3rd Person's POV
Opening the door with grunts, the zombies were immediately drawn to the group, Joon Yeong being at the front stabilizing the crates as Su Hyeok moved to protect the group.
Chae Rin pushed through them to get to the front and once there she stood on opposite sides to Su Hyeok protecting another side of the group.
Ha Ri had also made her way to the front, bow and arrow on her shoulder as she helped kill those who charged for them.
"Go forward!" Joon Yeong yelled at the group, as they also used their strength to push the carts out of the storage room.
"Move! Get inside!" Chae Rin yelled as she stood on the outside, pushing off the zombies as the group made a circle to close the crates.
"Get in! Chae Rin!" Su Hyeok called to the girl who hurried inside after pushing a zombie away by the hair.
Su Hyeok and Cheong San hurriedly closed the crates together as the girl made her way inside, pushing away the hands that reached for the two boys before she turned around counting the heads that were inside the crate, relieved that everyone had made it in.
Her relief was short-lived as now every zombie was hanging outside the crates trying to reach for the group that tried to exit the zombie palace that was the pavilion.
"Did you tie it?" Dae Su asked the two boys in a hurried manner just as Su hyeok finished.
"Done! Push!" He exclaims to the group who collectively pushed the sides of the crates that were protected from the outside hands.
Their grunts and whines just catching more and more attention from more zombies that had yet not caught onto their presence.
That new attention was the last thing they needed as the crate began to feel heavier upon them.
"Fuck" Some of them cussed.
"They're climbing over" Mi Jin warned the group.
Chae Rin got to action as she stood onto the crates using her bare hands to push the zombies away, grabbing some by the chin or even the hair and inclusively breaking their hands, so they couldn't grab on.
"Chae Rin! Your hands!" Cheong San called out worried.
"They don't see me as a prey! They don't bite!" She said, relatively relaxing the worried boy who looked at her often.
"It won't fucking budge!" Dae Su cussed as the crates began to feel more and more heavy as the zombies gathered in.
"Push harder! Push!" Su hyeok yelled.
"Ya! Push! I'll get out and get their attention!" Chae Rin told the group.
"Ya! Get back, no you're not!" Joon Yeong said pushing the girl by the back of the shirt.
"Ya! Your hand!" She said grabbing it just in time when a zombie tried to bite him.
Su Hyeok and Cheong San used their baseball bats to push the zombies away, Wu Jin using a few foams, Joon Yeong some balls and Ha Ri using her arrows to either shoot at those higher up or to stab them when they were near.
"On Jo!" the girl yelled watching her friend fall to the ground. Thankfully Nam Ra was there to help push the girl's foot out of the zombie's hold.
Chae Rin put her idea in the back of her mind, maybe when they were closer to the door, she would put it into action.
And for now she was on top of a crate hitting the zombies at the front.
"What are you doing? Push!" Joon Yeong yelled.
Cheong San was caught by the back of the shirt by a zombie, trying to hit it with the bat when Chae Rin grabbed onto the zombie's head and twisted it, breaking its neck.
"You okay?" She asked him concerned.
"I'm fine" he smiled in relief.
"Su Hyeok above you!" Cheong San yelled, zombies getting up on Su Hyeok's section of the crate.
"Mi Jin!" Chae Rin yelled as she too was grabbed in the same manner as Cheong San was.
Joon Yeong raced to the girl, but Chae Rin was quick to pull him to the ground, his bum hit the floor as Chae Rin was bitten in the palm of the hand by the zombie as she used her other hand to push Mi Jin away and then grab the zombie by the hair and getting on top of the grate getting out.
"Ya! Get going hurry!" Chae Rin told them.
"Joon Yeong. I'm going to beat your ass after this!" She yelled.
"Hey! You stinky ass zombies! Come and get me" She screamed as she raced around the pavilion, catching the eyes of many of the zombies who chased after her, making it easier for the others to push.
"Push!" Su Hyeok yelled.
"You fucker! Stop yelling Su hyeok! I don't taste like a person! Be quiet!" she yelled louder than him catching more of the zombie's attention, although others still circled the group.
Joon Yeong was still in shock as Mi Jin pulled him up by the collar, telling him to push.
