3rd Person's POV
"What's coming?" Hyo Ryeong continues to ask.
"What is it?" Ji Min asks confused.
"I don't see anything" Cheong San mutters, before looking at the girl besides him for a split second before he could finally hear it.
"Wait. I hear a chopper" he announces, standing up, grabbing onto Chae Rin's hand as he led them close to the ledge, watching the chopper get closer and closer to them.
"Fire!" Cheong San yells, everyone trying their best to signal the chopper, some waving the wood burning, others just yelling and waving their hands in the air.
Nam Ra and Chae Rin were quite scared, they could be dead. Who knows how they'll treat the two. Chae Rin's bite was covered by her long sleeved shirt, and you could barely tell Nam Ra's bite unless you actually looked into the hole in her blouse, but still...
The two were frightened that they would get caught, and killed.
"Over here!"
"Please help!"
"Look at us, will you?!"
"Can't you see us?!"
"Here!"
The group screamed, the light finally landing on the group as the chopper began to land down on the rooftop.
The group excited to be rescued.
Due to the wind blowing from the chopper's wings, they all stepped back, Chae Rin covering her own ears besides Nam Ra and Su Hyeok who had stayed fully behind the group.
Sending a rope down, soldiers began to descend, all the students gathering in front of them, but stepping back as weapons were drawn out and pointed at them.
The helicopter soon going away and in confusion Cheong San steps forward, in hopes to talk to the soldiers who speak first.
"Get down. All of you, down on the ground" The man ordered, everyone having their hands in the air afraid to get shot.
"Sir. Please save us" Dae Su asks in a serious tone, avoiding eye contact with the masked man.
"Get down on the ground! Get down!" The soldiers ordered, everyone obeys.
"Examining the area. Hyosan High high school. Nine survivors confirmed. Checking their temperatures now" The man spoke into his machine as everyone stood still laying on the ground.
"I'm scared" Chae Rin whispered to Nam who laid besides her.
"It'll be okay" She whispered back, nodding comfortingly at her friend, nodding back as she gulped the nervousness away.
"Clear" The repeat with everyone they pass by, Nam Ra and I staying at the end.
"Temperature is 34,5 degrees. Providing a warming blanket" The man spoke, taking out a foil blanket wrapping it around the prez.
Moving to Chae Rin, the girl tried her hardest to hold her breath, afraid that it would let them know she wasn't fully human.
"35,1, providing another warming blanket. Two have hypothermia. The rest are normal" The man told his superior.
"We'll rescue them after completing our mission. Over"
Cheong San's eyes went to the back, staring at a slightly frightened Chae Rin, nodding at her which she did back.
"You may get up now" The man spoke, everyone getting up from the cold ground, Wu Jin placing a hand on his friend's arm pulling her closer to him and helping her wrap herself around the blanket.
"Are you the only survivors?" One of the soldiers questions the group, Cheong San replies, as the group's spokesperson.
"We don't know. I'm sure there are more"
"We'll go down for a few minutes. Wait right here" he ordered them.
"Will you not rescue us?" Ji Min asks the man stepping forward.
"We will. So don't go anywhere. Don'd do anything. Just stay here. Understand?" He told the group.
"Yes" they quietly murmur, the soldiers beginning to disperse.
Heading over to the ledge they secure themselves with a hook on the rooftop floor, the chopper coming back to shine light into the school as the soldiers made their way down through the wall.
As gunshots sound through the air, Chae Rin holds her ears, the sound being extremely loud on her now very sensitive sense.
Cheong San was besides her, arm around her shoulder as he helped her hold the blanket as air blew.
"I'm not cold" she whispered, looking up to meet his eyes as they stared at the soldier's back.
"Then why is your temperature so low?" he asked the girl.
"Maybe, it's the half blood" She whispered, his eyes widen as he understood nodding.
"They plan to kill all the zombies before they take us, right?" Dae Su walked, walking up to Joon Yeong who observed the soldier giving orders to those who went down into the classrooms.
"I doubt that. There are only four of them" He says not convinced with his friend's theory.
"Isn't Special Mission the best?" Dae Su asks once more, but the question is left unanswered as Joon Yeong tilts his face to the side, confused.
"Are they looking for something? Isn't the science lab that way?" Joon Yeong questions.
"Is there something in the science lab that they want?" Chae Rin asked Cheong San.
"There might be... but what?" He says unsure.
