Surprise! Quick Update! Another Chapter!
Ohhh Nooo I have to go back to school on Monday and I have a mountain of homework to do! D: But, I'm putting it aside for you guys, so be happy and review! Well, this is the chapter I personally have been waiting for, when the first set of people actually leave the school. Then I can make the next set leave. After much debating, I've decided this - If your person hasn't been introduced by this chapter or the next chapter, they won't come in until later. This honestly may serve as a good thing because that'll add more drama into the story when they do come up. Think of a Walking Dead situation: Rick didn't meet Glenn and his group until episode two/three and Hershel and his group until season 2. And it made it all the more epic when they came out. So yeah, this chapter starts with a little mini flash back. Enjoy~
Chapter 4: Unbound
How did everything come to be like this? Casper thought to himself. Through this phase of disaster, everything sort of slowed down for him only for so long though. Why is this happening, really? To think I woke up this morning, doing my daily routine completely oblivious of this hell. I never took the chance to give Kaighley and Brianna a hug goodbye before they went to school and tell them that I love them. I never apologized to the people I've wronged or told those I cared about how I really feel about them. There was so much I've never done. But I guess it's too late.
Casper could clearly remember last week when his Aunt had told him and his sisters that their mother was ill in a hospital bed. Now he could assume that she was one of Them as well. And what about his sisters? They'd be home by this time, but there's no telling where they are or if they're alive. Yes, he thought. It's too late.
That slowed down sensation he felt suddenly grew a little quicker as he realized he was sprinting back up the stairs to the third floor. He looked over to his left to see Jade running up with him, her chocolate brown hair swaying back and forth and her black converse smacking against the linoleum steps. Casper looked over to his right and saw Florence running up with him as well, her dyed dark pink hair bouncing as her gray eyes met his. She gave him a stern look.
Casper licked his lips, his tongue brushing across his piercings as they reached the third floor. Luckily for them, it seemed to be empty with the infested, and any student up here was hiding or in a classroom. Everything sped back up and as a blood curdling scream boomed through the hallways, the boy was brought back into reality.
They ran down the hallway and stopped at one of the lockers, Casper's locker. He began to put the combination in. "Jade, if you're going to get anything from your locker do it now," Casper told her. Jade nodded, forgetting that her locker was right next to his. Something suddenly popped into her head that she forgot about.
"Oh! Oh!" she exclaimed. Florence looked over at her, wondering what her problem was. "What, what is it?" Florence asked.
Jade didn't respond. She began opening her locker along with Casper.
Casper got his open and grabbed his backpack. "Wait, you're bringing your whole backpack? I thought you were just bringing your car keys." Florence said. "I have other things in my backpack I need for later, my books aren't in this bag-"
Jade interrupted him when she brought out two metal baseball bats. She handed one to Casper who was unarmed at the moment, meanwhile Florence had already gotten a weapon; a hammer she'd taken out of the classroom after they'd left.
"We can use these," she said.
Casper wasn't going to question why these were in her locker as he picked his up. It was a regular sized baseball bat just made out of metal; exactly the same as Jade's.
"So we've got your car keys, now what?" Florence asked.
"We're gonna get the hell out of here! My truck is parked in the parking lot, hopefully there isn't too much trouble getting out of here," he said. "We can talk about where we go once we're out," he said. Florence began to run down the hall, "I can deal with that."
They ran back down the steps and saw a couple of Them blocking the other steps down the hall. Casper took the lead and ran up, hitting one of Them straight in the jaw as he broke it, sending it out the window. The sound of broken glass drew the rest of Them to start coming over to them. "Looks like we've got a party going on," Casper joked, whacking his bat against two of Them as They bashed into the wall. Jade ran over to Them and began beating Their faces. "Remember, smash Their heads, it's the only way They'll die!" Jade said.
"Don't worry, I can handle myself!" Casper said, watching a bunch more of Them beginning to come from the first floor. "Shit," Casper said.
