Everyone was sitting around trying to listen to the TV, which Saeko increased the volume to. It was the same thing as from the end of the last chapter: The scene was overrun and they cut back to the news studio. "There appears to be a problem with our equipment. From now on, we will bring you the story from inside the studio." The Newswoman said.
"Pussies. Luka would be right out in the middle of that shit to get the story." I said, smirking and shaking my head. "Crazy bastard. Wonder what he's up to now? Probably chasing Bayonetta still." I said.
Elsewhere...
Luka was actually in a tree, observing and taking pictures of what was happening. "This is insane! But it will make almost as good of a story as Bayonetta's." He said, still snapping pics.
Back to us...
"Okay, I stand corrected." I said.
"The condition outside remains chaotic, so stay at home unless it's absolutely necessary. We'll bring you more stories as soon as it's safe to cover the current situation on site." She said.
Takashi slammed his fist on the desk. "Is that all?! Why didn't they tell us anything else?!" He demanded.
"Did that hurt?" I asked, looking at his hand.
"They're afraid of causing a panic." Saya said.
"A panic?" Rei asked.
"Yeah, you idiots! First panic, then chaos. And chaos causes a disruption of order. And then, if order is disrupted... Well then you should just hand it over to the walking corpses." Saya snapped.
"Not exactly like that, but pretty close to it. I could be out eliminating every single one of those corpses, but I have to protect you guys, so that's a thing. But, I CAN multitask, so I may be able to wipe out this threat." I said.
"This biological threat that has spread through Japan has yet to be put under control. Authorities have evacuated the President and are relocating to an aircraft carrier." She said. (by the way, We're just gonna assume it was only going on in Japan, because that's where Alucard's mission was and where he messed up).
"Well, tough break." I said.
"There are reports that the use of tactical warheads may be used to combat the infestation." The Newsreporter said.
"Kick ass! I love big explosions!" I said.
"Even if YOU'RE in them?" Saya asked, annoyed.
"I'm a quick healer." I said.
"We have currently lost contact with most of the outside countries. A state of martial law has been declared-" She continued, but then the TV was cut off.
"Dammit. Now we don't have TV. Oh well, I don't like the news, anyway." I said.
"So they're everywhere in Japan. That's crazy. Everything was normal when I checked the internet this morning." Kohta said.
"I can't believe it. This happened all over Japan in a matter of a few hours." She said.
"Blame my buddy, Alucard for that. He tends to leave dangerous jobs like eliminating a zombie apocalypse mostly unfinished for... Entertainment." I said.
At the Hellsing Mansion...
Alucard was watching the News and seeing all the carnage happening in Japan, at which point he threw his head back in maniacal laughter. "Ah, Huston, we have NO problems." He said.
Back to us...
"Everything is going back to normal soon, right?" Rei asked.
"Once I ditch you guys in a safe place, yes." I said.
"That's not gonna happen." Saya said.
"What? I can't leave when I choose to?" I asked.
"Why do you have to be so blunt about it?" Takashi asked her.
"This is a pandemic. There's nothing we can do." She said.
"I can. I'm a damn-near immortal badass who can kill these things with incredible ease and even if they bite me, nothing will happen. This would be over by now if I didn't come to this Highschool first." I said.
"This is going to spread further than Japan. It's exactly like the Spanish Flu in 1918. More than 600 million people got infected and 50 million people died from it." She said.
"Good times." I responded.
"Remember how much panic Swine Flu caused? Square that." She said.
"Whatever, get enough badasses together, they kill the zombies, game over. Or, if I could make sure you guys would stay alive on your own, I could go solo badass and destroy everything not living. And Strider Hiryu, of course." I said.
"Not to be disagreeable, Saya, but I think this is more like the black death from the 14th century." Ms. Shizuka said.
"One third of the European population died, you're smarter than you look." Saya said.
"So, how did the outbreak finally end?" Takashi asked.
"Wait, I seemed to have stopped caring." I said.
"Well, there are many theories, but it usually stops when too many humans die. There wouldn't be enough people to spread the disease." She said.
"Or, I just kill every single zombie out there and there are none left to spread the disease." I said.
"How can you be so sure you can?" Takashi added.
"A: I'm somewhat insulted. B: I could make my way through the entirety of Japan in a couple of hours. If Alucard killed all of them, minus the one he left alive on purpose, I could easily finish them all." I said.
"But in this case, the dead are still walking around trying to spread the disease." Kohta said.
"Are you saying there's no reason for this outbreak to end?" Saeko asked.
"Uh, hello. Badass savior. Right here." I said, waving my hand.
"The weather! It's going to be hot! Maybe they won't be able to move if their flesh decomposes and they become skeletons!" Ms. Shizuka said.
"How long does it take for that to happen?" Saeko asked.
"In summer, some of the bodies could become skeletal in about 20 days. But it takes considerably longer during winter. Couple of months. That's not that long." She answered optimistically.
