Takashi surveyed the room. There was himself, Rei, Hisashi, Kohta, Saya, Saeko, and Nurse Shizuka. They were all in reasonably good condition, all things considered. Between the seven of them, they had only three weapons; Rei's broken shaft, Hisashi's fire extinguisher, and Saeko's bokken.

"What can we take from here?" Takashi's voice was strong and authoritative, especially by the standards of a high schooler. It was Shizuka who moved first, getting back behind her desk and going through the cabinet below.

"Looky here...band-aids, gauze, antiseptic, scissors..."

Take as much as you can get." Takashi interrupted her. Not seeing a bag in the room, he yanked off his own jacket and tossed it on the desktop. Shizuka winked at him for his creativity and quickly tossed whatever her hands fell upon towards the inner lining of the jacket. Takashi turned next to Kohta and Saeko. "I saw you come in from the hallways? Did you see any more B. ? If so, how many? What..."

"Hey, don't rush me," Kohta stood a little straighter. "I can't say for sure, but I'd bet the whole school's overwhelmed. We can't beat all of the zombies..."

"B.O.W's."

"Whatever," Kohta waved a hand absently. "Point is, all of us together can't kill so many hostiles in such a confined space."

It was at this point that Saeko looked to Takashi. "What do you propose?"

Takashi was silent for a moment. He turned around to look through the open doorway of the nurse's office. Right across from him, set into the furthermost hallway wall, was one of the large windows the shades were drawn from each morning. The nurse's office was on the second floor...

He scanned the room again, letting his eyes fall upon the chairs, the desk, the printer, and finally the closet door. He rushed for it and yanked the knob, stepping out of the way just in time for a futon to fall out. He bent down to examine it. It was soft and double-padded, with the same thickness of a Western bed. He grit his teeth. It would do.

As Takashi stood up and began to lift the futon, Rei's mouth hung open in a gape as she beheld the sight before her, then turned to look at the same window Takashi had.

"You can't be serious..."

"Takashi!" Hisashi moved forward. "What's your plan?'

The other boy just grunted. "This is for outside." He looked back at the group. "One of you, break the window outside! I can throw it out from here!"

"Whoa, whoa!" Rei almost dropped her broken broom handle. Shizuka held a hand to her mouth, and Saya was paralyzed with the new insanity that had been set loose in the school. "You have got to be kidding me! We can't just..." Before Rei could say another word, Saeko was on the move.

The girl leaped through the doorway and covered the space between it and the window. Her arms moved and her hips twisted, bringing the edge of the bokken on the glass. It shattered easily, the shards falling straight through the open air.

"Hurry!" She called out. "They could have heard that!"

Takashi rushed forward. With a sudden burst of strength and speed they would otherwise be hard pressed to consider, he rushed forward, dragging the heavy futon behind him. Saeko moved out of the way just in time for Takashi to make a half-turn near the windowsill and toss out the futon. It landed with a distant thud, and Takashi looked down the space. The futon had fallen approximately ten feet away from the entrance. No problem.

"Come on!" He shouted. "Run straight to me, and I'll toss you down on the futon down there! Get off as fast as you can so the next can land!"

Rei was livid. "Takashi Komuro, that's the craziest...ack!" Hisashi grabbed her by the arm and rushed forward. He flung Rei to Takashi first, who took her by the hips and flung her away.

"Ahhhhhh..."

Hisashi winced, but kept himself moving as he let Takashi take hold of him and throw him down too. Saeko was next, nodded confidently before she let Takashi take her and throw her down. She landed safely, Rei and Hisashi having just stumbled off.

One by one, the rest of the group made their way over to Takashi, and the window.

"Ack!" That was Kohta.

"Uwahhhh!" That was Saya.

"Yipeee!" That was Nurse Shizuka.

Takashi went last, landing on his knees. He got off the futon quickly. Everyone looked a little worn and woozy, but not too bad. That was good. He turned and scanned the area. They were right outside the school. Everything would have looked normal, if it wasn't for the fact that the double doors had been smashed in and a school bus had struck the wall nose-first so hard as to turn vertically. But there were not any monsters like those inside the school...

Wait a minute.

Something began to move out from behind the wreckage of the bus. Tall, heavyset, dressed in dark clothes, and with the head bald. The skin around the mouth was peeled back, putting a full set of shining white teeth on display. Despite himself, Takashi felt himself breathe a little more shallowly.

Nemesis...

Next up; Chris Redfield finds his way as Takashi's group faces off against Nemesis...