Within minutes, the situation became worse. Almost everyone in the city transformed into zombies, except for a few townspeople, Tyler, and some of his classmates. They could only watch helplessly as their families changed or died. The pain was almost impossible to bear.

    Later, they discovered something surprising: some of them were semi-zombies. Fear took control of their bodies, but they refused to give up. They stayed together and eventually figured out how to cure themselves. The first step was learning how to make a fire. 

    then, Tyler came up with the idea to use a drone to search the city for other survivors and guide them to safety. All the people who were still healthy were told to go to a secure bunker. When they finally reached the bunker, they felt relieved—but suddenly, they heard a loud noise coming from outside. No one knew what was waiting for them next.

    The loud noise coming from outside the bunker door made everyone’s hearts stop. Tyler, the nurse, and the other students looked at each other silently. The sound of metal scraping against the walls echoed, as if a giant creature was crawling toward the door.

    At that moment…

The door was hit violently.

    Then a panicked, trembling voice cried out:

    “Please! Open the door for us! We beg you, open it!”

    Tyler quickly glanced at the others. Everyone inside the bunker was so scared they could barely breathe. The nurse approached the door and listened carefully. Panting sounds came from outside. But behind them, the deep, guttural growls of zombies could also be heard.

    “Tyler… I think there are people outside. And the zombies are very close,” the nurse whispered.

    From behind the door, four young voices shouted their names:

    "I'm Naomi! Please open the door!"

    "I'm Mason! Please, hurry!"

    "I'm Hunter! The zombies are right behind us!"

    "I'm Blake! We're begging you, open the door!"

    Their voices were trembling... And a terrifying scream came from behind someone.

    The door shook again, but this time, not from the outside...

From above.

    It was as if something was climbing the ceiling and striking the top of the door with its claws. The metal creaked, the walls shook, and everyone inside held their breath.

    Tyler gathered his courage and shouted, “Naomi! What’s out there? How many of you survived without turning into zombies?”

    From outside came a trembling voice, eyes filled with fear:

    “Only the four of us… but what’s chasing us… it’s not a normal zombie…”

    Suddenly, Hunter’s voice cut off, followed by a muffled dragging sound.

    Naomi screamed,

    “HUNTER!!! IT TOOK HUNTER!!!”

    The door slammed with such force that everyone inside fell to the ground.

The nurse whispered in panic,

“This… this is not a normal zombie. It might have mutated!”

Tyler leaned against the door, holding his breath.

From outside, Blake’s trembling voice pleaded,

“Please open it! It will eat us all if you don’t! PLEASE!!”

Then came the sound of long claws scraping down the metal door. The claws moved down, gouging the surface… as if trying to carve a path inside.

Everyone in the bunker was looking at Tyler.

He swallowed and whispered:

"Either we can open it and save them... or we wait until the door breaks down and we all die."

Outside, his deep, oppressive growl could be heard even through the walls.

A decision had to be made.

Tyler took a deep breath, his hand shaking, but he had to decide

“WE’RE OPENING IT!” he shouted.

The nurse immediately ran to the control panel. As the door creaked open slowly, screams, the sound of zombies clawing, and running footsteps came from outside.

The moment the door fully opened, Naomi jumped inside:

“QUICK! QUICK, CLOSE IT!!”

Mason and Blake ran in after her. But Hunter was

nowhere to be seen.

Tyler, out of breath, looked outside…

And he saw Hunter.

Hunter was on the ground, being dragged by the ankle, with three zombies crouched over him, ready to bite.

Tears streaming down her face, Naomi screamed:

“HUNTER!! NO!!!”

Without thinking, Tyler leapt outside. The nurse screamed:

“TYLER!! STOP!!”

But Tyler had already grabbed Hunter by the arm.

Just then, a zombie leaning over Hunter opened its mouth… but Naomi grabbed the first thing she could— a rusty metal rod— and slammed it into the zombie’s head.

Mason kicked the other two zombies and helped Tyler pull Hunter inside.

Blake held the door with his foot, shouting, “QUICK!!”