It did not take much for Zane to realize why this building had even more Walkers than the main one... Whether the students and faculty had failed to get the notice to barricade themselves in time, or something more sinister had occurred. There was not a single living being that still drew breath in the second building.
At least not other than Zane and the girls. Curiously enough, though, Zane suspected there might be something far more dangerous at fault for this, because several of the doorways were smashed in by some kind of blunt force. Whatever had caused this, it was extremely powerful.
Because of this, Zane proceeded with extreme caution as he entered the wood shop classroom. Luckily for him, there was nobody inside, but more importantly, the tools and supplies were unmolested.
With this in mind, Zane sighed heavily in relief, before explaining to the girls what his plan was.
"You two guard the door. I'm going to make some weapons for us to use. Thankfully, the power is still on, but it won't be in a few days..."
Elena stared at Zane as if he had gone mad before questioning his sanity outright.
"Guard the door? With what, exactly? You know I'm a black belt in Judo, but there is no fucking way I'm fighting one of those fucking things with my bare hands!"
Zane sighed heavily before pulling his combat knife out of his belt and handing it to the crimson haired beauty, where he spoke to her in a cold tone.
"Aren't you also a black belt in Kendo? Use this..."
Elena frowned, a combat knife was hardly a sword, and besides she couldn't help but feel Zane was mocking her, because he knew damn well the term "black belt" was improper when it came to her Kendo and Iaido training, thus she couldn't help but grab the knife reluctantly while scolding the man for his deliberate misusage of the proper terminology.
Zane then motioned for Elena to hand him back the knife, which, after a moment's hesitation, she begrudgingly did. As for Olivia, she was inspected the quality of Zane's craft, before sighing heavily, almost as if she regretted not understanding the talent the boy had, despite having him in her homeroom for the last four years.
"I'm starting to think I know nothing about you...."
Zane didn't even dignify such a statement with a response. Instead, he swung the club off of his shoulder and into his hands as he approached the door to the classroom. His words, however, were quite terrifying to the older woman who had not yet mentally prepared herself for this brave new world.
"Let's go hunting..."
Elena's gaze narrowed, almost as if she had suddenly decided to follow Zane's lead, while Olivia tried to ask for answers on just what Zane meant by this.
"Wait, a second. What do you mean by that? Zane! Elena? Will somebody answer me!?!"
But neither of the two former students responded, instead they walked off into the hallway, leaving Olivia all by herself. After a few moments of internal dread and paranoia, Olivia chased after the two of them while practically in tears.
"Don't just leave me behind!"
As for Zane, he was stepping up the stairwell, ready to fight the first Walker he came across, and as he gazed out the window, he saw something chilling. Standing in the Main building he had just left a few hours before was the Stalker, who stared at him with a murderous gaze from the opposite window.
Zane stopped in his tracks when he saw this, felling a certain chill down his spine, but when he looked back at where he swore the Stalker had just been a second ago, it had seemingly vanished into thin air.
One thing was certain... Zane was being watched, and he had a feeling there was no chance in hell he would be able to beat that monster known as a "Stalker" at least not until he had time to properly consume his blood crystals and "level up". Whatever that entailed...