St. Morris was no longer in recess. Some kids were outside, but most were in their homerooms, learning. Liza did not bother parking her car well; she just wanted to get her coat and leave with the little strength she had left. The problem now was climbing upstairs to the staff room. Thinking about how to navigate that problem, she got an idea. 'Why not call the last student that saw me leave? It would be easier for me to explain this to her.' Therefore, she decided to contact Juliet.
'Beautiful people don't stress! Stress!! stress!!!-(Bzzt!...bzzzzzt!!!)'
A phone rang from the phone basket. This kind of pissed off the teacher.
"I thought I told all of you to put your phones in airplane mode. Or not?" she dipped her hands into the basket and pulled out the ringing phone. "Now who owns this phone?"
Juliet knew that was her ringtone. She was too ashamed to answer even when all heads were facing her. That ringtone was not hard to miss.
"Miss Juliet?, why are all eyes on you?... is this your phone? And why is... Mrs. Dawson calling you?"
Juliet stood at the name 'Mrs. Dawson'. She thought Liza had finally thought of the perfect punishment for her. She still thought it necessary to answer. Before I increase her anger… she thought.
"Hey Mrs. Dawson?"
"Ju-Juliet? Is that y-you?" Liza said shakily.
"Yes, Ma'am. You don't sound so good. Are you okay?" Juliet asked. She had a feeling something was wrong with liza.
"Yeah, I guess. I n-need you to-to do something fo-for me"
"Alright. What's that?"
"I need you to go to the staff room and get my coat. It's green and just hanging over my seat. Can you do that for me?" Liza asked.
"Yes Ma'am. Where are you though?"
"Oh yes, I'm in the parking lot, in my car. Just bring it over when you get it. Thank you."
Liza hung up. Juliet, unsure of the reason behind that call, left her class and went to get it.
Getting to the parking lot downstairs Juliet spotted Liza's car. Lighting up, she rushed over to give Liza her coat.
"Hey Mrs. Dawson, leavin' already?" Juliet asked despite not seeing Liza through the tinted glass. She thought Liza was just leaving because she was tired. Liza stepped out of the car.
"Yeah kiddo, I'm afraid so." She said in a deep tone.
Juliet, noticing the blood and Liza's tone, stepped back in fear. What the hell? She thought.
"Um, Mrs. Dawson? What happened to you?"
Liza could feel her legs shaking uncontrollably. It's been roughly an hour since she got bit, so why is this happening?? She still wanted to give Juliet an answer.
"It was an accident, Julie. Don't worry, I'm fine, just go back to class."
"Woooah, you really don't look fine-" Juliet replied after noticing liza's movements. "Let me get some help from the other staff." Juliet said as she was running back to call other teachers to come to Liza's aid.
"Hey!, help, Mrs. Dawson is in trouble. I think she was involved in some kind of accident." Juliet screamed, barging into the staff room.
"Jesus kid, you don't knock?" A staff member queried. Meanwhile tv man, 'Dan' replied,
"I was wondering where she took off to. She left her bag and- where's her coat?"
"I already took that."
"Oh, alright let's go see Liza."
Juliet left the room with 4 staff. TV man, Jonah Huff (the history teach.), and two other staff, leaving just 2 remaining in the staff office to keep watch in case the kids saw it as an opportunity to 'retrieve' their seized items from the teachers. Some kids caught wind that something was wrong, so they decided to tag along despite the teachers telling them to return to their classes. 'If something was wrong, there was no use keeping it from us.' the kids responded.
Reaching the parking lot, liza was on the ground. Juliet froze in shock. Some of the kids got scared and ran back while some stood and watched. Dan went towards Liza's body and checked her pulse. He then frowned and shook his head.
"I'm not sure but I think Liza's dead," he said. "Someone call 911. Please?"
Now, there was about to be a repeat of the chaos that went down in Liza's neighborhood. Some of the kids were already screaming in shock, attracting a larger crowd at the parking lot. Dan noticed that there was no accident, Liza's car was unscathed. Rather it was an attack; judging by how there were blood stains on the outside and on her seats. 'There was definitely some kind of struggle. It seems she also had some time to treat herself…' Dan thought to himself. He stood close to Liza's body analyzing it for a clue as to the cause of her shocking demise, while someone was already calling 911. Dan decided to check what the blood soaked bandages on Liza's neck were covering. Being the science teacher he always had a pair of gloves on him. He put them on then bent down to check what happened to Liza's neck.
'Hmmm…' Dan muttered to himself as he lost the bandages. As he was done he noticed something disturbing. A bite mark. Shocked and terrified, he got up immediately. Mr. Huff noticed and walked towards him.
"What's up man?" Huff asked.
