The Halt in Progress by Jachin Orallo (good books for 7th graders .TXT) 📖

pocket. “Oh my God he kept it” said Rean. He pulled out a hammer with a wooden handle with OCS stamped on it.

  “Now this looks sick” said Rean.

  “You can just buy a hammer in Dollarama and stamp OCS on it” said Nethan throwing Rean’s own words back at him.

  “You can just buy a hammer in Dollarama and stamp OCS  on it”  mocked Rean.

Jachin and Patrick went on ahead and stumbled upon another door Jachin inserted the keys and unlocked it. He opened the door and felt the walls for a light switch. He felt one and flicked it on. The light bulb turned on and momentarily blinded them. When their visions came back they saw what was in the room, tools like; shears, shovels, hoes, sledgehammers chainsaws etc. The two of them went in and Patrick grabbed the hoe.

  “I’d pick this. Which one will you pick” asked Patrick

  “I only have one weapon and his name is Vladimir” answered Jachin “But if i had to pick…” He walked over to the chainsaw. “I’d pick this” He tried to lift it up but he couldn't even move it.

  “Jesus Christ this is heavy” stated Jachin

  “ Let me try” Patrick tried to lift it up but he only managed to lift it up an inch before dropping it. The two of them walked out and closed the door. As soon as they closed the door Rean and Nethan walked to them.

  “What’s inside” asked Rean.

  “Nothing” said Jachin and Patrick simultaneously knowing that if Rean knew what’s behind that door his curiosity would get them in trouble. At that moment Jachin felt a slight vibration in his right pocket. He took out his phone and saw an incoming call from Narge.He answered it and said “Yeah”

  Then a panicked Narge said “The janitor’s inside get out now”.The four of them heard clinking keys coming from where they entered. The four of them panicked. Rean was the calmest and went along the hallway followed by Nethan followed by Jachin Followed by Patrick.Clink-clink. They followed the pipes that were on the ceiling until they came across a ladder.Clink-clink. With no other ways to go they climbed the ladder. Rean first then Nethan then Patrick then Jachin.Clink-clink. As Rean reached the top ladder he came across a hatch he tried to open it but it wouldn’t.Clink-clink. “Keys” Rean whispered. Jachin reached inside his pocket and passed it to Patrick, Patrick passed it to Nethan, Nethan passed it to Rean.Clink-clink. Rean inserted the key and unlocked the hatch. He opened it slowly making sure to make no noise.Clink-clink. Rean saw what the hatch led to first it was the roof of the school. He climbed out and helped Nethan get up. Then the two of them helped Patrick up. Then Rean and Nethan Helped Jachin up. As Jachin got out, Patrick slowly closed the hatch. Then the four of them stood on the roof catching their breath. And finally that damned clinking is out of their ears.

ROOF

The four of them sat on the roof. Jachin pulled his phone out his pocket and the call between him and Narge was still ongoing. The rest of them circled Jachin trying to hear something. Jachin tapped on the speaker.

  “ Narge?” said Jachin into the phone

  “Yes, we’re here” answered Narge

  “ Do us a favour. Call me when the janitor is out”

  “You, didn’t get caught”

  “No”

  “Where are you now?”

  “Uhh… how do I say this”

  “We’re on the roof” Rean interrupted

  “The roof!” Narge exclaimed. Rean heard a shush not one person but it sounded like a mixture of two different voices

  “Is there anyone besides JT with you” asked Rean

  “Yes, Yasr”

  “Yasr?”

  “Don’t worry it’s fine”

  “All right fine” said Jachin “Call me back when the janitor’s out”

  “Yeah” Jachin hung up and put the phone in his pocket and sat down.

  “ let’s go to the edge” demanded Rean. Everyone said yes except Jachin who answered with “Nah i’m fine”

  “You're scared heights aren't you”

  “ No i’m not”

  “ Then come” demanded Rean again. Jachin got up and they walked over to the edge of the roof. They walked to the front of the school. When they got there what they saw horrified them. Smoke arose from many structures, destroyed cars scattered along the streets, police cars, ambulances and firetrucks racing along the road that was parallel from the school’s street. Suddenly a blood piercing scream of a woman filled their ears. They looked at where the sound came from and their eyes spotted the park that was just outside the school’s gates. They spotted a homeless woman limping away from the playground. A group of people covered in blood appeared from the playground sprinting full speed towards the homeless woman. The homeless woman tripped along a rock. The blood covered group was closing in on her. She was now dragging herself along the grass. The blood covered group surrounded her and started biting her. She screamed again this time even more blood piercing. Then white foam started coming out of her mouth like she was having a seizure. The blood covered group then stopped biting her flesh. The homeless woman slowly got up and now she looked like she belonged to the bloody group.This all happened in a mere forty-five seconds. They stared dumbfoundedly around the environment until something caught their attention. The four students looked at what caught their attention: A woman. The woman wore a black tank top, grey puma jogging pants, and sneakers. The nicely dressed woman was holding something in her arm. Then they heard a faint crying. She was holding a baby. The blood covered group sprinted towards the nicely dressed woman and her infant. The students turned around and started to slowly walk back to the hatch entrance not wanting to see her and her child get devoured while they stared unable to help.They heard the woman scream then the baby.

