Zoey was never really a brave girl, nor very smart. She was pretty, in a hidden beauty kind of way. She was tall slender, blonde, uncanny blue eyes, and a voice, when called for, demanded respect. She really didn't feel up to the task of running a now major faction of the school, which had split the school. We had Zoey and the rest of the O.C.U. Then, there was Gary, tall a tanned complexion, his brown hair was always neat, no matter how dirty it was. He was very charismatic, able to talk out of most situations. In those he couldn't talk his way out of, he used brute force. He quickly earned the title of ruthless leader. He had no patients for any one against him. He might've never killed any one, but he was never the one to give up good free labor. Any one caught going against him, the person along with associates went down to the basement, where they were forced to dig. Gary had a master plan; he wanted a vast underground city. With his slave labor he could do so. Gary united every one under the name U.S.S.R. the acronym was the same for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but quickly changed the meaning to the union of students' socialist rangard, he called it a rangard because the republics were what fell to the hoard. He didn't want the pre-instilled doubt there. He had made his home in the principal's office; from there he gave all his orders. He quickly was loved by all those he ruled. He had control over a majority of the school. it consisted of three buildings the main building, the gym, and cafeteria. He had power over the main building and the cafeteria. Gym was unoccupied, as it was not part of the building. He had constant assembles. He won the love of the people. But not everyone followed him.

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Zoey was in the library, one of the few places she could go that remained unoccupied by Gary. She was looking up schematics of the building. She need some where for her stronghold to be. She noticed on one of the maps that there once had been a few tunnels from the back of the kitchen and the library that connected to the gym. She knew at once, those tunnels when her only hope. She followed the blue prints to a dark corner on the library. She looked around for a door or a hatch. She was feeling around for any little imperfections that may give away the hidden hatch or door away. She was moving around so much the she tripped on a rug, a rug that stood out in a subtle way. She lifted it, and stared at the metallic hatch. She looked around, she reached down and grasp the handle and opened in walked in and shut the hatch.

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"You there," Gary yelled at some one passing by, "What's the status on the tunnels down in the city net work."

"Sir, the progress is optimal. Your room should be done in a couple months," said the messenger.

"That's not good enough," Gary yelled as he grabbed the messenger, "work the slaves double time, no brakes, I want that room done in two weeks or I'll have you all put in the pit." The pit was a means of execution for those that didn't follow. It consisted of a stake in the middle of a pit. There is one gate in the wall. In the gate there is a zombie. Once those who are condemned are in place, everyone one gathers around the pit and then zombie is released and let to rip those in the pit to shreds. After the execution the pit is cleared. And the zombie returned to the cage.

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Zoey continued down the hallway which was light by fluorescent light lighting.

"Thank god the school runs on solar power" Zoey said with a sigh. She continued down the hall. Walking she saw a sign that said cafeteria.

"Good, just a little further," she continued down towards the gym. She arrived at the gym, or at least under it. There was a big room under the gym. The room was full of food and supplies. She began to rummage through the supplies; she crossed what could be used as weapons. There were large supplies arcane swords and spears. She continued to look when she heard foots steps behind her. She turned around. She saw a boy, maybe a couple years older than herself. She look at him bug eyed. She managed to form a few words.

"Who are you?" He looked at her.

"I'm Elazer, though most people call me E, I just escaped Gary's wrath. Luckily for me I was running though the kitchen then I tripped on a hatch and I climbed in and ran" he said looking at her hoping she wouldn't turn him in to Gary. She reached a hand out.

"Hi, I'm Zoey," She said smiling at the tall boy, with brown hair, big brown eyes, and nice tan skin tone. E took her hand and shook it.

"I've never seen you before. What sector of the U.S.S.R. are you from?" E asked

"I'm not part of the U.S.S.R. in fact I'm in my own union. I'm from the O.C.U." She replied to the boy as she turned around and rummaged some more through the stuff. She walked around and found a small set of stairs. She climbed them and opened the hatch. The gym was very large. She walked around a bit. She looked at the front doors. They we're locked, though the door and the ground around it were covered in blood. She walked about the building. The gym was full of rooms. Storages, offices, and weight rooms were amongst the rooms there. She went to one of the closets; she looked at the door handle. The door and ground around the door was covered in blood as well. She reached for the door handle. She turned it, and a body fell toward her, dove out of the way and hit her head.

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Three months later

Gary was having another assembly.

"Brothers and sisters, we must again unite against this rebellious group. They call them selves the O.C.U. They are terrorist they will stop it nothing to end our union, the want to take over. They want to rule us. They want to enslave us." Gary went on with his speech as the slaves down below were digging the tunnel. They worked and worked. The first few rooms had been finished. He had already moved his office underground. He also housed his main leaders down there, too.

"WE MUST FIGHT!!! They are a threat to our underground civilization!!" Gary finished his speech and the crowd went wild.

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Three months earlier.

Zoey awoke in the trainers' office. Her ankle was taped with medical tape. Her head with an ice pack on it.

"You suffered a nasty fall back there. That gym teacher took his own life after being bitten." She looked up at E. She smiled in thanks.

"We need to get everyone in the O.C.U. to the gym" she said limping off. She headed for the tunnel as E followed behind her catching her every so often. She limped back to the library. She opened the hatch and climbed up. She stood up and yelled at those in the library.

"Everyone we need to go to the gym though this path" she signaled toward the hatch and every one there complied. She told few others to gather those in the O.C.U. and bring them to the hatch that led to the gym. She goes back to the gym with everyone else. She walked back to the trainers room and there she told E to take care of the wounded. She walked to the main office in the sat down on a couch to rest. And she dozed off.

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