"Wu Jin, what do you think is in the lab?" The girl asks turning to said boy.
"I'm not sure... but perhaps Mr. Lee left something important there. He had Hyeon Ju, he might have something there about what this is"
"I'm scared..." her voice comes out in a whisper, Wu Jin looks at the girl still staring at the guard by the railing.
"Why? What's wrong?" He asks concerned.
"I'm infected..."
"You're not one of them" he assures her.
"Am I...? I haven't had any desire to bite anyone... But I'm also not myself, Wu" the girl told him, he turned her to face him, both his hands on her shoulders.
"I won't let them get their hands on you. I promise. And you won't bite anyone either. I will strap myself to you if needed" He told the girl, his eyes staring at hers, moving to look at her face for her reaction, the slight motion of her eyes, and the scowl on her face dropping as she nods at him.
He sighs, now less concerned towards the girl's state of mind and hugs her, patting her gently in the back as to comfort her.
Chae Rin was oblivious to the boy's feelings, and Cheong San who had been standing next to On Jo the whole time, could see how naive she was as the boy besides her continuously made moves to expose his true feelings.
"Chae Rin... are you okay?" On Jo asked, although her eyes focused more on Cheong San's face as he stared at the girl behind them, the taller female broke apart from the hug, Wu Jin immediately starting to get colder with the weather.
"Huh? Oh, yes... I'm fine" she forced a smile upon her face to subside her friend's worries.
Nam Ra being the only one who fully understood her.
"We have to go. Hurry!" The soldier called out to the others inside the building. More gunshots were heard but soon enough they were coming back up and everyone surrounded them.
Cheong San grabbed onto the girl's hand as he brought her closer to him, wrapping his arm around her shoulders gripping tight to the warming blanket they had put over her shoulders.
The chopper appeared once more the light shinning brightly upon the students who stood in front of the soldiers waiting for new orders.
"Master Sergeant. Go up first"
"Yes, Sir" the other nodded walking towards the ropes of the chopper to be lifted onto it.
"We'll pull you up one at a time. Stay still even if you're scared. Okay?" The soldier told the students.
"Aren't you landing the chopper?" Ji Min yelled over the sound of the loud rotor blades.
"We can't for safety reasons. He'll pull you in, so don't worry" the man confirmed just as the first man finished getting inside.
"You can't go all at once, so let's go one by one" The man said.
"You can't take us all?" Cheong San questioned alarmed.
"We're taking all of you, but you have to go up one by one" The man explained.
"The sound... is so loud" Chae Rin whimpered, grabbing onto the closest person's arm, that just happened to be Cheong San.
"What is it?" He asks worriedly.
"My ears... They feel like they're going to explode" She cries.
"You're okay, just go a little back. You'll be fine, okay? I got you" He reassured the girl, bringing her closer to Nam Ra who just like Chae Rin was grabbing onto her ears as Su Hyeok had his arms over her protecting her from the cold.
Nam Ra quickly grabbed onto the girl, bringing her close to her as Chae Rin whimpered due to the pain the sound had caused her, due to her being so close to it.
"Ji Min, you go first" On Jo told the girl, Wu Jin rushing her to do the same, the others smiling at her reassuringly.
As she began to be strapped onto the helicopter's lines and being pulled up.
As Hyo Ryeong began to be strapped too, one of the soldiers steps a little away.
"Please repeat. Do you mean everyone?" The soldier questioned the voice of his commander.
"But everyone's temperature is fine" he continues.
"But they're just students. Understood. Over" the man finished, as he stared at the students.
Guilt overwhelming the man, but he could not go against his superior's orders...
"Operation canceled! We'll take only the package and pull up" The man yelled to his comrades.
"Sir? Sir, I'm going back down!" Ji Min said alarmed, as her rope began to descend.
"She's coming back down!"
"Ya..."
"Why?"
"What's wrong?"
The students expressed their concerns.
Chae Rin moved from Nam Ra's embrace, clinging to Cheong San's arm as he looked at her, a confused expression on his face before he looked back to the situation in front of him. Hyo Ryeong was taken off the straps, just as Ji Min landed back on the rooftop.
"What do you mean it's cancelled? At least explained the reason!" Chae Rin yelled at the soldiers in confusion, but they never muttered a word.
As Ji Min, frustratingly screamed at the soldiers to take them with them, to take her. Not leave them there to die, she once more stepped in front of them, they pushed her back, and then drew their guns at the students.
