut up.
Lars: Make me shut up.
Thug 1: What was that?
Saeko: Lars… knock it off…
Lars: I'd like to see him try.
Thug 1 flipped the gun in his hand around and held it like he was going to pistol whip Lars. He approached Lars and cocked his arm back for a swing. Lars caught his wrist, punched him in the ribcage, snatched the gun from his hand and hit him with the handle of the handgun. Momosuke picked up the baseball bat and bashed in Thug 2's right shin and brought the baseball bat down on the thug's back. Saeko picked up her bokken and and chopped Thug 6 on the side of the neck, causing him to collapse. Rei picked up her rifle.
Momosuke: No Rei! Get out of here!
Saeko: We'll hold them off!
Rei: B-But-
Momosuke: GO!
Rei picked up her bag and ran for the front door.
Thug 4: Stop her!
Thug 3 and 4 began to run after her, but Lars kicked Thug 3 in the back and sent him crashing into a register. Rei continued on her path to the exit and made her escape. As Momosuke was focused on his opponent, Thug 2, Thug 5 pulled out a pocket knife and flicked it open. Saeko looked back to check on her friends and saw the blade.
Saeko: Momosuke!
Momosuke (turning to the side): ?!
The man stabbed Momosuke on the left side of his stomach. Momosuke paused with a blank expression on his face. He slowly looked down at the blade in his stomach and grabbed a hold on the thug's arm.
Momosuke (thinking): This… This really… hurts… I… I can't die here. Not yet.
Thug 5 yanked the blade from Momosuke's stomach and he fell to both knees.
Momosuke (thinking): Shit… I'm passing out… I can feel myself falling but can't stop it.
He fell to the ground and hit his forehead on the tile floor.
Momosuke (thinking): Dammit… I… can't feel my face. I… I'm sorry Saya.
Saeko: No!
Lars: Momosuke!
Saeko ran to his side and felt his neck, checking for a pulse. Thug 5 punched her in the back of the head and knocked her unconscious. Before Lars could aim the gun at Thug 5, Thug 3 sneak attacked him and hit him in the back of the head with a small pipe that he had hidden in his trench coat. Lars then fell to the floor like the others.
Kohta, Kiba, Takashi (exclaiming): WHAT?!
Rei: Yeah… They told me to leave. We have to go help them!
Takashi: Let's get geared up and go. We can NOT waste time!
The four of them hurried up to the house and went right to Rika's room. Takashi grabbed extra shotgun shells, Kiba grabbed 2 extra pistol mags and Kohta loaded up his one strap satchel with 3 extra AR-10 mags.
Kiba: Alright. Let's go get our friends back.
Saya: What?
Everyone looked to the doorway to see Saya with a very concerned expression on her face.
Saya: Get who? And where's Momosuke and the others Rei?
Rei: Uh… Um…
Saya: What's going on?
Kiba: Uh… should we…?
Takashi: I don't know if that's smart, Kiba.
Saya: Will somebody talk to me?!
Kiba: Okay… Saya… Momosuke, Saeko and Lars…
Rei (cutting him off): We were surrounded.
Saya: By those undead freaks?!
Rei: No, no… By… people…
Saya: I don't understand.
Rei: Lars, Momosuke and Saeko… Were more than likely taken by a group of thugs that surrounded us at the Aminaka Super Market.
Saya: Are you kidding me?! And you left?! Why didn't you help?
Rei: They told me to leave! If I would've stayed, I'd be there with them right now and you would be wondering where we are!
Saya: We have to go after them. RIGHT NOW!
Takashi: Takagi, stop yelling. We're going after them right now.
Saya: I'm going with you.
Kiba: No you're not.
Saya: And why not?
Kiba: Because you're not.
Saya: You don't tell me what to do. I'm going with you and you can't change my mind!
Kiba walked over to her and grabbed her by the shoulders.
Kiba (talking directly to her): Listen to me and don't say a word. I made a promise to Kamigawa and I'm going to keep it. He said to not let "anything" happen to you. And I never break a promise to my best friend. So either you're going to stay here or I'll make you stay.
Saya's eyes began to tear up as she pulled away from him. She turned around and left the room crying.
Rei: Takagi… Did you have to be so mean, Kiba?
Kiba: I had to, to get her to understand that I have to keep her safe when Momo isn't here. She won't listen unless you're forceful with her.
