Leiloni's POV

All of us turned quiet as we stared at the wounded guy, he has scratches on his arms and I saw a small chunk of flesh missing on his chest, it looks like it was bitten off. He noticed that I was staring at it so he quickly covered it with his ripped uniform. I don't know why but I don't trust this guy. Well, it's not that I'm judging him, it's just that I want to make sure that he's not one of the crazy students out there

I looked at Troy and we both stared at each other. I know that he saw it too, the guys' wound. It is starting to get dark, I looked at the time on my phone and its already 5:58 in the afternoon. I unlocked my phone and scanned through my messages but I haven't received any messages and calls from my dad. Usually every three in the afternoon he leaves me a message or he calls me before he picks me up at school.

I am starting to get worried about him. Is this only happening in our school or is it also happening everywhere? What if... ugh stop it Leiloni, stop imagining things like that. Dad is safe and nothing happened to him. These thoughts in my head are killing me. I just can't stand here and wait for him to message me so I started to type a message for dad.

Dad where are you? Please pick me up at school. There's a little situation out here.

I pressed the send button as fast as I could and waited for it to be sent. A minute has passed but it is still sending. Why is it taking too long to be sent? Is there something wrong with the signal? I walk back and forth as I stared at my phone. It only has twenty percent of battery left and unfortunately, I don't have my backpack with me. Ugh! can this get any worse?

I stopped walking as Gerald, the new guy, coughed so loud and it made all of us look at him. He is still resting on the floor and his eyes are closed. His chest jumps as he coughs, and later on, blood started to spit out of his mouth. It made my heart beat so fast as Gerald started to move uncontrollably, the students got terrified and distanced themselves to him. Aaron, Troy and the other boys picked up their weapons and readied themselves on what will happen next.

He stopped coughing and moving but blood continuously spits out of his mouth and later on to his nose, eyes, and ears. The whole room was covered with cry and horror as we wait and watch what will happen next. One of the boys that are holding a weapon started to walk closely to Gerald but Aaron tried to stop him and he appears to be Aaron's friend. The guy insisted to get closer to Gerald so Aaron let him go.

He slowly walked towards where Gerald is, holding tight to the rusty crowbar on his right hand. I held Lauren's hands and gulped as the guy pointed the crowbar to Gerald's head. He gently poked its head but nothing happened. I think he's dead but I still feel so uneasy. The guy kneeled down in front of Gerald's body, the guy checked his pulse then slowly puts his index finger in front of Gerald's nose to check if he's still breathing.

"He's dead," he announced and turned his head to Aaron and confirmed that Gerald is already dead. I was about to believe it but something caught my attention, Gerald's right middle finger suddenly twitched. My heart skipped a beat and my hands turned cold. As far as I know, when someone is unconscious and it moved some part of its body, it is always a good sign, but this time I think it's not. And I have a really bad feeling about this.

"Get back!" Troy quickly commanded. All of them stepped back except for the guy kneeling down in front of Gerald. But it was too late for him, Gerald grabbed the guys' hand and gnawed it making it bleed. The guy screamed in pain as the hungry predator chomped on his arm.

Everyone started to panic, some of them ran to the door and started to remove the tables and chairs that blocked the way. None of the boys did something to Gerald instead all of them just stood there frozen. Gerald stopped biting the guy's arms and turned its attention towards me. To all the students who screamed why me? I haven't even made any sound and I barely even moved to where I was standing.

Geralds's face is so scary, his face is so pale and bloodstains are all over his body. He gritted his blood-stained teeth and veins started to show off of his face and it looks like it's gonna burst. He was about to run to my direction but Troy hit him on the head with thick wood. Gerald was knocked down on the floor so the boys holding a weapon started to beat the crap out of him. Aaron finished Gerald with a hard smash on its head using a rusty crowbar. Blood splattered everywhere and his head was slightly opened.

I quickly looked away because I might throw up in front of everyone. The whole room is still covered in horror after the shocking atrocity. Just when I thought that it was over when another scream of a guy made my heart pound. I looked at its direction and it was a junior student, his legs are getting eaten by Aaron's friend who got bitten by Gerald a while ago. What the fuck is happening?

The chairs and tables that were covering the door earlier are already removed by the students and all of them have already exited the room. Only the six of us were left: Aaron, Troy, Lauren, Aaron's girlfriend, the girl Aaron's girlfriend comforted earlier, and me. We just stared at Aaron's friend who is busy chomping the junior student's body and no one dared to make any sound.

Aaron started to move slowly towards his friend holding tight to a rusty crowbar. He raised the crowbar above his head and took a deep breath. He was about to swing the crowbar but his crazy friend quickly looked at him and fiercely growled. His friend was covered in blood and chunks of flesh are all over his face. My eyes widened as his friend suddenly tackled him making Aaron fell down on the floor.

His crazy friend was about to bite him but he quickly used his crowbar to cover his face. His friend is now biting the crowbar but I wonder why Aaron can't overpower his friend's strength. I looked at Troy and he just stood there frozen.

"Troy!" I shouted. He looked at me wondering why I called him, "Don't just stand there, help him!" He was back to his self conscious after I said that.

"R-Right," He said tightly gripping wood that he is holding. He moved forward and with one hit on the head, Aaron's friend was thrown away to the side because of the strong swing Troy has released. Aaron hurriedly stood up and raised the crowbar above his head. He did not let his friend had the chance to stand up and smashed the crowbar directly to its head.

