1 Chapter 1

"I have been informed that we're going off the air."

The man on the television looked around the studio from which the broadcast was taking place. "The government advises to stay in your homes and don't go outside looking for your family members. People are working hard to keep the telephone up."

The teacher stood up, opened up her desk and started putting her belongings in a bag.

"I don't care what they say on the television, I'm going to my fiancee."

She grabbed her bag and stormed off out of the classroom, her heels clicking hard on the floor.

Some of the other kids were crying or were frozen on their chairs. I turned off the television and ran outside the classroom. While I ran throuh the hall I saw people crying in the classrooms. Teachers trying to explain to the kids what was going on. I saw my teacher arguing with the principel at the main entrance.

"No, I'm not staying here, my fiancee and I agreed to meet up at home."

The principle grabbed her arm.

"Please stay here Miss Oliveira. You're safer here than outside and maybe your partner can stay at his workplace as well."

"Let me go!" Miss Oliveira yelled.

She pulled her arm from the principles grip and walked outside.

The principle looked at me.

"Go back to your classroom, there will be a teacher with you soon."

He quickly walked off towards the teacher's lounge.

I stood there momentarily, not sure how to respond. The classrooms around me were buzzing, witnessing Miss Oliveira leaving the building.

I could see her through the window walking up to her car. She got the carkeys from her bag and started to unlocked the door. A horrific sounding growl came from the side. Miss Oliveira looked up and a man came running into her at full speed. He was covered in blood and his clothes were torn. They fell to the ground and the man started hitting her. She tried to defend herself, but the man seemed to be in such a state of rage that he couldn't be stopped. Miss Oliveira screamed for help and looked my way. Our eyes locked on to each other. I saw the panic in her eyes and just when she was about to scream again, the man grabbed her head and bit in her neck.

I quickly sat down, saving myself from this sight. All I heard were the gurgling scream of Miss Oliveira and the growling sound of the enraged man. This was what the man on the news was describing. I looked around the classrooms and saw the children and the teachers looking at what was going on outside. I will never forget the looks on their faces.

I gathered my thoughts and started heading to May's classroom. I had to get my little sister out of here.

"May, May!"

May's teacher Mr. Gleeson stood outside the classroom.

"Get in!"

"No, I'm coming to get May and then we're going home," I replied.

"Sam!"

May came runnig up to me and hugged me.

"What's going on, Sam? I want to go home."

I looked at her and then at Mr. Gleeson.

Outside of the classroom a zombie ran against the window. The kids in the class screamed and Mr. Gleeson tried to calm everyone down.

I grabbed May's arm and we started running towards the teacher's lounge.

When we entered we saw the janitor Mrs. Harris looking at the television. She looked from the television to us.

"They stopped the broadcast," she said.

"May and I are leaving this place."