NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 10: JUMP
The group jerks awake at the sound of a LOUD BANG.
Virin: "What was that…?" 😰
Raven (nervously): "I don't know…" 😨
Austin: "Do we check… or what?" 💀😨
Raven (swallowing): "We… we check. Quietly. One wrong move and we're not seven anymore." 😟
Everyone holds their breath.
Raven: " Grayson, open the door on the count of three."
Grayson (terrified salute): "💀😰🫡"
Raven: "1... 2... 3!"
She flings the door open.
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing. 😰
Just... silence. And morning light creeping in—around 6 to 7 A.M.
But then…
The entrance lights blink. 💀💀💀
Right outside their room.
Raven squints.
A shadow. Just one.
Raven: "It's just one zombie—"
The universe: "OHH REALLY? 🤣🫵 CHECK AGAIN."
BOOM.
The same bang—but this time from EVERY other room on the damn floor.
Raven freezes. And then:
"GRRAAARRAAA—!!"
ZOMBIES. SO. MANY. ZOMBIES. 🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟♂️
Raven: "CLOSE ITTTT!!" 💀💀
Austin (screaming): "THEY LEVELED UP BIG BIG TIME!!" 💀💀
Raven: "THROW EVERYTHING AT THE DOOR!!"
Furniture flies. Lock turns.
The door shudders behind the weight of the horde.
Jade: "What do we do?!" 😨
Raven (panting): "We're not dying. Not today." 🙅
Idea. Lightbulb. 💡
Raven: "EVERY FLOOR HAS A BALCONY. And they're spaced just enough to jump."
Blake: "HELL NAH." 💀
Raven: "This is our only chance." 😡
Blake: "Why are you acting like you're the leader?"
Raven (cold): "Then are you?"
Blake: "At least I'm not acting like one." 🙄
Austin, Grayson and Jade (together): "This is no time to fight over something like this!"
Jade(serious): "We have to." 💀
Raven: "JUMPPPP!!!" 💀💀
One by one they jump across balconies.
Raven's the last one.
The door breaks.
Zombies charge in—
—and fall straight out the window.
Twelve floors down.
💀💀💀
Dead for real.
The group jumps to the first floor and runs outside.
But—
THEY FORGET THE DAMN KEYS. 🔑🥲
Raven: 😐
She spots a mini traveler van.
Zombies still distracted by the top floor.
She sneaks in. Finds keys.
Raven (smirking): "TAKE THAT, UNIVERSE." 💀🫵