I just noticed I have competition on the OC stories, and I'm a very competitive person if I feel like a story is taking my views away. So may I say, bring it on! Haha, well hey guys thanks for all the views, means a lot. Honestly, this story is doing a lot better than I thought it'd do, and I'm happy about how many people reviewed for it. 52 so far, that's a good start for a story. That means it's actually worth reading. But reviews don't make a good story, the author does. And I think this is a pretty damn good story. Well we've got about two or three more chapters until every will be out of the school and I can make some Left 4 Dead and Walking Dead stuff happen, thanks for being so patient. I'm bringing in more characters, and after this chapter, about four or five more will need to be brought in and then boo-yah, I can make them leave the school! But here's another chapter for you beautiful people.

Chapter 3: Cutting In Deep

The light in the library continued to twitch and flicker slightly. Screams from outside the hallway echoed into the silent room, books falling off their shelves as the zombies stumbled through the aisles, looking for someone else to munch on. The sudden fall of a shelf caused Tamara Sparrow to tense up a little. She quickly realized what the sound was and sighed. Right now, she was crouched under the checkout desk in the library, sitting in fetal position as she listened to all of Them wandering around.

They were oblivious of her under the desk, which was the good news. But the bad news was if she hopped out or tried to move away from the desk, They'd all start running towards her. Just my luck, she thought. As if I didn't already have it bad.

Tamara had originally been in the office when it all happened; she was right there to see it. Rather than sitting in there like a moron, she made her way out to look for some people she knew she could trust. Of course, she went to look for Jake first before Florence.

Luckily for her, running to the music building wasn't hard, but getting back into the school was the challenge. She ran to the music room to find the whole place infested, with none of her friends in sight. Not thinking much, she grabbed a guitar near the door and bolted back towards the school.

The library was the closet room she could get to. If she had decided to go anywhere else, she knows for a fact she would have been a goner.

"Pst," she heard someone say. "Psst!"

Tamara looked up, brushing her messy bangs off her face. There was a door directly across from her, which was the library storage room. There stood Phil Angelo who was peering slightly through the crack of the door at her, Levina Quinn joining him. When Tamara had barged into the library, she found these two taking cover in the room.

"What is it?" she whispered back at them.

"We're about to head out. I've been thinking of a game plan: We should pick up whatever stragglers we run into and get the keys to the activity bus. Once we get to the activity bus we should drive to a local police station," he said.

"Wait, wait, wait. Why should we drive an activity bus? Can't we drive our own cars?" Tamara questioned, still keeping a hushed voice.

"Levina doesn't have a car, I don't have my keys on me, and I'm sure you don't have your keys on you either," he said. He's right, Tamara thought.

"And why the police station?"

Phil bent down slightly, crossing his arms a bit. "I'm sure the police station might have more information and experience in these types of epidemics - if they're alive. And if they're dead, they probably have resources we need... or resources that might come in handy later on if this continues. Are you in or not?" Phil asked her.

Tamara looked down at her lap as she thought to herself. As much as she wanted to find Jake and Florence, she knew if she passed up the chance to get out of this school, she wouldn't make it out a second time. And who knows, I might run into them on my way out, she thought. "Fine, I'm coming with you guys," she said.

Tamara watched as Phil clutched onto his dual fencing sabers, peering through the door as he watched, waiting to make a move. When he saw that the zombies were walking towards the main door, he looked over and saw that there was another door. That must be the computer lab.

Phil lifted up his hand and held up five fingers. He did a count down.

Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

Tamara stood up and followed Phil and Levina as they hopped over the desk and started running down the aisles. "Quick, get to the computer lab!" he said.

"I'm right next to ya!" Tamara said, swinging her guitar as it hit one of the zombie's in the jaw. It was sent into one of the book shelves. The rest of Them noticed and started running after them. "We need to hurry! Come on!" Levina shouted, the zombies right behind them.

Though in reality it was only a couple of steps, it felt like a mile as they reached the computer lab, all of them rushing in like a flood breaking through the rocks. "Close the door! Close the door!" Tamara shouted. Phil slammed the door. They heard a click once it shut, and Phil jiggled the handle, making it obvious that they locked themselves in the computer room. What was worse though was the fact that the lights were off and there were no windows, making it completely pitch black.

The three students were quiet, up until they heard something growling. They were not alone in the room. Levina started panicking silently as she breathed in and out. Phil walked over to her as he held onto her arms and tried to calm her down.

Tamara ignored them as she pulled out her phone from her skirt pocket, turning on the light on her phone. Tamara covered her mouth to keep from screaming when she saw a giant hoard of Them within the computer aisles, eating away at students. Tamara looked over at Phil who had his finger to his lips, signaling for the both of them to not make a sound.

The seventeen year old gulped before nodding. Phil cocked his head to the side, pointing that they should go to the left.

