Yunjin and Chase stand up at it.
"Leave it." I glance at them before going closer to the door.
"Kids? Hanna? Are you there? Open up I'm here now."
I gesture everyone to be quiet while I go to the door. I put my ear against it. His breathing is erratic and heavy, footsteps behind him, multiple like a stampede. Yup, zombies are on his trail.
"Hurry up and open!" He bangs again as I move my head away from the door.
"Come on don't be shy now open the door!" The banging gets louder and harder, he starts full on barging.
Shit he's planning to break down the door if needed.
"Mr Taylor. We don't need or want you here."
I speak up my hand now hovering over my pocket. He laughs, the sound inhuman.
"Open the door Alexandra Ralph. Now."
"I can't do that Sir."
"I risked my life to come up here and your turning me down!?"
"Please leave." I sigh.
"Fucking kids." He bangs harder, now using his whole body. The bolts around the door loose slightly. Not good.
"Wheres Hanna?! Get her here to open the door for her dear teacher!"
I stay quiet.
"Get her now! She will open the door for me. Just like the night she stayed back after school." He laughs.
"Oh how obedient she was!"
What is this dude on about.
"Oh Hanna I know you can hear me! You were so easy to take advantage of, so trusting so gullible, mabye you enjoyed it aswell!"
His voice is raspy and psychotic.
I glance back at Hanna who's covering her ears while hyperventilating. Yunjin goes to help her hugging her.
"I see now." I reach in my pocket.
He laughs.
"Finally, let me in and I'll discipline Hanna for this and mabye you too Alex.
Come on their gaining on the stairs, OPEN IT!"
He barges again and I open it.
He laughs for that brief moment as he falls in Chase goes to close the door.
"See not that hard-" He falls right into me and into the knife,my hands lodging it deep in his stomach.
"What the hell?" He chokes on his own blood as his body slides down mine.
"Your disgusting." My voice is and uneasy calm as I stay still.
"We already said we didn't want you here, and your past actions won't help you either in our group."
"I was just bluffing." He stutters with the blood in his mouth.
"Liar." I twist and shove the knife in more if thats possible.
"Alex.. easy now.. don't loose yourself."
Ash says behind me, slowly reaching out to my hand to stop.
"Don't. He deserves it. Plus he's bitten aswell." I grab his hand to show the bite.
"And he knows it."
Ash sighs grabs a stick then uses it as a muzzle on him.
"Your right, just don't let him bite you."
"That would be embarrassing if I did."
Ash laughs softly then pulls Mr Taylor's hair before stepping back.
He groans into the stick.
Hanna stands up, no longer hyperventilating and collected while she walks over. Her hands going for the knife wedged in his stomach.
"Alex, may I?"
I nod and step back.
She takes the knife out and stab his thigh. He let's out a muffled cry.
"That's where you started." She trails the knife higher. "Then here.."
Blood drips down his thigh onto his trousers.
While he stays in pain crying out Hanna is enjoying herself. Stab after stab higher and higher. His body pierced all over his chest and legs. He eventually passed out from all the blood lost.
"Hanna we should get rid of him before he turns." I go closer.
She looks back at me, her face a twisted sadistic joy with blood splatters holding the knife to her lips. I feel my stomach do a weird tingle as I look at her.
"Aww I was having so much fun, but I guess we have to." She smiles, a bright and sadistic one.
"Chase, Hyun can you carry him over the edge."
"Finally getting rid of Mr Twat." Chase walks over happily.
Hyun removes his hands from covering Sieuns eyes and comes over.
They both carry his body over then drop it. The sickening crunch can be heard from up here. I take the knife from Hanna and wipe it with my shirt then put the cover on and slide it back in my pocket. Thankfully she doesn't notice this was her knife I took.
"Mann that was annoying." Yunjin huffs while hugging Hanna's side.
"Tell me about it." I stretch my arms.
"Well I hate to ruin the moment but we have another problem." Ash looks at us.
"What now?" Chase groans.
"Well the door is on the verge of breaking and there's like a huge hoard of zombies on the stairs."
"How wonderful." I sigh. "Let's just put some scrap to try and hold the door and make a SOS on the floor with scrap to attract help."
"On it." Ash nods and the others follow.
I go over to Hanna.
"I don't think the others heard what Mr Twat said before so don't worry."
"But you heard." She mumbles.
"I won't tell anyone, but if you want to talk about it I'm here, and don't feel guilty, he's in all the fault, your the victim."
She smiles at me weakly but a real one.
"So you can be empathetic."
"Guess this group is starting to grow on me." That's a lie. This was a one off.
"Seems so" She laughs softly and sniffles.
"You've got a little something here." I tease while gesturing to the blood on her face.
"Hey! Well you have some too." She laughs softly while trying to wipe it for me.
"Guess we're both crazy then." I stop her wrists playfully before trying to wipe hers off.
"Oh is that how it is then?"
She grins then tackles me trying to wipe my face for me. I can't help but laugh softly at this stupid tussle as I try getting her back.
"You two just gonna make us do all the work." Chase calls out to us jokingly making us pause mid roll.
Hanna laughs softly.
"Fine were coming." She gets off me and pulls me up. Both of us looking messy.
I walk over to the scraps and Hanna follows.
"What happened to you both?" Ash looks at us with a soft giggle.
"Blame Hanna."
"It was you aswell!"
"Such scandalous lies."
Hanna laughs and hits my arms softly.
"Dramatic much?"
"Never enough."
"Of course it's not for you."
I give her mocking wink before getting scrap to help with the SOS. We all fall into comforting silence as we do our jobs. The boys working on the door and girls with the SOS sign. Everyone seems to forget about the distress earlier and all about Mr Twat as midday came. The sun cast a gentle beam on the roof making the scene more calming.
Though this peace would not last forever in this world.