"You're kidding. She's not smarter than she looks." Saeko huffed.
"I agree, that would take way too long. But, that's not a problem, since I can do this." I said, opening a window, climbing out and throwing dozens of fireballs at the zombies while laughing maniacally.
"Medical logic doesn't apply to them, but that certainly does." Saya said as I climbed back in.
"First thing we need to do is find out if our families are okay. Then we have to find some place safe to hold up for a while." She said.
"And then I inevitably ditch you all and go on a killing spree. Maybe coming back to offer a heartwarming goodbye and the last thing I'll say is I'll call you guys later. But I'll never call. And a couple months later you hear I'm with a younger, sexier group of survivors and that I'm really happy, but I'm not happy, 'cuz I think about you guys. And about a year from now, I'm gonna call weeping in the middle of the night: '*sniffs, speaks in a sobbing tone* you were the best group of survivors I ever had. You really listened to me. *sniffs* And I didn't know the group I had until you dispersed. *Talks normal* Then we're gonna get together, we'll hang out, maybe we'll all run around town and smash windows and cause destruction. And I'll tell a couple of jokes and one of you will turn and go 'Haha! Sai, you're a riot!' And I'll go 'I'm a riot?! You're a fucking riot!' Get it?" I asked, laughing, actually lightening the group up a little bit. "That's what's gonna go down TONIGHT!" I told them.
"We'll need to team up." Saeko said.
Montage time! Rei shouldered her spear thing, Kohta readied his gun while Saya put her bag on one shoulder and pushed up her glasses, Ms. Shizuka picked up her bag of medical supplies, Saeko held her sword down like a samurai would, Takashi held his bat in one hand and I held my hands out to the sides on fire. "Let's try to pick up survivors whenever we can." She said.
"I have no problem in sparing a few lives." I said.
"Let's do it." Takashi agreed.
"What's the best way out of here?" Rei asked.
"Sorry to break it to you, stupid, but we're gonna have to just go out the front." Saya said, bluntly as ever.
"Do you HAVE to be a bitch?"
[She is getting REALLY annoying.]
Bitch needs a spanking!
"Let's go." Takashi said.
I kicked the door off the hinges, sending it flying into one zombie and crushing him behind a wall and Kohta shot his nail gun at the other one. Takashi slammed another out of the way with his bat and we charged.
Later, on the stairwell...
"Let me make one thing clear: There's no need to engage in a fight unless it's absolutely necessary. Do whatever you can to avoid, you got it?" She asked.
"Not really." I said, about to throw another fireball.
"Remember, their senses are triggered by sound, so try to keep it down. And they're strong enough to rip through a regular door, once they get their hands on you, they're gonna rip you to shreds, so be careful." Saya said.
"All the more reason to rip them to shreds first." I said, throwing the fireball into the hall and destroying the zombies easily.
Suddenly, we heard a scream and went to find the source: A couple more survivors were cornered on a stairway by more zombies. They had weapons, but they weren't using them. "Stay back." The apparent leader said.
The zombies was in arm's reach of him, but then Kohta shot it in the head. Saeko then jumped from the same level as Kohta down to where they were and easily smashed another zombie's head. Takashi jumped down from the top flight to the next base flight (that's what I call the biggest stairs at the turns in a stairway) and smashed another zombie's head. Rei stabbed another zombie in the chest, making it drop, then jumped around behind him and kicked him down the flight of stairs and lastly, I grabbed the last two zombies by the heads from behind, lifted them into the air and crushed their skulls, sinking my fingers into their brain, then throwing them to the sides, one out of a window and the other down the staircase, then shook of my hands. "Gross." I said in a disgusted tone.
"Um... Thank you." One of the girls said.
"Keep it down. Has anyone been bit?" Saeko asked.
"Huh? Oh, no, no one." The girl said, putting her hands up in surrender.
"It looks okay. We're gonna be fine." Rei said.
"We're getting out of here. Do any of you wanna come with us?" Takashi asked.
"Sure." The girl answered.
We continued on until we came to close to the bottom of the stairway, where there were a bunch of them. "Oh, man, there are a lot of them." Takashi said.
"From what I can tell, the only thing they react to is sound. They can't see us, so it's pointless to hide from them." Saya said.
"Why don't you go down there and prove that theory?" Takashi asked, to which she huffed.
"But even if we keep going through inside the school, once we get attacked, we're going to be stuck." Saeko said.
"We have to get through the gate, we don't have any other choice." Rei said.
"Someone has to go and confirm Saya's theory. Don't suppose you want to volunteer?" Saeko asked.
"Let me take care of this, guys." I said, walking down silently. I stood in the middle of the hallway in the big crowd of them and they just passed right by me, not bothering me at all.
(Safe to assume they can't see us.)
We're as invisible as Justin Bieber's career should be.
[Good work.]
I then lifted my hands into the air, got fired up and pushed them out to the side, releasing a huge blast of fire that killed all of the nearby zombies. "We're good. Let's go." I said, waving to them.
