The next three days are spent packing. Troy takes all of the guys out to find any and all survivors left on campus. Yesterday they brought Kip, Alyssa, and Hannah in. I'm really happy that their okay. I tried not to worry about them too uch because I was worried they were gone, but when they walked in the doors with Troy and Stevo it made my heart soar. Today all of the guys are back out and us girls are finishing up packing. So far the guys have secured four cars and filled them with gas that was stored on campus. We'll run out of gas eventually but the cars are a comfort we will enjoy as long as we can. Hopefully one more will be found so that things will be less cramped. After all, fitting almost 15 people into these cars won't be easy, but then again two are vans. It's just a matter of finding keys. Then again, I'm pretty sure together, Stevo and I could hot wire them. We're good at hoodlum acts like that. The guys aren't supposed to be back for a good two hours so I'm a little worried when I hear tapping on the glass window that's covered by a loose board. Everyone else is in the kitchen so I slowly approach the window as the tapping continues. I slowly move it to peek out the side and I see a sight that makes me want to laugh and cry and laugh some more all at once. I pull the board away from the window further and dear little JP, Jonathin Perkins, looks at me with a confused and friendly smile. I can't help but errupt in laughter. He looks at me with even more confusion and I rush to the barricade.
I quickly get it open and run out to JP. "Hey Maya, where is everyone? Why is there a board on the window? Everything looks really weird." he says in his confused voice. I burst out laughing and hug him. "Whoa uhm why are you hugging me?" he asks with a breathy laugh.
"I'm so glad you're alive!" I laugh. "We should get inside." I add.
"Uhm of course I'm alive why wouldn't I be?" he asks furrowing his brow.
"Because of everything that's been happening," I reply in confusion.
"What do you mean? What's been happening?" he inquires. I look at him bewildered.
"JP where have you been the past few days?" I ask.
"Well I was off campus for two days and then I came back and went to my cabin and Evan told me to stay inside and not come out until he told me too do I've been in there but I ran out of food today so I came out. I think Evan forgot to come get me." he says giving another breathy laugh. I look at him dumbfoundedly.
"JP you're a wonder." is all I can manage.
"What did yu mean earlier about stuff going on?" he asks.
"I don't really know how to explain it but basically theres been an outbreak of zombies, JP." I say and he errupts in laughter.
"Is Gretchen a zombie too?" he chuckles. Poor guy we've teased him so much he'll never believe me first hand. Just then we hear a noise between a hiss and a screech. JP jumps in fright and we both turn to see Chris Seeboth. He's obviously infected.
"We need to go inside," I whisper not wanting to shock JP by shooting his old friend.
"Wait we'll bring Chris too! Chris!" he calls loudly waving.
"JP stop! We have to go!" I say urgently and grab his wrist pulling him towards the door. He tries to pull away.
"Maya what are you doing it's just Chris." he says in confusion and annoyance. Chris is slowly walking towards us and I am surprised that JP doesn't realize the peculiar movemnts and look Chris is sporting. I rushedly pull him towards the door when all of a sudden Chris lunges for us.
"JP!" I scream and pull out my pistol. A gunshot rings and Chris falls but it wasn't me who fired. I look around frantically for our savior and JP is just staring in horror at Chris. I catch sight of who shot Chris but it isn't who I expected to see. It's someone who when I catch sight of them makes me blink. My stomach drops and my heart pounds. I'm flooded with terror and shock, and lastly guilt. In my panic and shock I don't wait to speak or talk to them. It's impossible I must have imagined it. But then again Chris' limp form is on the ground before me.
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When August Ends
Teen FictionWhen Maya and Grace wake up for work it's a normal day. They didn't expect it to be any different than a usual work day. Boy were they wrong. On arriving at work they find a bloody mess and begin realizing that people are turning into unstable killi...
