"W-who in their right mind would do something like this?!" Emily asked, taking a couple of steps closer to the entrance. The sight of the younger girl's mutilated body was repulsive, and it took all of Isaac's courage to examine the body of the girl.
"The question is not who, but what." Isaac responded, stepping back from the corpse. He then turned to face Emily, his face turning from intrigue to severe.
"We can't have anyone seeing this. " he began, pacing backwards and forwards. "It would be better that the others carry on unknowing of this event until we can figure out what is going on and what to do."
"Agreed." Emily said. Then, turning to face the door, she added: "We should head back. I can hear people outside."
Isaac nodded. He walked towards the dead girl's bed and pulled the upper blanket off, gently laying it over the girl's body.
"Do you know who she is?" he asked, trying hard not to reveal the sadness in his voice.
"Yeah, she's Sarah Jones' sister... Cassie? No, Cassandra... Jones, yeah, that's her name." Emily replied.
"If or when we get the chance, we'll tell Sarah about her sister."
"If or when we get the chance, we'll tell Sarah about her sister."
They quietly slipped out of the room, closing the door firmly shut.
Something began moving under the blanket.
Something began moving under the blanket.
***
They reached Isaac and Jack's room a few minutes later. They had noticed the other students getting out of their rooms and into the hallway, tired of having to wait around. People were whispering, sharing gossip or talking about the latest football match between the big teams. Jack's voice was at full volume when Isaac and Emily stepped into the room.
"... that's what I'm telling you, mate! Rumours have been spreading like wildfire! Oh man, this is like something out of a zomb-flick... Yes, call Freddy, 'e'll be sure to do exactly that. I can't believe this, we've been stuck in our rooms all day, and none of the teachers 'ave come up to our dorms to bring us down to supper. Yeah. Yup. Just give me a call when you're 'ere. Cheers, mate." Jack turned around to face Isaac. "So, what did you find?"
"Cassandra, you know, Sarah Jones' sister from the year below us." Isaac said, a hint of sadness in his voice."She's dead."
"Dead? Could that..."
"She had a bite on her neck, does that mean anything to you?" Emily cut in. Jack's eyes widened, a mixture of excitement and horror. He stood up from his chair and began rummaging in his drawers. He pulled out a red notebook, flicked through a few pages and put it on his desk.
"Look." he said simply, signalling to Isaac and Emily to step closer. The notebook displayed numerous drawings, small notes and recent newspaper articles. "I've been keeping up to date the latest news. There have been several cases of missing people all around South England, and occasional reports of dead people being found with bite marks and mutilated organs spilled. The gov' has told the public that most of those people were mauled by rabid dogs, which is strange since we haven't had a case of rabies in the UK for years!" Jack was pacing back and forth now, Isaac listening carefully to his best friend's rambling.
"And there have been no signs of scientific discoveries of cures for chronic diseases and no reports of new influenzas entering the country, therefore I can think of only one conclusion to this..." Jack looked at his friend and gave a confident smile.
"And there have been no signs of scientific discoveries of cures for chronic diseases and no reports of new influenzas entering the country, therefore I can think of only one conclusion to this..." Jack looked at his friend and gave a confident smile.
"Zombies."
