A/N: I freakin love typing this story! I feel like it's about time this story started to pick up. I mean, this story setting is never the same for a few chapters. And with that said, lets continue reading about their adventures in this zombie world. ENJOY! :D
Carlos' POV
When I woke up, I felt Kendall's arms wrapped around me and I couldn't help but smile. Yeah, him leaving was a dick move but I understand his reasons. I looked over to see Camille and Jo sleeping with Hannah in between them. I heard someone whispering and I looked up to see the guy Kendall punched in the face, holding his head.
He was standing in the cafeteria part facing someone I couldn't see. I looked around and noticed that the cafeteria lady was gone. He must be talking to her. I tapped Kendall's hand trying to wake him but he didn't move. I touched Bell and she lifted her head before she stood up. She looked down at me and moved really close to my face before she licked me.
I pushed her face towards Kendall and I could tell she started licking him because his hands moved from me and she took a few steps back. I moved to get up before Kendall's hands wrapped back around me.
"Kendall." I whispered and he groaned in response.
"Come on, we have to get going." I heard him sigh before he unwrapped his arm from around me. I sat up and looked at all of the kids that were here.
They all look so peaceful sleeping. I never got to get a good look at them last night. All of them had on their uniform, some had dirt while others had a little dried blood. I looked over at the front of the cafeteria and it had the cafeteria tables stacked against it. I looked back over towards the man Kendall knocked out and he was looking at me. Bell stepped in front of my view while Kendall stood up. I stood up as well and he glared at Kendall. Both him and the cafeteria lady came out, glaring at us.
"Why the sour faces?" Kendall asked them.
"You're putting all of these kids lives in danger." The man said.
"How?" I asked him.
"They can't leave here. Not with those things out there."
"Well, they sure can't stay here. I'm almost positive that there is either a low quantity of food or no food at all. Yes, there's danger out there but I think we can handle it." I said before looking at Kendall. He seemed to be eyeing the guy up and down.
"What?" He said, glaring at Kendall.
"You look a little pale in the face."
"That's my skin tone."
"No, sickly isn't a skin tone."
"Okay, so I've gotten a little sick, I think it was something I ate." He said and I shook my head recognizing that look. Dak had the same look before he...
"Kendall, he's been bitten."
"What? No, I haven't. You're fucking crazy."
"Honey, just tell them." The cafeteria lady told him.
"Fine, I've been bitten, okay." He said, with a sigh.
"You can't come with us." I turned around to see Jo standing there while Camille picked up Hannah and her things.
"I don't think you should take these kids from here. What if their parents come for them?"
"Well, they sure can't stay here with you." Kendall retorted and he nodded.
"I was going to leave, today."
"So you were going to abandon these kids without telling them?" Jo asked him before I could.
"Not abandon them, they would be here with her."
"She doesn't look like she's ready for that. So were going to take them." Jo said before she walked away. The man sighed and moved over to the chair in the corner. I guess he just gave up with arguing. The cafeteria lady followed him and pulled up a chair next to him, rubbing his back as he cried on her.
"You know he's right." I said to Kendall.
"Right about what?"
"What if their parents come to get them?"
"Carlos, it's been months since this has happened. I hate to say this but I don't think their parents are coming back."
"Well, can we at least leave something for them in case they do come looking."
"Fine, if it'll make you happy." He said before he kissed my forehead.
"How are we going to wake these kids up?" Camille asked, rocking Hannah in her arms. I smiled at my baby and she smiled back at me, purple eyes sparkling with happiness. I kissed her forehead before looking at Camille.
"I don't know. We could walk to each one of them and wake them up." I suggested.
"No, that'll take too long."
"What about just telling them to wake up?"
"That won't do much. We need something to shock them awake that way they are alert and can focus better."
"Bell, speak." Kendall said before Bell barked. The kids shot up, looking around with a terrified look on their faces.
"Nice." Camille commented while I shook my head.
"Okay, guys. Get up." Jo said and some of them moved a little sluggishly.
"So I see some of you want to die today." I looked at Jo like she was crazy.
"We don't have time to be sluggish, we need to be alert and everyone needs to listen if you want to stay alive."
"What's wrong with Mr. Bernard?" A student asked.
