"Are we there yet?"
Yunjin whines leaning her head back against the seat looking out the window.
"Like 10 minutes."
I check my phone.
"It's been like a hour though! And I'm all cramped!"
"Deal with it."
Chase flicks her ear from behind.
"Ow!" She grabs his finger and twists it.
"Hey! Let go!"
"No way." She twists harder.
"Ow Ow! I'm sorry!"
He pleas.
She grins and let's go. He pulls his hand back and rubs it.
"The siblings are at it again."
"Ash, no, I would not want to be related to him." Pointing back at him with exaggerated disgust.
"Yeah, I clearly look way better than her anyways."
"Stay delusional dude."
"Thanks." He mumbles sarcastically.
"You can't win against her Chase." Ash laughs.
He grumbles looking out the window.
"Aw look he's acting all pouty now." Yunjin teases.
"I am not!"
"You so are."
I put my word in.
"Great Alex you too."
"It was tempting."
**
I scroll on my phone refreshing the page trying to see if any new news shows up, nothing so far. Lucky enough my baterry is at 74% so I can try an preserve it until we get to the airport. Though there is no signal out here, mabye it's just because we're on the motorway, hopefully it will work later in the airport.
**
The others continue their playful bickering in the back Sieun and Hanna joining in while Hyun drives. Roads empty with occasional rubble in our way. I put my earphones in using my downloaded playlist, perfect to help me think. Everything seems to be going smoothly.
**
Right, Mr Twat, he's a problem. We definitely killed him, no one could survive being stabbed multiple times hitting vital organs then being thrown of the roof. But then again we only heard his voice not see him. His voice was off but it was him and he remembered my name and his tone when he said Hanna's name makes it clear he has his memory. So is it him or what..?
I go in my bag digging for my notebook.
I bought it the day before.. Zombie day. Z day? Yeah, that's what I'll call the day the zombies came. I grab a thick black marker from my pencil case then write on the cover.
Zombie Analysis.
Seems good.
I take a pencil out and open the first page, empty, perfect.
I start writing, using my bag as a table to write over the car bumps.
What are Zombies? [Page 1.]
. Appeared yesterday, middle aged man zombie against the window in class, right by my desk.
.Looked like the same man I saw when coming to school. Did it follow me to school then?
.Was the area he was in already infected and I just saw him first? Zombies could mabye pick up on sent? So did it follow me to school?
-Was it my fault then..?
. Zombies are unpredictable creatures. Mabye they aren't even zombies just alien?
Types of zombies: So far..
. Walking/dragging feet - normal.
. Running - dangerous, fast .
. Crawling - unpredictable, fits through small spaces, lunges out randomly.
.Giants - like Jin, large, slow but strong, ugly.
Those are the zombies I've seen so far and whatever Mr Twat is. I'll dedicate a page to him later.
How do you get infected and the symptoms?
. To get infected the Zombie has to bite you, even a scratch from their teeth could spread the infection. Some sort of toxin in their teeth? Sort of like a venomous snake.
. What if a zombie scratched you with their nail or something, would you still get infected? Are the teeth the only place where the virus can be passed on? Is that why they instinctively bite at us?
Symptoms:
.Coughing up blood.
.Struggling to breathe.
.Eyes glazed white.
.Skin peeling.
.Unnaturally flexible to the point bones break.
.High temperature.
So many questions, I need more data.
Zombie traits:
.Pale skin, slightly green, skin peeling.
.Attracted to sound, mostly.
. Mabye they can't see? -Must test this out.
.Make occasional groans and whimpers.
What is Mr Twat? [Page 2.]
. Was it really Mr Twat though? Or is there and intelligent zombie who can mimic voices?
. If it is him, is he a type of intelligent zombie?
. Mabye it is him? He did have a bite mark just under his hand. Did that effect something for him? Did he turn a zombie while falling or after he hit the ground? But either way how can he speak like a human..?
-He's dangerous.
When he was human:
. Our maths teacher, tried being the cool laid back teacher. Tried way to hard it hurt.
.Had relationship problems with his wife. Figures.
.Didn't get along well with other teachers and tried hanging with the 'popular kids' at lunch.
.Pedo and disgusting.
.Gave trauma to Hanna and mabye more. Thinking about it makes me want to peel my skin off.
. Either way I want him dead, for Hanna's sanity and mine.
.Keep Hanna sane to keep the group together. It's a domino effect, one of us goes down the rest will loose their minds, it's instinct for humans.
Group analysis: [Page 3.]
Empty.
Theories: [Page 5.]
.The zombies could be many things , a mutant, new species, a disease, did someone make it or mabye an alien?
.The person who's a zombie might not be dead, they could be asleep on unconscious, mabye the disease or whatever is controlling them.
.What if the government did this to decrease the population, to be fair I haven't seen any planes ,jets or anything to do with the military yet. Or did they abandoned us?
.This could all be a simulation to test us highschool kids, we're just not aware.
To do: [Page 4.]
.Check in on everyone's family. □
.Find my little sister. □
.See if other people are alive. □
.How to kill zombies. □
.Secure food. □
.Take water. □
.New clothes, easy to run about in. □
.Find weapons. □
.Need a place to sleep that is safe. □
.Find petrol. □
.Keep the group together. □
.See if we can leave the country. □
.Try and find electricity. □
.Kill Mr Twat. □
.Survive. □
Questions: [Page 1.]
.Can they smell us?
.Can they sense our body temperature?
.Where did these things come from?
.Are they actually zombies or something else?
.Is the person dead or unconscious?
.How do you kill a zombie?
.Is the whole world dealing with this
problem or is it just London?
.Will things ever go back?
.Is anywhere safe?
.Will I survive..?
No not that.
.̶W̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶v̶i̶v̶e..?
.We will survive.