"So, basically we're dealing with the early stages of a type two outbreak here?" Isaac asked, pacing backwards and forwards. "And if we don't prepare ourselves in time, we'd be dealing with an outbreak here in the school?"
Jack nodded. He was flicking through the pages of his notebook, circling out certain areas with a red marker pen. He seemed excited, yet simultaneously worried.
Jack nodded. He was flicking through the pages of his notebook, circling out certain areas with a red marker pen. He seemed excited, yet simultaneously worried.
"We've got te' warn the others. T'e ones t'at are left, I mean." Jack said, his voice firm.
"The ones that are left? But I thought everyone was still here?"
"Several o' the other children 'ave - after t'e funeral t'is morning - been picked up by their parents. They came up wit' excuses like going t' t'e Bahamas and visiting old family relations and whatnot. They're just trying t' get out o' Tunbridge."
"The ones that are left? But I thought everyone was still here?"
"Several o' the other children 'ave - after t'e funeral t'is morning - been picked up by their parents. They came up wit' excuses like going t' t'e Bahamas and visiting old family relations and whatnot. They're just trying t' get out o' Tunbridge."
"If you two gents are done talking about the living dead, would you care to take a break and actually pick up the bloody phone?" Emily interrupted, her hands on her hips. "It's been ringing for a quite a few minutes now!"
Jack and Isaac looked at each other with confused expressions. Then grinned.
"Oh, right!" Jack snatched up the phone, pressed the little green icon and set it on loudspeaker. "Hello?"
"Hey man, it's me, Matt."
"What's up, mate? You arrived yet?"
"Hey man, it's me, Matt."
"What's up, mate? You arrived yet?"
"Ayep, I'm here. Look, remember how you told me about the weird things going on at yer school? Yeah, I think the same's goin' on right here in town."
"Wait, are ye' surrounded by the walking dead? Burnt out cars? Something out o' a monster film?"
"Nah, everythin' is just empty. We've only met one woman on the street, tellin' us not to go to the shoppin' centre. Apparently, it's mass chaos there. But the train station was completely deserted. We're kinda hopin' you could tell us what to do?"
"Tunbridge Station is where you're at, yeah?" Isaac asked. He was trying to come up with an idea as to where they could go without encountering too many looters or... worse.
"Yeah, that's right."
"Okay, our school is about thirty minutes from there to here, on foot. You'll want to avoid as much traffic and people in panic. Just follow the main road, without actually going onto it. Do you think you can handle that?"
There was a brief silence at the other end of the phone. Matt's voice then returned.
"Sure, no problem. See y'all around!"
The phone bleeped. Isaac turned to face his friends, his eyes determined. He had a plan.
"Wait, are ye' surrounded by the walking dead? Burnt out cars? Something out o' a monster film?"
"Nah, everythin' is just empty. We've only met one woman on the street, tellin' us not to go to the shoppin' centre. Apparently, it's mass chaos there. But the train station was completely deserted. We're kinda hopin' you could tell us what to do?"
"Tunbridge Station is where you're at, yeah?" Isaac asked. He was trying to come up with an idea as to where they could go without encountering too many looters or... worse.
"Yeah, that's right."
"Okay, our school is about thirty minutes from there to here, on foot. You'll want to avoid as much traffic and people in panic. Just follow the main road, without actually going onto it. Do you think you can handle that?"
There was a brief silence at the other end of the phone. Matt's voice then returned.
"Sure, no problem. See y'all around!"
The phone bleeped. Isaac turned to face his friends, his eyes determined. He had a plan.
"We've got to make the correct preparations for this. Emily, see if you can get some of the kids together; we'll make it if we work together. Jack, you stay here and set up some plans for our defence and keep your phone near you in case something happens with Matt. I'll take my walkie-talkie with me and go have a look for the teachers. Something must've happened since they haven't come back for us."
Isaac reached for his personal drawer, bringing out a torch, a walkie-talkie, a chocolate bar and his cadet force tomahawk. Engraved on the side was the marking of a fox's head, a sign of a hunter. Isaac smiled.
"This is too good to be true."
Isaac reached for his personal drawer, bringing out a torch, a walkie-talkie, a chocolate bar and his cadet force tomahawk. Engraved on the side was the marking of a fox's head, a sign of a hunter. Isaac smiled.
"This is too good to be true."
