[Irene] You frown, everyone is probably scattered all over the school by now. It would be immensely difficult to get everyone in one place, [i]Unless...[/i] You say to Phillip and Sam, "The media center is right there, you two should go there and wait for everyone else." Sam replies, "Where are you going then?" "I'm going to pick several things up first and then go to the front office, it's safer if you stay in the media center instead of out in the hallways," you respond. Leaving Sam behind with Phillip, you make your way to the cafeteria. [i]Good thing that no one is in here. Although I would want to feed everyone, it just isn't possible right now. We can only afford to feed the people who can help us secure our current situation, otherwise we'll all die.[/i] You unlock the door leading to the kitchen and eat a sandwich. [i]Gotta stay healthy, especially now.[/i] You spy a water bottle and down the whole thing--it had been a while since you drank water. Normally you'd be fine with drinking less than eight ounces per day, but with all the zombie fighting you've been doing lately, you need all the water you can get. So naturally, you pick up a second water bottle and drink the whole thing as well. You also take a long knife just in case, you're a bit short on weapons after all. You lock all the doors behind you as you head out to the front office. On the way, you encounter two zombies. [i]Glad I didn't eat too much. I can still move decently well even with this much water in my stomach.[/i] You cautiously circle behind one, [i]Brain stem consists of the cerebellum, which controls balance; the pons, which controls sensory information; and the medulla, which is vital to survival. Either way, aiming at the base of the skull should kill it. Just kind of wish I still had a baseball bat so I could stun it, throw it off balance and such.[/i] You start silently sprinting and tackle one, throwing it the ground face flat. You aim at the base of its head and stab downwards. The zombie is still twitching. You try again. And again. On the third stab, the zombie falls still. [i]Piercing through bone is such a hassle.[/i] By now, the second zombie has noticed you and has begun rushing towards you, arms outstretched. You quickly kick the first corpse off to the side and perform a circle sweep to knock the zombie off balance. [i]Wow. I'm rusty, but that wasn't half-bad.[/i] It falls and you stab it through the eye. Flicking the blood off your blade, you examine the bodies. [i]Maybe I should actually loot them. Like Matt did. That backpack would be useful to store provisions. Maybe even a phone or two. So I can call people instead of wandering the halls, wondering where everyone else went.[/i] You carefully disentangle the backpack from the corpse and dump the contents onto the ground. Notebooks and binders scatter all over the place. You check the front and side pockets. [i] Nice. There's a bag of cookies. And a water bottle.[/i] Looting the fallen bodies' pockets, you pick up two iPhones. [i]Now I finally have my own Apple product. Let's see if I can crack into them.[/i] You mash random numbers and fail to get in four times. Then you try the combination 1-2-3-4. It unlocks. [i]Wowwwww. These idiots. Oh well. At least it benefits me in the end. I'll figure out how to use this later in the media center.[/i] You place both phones, the water bottle, and your extra knife in the backpack. [i]Need to stock it with more provisions and some medical supplies later.[/i] Hefting the backpack onto your shoulder, you finally unlock the door leading to the front office. "Hi again, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Lloyd!" you say cheerfully. Both of them give you a wide-eyed look. "You have bloodstains over your clothes, Irene!" Mrs. Allen exclaims. "I'm okay. Not injured or anything. But can I use the announcement thing for a quick second?" you ask. "Sure," Mrs. Allen motions you to come over. She presses the appropriate keys and hands you the phone. You say in a confident but serious tone, "This is Irene [REDACTED]. Will Matthew [DATA EXPUNGED], Travis [REDACTED], Alicia [REDACTED], Phillip [REDACTED], Sam White, Adam [DATA EXPUNGED], Benjamin [REDACTED], and Kate come to the media center?" [i]That should gather everyone. We need to fix those breaches as soon as possible.[/i]