But the boy was just too astonished as his life nearly flashed by... he almost got bit if not for Chae Rin.
"Gosh. Wash your teeth at least" Chae Rin complained as a zombie had tackled her to the floor, some people in the group watched scared that they might bite her, but after growling they would all move back to the group, where the real humans were.
Chae Rin was now around the sides of the crates pushing them all away.
"Fucking hurry up! I can't keep them away forever" She cussed as she continued to use the last bit of her strength to push the zombies away.
The rest of them still using their own methods to keep them away, mostly Su hyeok and Cheong San who still used the baseball bats and then Nam Ra who alike Chae Rin used her hands.
"Nam Ra! Get the one besides you!" She yelled as she pushed a tall woman on her side away.
"Chae Rin! Get inside!" Cheong San told her.
"Not yet! We're not there yet! Hurry and push!" She said almost in tears.
"Joon Yeong, fuck. I'm going to beat your ass" She cussed as the boy apologized continuously as he and the others kept on using their strength to push the crates.
"We're almost there, come on! Let's go fucking home!" Chae Rin yelled as she held onto the outside of the crate helping to push it.
As the friends got closer and closer to the doors, the more determined they began to be.
"We're almost there" Chae Rin exhaled already exhausted.
"Just a little bit more!" Dae Su yelled, the zombies had become unbearable, it was too hard for all of them. They had all become exhausted.
"Get inside, now!" Cheong San said, grabbing slightly to Chae Rin's hand that was inside the crate.
The girl nodded, kicking a few zombies away as she made her way inside.
"Until it!" Su Hyeok ordered the group as he raced to Dae Su's side, the boy squatted down as he worked on untying the string that kept the crates together. Su Hyeok above him using the bat to hit the zombies.
"It's untied! Push!" Dae Su informed the group who used their strength to push the sides of the crate, making it a makeshift half moon around the exit door.
Su Hyeok tried to open the door, twisting the handle, hitting it with his elbow, everything. But it would just not open. And that concerned everyone who was now in shock at their efforts to get to the door when it wouldn't even open now.
"Fuck!" the group cussed, On Jo got to Su Hyeok, her too trying to open the door that would simply not budge.
"It won't open!" Su Hyeok told the group in panic.
"What do you mean?" Cheong San asked worried as zombies began to grab at his arms, Chae Rin trying to pry them off.
"The door won't move!" On Jo repeated in panic.
"Move back" Su hyeok ordered On Jo as he used his bat to try and smash the door handle.
"Fuck! Please, try and do that faster! I don't know how long we can stand safely!" Chae Rin yelled as she tried to help around.
Ha Ri was almost bitten, had Wu Jin not warned his sister and used a foam bag to push the zombie away from his sister's neck.
Cheong San was on top of a wood part, hitting his baseball bat against the zombies that came near, Mi Jin also on top of a similar space as she used an archery bow to hit the zombies.
"Get lost, assholes! Get lost!" She screamed, Ha Ri having to quite literally grab the girl and pull her back to the ground.
"Ya! Go help Dae Su!" Nam Ra hurried the other hambie, the zombies getting on top of the boy as they tried to cross over his side.
"Holy fuck!" the girl shrieked as Dae Su used his bare hands to push them away and close the crate back again, untying that part and pushing it away with the zombies that clung onto it before pulling the other side to the edge and sticking it to the wall.
"Be careful!" She warned as she used her hands to push the zombies away instead.
On the other side the crate had broken, Nam Ra used her own new strength to pull them together overlapping them so that the zombies didn't realize the gap and came inside.
"How much longer?!" Chae Rin yelled concern filling her voice as she continued to push the zombies away, panting at this point.
"It won't open! It must be locked from the outside" Su Hyeok replied.
"Damn it" He hissed, Chae Rin followed his movements as he grabbed the bat back and raced to Nam Ra's side helping her to keep the crate closed. Leaving On Jo alone to try and pry the door open.
The girl bumped into the door, going back and then slamming back into it.
"On Jo try and use your elbow first, or you'll hurt your shoulder" her best friend yelled, On Jo looked back at her, her back to the zombies as she watched her slam herself on the door. She nods, the other nodding back before she goes back to helping the group.
