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

out of glass. They entered the glass room that was labeled: Student Services. They tried to lock the door but the door needed a key to lock the door. They turned around and saw a desk made out of wood with a bunch of documents and a Windows computer sitting on top. They searched the drawers but still they have not found a single key.

  “What are you doing” asked a raspy voice. Zboralski and Cynthia turned around and spotted a man in his sixties at the end of the narrow hall. He had a bald spot and a mustache.

  “There are zombies in the school. We have to lock the door” explained Zboralski. A group of around thirteen zombies ran towards the door. Zboralski and Cynthia ran towards the door preventing the zombies to enter. The mustache man ran towards them as fast as he could. He removed the lanyard that was carrying the keys and keycards from his neck and inserted the key into the keyhole. The door locked and Zboralski and Cynthia slowly backed away from the door.

“You sure it will hold” asked Cynthia

  “ It’s bulletproof, so I’m sure it will” answered the mustache man “But follow me just incase” The mustache man walked back to the end of the hallway and stopped in front of a door. The three of them walked inside and closed the door shut. The thirteen zombies stopped trying to get in. They then heard a student yell “Stand your ground “The group followed the sound and came across a wall of cool smoke. To their right they heard growling and moaning they followed the noise only to find a bigger group of zombies. They stood their staring into nothing until something caught their attention. The horde watched the cool smoke wall disappear. After the wall disappeared they spotted four students and six bodies. The horde ran toward them moaning and growling. Then one of the students yelled “Run”

 

“So how did you two get in the school” asked the mustache man

  “We were at CP24 when the same thing that’s happening right now happened. We got in a chopper and we flew until we found this place” answered Cynthia. The mustache man introduced himself “I’m Eric Kriksciunas. I’m the vice principal but the students call me the VP” Zboralski and Cynthia also introduced themselves.

  “So you were with the cop” asked Eric as he boiled water in the coffee maker

  “Yeah. how’d you know” asked Zboralski

  “You know he just bust opened the staff room door looking for the principal”

  “Oh”

  “So how did you know that the zombies got in the school”

  “well … When we got inside the chopper there were four of us. Me, Cynthia, Neil who is the cop, and Mike. We were walking up the stairs when Mike fell down and started to shake then his mouth started to bubble up. Those were the symptoms when you get bit” explained Zboralski. He looked down at his feet. Eric walked over to a cupboard and grabbed three cups. “ Stop beating yourself up about it” said Eric “It wasn’t your fault. Mike kept that secret to himself and that secret lead to the downfall of this school”

  “Are we gonna do anything about this” asked Cynthia

  “My course of action would be to use the cameras to see the hallways and see how bad this really is. But of course the cameras are off” explained Eric

  “Can’t you just turn them on”

  “You can only turn them on in the maintenance room”

  “Well then Me and Zboralski will go and turn it on”

  “No need for that I don’t want you risking your lives for my plans.” Eric went back to the coffee machine and grabbed three tea bags from the drawer. “Tea?”

  “I’m fine” said Cynthia and Zboralski shook his head.

  “No, you’re will drink the tea so it will help calm your mind” said Eric. Eric made the tea and handed it to Zboralski and Cynthia. Eric walked over to his computer and turned it on.

  “Well will you look at that” said Eric to himself

  “What happened” asked the two as they raced over to look at the monitor. They got there and on the monitor were live surveillance videos of the school.

  “I thought it was off” questioned Cynthia. Eric looked at the wooden room door and said

  “ I thought so too. But someone turned it on for us. Whoever did this, bless their souls”

ROOM 247

Jachin searched the room and spotted the red cannister. He grabbed the fire extinguisher and sprayed the fine white mist against the door’s windows. The clammering and thuds from outside the door disappeared. Rean placed the equipment bag on the floor and the two of them looked around the room. They saw a number of around forty-five students backed up towards the corner farthest away from the door.

  “ I think we’re safe” suggested Rean to the terrified students.

  “ How do you know” asked one of them

  “ I don’t know we’re safe. I think we’re safe”

A girl wearing circular glasses pushed her way amongst the crowd. She was small almost the same height as Jachin but a little taller. The two of them knew her, her name was Faith Prollamante.

  “ Rean? Jachin?” said she with a confusing tone

  “ Yep. It’s us” answered Jachin.

  “ Are we really-”

  “ Yes Faith, we’re in a zombie apocalypse” interrupted Rean

  “ Don’t say the z word” ordered Jachin as the crowd backed up in the corner slowly started to move around. Rean unzipped the equipment bag.

  “ Pick your weapon” suggested Rean. Faith searched the bag and pulled out a pitchfork. She swung it and stabbed the air in front of her.

  “Why does our school have a pitchfork” asked Faith

  “ I don’t know just go with it” said Rean. Faith looked towards Jachin and he lifted his shoulders up, and opened his eyes fully.

  “ Can I take one too” asked another student.

  “ Go ahead uhh” said Rean

  “ Liam Fernandes” answered the student as Rean stared at him.

  “ Go ahead Liam”

  “ Come with me” ordered Jachin. Rean and Faith followed him to the back of the class.

