Astronomy // Duty After School

Chapter Thirty-Four.

"Platoon Leader!" Yeon-ju cried upon seeing Cells swarming to the area.

"Platoon Leader!" Hui-rak hollered.

"Here are the Cells. Hurry!"

"Platoon Leader!"

"Aren't those Cells?"

"Shoot! Hurry!"

"Shoot! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

The kids were desperate for the go-ahead to start shooting at the Cells that wouldn't hesitate to kill them. Chun-ho held his hand up, not yet allowing them to fire until more Cells reached the area. With how loud everyone had grown, their voices were likely drawing more Cells in than the toy car was.

"Second Platoon, fire!" Chun-ho ordered. The class didn't hesitate to oblige, shooting down each intersection the Cells were heading in from. They all shot at the Cells, which seemed to be retreating back to nearby apartments rather than trying to kill them all.

"Hey! Left side, left side!" So-chul shouted at Il-ha, who quickly started shooting in the same area as him.

"One, two, three!" Sun-yi and Yeong-su counted down together. They were too scared to get out from behind the car. Chun-ho nodded at Won-bin, who returned the gesture, allowing Chun-ho to move back toward the rest of the class while So-yeon took his previous position. Na-ra, rather than rapidly shooting, took aim and managed to hit each and every Cell she fired at.

"Position yourself, aim, and fire!" Chun-ho shouted at the kids. Bo-ra successfully hit most of the Cells she aimed at through the eyeglass of her gun.

"Hey, No Ae, do it properly!" Bo-ra hollered. Ae-seol raised her gun to fire again.

"What should I do? Let me change my magazine and fire again," Ae-seol said to herself upon noticing her gun was out of bullets. She quickly changed out her magazine and made the mistake of grabbing the tip of her gun. "Oh, it's hot!"

"Geez! Why are you touching it with your hands, idiot?" Bo-ra cried.

"Guk Yeong-su! Lee Sun-yi!" Chun-ho bellowed at the cowering pair. "Support the right!"

"Yes, Sir!"

"Jo Jang-su, Wang Tae-man! Support the right!"

"Yes, Sir!" The two boys hastily repositioned themselves. After gathering all of their courage, Sun-yi and Yeong-su got to their feet. Sun-yi accidentally pointed her gun right at Yeong-su.

"What are you doing?"

"Sorry!" Sun-yi wailed.

"Hey, this way!" Yeong-su hastily turned Sun-yi in the proper direction she should have been facing.

"Oh, shit! I can't fucking aim right!" Tae-man exclaimed bitterly.

"No, no! Wang Tae-man!" Ha-na cried desperately. "Shoot, Wang Tae-man! Hurry up!" Tae-man jogged around the side of the car and over to Ha-na, shooting at the Cells that were frightening her.

"It's fucking not aiming right! Jang-su! Jang-su!" Tae-man hollered.

"Jo Jang-su, please help!" Ha-na shrieked. Jang-su rushed around the car, firing at the Cells.

"Save the DU ammunition!" Chun-ho bellowed.

"Fuck! Where are they? Where are they? Where, Class President?" Deok-jung asked.

"Guys, over here!" Yu-jeong shouted at Deok-jung and Hui-rak, who headed into the alley she pointed them to. Hui-rak jumped over the barricade he and Yu-jeong were behind and ran over to the same car Deok-jung was heading for.