February Apocalypse: Valentine's is Dead

ACT 9: Inevitable Fate

Jake's POV

February 15 2018

I noticed that the faculty is clean. As in clean, so much clean. I looked at my wrist watch, 2:51 am, the three are sleeping soundly in the faculty floor, its so nice to have a clean place to sleep after all.

The time, I am supposed to be sleeping right now if it wasn't for this Apocalypse. Yeah an Apocalypse sure occurred. This is no ordinary outbreak. I looked at my gun, then checked the magazine. Still loaded, but too few to kill them all.

Then I tried to inspect my steel rod. Then instinctively twists the handle and pulls. It really did moved. Then my eyes widened as the moonlight from the near window gleams and gets reflected to a shiny steel surface.

What a good grief. A blade is sheathed by this black steel rod. I just got my self an instant sword.
Then I sheathed the sword. "Good morning Camille." I smiled as I saw her slowly open her eyes as she wakes up. "Are you ok now Camille?" She nodded. Maybe she still blames me for a deed she said to me yesterday. "Jake. I- I -I'm sorry for what I said earlier its just that I got triggered ." I just removed my glasses and wipes them with a clean cloth. Wore it and faced her. "I should be the one saying sorry, for triggering you, for mistakingly saying zinnia is alive and saying you don't understand a familiar feeling of loneliness."
Still I a don't understand how the heck did zenny looked like zinnia. Was it even possible?
She then opens her bag, gets a bag of fish crackers was it, then gave it to me. "Please accept this little compensation as a gift for saving me, saving us."
I smiled to her after hearing what she said. "Don't mention it, thanks anyway." I replied kindly, then she sat back and closed her eyes. I thought she was sleeping but I was surprised when she spoke. "You and ralph are almost the same. Only that he doesn't have any glasses." I was shocked about what she said, I was about to talk when I heard a sound too horrible to hear. A couple of zombies then got out of the cabinet. Approaching me, I was about to get the sword to test it out when suddenly *blaaggghh I saw them lying in the cold hard floor. Camille is holding her rolling pin with blood dripping on it.
I sat down again she really is back, alive and still kicking hard, then I asked her, "how come you knew so much about this creatures?" I curiously asked, I didn't even know anything about them up until now if it wasn't for her. "Ah this creatures, I like zombies so much even my boyfriend complains about it." She laughs while saying it. She is then eaten with the silence enveloping me after what she said.
We are about to talk again when somebody shouts so loud outside. "Help!! Somebody help me!!" I need to help him. I picked up the sword then faced Camille. "Hide now Camille and bring this two with you, don't go out until I get back, I know the one who shouted right now is in peril." Then removes the blockades and opens the door. I know its just nearby. I was about to close the door when she objects. "No!! Not again, not this time. And especially not on my watch." What? Is she not going to help the person. "I will not let you die in the same old way Ralph, I don't wanna let you die alone." Did she just called me Ralph??

I was surprised when she called me Ralph instead of Jake. I guess she still can't move on, but I know you're guarding her Ralph. I looked back and exclaimed when I saw Camille following me. "What the hell are you doing Camille. I told to stay safe and protect the other two?!" I faced her, "trust me I can handle this." She assured but I don't want her to get hurt.
I threw the black steel rod scabbard to her. "Use this, I know you're good at fighting with your hands full." She nodded. Then I looked at who's asking for help. A boy is being cornered by zombies, he doesn't have any weapon to protect himself against those hungry bastards and only a table is separating him from them. I can also see a few of them approaching me. I run to where the boy is to save him before anything bad might happen. *whistles again I heard Camille whistled to get the attention of those bloodthirsty students. "I guess I was right about you. You can fight well while wielding two weapons at once." I grinned as I saw all the zombies she faced in her direction if not dead with a broken jaw, some have broken face and a cracked head. I focused at the one approaching me then sliced open the zombie's head "ugh, yuck!" She said with disgust. Anyone watching how a zombie head gets slice open would literally throw up. You can see black colored blood and pale soft brain tissues.

I pulled out the blade and slashed another head off a zombie's neck. I can see the elegance in Camille's movements while fighting a zombie. Suddenly a zombie grabbed her from the back and pins her down while she is fighting another zombie.
"Sh*t! No.. Camille!!" I shouted as she is about to get bitten, I pulled the pistol out of my holster as quickly as ever then fired a couple of shots. *bang.!! bang!! I killed the two zombies. I ran towards Camille. "Thank you jake." As she hugs me. Then she pulled away and approached the mob of zombies still trying to reach the boy. She hits every head one by one until all is down and dead.

*A couple of minutes later

"Thank you for saving me guys, Jake, Camille." As he somehow bows to the both of us like how Japanese bows as a form of gratitude. He said his name was Chase Miyamoto, a Filipino Japanese transferee. "Don't mention it, it is really just right to help a living student knowing that other students became bloodthirsty creatures that will eat you."
I said smilingly. I saw Camille staring in the oblivion. "You okay there?" I asked her while I approached her. She nodded then spoke softly. "Thanks again for saving me. " her face somehow turned red. "You okay Camille, your face is so red?" Zenny spoke. She's already awake. I also saw CJ woke up, I looked at my wristwatch, 5:48 AM. "Good morning zenny, CJ." I greet them. They responded kindly then I introduced chase to both of them.
"5:54, 6 minutes until 6:00, do you have a plan of escaping the school Camille?" I asked Camille. She didn't respond, so I tapped her and asked her again. Then she responded finally. "We need to find a getaway vehicle to avoid the large numbers of them that might attack and trap us by shear numbers." She said as a part of her plan. Then a loud banging sound came from the door. *blagggh!!

The zombies started banging and pounding their way in through the door. "Crap! We can't stay here any longer. They know we're hiding in here!" I exclaimed as I saw CJ Covering Zenny's mouth preventing here from shrieking loud. I saw a window at the comfort room of the faculty office. We can get through there. "Over there! Real quick!" I heard Camille instructing chase and the girls to go out through the windows first.

I looked at her and nodded. Then I said to her to go first while I guard the door. She refuses, therefore leaving me no choice but to wait for the other to go out first before we can go out after them. I see the door slowly opening as the zombies unquestionably intensifies their effort to open it, I noticed that the door will not hold any longer.

I need to think as quick possible or we'll die in no time. I saw the steel cabinet or locker of some sort where the two zombies got out earlier.
"Get in those lockers Camille. Quick!" She ran to the locker. She got inside one of them. Then I followed her to open another locker. Crap! Its locked I have no more time to pry open this locker. The zombies are cracking the door open, then *Blaaggssh the zombies enters the room like flowing waters. Crap!! This is the end, somebody grabbed me in the arm then darkness envelopes everything.

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Chase Miyamoto in the media.

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