Its head cracked and blood splattered all over the walls and floor. Aaron poked its body using the crowbar and its already lifeless. It is a relief but my heart is still pounding and my body is still shaky. Troy came closer to me and grabbed my left hand. His hand was cold, maybe because he's scared too. I held tight on Lauren's hand on the right so that I will not lose her anymore. We were about to exit the room but Troy suddenly stopped so did we. He is staring outside so I looked at why he had stopped

"Uhm... maybe we will stay here for the night," Troy suggested.

"Y-Yeah, I think that's a good idea," I said nodding.

It was already dark outside and there were some crazy students roaming around gnashing their teeth looking for their next prey. I looked up and gray clouds started to cover the peaceful sky. The sun started to go down and darkness covered the whole school.

Troy closed the door and started to pile wooden chairs in front of it. I tried to help too but Troy insisted that he can do it by himself. So I turned around and went to Lauren. She's sitting on the floor holding her phone. I looked at it and she's texting someone.

"Did anyone from your family replied?" I asked as I sat beside her and looked at her phone. She sent a message a couple of times but still no replies. So I think it's a no. The same for me, I even called dad but he's not answering. Silly thoughts are running around my head and I just can't help it. I looked at the dead bodies that are laying on the floor and I keep on thinking how it all started and why is this happening.

I glanced at the door and I saw Troy and Aaron talking. I looked at Aaron's girlfriend and she's sitting on the floor with the girl he comforted earlier. I think the girl is crying again. I stood up and approached them. I sat in front of Aaron's girlfriend and she stared at me with a bit of a shock painted on her face.

"Hi," I greeted with a smile, "I'm Leiloni, I think you know me already right?" She nodded and looked away. The girl is still crying so I tried to make her calm and slowly patted her back.

"I-I'm Melissa," Aaron's girlfriend said. I looked at her and she smiled, "Melissa Villa Luz," I smiled back and she looked away again. Gosh, this is so awkward, she's the girlfriend of my ex yet I'm talking to her casually. You can't see that every day you know. And I'm just doing this because of this crying girl.

"So uhm.. you and Aaron, how many months have you been together?" I asked that made her look at me and it looks like she was shocked. Well, I was a bit shocked too, I didn't know I could ask her about it. But I just smiled at her with no fakeness in it. I think this will make me fully move on so I'll start by making my ex's new girlfriend as my friend.

"W-We Uh... I-I think two months and a half," she's starting to stutter while she talks and I can't stop but to chuckle. She just looked at me curiously, maybe she's now thinking that I'm crazy or something.

"Girl don't be intimidated or be scared at me okay?" I hold both of her shoulders that made her stare at me, "I just want to make friends and... I already moved on," I said smiling at her and Lauren came along. She sat beside me and introduced herself to Melissa.

"Lauren Kate Valdez by the way," she reached out her hands to Melissa and with no hesitation she accepted it.

"Melissa," they shake their hands so I glanced to where the boys are. Aaron and Troy are trying to cover the dead bodies with a bunch of papers and woods. I looked back to Melissa and she's still comforting the girl.

"Earlier when the chaos started she lost her older brother," I stared at Melissa's face and she really is beautiful. Her hazel brown irises matched her white skin and chestnut brown hair, and her lips were naturally red. She's not wearing make-up but she still looks so beautiful. No wonder why Aaron liked her.

"Angel's brother is my best friend since I was a kid and it's sad to know too that he became one of them," became one of them? Just like Troy's friend. But still... I don't know how the hell is that possible. "I saw how he turned as one of the monsters, it looks like he's gone insane, he doesn't remember any of us even his own sister," I looked at Angel, the girl that was crying earlier, she's already sound asleep on Melissa's lap.

"And I think when you turn into one of them, all you can do is hurt everyone that is in your way," She said and started to look so serious.

"Do you have any idea why is this happening?" I asked because maybe she knows something.

"No, but one thing that we need to do is to stay away from those people who have turned into monsters," she warned. The three of us turned quiet and I realized that I just met Melissa yet I think I have known her for so long. The bitterness that I feel for her is starting to fade away and I'm starting to feel a bit comfortable with her.

Troy breaks the silence as he sat beside us and asked us if we have any food with us. I told him that we don't and we don't have our bags with us because we left it in the room. Lauren is also full of regret as she left her bag in the room and it is full of snacks that she had bought yesterday. She may be a thin looking girl but she eats a lot.

"I have some spare food in my bag and you guys can have some," Melissa said and slowly lifted Angel's head so I helped her and I laid Angel's head down on my lap. Melissa went to get her bag and got us some food. Angel, on the other hand, is still wide asleep but her eyes are still wet. I asked Lauren if she has a handkerchief with her but before she could even talk Troy quickly lend his handkerchief to me with a smile on his face.

"Thanks," I looked at Lauren and she gave me her weird smile again while moving her eyebrows up and down. I just rolled my eyes and looked back at Angel. I gently wiped the tears on her eyes and the sweat on her face. Angel has a small birthmark on her forehead, I examined his face and she looks so cute with her small reddish lips. Her semi-blonde hair was kind of messy so I tried to fix it gently so I will not wake her up. Melissa went back with a bunch of junk foods on her hands so I wake Angel up. All of us shared all the food Melissa has brought us even though it's not the usual dinner that we eat every day.

It's already past nine o'clock so all of us decided to go to sleep. We gathered all the cardboard boxes that we found inside a cabinet and we placed all of it on the floor for us to sleep. I tried to call dad once more but still no answer, so I decided to sleep and hoped that maybe there is a piece of good news for tomorrow. Please be safe dad, please.

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