Rei: Still. You could've gone about it another way. Takagi!
Rei went chasing after Saya. Kiba put his right hand on his face and took a deep breath. Kohta put his hand on Kiba's shoulder.
Kohta: You did the right thing. If she would've gone with us, her anger would've caused her not to think straight.
Kiba: And I know that. Ugh… women.
Takashi: Don't worry about her, Minami. We have to go out and get the others.
Kohta: Yeah. We should get a move on.
Kiba: Actually Kohta, can you stay here and watch Saya for me?
Kohta: But you guys might need my help.
Kiba: You're a great shot, Kohta. That's why I want you here to protect the girls. Ms. Shizuka, Takagi? Alice?
Kohta: Yeah… You have a point. If I go, it'll be just two girls and kid. And if those things find their way to the house…
Kiba: Exactly.
Takashi: Good call, Minami. We should get a move on though.
Kiba: Let's get Rei. We need her to lead us there.
Takashi and Kiba hurried to the living room and saw Rei talking to crying Saya on the sofa. She was rubbing her back while Saya leaned forward and cried into both hands. He looked down and sighed, thinking that he shouldn't have been that mean to her. He walked over to her.
Kiba: Takagi, I-
Saya: I'm not crying from what you said. I'm worried about Momosuke.
Kiba: Ah. Well… We're going to get him back. Him, Saeko and Lars.
Saya: Just bring him back alive, Kiba. Please?
Kiba: I'll do what I can. I love him like a brother. I won't come back without him and the others. I promise.
Saya: Thank you.
He walked over to Saya and hugged her.
Kiba: Takashi, Rei. We've got business to handle.
Rei stood from the chair and Takashi followed behind him. They hurried to the front door and quickly went to the sidewalk below. As they were walking, Saya went to the balcony with Kohta and saw them walking away.
Kiba: Rei, where were you when you got ambushed?
Rei: We were in Aminaka Super Market. On Tengu Street.
Takashi: That's only a few minutes away. Let's get going.
The three began running along the sidewalk on route to the Aminaka Super Market. They didn't know what was going to happen when they got there, but it was either save their friends or die trying.
A short while after Thug 1 had punched him in the face, knocking him out again, Momosuke came to. Still bleeding out little by little, he looked around to see that Saeko was no longer next to them. He looked to Lars, who was awake.
Momosuke: Where is she, Lars?
Lars looked to his left and saw that there was a bed on the far side of the room. With the dim lighting it was hard to see, but it was Saeko laying on the bed.
Momosuke: Is she okay?
Lars: They're going to rape her.
Momosuke: No… They strapped her to the bed?
Lars nodded.
Momosuke: Shit! We gotta get over there and help her!
Lars: I've tried. The way they have the knots on our wrists makes it tighter the more we tug on it and try to get free. I don't know what kind of knot it is, but it's a good one.
Momosuke: I hope Rei went to get the guys.
Thug 1: Ha ha ha! Good luck with that, dumb fuck!
Momosuke: Great… this asshole.
Thug 4: Hey, watch your mouth when you speak to the boss!
Momosuke: Yeah whatever. Let me go so I can leave, and forget this ever happened. The way I see it, we're all having a bad day. You guys got your asses kicked, I got stabbed. Lars has a bloody nose-
Thug 1: Oh, my, GOD! Stop fucking talking!
Lars: What's the point of keeping us alive?
Thug 1: I already told you. Four is going to have a little fun with you two while the rest of us get a little bit of that hot ass over there.
Momosuke: You're fuckin' sick.
Lars: He's right. You are sick.
Thug 1: Hey, every guy needs a little pussy every now and again.
Thug 3: What are we waiting for boss? I've got a McDick that's ready for its happy meal.
Thug 1: What the fuck did you just say?
Thug 3: Come on, man. I've got a horndog that needs its buns.
Thug 1 (pointing to the door): Go. Get the fuck out.
Thug 3: What I do?
Thug 1: You and 5 have been pissing me off lately. Get the FUCK out of my face!
Thug 3: Oh come on, boss.
Thug 1: Go join 2 and 6 on guard duty or something and wait your fuckin' turn. I'm going first.
Thug 3: You got it boss.
Thug 3 started to walk away towards the door of the room.
Momosuke (whispering to Lars): These guys are a bunch of jackasses.
