Chapter 30: To the School!

Grasmere, N.Y

I set my foot onto the ground of the dead city. The team began to walk away and I floowed into the street. We had our guns up and ready for anything. We turned and saw hostages running up the block. We stepped out and they did too thinking we were zombies. "AHHHH!! More!" one yelled.

"No! We're not one of them, we're here to help!" Chris replied and they all walked up too us, all 5. One of them was wearing a blue top and grey pants, he had grey hair, and was maybe 17 years old. The one next to him was maybe 37, brownish hair in a mushroom style, and he was wearing a black sweater with a black sweats. The one clossest was maybe 42, wearing a cap which had a NY Yankee symbol, grey T and blue shorts on. The women behind them all was 14 on the dot, with long blonde hair, wearing a red top and a black skirt. The finall guy who stood to my left was maybe 16-20, had glasses on, wore a black jacket with a red undershirt and with black slacks. In his pocket just on his jacket's elbow was a key and a key ring just hanging over the edge. He went for it and pushed it in more.

"What are those keys for?" I asked.

"Um....For a school, Blessed Sacrament." he responded in an adult voice. I smiled.

"Thats it! Jill, Barry, and Rebecca, escort these guys and any other survivors to that school. Me, Chris, and Claire will find our way to you after we help these guys back there." I explained in an exited voice. Then, we can get the rest of the survivors and get the hell out of here!

Jill turned to the survivors," Lets do it! C'mon you guys. You, lead the way!" We went our separate ways.

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Josh stood there with an AK-47 he had found somewhere in a gunstorage shed for a gun dealer. He stood next to the other 30 survivors with their guns shooting at the barracade made of bricks, junk, cars, fences, and all the other crap they could grab. They weren't going to get through for a while and they couldn't get around it either. They were lucky. Ratataata-ta, his gun shot the loudest out of the 9mms, 12 gauge shotguns, and uzi machine guns. Click...His gun ran dry as my finger still on the hard, cold metal trigger. He grabbed the handle part of the gun up by the barrel and flipped it over and tried to figure out how to jam the clip in. He reached in his pocket but as he took it out, the osund of a helicopter flew above us. Everyone stopped and looked up at the bird flying over them and landing somewhere over in Grasmere instead of South Beach. "Guys, Jake and I will go over and get them while you all stay here and hold these things off!" Josh yelled out over the moaning and the groaning of the smart zombies behind the fence. They weren't like the ones in movies...they were much faster, smarter, and stronger. Once they would grab you, you can't break free. I've expienced it but was saved.... Jake started to run up the dark block and past the East Shore In resturant, Josh flollowed as his black sleek jacket blew in the wind.

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I ran down the cold and dark alleyway while the others followed. I memorized the streets while in the air and remembered where to go. We tunred and at the moment, I bashed into something hard. I fell to the floor and so did the objest. Chris hung is head over me to see what the hell had happened. I got up and looked over at Leon who was examining a body on the floor. He wore a black, leather jacket, golden hair that was probrably blonde but just had hairspray applied, and black slacks....."Josh! Is that you?!" I yelled and knelt to the floor next to Leon. He got up halfway and looked at me.

"Mr.Enco!!! Oh my God, why are you here?!"

"I'm here to find you and Marcia! Where is she?"

"Um.....She was lost in a crowd heading up the block just a few minutes ago."

"So you didn't go after her?" Claire asked.

"Yeah. She was with others and I was going to go after her in a bit. We need to help the other guys back at the barricade and I can see that you are already armed! C'mon!" he yelled but then from the corner of the allyway, a man with a shotgun came out and aimed it.

"Oh, I see we have support! Anymore coming?" he asked.

"No, we're the only one but there are others at a school where the safe area will be. There, we can wait for rescue." Leon replied quickly.

We ran down the block and down another. We found some men shooting at a baricade where there were tons of zombies just pounding away at some reckage. I stepped up closer and I concentrated and blocked out the noise of guns shooting away. They aren't normal...They are different than the last encounters......They seem stronger, faster,.........smarter! One of the dead was pulling wreckage from the reckage out behind them.

"AUGH!! HUMMMMM!!" one of the hungry monsters moaned out into the area.

"Guys, we all have to get to the school and now!!" Claire demanded and they all stopped. We ran away from the big area and headed for safety.

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Barry lead ran behind the man that had the key. He was probobly a teacher at the school and had came home.....But that was a mistake if he did. We walked up GreenLeaf Rd. and walked up against a gate. There was a big building with plenty of windows and a double door in the center. It was cold over here so we hurried inside. We walked up some steps and into a 4 way hall. There were 2 long paths going down to and end and a satir case to get upstairs and downstairs. The halls were connected to 4 doors but on the right was 5 becuase of the principal's room. Infront of us were 2 bathrooms and a double door leading into a big gym. We walked down and into the principal's office. There was a desk with a computer, a photocopying machine to their left, a door infront of us going into the main office, and a door at the end which lead into a closet filled with boxes. The man walked up to the computer and started typing like nuts.

"I'm the computer teacher here. So, I have full accses to everything on these computers." he said.

"I've got an idea. How about we have us split up and search the rooms for survivors. Then, we put everyone into on class room and keep them there until we get more. We will have guards on everyroom and everyhall. 2 by the front and back doors by the gym. 2 guards downstairs blocking the 2 stairs going outside in the cafeteria. 1 guard in every floor which would make 3. Every guard in each room. There are 2 classrooms per grade like 1st grade has 1-1 and 1-2 it says here so lets see....16 then we have the computer room, gym, music, meeting room, nurses office, the bathrooms middle and downstairs that makes 25 guards so far. Then we add the ones we have for the doors, and the ones for the hall, 36...Then we'll have 1 for the roof which is 36! 36 guards and we'll get them from the team when they get back! So lets search! Everyone, stay here!" Jill planned as she looked at a map that the teacher layed down next to the computer for her. They split up.