CH.13. THE SURVIVORS....

CURRENT TIME:- 9:30 AM.

*What are we going to do?*

Jae Seung has his eyes fixed on the living dead that strolled in the hallway and stocked their trolling face on the window.

The other two figures stayed aloof on the floor, their eyes following the gaze of Jae Seung.

Kang Dae snuggles around his pants pocket," Firstly, let's call the police.", he searches his pants pocket as his sense of existence wanders off somewhere else, " I tried to call the hospital earlier but they didn't respond! I am sure I had kept it in my pocket.", He assures the students that looked at him in expectation, he reaches the top of his shirt pockets and his eyes lighten as his hands grasp the sense of the edges of his phone, " Ah! here it is".

He takes it out and dials the number '112' that flashed through the screen as it glowed with a glimpse of hope within their despair.

The three figures stay anticipated as the ring goes through with a delay in response.

Finally... "Hello, this is 112! How may I help you!", a man spoke from the other side with a loud yet pleasant voice.

The figure's heart rests in relief.

Jae Seung gathers around with the figures on the floor.

" Hello!". Kang Dae speaks with uncertainty in his voice.

"Yes, How can I help you?", the man speaks from the other side of the phone call as his voice gets mixed within the chaos of the background voices.

" Yes, there are dead people in here and they are attacking the students!", Kang Dae speaks.

"Yes?...", the man's question gets cut off as Sang Ooh spurts out, " Zombies!... There are zombies in this school!".

"Yes?...", the man goes off the line for a minute only for the chaos in the background to be heard, " Which school are you calling from?", he asks with a concerned voice.

Jake Seung looks at the other figures beside him in confusion after witnessing the reaction of the officer on the phone, they hadn't expected them to be believed, " Yes! Seoul Global High school!", Kang Dae says with his voice filled with hesitation.

"Okay!!!", the phone fills in silence again, " Please wait for the officer to aid you! Since this isn't the first call we have got about zombies! So, if it is true that our country is facing such a crisis, it will take time to help you reach you."

The figures look at each other in concern.

"But, we will send reinforcements as soon as possible! kindly keep patience and try to stay out of the zombie-infected area as much as you can".The man finishes his words.

" Okay, thank you!", Kang Dae says as his eyes droop with dismay.

Beep..beep...beep...The line cuts off.

Kang Dae releases a heavy sigh and releases his tensed shoulders, " We have to wait?".

"seems so!", Sang Ook looks at them with an uncertain face, " But what if they don't come?".

"We have to get out on our own!", Jae-Seung stands up and strides towards the window facing outside, "The officer said that they have been having phone calls which means it isn't safe outside either.", He sighs and observed the school ground which was now filled with some living dead, " the world has already fallen into chaos!".

"Let's wait for some time!", Kang Dae says as he leans his head on his hands, " If they do not arrive till then! then we have to move", he looks at his students, "let's get to the broadcasting room first."

"Broadcasting room? why?", Sang Ook looks at Kang Dae with a confused face.

" I want to save the students! I couldn't do it earlier so I want to save them as a teacher now!", he looks determined " We can announce them to join us through broadcasting if there are still some survivors, then we can all leave the school together!".

Jake Seung looks at Kang Dae and smiles lightly, "okay! let's do that!", he then moves towards the bench he had sat on earlier and takes a seat.

Silence fills the room, the entire school only echoing with the sounds of the snarling living dead and their dragging feet. It was as if the school had settled down within the chaos.

The clock ticks by as the figure waits by patiently, their heart racing as each number flicker and changes to the other on the glowing phone that had been held by Kang Dae. The green light on the top left corner of the screen slowly turns red as the battery life drains gradually.

Click...Kang Dae shuts off the phone as the sky turns darker and the night falls.

" It's no use! they aren't coming", Kang Dae sighs as he looks up at the darkening sky from the window.

Jae Seung gets up to his feet and strolls around the classroom his hands reaching every desk and corner.

"What are you doing?", Sang Ook asks as he gets up and strides towards him.

Kang Dae gets up as well along with Sang Ook.

" We have to move out, right?", Jae-Seung says as his eyes get fixed on a bag that looked like a handbag for carrying marketed stuff.

"That's a tote- bag! Nowadays girls carry this kind of bag", Kang Dae says as he reaches for him and finds his eyes fixed on the bag.

Jae Seung looks at his teacher and sighs, " I know that!", he then takes out the books, accessories, and snacks from inside it.

"oh, snacks!", Sang Ook says as he reaches out for the chocolate bars but gets stopped by Jae Seung.

" Wait! We have to store them for later?", he picks up the hard books and places them inside the tote bags again, " go, look for this kind of bag around and also search for some eatables, so we can carry them with us!".

