"𝗜 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱"
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Eunji and Ji-su were walking their way, after their encounter with the drone, they continued their journey to the Dean's office, the place were they smelt a whiff of fresh human. they both thought it was best to feed.

"𝗝𝗶-𝘀𝘂?" Eunji spoke up, As they both walked down the stairs, Ji-su turned her gaze to here best friend in interest, wanting to know what Eunji wanted to ask.

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗚𝘄𝗶-𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻?"

Ji-su's eyes widened at her question, and she realized how stupid she was to let that slip past her...

And now she's remembering the murmurs she heard in her father's lab when she was being detained

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"𝗜 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲...𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀...𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀..𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀...𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻."

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The cells of the virus infecting Ji-su evolved into the stronger new cell, the one that learnt human consciousness, Eun-ji evolved into one of the normal ones...and Ji-su prayed that Gwi-nam didn't evolve at all, her highschool bully turning into an immortal being? she did not want that to happen.

"𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄." Ji-su simply said not wanting to go more into the topic, it would've been better for both of them, Eunji didn't need to worry about Gwi-nam or any bullies trying to ruin her life right now. Even in the situation they were in, turning into Zombies would've been better for them than having to deal with the group of bullies again.

"𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻..." Eunji simply said and the two continued their journey and soon they got there.

Ji-su smelt the delicious sent of human, it was hard for her to control her hunger now.

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗶" Ji-su said, smirking as she saw Eunji's evil smile as she broke the locked door handle open.

Ji-su's smirk quickly dropped as she smelt another smell from the other side of the school, Eunji, with her currently weakened abilities couldn't smell that far yet, but Ji-su could still smell it clear as day.

Gwi-nam was still alive

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*Ji-su growled at her father in pain, rage going through her as she tried to move away, she was tired, sweating and confused. She had been in this state for days.. weeks even, she hasn't gone to school, she hasn't seen the sun, she had been trapped in her father's science lab in her house.

Mr. Lee sighed in frustration as he tried to hold Ji-su down, he needed a sample of her blood, before she was calm, but when she felt the sharp pain of the needle in her skin and the aggressiveness kicked in, she was acting like an untamed monster.

Ji-su didn't know it was her father just needing her blood sample, and before she knew it she found herself swinging her body as forward as she could, trying to bite him, making him flinch back. Leaving her alone...it was a close call, for now he remained safe.

It was only hours until she realize what she almost did, making her cry, she put in her mind that she was dangerous, that she should've known that it was her father and not some person trying to hurt her.

she cried for hours that day, begging for the pain to stop.

one of the cons of being part of the stronger evolved ones.

you'd never know the moment where you'd stop functioning and just lash out at any moment.

Sometimes, Ji-su always wondered how she was able to hide her true self for so long...

The Jonas virus was both a curse and a blessing...one she had the misfortune of enduring.*

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The two entered the office, Ji-su shut the broken door close to make sure no zombies enter to interrupt them.

She saw Eunji staring at a fish so intently.

The sound of a kettle suddenly entered their ears, and they saw a curtain that was covering one part of the room.

Ji-su and Eunji stared at the curtain, and it was Eunji who went to go open it, revealing the person behind it to be the dean, who got startled and raised his metal flask in a form on defense.

"𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝘀𝗶𝗿" Ji-su said to him monotonously, she crouched down to allow her head to lean on Eunji's shoulder.

The dean sighed in relief when he saw the two students, he lowered his flask. "𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘁..𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲." He breathed out.

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝘄𝗼...𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲..𝗦𝗲𝗼𝗻-𝘆𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘆𝘂𝗻-𝗷𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁?" The dean said to them, trying to remember their names, Ji-su mentally rolled her eyes at his ignorance.

"𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗻-𝗷𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗶-𝘀𝘂, 𝘀𝗶𝗿"

The dean nodded at the two before examining them, Eunji was bloody everywhere, Ji-su looked fine from the waist up because of the hoodie she used to cover herself, but you could see the purplish and reddish bruises on her legs, along with a few scars on her right cheek, Ji-su didn't even remember how she got them.

"𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝘁?" The dean asked.

The two nodded in response.

Then Ji-su's whole demeanor changed.

"𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁..𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴" She said, her voice went low, "𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆..."

Ji-su marched to the fish tank Eunji was staring at earlier, she eyed the many fish swimming in there carefully before she found a big juicy one.

She moved her hoodie sleeve out of the way before grabbing the poor fish out of the water and eating it whole.

The fish's blood dripped on her mouth and she licked it off, The Dean could hear how loud the crunching of the fish's bones were.

"𝗜- 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻?" He asked her.

Ji-su finished chewing and turned around to face the dean, a small smirk played on her face.

"𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁...𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀~"

The dean held his flask close to him again as he saw Eunji's dangerous side eye...

The Dean immediately tried to attack Eunji but he failed miserably.

Eunji choked the man, lifting him fully in the air, dragging him out of the corner he was in and into the room, Ji-su smiled at this.

"𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱?" Ji-su quizzed him, " '𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀'...'𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿'..."

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹..."

The Dean who was struggling to breathe, looked at Ji-su who had a small smile on her face.

"𝗜 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱"she stated, her small smile disappeared. "𝗘𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗶, 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗺"

Just as she was told, Eunji bit into him, his screams of agony were loud but they didn't care.