Lars (whispering to Momosuke): We need to figure a way out of here.
In the front of the store, Thug 2 and 6 were busy cleaning up the blood from the floor, making it
clean for the next set of victims to roll through.
Thug 6: Two.
Thug 2: Yeah?
Thug 6: Do you know why we do what we do?
Thug 2: What do you mean?
Thug 6: You know… kidnapping people and raping girls? The usual shit.
Thug 2: You know, I never really thought about it like that. I don't know why we do what we do. But we all enjoy it. That's why boss took us in.
Thug 6: Yeah. There use to be more of us though… The infection spread and killed 7 and 8…
Thug 2: I miss those two man…
Thug 6: Shouldn't we be guarding the front in case those guy's friends do come like boss said?
Thug 2: We probably should. You see the way he yelled at 5 earlier?
Thug 6: Yeah, man. He must be really stressed out to explode on the kid like that.
Thug 2: He use to yell at 8 like that, but I guess 5 is just the new scapegoat.
Thug 6: Sucks to be him then.
Thug 2: Hey, I'ma go take a piss, alright?
Thug 6: Cool. Hurry back. I need to go after you.
Thug 2 went off to go to the restroom and Thug 6 continued cleaning up the mess of blood on the floor with a towel. He heard a creaking from the front and turned to look and saw nothing but the scattered undead outside. He went back to focusing on his job and then heard slight patting on the floor off in the distance that seemed to echo of the walls.
Thug 6: The fuck is that?
He stood up and walked towards the registers in the front of the store and searched around. Not seeing anything, he backed away slowly and turned around to get back to what he was doing, but he froze in place.
Thug 6: *gasp*
Takashi: Night night.
He took the butt of his shotgun and bashed his face in, breaking his nose. The thug dropped to the ground, nose gushing blood.
Thug 2: What the fuck?!
Takashi turned around and saw that Thug 2 had returned.
Takashi: Well that was a quick piss.
Before Thug 2 could call out to the other thugs, Kiba came up behind him and hit him in the back of the neck with his pistol handle. The thug fell to his knees and passed out of the floor.
Takashi: Rei. It's safe to come out.
Rei came from behind one of the registers.
Rei: That was pretty close. He almost saw me!
Kiba: Shh. Keep it down. Right now, we have the element of surprise. Let's keep it like that.
Takashi: See what they were cleaning up?
They all looked to the smeared blood on the floor. Takashi shook his head in disappointment.
Takashi: Let's just hope that's not from one of our guys.
Kiba: Hey… I hear something.
Everyone paused and listened for a brief moment. They could hear laughing that seemed to be coming from the back of the store. They went behind the frozen food section and found a door that read "Employees Only".
Kiba: I don't think anyone's clocked in.
Rei: This is probably where the other gangsters are.
Takashi: Well let's go show them they're fucking with the wrong teenagers.
The three went through the door and looked to the left to see a long hallway (it was the only direction to go). There was blood on the floor here too, but it seemed like someone had already tried to clean it up. They quietly progressed down the hallway, slowly to make sure they didn't make any noise. As they were walking, they came across a break off which seemed to back used as product storage. They heard someone whistling and quickly got out of sight; hiding behind the wall so anyone that passed by wouldn't see them. Thug 3 was passing by, going to assist Thug 2 and 6 like the boss had instructed him to do. Takashi nodded to Kiba. As Thug 3 walked by, completely oblivious to the three around the corner, Kiba caught the thug in a choke hold and dragged him to the rest of the group. Takashi began stomping on the thug's face and Rei stabbed him in the stomach with her bayonet on her rifle.
Takashi: Check his pockets. He probably has a weapon or something.
Kiba went into his pocket and found a pocket knife; the same knife that Thug 5 used on Momosuke. Kiba held onto the knife to use as a melee weapon since he came without one. The three continued down the long corridor and could see light coming from a room on the left of the hall. They all got against the wall and Kiba was leading. He peaked around the corner of the doorway with one eye and saw that Momosuke and Lars were tied to a ceiling pipe by a rope and saw that Saeko was strapped to a bed and a half naked thug was on top of her.
Kiba (thinking): Son of a bitch! I'll kill you!
Takashi (whispering): What's going on?
Kiba (whispering): I'm about to kill these fuckers.
