Two Alive, стр. 36
"It's ok, we're going this way." Johnathan spoke softly to one tall student with a slacked jaw who timidly pointed to the back door. "No, we're gonna go out the front. We're leaving."
Michelle came around the corner and saw everyone moving and urged them back to their rooms. “Everyone please, go back to your classrooms. I called the police and they said they’re on their way." Michelle spoke loudly so everyone could hear her. "They’ve been getting calls about strange acting people all day and they think it’s some kind of YouTube thing.” She was eyeing Johnathan with contempt.
“Are you fuckin’ serious? Does this look like some YouTube video?!” Johnathan pointed at Amber’s arm. “Michelle, we have to do something before someone else gets hurt!” Johnathan went past the principal and asked people to follow him.
A huge crash could be heard outside in front of the school. It was so loud many of the people in the hallway dropped to the floor, thinking it was an explosion. Johnathan rushed to the front door at the end of the hall and kicked it open. Across the street an AC Transit bus had crashed into a house. The front half of the house looked like a bomb had gone off, it was completely leveled. Some survivors had escaped the crash unharmed but many of them were screaming and running away from more strangely acting people who were attacking passengers. A man was pressed against the window inside the bus being ripped to shreds as a group of crazed teens went after him like dogs.
“Oh my god…” Johnathan watched from the bottom of the stairs feeling the hairs on the back of his neck prickle. Many staff members and students were exiting the building and looking just as shocked as he was. "Everyone... get to the vans!" Johnathan pulled kids with him out the door and many others went running to the three white vans parked in front of the school.
There were students already in each of the vans, engrossed with the accident across the street. They were hooting and hollering, and some thought it was a live show to be excited about. Brandon got out the passenger seat of one of the vehicles and knew the situation was darker than any of the students could understand. He would have asked Johnathan a question when he came rushing over, but the older man pushed him back onto the van and told the kids to get in and put on their seatbelts. Arthur and Justine were coming out from the front office with Antonio and Miles.
“Arthur, bring Sam! C’mon!” Johnathan’s call startled Arthur and he went back into the school.
Johnathan heard a woman scream and saw two savage looking men fighting each other in the street, scratching and punching and screaming wildly. Both men were going at each other with killing intent.
“C’mon!” Johnathan called to the other students and waiting staff, still at the school door. He grit his teeth and waved for them to come but no one budged. Michelle was there urging them back inside.
Francine looked at the madness across the street and watched Amber rush to the van. She heard Michelle in her ear telling her to move back inside quickly. She saw Johnathan grabbing what kids he could, even if they fought him, still putting them on the van. He looked at Francine with a deep concern and she felt her heart start to pound. She grabbed Eryanna by the hand and told the other children from her class to follow her to the van.
Another shriek from the people in the streets scared the students and some were putting their hands over their ears, uncertain of where to go and who to follow. It became a tug of war between Michelle and Francine when both women tried to convince the children where they would be safe.
“C’mon everyone, let’s go get on a van!” Francine inched towards Johnathan, hoping the children would follow.
“No kids, we have to stay in the school. It’s dangerous out there! It’s safer in the school.” Michelle was circling her arms to imitate reeling the children back inside the door.
“Francine! C’mon!” Johnathan called again and noticed a stumbling man in the crosswalk before a car came barreling into him and just kept going.
More people were in the streets fighting for their lives as more insane individuals began to gang up and tear apart their victims. Some of those same insane people were starting to notice the school and the students and they were making their way over. Johnathan ran over to Francine and in the middle of her arguing with Michelle, he grabbed the teacher and pushed her towards the van. Francine lost Eryanna’s hand and the little girl was pulled inside the building and the doors were closed.
Arthur came running out the front entrance of the school, panicky and looking hysterical. Johnathan would have called out to him, but then he saw Sam chasing Antonio, Miles and the pregnant Justine. Sam was a raving lunatic like those other wild people. His Raider hat had fallen off and his eyes were red, and his teeth were bared. Justine ran as fast as she could—it was more a waddle than a run—but she couldn’t keep up with the boys.
Antonio and Miles didn’t look back, they just kept running and the small child dropped the cardboard he had still been holding onto. Johnathan got Francine on the van and went to help Justine but it was too late, Sam was on her.