a zombie short story
Genre: Horror

「All Of Us Are Dead」

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The morning at school went as any other day. An hour in one class, the other at another one. This time by fifth period, you were in your science class when hell broke loose.

" Viruses can reproduce only when they have found a host cell. Some viruses are airborne, like the flu and cold viruses – they can infect the host through the nose and mouth," the teacher spoke as he wrote the summary on the whiteboard with a few drawings to vivid the explanation. "Some viruses can only be ingested or injected into the host through hypodermic injection, sexual intercourse, or simply things like kissing."

" Oh fuck!," Rue shouted once she heard that viruses could be spread through smooches. Everyone that was in class laughed, causing the teacher to remove his glasses and stare at her.

" Rue Bennet, if you do that once again, I will have to take you down to the principal office," He stated, and Rue brought her hands up.

" Sorry Mr. Brooks. I just found it very interesting, that it got me shocked," She grinned and you shook your head with a smile. Your desk was across from Rue's, so later on when the teacher turned around to continue his speech, she threw a folded paper to your desk.

You grabbed it and opened it.

Maddy has been dead ass staring at you the whole class. If she's not in love with you, she definitely wanna take you down to bed. Lemme know if you want me to help you get her phone number. I can hook you guys up ;)

You laughed, folding the paper. Surreptitiously, you tilted your head to your side, where you indeed saw a Maddy looking at you. Immediately as you took a glimpse at her, she turned to look at the board.

" The Lytic Cycle. In this cycle, the virus reproduces after infusing the human host cell with the help of its nucleic acid," the teacher drew an example as he kept going,"It uses the host cell's protein coat for reproduction. Those reproduced virus cells continue to multiply until they cause the host cell to burst. There, then they move on to another fresh host cell and of course, the cycle continues."

" So what do you say? You want me to help you out?," Rue whispered you, and you shook your head.

" No..," You whispered back, laughing quietly.

" Come on, she's hot and single. That's like the doors to heaven are opening for you, Y/n," Rue murmured, and the teacher turned around, pointing at you.

" Y/n, how can you protect yourself from a virus?," he asked and you cleaned your throat, straightening your posture.

" Um, washing your hands? Getting vaccinated?," You gave him a not too sure answer, but he luckily nodded in agreement.

" And definitely practicing safe sex!," Rue added.

" Yes, also protected sex can help you avoid viruses," he nodded. " But Rue, please, next time raise your hand."

In a matter of seconds, someone from outside the class banged against the door, screaming.

With a concern teacher, he went to open the door. Everyone in class was confused, watching how the student barged in, with bloody hands.

" Nate, are you okay?," Mr.Brooks asked, watching how the jock started to tremble. It was Nate Jacobs. He was the school football captain. So everyone knew who he was.

" I-uh-I was in the janitor closet and this-this fucking rat bit me!," He shouted, pointing at his wrist, where a visible skin was chomped away.

" Janitor closet? What were you doing there in the first place?," The teacher asked, but Nate was unable to respond back to him when he fell feebly onto the floor.

You immediately stood up from your desk, everyone else doing the same. What was going on?

" Nate, hey!," the teacher bent down, wrapping his arms around his bulked chest. " Can someone please get the nurse?," The teacher pleaded for help, Cassie offering to go.

As you watched the blonde leave the classroom hurriedly, Nate began to cough out blood from his mouth.

" Do you think that's a virus, Y/n?," Rue asked you, recalling back Mr. Brooks lesson.

" I-I don't know..," You shook your head,unable to decipher what was happening in the moment.

It didn't took long until Nate was piercing his teeth against the teacher's neck.

You took a step back, watching in shock how the jock was chawing onto him, his jugular vein splurging out blood aimlessly. As Mr. brook stood up, stumbling side to side with his hand against his neck, Nate jumped up from the floor.

His eyes were bloodshot, mouth parted apart, as his jaw was decorated with Mr.Brooks blood. He looked at the students, immediately running towards Maddy.

Maddy screamed, trying to push him away, as the rest of the students were running out from the class.

Without thinking, you went forward and attacked Nate from behind, hitting him with a glass bottle Mr. Brooks used to show his experiments.

With the glass banging against his head, his attention was taken away from Maddy, and now towards you. He shrieked, pushing you against the wall, trying to bite you.

" Get the fuck away from me!," You yelled, fighting with his strength. That was until Rue came from behind, and stuck a knife right onto his head. He fell down to the ground, lifeless.

In shock, you looked at Rue who just shrugged.

" I always have a knife for protection, y'know..," She explained, as you brushed your hands against your shirt, removing the blood Nate covered you with.

That was until you heard Mr. Brooks let out a loud screech come out from his mouth, running towards the three of you. Immediately he went towards Rue, throwing her hard on the ground, and hovering on top of her.

With the knife Rue stuck onto Nate, you slid it out from his cranium, and approached the bawl. As you stroke the knife onto the teacher's head, he vomited blood down to Rue. But luckily she immediately tilted her head to the side, pushing him off of her.

You helped her stand up, the two of you wheezing.

" Okay, we need to get out of here," You huffed out, looking at Rue and then to a nervous Maddy.

" What is going on?!," Maddy yelled, as you shook your head. You didn't know what was going on, but it was better to get out from the class and find out later.

" Those are fucking zombies, I'm not kidding! I've seen this shit on that movie Train to Busan," Rue stated, and that was when more screams were heard from outside the classroom.

Whatever this was, it was spreading across the school.

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