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the following morning, after showering and getting ready for the day, taehyung sits alone at one of the benches in the woods. he's observing his surroundings and snapping pictures of interesting looking plants and the insects that inhabit them. he catches a spider eating a flying creature. it's silent besides the sound of a nearby stream and the whistling of birds. taehyung enjoys quietness. a crunching sound jolts him up, he quickly spins around to capture the culprit.
no one. his paranoia gets the best of him, and he hurriedly packs up his camera in its case. as he starts to walk back to the camp site, there's another crunch behind him. this is why you shouldn't watch scary movies!!! taehyung picks up his pace and doesn't dare look back as he proceeds forward, clutching his camera case close to him just in case he has to swing it.
a rumble in the sky sends his skin into ripples of goosebumps, his breath comes in and out of his mouth, and there's an uneasiness as he hears an animal shriek in the distance. the crunching is getting louder and closer. taehyung wants to look back, but he's seen enough criminal minds to know that the smallest distraction could lead to death. he can make out the roofs of the cabins, but he's still a good distance away from the nearest chaperone. it's not until he hears a blood curdling scream that makes the birds screech that he doesn't stop to turn around.
the uneasy feeling of being prey consumes every fiber in his body. he makes out a body walking, no, limping towards him. "do you know what that was?" taehyung calls out, but whoever it is doesn't reply.
perhaps he didn't hear me. . . he takes a few steps forward and calls out to him once again. finally, the person turns around painfully slow. and then he hears heavy footsteps and a hand yanks him backwards, "run taehyung!"
it's jeon. there's a cut on his left cheek and he looks out of breath. but he doesn't get much time to ask what's going on because he sees it. it's running towards them, and he freezes, hand gripping around the hard muscles of jeon's bicep. he let's go only because the raven swings a bat— where the hell did he get a bat?— and a bone crunching sound emits from the impact.
the horrifying creature falls to the floor, groaning before trying to get back up. "get the hell out of here!" jeon brings the bat back down, this time creating a dent in its face. taehyung shakes his head, "i'm staying with you."
once the thing doesn't move, jeon wipes his face, smearing blood on his face. he looks at taehyung, and scoffs. "c'mon, we gotta go back," jeon grabs taehyung's arm and drags him with him. "and next time i tell you to run, fucking run. there's goddamn zombies, you hear? yes the ones from the movies, except these run. and when i tell you to run," jeon stops walking and looks around before focusing back on taehyung, grabbing his arms and leaning way too close, "you have to run."
taehyung blinks, taking in all the information jeon has told him and trying to process it through his brain. run, zombies, run. . . wait zombies? "did you just say zombies? what? wait, jeong- jeon. what?"
"there's not enough time, we gotta get back and inform the rest. minhyuck went into the river and one of those things grabbed him. started eating him on the spot," they're walking again, jeon's hand gripping taehyung's shirt as he drags him once again.
taehyung is silent, too silent. he's not even ranting or mumbling, and it ticks jeon off because for some damn reason he wants to hear taehyung's deep voice, even if it doesn't belong to such a baby face. when they make it to the cabins, a few campers are sitting at the log benches, laughing and conversing. "hey! we gotta leave, there's zombies out there, they're headed this way!"
you dumb piece of meat, they won't believe you, taehyung tries to tell him but he's still being dragged behind jeon. they go to their cabin and the raven closed the door behind him, shoving taehyung inside. "pack your backpack, and call your private helicopter to pick you up yeah?"
taehyung watches him start tossing his things back into his bag, not knowing what exactly to do. he didn't have a private helicopter, and his parents were out of the country on some business trip. and then there was screams, and they both knew they needed to get the hell out.
a/n: why did this take so long to update? idk. but yay the z's are here! this was messy, sorrriiiii
