CH.11. PREPARING FOR THE WORST!

"So now, let's go!", Yi Joon gets to his feet and says with a deep voice.

The four figures stare at him with a confused look," Where?", Min Ah glances at him.

"To the broadcasting room!", he points upstairs with his hands," We told you that we are planning to go up there!".

"But! How?", Il Song says as he strides along to the door and sneaks a peek outside, where he sees a bunch of mad figures ( Zombies) strolling around.

" Right! Earlier, you all were almost on the verge of becoming one of them!", Min Ah says with a deep voice.

"Ahh!!!", Joon Woo releases a slight sigh and sits on a chair beside him, " Right! We were almost dead if it weren't for you all coming to save us!".

"So, What do we do now? We weren't moving with a plan earlier", Jin Ae moves towards a chair and sits down.

" Anyways, for now, let's sit and calm down ", Hyo Ri smiles calmly and pulls a chair offering it to Ji Woo.

The group gets them seated on the chairs, their face's uncertain about their actions.

" First, let's think about how to get out of here!", Yi Joon leans forward and clasps his hand together.

"Oh,! Speaking about which, How did you guys come from your floor to ours? There must be more zombies out there! Right?", Hyo Ri asks concerned and curious.

" Ah! That?", Young Soo sneers but stops," But how do you know they are zombies?", he fills it with a question.

"ya! Can't you even explain that!", Joon Woo gets up and moves along the door," See! How they are walking! And also they bite and whoever they bite turns like one of them! Though it was taking time to turn into one of them after them having bits, the time interval reduced and they started getting up as soon as they get bit.", He says pointing to the mad figures outside the corridor.

"Woah!", Young Soo clasps his hand together, as Joon Woo slides his glasses up his nose with pride and walks back to his seat," Now back to what we asked!".

"Ah! It's all thanks to me and Il Song", he points to Il Song and Himself and smiles," We made a strategy! Since Il Song is good at fighting and though I am not good at it still my body can hold up against them, we took the front to counter the zombies while they stayed behind us", he points out to the girls.

" Right! We also almost got caught because of you acting on your own!", Min Ah sneers and folds her arms.

"Right!", Il Song pats Yong Soo's shoulder and sighs.

" So, You all came just like that? bashing the zombies?", Jin Ae asks shocked.

All the four figures nod their head in unison.

" Quite the brave lot", Yi Joon stands to his feet and walks over to Young Soo, and pats his shoulders, "And, now? Do you want to follow the same strategy? And go all out?", he looks on to the figures around him.

" No! It won't work!", Il Song says with a dark expression, "We cannot counter then with just brute force, we cannot take the risk."

"Right! We weren't able to counter all of them earlier too!", Ji Woo finally speaks with stuttering words.

"hmm..",

The room falls silent for a moment.

" We need something to counter them right?", Joon Woo looks at his friends and the juniors.

They nod their head.

"Then what about this?", He lifts a chair near him.

" A chair?", Young Soo asks with a confused expression.

Joon Woo nods his head and holds the chair with both of his hands in front of him and swings it, " We have to use whatever we have right now! And this is the only usable thing!", He says as he continued to swing the chair.

"Yeah! We can use that.", Young Soo nods his head.

The other figures decipher Joon Woo as he swings the chair but soon stops," No! we cannot hold them for long, it's kinda painful to hold them and swing continuously! The zombies won't wait for us to take a rest!", Joon Woo says as he sits back at his chair.

Young Soo sighs and gets up holding his chair to his front," It's not so heavy!", he says as he swings it.

Joon Woo clears his throat," with your physique it won't!", he hides his face as he slides his glasses up.

The other figure glimpse at them and a slight smile release their tensed faces.

Il Song gets up to his feet and analyzes the chairs," Can't we bend and break these rods from the tables?", He looks at the figures.

"Break?", Yi Joon comes closer to him and touches the rods at the base of the table.

" We can! But it takes effort! Also, we aren't so strong enough!", He says as he continues to analyze the chair.

Jin Ah stands up as well," Aren't there any screws?", she says as she reaches to her nearest table and bends to have a look at it," Oh! There are!", she smiles.

"How do we open them?", Il Song looks at her.

" Hmm", She wavers around looking for something," I guess the student's bags will have something that can be used! Like a hairpin or something!", she says as she goes around searching for bags as she removes the loose strands of her tied hair from her face.

"Oh! Let me help you!", Young Soo keeps back the chair from his hands and moves around looking for the bags.

They list around the bags.

" Ah!", Young exclaims as he finds something.

He takes out a bunch of sugar candies from a bag," It's...", He says as his eyes sparkle.

"Ah!", everyone glimpses at the candies on Young Soo's hands.

Amidst the chaos, they had forgotten everything, hunger, thirst. All that appeared in their mind was to escape.

Young Soo brings the candies in his hands and distributes them among themselves.

" Ah, thanks bro," Il Song gleams as the sweet flavor dampens his mouth with saliva.

" Search! You will find more food and snacks! Since the lunch break was a long way before this happened!", Jin Ae says as she scampers around the bags.

Indeed as Jin Ae had said, Young Soo soon had a bunch of snacks holding in his hands.

Young Soo brings them all and places them on the floor.

He smiles and looks around and is met by a thumbs up from Min Ah.