"Why won't you take us with you?" She pleaded crying.
"Sir!" Dae Su yelled, the gun turning to him before Joon Yeong intervened.
"Wait a second. What's wrong? We're not zombies?" he told the man, but his weapon stayed firmly pointed at them.
"Take me with you!" Ji Min pleaded again.
"Please, we'll die if you leave us here!" Chae Rin voiced out, Cheong San grabbed onto the girl's arm, pulling her behind him.
"Step back! Step back or we'll shoot" The man threatned.
"Stand back!" he repeated.
Chae Rin looks back, On Jo was in the back, and the taller girl hurriedly grabbed her hand bringing her to the front.
"Please, can't you take just a few of us? Please. I'll stay behind, just please, get them somewhere safe" she pleaded.
The guard once more didn't respond, his gun shotting aimlessly into the sky, startling everyone, Cheong San immediately putting himself in front of the two girls.
"We're begging you. Please just take a few of us" Chae Rin continued.
"Please, just take some of us" Cheong San repeated gripping onto the girl's hand tigher, trying to step closer to them, but the soldier shot once again to the sky, everyone cowering on their spot.
"sir..." Cheong San mumbled... everyone's face was one of betrayal as they watched the man who was supposed to save them back away, closer to the rope.
"I'm sorry" he softly says as he straps himself onto the chopper's rope, going up and leaving the students to survive on their own.
Left to their own selfs, Chae Rin falls to the ground, head on her knees as she covers her face with her arm.
"We're never being saved now" She laughed dryly, her hand went through her face, stopping at her mouth as she laughed again.
"They left us to die" she says.
"Why did they do that?" Joon Yeong stuttered.
"Maybe they thought that we were fucking zombies?" Wu Jin answered unsure.
"Then they would've killed us" Joon Yeong shut down his thought.
"They wouldn't have left...without killing us" He finishes.
At those words, Cheong San who had been dead quiet made his way to the fire they had made, kicking it and putting it out.
Chae Rin got up, hurriedly grabbing his arm, but he ignored her.
"What are you doing?! Stop." she asked him louder, pulling him harder to look at her.
"It's useless. You said it yourself. They're not coming back to save us" He scoffs.
"Cheong San - " He breaks from the girl's hold, trashing again as he kicked everything in sight before screaming out in anger.
The others watched, they too felt the same that he did.
Chae Rin stared at him, unable to move as she watches his every movement before she finally approached him.
He resisted as she first grabbed his hand, but finally gave in as she refused to let go, head dropping as his shoulders bounced, small heard sobs flowing through the air, loud for Chae Rin to listen as she finally took hold of the boy, his head laying on her shoulder as he cried.
He felt useless, alike Su Hyeok he too was seen as a sort of leader to the group, and everyone had a hinch that he was feeling the most amount of preassure for not having them able to be rescued.
He blamed himself.
"I'm sorry" he whispered into her ears, Chae Rin nodded, her hand on his head patting his hair.
Everything was quiet as she continued to comfort to boy, that was until a thunder striked down.
"AH!" Both Nam Ra and the latter screamed as they fell to the ground.
Cheong San was pushed off her as she fell powerless to the floor clutching to her ears.
"Chae Rin!" Wu Jin screamed from behind them upon hearing the girl in pain, racing to her as Cheong San was already on his knees sniffing as he looked at her.
"What did you do?!" The black haired boy sneered at his own friend who looked just as confused.
"I- I don't know, she just fell out of nowhere!" He ranted
"My ears... They hurt so much" She whispered to them, the two looked at eachother before looking at Su hyeok who was standing besides Nam Ra as she two clutched onto her ears.
The taller boy had ripped a piece of his shirt, giving it to ear as ear plugs, in a way making it less harmful for her to hear.
With another strike of thunder, rain began to fall...
"Here" Wu Jin said, as he followed Su Hyeok's method, and ripped a piece of his shirt, Cheong San repeating it.
"Ya, it's raining!" Dae Su yelled, just as it began to pour, Cheong San placed his hand on my shoulder as he helped me get up.
"I'm okay now" the girl smiled, both boys visibly relaxing as they stepped a bit back to catch the rain.
"Let's drink it, it's the only source we have" Chae Rin told the group as she cleared her throat.
Both Dae Su and Wu Jin laid on the floor, head next to head, feet going on oposite directions as their heads laid on eachother's arms, happily drinking the water that fell on them.