Ji-su watched as Eunji ate their Dean, sure she was hungry but, Eunji deserved this, and plus since she ate the fish she was sure she would be fine holding her hunger for a bit longer...right?

Ji-su stared at the bloody mess that they had created and giggled, it felt satisfying to kill their Dean, very satisfying.

That satisfaction didn't stay for much longer, for her ears had picked up on something Eunji's ears didn't.

And the nightmare continued...for Gwi-nam..was still alive...

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Ji-su hadn't told Eunji about Gwi-nam being alive because she didn't want her to feel scared...

Was she a being a bad friend for that? Yes, but she didn't want Eunji lose the sense of freedom that she had just gained, the new confidence that Eunji had, Ji-su had never seen this from Eunji before the apocalypse started.

But she was feeling guilty about it, and the earlier hunger she had decided to push aside had come back to bite her in the ass, biting her arm and sucking her own blood out wasn't going to keep her hunger away munch longer, Eunji always scolded her when she did this to be careful.

It would be an hour or so before the two girls had to go to the rooftop to meet her old classmates, so Ji-su decided to go around the school alone.

This way she could feed and look for Gwi-nam before it's too late.

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She was so hungry...it was unbearable

Her tired body walked through the hallways of her school, dark red stains of blood on the black hoodie she wore over her torn white school uniform shirt, why it ripped in the first place was a long story.

It was very dark out, night time, the moonlight shone through rows of classrooms with either broken windows or doors.

She was supposed to go back to Eunji ours ago, she was sure that her friend was worrying about her.

She looked around, students that were once human, now violent killing machines, walking mindlessly, not paying any attention to her.

Ji-su past one open classroom, she almost walked away until a scent entered a nose...a different scent...

Human, and to her human was another source of food...

Did she care that this student was probably someone she could befriend, no she didn't, she only cared about herself and how hungry she was right now, she was tired of living off of her own blood

She entered the room, and she realized it was the music room, there were zombies on the ground, trapped underneath chairs, she stepped over them, some bones crack underneath her as she did.

The smell was coming from the storage room in there, she would've opened the door but the person in there did it for her.

"𝗝𝗶-𝘀𝘂.."

Lee Nayeon, cowering with the bag of goods in her hand, was startle by Ji-su's sudden presence, in her perspective the girl came out of nowhere, it was frightening, what was even scarier was the morbid look on her face, she looked tired but awake, the eyebags around her droopy eyes made it very visible that she hadn't been sleeping well.

"𝗜'𝗺 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆..."

Nayeon looked at her in confusion, the sound of her voice was raspy, tired, or as if she had a sore throat, what made her even more scared was the tone, it was something she couldn't describe.

Ji-su walked towards the girl, her aura screamed killer, Nayeon backed up quickly into the storage room, and when Ji-su made sure Nayeon was inside said room, she grabbed the food bags and closed the door, just in time.

"𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀..."

Ji-su turned around, thankful that she put Nayeon in that room just in time before he showed up

Gwi nam, she could smell him a mile away, he wasn't human anymore, but he wasn't like Ji-su either.

The girl faced him with a stoic face, holding the bag in her hands.

Gwi nam noticed the bag in her hand, he must've smelled the food, Ji-su thought

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆?" Gwi Nam asked her, which was replied with a small nod from the girl.

"𝗠𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼"

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The door opened and Ji-su saw Nayeon cowering on the ground, she looked like she was shivering, she almost felt sorry. Almost.

"𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲..." Nayeon managed to say, as she slowly got up, collecting the bag from the taller girl, now she realized the blood on the girl's hand, some smudges around her cheek and her face looked fresher.

"𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝘄𝗶 𝗻𝗮𝗺..."

Nayeon stepped out of the storage room, look at the ground to make sure the trapped zombies on the floor didn't grab her, she watched as Ji-su was about to leave and followed her, not wanting to be alone, luckily the zombies had disappeared from the hall way so she was safe for now.

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺?" She asked, she knew Gwi Nam was a bully, so she was concerned to why he had left.

Ji-su hadn't looked at her but she could feel the girl's anxiousness, she chuckled to herself, licking some blood from her lips.

"𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄"

Nayeon looked at her with a shocked expression, she expected Ji-su to say she was joking, but clearly this was no joke.

Ji-su then removed her hoodie, revealing her slightly clean school button up blouse, she then tossed it to Nayeon and told her to wear it.

"𝗪𝗵𝘆?" Nayeon asked

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘇𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘇𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹" Ji-su said as she went to a zombie and smeared the blood over her white shirt.

Nayeon watched her skeptically, but decided to trust her nonetheless.

Ji-su was saving her ass, not because she felt bad for her.

Ji-su had the opportunity to hear almost everything that went down in the broadcasting room before Nayeon left the group, and also right before Ms. Park's death.

Gyeong-su was lucky to have survived her attempted murder, because Nam-ra quickly called Nayeon out for putting zombie blood on her handkerchief.

Right now Gyeongsu was on the rooftop with the rest of his friends.

Ji-su felt as if Gyeongsu deserved the apology he said he was going to get.

She originally was going to eat her to be honest...but anyways!

"You ready to go?"

"𝗧𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?" Nayeon asked her.

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲."

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