And so the only way out of the school is to have a chat with the principal so off to his office we go. Heh it's actually the first time I've been there. Never got in trouble before. I partnered up with Ashley while Josh and Shannon looked around for anything useful we may have missed in the main building. We entered the classroom area. I've never been in that office. But I've walked by it quite a few times. It's on the second floor. But the first floor was utterly trashed. Before heading up. I figured it would be a good idea to search the first floor for anything useful. First off on the floor nearby was an aluminum bat. Better than the wooden one due to being metal. And better than the metal bar walden used to break the window due to being heavier. Entering the first door. We found stan on a computer.
"Stan? What are you doing here?" i asked.
"Nothing dog. I'm just editing my notes, if you want i could do the same for you. Just 50 bucks." stan said. I rolled my eyes.
"No thanks. Unlike you, I can actually get good grades." i said.
"And you? Why are you sticking around? Is something wrong?" Stan asked. How long was he in here? Must have been editing his notes a long time if he didn't notice that the school has become hell on earth.
"You didn't see any of the monsters running the halls? We're in some deep shit here!" i yelled.
"Whoa dog I don't know what you've been smoking but you need to stop." stan said.
"You seriously didn't notice anything weird?" I asked.
"Yeah everything i see up in this piece is wack." stan said. As if on cue. A monster roar came from the hallway.
"Well what do you think made that noise genius? Look, I know being the laid back funny man is being your thing, stan. But right now you need to get serious! Kenny is missing!" i yelled.
"What? You better quit jerking me!" stan said starting to get the idea.
"Hell even mr walden was wounded. If we want to get out of this school with our guts inside and our limbs attached we need to go see friedman!" i yelled.
"Your story is starting to get interesting. Alright i'll go with you. But you better not be punking me." stan said. Stan was able to break open locks faster than anyone else in our group which should make things easier if monsters are getting at us and the only way out is through a locked door that none of us can pick fast enough. That or getting into a cabinet faster and none of us have the patience.
And so the sweep for anything useful came up with a lot actually, some energy drinks some tape…and a gun. Another walther ppk pistol. Didn't help kenny and that other guy with that monster. But it's still better than sports equipment and a piece of metal crap being used as clubs. And it didn't take long for stan to see that we were in fact. Not punking him not only did one of these ribcage on legs things show up. But as we walked further down the hall. A new hideous face made it's appearance by bursting through the wall. Knocking us flat on our asses. The new abomination was what looked like a crab made from human limbs.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" i yelled.
"Yo! I'm out dog!" stan yelled. This thing was slow so keeping our distance and pumping it with lead was the best way to deal with it. Even if if this thing was somehow capable of causing claw like spikes to come from the ground so that was something we had to watch out for. And so after exploring and grabbing anything useful as well as dealing with any creature that showed up. We managed to avoid quite a few monster bites thanks to mr waldens tip of smashing the windows and letting the sunshine do the work. Saved up some ammo too. After that we went to the second floor…is what i would say if the door wasn't chained up. The chemistry classroom had sulphuric acid so we went to get some…by putting it in a paper cut. You'd think it would just eat right through the cup. But it didn't. The cup did dissolve. But it lasted just long enough for us to pour it out on the chain, melting it away. I have to figure out what brand of cups these are. 30 seconds with acid in it is pretty damn strong for a paper cup.
With the second floor now available. The first stop should be friedman's office. Though i saw someone trying to get a drink. I pointed the gun at him as i got close because i got tell from how pale and gross his skin looked that there was something seriously wrong with this guy. And i was right. When we got close enough he pulled out a knife. From the exposed brain with what looked like a plant growing from it. And the lifeless eyes that this was another monster. After dropping it and its biter friends. We entered Friedman's office.
"Mr friedman? You here?" i asked. But he wasn't. Though on the desk in the room i noticed a compass needle. It looked like it belonged on the map that was plastered on the wall next to the desk. And so after exploring the other rooms finding supplies including another flashlight we could duct tape to another gun later. We found the other one in a bag in another classroom. And so we returned to friedman's office. After setting the compasses to 330 longitude and 20 map went up and a safe opened. Revealing a tape labeled subject 37. A beretta 92fs with a flashlight on it in a more professional means than with tape. And finally a key to the library. Meaning he must be there. So let's go. After entering i saw another of those infected students. One that looked like that guy me and kenny met down in those hellish tunnels. Just as i was about to put two in the back of his skull. But as i did. Those all too familiar black spores spouted from his body. Mutating further…
A flesh growth similar to a flower bud protrudes from its mouth, that disgusting growth was also its main weapon as it was capable of stabbing with it. A bit more durable than the regular zombie student as well. After disposing of it. It was time for our usual sweep for anything useful. The door to the library was locked. And the key to the building didn't double for it. We managed to find some bullets and supplies. Though when getting some bullets from a vent in the bathroom. I was knocked flat on my ass by big maggots bursting from it….glad i had my mouth closed. After finding a coat to another safe. We got our hands on the key. And was finally able to enter the library and speak to the principal.
