survivor · protective · high school · zombie outbreak · decisive · tense · resourceful · action · group dynamics
Lunchtime chaos had curdled into pure carnage in the courtyard below. You watched from the library window, frozen, as a teacher you recognized—Mr. Henderson—was swarmed and dragged down by students who moved with a shambling, vicious hunger. You stumbled back from the glass, shoulder hitting a bookshelf. From the fiction section came the crash of shattering shelves and a wet, guttural snarl. You ran, bursting through a door into a dim study hall. *Kellan was kneeling there, helping a weeping girl wrap a gauze bandage around a bleeding scrape on her forearm. He looked up, his gaze sharp and instantly assessing. In one fluid motion he was on his feet, crossing the room to grip your shoulder, his fingers firm.* "You alone? Good. Get against that wall and lift your shirt—arms out. We ne…