They all continued as I silently pulled the doors off their hinges and threw them at a couple of zombies outside. Everything was going perfectly until the last guy down the stair accidentally hit his weapon on the stairs, creating a loud metal on metal clang, which rang through the whole area. "You've gotta be kidding me." I said, deadpanning.
"RUN!" Takashi shouted.
"Why did you open your big mouth?! We could've got through here anyway by taking out the ones that were close by!" Saya snapped. A zombie was about to attack her, but Saeko saved her by swinging her sword like an uppercut and knocking him into the air and smashing his head on the ground.
"The noise would've echoed, anyway, just start swinging!" Rei shouted at her, swinging her spear and knocking down another zombie.
Kohta was aiming at the zombies, but he couldn't figure out which one to shoot. "There are too many." He said.
"Then thin out the numbers." I said, running past him doing a Liu Kang Flying Dragon Kick on the nearest one and, with a spinning motion, made a horizontal disk of fire fly down the path, for those of you who have played Dissidia: Final Fantasy, picture those energy waves Sephiroth does in his Feverent Blow move.
"Forget talking! Just run!" Takashi said as they all ran forward. I deadpanned and followed behind, walking normally and killing all the zombies I see.
"Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep~ Wreaking havoc like it's World War Z. And baby I'm a, I'm a super star, I won't be counting dollars I'll be, I'll be giving scars~" I sang, killing zombies left and right, throwing grenades. "IIIIIIIII feel something so right! When stuff is exploding~! And IIIIIII feel something so wrong! Letting zombies live! They're gonna die, gonna die, gonna diiieee~ Everything that I kill makes me feel alive~!" I continued singing, finishing off the rest of the zombies close by, rushing to catch up with the group.
As I suspected, they were ducking and dodging through most zombies, only killing the ones directly in their way, so I held my arms out to the side, shooting giant streams of fire to roast any zombies they missed. One of the guys we picked up was about to be attacked, but I quickly pulled out a katana and dashed passed twice, slicing them in half. "You owe me." I told him, shooting fireballs at any zombie I saw, killing hordes of them easily. "Goddamn, I love my job." I said.
We continued killing until everyone was on the bus, then it was only me still killing, annihilating everything that was still walking that wasn't still alive. I was pretty sure I cleared the area, adjusting my trench coat and was about to get on the bus when suddenly, there was a commotion behind us. I turned around to see more survivors running our way, trying to escape a group of zombies chasing them. "Here we go again." I said, back-flipping onto the roof of the bus and sniping the zombies chasing them. "You can stop running now, just get over here." I shouted.
"Who is that?" Takashi asked.
"That's Mr. Ishido, Class 3A." Saeko said.
"We don't have to save him, we should just leave him here to die!" Rei said.
I jumped down at that moment. "Why, he seems like a trustworthy enough guy." I said, suddenly, as he was leading the students there, one of them who still was carrying his books for some reason, tripped and fell, skidding to his feet. "Ah! I sprained my ankle! Help me up!" He pleaded to the teacher.
"Poor boy..." The teacher said. "How tragic." He said, but then smiled. "I guess that's it for you then." He said, raising his foot and getting ready to curb stomp the kid.
"No, fuck that guy." I said, shooting him in the back of the knee, blowing it off, since my guns are FUCKING ASWESOME and high calibur. He fell back and held what was left of his leg and I walked up and helped the kid up, pointing my gun and sword in the teacher's face. "Which do you prefer? Steel or lead?" I asked. He was absolutely shocked, so I sighed. "Fine." I said, stabbing him in the face and- "Shot through the heart!" I said, pulling the trigger, destroying his second most important organ, walking back to the bus, half-carrying the kid. "Get us the hell out of here." I said, slamming the door, climbing onto the top of the bus again to shoot any zombies I could see.
Suddenly, there were dozens of them in front of the bus. I was about to take aim when I heard Ms. Shizuka say something. "They're not alive anymore... They're not alive anymore... They're not alive anymore!" She said, slamming on the gas and running over all of them.
"Sweet! I love this teacher!" I said, overjoyed she did that. We then slammed through the gate and started driving down the road. There were no zombies ANYWHERE!" Dammit, all my fun is gone." I said, climbing back down into the bus and taking a seat next to Saeko.
"You were really awesome out there. You know that?" She asked.
"Thanks, I always try to leave only after completing a job. I like to actually finish things and save people." I said, kicking back and relaxing.
"Yeah, it's probably thanks to you we made it." Takashi said.
"Yeah." Kohta agreed darkly.
"I'm not too sure about that, but it WILL be because of me that your lives will go back to normal in a few days." I said reassuringly.
"Sai?" Rei said.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"It's a good thing you killed that guy. We would've regret saving him." She said.
"My basic thought process is: If you're a dick and willing to leave others to die, I'mma fucking kill you. He fit both categories, so I killed him." I said.