Scalp by Carver Pike

Author:Carver Pike [Pike, Carver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carver Pike
Published: 2020-09-29T20:00:00+00:00

16

Robbie tore through the auditorium door with Nitsy by his side. Momentarily blinded, it took him a second to understand what was going on. The brightness of outside clashed with the dark room where his peers were watching a film on a giant screen. Through squinted eyes, Robbie saw John F. Kennedy standing at a podium delivering a speech. It was a leadership film, probably meant to keep the kids busy while he and Nitsy searched the school for their missing classmates. Only they weren’t missing.

They’re zombies.

With the sunlight at his back and the door closing behind him, cutting a slice of daylight through the darkness, Robbie saw quite a few teenagers looking his way. The sudden normalcy of the scene in front of him made him doubt what he’d just experienced. Like Elias’s fall and broken neck might have been all in his imagination.

“Stop the movie!” Nitsy yelled.

She stood at his side. He hadn’t even noticed her there, but her voice thundered through the auditorium with the command of a great leader. She demanded everyone’s attention. He needed to do the same.

“Stop the movie!” he yelled, mirroring her authority.

An adult might have handled the situation differently, but he wasn’t one, and he had no idea how to deal with a zombie apocalypse. With Robbie’s outburst, the rest of the kids watching the movie gasped and turned to look at him.

“Lock the doors,” Nitsy said, going back to the entrance and searching for a way to secure them.

Eggo, who Robbie knew was the leader of Nitsy’s group, joined her at the door.

“Nitsy, what’s going on?” he asked.

Voices went up all around him, and Robbie felt faint. None of this made sense. This was scary movie shit. This wasn’t the kind of thing that happened to teenagers in real life.

“He… uh… he…” Robbie tried to explain when Mrs. Price made her way over to him and grabbed hold of his shoulders.

“Calm down,” she said, “and tell me what happened.”

“He broke his neck,” he finally found his voice. “He broke his own neck.”

Mrs. Price put a hand to her mouth and stared at him. She looked over at Nitsy. “What is he talking about?” She was nervous. “Did someone get hurt?”

“Mrs. Price,” Nitsy took over, and Robbie was so thankful she did because he didn’t think he could explain it in a way that made sense. “Something has happened to the missing kids. They’re… they’re like—”

“Zombies!” Robbie announced. “Elias and Bianca and who knows how many others. They’re zombies.”

One of the wisecracking boys Robbie had never had the pleasure of speaking to was seated nearby. As soon as he heard the word zombie he burst out in laughter and stomped his feet on the carpet in extreme exaggeration. Like he might laugh himself to death.

“Did you hear this kid?” the boy asked. “He said they’re zombies. Zombies, man!”

A few others laughed. Some of the kids in the crowd were afraid. They weren’t saying much. Robbie felt his blood boiling as the boy continued heckling him.

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