Just as the small girl was racing to slam against the door once again, the door opens, shocking the poor girl who starts crying as she raced into the arms of none other than her father.
"Dad" she mumbled in the embrace of her father.
"Hurry and get out!" Su Hyeok tells the group who races out, Chae Rin stayed at the end, slamming the door shut behind her.
"Ya! Ya! You! Come here!" Chae Rin yelled, arm stretched out as she pointed her finger at Joon Yeong who raced to get away from the fuming girl.
"Come here, before I kill you myself! Ya!" She screamed, the boy shrieking as he ran behind Cheong San for protection.
"What did I tell you? What did I SAY!" Her voice booms through the open field.
"No more sacrifices..." he whispered.
"And what did you do?!" She questions him.
"Almost got myself killed" He whispers again, she exhales in anger hand on her hair.
"You just wait, til' I get you" She points at him again, head just over Cheong San's shoulder scared to face her.
"Chae Rin! Are you okay too?" On Jo's father asked the girl, who smiled affectionately and raced to his arms, grabbing back onto On Jo.
"Mr. Nam, Have you seen my mother? Do you know if she's okay?" the girl asked the man.
"I haven't seen her... I didn't stay for long in the quarantine zone" he apologizes, she nods.
"It's okay, she's probably fine" she gulped with a nod, he nods back, placing a soothing hand on her shoulder.
"Are you kids okay?" he asks, facing the group who nods, some mumbling a 'yes'.
"No, Chae Rin is trying to kill me" Joon yeong voices out, the girl in question turning to him in a glare.
"You asked for it" She sneered, the others chuckling at the interaction.
"Good. good" he whispers, his head turning to Cheong San who was a little behind Chae Rin.
"Cheong San" he calls to the boy in a sweet tone.
"Mr. Nam" He says, hugging the man back, emotions heightned as the two sniffed.
Cheong San a little happy to see a man who he too saw as a father figure, despite having his own father
"Can you all run?" the man questions the group again, the others nodding.
"Good. If you go through the tennis courts and the construction site, you'll reach the mountain. Go over the mountain and get to YangDong - " The man began to explain pointing out some of the directions to the kids, before Cheong San interrupted in a panic.
"Mr. Nam" he calls out to the man, everyone turning in the direction he's looking at, a hord of zombies running their way.
The group, becoming aware as those who were sitting down stand up and Nam So Ju, On Jo's father races to the zombie running their way grabbing it by the legs, getting him on the floor and twisting its anckle.
"Kids run!" He yells, as more of the zombies are heard.
On Jo hands her backpack to her father, grabbing his free hand.
Chae Rin grabbing onto Cheong San's as the group races over the hill and into the tennis court.
Chae Rin had hurried them all inside but Ha Ri had stayed behind getting her arrows reading to shoot an incoming when one came from the side knocking her down.
Mr. Nam hurriedly grabbed the zombie pushing it aside as Su hyeok and Mi Jin helped the girl inside the fences.
"kids, run!" He loudly tells them, Chae Rin had now grabbed onto Joon Yeong helping him stand after falling down trying to stop as he watched more zombie circle the fencing around the tennis court.
"I got you" Chae Rin whispered as she helped the boy up.
"We can't go out there. We can't" Cheong San told the group as he looked around.
"What should we do Dae Su?" Wu Jin asked, hand reaching to the boy he called for.
"What do we do?" He asked again.
"We're screwed" Chae Rin exclaims, just as the door broke open, zombies falling inside and racing in.
Chae Rin immediately ran beyond the tennis fence, as she tried to stop the zombies from crossing it as Cheong San and Su Hyeok used their baseball bats to hit them.
"Chae Rin, what are you doing?" Mr. Nam asked, as he thought the girl would sacrifice herself.
"I'm infected either way, I don't die!" She explains turning to look at him for a split second as he grimaces, taking out a few sticks of fire that called over the zombies, throwing it over as the zombies followed it.
The group left through the exit into the mountain, only Chae Rin, On Jo and Cheong San behind with her father.