"He's going to die." Jo said and they all gasped.
"Jo, really, you couldn't break it to them easily?" I asked her and she shrugged.
"These kids need to be slapped with some harsh reality. This is the world we're living in and if they go around thinking everything's going to be fine, they're going to be someone's lunch."
"So what are we going to do?" I asked her before Kendall limped up to us.
"I got a plan. First we need to get all of them to write their name on a piece of paper." Kendall told us.
"Who has paper?" I asked them and some raised their hands.
"What about something to write with?"
Once again, they raised their hands and I nodded my head. We need one paper to go around and everyone has to sign it. One person took out their paper and started to sign it before handing it to the next.
"Okay, we need to get the cafeteria lady to help us with the food." Kendall said before Camille shook her head.
"She isn't going to want to help. Look at her, she feels horrible and she's probably going to move slow. I'll do it." She said, handing me Hannah.
"Okay, while you guys sign that paper, Camille here is going to get you guys something to eat, if there's any." Kendall told them and they all nodded their heads.
"We need to unblock those doors." Jo whispered to us.
"Why?"
"Because the last thing we need is for some kid pissing themselves when they see a zombie and they all can't use that one bathroom they've been using."
"That's true. We also need to get the bus closer or at least have someone out there before the kids go." Kendall said.
"I suggest we have someone ready to start it because a bus is pretty loud. We also need someone in the truck waiting." I told them and they nodded.
"Hey guys, I found these." Camille said coming out with a big variety pack of Nature Valley bars.
"There's also a lot of little water bottles in the fridge."
"I'll get them." I told them, handing Hannah to Kendall before heading to the fridge. I grabbed the case of waters and close the fridge with my hip. I gasped when I saw bloody bodies in the corner.
They were other cafeteria works that turned into zombies. I shook my head and headed back to the group. I handed out water bottles to the kids before grabbing two and going over to the cafeteria lady and the man that was bitten. The cafeteria thanked me while the guy just stared off into the distance. She moved his head towards her as tears fell from her eyes. She wiped them and gave him some water. I sighed and headed back over to Kendall.
"He's getting worse." I told him and he sighed.
"We might have to put him out of his misery if he changes." I nodded my head and went over to Camille and Jo.
"The man's getting worse and we might have to kill him." Both of them nodded their heads.
"Okay, if you haven't finished then put your food in your pockets. We need to get moving. If you have to go to the bathroom then stand up." Jo said and most of them stood up.
"How are we all going to go to that bathroom? It'll take hours." One kid said.
"We aren't. Kendall and Carlos are going to take half of you while me and Jo take the other half. The rest of you have a very important job. We need you to close the doors behind us when we leave and wait until we come back to open them. Is that clear?" They all nodded at Camille's words before they split into two groups on their own.
"They learn fast." Jo commented as she walked past me. I walked over to one of the older looking girls and she smiled at me.
"Hey, I'm putting you in charge of something very important." I said as I squatted down to her height while she sat up on her mat.
"Okay."
"I want you to watch my child, Hannah."
"Okay." Kendall walked over to me and handed me Hannah.
"Woah, her eyes are so pretty."
"I know, she's a very special girl. I'm putting you in charge of watching her. Okay?" She nodded her head and I handed her Hannah, who looked up at me, looking like she was about to cry.
"Bell." Kendall called out.
Bell came over and Kendall told her to sit and stay next to Hannah. When Hannah looked at Bell, she reached out and began to pet her. Jo called out for Kendall to help with moving the tables.
"Don't let her put her hands in her mouth." I told the girl.
"Okay. I'm Tina by the way."
"Thank you, Tina. I'm Carlos." She looked over at Kendall before looking back at me.
"Is that really who I think it is?"
"Kendall Knight." She looked at me in shock.
"I know but don't mention his band."
"Why not?"
"They all left him to die when he got hurt a while ago."
"Do you know where they are?"
"They're all dead."
"Oh."
"It's sad that when this world gets back to normal, the biggest band in the world will be no more."
"You think things will go back to normal?"
"In all honesty, I really do. At least, I hope. There has to be someone looking for a cure somewhere. They just haven't found it."
"When this all happened, my english teacher said that it was everyone's fault and that god was punishing us."
"What? That's horrible."
