Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Chapter 103- A Bad Omen

A moment of silence fell over the three youths, and it persisted for an uncomfortable number of seconds. It was only broken when Micah spoke up.

"I left the school so correct me if I'm wrong. Were you the one responsible for trapping the zombies?"

Jin-woo nodded his head but still kept his gaze lowered to the ground.

Micah clicked his tongue and said with slight disbelief in his voice.

"How did you manage that? Did you pull it off with your ability?"

Hearing this, Jin-woo couldn't help but raise his head and look at Micah with a confused expression.

"That's... Are you not mad at me?"

"Do you want me to be?"

Micah looked at Jin-woo with a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

"If you threw a baseball at someone and they hit it through a window before running away, you're the type of person to stand there and apologize without giving an explanation to the homeowner. So, I know this virus isn't entirely your fault. If it was then how did it appear outside of the school as well?"

Jin-woo forced a smile and responded.

"But I was the one that carried the pill containing the virus to school, even though I wasn't the one who threw it inside the water supply, I'm still at fault for Yoon-min and everyone's deaths."

Micah paused and then said.

"Tell me what exactly happened and catch me up and everything else."

Micah motioned for Jin-woo to come over, but Jin-woo hesitated.

"I've gotten used to it so it's fine."

Micah said, with that, Jin-woo no longer hesitated and approached, sitting beside him.

Seong went over to examine Yoon-min, while Jin-woo explained his connection with the zombie virus, while including his mother and Madelyn's involvement. He also talked about how he trapped the zombies and everything that happened afterward.

Micah sat cross-legged and silently listened to Jin-woo with rapt attention. He would occasionally ask questions while also letting slip a few exclamations of surprise, especially when Jin-woo was explaining how he trapped the zombies.

However, a few times during Jin-woo's retelling Micah's brows would furrow deeply. When Jin-woo finished, he couldn't help but point out:

"What's with that bastard Ye-jun? Does he have a grudge against you or something?"

Jin-woo shook his head, but before he could respond to Micah's question, Seong beat him to it.

"No, he has a grudge against me."

Seong's body suddenly disappeared from Yoon-min's side and appeared in front of Micah which momentarily startled him.

This caused Seong to chuckle slightly before he explained his history with Ye-jun and why he was now targeting Jin-woo.

"He broke into your locker and switched your medication with drugs?! Is he a psychopath? Who does that?"

Micah was first stunned but then became angry on Jin-woo's behalf.

"He needs to be in prison, or better yet in a coffin. Maybe I shouldn't have hesitated and finished the job for you."

As Jin-woo was looking at the stars, for some reason a strange feeling suddenly washed over him. Then, in his vision, the stars began to pulsate while the cricket noises in his ears increased to the point it started to become deafening.

No...

This wasn't the sound of crickets anymore. It sounded more like the blades of a helicopter.

Jin-woo's vision of the stars blurred for a moment before refocusing. However, while the stars were the same, the blades of a helicopter appeared in front of him, rotating at fast speeds blocking the stars.

Along with this strange scene came the feeling of being weightless. It was a similar feeling to what he had when he was moving through the starry sky in his dreams.

This feeling of weightlessness and the sound of the helicopter blades rotating quickly became the only thing Jin-woo could hear and feel.

"Jin... Jin... Hey, Jin, what's wrong?"

Jin-woo felt a pat on his shoulder that quickly pulled him out of this feeling. He then turned to look at Seong who was calling him to see that he was wearing a worried expression.

"Ah, sorry, I'm fine."

Jin-woo responded but then glanced back at the sky. He placed a palm on his heart. Only now did he realize it was rapidly beating.

"Hey, are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine really. What were you saying?"

Jin-woo hurriedly looked away from the sky to give Seong his undivided attention.

Seong looked at Jin-woo suspiciously for a moment, but he didn't pursue the matter. He instead smiled and said.

"I was asking you for the time."

"The time? It's, ah, 12:15."

Jin-woo said looking at his watch. Then glancing back at Seong he asked with a confused expression.

"Why do you keep asking for the time?"

Seong smiled in response and then said.

"Happy 16th Birthday, idiot."

Jin-woo blinked, then muttered softly.

"Oh."

Jin-woo had completely forgotten that today was his birthday, March 15.

Seong couldn't help but laugh and make fun of Jin-woo for forgetting his birthday. Though it couldn't be helped, given everything that had happened, his birthday was the last thing on Jin-woo's mind.

While joking with Seong back to the east wing, Jin-woo couldn't help but give the starry night sky one last glance.

That vision he just had of a helicopter here in the school signaled a bad omen for his birthday tomorrow.

He didn't know if this meant that the Marshal had lied to him and instead sent a single helicopter or not. Whatever the case, it was a future he had to face. He just didn't like the fact that the first vision he had in a while was so vague compared to the others.

Perhaps that in itself was what made him even more nervous.

Jin-woo looked away from the sky and entered the cafeteria backdoor before closing it behind him.