They finale around the pencil bags as well and all they could find were pencils, pens, an eraser, and other school supplies including a scissor, tape, and cosmetic products from girls' bags.

Jin Ae shakes her head as the others look at her with expectations," What to do?".

Young Soo nears the table and flips it to the side and Bang! hits the rods with his legs as the others stand in awe.

"What are you doing", Min Ah looks at him with an annoyed expression.

" Oh! Trying to bend it", Young Soo pointed at the table rods with no slight change.

Min Ah puts her hand to her head," Do you think you are the main character of a movie? Or we are inside a series playing characters?",

She sighs.

"no!", Young Soo shakes his head," Still! What goes wrong in trying!", he again bangs the rod with his legs.

Il Song comes near him," Young Soo, Fighting!", he gestures to him and sits on a chair while the others make themselves seated.

Minutes pass by as Young Soo puffs out a breath and sits on the floor, "Ah... I can't! What are these rods made off?", He wipes the sweats from his forehead.

Yi Joon gets off his chair and comes near the table that Young Soo Had been banging, he notices a slight crack on the half-bent rod," Ya! Ya!", He pats Young Soo with a smile.

The others gather around as they see Yi Joon gleam with excitement.

"It's breaking!", Jin Ae exclaims with an excited voice, she pats Young Soo on his shoulders," Good Job!".

"Ya! Let's do it together!", Yi Joon says as he slides his sleeves up his arms, ready to bang the rods.

Il Song joins him.

After a few minutes,

" Clank...", The rods drop to the floor.

The figures gathered around the four Rods lying on the floor.

"Ya! We did it!", Il Song grabs Young Soo by his shoulders and shrugs him.

" Now, We need the count of each!", Yi Joon turns around and moves to another table and flips them over," Eight! We need four more!", He says as he removes his ties and sweater and wipes the sweat on his forehead.

"Okay!", Il Song moves over to Yi Joon.

Young Soo follows them with a glint in his eyes," Perhaps I think I am the main character of our movie", He smiles and winks at the other figures.

Min Ah sighs and rolls her eyes, while the other chuckle.

After around a few more minutes they had the eight rods in their hands.

"Okay! We got our weapon!", Yi Joon exclaims as he holds them together.

" We can use these plates too!", Joon Woo says as he lifts the plate off the table without its legs.

"How?", Hyo Ri looks at him.

Joon Woo holds it up in front of him," Like this, a defense!", He says as he struggles to hold it up.

"Oh!", Min Ah exclaims as something crosses her mind.

She lifts a chair and hands it to Youn Soo, " turn back!", she rests the chair on his back with its legs facing her," If we can take this head out and support it and the back, it can act like defense as well as offense!", she says as she analyzes her words.

Joon Woo clasps his hands," Correct!".

"Oh! We can!", The others agree with her, and the three figures, Young Soo, Il Song, and Yi Joon get to remove the head of the chair.

The sun slowly sets down as they work on their strategies.

" Ya! It's getting dark", Hyo Ri says as she moved over to the window and looks outside the school.

The orange skies tinted the whole school, the peaceful environment companies the snarling figures visible in the yard of the school.

"Ya guys, do you think only our school is infected?", Hyo Ri turns around and leans by the window.

The figure stops at their work and looks at her.

" No! The world outside may be the same!.", Ji Woo glances at her.

"Right! So, our parents are all zombies by now, right? Even the president, the administration! Everyone!,", she sighs and looks back outside," Do you think we are the only survivor left from our school?".

"No! They are probably fighting and safe right now!", Young Soo glances at Hyo Ri, as the rays of the orange-tinted sky fall on them through the window.

" Who? our parents, the administration, or our classmates?", Hyo Ri looks at him.

"Everyone!", He folds his legs to a cross and sits on the floor," They must be struggling but they will survive! this isn't a drama or a movie, still, everyone has the drive to survive and that will help them to survive!", he smiles as he feels a hand on his shoulder, he turns to see a smiling face of Min Ah.

"Right! I hope so!", Hyo Ri turns around and indulges herself in the window.

" We must make a move today! At night!", Joon Woo says as he piles the broken plates on a corner," Even though movies are fictional, we can at least use some knowledge from them! That says that zombies cannot see at night, they didn't do it even during the day! they depend mostly on their smell and sound."

"Okay!", Il Song says as he finishes the last chair.

" It's ready", Yi Joon stands and looks around him," Let's prepare to leave.".

"But, Senior Yi Joon, Can't we just leave the school? Why bother to go to the broadcast room?", Ji Woo says with a glimpse of terror in her eyes.

" No! we are not sure if it is safe outside the school!", He says as he glances outside the window, " And I am sure there are more people alive! No, I hope! So, we will move toward a strategy with more people, the more people the better!".

"Right! Ji Woo! Don't worry, we will all get out together!", Min Ah says as she assures Ji Woo.

The night soon falls, and the atmosphere turns silent with only the snarls of the zombie to be heard.

The bulb lights are only switched on, in some regions while the other remains dark.

The eight figures stand to abide by the door, all equipped and ready to carry out their plan.

" Remember don't react to them unless they come to you! We will move silently, with the intention not to counter them! Alright!", Yi Joon speaks in a low yet clear voice.

"Okay, Let's go!", Joon Woo slowly opens the door.

CURRENT TIME:- 6:45 PM.

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