He glanced back over to Momosuke and saw that he was bleeding and there was blood on the floor beneath him.
Kiba (thinking): Momo!
Thug 5: Hey, boss. I'm going to check on 2 and 6. They haven't come back yet.
Thug 1: That's because they're on guard duty, moron. Now shut up. Can't you see I'm a little busy?
Thug 5: Sorry. I'll go get us a few drinks then.
Thug 1: Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Disappear from my sight.
Thug 5 put his hood up and began walking towards the door. Kiba saw him and went back around the corner, holding his finger over his mouth to Rei and Takashi. Once Thug 5 exited the room, Kiba and Takashi grabbed and Kiba punched him in the face and covered his mouth.
Kiba (whispering): Don't say a word.
Thug 5 nodded.
Kiba (whispering): You're going to do what I say, got it?
Thug 5 nodded once again.
Kiba (whispering): Get the boss's attention.
They stood him and and sent him back into the room.
Thug 5: Uh… Boss?
Thug 1: Oh, my fucking God. What 5? What now? WHAT?!
Thug 5: We uh… got company.
Thug 1 (looking towards the door): What do you mean-
He saw Kiba, Takashi and Rei aiming their guns at them.
Thug 1: Shit.
Kiba fired a round from the Beretta and sent the bullet into Thug 1's chest, forcing him off of Saeko and to the floor. He was yelling out and holding his chest in pain.
Thug 4: Whoa! Hold on, handsome. Let's talk for a sec-
Takashi fired a shotgun shell into his chest, sending him into the wall. Kiba rushed over to the guys and Takashi went to go help Saeko while Rei aimed her gun at Thug 5.
Thug 5: Whoa, whoa, whoa! What did I do?!
Rei: Are you with these guys?
Thug 5: Well yeah, but-
Rei shot him in the shoulder, causing him to collapse to the floor.
Thug 5: Ahhh! Stop!
Rei aimed her rifle at him.
Momosuke: Stop!
Rei looked to Momosuke, who as being freed from the rope binding.
Momosuke: That one's mine. Kiba, let me borrow that.
Kiba handed him the pistol and he proceeded to cut Lars loose. Momosuke walked over to Thug 5 who was terrified on the floor.
Thug 5: No please. Please don't kill me!
Momosuke (speaking in a low toned voice): Shut up.
Thug 5: I know I stabbed you, but you don't have to kill me! We can work something out!
Momosuke: Stop talking.
Thug 5: Come on, man. Listen, I know we've had our differences. But it's a new day-
Momosuke: Shut up!
Thug 5 was quiet. Momosuke clinched his stab wound with his left hand; it hurt to yell. He aimed the gun at Thug 5's face and the thug retreated, going into the fetal position on the floor and covering his head.
Momosuke (thinking): Look at this guy. He's weak, terrified even. I wouldn't feel right killing him like that.
Momosuke aimed the gun from his head to his leg and fired a bullet into his kneecap. The thug squirmed on the ground in pain and Momosuke shook his head in disappointment. He walked away from the thug and Rei followed.
Rei: Wait! Momosuke! You're bleeding!
Momosuke: Yeah. I didn't know Rei. It hurts like hell.
Rei: Smart ass. Come here, let me cover it.
She ripped the sleeves of her shirt off and tied them together, making a long cloth to wrap around his waist to help stop the bleeding. Momosuke handed Kiba the Beretta.
Kiba: Thanks.
He walked over to Thug 1, who was still rolling along the floor, grieving in pain. He saw Kiba standing over him.
Saeko: Kiba!
Kiba: Hold on, Saeko. I've got this guy.
Thug 1: Got what? You don't "got" shit!
Kiba: Hm?
Thug 1: You think just because you shot me, I'm weak? That I'm going to back down from a punk like you? Pull the fuckin' trigger if you have the guts!
Kiba aimed the Beretta at his forehead and put a bullet into him. The back of his head had a huge bullet hole and was gushing blood.
Kiba: Do I have the guts?
Takashi cut Saeko completely free and she ran to Kiba, topless and not wearing her shorts. She hugged him for killing that man.
Saeko: Thank you, Kiba.
Kiba: I told you I wasn't going to let anything bad happen to you.
Takashi: Let's get back. All that noise is going to draw in those fuckers.
Lars: Come here, Momosuke.