The teens stood their ground like a three man army as they fought off hoards. Five minutes had gone by and there were only about six left. Doesn't seem like a problem huh? Wrong.
Three of them began to come over to Florence who back up before swinging her hammer at Their temples as they fell down and died. The girl was handling herself fine, but the last one of Them she hit with her hammer grabbed her arms before it died and it crashed through the window.
With great determination she got his arms off of her, but she lost her footing and fell out the window. She screamed as she grabbed hold of the edge, the glass cutting her hands and her blood dripping down the outside of the walls. She screamed in agony before gaining her composure and trying to climb back up, but this was too much even for her. "Help me!" she shouted. "Help!"
Casper turned his head and saw her hanging off the edge. "Flow-"
He was cut off when one of Them literally tossed him into the wall. He hit his head on the corner of the window and yelped slightly in pain before passing out for a few minutes.
"Aw bloody hell!" Jade shouted, running over to the zombies that were about to get a hold of Casper as she hit Them away. Jade looked over and saw Florence and as she moved just a little to go get her, she noticed three more of Them quickly limping over to Casper. The girl was confused as she looked over at the both of them in rage. "What the fuck is happening!" she shouted.
However, suddenly as Jade was about to decide which one to help first, she heard someone shout out, "Flow!"
In a flash, three more students came to their rescue. A boy ran over to the window with messy brown hair and a concerned expression on his face. Jade looked over at Casper and saw that a girl using a chair leg as her weapon was beating the remainder of zombies, along with a girl with blond pig tails and metal tonfas. Seriously, what the fuck is happening? Jade thought to herself.
Before she knew it, all of Them on the second floor were dead and now there were six students together. "Flow," Jade heard the boy continuing. She looked over and saw him pulling Flow up from the window and hugging her only for a second before he gathered himself and stepped back a bit. "Jay?" she asked, shock in her voice as she stared at him wide eyed. "Jay, when did you get here?!" she asked him.
"I was traveling with those girls over there and saw everything... you're not hurt are you?" he asked. Florence shook her head as she looked down at her bleeding hands. "I'll be fine," she told him.
Jake Huntely put his hand on her shoulder as he looked at her intensely. "Come on," he said, "Let's get out of here."
Florence heard him say that and she was suddenly conflicted almost as much as she was confused. A few minutes ago she was down with traveling with Jade and Casper, and now that Jake is here she doesn't know if she should leave with him. At least not just the two of us, she thought.
Her train of thought was cut off when she heard Casper coughing in the background. Jade walked over to him and Alice White joined. Casper's eyes twitched a little before he opened them and looked to see there were new faces, one he recognized. "Alice?" he questioned. She had a couple of classes with him and they talked from time to time. He wouldn't consider her as a real friend, but she was alright to be around.
"Are you OK?" she asked him. Casper nodded, rubbing the back of his head as he looked over and saw Florence and Jake standing a little away from the group.
"Come on Flow, let's leave. It's a green light right now, we can get out of here," Jake told her. Florence looked over and Casper and Jade, then back at Jake as she thought to herself. "How about you come with us," Florence suddenly suggested.
"Casper had this good idea to get to his car and drive out of the school. I'm sure there's room for you," she said.
Jake looked at her like she was crazy and shook his head. "What? You don't need them. If we stick together we can make it-"
"Hey," Casper broke in. Jake looked at him with an evil glare, like he wanted to rip his head off. Casper was returning the glare tenfold. "Right now, you're the only one trying to split up the groups, and if she goes with you it'll just be you two. You'd be better off joining us then breaking away from the group," he advised him.
Jake began to walk up to Casper and the tensions were slowly growing. "How about you mind your on God damn business you fucking stoner. You didn't even know Flow until today," he retorted. "Now how about you go be the fuck up you are and just leave us alone."
