Wrong Universe | All of us are dead

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷Chapter 23

Byeol sprinted down the hallway, thankful that she's only a couple floor down from the music room. The zombies all run towards the source of the noise and Byeol has to push a couple of zombies down so she could get there faster.

When she reaches the floor, the zombies had already swarmed the room, pushing over the makeshift barrier the group had made.

The sound is too much for her ears but the adrenaline made her to push through, especially after noticing that some zombies in front are already climbing up and the group have trouble holding them off.

"Wujin-ah!"

"We can't go out yet!"

Byeol heave a sigh, pulling some zombies by their hair so she could squeeze herself to the front. She kicks some down, stabbing them on the head using her knife as she piles up the body so she could use it as a stairs to reach the top of the barrier.

More zombies swarm the room as she finally reaches the top, pushing some zombies down as she stabs the others.

"Byeol?" On-jo notices the girl on top of the barrier helping them, "Cheong-san ah! It's Byeol!" she pointed to the direction of the girl.

Cheong-san, who's busy keeping the barrier up by pushing it back looks up, seeing his girlfriend on top of the barrier.

"Byeol!" the others finally notices her, slightly relieve as the zombies climbing over were decreasing.

"I'm sorry I was late!" Byeol yells on top of the aggressive snarls, kicking a zombie down as she drives her hand holding the knife down on one of its skull, blood splattering but it wasn't noticeable since she was wearing a black gym trouser.

"How much longer is it going to take?" Dae-su grunted as his strength reaches its limit.

Wujin peeks through the curtains, "A little bit more. Not yet!" he replies.

"What are you guys even planning?!" Byeol yells from the top of the barrier, still busy with warding the zombies trying to climb up, swaying a little as she nearly lost her balance.

"We're gathering them inside here so we could run with minimized risk," Cheong-san answers her, helping her from the ground as he pushes the zombie using the Music Sheet Stand he grab on the floor.

Byeol nodded, jumping towards the alive side and landing on her feet with both of her hands on the ground to stabilize herself.

Nam-ra and On-jo immediately went to help her stand up but the height was nothing for Byeol, she smiles at them, patting them on the shoulder in comfort, "I'll help on the outside," she tells them as she sprints towards the door, sliding the door open as their eyes widen but Byeol kicks the zombie who tries getting in before it slides close again.

Wujin looks between the curtains, curious of what the girl was doing but find himself with mouth wide open as he witness Byeol execute a sharp and powerful spinning hook kick, the head of the zombie twisting to the side before it fell on the floor, permanently lifeless this time.

"Holy fuck," he curses in both admiration and surprise.

"What--what happened?!" Cheong-san asks in worry but couldn't left his post.

Wujin didn't answer but pulls the curtain to the side to see it just in time for Byeol to front kick the zombies which hits the other one its back as the both of them crashes on the window, falling down like a domino.

"Holy shit that's hot!"

"Yah Han Gyeong-su that's my girlfriend you're drooling over!"

Turning around sharply, she drive the knife hard on the zombie's skull while she kicks another one to the window.

While the others are busy dealing with the zombies inside, Byeol is also busy yeeting the zombies out of the window to help in clearing the hallway faster, her once clear emerald green tracksuit is now soaked with blood again but she cares less as her sharp eyes looks vacant, her dark irides mix with a dark gleam of red as she throws the last zombie on the window.

She's heaving but she slides the door open, peeking inside of the run, "It's clear, you can go out now!" she told the others.

"Clear! We have to go now!" Wujin repeated with urgency as he grabs a music sheet stand from the floor.

Hyo-ryeong were the first one to run out followed by Jimin, Joon-yeong, Nam-ra, and then On-jo, the latter immediately holding Byeol's hand despite of it being bloody.

"Cheong-san ah! Let's go!" On-jo yelled for her childhood best friend.

"Go!" he told the other three guys, "Go first!"

Gyeong-su nodded, leaving his post as he runs towards the group, leaving the heroic trio on the barrier.

"You go first!" Dae-su gasped, obviously having trouble in holding all of the brute and aggressive strength of all the zombies trying to get to them.

Byeol rolls her eyes, walking inside to pull the three away from the barrier, "Why don't you three run together! Go! The barrier will not hold for long!" the girl yelled, pulling the uniform of the boys as she slightly beckons them to run.

Cheong-san looks back, grabbing her hand as he pulls her with him. Altogether, the group of misfits run away from the music room, Byeol making sure to close the door to trap the zombies and buy them some more time.

Byeol made sure to take the rear, knowing that if ever a horde of zombie charges towards them, she's the last to be at risk.

The group finally arrives at the door towards the rooftop, encountering no zombies as they were probably on the music room or lower floors.

But another adversity has yet to come. When Cheong-san tries to open the door, it was locked. He tried his best to open it but to no avail.

"Come on, open it!" Gyeong-su urges him.

"It's lock," Cheong-san told them as the other's collapse on the floor, hope dwindling at the sentence.

Byeol held On-jo up as her knees buckles, caressing her back as the both of them catches their breath.

"Move," Dae-su said, slamming his body to the metal door, creating a loud sound that made both Byeol and Nam-ra flinch.

"Wait. Get back. Move." Cheong-san said in urgency, running towards the keypad as he randomly tries the password to open it.

"Shit," he curses and punches the keypad in rage when it beeps in alarm after failing three times.

Joon-yeon runs towards the door, rapping his fist on the metal door, "Is anyone there? Anyone?! Open the door!" he shouted in desperation.

Gyeong-su and Wujin joined, slamming their hands on the door as they try to open it with brute force.

While the guys are busy trying to open the door, Byeol's head snapped downstairs, looking over the staircase banister as her ears picks up the distant snarls and heavy footfalls.

"Did you hear that?" Nam-ra asks Su-hyeok but the guy clearly didn't so her eyes finds Byeol's to only see that it was already looking at her.

Without much conversation, Byeol left On-jo's side but the lass grab her on the wrist, halting her steps, "We lost I-sak, I don't want to lose you too."

"You're not going to lose me, On-jo," she smiles comfortingly to the smaller girl, "The zombies should fear me. I'm Han Byeol."

At that, she runs down the stair landing, stopping right at the middle as she fixes her stance, ready to attack as she tracks the zombies' movement via sound.

Soon, Su-hyeok and Cheong-san joins her, standing beside her as they both wield their own makeshift weapon; Su-hyeok's a random wood he had found lying on the ground while Cheong-san's the music sheet stand. Byeol clicks the button on her switch knife, the bloody but still sharp blade pops up.

"They're here." both Nam-ra and Byeol said in unison just as the first zombie made its appearance, snarling at them.