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

“We have more”

  “Where?”

  “My friends across the hall has one bag and my other friends have the other”

The PA system in the room turned on and the voice of Mr Kriksciunas said “ The cameras are working and if you need and help I urge you to buzz the office” Patrick got up and headed for the PA. Miguel followed him. When it turned on again.

   Did your lady friend

   Leave the nest again. There was silence and then the VP continued singing. Then the door handle started to shake and the door flew open. The desks came crashing down and he saw Rean and a bunch of other students trying to get in.

  “Let them in” ordered Patrick to the room as he cleared the path. They rushed in like sheep when the pen door opens. Then he saw Faith holding two fire extinguisher in one hand and a pitchfork in another. Then in came Jachin with his bloody bat. He slammed the door shut and saw a student's face press against the glass as they ripped it apart. Then an Indian student holding a fire extinguisher resprayed the window.

  “We’re headed for the cop” Yelled Rean “ Take a weapon” A student holding the equipment bag threw it on the floor. Students raced toward it. He realized that Miguel, who was beside him, has left and grabbed a sickle.

  “What we’re gonna do” explained Rean “ Is that we’re gonna head down the hall. The VP will be blasting music into the PA so the dead will be distracted. Then some very special people will spray fire extinguisher to make a mist. That is the most important part, this is not a kill as many of them type of game. They won’t notice us if they can’t see us, so the most important thing you can do is stay inside the mist.” Jachin headed to the PA and the VP answered.

  “Hello”

  “Sir we made it through”

  “Yes we saw”

  “Can you distract them again”

  “Sure. Any song suggestions”

  “Pick whatever just make it loud”

  “Okie-dokey”

  Faith handed the two extinguishers to twins she knew as Mariel and Mikaela Resurrection. Patrick handed the extinguisher to a student he did not know. Again Jachin held the handle when the PA turned on and started playing We will Rock you by Queen. He opened the door and the very special people sprayed. Slowly they all walked inside the mist. All they could see is the colour white but they knew the direction they headed in. One of them walked inside the mist but paid no attention to the students within it. Miguel swung his sickle and the body dropped to the ground. Patrick looked at him and gave him a look that read: Be quiet. The group of fifty or so students walked along the hall. They walked even more and saw the science room with the fishes, It was the halfway mark. Then the floor they were standing on suddenly started to feel slippery. Rean wiped the ground with his fingers and saw it was blood. The student that Patrick handed the extinguisher to slipped and fell to the ground. He dropped the red can and rolled out of the mist. Patrick headed towards him. But Jachin’s hand grabbed his shoulders and Jachin shook his head. Patrick picked up the extinguisher and continued spraying. There was an agonizing scream where the student fell. The group ignored it and continued forward. Then they spotted the headless body of Mike. They were close. They hurried on forward. They spotted Narge’s group on their right. Jachin opened the door and looked around the room.

  “Where’s Neil” whispered Jachin

  “The room ahead” answered Yasr. Jachin hurried on forward and opened the classroom. There he spotted Neil pointing a gun at him.

  “ Sir it’s us” said Jachin while getting out of the way.

The group joined in by the other group piled inside room 213 and the room started to feel packed. Again Jachin was the last who got inside and saw the white mist slowly starting to disappear.

ROOM 213

Neil looked around and counted how many students were inside. He counted thirteen when a heavy banging came upon a door. In the moment he thought it was best to switch of the lights that is what he did and the banging slowly faded away.

  “You’re a cop” said one of the students

  “Yes I am a cop” answered Neil

  “What should we do”

  “Wait”

  “Sir, we should make a run for it outside”

  “I’m not sure it’s safe outside” Neil sat down on the teacher’s desk and placed his shotgun on the table.

  “There are six portables on the right side and the estate and drama houses on the left”

  “Still it’s not safe”

  “The school is fenced in, so as long as the zombies stay inside, we’re safe”

Neil shook his head and wiped the sweat of his forehead. He sighed loudly and the weight on his shoulders were lifted. He looked at the student who was giving him suggestions. He was tall and black. He wore a NIKE windrunner jacket. Neil lifted the extra seat beside him and placed it in front of him. The student sat down and Neil stared at him. The student knew that the cop was staring at him and didn't make any eye contact.

  “What’s your name” the cop questioned

  “Natnael Haile”

  “Ok Natnael tell me what your thinking”

  “We run for it outside”

  “We can’t just run outside kid” Contradicted the cop “Those things are not your typical Night of the Living Dead or Walking Dead zombies. Those things are fast”

  “Then we just run faster”

  “Fourteen people can’t just somehow run past all of them and escape this school untouched”

  “And your idea”

  “What do you mean my idea”

  “What’s your plan” Natnael asked as he stared into Neil’s eyes. Neil broke eye contact and looked at the ceiling while deep in thought.