Casper threw his backpack and bat on the floor and got in Jake's face, breathing heavily as he gritted his teeth together. "Make me you gang banging motherfucker-"
He was cut off when Jake tackled Casper and punched him right in the face. Jade gasped, Florence stared at them with little shock on her face, and Connie and Alice just looked at them confused. Jake sent another fist at Casper head as it collided with is skull. He was dazed for a moment before his foot came up and hit Jake straight between his legs. He yelped, giving Casper a chance to send his fist into Jake's cheek.
Jake stood up along with Casper as they stared at each other coldly. Fist began to fly and their blood began to get on the floor as they fought one another.
"Hey you guys, cut it out!" Alice shouted. They ignored her as Jake grabbed Casper's head and began to choke him. Casper started swinging his fist at Jake's abdomen and chest, causing him to cough horribly. Jake let go of Casper and he caught his breath as his drug filled lungs needed a breather. They were both coughing.
Before they both could gain their footing once more and continue their fight, Jade and Alice grabbed a hold of Casper's arms and held him while Connie and Florence did the same to Jake.
"Stop fighting you two!" Jade shouted, struggling to hold Casper down as he tried to wrestle his way out. Jake was doing the same before Florence smacked him across the face. That got his attention. "Hey," she said, "Stop it!" Florence told him. "We've got enough problems without you two having a bitch fit."
Casper stopped trying to wrestle his way out as he sat on his knees. "Now, Casper is right," Connie said. "If you two leave, we won't be here to save your sorry asses. We're better off staying as one whole group!"
"They're right," Florence told Jake. "'We're dead meat if we go on our own. And before you guys got here we were planning on taking his car and getting outta here."
Florence would rather stick with Jake, but it's suicide if they leave, so she has no choice but to agree with the others. Jake figured this out himself as well, and the fact that Casper was right seemed to make him madder. But for Florence sake, finally he said, "Fine, I'll go with you guys," he said.
Jade turned over to Connie and Alice. "Do you guys have a car?" she asked.
Connie raised her hand in great enthusiasm. "I do, I have the keys in my pocket. I don't go anywhere without it," she said.
"Alright, then I guess we're ready to go," Florence said, looking over at Casper who was picking his bat and backpack up off the ground.
"Let's do this!"
With the six of them armed and together they were a force to be reckoned with at the school as they dashed down the hallways. Each one of them covered each other as they made their way down the steps and onto the first floor. They ran together, each zombie that got in the way was either hit by Florence, Jake, and Casper or avoided much like what Jade, Connie and Alice were doing.
"The back doors are over there!" Casper shouted, pointing at the door. That's when one of Them came from one of the rooms, grabbing at his arm. Luckily, Alice hit it with her tonfa. She smacked it up the jaw and it flew back into the classroom. They gave each other a slight look before continuing down the hallway and reaching the back door.
Casper ran into the door, only for it to not open. He and Jake began to push at it. "It's stuck!" Casper shouted. "Oh, no shit Sherlock!" Jake barked back. "How about you-"
He was cut off when Florence ran over to it and lifted her foot, kicking it open as they both fell down onto the dirt covered ground. "Let's keep moving!" she shouted, running up ahead as the other girls followed along. Both of them grumbled something to themselves as they chased after them.
The sunlight was blinding for the first few seconds, and the smell of decaying bodies already seemed to fill their nostrils. Casper looked up at the sky and saw two jets flying over from McChord AFB and over to what looked like Seattle.
Casper was personally shocked. We made it, he thought, We made it outside. Maybe we can get out of here after all.
"Cass!" he heard his name being called. "Cass!" He looked over and saw Florence calling his name. "Come on, we've gotta move, the parking lot's right over there!" she said.
He nodded, following everyone as they ran around the edge of the school, revealing a crowd of Them just standing there. Behind Them, of course, was the parking lot full of cars.
All six of them stopped behind the wall as they thought of a strategy. "They're blind," Connie said, "So if we move through Them quickly and quietly enough, we should be able to maneuver around Them."
"I like you're way of thinking," Florence said. They gave each other a look, and after a couple of seconds passed, they all ran. They dodged around the zombies as they stood there like dominoes ready to get knocked down. They passed through all of Them and swayed around Them all.