As they walked back they heard another sound. Not a scream or a siren but a consistent thup. They turned around and saw a helicopter with the CP24 logo along the side. It was Chopper 24 and they waved at it. The Chopper slowly descended and the students backed off. They lifted their hands up to protect their faces from the debris flying into them. The chopper landed and the rotor blades slowed down until it stopped. Then the group from the chopper came out one by one. First a cop came out wearing a bulletproof vest holding a shotgun, second the pilot came out he wore an ugly green collared shirt and shades on his eyes, Third a woman wearing a red dress and heels came out, they recognized her as one of the reporters, and last a man came out wearing a beret on his head, a white shirt, a dark blue vest, jeans, and brown shoes came out. Rean then asked them “ Is this really the zombie apocalypse”

  The cop stepped forward and answered Rean’s question “ Yes, i'm afraid so”

OUTSIDE THE MAINTENANCE ROOM

“Hurry up” Narge exclaimed into his phone but there was no answer. “Hello...Hello… Hello”. He stopped talking and listened closer to the phone. At that moment it made sense. Jachin put his phone in his pocket but didn’t hang up. He listened even closer and he heard something, a faint jingle. Narge listened until her a very quiet word. He heard Jachin reach in his pocket and pull something out. He heard a jingle but a different sounding one from the faint jingle he heard earlier. There was no sound for at least twenty seconds. Then he heard Jachin fall on the ground. Another twenty seconds of silence.Then he heard the sound of Jachin’s voice

  “ Narge?”

  “Yes, we’re here” answered Narge

  “ Do us a favour. Call me when the janitor is out”

  “You, didn’t get caught”

  “No”

  “Where are you now?”

  “Uhh… how do I say this”

  “We’re on the roof” Rean interrupted

  “The roof!” Narge exclaimed. JT and Yasr shushed Narge signaling him that the hallways started to slowly fill with other students.

  “Is there anyone besides JT with you” asked Rean

  “Yes, Yasr”

  “Yasr?”

  “Don’t worry it’s fine”

  “All right fine” said Jachin “Call me back when the janitor’s out”

  “Yeah” Answered Narge and Jachin ended the call.

Narge, JT, and Yasr stood in front of a locker further along the hallway, but they still had a clear view of the maintenance room door. There they waited for about ten minutes when the janitor came out. The janitor walked away and the three students walked back to the maintenance room. Narge took his phone out and called Jachin. But there was no answer. He called him again five times and there was no answer to all of them. During the seventh call the three of them heard a sound from the maintenance room. It was Jachin’s Sherlock ringtone. Suddenly the door flew open. Jachin came out first holding his phone, then came Nethan, Then came Patrick, Then came Rean. But they weren't the only ones that came out. Who also came out was a cop holding a shotgun, then a man wearing a helmet and shades, then a woman in a red dress, then a man wearing a beret.

  “ What happened?” asked Narge. Jachin went up to him and whispered. “I don’t know how to say this but… we’re in a zombie apocalypse”

A CHOPPER ON THE ROOF

“ How did this happen” asked Rean

  “ I don’t know, but we need to tell the whole school before what happened at CP24 happens here” explained the cop “ Is the school fenced in”

  “Yes”

  “Do you have a PA system”

  “Yes we do”

  “Where is it?”

  “The office I think”

  “Ok” the cop said to himself. He turned around to his group and said “ You three go to the office and tell the school the news once the principal gives me the thumbs up”

  “Where’s the principal”

  “I don’t know”

  “I think she’s in the staff room” interrupted Jachin

  “Let’s go”

  “ What’s your name” asked Jachin

  “Neil”

  “The eight of them entered the maintenance room through the hatch. They passed the room that Jachin and Patrick were in. They passed the tool box table Rean and Nethan were searching in. Jachin’s phone started ringing and he took it out, it was a call from Narge. Jachin pushed open the door. Narge, JT, and Yasr. The three of them looked at the chopper people in awe.

   “What happened?” asked Narge. Jachin went up to him and whispered. “I don’t know how to say this but… we’re in a zombie apocalypse”

  “ Where’s the staff room” asked Neil

  “ Take the main staircase over there and it’s the first room to your left” explained Jachin as he pointed towards the main staircase. Neil left them and headed towards the staff room to talk to Mrs. Parish, the principal.

  “Where’s your washrooms” asked the woman in the red dress

  “Take the stairs that are right behind you and keep on looking left you can’t miss it” answered Yasr

  “Thank you. I’m Cynthia” said she “that’s Zboralski” Cynthia said as she looked at the man wearing the helmet and shades “ and that’s Mike” She said last as she looked at the man wearing a beret. The three left and took Yasr’s direction. As they left the four students that went inside quickly went to the maintenance room door and opened it.

 “ You’re going inside again” whined Jt

 “ No, we’re not going back in. All of us are going back in” explained Rean “Because the four of us just saw what those things out there can do. If somehow they break through our school’s fences the school is done. Now come with us so we can get weapons to protect ourselves just incase that does happen”

WEAPONS

The seven students wandered around the maintenance room looking for a weapon thats suits them. Rean went over to the tool box table and grabbed the hammer he was bragging about earlier. Jachin and Patrick led the group to the room they had stumbled upon. Rean opened it and the lightbulb flashed their eyes. Something caught Narge’s attention, a faint shine. He walked over to the object and liked what he saw. He grabbed