Dear Death

Later

Wednesday, 14 May, 2140

0800 Hours

Dear Death,

I'm afraid. I'm afraid of your work! You are a harsh, and cruel lord, but what could I do without you? Hiyori Axzena came to the classroom today. She had been killed in the explosion. I'd seen the corpse... But there she was, alive and seemingly well. There were no visible burns like I'd seen on the other kids. I thought that, maybe, you'd given her back to me. I went over to her... Thank goodness for Mitsuka. Without her, I would have been in your domain. Not that I mind, but you need an advocate  among the living, right?

Love,

Yuno Vareach

Yuno woke up slowly. She opened her eyes, one after the other. She moved her arms and legs. She sat up. She screamed. Angus O'Kelly, one of her students, sat on the end of her bed. He tilted his head at her. Or, rather, what was left of his head. His skull was visible on his cheeks, once so chubby, and burns covered the whole remainder of his face. His nose was hanging by a single thread of flesh, and, upon closer inspection, Yuno realised that he was missing one of his arms. Angus moaned.

"Oh my gosh! What happened to you?" Yuno asked. Angus moaned again. Yuno realised that she had been so horrified by Angus that she forgot to look around. She did. Angus lunged at her, mouth opening wide, aiming for her throat. Yuno screamed. Something came around the corner. A flash of steel. Then Yuno muffled a scream as she spotted Angus on the floor, recognisable only by his school uniform, his blood splattered all over the sterile floor. Yuno turned her head. Mitsuka stood there, a metal pole in her hands, Angus's blood decorating it from top to bottom.

"That was not good for a hospital." Mitsuka muttered, staring at the mashed up mess of Angus's skull.

"Mitsuka!" Yuno exclaimed. "Why did you do that?"

"Miss Vareach, when did you wake up?" Mitsuka asked.

"A few moments ago. Now hurry up and..." Yuno began angrily.

"Something's happening." Mitsuka interrupted her calmly. "Angus is some kind of Zombie. I saw on the news in my bed... The explosion at the school was radioactive. It pushed something into those that died, making them come back to life." Mitsuka paused. "Allen, James, Rocco, Kylie and Aino came into my room. I had to..." She trailed off, and began to cry. "I killed them! I killed all of them! My best friends!" Yuno wrapped her arms around the crying child.

"If what you say is right, then you have saved them from a better fate. They wouldn't have wanted to attack you." Yuno consoled her, awkwardly. Mitsuka sniffed. She stood, and straightened her spine.

"Sorry Miss. I'm know we don't have time for that now." She gulped. "We need to leave, and find somewhere safe. We also need better weapons." She added ruefully, looking at the metal pole, now bent from its contact with Angus's skull. Yuno smiled.

"Okay. First, though, we should probably find some food. I'm hungry!" she said lightly, even though she didn't feel it. Mitsuka brightened up.

"Me too!" she grinned, grabbing Yuno's hand and helping her up. "Let's go!"