"It's so refreshing" Dae Su commented with a smile.
Contrary to the boys emotions, the others cried as they looked up to the cry, feeling wronged by the soldiers who were supposed to rescue them.
And finally feeling the same emotion, Dae Su and Wu Jin's happiness came to an end as the sadness seeped into them.^
They knew now, certain that no one would rescue them.
Chae Rin was sitting against the railing, Dae Su and Wu Jin sat on the floor, everyone was in silence, Chae Rin's eyes followed everyone's as no one spoke a word, too sad to even try.
"Let's - Ah, let's make a uh, type of ceiling" She said hissing as thunder continued to strike down.
As everyone worked together to put a green fencing over the two roofs, Joon Yeong and Cheong San told the group about their idea on how to get out whilst the rain poured and thunder striked.
"If we can reach the mountain, we can make it to yangdong. I went hiking there a few times with my dad." On Jo said.
"Don't you think it's too crazy to try?" Wu Jin asked, pondering the results.
"I'm not going. I'm scared. What if the zombies catch us?" Hyo Ryeong says pouting.
"We only have to options. You can either stay here and wait to die, before they will not come back to rescue us. Or we try our bests to get out and survive" Chae Rin spoke as she over looked the group, leaning on the building's side.
"Isn't that a bit mean to say?!" Ji Min sneered at the girl.
"It's the reality of the situation. Do you want me to lie? Say that they'll come back? We all know they won't!" she snapped at the girl who closed her mouth.
"Now you make your own choices. But I'm leaving. Whether everyone is in favor or against the idea" She states.
"Let's go" Cheong San spoke up, moving to stand in front of everyone.
"If anything happens. I'll scream and lead the zombies away. If anything, I'll die alone. So let's go" he continued.
"Don't say that" Su Hyeok spoke up before Chae Rin had a chance to share her piece of mind.
"We should all live" Su Hyeok tells him as he stood up.
"IF anyone has to die, I'll die in their place" he repeated.
"No one's dying. Especially not you, so take your horse out of the rain and be quiet." Chae Rin said with a scowl on her face.
"Because of the rain, all scents are mixed together. The rain is too loud too, I'm sure the zombies senses are dulled too" Nam Ra spoke, confused eyes one her.
"I thought I had my nose blocked" Chae Rin confesses, the others give a small laugh.
"If that's what a hambie says, it should be reliable" Dae Su shrugs.
"What's a hambie?" Su hyeok questions.
"A half..." He looks at Nam Ra and Chae Rin, both with different expressions, Nam Ra was confused but Chae Rin had also previously called herself that so she had a smirk, basically daring Dae Su to say it out loud.
"... reliable person" he finished, Chae Rin hides her laugh with a cough.
"Should we go?" He diverted.
"And prez and Chae Rin are strong. Let's trust them and go" Dae Su says.
"We're not strong right now... I don't know how Nam Ra feels, but all my senses seem to be gone. I don't think I could fight like before either" Chae Rin told the group, as she stared at her hands, recalling her fight with Gwi Nam.
"why's that?" Ji Min asked her.
"I don't know either... Nam Ra, how do you feel?" She asked her friend.
"I feel the same way..." she murmured, staring at her own hands.
"Some of us may not be able to keep up" Ji Min points out.
"We can't have anyone fall, so let's pair up and hold hands"
"Wow... spicy" Chae Rin smirked, eyebrows raising as she joked around.
"Ya... why is your mind so dirty"
"He just said holding hands! Why is my head dirty, I just said it was spicy!" She whined at Joon Yeong's comment.
"I don't want to pair with you" Chae Rin huffed at Joon Yeong who scoffs.
"I didn't want to pair with you either, he stuck his tongue out.
"Rude"
"Okay! Ya" Dae Su called out as he extented his hand to Hyo Ryeong, who stared at it in disgust before grabbing Ji Min's.
Su Hyeok grabbed his girlfriends, Wu Jin and Joon Yeong pair up and Chae Rin had already been grabbed by the hand by On Jo when Cheong San joined the two.
"But then, Dae Su will be alone" Chae Rin said confused as she looked behind her to an annoyed Dae Su.
"He'll be fine, come on" Cheong San said as he held the girl's hand tighter.
Can you hear that? Sounds like Chae Rin's heart going mad crazy as he pulled her along with him...
(Can you hear my heartbeat?!)
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