  “We have to get to the others” said Jachin

  “I agree” backed up Rean

  “Why” asked Faith

  “ Because we won’t survive here alone. First we have to get to Patrick and then we could head to the others”

  “ Others?”

  “ Narge, Jt, Yasr, the cop”

  “Cop?”

  “Long story”

  “ But we can’t get there on our own”

  “ I saw Train to Busan, we can do it” Faith gave him a confused look.

  “ Zombie movie”

  “ Don’t say the z word” mocked Rean

  “ Ok. Me and Rean are gonna be at the front Rean holding the fire extinguisher and you’ll be at the back”

  “ Hold up” interrupted Rean “ Only the three of us are going?”

  “Who else” asked Jachin. Rean turned around and pointed at the students grabbing weapons from the bag.

  “ But we have to convince them” argued Jachin

  “ Everyone take a seat” ordered Rean. The students went to an empty desk and sat.

  “ There’s not enough seats”

  “ Then stand up or sit on the ground” Rean and Jachin walked up to the front of the class.

  “ All yours” whispered Rean. The students started to talk to each other.

  “ All right stop.” Yelled Jachin “ We have to collaborate so listen.” Jachin pointed towards the door. “ They will be back but we don’t know when. We had a plan it was to regroup with some of our friends and with a cop who we think sill know what to do. But that does involve us going outside to the hallways and confronting those things. When we go out there I’m pretty sure something will grab a hold of somebody tightly and bite them and if we do somehow manage to clear out the school we could be stuck in this school daily and nightly until help comes. Will this ever stop well that we don’t know. Come with us. So pick up your weapons and let’s go”

Some students grabbed their weapons and some just stared at Jachin. Rean grabbed the fire extinguisher and handed it to Liam

  “ spray it so they won’t see us” ordered Rean. Liam nodded. Jachin stood beside the door clenching to the handle of hi back tightly. His heart started to beat faster. Rean stood behind him with a faint smile on his face and Faith behind him holding the pitchfork like a spear with the look of fear in her eyes. Rean looked at the number of students that decided to follow them. Jachin held the handle and looked towards Rean.

  “Three, two, one” Jachin whispered and on one the PA system delivered a message.

  “ The cameras are working and if you need and help I urge you to buzz the office” The voice was iconic and the students in the class recognized it as the voice of Mr. Kriksciunas. Jachin upon hearing the announcement immediately headed towards the PA and buzzed the office.

  “Hello” Mr Kirksciunas asked

  “ Sir” said Jachin “ I need you to do me a favour”

  “Shoot”

  “ Can you see if the hallway is clear”

  “ What room are you in”

  “ 247 I think”

  “ Let me check” there was a pause “ The way is clear but the zombies are scattered”

  “Sir can you say something for the whole school to hear and check where the zombies go”

  “ Sure thing” There was a pause of about twenty seconds then the PA for the whole school turned on again and the students in room 247 could hear Mr. Kriksciunas singing a line

  “Did your lady friend

   Leave the nest again” The whole school PA turned off and the one in 247 turned on “ The zombies head towards the PA on the walls”

  “Sir can you continue singing”

  “ Sure thing” Jachin stood in front of the door. Did your lady friend, leave the nest again. Jachin opened the door and saw a quick glance of the zombies heading towards the PA before Liam sprayed the fire extinguisher creating a mist. That is very sad, makes me feel so bad, you should fly away, in the sky with meeeeeee. You’re more lucky than meeeeeeeee! Liam went first spraying, making a mist to cover the other students. Yellow bird up high in banana tree, yellow bird sits all alone like me. Rean inserted the key and saw desks piled up along the entrance of the door. He pushed it and the whole tower came crashing down. He pushed them aside making a path for his squad to get inside. He spotted Patrick helping make a path. Some zombies heard the noise and ran inside the mist. Jachin saw the student beside him get grabbed. He tried to help him get free but by that time he already got bit. He ran inside and slammed the door shut. The student pressed his face towards the misted glass. White foam started to come out of his mouth as other zombies ripped his face apart. Liam sprayed the glass. Did your lady friend, leave the nest again and I don’t know the rest of the lyrics.

ROOM 246

Patrick fell inside the room and quickly got up. He went to close the door and caught a quick glance of Jachin and Rean slamming the door to the room across of him. He slammed the door shut and searched for the red can he spotted it next to the light switch. He picked it up and sprayed the door window. He started dragging the desks and piling them up against the door. The students in the classroom started to help him pile the desks up. He sat on the floor to catch his breath.

  “Does anyone have water?” asked Patrick. A student the same age as him sat beside him and handed him a Selection water bottle. “Thanks, man”

  “It’s Miguel LeBlanc” suggested the student

  “Patrick Miranda” said Patrick as he opened the water bottle and started to refresh his throat.

  “Everyone in the room has been wondering”

  “Wondering what?”

Miguel stared at what Patrick held.

   “Where did you get that”

Patrick lifted up the rusty and now bloodied machete.

   “This”

   “Yeah”

  “The maintenance room” answered Patrick