"She killed herself right in front of us, well she jumped out the window and we were up three stories."
"What a horrible thing to say. This isn't God's way of punishing us. This is just a fuck up from the government. They have too many secrets that they're keeping from us and I hate to go all hippy on you but that's the truth." She smiled and I could see some sign of hope come back.
"Now, the people of the United States have to right the wrong the government has done. Let's just keep hope alive because hope will get us through the day."
"I will." She said with another smile.
"Carlos." Kendall called out. I stood up and walked over to him. They had the door unblocked and were ready to go.
"Are you sure you can trust her?"
"Yeah, I can trust her." I said, glancing back at her to see her watching Hannah intensely.
"Everyone ready?" Jo asked and the kids nodded. Some of them stood off to the side and I guessed those were the ones who were keeping the door closed.
"Wait, we don't know our way around this school." I told them.
"While you were talking to that girl we talked to them and they told us about two bathrooms. One down the hall to the right and the other down the hall to the left. There's a gate that sections off the school in both hallways. Luckily, they're just before the bathrooms. The only problem is, there are a few teachers and staff in the way of that." Kendall told me.
"Oh."
"Me and Camille will take the right way while you two take the left." Jo told us.
"What about the teachers?" One kid asked. We all pulled out our pistols and Kendall put a silencer on his.
"You know those can give you multiple years in prison just for having it."
"You think I'm going to get arrested any time soon?" Kendall asked to the kid, who shook his head.
"Now, when we get to the bathrooms, use it but don't flush." Jo told them and most of the kids either made a look or a sound of disgust.
"Do you all want to die?" She asked and they looked at her wide-eyed.
"Then I suggest you just listen to what we're saying."
They all nodded their heads in response before we braced ourselves on the door. The four of us slowly pushed the doors open to the quiet hallway. Kendall and Jo headed out with their guns raised. The kids followed them out keeping quiet besides their foot steps. Me and Camille took up the rear and told the other kids to close the doors. I gave Camille a salute and she did the same before we parted ways. As we walked, theres was a really strong silence before there was a gun shot that rang from the directions of the girls.
"Keep moving." I told them when they stopped in shock. Kendall stopped and looked around the corner before looking the other way. There was a girl up there with him, telling him where the bathroom was. They turned the corner and I heard a few shots. That's when things got a little crazy. Some of the kids ran around the corner while others ran back in my direction. I ran up to the corner and saw three teachers coming towards us.
"Go." I told the students as I shot each of the teachers in their heads.
"Carlos, the gate's broke. So we're going to have to keep a look out." Kendall told me while he stood next to a door.
"That's the girls bathroom, where's the boys." I asked him.
"They're all going to have to use this one because the other one is all the way down that hall."
"Remember don't flush and keep the sink on low." I told them as they walked in.
"Do you have to go?" I asked him and he shook his head.
"I went to the one in the cafeteria. It was pretty disgusting."
"Well, every bathroom can't be as clean as the one you had."
"Yeah, I know. I just miss it."
"You had a clean bathroom?" A kid asked after he exited the bathroom.
"Yeah, I had set up this house and I had everything. I could've lived there for years." Kendall told him.
"Is that why you look so clean?" One of the little girls asked.
"Yes, we came from there."
"Why'd you leave?"
"Headed to a safety camp."
We both looked around for any zombies and when we didn't see any we noticed that most of the kids were in and out of the bathroom. They all moved against the wall and waited quietly. There was a small girl who moved from the wall and walked up to Kendall.
"Um, are you Kendall Knight from-"
"Yes, yes I am." Kendall told her, crouching down to her. He was surprised when she pulled him in for a hug.
"You are my favorite member. I'm so glad you're alive."
"Thank you." Kendall said hugging her back. They parted and she went back over to the wall.
"You just had to hug him." Her friend said standing next to her.
"I couldn't resist." I chuckled as I looked around for more zombies as the rest of the kids finished up. I quickly moved into the bathroom and opened every stall to ensure that we had everyone out. I came back out and we headed back to the cafeteria.
"Wait, where's Meredith." A child said and we all came to a stop.
