5Dead Kiss the Gun
Darkis: Alright readers, welcome back~ If you enjoyed the first chapter I hope you enjoy this one too.
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Chapter 2: Surviving and Escaping the Dead
Si-chan and I hung out on the upper floors trying to come up with some kind of plan, but our efforts failed. We couldn't stay here forever. We have to leave sometime or we'll die here, but not like the other people that died. She had her eyes closed, head tilted upward, almost looking serene.
"Ri-kun?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"We have to get out of here. We can't stay here." She tilted her head down and looked at me. "No matter how scared we are of going to the lower floors, we have to escape no matter what." Her face told me everything.
"I know, I...I just don't want to risk losing you like I did before.."
"Don't bring that up please. I'd rather not remember that..." she said quietly.
She's right I shouldn't have brought that up. It's kinda hard not to right now since I thought I lost her. I pulled her into a comforting hug, not really wanting to break the peaceful silence. But something did. No, it wasn't one of 'Them', it was an ear splitting shriek that sent chills up my spine. Before we knew it we were both flying down the stairs at breakneck speeds. I don't ever remember moving so fast in my life. Luckily for us, someone had come down this path and killed 'Them'. By the time we got there, it was all over and blood was everywhere, not that I mind.
That Takagi chick was sitting on the floor, blood stains on her shirt and on the verge of tears. Rei and the school nurse, yeah I don't know her name, were trying to calm her down though it didn't really do much. Takashi closed the door to prevent others from getting in. Smart thinking, I guess, though they can just break through the glass.
"You already know the school doctor, Marikawa right? And I'm Saeko Busujima from class 3-A."
"I'm Takashi Komuro from class 2-B."
"Ms. Busujima, I remember you won the nation championship last year. I'm Rei Miyamoto, I'm in the spear martial arts club."
"Oh and I'm...I'm Kohta Hirano from class B just FYI."
"Nice to meet you."
Wow talk about being ignored. Introductions just went around and skipped us. Oh well, I guess we should make ourselves known.
"Hey." I said drawing everyone's attention. "I'm Ricon Sakiyama from class 2-C and this is my sister Siyami from class 2-B." Just what I was expecting, silence. However I did not expect Hirano to run over to me with stars of admiration in his eyes. I must say, this very creepy.
"Ricon, I'm glad you're okay, though I knew you would be. You two Siyami." Rei smiled at us.
"Is that a .357 Magnum Revolver?" This boy is really creeping me out now, but I guess I can humor him as Si-chan laughs at my misfortune. "And is that a Minebea PM-9!? The Self-Defense Force uses that." He said now bugging Si-chan. "You have an H-K MP7 too! Where did you get these? They're so awesome!"
I guess this kid likes guns too, and knows quite a few as well. I think we can get along nicely, if Si-chan doesn't kill him first. Besides, I won't let her do it anyway.
"Why are you guys being all warm and fuzzy?" Takagi said getting up causing everyone to simultaneously say 'huh?'. "Why are you being so polite to her Miyamoto?" She turned around. "You flunked last year. You're the same age, she's not your elder."
"What are you talking about Takagi?"
"Don't you talk to me like I'm stupid! I'm smarter than all of you combined! You should be lucky I'm even in the same school as you! I'm a...I'm.."
Saeko put a hand on her shoulder causing her to look up with tearful eyes. "Its okay. That's enough."
Takagi looked in the full length mirror. "Look at me...all these blood stains...now mom will have to take it to the cleaners.."
Takashi walked by her and she started to cry into Saeko's chest. They slid to the floor, the calm one holding her in a comforting embrace as she cried. We all looked on silently, not knowing what to say. It seemed like hours, but was only 10 minutes that she cried until she calmed down. We went into the teachers lounge so we weren't out in the open. Rei turned on the TV and started watching the news about what was going on. Then nothing. The screen displayed static for a few seconds until another reporter came on screen. Then I ignored the TV, concentrating on my own thoughts.
"Is that all! Why didn't they tell us anything else?" Takashi exclaimed.
So much for concentration on my thoughts I thought grimly.
"They're afraid of a causing panic." Saeko said calmly.
"A panic?" Rei asked.
I think she should know what that means. If a nuclear bomb went missing within the government they wouldn't tell the public that. It's just asking for bloodshed.
"Yeah you idiot." She sure loves to insault others... "First panic and then chaos. Chaos causes a disruption of order. And then when order is disrupted...well you should just hand it all over to the walking corpses." Takagi told us none too gently.
We watched the TV for a bit. What stuck out to me was the reporter said 'the biological phenomenon'. If this is true then...no...how would it spread so fast? Its here, in North America, Europe, Asia...everything was normal a few hours ago. Nothing spreads this fast...hopping from continent to continent in a matter of hours. The screen started glitching until there was nothing but snow on the screen.
"So they're everywhere..." Takashi said aloud.
"That's crazy." Hirano responded. "Everything was normal when I checked the internet this morning."
"I can't believe this...this happened all over the world in a matter of a few hours.."
She's scared, but so am I. I never thought anything like this would ever happen, but...it is...and Si-chan and I are in the middle of it. I looked over to her. She's trying to keep calm, but inside she's panicking, just like me. We all are, though most of us try to hide it. Getting emotional about it won't help anyone...we can only hope we make it out alive. I'm so torn up about this, I didn't see everyone looking at me. They could tell I was on the verge of panic, hell, I could feel it. I always kept my emotions bottled up inside for my own sanity. It wasn't until Si-chan pulled my quivering body into a hug, did I start to somewhat breakdown.