Lars and Momosuke walked to each other and Lars put Momosuke's right arm over his shoulder to help him walk. Saeko went to the bed and put back on her shorts and ripped shirt.
Lars: You've lost a lot of blood. I'll help you.
Momosuke: Thanks. I can barely walk now. Imagine when Saya sees me like this…
Takashi: We might as well prepare for that now.
Rei: Let's hurry. We've all had a bad day.
The group noticed an emergency exit in the back of the room and began making their way to it. Kiba put his hand on the handle of the emergency door.
Rei: Wait! Won't that trigger an alarm?
Kiba: Yes, it will.
He pushed open the door and made the alarm blare.
Takashi: Why set off the alarm?
Kiba: Serves these bastards right.
Kiba exited the building and the group followed; Rei behind Kiba, Lars and Momosuke behind her and Takashi last with Saeko.
As the group began to get closer to the house, they heard gunshots ring out that seemed to be coming from that area.
Takashi: Gunshots?
Saeko: Come on!
The group began hurrying back to the house and Momosuke collapsed to the ground, bringing Lars with him.
Momosuke: Shit… sorry Lars.
Kiba: Come on!
Kiba went back to them and grabbed Momosuke's other arm, helping carry him. Takashi got around the corner and saw that Kohta was on the balcony, firing rounds into the incoming horde across the street.
Kohta: Hey! Get your asses up here!
Takashi: Yeah!
Saeko and Takashi ran with Rei to the house and Kiba and Lars helped Momosuke into the yard. Takashi got upstairs, out of breath.
Alice: Hi, Onii-chan!
Takashi: Hey, Alice. You might want to stand back.
Ms. Shizuka: What's wrong, Takashi-kun?
Takashi: We uh… Yeah… Just get back a second.
Saya came from the restroom.
Saya: Are they back? *gasp*
As she came out from the restroom, Lars and Kiba brought Momosuke in through the front door. The two carried him over to the sofa and laid him down on it.
Saya: Momosuke!
She rushed over to him and got on her knees, eye level with him.
Saya: What happened?! Are you okay?
Momosuke: I'll be okay, Saya. I promise.
Alice: That's what my daddy said before he became a spirit.
Takashi: Try not to think about it like that, Alice. Come on.
Saya: Momo… you idiot…
Momosuke: Hm?
Saya: You had me so worried about you! I didn't know what to do or what to think and here you are! On the couch bleeding in front of me! You're such an inconsiderate idiot! What if you died and left me all by myself! What if- (she began to tear up)... What if-
Momosuke: Saya…
Saya: Don't ever scare me like that again! You-! You-!
She put her face on his bloody shirt and began sobbing. He put his hand on her hair and began petting her hair.
Saya: Don't you ever scare me… like that again.
Momosuke: I'll try not to.
Saya: I was so worried.
Momosuke: I know, Takagi. I know.
Kiba: Takashi.
Takashi: Yeah?
Kiba: Come here.
The two went away from the group to talk.
Kiba: In the garage, there's a vehicle.
Takashi: A car?
Kiba: Well…
Takashi went to the garage to see a full, military style, 8 seater Humvee in the garage with the key on a wall pin right next to him.
Takashi: Ho-lee-shit!
Nurse Shizuka immediately began the procedures to hasten the process of closing up Momosuke's stab wound.
Ms. Shizuka: Ms. Takagi, please keep pressure on the wound with both hands.
She lightly pressed on the stab wound with both hands.
Saya: Like this?
Ms. Shizuka: Yes. He's losing blood fast and he's already weak from blood lose. We have to hurry.
Kiba (calling out): Kohta!
Kohta (calling out): Little busy here!
Kiba: We're leaving! Come on!
Saeko: We are?
Kiba: Yeah. A horde that size? I don't think it's a good idea to stay.
Saeko: You're right. Let's get the supplies and get out before it's too late.
Saya: Just hold on, Momo. You'll be alright, okay?
Momosuke: I know, now that I'm back with you.
Saya started tearing up again and smiling. Takashi came back up to living room.
Takashi: Humvee's started! Let's get a move on!
Kohta: Humvee?!
Takashi: Shit…
Kohta: Shotgun!
Kiba: I doubt it. Come on.
Lars went to Momosuke and helped Saya lift up Momosuke.
Ms. Shizuka: Be careful! Too much movement will agitate the bleeding.
