"Huff, well that almost took a turn for the worst". Muku took in a long breath thinking of how he and Jade almost died. The dog he just killed was a few centimetres away from ripping Jade up.
"Y-year, and thanks for saving me". Jade stuttered a bit as she spoke, still shaken by how she almost died.
"No need for that, you saved me first, remember?". Muku waved the gratitude off.
"Yeah, you're right; in fact, it can be said that it was because of you I almost got killed". After regaining her wits, Jade quickly got back to her old ways. Of always trying to find trouble with Muku.
"This brat... You know what, I'll give you this one because there is some truth to what you said. In fact I want to apologise for my mistake.". Muku at first felt like fighting it out with her, but as a grown-up, he gave in for the sake of peace.
"Don't blame yourself, sir. None of us is accustomed to fighting these monsters, so a mistake here, and it is only natural. We should just be grateful that nobody got hurt or, worse, died.". Before Jade could say anything, Emily, the appeaser, spoke first.
Hearing her and knowing that she was speaking the truth, Jade could only curse under her breath. She couldn't find trouble with Muku again in the situation; otherwise, the others would find her to be an unreasonable person.
"Umm, excuse me, everyone, I suggest we find a new place to hide; the stench of blood here is sure to draw in more killer dogs." Chloe raised her hand as she spoke softly, seemingly afraid she might be getting in the way.
"Chloe, you don't need to raise your hand before speaking; we are not in school and...well, we are, but you know what I mean. Anyway, no one is going to get angry at you or something like that; you have been nothing but helpful since the start, after all. And you've made another good suggestion, let's get out of here before more of them come." Muku spoke with a wry smile on his face, not knowing what to do with this student of his who seemed to have low self-esteem.
"He's right you know". Emily backed him up while the other two girls nodded in agreement.
"O-okay, if you say so". That's all Chloe could say while being stared at by everyone.
"Good then, let's go, and I suggest we go close to the storage room. In a few hours when the adrenaline completely runs out, we are going to need more than just water." Layla, who seemed to only know how to speak important things, spoke. Though it was to be expected, she was the best student in the grade after all.
With that, they left their bloodied classroom. The reason why they were lucky to even have water was because it was summer, so there was a 20-litre water bottle in the class.
"I like the name killer dogs by the way". As they ran, Jade suddenly said. Chloe's face reddened a little bit with embarrassment,, but she didn't say anything.
Their floor was the second topmost floor of a building that had 8 floors. There were classes from floor 3 to floor 7. Floor 2 was where the cafeteria was located. Floor one only had the reception desk. On the top floor, there was the principal's office, which had a personal latrine, the food storage room and the teacher's lounge.
Since the storage room was on the top floor that's where they went. However, it wasn't like they could go down to the lower floors where an unknown number of killer dogs were. After all, they almost lost their lives to just two.
Less than thirty minutes after Muku's group left, as predicted, more killer dogs came to the 7th floor. With no questions asked, they pounced on the corpses of their dead brethren. Devouring them until nothing was left. One killer dog arrived too late,, and there was no place at the dinnertableble....cough, it couldn't find a spot to eat from as all the corpses were completely surrounded.
So it walked out of the room and happened to catch a scent which was mostly masked by the stench of blood. With that lead, its lone figure went in the direction of Muku's group on the 8th floor.
....
A few minutes back...
Muku and his group successfully reached the 8th floor. Their first target was obviously the storage room; when they reached the door, they noticed that it was locked. They couldn't break it, too, since it was a reinforced steel door. So they were at a loss for what to do next.
"Well, quite frankly, I don't know why anyone thought it would be unlocked". Jade said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"You know, staying quiet when you have nothing productive to say is allowed, right?". Muku said while looking at her with a deadpan expression.
"Tsk". Jade only made that sound and looked away.
"Oh, I know, why don't we try to look for the key in the principal's office?." Before the situation could escalate between Muku and Jade, Emily made a suggestion.
"Great idea, why didn't I think of that, let's do that". Muku said while walking towards the principal's office at the end of the hallway.
{Maybe because you've been getting dumber since this whole situation began}. Jade thought but didn't dare say it out loud.
"Oh, seems it's locked too...from the inside even. However is inside, open up the door please, it's Mr Chisen". Muku tried opening the principal's door, but it wouldn't barge.
He proceeded to try and call out to the person inside, since it can't be guaranteed that it's the principal who was in the room when the attack began, he didn't directly call out to him. Oddly though, even after calling out for a while, nobody answered, yet when he checked the door again, it really was locked from the inside.
"Why not just break it, maybe the person inside succumbed to the pressure after seeing what's happening and committed suicide". Jade came closer to Muku and said.
"You know, I'm starting to get the impression that you are a rather violent little girl...hmm, you might be right. We don't have any time to waste even if the person is just ignoring us after all". Muku was in the process of figuring out the truth about Jade's personality but then thought she did have a point. Luckily for him, he didn't continue what he was saying, or he likely would have been kicked in between his legs.
Bang!
Without wasting any more time, Muku hit the door with his shoulder, forcing it open. When he looked inside he was faced by a scene he didn't expect.
The intern (a dude who can't have girls dying arbitrarily, after all) who was working as the principal's assistant was busy dragging the principal's dead body into the restroom. Before he could make sense of what was going on, the guy sprinted towards him before taking a lunge, hands held out, aiming for Muku's chest.
Muku was taken off his feet and thrown to the ground outside the room. He and the intern started rolling around while the intern was trying to gran Muku's neck and he was trying to prevent it. Muku noticed something behind the girls.
"I got this, go a look for the key, now!!". When the girls were about to help him, he screamed at them. They felt a bit scared by his scream, so they hurriedly entered the room to do what they were told.
"It wasn't my fault, he made do it, he made me kill him!!. After seeing what was going on outside, he foolishly wanted to go help the students!. For my own safety, I had to do, I had to snap his neck.". The intern confessed everything without being asked, seems he had gone mad from committing murder.
Muku suddenly pushed the intern into the air with his feet, throwing him away from him. Just as the intern was about to get off the floor and likely attack Muku again, a large mouth bit into his neck.