The Longest Dayz

Chapter 39: Lee Taehyun

Taehyun stood in the locker rooms, water rushing through is black hair. He stood in the shower with his hand against the wall not thinking much of anything as he watched the soapy water slowly swirl and disappear into the drain. The school still had a running supply of water even without the electricity, which happened to be a blessing for everyone. Though, without the electricity the locker room was pretty dark with only a little light being provided by tiny one way windows that lined the top of the room; luckily the windows were too high to reach from the outside which made the room comfortably safe for anyone who wanted to clean themselves up.

After a while of standing under the water, the artist turned it off and got out, grabbing a towel that he had personally washed the day before. He ruffled his hair, carelessly rubbing the towel over it as he attempted to dry it. Once his hair was semi-dry, he got dressed in a white button up shirt and then put a black cardigan over top of it; dressing warmer as the weather got colder due to the end of summer being just a few days away. When he was finished he picked up his weapon and went to the door, peeking into the hallway. The hallway was littered with glass and covered in puddles of water; not every window was broken, but a decent amount of them had shattered from either the weather or the infected. As a result of the window conditions, rain water had begun to leak into the school, creating puddles on the hallway floors.

He looked around carefully, checking for any form of danger; once he was sure that there wasn't anything in the hallway, he proceeded. He made his way up the stairs to the second floor and stopped to look out the window. His eyes went wide as he laid eyes on the scene outside. A huge horde of the infected were slowly approaching the school from about four blocks up the street.

"Aish." He hissed as he rushed to the third floor and down the hallway towards the clubroom; his footsteps echoed loudly as he approach the door. The noise drew in the attention of Yeongsu, who opened the door and looked around for the cause of the noise.

"What's wrong?" He asked as he took notice of the artist.

"We need to move now." He said; loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.

"What's going on?" Seojun was quick to stand and approach the door.

Hanwoo went to the window and swept the curtains aside to look at the road. "Umm, we need to go. Like right now, that's the biggest horde I have seen so far."

"Grab what you can carry and leave what you can't." Seojun turned to the group in the room.

Taehyun scanned over the people in the room, two people were missing. "Where is Hina and Minseok?"

"The nurse's office." KZ responded as she packed two books in her backpack.

"Meet at the door to the schoolyard?" He asked Yeongsu and Seojun as they grabbed their bags.

"Yes, now go." Yeongsu replied.

Taehyun grabbed two backpacks from the room and quickly ran to the stairway, skipping the steps on the way down. He reached the nurse's office and opened the door with force, the action startled the two people in the room as Minseok had a hand over his racing heart and Hina had stood up with her weapon at the ready.

"Grab what you can and make it quick, we need to leave immediately." He tossed the backpacks to them. They exchanged looks while Taehyun turned to keep watch at the door.

A minute or two passed before they were ready to go. "What's going on?" Minseok asked as they made their way to the meeting point.

"A large horde is coming directly towards the school, hundreds, maybe thousands of lurkers." He responded.

"God help us." Minseok said quietly as they joined the rest of the group at the door.

"Ready?" Seojun asked the group just as a lurker broke through a window down the hall.