"Mrs. Clark?" We heard a girl's voice from where we just came. I turned around and sprinted in that direction. I heard her scream as I ran around the corner. She was crowded into a corner as the zombie teacher got closer. I ran over to her and gestured for her to come over to me. She started crawling and I urged her to move faster. I grabbed her hand and she screamed as the zombie teacher grabbed her let. I pulled out my pistol and shot her in the head, pulling the girl away from her falling body.
"Come on, get up. You're going to be okay." I told her and she stood up, shaking. We moved swiftly back to the group and coming from behind us were about a dozen zombies.
"Get on my back." I told her and she hopped on before I sprinted around the corner.
"Go!" I yelled at them and we all ran towards the cafeteria. As we ran in, I saw that Camille and Jo were already back with their group. Meredith jumped off my back and we all crowded around the door, closing it and pushing the tables in front of it before the zombies started banging on it.
"What the hell happened?" Camille asked.
"It's all my fault." Meredith said before she started crying.
"No, it's not. You're okay, were all okay. You didn't hurt anyone. You just got distracted. It happens." Kendall said, hugging her. I was surprised at how fast he jumped in to help her.
"Alright that was just a little scare. We're all safe so that's good." Camille said looking over everyone.
"Carlos." I heard someone call out. I turned around to see it was Tina. I headed over to her and she had a disgusted look on her face.
"I don't know how to change a diaper." She said and I chuckled, taking Hannah from her.
I headed over to Hannah's bag that Kendall had brought in with him. He left it over by our mat and I sat down on it before opening up the bag. I took out a diaper and some wipes before I laid Hannah down. I changed her diaper before Kendall walked over to me.
"Need any help?"
"No, but you can throw this away from me." I said, tossing the folded up dirty diaper to him.
"Ew." He said, catching it before shooting it into a nearby trashcan. I picked up Hannah once I had her fully dressed again. Kendall picked up her bag before Camille and Jo walked over.
"It's time to go because zombie man over there isn't looking so good." Jo told us.
"Well, the bus will make too much noise to move up here so I can go out there and get ready to start it. You can just give me the signal when you send the children out." Kendall said.
"But we don't have anything to signal you with."
"I do." A little boy said, walking up to us.
"Before everyone started dying, I took these walkie-talkies from the security office." He said, holding up two walkie-talkies.
"That's awesome." Kendall said, ruffling his hair after he took one. He didn't seem to like that but Kendall wasn't paying attention to his irritated face. I chuckled and thanked the boy before he handed me the other one. Kendall turned to me and I smiled at him.
"You ready?" I asked him and he nodded.
"Be careful." I told him before he kissed my forehead.
"I always am."
"Yeah, right." Jo said and Kendall glared at her.
Kendall put the walkie-talkie on his hip while the kids unchained the door. We all watched as Kendall grabbed onto his pistol as he pushed open the door to outside. He aimed it out before he was gone, Bell walking behind him. We all sat in silence besides the sound of the zombies banging on the door.
"I see the bus." Kendall said through the walkie-talkie.
"Getting on now." He said before Tina walked up to me.
"You two are together?" She asked me and I nodded.
"That's awesome."
All of the kids were standing around with their stuff in their hands. I could see Meredith looking a little in shock while her friends tried to comfort her. My attention went back to Tina as she spoke.
"So if he's with you, is Hannah adopted." I blushed at her thinking that Kendall and I were in that kind of relationship.
"No, I had Hannah before I met Kendall. I met him after all of this started happening and he helped me and Hannah with a place to stay."
"Do you love him?"
"I think so. I never felt this way about someone, especially someone I kind of just met."
"What about Hannah's mom?"
"We were together for Hannah's sake and when she died giving birth it was hard. We were friends but anything beyond that was rare."
"So when things go back to normal, where will you go?"
"I'm not sure. We have memories here in California but for me there aren't many good ones. I don't know about him though. It's definitely something to discuss." I told her before everyone got quiet when there was static coming from the walkie-talkie.
"I'm at the bus, everything's ready. Send the kids out." Kendall said.
"Come on everyone." Jo said before I remembered that I wanted to leave something for the parents if they came back for their kid.
I took the list of the students' names before I grabbed a map I had in my pocket. I took both of them and pinned them on the bulletin board that was in the back by the doors. I looked down at Hannah and she seemed content sucking on her pacifier. I turned around and gasped when the front doors of the cafeteria burst open. Meredith and others screamed as zombies came heading for them.