All three of them could figure that They were blind; the light was bold and shining at Them, and They didn't even notice that the students were in the room. How They didn't hear the door slamming is beyond me, Phil thought, but I see that luck is on our side for once.

Tamara turned her phone as she flashed it on the floor. It was only so bright, it barely lit up anything, but there was enough light to where they could see what they were walking over without tripping. The three of them walked like ninjas as they stepped over fallen computers and chairs.

Phil held his breath, his heart racing fast in his chest as he concentrated on both his feet and Levina who seemed to be a bit dazed in fear. She was walking as best she could while looking around. Tamara's light only lit up part of the floor, the rest of the room was jet black.

After a couple of feet of walking in a straight line, Phil looked up and saw the exit to the main hallway. He turned to look at Tamara as he pointed over to it. Big mistake.

During that split second of signaling and turning his head back to his feet, one of his fencing sabers hit the edge of a table. Though it was the lightest little tap noise you could think of, it was enough to create a giant moan from Them as they began to sit up from the ground. "We gotta go now!" Tamara shouted, using her phone to run over to the door.

Her hand shot over the handle as she literally threw it open. Tamara dropped her phone, but there was too much commotion to pick it up as she exited into the hallway, Phil and Levina soon following up. That's when she got a good look around the hallway, seeing that it was just infested with Them.

"Holy fucking shit man," Tamara said, turning to Phil who was closing the door.

Phil looked around as well, and a second after he looked over and saw the main office not too far from them. "Let's go!" he shouted.

They ran for their lives down the hallway. Levina was weaponless, leaving Tamara and Phil to clear out those in their way. Tamara was barbaric as she swung her guitar around viciously, while Phil was more graceful, whacking each zombie away with his sabers.

"Keep moving, we're almost there!" Phil shouted, trying to be as supportive as possible.

"It doesn't feel like it!" Tamara barked back smashing a zombie's head in with her guitar. They ran a little more before they reached main office. It'd be a lot bigger if there weren't counters, along with papers and the bodies of teachers. They all got inside safely as they panted ferociously.

"The door!" Levina shouted.

Phil and Tamara dash over to the door as they close it, but there was so many of Them coming over, They all started pushing against the door. Phil and Tamara pressed their backs against the door as they tried their hardest to keep the door closed.

"Hey!" The three of them looked up, noticing two students already standing in the room. Leonia Farst and Jessica Kendra.

"What the hell-"

Tamara interrupted Leonia by shouting, "Don't question us, just help!"

Kendra ran over to them as she helped with the door, leaving Levina and Leonia standing still. "Do you know where the keys to the school buses are?!" Levina asked, grabbing a hold of Leonia's arms. "Y-Yeah, there in that room over there-"

"Come with me!"

Levina grabbed Leonia's hand and made their way around the counters. There stood a door leading into the mailroom and the principal's office, the lights were off and the door was cracked open just a bit. They slammed the door open and ran over to the pantries and drawers, opening them as they searched for the keys.

"Hurry! We can't hold this door closed for much longer!" Phil shouted.

"How are we gonna get out of here?!" Tamara asked him.

Phil looked around until he noticed something that could help them escape. "Don't worry I have a plan!" Phil shouted. "Hurry and find the keys!" Kendra shouted at them.

"We're trying!" Leonia shouted, throwing drawers on the floor. She paused when she heard Levina suddenly scream at the top of her lungs. "One of Them is in here!" she screamed.

Leonia and Levina turned and saw the principle's corpse rising from the ground and coming towards the girl. Levina screamed again. "How long has he been in here huh?" Leonia commented. "Keep looking for the keys!" Leonia shouted at her.

"OK!" Levina said.

Leonia picked up the wooden stick she'd been holding the whole time and ran over to the zombie. Swinging it like a baseball bat, it made collision with the zombie's skull, a piece of it falling onto the ground as it fell down with it. Double checking to see if it were dead, she took the stick and continued to beat its head in until it was a bloody pulp.

Her head shot over to Levina as her short, faded blue hair whipped with her neck. "Did you find it?!"

Levina opened up a drawer full of keys. This must be it, she thought. She grabbed one of the keys with a tag that said "B32".

"I got the keys!" she shouted.

Tamara looked over at Phil who was still struggling on keeping the door closed. "Well they got the keys, now I'd like to see that plan you said you had...!"

"Alright, on the count of three I want you guys to open the door. Make sure you have your weapons."

Tamara grabbed her guitar, Kendra held onto her metal pipe, and Phil gripped tightly on his fencing sabers. We're ready, he thought.

"Three! Two! One! Open the door!"

Uh Oh, a cliff hanger. Time for you all to be mad at me :) This, so far is the most intense chapter of the story... so far. This was basically an action chapter will little explanation on the characters, so this isn't their full potential, and later on I will explain more of the people's backgrounds. But for now, please review and question of the day! If you could have anyone as your zombie killing partner, who would it be! I call Chuck Norris! See you all later!