to the PA and announce that students are to be
accepted into their classrooms without being marked
tardy. Then we’ll call for a lockdown in five minutes once
they’re all in class.”
“Okay, Mr. Jameson. Do you want me to call 911
as well?” asks the secretary.
“No, I’ll do that,” says Mr. Jameson. Nodding, she
turns to leave, and Mr. Jameson addresses Mr. Tibbs
asking, “Are you all right? What happened?”
Shaking his head, Mr. Tibbs says, “Yeah, I think so,
but the guy just came in and started biting me,” and pulls
his sweater and longsleeve shirt up his arm to inspect the
wound.
As he does so, Mr. Jameson notices you standing
off to the side and says, “Hey, you. I told everyone to
head to class, now come on, get going.”
Startled by the principal’s words you turn to head
up the stairs, but not without taking one more quick look
back to Mr. Tibbs who holds up his arm for Mr. Jameson
to see. When he steps to the side, you spot the bloody
wound of the old man’s bite, and cuss under your breath
knowing if these are zombies, your favorite science
teacher is now on borrowed time.
Taking the stairs up, you make your way to history
class where you find everyone is talking over one another
as they try to tell the curious teacher, Miss Millstone,
what happened. Heading over to your desk, you hear the
PA system come on, and Miss Millstone quiets the whole
class simultaneously with her loud shrill voice as the
secretary says, “The school is now in lockdown. This is not
a drill, the school is in lockdown. Teachers please make
sure that your students remain in class, and we will let you
know when the lockdown is over.”
Heading to the door, Miss Millstone checks the
doorknob from the outside to make sure it’s locked, and
then after a quick look up and down the hall to see if
there are any straggling students, she swings the door
closed. Next, using hand gestures only, Miss Millstone
directs the class to remain quiet and to leave their seats to
go sit up against the back wall. All of the students quickly
and quietly abandon their books and things and begin to
head to the back wall where she’s pointing. The ones who
always sit in the back of her room are already taking seats
on the floor.
If you talk to Miss Millstone, turn to page ……………..
33
If you go to the back of the room, turn to page …….
34
Talking to Miss Millstone
As the rest of the class gets up and begins walking
to the rear of the classroom, you stand up and approach
Miss Millstone. Stepping up next to the hefty woman, you
whisper, “Miss Millstone, I was there with Mr. Tibbs when
this happened. The old guy bit him.”
Not paying you much attention, Miss Millstone
says, “That’s what the others said. We’ll just stay up here
until we’re told the paramedics have dealt with things
downstairs. Now how about you go sit with the others.”
Frustrated, you blurt out, “But Miss Millstone, he
was a zombie.”
Unamused, she turns to face you raising an
eyebrow and says, “Whatever medications you’re on at
home, you might want increase the dosage, but for right
now go sit down and stop bothering me with this
nonsense.”
Feeling completely dejected, you go to the back of
the room to join the rest of your class. On the way,
however, you peek out the open window and see four
more old people walking over from the church across the
street, all of whom you think look like zombies. From
here there is no way to tell for sure, and there is no way
Miss Millstone is going to take your word for it. Taking
your spot amongst the crowd, you have a choice.
If you talk with the other students, turn to page ……..
34
If you stay quiet and wait, turn to page ……………………
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Talk to the Other Students
Unsure of who will believe you at this point, you
quickly find one of the guys you used to hang out with
back in middle school. Without any other options, you
decide to test the waters and see what the