"Take Hannah to the truck in the front. Get in the back seat and wait for me." I told Tina as I handed her Hannah. She nodded her head before she took off while Camille and Jo began to help the kids out of the door.
I took out my pistol and began shooting the zombies that got close to the kids. There was a scream from behind me and I turned to see the sick man was a zombie and he was eating the cafeteria woman. I shot him point blank in the forehead and he fell to the ground. The woman was still screaming as she clutched her neck as blood poured out.
I turned back to the kids to see one kid fighting a zombie trying to eat them. I aimed and pulled the trigger but only heard my gun click, signaling it was empty. I cursed to myself and put my pistol in my back pocket before I ran over to them. I kicked the zombie off of them before I picked the child up and helped them out of the way.
As more zombies poured in it was obvious it was time to go. I managed to make sure every child was out of the building before I left. Camille ran with the kids down the front to the bus. I could hear Kendall ask what was going on but I had to ignore him for right now. Jo beeped the horn and I turned to see that she was in the truck with a few students and Tina, who had Hannah in her arms. I ran towards the truck and climbed in the passenger seat.
"Kendall, are you guys ready?" I asked him as Jo started moving.
"Yeah, what the hell happened?"
"The cafeteria doors burst open and zombies flooded in. I got all of the children out."
"Thank god. What about the cafeteria lady?"
"I couldn't save her. She was gone the second it happened because the guy came back."
"Oh." Kendall said before we pulled up next to them. He saluted us and we saw Camille talking to the kids. They all looked terrified and I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and one of the kids pointed behind us.
"Shit." Jo said before she grabbed the walkie-talkie from me.
"Tell Camille to sit down now and start that bus Kendall." Jo told him. A second later the bus was starting. It took a minute to start and I could feel the tension for those moments.
We drove in front of the bus and once we were far enough away from the school, I turned around and asked Tina to hand me Hannah. She handed me my baby girl and I checked her over. She kept looking around at everything and it looked like she was looking for someone. I held her up to me and kissed her on her cheek. Her little fingers reached for my head and she just pet it. I could feel her trying to grab it but I knew who she was thinking about. I smiled at her and she smiled a toothless grin back before she giggled.
"Do you guys have a map?" I heard Kendall say over the walkie-talkie. I remembered Kendall had a map and I had another one. I posted mine up in the school but I remembered Kendall dropping his in the back seat.
"Yeah." I told him in the walkie-talkie, while I held Hannah with my other hand.
I sat the walkie-talkie in the cup holder before reaching back, grabbing the map from the back pouch on the driver seat. I sat Hannah on my lap and Jo slowed down a little while I opened the map. I held Hannah properly and Jo sped up a little while swerving through the abandoned cars. I began to navigate her through the streets of L.A. bringing us closer and closer to the safety camp.
It was getting close to the afternoon and according to this map we were getting really close to the safety camp. I handed Hannah to Tina while I looked over the map.
"We're really close." I told Kendall.
"Roger that, Captain Sexy." I blushed as the kids giggled and Jo gave me a look.
"What?"
"You're so dumb."
"How?"
"Just because."
"Shut up." I couldn't stop blushing before I saw something in the rear-view mirror. The bus was swerving. Jo slowed down and Kendall continued to drive, picking up speed, passing us.
"Kendall, what's going on?" I asked him. The bus swerved more before we heard the sound of a shotgun going off. Jo sped up and we tried to look into the bus and we saw blood on the window. Another shotgun went off and Jo hit the brakes just before the bus swerved over.
"A kid...was...bitten." Kendall said through the walkie-talkie and me and Jo looked at each other in shock.
"I think they're de- Oh fuck!"
The bus swerved and the sound of the brakes squeaking rang in our ears as the tires slid against the ground. I watched in horror as the bus slid sideways before it tipped over on its side.
"Kendall!" I screamed as Jo slammed on the brakes in front of the turned over bus.
A/N: I know you guys probably hate me for this cliffhanger. Things took a nasty turn just when you thought everything was safe. I figured this story has been too safe for a zombie world, which explains this whole chapter. REVIEW PLEASE! :D