Author's Note: Here it is. The beginning of the end. This is the part where the new characters will be introduced. I will not tell you whether they'll turn into one of "them" or not. Anyway, this "story" is harem with lots of mysteries unsolved "for now"…and lots of "ahem!", if you know what I mean. XD!

Btw, I'm sorry for the late update because I was having my time accumulated with "compiling of requirements, exams and activities" in school. Anyway, I hope you'll like this.

Chapter 3: The Apocalypse

"Chirp! Chirp!" Familiar chirping sounds can be heard outside and it's always the main reason why I woke up from my beautiful dream today, or is it just a dream? I looked at my alarm clock and I was astounded to know that it's already 7:32 am. I'll be punished again for being late first thing in the morning. Without thinking, I immediately burst out of my bed while doing my routines.

As usual, I changed into my school uniform immediately; I just ate a couple of toasted bread and then left. The sun is shining. The weather is clear and I could see students heading their way to their respective schools. It's another normal day again…or so I thought. Before I could enter the school entrance gate, I felt a slight punch on my right arm. I turned around to see Jennifer; the tomboyish girl smiled and greeted me for the first time, well since we just met yesterday.

"I bet you didn't take a proper hygiene eh? Your hair is messy; one of your shirt's buttons is unbuttoned and most importantly…your pants is unzipped." She said while pointing it. I looked down at my pants to see that it's really fully unzipped, revealing my white brief underneath. I quickly zipped it up while looking away with embarrassment. What the heck with this event? It's like I'm fated to be miserable. (-.-) There's a moment of awkwardness before she began to ask an unexpected question.

"…You like Sherry right?" She twirled the tip of her hair while glancing at me. Huh? What the heck? We just met yesterday and yet you have a nerve to ask that question like we're so close.

"…No, I don't!" I said coldly, still not looking at her. Like the hell I would like that girl…Well, I liked her before, but not now. Change is constant you know and besides I am not really into that kind of romantic things. (-.-)

"Haha, you don't have to lie. I can see people's thoughts you know." She said teasingly upon pinching me. What the heck is wrong with her? Don't act like we're already close friends. We just met yesterday girl. When encountering with this type of person, one should just avoid him/her in order to prevent further conflicts. It's just how I did. I just ignored her for I don't want to interact with this type of noisy people. I still ignored her until we're already at the 9th floor where we parted ways for which her classroom is on the 11th floor while mine is here where I'm standing.

The bell rang upon I entered my classroom. The discussions started normally like usual. Each subject teachers gave us some assignments as a review for the upcoming examination. Aah~ Exams really suck. It added to the burdens of the students. (-.-) Finally, the bell rang as a sign that it's already lunch time. As usual, I pulled my lunch box in my bag and I went immediately to the rooftop to eat with my best friends. My two best friends and I ate our lunch normally, nothing special happened. We chat about the events that occurred yesterday upon eating our lunch.

"So William, what did Sherry and you do yesterday? I bet you… *smirk*" George laughed with a mouth full of food. He is a type of person who thinks aggressively even on trivial situations.

"…*spits food* what the heck?! Of course I wouldn't do that idiots, and besides I'm not that interested on her now. She already has a Casanova boyfriend and even if she hasn't, she's still out of my league…Btw, why did you two help me all of a sudden? (O.o) you two knew already that I had a crush on her before she had dated that Casanova man. Why did you help me just now?" I asked curiously upon drinking a bottle of water. The two looked at each other teasingly before they responded.

"Seeeeecreeeet! If you want to know it, first requirement is that you must confess to her before we'll tell you the reason." They laughed like hyenas while I looked at them in awe. I'm already used at their jokes for I am their best friend, so I just responded coldly while feeding myself calmly.

"Hmph! No thanks. I'm not interested in her anyway after she dated that Casanova boyfriend of hers. I don't really have any idea that she likes that type of boy. Thinking about that gives me shivers in my spine." I said coldly, still chewing my food. There's a moment of silence before George speaks up.