"Dude, I just saw this shit on the news. Someone bit Liza and killed her. But I'm confused though."
"Motive?"
"No, not that. I'm confused about the locations. That news was in California. We are in GEORGIA. How the hell is that possible?"
"Man, killers and dope are everywhere. Doesn't matter if it's in Atlanta or California. This is probably some drug still in test trials." Huff said in a dismissive tone.
"Damn it man, who would be doing this.........
As Dan was talking the ambulance came along with a police officer. They arrived rather quickly. But why one officer though? The ambulance guys put Liza in a bag and were moving her when one of the students noticed movement. Movement in the bag.
"Hey! the bag is moving!!, Mrs. Dawson is alive!!!!" a student screamed.
Shouts of joy emerged from the crowd as they ran closer to the body as the ambulance workers made efforts to open it. As that was happening, huff and Dan caught wind of what was happening as they were deliberating the cause of Liza's demise before then.
"What's happening?" huff asked dan.
They were hearing shouts of joy and hearing 'Mrs. Dawson is alive!' from the crowd. It didn't take Dan 2 seconds to put two and two. As he was about to tell huff that that was a trap, he noticed huff was gone. '-the hell did he go now?' .
He had seen that before, on tv. It was zombie-like shit, just that these ones were not slow. They were fast, strong, and had distinctive blue eyes. Like what you would see in comic books. He knew he had to clear those kids and staff from there. That was a death-zone. But it was too late. The bag straps were loose and they were about unzipping it. Dan, being desperate, started shouting.
"Hey!, everyone clear from that bag!!, it's dangerous!!!" he yelled at the top of his voice. That's when Huff touched him from behind.
"Bro, why are you shouting? Liza just woke up. Turns out science failed you this time." huff smirked.
"Fuck you talkin' 'bout?, that ain't liza, that's a zo-"
'Screammmmmmmm!!!!!!'
That came from the crowd. They were already heading for the hills at top speed. Liza just got the 2 ambulance workers. One while she was unzipping the bag, liza got her hand, the other one, well liza went straight for the neck. Judging from the blood splatter, and the speed liza used to accomplish that, there was first silence, then CHAOS. One fresh dead body, liza on the move.
"See, that's what I'm talking about. Move. Move!!!" Dan pushed huff, prompting him to run along.
"But can't we do something? Like to calm her down? She just returned from the dead you see…"huff asked
"Man, does this look like a fucking bible story to you?? Did Jesus bite people when he came from the dead? Just get outta here!!" dan was already running
"God damn it. Man I thought this was just high, this some diabolical shit!!" huff cursed. "She's gotten like 3 kids already!!"
"POLICE!!!. Stop right there and put your hands up. NOWWWW!!!!" the female officer screamed.
"YESSSSS!!!! I forgot an officer was here. Good riddance." Huff shouted in excitement. Him and Dan were hiding behind a wall leading into the building, watching the outcome.
"That officer is in over her head. She doesn't even know what she's up against. Judging by the way she's standing, I can tell she's scared to her pants." Dan said.
"Way to kill the mood. She's just doing her job, man. Bet you she can take all of them down. She's got a gun."
"I SAID GET ON YOUR KNEES!!, TAKE ONE MORE STEP AND I'LL SHOOT!!." The officer shouted.
As she was shouting at liza to get down, the people liza killed while rampaging started getting up. If you said the officer wasn't scared before, well now was a different story. Because no longer one, but 5 were rushing towards her. She had no choice but to shoot. Meanwhile they still had an audience.
"Jesus man, are we in a movie? They keep getting back up." Huff asked.
"Well she's about to shoot. Maybe that will kill them-" dan responded
'Bang!, Bang!!, Bang!!!, BANG!!!!!' the shots echoed.
But like superman, they kept running towards the officer. Seconds later she was dinner.
"-or not" Dan continued. "Alright, time to bounce"
"Good idea." Huff responded.
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AN UNKNOWN LOCATION, Greenville, SOUTH CAROLINA.
A man entered the office with some pictures in his hands. He dropped them on the table and started talking.
"The proof you requested sir," The man said.
"Yes, yes... everything according to plan?"
"I think so sir...but I think it's way worse than we expected."
"I agree sir, it might turn into something worse than we expected." A woman who was already in the office spoke up. "It's already happening in over 10 states. The government is already thrown into a dilemma."
"Yes, most of them dispersed into other states after the incident. This even makes things better. I expected a virus like covid or something... but this–pfft! HAHAHAHA!!!" The man who appeared as the boss laughed. "This is just the beginning. We are heading global. At this rate, in the next year, this would be global. Bring in one of those things and start an analysis immediately."
"Yes sir, will do."