Kang Dae looks at him with an astonished look," Are we going to move out now?", he asks with a concerned face.

Jae Seung nods, "we should move at night rather than daybreak...", his words get cut off.

" right! there is a chance that the zombies won't recognize and attack us! Also, the lights are mostly off, and only lited in some places, so it's better to try out luck at night!", Sang Ook smirks as he snuggles around the school bags.

After a while..., "here!", Sang Ook as well as Kang Dae handed over the items they were told to separate. The table now had around 12 tote bags, a bunch of snacks, two to three lunch boxes, a pile of books, and some accessories.

Jake Seung takes a closer look at every item that is spread on the table near him, " hmm...alright!". He takes the empty tote bags and fills each of them with some heavily piled books.

Sang Ook rests on the chair beside Jae Seung and watches nearly his actions.

Kang Dae as well pulls a chair near them and sits down, his mouth filled with curiosity but kept shut.

Jake Seung fills 3 tote bags with books and folds the other bags and puts them in each of the bags equally, he then opens a book and tears the middle pages. of it piling them beside him.

"Why are you tearing them?", Kang Dae questions as he sees the books being torn apart.

" Ah...Teacher! Doesn't matter, we won't be using them now so...", Sang Ook says as he joins Jae Seung in tearing the pages apart, " let me join you!".

The papers soon pile up on their side, with the clock ticking by with each time they spend, the room was tinted orange with the reflection of the red sky, the sun slowly setting down, covering the whole sky with a tint of calm orange-red color.

Jae Seung glances at the red sky, his face glowing with an orange tint, " We will move out as soon as the sun falls."

Sang Ook looks at his glowing face, " Okay!".

"But why are you tearing the pages?", Kang Dae looks at the neatly piled papers and asks.

" To use them for protection", Jae Seung piles the paper separately and hands it to the other two figures.

They look at him in confusion, as their hand reaches forward to grasp the papers handed out to them.

"We had some tapes right", Jae Seung says as his eyes wander off the laid-out accessories.

" Oh...", Sang Ook fiddles through the accessories and hands out two small transparent tapes to Jae Seung, "Here".

Jake Seung opens his sweater and unbuttons the sleeves of his shirt, " Use these papers to at least protect them from bites! Since they are the most accessible parts while we use them for blocking the zombies," He says as he slides the paper into his arms and wraps it around. He then asks Sang Ook to apply the takes for a better hold.

"Ah...right! We can use it like this!", Jang Dae smiles as he realizes and follows to place the paper shields around his arms.

After some minutes... The three figures stand all armored with paper shields inside their clothes.

" By the way? Teacher, you didn't have to place it when inside your legs", Sang Ook says as he points to the tugged pants inside the socks, " you are a teacher right! So, aren't to kinda insulting the books by placing them on your feet.".

"Ah...can't be helped! Safety first, right?", Kang Dae says as he smiles awkwardly, " Anyways, when will be move?" he says as he looks at Jae Seung.

"Wait for a while.", he grabs the tote bag and hands it to the figures," Use them as a weapon, it's heavy so it will provide some help to hit the zombies."

"Ohhh! okay!", Sang Ook exclaims as he swings the bag.

" Also, here! Carry these bags on your back, it has some paper and snacks, to save for later", he says as he carries one and hands the other to the teacher and Sang Ook, " and take anything you find you will need later!", Jae Seung says as he points out to the laid out accessories and tools at the table.

Soon the sun falls and the whole school turns dark.

The three figures now stand to abide by the door. The hallway was dark and no lights lit.

" Okay! let's move slowly! I think they won't notice us in the dark unless we make a noise," Jae Seung speaks up as he looks at the figure behind him.

He opens the door as slowly as possible and strolls forward without wasting a minute.

He moved along with the figures following h closely.

"ah...", Kang Dae whines in a whisper as he sees a living dead near him and sticks to Jae Seung holding him tightly from behind.

Jae Seung stops at his feet as he gets strained from behind, "Teacher, don't stick so close to me, it will be hard to move". he says as he glances behind.

" Ah...okay", Kang Dae nods, his face flushed in fright.

They reach the midway of the stairs.

When their feet stop and freeze with a. sudden sound from above.

"Ah...", A boy's scream echoes through the hallway

All the zombies strolling around runs haywire toward the sound.

Jae Seung stays frozen as he sticks to the wall, with Kang Dae clinging to him and Sang Ook stopping down.

"? there are students above!", Jae Seung whispers beneath the dark.

Kang Dare looks at him as his hands refuse to let go of his grasp around Jae Seung.