The Road Monologue

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Infection. The snare 9:09am- The bus is making that clanking noise again, clank, clank, clank. I didn’t get much sleep last night because of that stupid science report. I don’t even think I did it right anyway, but I don’t care, as long as I pass it doesn’t matter. 9:25am- There’s a ton of traffic, if it doesn’t let up then we’re gonna be late, not that I care. The less time I’m at school, the less I have to worry about my grades. There’s a bunch of people running around outside, they’re all carrying bags with a ton of stuff in them. Our bus driver looks scared. I take off my headphones and hear deafening screams outside. 9:29am- There’s an emergency broadcast on everyone’s phones and on the radio. Our bus driver just ran outside, but someone …show more content…

We opened the door and rushed into the store. There’s one man inside but without hesitation Shane punches him in the head knocking him out, ”I don’t think he was infected.” I say to him a bit shocked at his strength. “Doesn’t matter, the only people that matter right now are us.” I nod “Seems fair enough, better than me.” I chuckle. He walks over to a glass cupboard and is about to punch it, “Wait.” I call out just before he punches it, “It’s a gun shop, there are probably alarms, we should disable them first” He smirks and turns to me “Good thinking John, think you can handle that? I’ll take care of the door” I let out a nervous “Sure” And head to the back of the store. I see a big black box bolted to the wall, which I assume is the power box. “I found it” I call out to Shane, “Wait” he says as I’m about to rip out all the wires “I’m taking an electrician elective” he says pushing me out of the way, “I know what wire to take out, don’t want you tripping the alarm” I nod in compliance and move out of the …show more content…

Along with some barbed wire, I grab a bag and put them inside it and Shane looks at me with a curious face, “What’re those for?” he asks “I was thinking, they could be attracted to sound, getting weapons we can use up close can help if we have to deal with just one or two” I say whilst strapping the machete across my shoulder. “That's smart, go grab those knives over there, they could help too” Shane says, giving me a pat on the shoulder, I nod in agreement. We then made our way back to the bus, dodging the infected along the way. When we got back to the bus I sat shotgun with Shane. “Hey” I say to him “What’s up?” he replies “What should we call them? The zombie people I mean” I ask him trying to lighten the mood “I don’t know, I think ‘zombie’ is fine” We sit in silence for a while “How about ‘Jumpers’?” a kid in year 10, Jordan Silver, calls out “You know because they jump on you and. eat you” We hear a few snickers from the girls at the back of the bus, but ultimately Shane replies “I think that’s a fine name” We sit in silence for a while “What’s the name of the

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