ZERO HOUR

Chapter One

Gideon

No one dared to talk, we're all in a state of shock and confusion. The fear of dying anytime lingers in each of our minds.

We saw our lives flashed against our eyes few moments ago, it was a grotesque scene that for sure will hunt us in our dreams. A nightmare that has come to life where death is the only way to escape.

Jiselle was the first one to recover from shock, "What the hell is happening?!"

She cried, " We woke up from being unconcious for god knows how long! Everyone else is dead- no, they turned into zombies!"

I peered on the window as the school bus drove along downtown's deserted roads.

Things became out of hand ever since we woke up after the massive explosion, phones are down and communication's been cut off. 'Twas a horrendous sight straight out of a movie, there were blood splatters, severed bodies and decapitated parts everywhere.

Barb and I sat near the driver, I barely noticed the trembling hands he tried to conceal by slipping them inside his hoodie's pocket.

I tapped his shoulder, "You okay?"

He glanced at me with a troubled face, "I'm worried about my parents."

"Don't worry, we'll go find them." I replied, trying to ease his tension.

My parents are long gone, both of them died in an accident. While Barb's parents live two cities away.

"Shelton?! What's happening?! Shelton?!" Someone shouted,

It was a student at the back of the bus, he was convulsing on the floor while everyone else near him is panicking.

"What's the fuss?" The driver asked,

"Shelton!"

"Crap! Was he bitten?!"

"You let an infected on the bus?!"

His face went purplish, greenish veins appeared in his face and his pupils turned white. They all flung away from him, scattered in different directions. He caught a student and bit her, toring and chomping her flesh.

Blood gushed out of it, cascading down her white uniform which almost turned red with so much blood, "Aahhh!!!Faye!!!"

Everyone was ill at ease, they tried getting out of the moving bus by jumping out of the window. The panic and tension caused chaos inside as the driver lose control and the bus crashed.