Saya: Okay. Careful, Lars.
Lars and Saya led the way to the garage and Ms. Shizuka and Alice, Alice was holding Shizuka's hand, was following behind them. Kohta left the balcony and retreated to the living room. Takashi, Kiba, Kohta, Saeko and Rei grabbed the bags full of supplies that the gathered from the supermarket and went to the humvee. Once they got to the garage, Kiba popped open the Humvee's trunk and helped Takashi and Kohta load everything up. Momosuke was on the backseat, laying down with the back of his head on Saya's lap and Ms. Shizuka was putting pressure on his stomach with a thick gauze. Kohta got into the back of the Humvee and poked his body out through the hatch on top (normally where a chain gun or 50 .cal machine gun would go) and Lars got in the front seat.
Kiba: Shizuka-sensei! You have to drive!
Ms. Shizuka: R-Right!
Nurse Shizuka placed Saya's hand where her's was; holding Momosuke's gauze to his stomach.
Ms. Shizuka: Hold it there until the bleeding lessens. I'll get him stitched up as soon as we find somewhere safe.
Saya: We can go to my house. It's big enough for all of us and my parents should be there.
Ms. Shizuka: Then I know where we're headed! Just give me directions.
Kiba opened the garage door with the door switch and then got on the roof of the Humvee with Takashi. Takashi had his shotgun in hand and Kiba still had his sister's Beretta. Kohta was ready to go with his AR-10 and Rei had put her rifle in the trunk of the Humvee. Once the door was up all the way, Shizuka began to pull out of the garage slowly and the bark of a dog was echoing throughout the street.
Kiba: Please tell me you hear that.
Kohta: Sounds close. Do you see anything?
Takashi: No, not yet. Wait-!
As Shizuka pulled out to the road, Takashi, Kiba and Kohta saw that a little white puppy with black ear flaps was running through the horde of undead aimlessly and barking simultaneously.
Takashi: There! It's a little puppy!
Kiba: Oh shit. Where?!
Kohta: Down there! I see it!
The puppy was running towards the Humvee, but to the left of it to make sure it didn't get ran over; this dog has some common sense. Takashi banged on the roof of the Humvee.
Takashi: Stop! Stop the car!
Shizuka slammed on breaks and Kiba almost fell off of the roof.
Kiba: Whoa! Take it easy Titzilla!
Takashi: Cover me!
Kiba: What?!
Takashi jumped off the roof of the Humvee and went towards the crowd of undead. He aimed his shotgun chest level and fired a buckshot into the crowd, sending a large group of them back. The sound of the gunshot scared the dog and made it cower on the ground. Kohta aimed at one of "them" that was about to attack Takashi from the side and blew its head off. Takashi quickly ran in and baseball slid on the cement to grab the dog. Once he had a grip on him, Takashi ran back to the Humvee. Rei opened the back door.
Rei: Are you INSANE!?
Takashi: Not now! Here!
He handed her the dog.
Rei: What the-?!
He closed the door on her talking and climbed back onto the roof. He banged on the roof again and that was Shizuka's signal to drive off. The group rode off into the night down the dark road, unaware of what awaits them in future events to come.
END CHAPTER 7
NEXT TIME ON HOTDR
Tak: Man… I wonder how those other guys back at the school are now. I hope they made it out alive.
Akia: Ah, I'm sure they're alive. They're tough kids.
Shido: Now listen children-
Tak: Children? Whooaaaa! Let's take a step back! I am NOT a child of your sex bus.
Shido: Sex bus? Oh my, now that's just absurd!
Tsunoda: Don't deny it, Shido-sensei! This sex bus is nice as shit!
Tak: You guys are so fucking ignorant.
Shido: Now, now. Don't be like that, Mr. Imoji.
Taniuchi: Akia? Can you come over here and do that thing to my ear again?
Akia: Well, there! Someone's ready for round 2!
Tak: I gotta get the fuck outta here.
ALL (Shido's Group): Next time on Highschool of the Dead!
Akia: Running Dead or Alive!
Tak: Running Dead or Alive?
Akia: Hell yeah, man. I don't know who's running, but that's a badass name.
Kawamoto: Oh my god! Akia, you're so cool!
Akia: It's a habit. I'm not even trying.
Tak: I'm about to lose my fucking mind.