"Tap, Tap, Tap"
The footsteps echoed thorough the greyish white colored corridor. Unlike the last time, the corridor was now bright and lively because of the morning sunlight.
Fredrick walked toward the tenth-grade classroom beside William, with two soldiers-Alpha and William-carrying a heavy box behind them.
Fredrick approached the open doorway to find Miss Chloe arguing with a group of students. To his surprise, Selena was at the front of the group.
"Miss Chloe, We are not stupid."
"Do you really think that we believe any of the bulllshit you have said to us?"
Selena's tone was sharp and confrontational.
Miss Chloe's chestnut brown hair swayed in
the morning breeze while her blue eyes swept over the group of children in front of her. She waved her in the air dismissively before saying.
"Calm, down. I am not the enemy here, The zombies are the enemy. We shouldn't fight amongst each other."
After the group of students turned silent she took a deep breath and said.
"All the things, I have said before is true...I am not making them up."
Chloe has made a perfect cover story for Fredrick's little fight yesterday.
She told the students that the two soldiers who came to school was scouts sent by the small army that is marching toward the school.
The soldiers were able to march through the mass of zombies around the building thanks to the cover fire provided by William.
After they came here both Fredrick and the soldier went into the bathroom while discussing things. Then the Chris's group launched an unexpected attack.
She said that Chris was infected and after trying to bite him, the soldier killed him. Then the soldiers threw the corpse away from a nearby window like they did before and locked the criminals in the locker room.
Of course this explanation had some flows which the students was pointing out right now.
She was going to answer those questions when she saw Fredrick standing in the door way.
A pleasant smile appeared on her face as she welcomed him into the classroom.
"Good Morning, Sir William...Fredrick."
She greeted and walked toward him through the group of students.
She stopped in front of William and Fredrick and flashed a pleasant smile to William before turning to Fredrick.
"Fredrick, I assume Sir William has thought about my request from before?"
All gazes fell on the two of them and they tracked every thing they did. Like discussed before they started to act.
Fredricj turned his head up and glanced at William for a moment before saying politely.
"Yes, William agrees with your request and has bought what you asked for."
Fredrick turned around and nodded at Alpha and Beta.
They immediately walked toward between Fredrick, Chloe and dropped the box on the ground.
Fredrick walked toward the box with everyone's gazes on him and opened the lid of the box, in a way that content inside was visible to everyone.
And when they saw what was inside their eyes widened.
IT was military rations and a lot of them, enough to feed at least hundreds.
Fredrick glanced at the shocked faces of students for a moment before turning toward Chloe. He pointed at the pile of rations and said.
"Here is the food you asked for and some extra."
Discussions start to rose among the mass of students.
"Food"
"Ohh, than god. I haven't eaten for a whole day."
"Miss Chloe asked Sir William to give us food. Man, She is the best."
"Miss Chloe really cares about us and it seems like the purge command listens to her as well."
Students started to gather around the metal box in awe and admiration of Chloe.
They looked at the military ration with their stomach growling. Even the people from Selena's group went to see the metal box filled with food.
Only Selena stood frozen amidst the chaos.
she stared at Chloe while biting her fingernails.
"Bitch."
***
Fredrick walked to the far end of the corridor with William, Alpha, and Beta, following behind him.
He stopped in front of a door guarded by two new soldiers whom he had bought yesterday.
Fredrick smiled for a moment before gesturing for the two to open the door. They quickly made way for their general and opened the door.
The door opened with a creak sound and Fredrick went inside with all five soldiers following behind him.
The locker room was fairly normal, if Fredrick had to described it.
There were rows of silver coloured metal lockers on both sides of the room. In the middle, there was a long, black colored metal bench for people to sit. The white walls of room were illuminated by the few light bulbs hanging from the ceiling.
Fredrick took a deep breath and looked at the four boys tied to the metal bench at different places.
Three of them were unconscious and they had dried blood stains all over their mouth and unform. They looked like they have been through hell.
The fourth student on the other hand look clean and wide awake.He stared at Fredrick and his soldiers with terror in his eyes.
Fredrick smirked and went toward him, causing him to tremble terribly and try to scream through the cloth tied around his mouth.
While walking toward the boy, Fredrick looked at the three unconscious students.
"You know, I almost feel bad for these guys...Unlike you and Chris, they didn't really do anything to me."
After a bit of staring he turned his gaze away and looked into the boy's eyes.
"So, I felt really guilty when I ordered my men to cut off their tongues."
He then crouched infront of him without taking his gaze from the man's terrified eyes.
"But you...you are different...I will enjoy torturing you."
The boy trembled under his gaze and tried to scream as hard as he could.
"Mmmmmmmmm"
But only a muffled scream managed escape from the cloth around his mouth.
Fredrick continued staring into the student's eyes akin to a serial killer looking at his already dead victim. His stare was sharp and full of danger.
Shivers ran through the boy's body from the staring alone.
"Why do you think I didn't order them to cut your tongue as well?"
He asked while pointing to William and others. Before the guy could even shake his head, he continued.
"Because....I am the one who is going to do it."
When the last couple of words reached his ears, the guy's eyes widened and his pupils shrank. He gulped in fear and his pants became wet from the intensity of cold blooded gaze, he recieved.
he immediately snapped his head toward the closed door and screamed but nothing came out of his mouth.
"Ggghhhh"
Fredrick smirked and got up, then he stretched his hand toward William.
William took his combat knife out of his belt and put it in Fredrick's hand.
Fredrick gripped it in his hands and looked at the two new soldiers. He motioned to them with his head, and they sprang into action.
They took the cloth off the guy's mouth, and before he could scream, they pushed his jaws apart as hard as they could.
The guy must have felt immense pain from his jaw muscles, but they didn't care.
Fredrick then pulled the guys's tongue out with his left hand and brought the sharp knife to it with his right hand.
Then he smiled and stared into the guy's eyes like a predator staring toward its prey.
"You should stay still...I don't have a lot of experience with this, there is a chance I might make a mess out of your face."
The boy tried to his best to get out of the situation but he couldn't even budge the two men.
Fredrick's mouth curled upward as he sank the sharp point into the corner of the guy's tongue.
"Are you ready?"
The boy weakly shook his head. Fredrick smiled at his response before saying.
"Good, you are ready."
He then started cutting the guy's tongue apart with his knife.
Drops of blood fell on the floor, while Fredrick's smile widened and the guy screamed with the top of his lungs.
"Gggggghhhhhhh"