"Mr friedman! There's a big problem!" i yelled. Friedman got up from his seat fast when he saw that was still students here.
"Why are you still here? Why are you not at home?" mr friedman asked.
"Put me in detention later! Right now there's monsters everywhere!" i yelled.
"Here on the school grounds?" mr friedman asked.
"Yeah there everywhere! Kenny is missing and mr walden called the cops so." i said.
"What? Mr walden is here?" friedman asked.
"Uh yeah. He lead us to you to give us a way out." i said.
"Go see the janitor! He'll let you out! And don't let me see you here until tomorrow morning!" mr friedman said as he headed for the door right next to the desk. I've been to this library quite a few times. And I never saw what was on the other side of that door. I don't think anyone besides friedman has. It's off limits to everyone but him…tomorrow morning…yeah right. If i'm still alive by tomorrow morning. I'm changing schools faster than a gunshot.
"What about the monsters?" I asked.
"I'll take care of everything! The best thing you can do is get out of here!" friedman yelled as he entered that secret library room ...yeah totally not suspicious. But guess we got no choice. As we got back outside…night has come. So we can't smash a window and let the sun do the killing for us. We approached the janitor room i heard gunshots as we got closer and when we reached the door. A scream of agony and the sound of flesh tearing could be heard. I opened the door and entered.
"Mr garrison? Are you alive?" i asked. I was soon answered after looking over the flipped over table. And found…what was left of mr garrison. It looked like he was ripped in half with his blood and guts all over the floor. "Nope…" I said holding back my desire to vomit at the gruesome scene before me. Well mr garrison can't help us. But there was some useful stuff in here. Including a powerful flashlight ammo. And a fucking shotgun! A benelli m3 super 90 shorty to be precise. In the room in the back was a surveillance room with a tape recorder. Right next to it was a tape of last night's security footage. I gave that a watch first. Hoping to get some answers to what happened last night. The footage revealed the bag thief…it was friedman! Not only that but the bastard pulled a lever that caused the triple stack of barrels to cover up the ladder. Meaning if kenny managed to get to the ladder! He wouldn't have been able to get out. The route i took was long and terrifying. But it turned out it was a good thing i did. Friedman didn't have a way to block that exit. But another thing i learned is how those things got out…walden also went down there. And when he came back up he was running for it. And because he didn't activate the mechanism that put the barrels over the ladder that give those creatures the ticket out of there. I also gave the tape we got from friedman's office a watch. It was kenny. He's locked in a cell. But alive! I know that place. So i have somewhat of an idea of where to look. Where the cellblock is in that massive mess…isn't very clear. After all, I was frantically running for my life last time I was down there. One of the monitors turned back on after being nothing but static. It was for the nurses office. Ms wickson was standing in front of the camera. Shaking her hands at it. Obviously needing help. So i grabbed the key to the mess hall and headed there. Bringing along ashley. Which turned out to be a good choice as to why i'll explain later while the others relaxed in the courtyard for a bit. Upon entering the mess hall. There was another beretta 92fs on the floor. Next to a hanging corpse…but it wasn't a noose that had that girl by the neck. It was another monster…some unholy fusion of a fly and a fetus. Since it was on the ceiling bats weren't going to reach it. So shooting it was the only way to get it. Keeping our distance is crucial considering this things main way to kill us is to wrap it's fetus tendril around our neck and act like a noose. And so after fighting our way through the various monsters including another of those human body part crab things. We managed to reach the door leading to the nurse's room. But she's not opening up until we turn the lights back on. So after grabbing a box of fuses. We headed back down the room with the fuse box. While i worked on getting the lights back on ashley covered me. None of those beasties got close enough with her watching my back. Like i said. Ashley is a kitty with claws. And so after a bit of annoying switch flipping. We got the lights back on. Any creatures we didn't blast screamed in pain as the bright lights of the mess hall fried them.
And so with the lights back on and safety secured. We entered the nurse's office. Unfortunately she was a muttering mess. So any chance of getting any useful info is impossible. Gonna have to wait for her to calm down before we can actually get any useful info from her. After taking the first aid kits in the room. I found out why the other door to the nurse's office wouldn't open. She jammed it with a wheel. It was the missing wheel to that shelf in that room in the faculty office. Maybe there will be useful info behind that door we couldn't get into earlier. Though reaching the faculty office would be a bit more difficult now…considering the stairway collapsed and fell apart. Not only that. But three of those evolved zombies were waiting for us. Glad i got those first aid kits…after eliminating them and patching ourselves up. We managed to enter the faculty office. And thanks to getting the wheel back. Managed to move the shelves out of the way for us to reach the door. Inside was some more ammo. A film reel. And some photos of the elevator at the auditorium. Another of the "forbidden" places at leafmore. Still it would seem another entrance to those accursed tunnels was underneath the lift. So that's where we gotta go. Problem was it was locked. As we made our way back i found mr walden searching through the faculty office.