"Zer are lotz *chew* of zings zat you still don't know *chew* Villiam. Somezay, you'll understand vat I meant." He said with a mouth-full of food. Does this guy don't know how to follow the saying "Don't talk when your mouth is full"? (-.-) After a few seconds, George laughed like a hyena upon looking at his fat looking face even though we don't understand what he meant to say. Related to the topic, I stopped from my laughter upon asking them something common.

"…by the way, did you tell anyone that Sherry is my ex-crush?" I stared at them upon taking a sip on my bottle of water.

"None. Why?" Francis chewed his food silently.

"If none, then why does Jennifer know about it?" I kept on staring at them upon chewing my food.

"Got no clue about it, buddy. Maybe she's a Psychic that can tell what's on people's minds." George jokingly said. When will this guy knows how to be serious when I'll be serious? Well, most of the time, I am serious but I still know how to go on with the flow when it comes to telling jokes. Only limited.

"Not funny." I stared at him expressionlessly. I don't know how to laugh at trivial things like that. My heart and mind is meant for being neutral in this real world.

"Che! You're no fun at all, Will. At least try to laugh about it sometimes." George gives a teary eye like a sad kid that lost his precious toy. I don't care about that expression of his. I'm already used to his persuasion moves since birth. (-.-)

We packed our lunch after we finished and we're planning to leave towards our respective classrooms. We bid our goodbyes before the bell rang for the first period in the afternoon. 5 minutes…20 minutes…45 minutes and I think I'm about to burst. I think I drank too much water this morning, so I excused myself and went to the wash room. It's so quiet in the hallway since its class time. The wash room is too far from my classroom where one would walk for about a minute before one could reach the toilet. You'll need to travel about half the total distance of the hallway and since it's a University, expect from it that it's a very spacious, long hallway.

Aah! Heaven. I finally let my urine out of my urinary bladder for it was about to burst just a few minutes ago. I was about to leave the wash room when suddenly I heard a scream down stairs and it's followed by two gunshots. I think the noise is somewhere near the school entrance gate. Due to my curiosity, I went to the fire exit to see and know what the cause of the commotion is. My eyes widened in disbelief when I saw a (human?) biting another human inside the school grounds. The guards tried to shoot the flesh-eating creature but no matter how they tried, it still won't die.

The flesh-eating creature walked towards the guards like a drunken person. One of the guards grabbed the shovel not far from them and he tried to bash the flesh-eating creature, the good news is he knocked one out of five of it but the bad news is that he was grabbed and was bitten by two another of "them". One of the three guards ran towards the 1st building while the other guards were bitten by four flesh-eating creatures. As the time goes by, more of "them" entered the school entrance gate.

My body was paralyzed. I can't even move an inch due to the extreme shock I just witnessed. As the second goes by, the flesh eating creatures began to move closer and closer inside the school territory. I can see the bitten guards stood up weakly, but this time their skin is already very pale like a corpse's body and they're now moving like a drunken person like "them". This time they were about 35-40 zombies inside since more and more are coming inside from the school entrance gate. My paralysis vanished when I heard the voice of the principal on the speaker.

"Everyone, evacuate the building immediately. This is not a drill. Don't panic. I repeat, evacuate the building immediately. Follow your teacher's instruction. This is not a drill. Evacu- waaah! Help! D-don't come near me. Aaaaaaagrh!" The principal's bloody voice caused uproars and stampedes in the hallways. The principal's office is located in the first floor of the 4th building, so that means they are already here in this building. I went to another way to avoid the stampede and I ran as fast as I can downstairs.

As I was running, I saw an empty classroom and I went inside in it. I scanned the place for any usable weapons that I could use in case of emergency. Luckily I saw a baseball bat inside a locker and I grabbed it while I stayed quiet inside, not knowing what to do. Then I was even more in anxiety when I remembered my two best friends, still in their classrooms with the rest of the students.