"Chae Rin, find your mother. She must be worried. Cheong San, take On Jo" He stated, eyes not leaving the zombies in the back of the court.
"Dad. Where are you going?" On Jo asked near tears as Cheong San grabbed onto the girl and Chae Rin.
Mr. Nam had taken a whistle and was blowing it as he ran to his backpack to grab another fire stick and threw it.
"Mr. Nam? Mr. Nam!"
"Dad!Dad!"
The two continuously yelled as Su Hyeok and Wu Jin raced back inside to help Cheong San get the girls out.
Mr. Nam now running to the door.
"Get out! Get out now! Go" He yelled as he fought some of the zombies.
Once outside Joon Yeong had a hold on Chae Rin as Ha Ri grabbed onto On Jo, Cheong San and Su Hyeok getting inside to help the girl's father outside.
"Go! Get out!" the man pushed the two boys out locking the door with him inside.
On Jo immediately running to the door as Chae Rin fell to her knees head down.
"Dad" On Jo murmured in tears.
The man tied a rope against the lock, preventing it from opening.
"On Jo, look at me" he began.
"Go, Run!" he whispered.
"Go!"
"Dad!"
"Go. Go! On Jo! Go! Chae Rin, take her. Please... Go!" He yelled as he looked at the two girls.
Zombies biting him from all sides as his face was pressed against the fencing.
Wu Jin helped the girl up grabbing her by the shoulders as he let her hang herself loosely on him, Su Hyeok pushing On Jo ahead.
Cheong San later took Wu Jin's place in holding up Chae Rin, whose mind was absent as she ran as he did.
Not once noticing where they were running to.
Zombies chasing after the group as they entered a building in construction, Nam Ra and Chae Rin's senses tingling again as the two stopped.
The difference was that Cheong San was trying to force Chae Rin to talk as to why she stopped, and she physically couldn't but Nam Ra did.
"No!" she stopped in front of the whole group, stopping everyone behind her.
"What? Why?" Dae Su asks scared of the future words of the class prez.
Seconds later zombies rolled in from rooms in front of them, startling everyone.
"Go upstairs. Go!" Nam Ra hurried everyone as zombies rushed to them from all sides.
The group now making their way upstairs, but it being a building in construction had no doors put in yet. Only windows.
"Where do we go?" Dae Su asked as everyone panicked running around the floor.
"There's no way out. It's blocked" he continued.
"Outside" Chae Rin pointed out weakly, Cheong San following her finger with wide eyes, Nam Ra taking her words for it and racing to the window that was covered with some plastic.
"This way!" She yells for everyone to hear slightly uncovering the wrapper, enough for them to cross over.
"Is there a way?" Dae Su wondered.
"Hurry and go" Chae Rin muttered as she stood straight going for the window.
"The bench" Su Hyeok points out, him and Joon Yeong bringing it closer to the window as everyone began to cross over to a rock part.
Chae Rin being the last one to go.
As the group spoke, Chae Rin grabbed Nam Ra's voice as they focused on the sound inside.
"Quiet. Don't say a word" Nam Ra warned them.
Chae Rin gulped down her tears, before she turned to Nam Ra for comfort who hugged the girl as she silently sobbed into her school uniform.
On Jo behind, grabbing a metal pole that Cheong San took out of her hand and threw over.
Ha Ri squatting down to cover the girl's cries, her too in tears.
Cheong San had made her way to Chae Rin, taking her in his own arms, her face hidden in his shoulder.
"You should go to On Jo, she needs you just as much as you need her" he whispered.
The girl sniffed, lifting her head as she made her way to On Jo, slumping besides her with tears on her own eyes.
On Jo spared only a look at the taller girl before she threw herself on her embrace.
"It's okay. You can cry. I'll take care of everything" Chae Rin whimpered to her as her hand caressed On Jo's hair.
"It's going to be alright" She whispered as she let her own tears fall.
The group silently watching the two, not one daring to say a word.
Only the two knew how it was for them now, On Jo had become an orphan, and Chae Rin had lost her own father figure.
The two praying that at least one parent would be alive and safe.
Would they be that lucky as to have someone to care for them after this whole thing...
Could they even, survive it through...
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