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Bab 23: A Hope For Tomorrow

While Zane spent the remaining hours of daylight keeping a close watch on the perimeter of his temporary base of operations. Ryan had escaped from Keith's pursuit and returned to the gymnasium with the much needed supplies.

People were happy at first, knowing that one of the runners had returned, but it did not take long before one of the survivors asked about Mr. Diaz's whereabouts.

"Wait… Ryan, where is Mr. Diaz?"

When this question was asked, Ryan's friends eyed the young man with horror. They realized then and there that Ryan had actually gone through with his plan and gotten rid of the Gym Teacher.

Whether it was outright murder, or simply crippling the man so that he would be devoured by the undead, none of them knew. But they also realized that Ryan may have gone off the deep end.

Ryan, of course, wore a sorrowful façade as he spun some bullshit tale of Mr. Diaz's heroism, and the passing of the torch, so to speak.

"Mr. Diaz…. Mr. Diaz didn't make it… There was some kind of abomination in the main building. It was massive, and broke down all the barricaded classrooms, killing the survivors inside.

When we came across it, Mr. Diaz… He sacrificed himself to buy me time to escape. So that I could bring you all these supplies, and act as your new leader…"

Multiple of the teenage girls broke out into tears when they heard that the man who had helped them all live in safety over the past 48 hours had perished so horribly. All the while, Ryan's friends from the football team walked away, not wanting to hear the lies that their friend was spitting at this moment.

And after Ryan answered all the questions that had been given to him, he made a shocking declaration to them all.

"There is no reason to despair! I know things are looking bleak, but I will lead you all to safety! It has become abundantly clear to me that we need to get rid of these damn monsters, and lock them out of our school grounds! Only here on this campus can we remain safe, but first we need to secure said campus.

And the monsters are not our only problems. There is another group of survivors. This became apparent to Mr. Diaz and me when we went to the nurses' office and found that it had already been ransacked. We need those medical supplies if we are to survive here long term!

I have no doubt that the man leading these survivors is none other than that freak Zane. He abandoned my class to their deaths and used his head start to steal precious supplies! As long as he is on campus, with his own group that rivals our own, we will never have a chance to survive!

So… My first act as leader is to distribute these supplies accordingly, then we will device a plan on how to deal with Zane and his gang of misfits! Once Zane and the others have been forced to give us their supplies, we will take back this school from those damned monsters which have caused so much destruction!

Who is with me!?!"

Surprisingly, this speech had a rousing success when it came to increasing morale. After all, what these students needed now was hope. Hope that things were going to get better, and go back to some semblance of normalcy.

They also needed an objective other than sitting around and waiting for help to show up, if it ever would. Thus, Ryan had given this large group of teenagers exactly what they needed to continue moving forward.

As for his friends, they gathered in the back of the gym while Ryan was giving his speech, and were quick to discuss what had happened between their fearless leader and Mr. Diaz.

"You don't think Ryan actually went through with it, did you?"

One of the other kids was quick to point out how stupid this question was, as he tried to keep his voice as low as possible so that Ryan couldn't hear them.

"Are you retarded? Of course, Ryan went through with it. This is exactly what Ryan proposed to us. Mr. Diaz is dead, and I have no doubt that Ryan is responsible. The question is, what do we do now that we know there is a murderer in our ranks?"

This was another question that was self-evident, which someone else among their small group of high school athletes was quick to express.

"What do you think? Obviously we obey Ryan…. We are the only people who know that this was premeditated. If he even thinks we are disloyal, he will do to us what he did to Mr. Diaz…. We have no choice but to follow his plan now, whether that will lead us to safety, or hell…. That is a question for tomorrow…"

The group unanimously nodded their heads at this suggestion, before one finally spoke of the glaring issue with Ryan's plan.

"Are we really going to move against Zane? He's the only one with a gun, and you all saw how he responded to our attempts to take it from him. If we try to force him and his group to hand over their supplies and integrate with the rest of us, things will get bloody…"

However, this fear elicited nothing but a scoff of disdain from another member of the teenage athletes, who spoke as if his friend were an absolute moron.

"Idiot! Things have already gotten bloody! And besides… There is no way Ryan is going to let Zane walk away with his life once this is all over… You know how he is about Elena, and Elena chose to follow Zane.

I fear that our leader is going to make an example of Zane after we have forced him to surrender. And knowing that Ryan just killed Mr. Diaz for control of this gymnasium, I fear it is going to be a very violent and gruesome example…"

There was nothing but silence from the group after this thought was expressed. After all, there was nothing more to be said. They, like everyone else in the gymnasium, had one choice: to follow Ryan into the depths of hell.