  “Fight back”

  “Ok, but how do we fight back as you mentioned we are just fourteen people”

The PA turned on and the VP spoke a message then there was silence for about thirty seconds. Neil stared at the door when suddenly the VP started to sing. Neil ran to the door and saw that the zombies were distracted by the singing. The singing stopped and was replaced by Queen’s we will rock you. He sat back down scratching his head when the handle started to shake. He ran towards the door but realized he left his shotgun on the desk. He pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the door. The door slowly swung open and the silhouette turned into a person. It was the student with a mole on his face. Upon realizing Neil was there the student got out of the way. Neil holstered his pistol and watched sixty eight students enter the room. The room slowly became packed and the air started to feel light. He looked around and saw that most students held a weapon. He looked at Natnael and said “We have the weapons and the numbers” Natnael looked away and smiled.

THE IDEA

“Everyone please take a seat” ordered Neil. Some students sat down on the desks, some sat on the floor. But Neil saw all the students he recognized all at the corner of the class.

  “What the plan is is that we’re gonna clear out the school”

  “What do you mean clear out” asked a seated student

  “Like kill all the zombies” The  students then started to talk to each other and the room started to fill with noise.

  “Listen” stated Neil “If you do not wanna go don’t go, but right now please listen me out” Natnael took a black marker and started drawing a map on the whiteboard. A map of the second floor. Neil took a green marker and marked the U-shaped hallway but the U shape was made up of straight lines. On the left side of the U hallway was where room 213 was at. He marked and X on each of the tip.

   “Who ever is going will split up into two groups. On will go here and one will go here” explained Neil as he pointed towards the two X's he just marked. He then took a red marker and drew multiple arrows towards the two X’s.

  “We’re gonna stand our ground when they attack. The plan is we’re gonna draw those things in and try to kill all of them and clear out the second floor”

  “I’m sorry. You want us to go out there and risk our lives to try and clear out the second floor. I haven’t even looked one in the eye yet, yet alone kill it” said a student

  “Yeah sir have you killed one” asked another student

  “Yes I have killed two” answered Neil

  “With what”

  “With this and that” answered Neil as he patted his handgun and pointed at his shotgun.

  “We don’t have guns sir, all we have are tools”

  “Then let us show you then” said Jachin as he walked up to the front. He looked at the group in the corner and told Rean and Patrick to come up.

  “This is not Walking dead where you can just bash their heads once and they will be dead. No, Their skulls are fucking hard” explained Jachin. He took Patrick’s machete.

  “There are two types of weapons: Blunt and sharp” He showed them the bat and the machete.

  “Rean come here you’ll be the dummy”

  “Why am I the dummy” asked Rean as Jachin stared at him. “Fine”

  “The easiest way to kill them, with any weapon, is to knock them to the ground” Jachin kicked the back of Rean’s knee and Rean fell hard on the ground.

  “What the fuck”

  “I’m sorry, but you’re the dummy remember?”

  “For blunt weapons just keep on bashing and bashing until there is no more head and for sharp weapons just uhhh…”

  “The blade will not penetrate the skull. Trust me on that it will just get stuck. Instead use the pointy end or aim for the neck and then stab the head”

  “And anyone who doesn’t have a weapon just go and grab one in those two equipment bags right there”

  “How did you know this” asked Neil

  “We killed a few” answered Jachin

  “You're more experienced than I am then” Neil looked at the class “Ok so who's up for this”

  “So the plan is basically: Go on a suicide mission just to clear out the second floor even if there is a high chance of death” asked a student

  “That’s the idea”

  “I’m sorry but I-I-I can’t go”

  “That’s fine just stay here and open the door if this plan doesn’t work”

  “Sir can you play another song” asked Jachin into the PA

  “I will” said the VP

Neil counted the number of students going and it was almost the whole room except for six students. He organized the groups and headed towards the door. He took out a metal tube, swung it, and it extended to the length of his arm. He held the handle and stared at the group.

  “Three, two, one” then he opened the door

HALLWAY

The hallway was silent and sounded peaceful to the ears. But to the eyes the hallway was horror. There the zombies walked among the bloody floor, with the occasional zombie slipping and falling to the ground. The white foam from the mouth’s started disappear. They drooled on the floor they walked on. They walked around the hallway looking for the next victim they would prey upon. The birds outside chirped and the leaves rustled, the winds wooshed and the clouds blocked the sun. The creatures moaned and grumbled at each other. The handle to room 213 moved down and the door creaked open. The PA turned on and continued playing Queen’s We Will Rock You. The zombies followed the sound to a speaker two feet above the lockers they ran towards and they started to push each other trying to get to the sound. The music stopped and the zombies again looked around dumbfoundedly. They saw two groups of people on two sides of the hall. They ran towards the closest group groaning and moaning. Then the zombies and the humans crashed into each other. And now the battle to retake OCS begins.

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