Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 3 - 1, H.O.T.D

What I saw after running up the stairs, as she was cornered against the wall was the pink hair and glasses girl ( Glasses not equipped yet ) of the main characters, Saya Takagi. Tears were rolling down her eyes as she was trying to escape one of THEM that was right before her as it attempted to devour her alive. In her hand was a power drill which she was desperately trying to turn it on, but for some reason it wouldn't. As a bladed tool, it was possible to use the non spinning drill as is to kill the the undead even if she lacked the physical strength by aiming at the soft eyes, yet Saya wasn't thinking too clearly at the moment due to her fear of being killed.

Damn, just like I feared, the plot changed because of our, no my actions. Did saving Hisashi mean that one of the other main characters had to die to keep the original number of MCs? Whatever the case, I didn't have any more time to think as the undead was about to bite Saya. Taking the baseball that I got from the club building ( Didn't know if it would come in handy or not at the time ) I threw it towards the undead. The ball smashed squarely into the undead's forehead and although it didn't die, it did flinch and pause for a few seconds. I still wouldn't make it to her in time, but someone else had it covered miraculously.

One of my top three female swordswomen in fiction in my opinion, the purple long haired, tall, slim and deadly when given anything slightly resembling a sword, Saeko Busujima. Running swiftly like the wind Saeko raised her wooden sword into the air and slashed right down on top of the head of the undead attacking Saya. With a single motion the undead fell to the floor for good, never to rise again from the dead a second time.

Saved and with tears in her eyes, Saya looked back and forth between Saeko and I confused, but there was no time at all for thanks or introductions. There were more of THEM coming right for us. Kohta Hirano who was holding off the surrounding THEM with his nail gun, but having run out of bullets and not having the chance to reload, they moved in to attack. In that moment Saeko, Saya, Kohta and I gave each other a look and without any need for words we knew what we had to do. Kohta moved back together with Saya to reload his gun, and Saeko and I moved to protect them. Shizuka Marikawa, the blonde school nurse ( Who has the BIGGEST BUST among the main character ) who came here with Saeko knew she was totally useless in a fight and joined Saya and Kohta in the rear who were reloading his gun, but before passing right by me and giving be a seductive wink.

Shin: (High school girls are bitches, but adult high school nurses are the best. Definitely!)

It was only at this point when I was thinking something stupid did I ask myself when did I become so heroic and confident, but I had no time to wonder if I was being foolish. I had undead to kill. Saeko moved first and rushed the undead. She used her godlike skill to knock THEM off balance and then send a quick strike to the head. Like so, she took out many of THEM in no time.

My job was to take out the ones who made it pass Saeko, so I took my bat and went to work. Once you get over the disgust of the rotten flesh and the smashed head/brains when you kill one of THEM, they weren't tough opponents at all. THEM, they only had two things going for them. Their numbers and physical strengths, and the physical strength was largely dependent on them grabbing you. Long as you take a good amount of distance and watched your back, they really were easy to kill off.

This really was an easy mission in hindsight as Aqua said. If this was a later Biohazard game there would be be fast zombies with chain saws ( Hate the later games ), and there would be Hunters and whatever monstrosity you could imagine, but not here. In H.O.T.D I just had a lot of slow zombies to deal with. I just had to swing my bat on a crash course straight towards their heads, which they didn't even try to dodge, and blown away.

- Side Quest Reward 1, Kill The Undead - 1 Point Acquired!

And finally I have killed my twentieth undead.

Really, I am really envious of Aqua with her Auto 9 who is just killing THEM left and right. Such an easy mission and I have to kill them one at a time. Even if I could safely kill a lot of them, at most in a single day I would get no more then 5-10 points.

While I was complaining about my lack of ability to get points it was at that time when Hikari, Takashi and the rest had finally by this point arrived and joined us in the battle. Then together, 2-3 minutes later we had cleared out all the nearby by undead in the hall. Some cried, some hugged and others were glade to see other people again, but we didn't have too much much time to waste. Together, we all ran to the teacher's lounge for a much needed break from fighting and where we could possibly find the keys to the school minibus.