"What are you doing mr walden?" i asked.
"Looking for friedman." he answered.
"I doubt you'll find him under that table. He was in the library last i checked. Though that was a while ago. Do you think he knows what the hell is going on around here?" i asked.
"Possibly." mr walden answered as he headed for the stairs.
"Before you run off. Think you can lend me the key to the auditorium? Kenny's down in the basement. And there's a way down there in the auditorium. But it's locked." i said.
"I shouldn't but what's the difference here." he said as he tossed the key before leaving.
"Thanks mr walden." I said. Even though I'm sure he didn't hear me. I went to the auditorium with stan. When i entered i soon saw why the principal didn't want anyone coming in here…the photos on the wall. The pictures were taken when the school was first found. What's weird is mr friedman. Despite these pictures being taken over a hundred years ago. Friedman hasn't aged at all. Bringing stan along was a good idea. As there were multiple locked doors that needed his…expertise. Before going up the lift. I decided to view what was on the reel that we found in that room. The first thing i saw was some disgusting organism. Then some guy tied to a chair. Who then started to leak dark spores like many of the creatures I've seen up until now. The video than showed someone injecting himself with…something. Not sure what. But what i do now is that it wasn't a good idea. Considering his face was showing the beginning of a nasty mutation.
After…that. We went to the lift was. After sticking a 2x4 into the elevator gate. We went up and found probably the most…hideous of all the beasts. A massive grey slug with a human face and arm. It blocked it's face most of the time. Which made it killing it hard considering the face was the only part that actually seemed to take damage. The only real way to damage it was to bait into swinging it's arm and giving it a face full of buckshot. One of its most disgusting attacks was unleashing a wave of maggots from its open flesh. Honestly i just felt bad for this miserable creature. But it parked itself in front of the ladder I needed to take in order to get down in the basement and save that moron kenny. I activated the elevator stop before going down both ladders. Which turned out to be a smart move on my part. As everyone else joined the climb down. The elevator soon broke. The elevator safety stop gave us just enough time to get down before it broke. If I didn't. one of us would be a bloody stain underneath the broken remains of that elevator.
And so we soon began our exploration of this place. It looked like the operating room was a dead end. But there was a place for a lever. So we went to see if we can find it. Which we did in another room with a cage. After pushing two metal crates. Underneath one of them was another m3 shorty shotgun. And the other contained the cage in question on the desk was the lever. The cage wasn't empty. There was an occupant. One of those freaky tongue zombies. However when our flashlights landed on it it began to freakout was those dark spores sprouted from it's body mutating it…into one of those massive beasts I saw last night. It ripped it's cell open with little to no effort despite the cell being metal bars…but this time i was ready for this bastard. As we riddled it with gunfire. Bringing it down. In it's cell was a flashbang! Not sure why. But i'm not complaining. Normally flashbangs are meant to disorientate a target through a loud bang and flash light. Rendering them deaf and blind. But against creatures like this that roast from powerful enough light. This grenade will wipe out a room of them. It's sure to come in handy later. After blasting through two more of those cthulhu looking bastards. We reinserted the lever and pulled it down revealing a hidden ladder. And down it was an area i was familiar with. And sure enough looking down the long hallway was the ladder i used to escape this place last time meaning that the door next to the ladder should lead to that cell room. And sure enough it did. As we finally found kenny.
"Get me out of here! Friedman is on his way!" kenny yelled.
"You look like shit. What did he do to you?" i asked.
"I'll be better once i'm out of here now come on!" kenny yelled. Unfortunately for us. Friedman was already here. He tossed a gas grenade in and closed the door. All of us began coughing and losing consciousness. When i came to. I found my self in one of the cells along with everyone else. Luckily for us. Breaking out was easy. I picked up some long metal bar with a hook on the end. I handed it to kenny who used it to push a button that was on the wall. Which caused all our cells to open. Quite the design flaw if you ask me. However when we got out of our cells. Kenny fell onto his back.
"Kenny? What's wrong?" I asked.
"Friedman gave us injections of that stuff. If the light hits us we'll be transformed!...the infirmary. We got to see wickson." kenny said.
"Last time i saw her. She was a gibbering mess. You really think she's going to be able to help us?" i asked.
"There's no choice. We only got until sunrise. After that we're done for." kenny said.
Well we finally found kenny. And here I was thinking we could get the hell out of leafmore when we did. But now we're infected. So now we need to find a solution if not….we'll become the very beasts we were fighting up until now…time to pay the nurse a visit.