I must find my best friends before they'll be bitten by "them" and become one of "them", but my body won't move. Of course, anybody would be very nervous in this situation especially when you witnessed a dead creature eating a living human, but I don't think this is the reason why I'm so nervous today. It's like I've seen this or experienced this before. It's like I'm being traumatized. After a few minutes of thinking, I decided to find and rescue some survivors for I don't want to be selfish who saves only himself.

Upon thinking of rescuing someone, suddenly I heard screams upstairs. Huh? They're so fast for they already reached the upper floor in a short time. I was hesitant at first for I was a little bit afraid of the appalling event that's happening today, but later on my body managed to burst out of the door and headed upstairs. I was about to continue when somebody bumped me hard that cause me to fall downstairs. Luckily, I didn't get any serious injuries, but it still hurts since my head was the first one to hit on the wall. I looked at the group who bumped me seconds ago to see that they were so very familiar.

"F*ck off b*tch!" He has a blonde hair with a paled-tan skin. It's James, the perverted, womanizer and arrogant boyfriend of Sherry, but why is he, together with his friends, running frantically without Sherry and the others? He's supposed to be with her since she's his girlfriend. My head hurts like someone threw a stone on me, that's why I got up sluggishly but quietly not knowing that there were about 7-8 zombies in front of me. I can't even stand properly due to the extreme bumped of my head earlier, I felt like this is the end of my life for they are coming near on my way…but suddenly they just went pass me like they didn't see anything. That's strange. After I fully regain my strength and consciousness, I got up upon picking my weapon and then run off without thinking of going back.

I continued my way while knocking some of "them" that were hindering my way. There are plenty of "them" already, about 40-50 on the floor where the screams probably are coming from. They're already many upstairs? How much more if I went downstairs. I bet I would encounter hundreds of "them". I kept on running while smacking "them" that were blocking my way. When I already reached the 11th floor I saw 5 girls surrounded by "them". Three out of five girls fought while the other two girls stayed behind their backs. Without thinking, I run while smacking into "them" like a mad cow. There are plenty of "them" around but I still managed to team up with the girls.

I didn't get any chance to look at the girls because my concentration is focusing on "them". I smacked three heads at the same time while the other girls smacked one at a time. There are still plenty of "them" even though we smacked them about 5 minutes already. I manage to smack five heads when suddenly one of "them" grabbed me and was about to bite when suddenly someone shoot a nail on the flesh-eating creature's head.

When I turned around to see two familiar male students and another 5 female students. I can feel satisfaction when I saw George and Francis alive. George smacked "them" with his silver broken pole while Francis continued to shoot nails through their heads with his hand-made nail gun. I also helped them by smacking their heads. The other girls also helped in eliminating them. After a minute, we manage to wipe them all out. Before we introduced ourselves, we went inside to an empty room for safety then we locked the door.

"Haaa~ I guess I have to thank that frail boy over there, if it weren't for you maybe we'll be their lunch. I didn't expect you have guts in fighting. I thought you're just some loner who's good at nothing." A girl with a hazel-colored hair and a pair of purple eyes "thanking me"? Or is she just making fun of me. She's Katherine Nedler. She's 168 cm and has a weight of 49 kg. Her three sizes are 89-60-84. She's an Australian/French. She's has an athlete's body since she is a volleyball player. She also have big breasts that any man would want to grope it but not for me for which I'm not interested in that kind of stuff. The worst part is that she's "one" of my worst enemies in this University. She always makes fun of me whenever she'll see me around.

"I'm glad there are still lots of survivors. Before we talk about this strange situation I think we should introduce ourselves first. I'm Jennifer Gambrel. I'm from Class-2A." The tomboyish girl introduced herself with his…I mean her usual energetic self.

"I'm Katherine Nedler. I'm from Class-2D." She said with her usual annoying tone with uninterested expression.

"*wink* I'm Claude Amedi. I'm from Class-2B. I hope we could get along~" She said with her usual flirty tone.

"I'm Sherry Houston. I'm from class 2-A." She said with a calm tone while sitting in a corner, near Jennifer.