It didn't take long and not many of the undead got in our way as we arrived to the lounge. Everyone found a place to sit down and rest, but there was once again one annoyed girl in the group eyeing me. Hikari looked at me angry, yet a little frightened. Maybe it was because I had blood and guts all over my clothes and the baseball bat.

Hikari: You're really enjoying yourself, huh?

Shin: Maybe a little, but I am far more frightened then happy right now.

Hikari: You almost got yourself killed and you left me alone. For what?

Shin: That... Couldn't be helped. My actions probably did change to plot and if I didn't run off back there and save Saya, who knows what would have happened next. One plot change was enough.

Hikari: But you still left me.

Shin: ...Am I your babysitter? Didn't you say that I could abandon you if you got in my way? I just made a choice for my and all of our survival. Was that wrong?

Hikari: ...

Shin: Well, I still haven't really abandoned you in the the way you are thinking of. I just choose to make a decision and I really didn't have any time for a discussion. I choose the best method for survival so I won't make apologies, but I am sorry for making you feel insecure.

Hikari: I... I wasn't.

Shin: Ok then. I won't bring it up again.

Hikari: Alright, so lets just move on from this blame game. Do you know what we need to do next?

Shin: Yes. Next is actually the easy part.

I then began to explain the next part of the plot.

The main characters would decide to take the minibus instead of the Shizuka's car so that it could fit everyone, and also watch TV for the current news. Then there would be a discussion about "THEM". Next, they would be leave the teachers office and head to the main entrance and escape out the front. They would meet some other survivors and attempt to leave. Unfortunately, more of THEM would stand in their way.

The group then discovered that the undead couldn't see with their eyes and were almost home free by just moving quietly, but one of the survivors would create a loud echoing noise and draw all the nearby undead to them all. They would run to the minibus and along the way half of the non main characters died. They reached the bus, more survivors showed up and then they all escaped. I told Hikari all what would happen up to the escape. Hikari went over my information about the plot and gave her analysis.

Hikari: If we are willing to change the plot again, then we could safety escape the school by stopping that one guy from accidentally alerting THEM to us and we can escape home free. What do you think?

Shin: Your idea is good, but is it really necessary? If it was just us then your method would be correct and worth the risk of changing the plot, but we have her.

I look towards the window, but it wasn't like we could see her outside, but the gunshots could be heard from out in the yard.

Hikari: You mean Aqua?

Shin: That's right. Since we arrive here Aqua has beeen Killing off THEM with that Auto 9 with infinite ammo. Aqua has been sticking to outside the building, so we haven't noticed the effects, yet surely she has to have wiped out all of THEM that are out there. Even if the one's inside the building follow us out, the one's outside will be taken care of by Aqua, so we can quickly out run them and reach the bus.

Hikari: Are you that that confident in Aqua's ability to deal with THEM?

Shin: Well, I don't have a discerning eye for strength, but Aqua seemed incredibly strong, right? Especially how she just disappeared right in front of us and the next we saw her she had her beretta inside that fat man's mouth.

Hikari: I guess you are right. And I am also guessing that Aqua is your type of women.

Shin: Wh-where did that come from?

Hikari: So your not denying it. Are adult, gun wielding girls with a 34D body your type?

Shin: DROP IT!

For some reason, Hikari didn't like me praising Aqua. If I didn't know better you would think she was jealous, but that wasn't possible. For one we didn't know each other. Two, there is nothing that great about me. And third and lastly, she just probably feels bad that she isn't contributing much to the mission, which isn't true. Hikari's ideas are quite similar to own once I explain the plot to her, but because I am also hearing them from the outside, I can objectively look at them. Just like right now.

I was only against the idea of not changing the plot in the escape only because we discussed it together. If I was by myself I might have reached the same conclusion as Hikari without giving any thoughts to the risk and tried it out. Just like when I saved Hisashi before started an unexpected ripple effect that I didn't account for. Hikari was right about how that I was enjoying myself too much and was acting reckless, but with her here I think I can manage to stay levelheaded, at least before the action starts up again.

Shin: Thank you.

Hikari: Wh-what for?

shin: Just for being here. That's all.

Hikari: Th-that's... Stop trying to act like a MC from an anime! Gross! Creep! Die!

Shin: ...Really, middle school girls are the worst. Not cute at all.

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Proofread by Deltoren

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