"Ri-kun its okay..." She whispered in my ear and started to rock me back and forth like a scared child. "Calm down...we'll be okay..." I heard the uncertainty in that statement. After a few minutes and a bottle of water I managed to reel in my emotions. Takagi and Takashi were arguing about something, but I couldn't focus enough to listen to the exact words. I didn't care at the moment. I just wanted to get home to make sure we were well protected.
"First things first. We go home to see if our families are okay. Then we need to find some place safe to hold up for a while, but no matter where we go, we're going to need a plan. Teams, we need to team up."
Everyone got ready, like they were going into battle. We kinda were, just with the undead. Everyone looked at me to see it I was ready. I nodded in the affirmative.
"Let's try to pick up survivors whenever we can."
"Let's do it." Takashi said, wanting to get out of the building.
"What's the quickest way outta here?" Miyamoto asked.
"Sorry to break it to you stupid, but we're gonna have to just go out the front." Takagi said coldly.
"Let's do it."
Kohta opened the door and 'killed' the first two while Takashi handled the third. We all moved as a unit, like we've actually been working together all our lives. We made it outside, but the school grounds were swarming with Them. We still have another few floors to cover before we're actually outside the building itself. It just occurred to me that...we may not make it out alive, but something tells me, our time has yet to come.
"Let me make something clear. There's no need for you to engage in a fight unless its necessary. Do whatever you can to about a fight you got it?" Saeko asked all of us.
"Remember, they're sensitive to sound so keep it quiet, and they're strong enough to rip through regular doors. And once they've got ahold of you, they'll tear you to shreds. So be careful."
After Takagi and Saeko gave us the warnings, we all heard a scream sound from somewhere. We followed the sound and found some other survivors being cornered. We quickly made our way to them, taking out Them that stood in our way. The scuffle didn't last long much to our relief.
"Uh...thank you." One of the girls said shyly.
"Keep it down. Has anyone been bitten yet.?"
"What? No, no one." Another girl said.
"It looks okay, we'll be alright." Rei said, trying to keep the atmosphere at least a little cheery.
"We're gettin outta here. do any of you want to come with us?"
"Sure."
We all went down a few flights of stairs only to halt because a small swarm of Them. Looks like everywhere we go, They follow. I leaned against the railing ignoring the hushed arguing amongst the group.
"Well someone has to go down there and lure Them away so we can get out of here."
The burning question among all of us was, 'who was going to go down there?' Takashi offered himself first, then Rei decides she wants to go, the Saeko. She shot down Rei and Takashi shot her down by saying she should standby in case something should happen. He was about to head down, bit Si-chan was already down there, in the middle of the room. Wait, Si-chan wasn't suppose to go!...but if we disturb her now...well..you know. We watched Them stagger aimlessly around, moaning and groaning. One was walking towards her, but just went by her. I almost had a heart attack witnessing that. She picked up a random shoe that was beside her and threw it against the blood stained lockers.
We all moved quietly down the stairs as the small group of Them headed to the source of the sound. Takashi quietly opened the double glass doors, him and Saeko ushering us out. We we're all outside waiting on the last kid to make it out. Unfortunately, his weapon hit the railing of the stairs, causing a loud echo to go across the school.
"RUUUUN!" Takashi screamed out, and we did just that.
"Why did you open your big mouth!? We could have made by taking care of the ones that are close by if you hadn't said anything!" Takagi yelled at him. I aimed my trusty revolver at the thing about to bite her and shot it square in the forehead. She screamed out of shock. "Watch where you're pointing that thing! You could've killed me!"
"The noise would've echoed anyway! Just start swinging!"
"I just saved your life, now lets move." I told her and ran ahead.
This is how I came to be running for my life from the dead corpses that used to be living people; my classmates, teachers and staff. If I could rewind this entire event, I wouldn't change a damn thing. I was lucky things turned out the way it did. Even luckier to find people I could trust with my life. Believe me, people like that don't come around very often, I assure you.
I have to admit, there are a lot of Them. I'm starting to doubt that we'll make it out of this one, but the way we work so well together, kept me thinking positive. The bus is right there. I can feel my will to survive burning deep in my soul. Pushing me to go on. We protected Ms. Shizuka so she could get to the bus, our only means of escape. She got the bus started and was about to pull off, but some others were running in our direction. If I were driving I would've pulled off to leave his ass behind. Watching him get closer made my blood boil, but I saw another figure in the distance running this way.
Could that really be...? Without really thinking I leapt off the safety of the bus earning shocked cries from the group. As I ran past Shidou, we glared at each other for that quick moment. I had to save him, he was my best friend, only second to my revolver that is.
"Ricon! Oh man, I knew you'd survive!" He said happily.
"We can talk once we're safely on the bus. Just stay close, follow my lead and you'll survive." I said quite coldly.
Getting a nod from him, I dashed ahead, him following me closely. I shot anything that got too close and started clearing a path back to the bus. I could hear his ragged breathing. Hang on, we're almost there, just a little bit farther. The two of us made it to the bus, out of breath and in one piece.
"Ri-kun! What's wrong with you!? You could've died out there!" She slapped me hard across the face. I deserved that. Before I could respond the bus lurched forward almost throwing me to the ground. Shizuka floored the pedal and sped towards the school gate, mowing down any of Them that stood in the way. The bus almost tipped over as we crashed through the gate and sped off into the city.
Darkis: Okay people that's the end of the chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading it. Drop me some words or something, and I'll upadte as soon as I can~