I didn't know that Sherry is one of the 5 girls that I helped. I was all focused in smashing the heads of "them" that I didn't noticed that she was around.

"I'm Michelle Huffman. I'm from class 3-A." The Student Council President said calmly while fixing her eyeglasses.

"I'm Danna Pearson. I'm from class 3-A." The Student Council Vice president said with a friendly smile.

"I'm Melisa Whinary. I'm from Class 2-C." She said while looking at the window. She's about 167 cm and her weight is 55 kg. Her three sizes are 83-53-84. She's an Australian/Greek. She has a long amber-colored hair that is tied in a ponytail with crimson eyes. She always distances herself from the others and she's somehow like a bookworm. She's neither timid nor shy at all.

"I-I'm Lisa Barri. I'm from Class 1-C." She said with a shy tone. She's about 157 cm and has a weight of 41 kg. Her three sizes are 78-50-77. She's an Australian/Brazilian. She's very timid that if someone will approach her, she would eventually excuse herself.

"I'm Leah Sernoff. I'm from Class-2F." She said while looking at her nails. She's 167 cm and her weight is 55 kg. She's an Australian. Her three sizes are 85-60-83. She has an elbow level sapphire-colored hair and a pair of brownish eyes.

"I'm Nicola Berkley. I'm from Class 2-E. Nice to meet you everyone." She said with a cheerful tone. She's 166 cm and has a weight of 52 kg. Her three sizes are 83-54-81. She's an Australian/Danish. She has black long hair with a pair of pink-colored eyes. She's a cheerful and friendly girl who befriends strangers in less than a minute.

"I'm George Lawrence. I'm from Class 2-H." He said with a big smile.

"I'm Francis Hussein. I'm from Class 2-G." He said while fixing his eyeglasses.

I didn't listen to their introductions instead I just kept on thinking of a way out of here. What's the cause of this epidemic? I don't know, but I've got a feeling that I just saw this event before. There's a moment of silence upon everyone's eyes were looking at me like I have dirt on my face. The silence was cut off by George.

"Hey William, it's your turn." He said while slapping my back.

"*sigh* I'm William Neilston. I'm from Class 2-J." I looked away coldly. I really dislike introducing myself, especially when there are lots of people around. It's not like I'm shy or timid, it's just that I just don't feel like talking to someone, especially to strangers.

"Geez! You're still acting cold even in this situation." Francis said teasingly.

"Hmph! By the way, how did the two of you manage to meet up with each other?" I pointed at my two best friends who were still teasing me.

"Ah, good question. It was about ten minutes before the first period will end when I heard gun shots outside. Afterwards I heard screams. I don't know if my classmates heard it because the classroom is too noisy. I thought it's strange so I immediately went outside without my teacher's permission and then I grabbed a broken pole nearby. I immediately went upstairs to get Francis out but before I could do that Francis is already outside with his hand-made nail gun. I think Francis heard the gun shots and screams as well, together we planned to get you out of your classroom upon hearing the principal's warning, but before we could do that we were encountered by hordes of panicked students. We went to the other way and found these 6 girls. Further details on how we met them is not important. That's how then we end up here." George finished his story with a little seriousness.

"…Is that so? Well I'm glad that you're both safe." I said with an emotionless expression but deep inside, I'm glad.

"*chibi* I'm glad you're all right too. I thought you turned into one of "them". Find a girlfriend first before you'll die." Some girls seemed to blush slightly while others seemed to be neutral while observing us. The surroundings was filled with silence until George until he added something.

"…and try to…grope girl's boobs also before you'll go to heaven." George quickly hugged me with (teary?) eyes. Is he relieved to see me alive or does he want to tease me?

"Like the hell I would do that!" I pushed George away from me. He's the most pervert guy among the three of us, that's why

"Haha! You're cold-hearted as always…Jokes aside, let's get serious now. Let's plan on how we could escape here alive. Any ideas?" George may be a pervert, aggressive and annoying person but he also has a serious side. He may joke around but when it comes to life-and-death situations like today and when it comes to relationship, he's always serious in it.