We have to be the luckiest sons of bitches alive for Them to not even know we're here, Jake thought.
They made it to the parking lot and began to search for their cars. It wasn't hard to find Casper's car, being as he drove a black 2010 Toyota Tundra. He'd thank his Aunt for buying him such a good truck if he got the chance. He waved at the group saying he found his car, all of them ran over to him.
"How many people can you fit in there?" Jade asked while whispering.
"About five, but since there's six of us, I think we should split into a group of three for the cars," Casper said. "Just in case one of the cars breaks down, and we can watch each other's backs better."
Connie nodded. "We should split into the groups we met up in," she said. Jake tensed up a little, wanting to be in the same car with Florence, but his argument would probably be useless at the point. "My car should be right over there! Keep up with me!" Connie whispered.
The three of them rushed down the car lanes and through parking lot, trying to find her car. Fuck, I just noticed how much my car blends in with all the other ones, Connie thought.
Meanwhile Casper, Jade, and Florence were starting to pile into his truck. He unlocked the door and opened it as quietly a possible as they hopped into the truck. The interior was tan and pretty decent looking, it wasn't too dirty but it wasn't clean either. The smell got to the too girls though. It smelt like cocaine. Jade coughed lightly as she got into the back seat, Florence getting in the front one. Casper noticed them gagging. "Don't worry, you'll get use to the smell," he said.
Florence cleared her throat. "That's easy for you to say," she commented.
They closed the car doors, and it made more noise than they thought it'd make as it seemed to echo slightly. The zombies' heads popped up as they looked over at the cars. They sniffed their noses and they began to howl as they ran to the parking lot.
Connie looked back and noticed Them running towards the small group. "Are you fucking kidding me?!" she questioned. Connie began to run through the parking lots as she looked for her car. She finally found her silver 2002 Chevy Cavalier sitting still in the parking lot. She pressed the button on her keys and unlocked the doors. "Quick! Get inside!" she shouted.
They hopped into her car and right when they closed the door, They reach them and began banging on her car. Connie could hear Casper starting his car as she watched him back up from the parking lot, running a lot of Them over.
"Buckle you're seat belts guys!" she ordered, buckling hers as well. Jake sat in the back seat as he buckled his and held onto the seats, Alice doing the same in the passenger's seat. Connie turned the car on, and rather than warming it up long enough she pulled out of the parking lot, running over whatever was in her way. She chased after Casper who was speeding down the driveway. He pressed his foot on the gas pedal as he drifted slightly, turning towards the school entrance which was closed by the gate.
"Fuck," he said under his breath. "Hang on!"
He slammed his foot on the gas and sped through the gate as it broke open, Connie speeding after him as they broke out of the school. As the school became more distant in the rear view mirrors, Casper started to laugh to himself. "We made it out! We did it!" he shouted. Florence smiled and Jade cheered as she hopped up from her seat and hugged Florence. "Oh my God!" she cheered.
Jade shot over to Casper and kissed him straight on the lips with the most passion she could probably put in a kiss. She pulled away roughly before Casper could actually join in. "We're alive!" she shouted.
Casper's face turned red slightly from the sudden realization that Jade just kissed him. He took that thought out of his head as they continued to drive. They soon reached the main road.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." - Winston Churchill
Whoo hoo! Now that got some balls breaking! That was honestly really fun to type. And whoa, jets from McChord AFB? What do you think's going on here? I've been on McChord about twenty times and 85% of my family are air force or army, so I had a little fan girl moment there. I love the air force soldiers, they're really nice guys. Marines are awesome too though :P
But please review, in my opinion this is the best chapter so far. I'm just pumped right now! Whoo! Please review! Question of the day! Where do you think Casper and his group should go?!
But please review, in my opinion this is the best chapter so far. I'm just pumped right now! Whoo! Please review! Question of the day! Where do you think Casper and his group should go?!