Killer Protector (Jeff the Killer story)

Chapter 71

Chapter 71

Everything is going to hell. Everything and everyone I know might die away. I saw gruesome things in under the five minutes this all started. So many people were mutilated and I couldn't save them. I killed and killed Corrupted but it wasn't enough to keep the others from murdering. There was so much blood. It was splattered across lockers, pools of it along the floor and it spotted clothes. I was already failing to save most of the kids here.

I kept shouting for everyone to evacuate the school. I made sure that no other Corrupted followed after the horde of students that escaped to the front of the building. I scanned the horde, searching for any sign of my friends. I didn't see any of them. I grew worried. Did they get lost? Did I only pass them up in the group? Or...were they also the first ones to get killed? No, they wouldn't be! I have to find them. But I can't keep an eye on the students while searching for my friends. I need help. But no one is here to-

"Hey, Girly!" I heard someone shout as a figure ran past me. I saw a boy with blonde hair, green hoodie, beanie and regular jeans, run into the horde of students. He suddenly grabbed a girl by her hair and dragged her out. I grew angered by this and was about to shout at him when the girl started snarling and her nails elongated into black claws. The boy dodged her swipe and threw her up against the lockers. He pulled out a little object which flashed and was replaced with a sword. Before I could figure out how that happened, the boy plunged the sword straight into the girl's chest, and it pierced the lockers as well. She shuddered and screeched one last time before withering away like the Corrupted she secretly was. As i watched the remains turn to black dust, I came to a disturbing realization. How could I have been so blind? For all I know the majority of the horde I'm leading could be Corrupted in disguise. Shit!

"Who the hell are you?" I asked the blonde boy, frantically. He turned around and sky blue eyes met mine. I recognized him, well, the disguise. "Ben?" I breathed. He smirked and said, "You go off and find any lost kids, I'll protect the horde."

"H-How long have you been here?!"

"A while."

I stared at him for a few seconds before he added, "I'm heading off!"

"But Ben-!"

"Don't worry, Ellie! I've got this!" he assured me as he ran off into the group of escaping students. I debated whether or not to let Ben handle them all by himself but the thought of my friends in danger persuaded me to trust him and leave him. I ran deeper into the school, checking open classrooms and finding nothing but over turned desks and chairs and even some dead, bloody bodies.

I kept running and found the occasional Corrupted. I fought them all; stabbing, kicking, punching. Most of them had a humanoid aspect. Back then, Corrupted had animalistic features. But now they're infecting people and pretending to be human. Sick!

I killed as many Corrupted I came across so there wouldn't be anymore around to find any hiders. I ran into the cafeteria and searched the giant room. No one was around. I was about to walk out and search other places when I heard multiple, muffled screams. They came from the cafeteria kitchen and I went sprinting towards the door. As soon as I walked in I saw the dead bodies of the lunch ladies. A wave of guilt hit me. As if their job wasn't bad enough, feeding a bunch of bratty kids. Now they're gone. Mauled by monsters.

I pushed away the guilt and looked around. There was two parts of the kitchen; the kitchen itself and the snack bar room. The screams were coming from there. I turned the corner, avoiding the dead bodies and ran into the next room. As soon as I walked in I saw a Corrupted, banging against a large, supply cabinet. It wasn't as human as the rest though. It had animalistic qualities just like the old type of Corrupted I fought. It looked like a werewolf, black hind legs, bony hands and talons, a muzzle with blood dripping teeth and slit, red eyes. The only thing that didn't make it a werewolf was that it had a spiked tail, bones sticking out of its back like a stegosaurus, and bull horns which were being used to shake and break the cabinet open.