Bab 24: Electric Discharge

During the night, Zane was busy on patrol, ensuring that he kept an ever watchful vigil on the building's surroundings. All the while, Elena and Olivia passed out in a classroom, using a bunch of clothes they had scavenged off of dead bodies to form a makeshift mattress.

It was not the most comfortable position to be in, especially since the day before they slept on actual mattresses within the nurse's office, but it was a new reality they needed to become accustomed to.

And while the two women slept, the other survivors who had joined up with them did the same. All except for one man, Mr. Watson was in an especially foul mood after Zane had repeatedly humiliated him. He wanted more than anything to make the man pay, and after stewing in his negative thoughts for several hours, he had finally found a way to do so.

For a very long time, Mr. Watson had fancied Olivia. She was, after all, an exceptionally beautiful woman, even though she was in her mid thirties, and age was catching up with her. Olivia was also unmarried, and without children.

Because of this, Mr. Watson, as the principle had made several overt notions towards the woman over the years, all of which were brutally rejected. But there was nothing stopping him from having his way with the woman now.

After all, society was basically collapsed at this point. And though the government continued to send out press releases from the presidential bunker, the rest of the country was slowly but surely slipping into anarchy.

As much as it pained him to admit it, Mr. Watson had to agree with Zane when the young man said it was a brave new world, and the only law that now existed was the law of the jungle. Because of this, he stealthily crept into the room where Elena and Olivia were sleeping.

The man's beady little eyes, which appeared larger than they were behind his glasses, glistened with malice as he reached out to touch Olivia's substantial bosom. Perhaps it was coincidence, but the mature silver haired beauty awoke just when she was about to be molested by her former employer.

She instantly freaked out, and screamed at Oliver, all while defending herself from his unwanted advances.

"No! Get away from me!"

Yet Oliver did not stop his assault, and pounced on the woman, getting on top of her as he tried to shut her up. After all, if Zane heard her screams, he would be in some serious trouble. The man held one hand over Olivia's mouth, while using the other to rip open her shirt, all while whispering towards her to shut her mouth.

"Keep quiet! Or I promise you that what I'm about to do to you will be the least of your concerns…"

Just when the woman's' blouse was ripped open to reveal her white bra and her large breasts, Olivia reached her hand up and touched the side of Mr. Watson's head. She had on instinct activated her skill [Electric Discharge] instantly sending enough jolts through the man's head to successfully fry an elephant.

The blue electricity entered Mr. Watson's brain, and spread throughout the rest of his body, cooking him from the inside out, all while paralyzing his body. The man could not even scream as he was turned into a smoldering pile of meat.

Apparently, Olivia had resistance to her own powers, because she was not the least bit harmed, as she pushed the man who had been fried to crisp off of her. It was only then, as she stared at the man's charred corpse, did she realize just what she had done and began to cry as she did so.

"Why? Why did you make me do this?"

Elena had woken up because of Olivia's screams and was just about to choke Mr. Watson out when Olivia unleashed her lethal ability. Because of this, she sneered in disdain towards the would be rapist, and instead hugged her former homeroom teacher, trying to console her.

After all, this was the first time that Olivia had directly killed somebody, and it had come only hours after she was indirectly responsible for a student's murder at the hands of an enraged Zane.

She was already struggling to deal with a series of complicated emotions when the now deceased high school principal made matters a hundred times worse for her.

Evidently the woman's sobbing alerted Zane, who patrolling the hallways, where he entered the room to witness the scene of the fat, balding middle-aged man being fried to death. This, of course, did not elicit a hint of emotion out of Zane.

But surprisingly to both Elena and Olivia, he actually asked a question neither of them expected.

"Are you okay?"

Olivia looked up at Zane's cold black eyes with an expression of shock on her beautiful face. After realizing Zane indeed did inquire about her mental state. And because of this, she was quick to shake her head and express her current thoughts.

"No… Not at all… After everything that happened today, I just want to go to sleep and never wake up…"

Zane, however, scoffed when he heard this, before clarifying just what he meant by his question.

"I wasn't asking about your feelings. I want to know if you are physically harmed in any way? After all, we are already low on medical supplies, and I really don't want to waste any on this petty matter…"

The woman frowned when she heard that Zane was indifferent to her emotional suffering. Petty matter. This pathetic little man just tried to rape her while she slept. How was this petty? And she was quick to express this sentiment.

"Petty matter? Do you not realize what just happened here?"

Zane's expression was colder than usual, as was his tone when he finally spoke to the woman in a way that stunned her.

"Yeah, isn't it obvious? Penguin just tried to rape you, and you fried him like panko chicken nuggets with your skill. The issue is resolved, and you are unharmed, so why are you crying about spilled milk?"

After saying this, Zane did not even wait for an answer. Instead, he turned around and left the room, going back to his patrol route. All the while Olivia broke out into tears again, while Elena spent the night consoling her.

 


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