Knocked Out

Derl was your typical teenage boy. A high schooler with many jerks as friends, and a girlfriend who is a cheerleader. His girlfriend, Sally, is a short athletic girl with long blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes like two bright stars in the night blue sky. Derl was tall with long hair like the color of swampy water that he slicked back with his hair gel to keep it in style. His hair on the other hand seemed like there was too much material used to keep it put. Derl was wearing a dark burgundy shirt with an unzipped leather jacket hanging low, with his ripped dark blue skinny jeans with a pair of old black sneakers that he had been wearing for a while now. 

There was another teenager, but he was the oldest. His name is Josh. Josh is very tall with short blonde hair, covering his bright blue eyes. Josh is the meanest in the group, as he used to always shove people in the hallway at school almost everyday, usually leading into ISS.

"Hey Derl, you want to go to the playground to go pick on some kids?" One of his friends asked. His name was Luke. Luke was a stereotypical popular kid. He was tall, blonde, and played for the school's football team. He too had a girlfriend who did cheer. But this girl wasn't just a typical girl who does cheer, she was the cheer captain.

"Nah man, I'm not really in the mood right now." Derl replied.

"Ah, it'll be fun, com'on, for the boys?" 

Derl hated when Luke did this, made him do things he didn't want to do. If he sticks up for himself, things will not turn out pretty.

There was a pause until Derl finally says, "Ugh fine, but not for long. I mean it." 

"Heck yeah dude, let's go!" Luke said hyped.

There is an elementary school not far from where they're at which has a playground where kids always hang out. Once they arrive, Derl looks around at the kids, noticing how much fun they are having. He thinks about how they're gonna ruin the kids' fun. 

There's an older kid in the back on a bench, who seems to be at least 12 or 13, just casually glancing at his phone.

"Dude,  you guys see that kid over there? Why is he at a kids park?" Luke says with a jerky tone in his voice.

"Haha, what a loser man!" Josh says eagerly. 

They all walk over to the playground, looking for someone to pick on. Then, their eyes all landed on this one little kid playing in the sand pit, playing with a rusty yellow dump truck toy. He had fluffy dirty-blonde hair, kind of like a bowl-cut.  He was wearing a long sleeved yellow and brown striped collared shirt with 2 buttons by the collar that are undone, looking messy. 

"He looks like an easy target, but we should go over to that older one over there on the bench." Derl said. "It'll be more fun!"

The kids walk over, trying to look all tough.

"Hey there, kid, what're you doing here at a kids playground?" Josh says. They all laugh.

"Well, I can ask you the same thing, plus, you're way older than me, that's embarrassing for you." The boy said with a sassy tone.

They all stood there, quiet. Nobody has ever talked back to them like that before, they don't know how to respond."

"Don't you talk to me like that, young man, you hear me? We're not someone you want to mess with."  Derl said aggressively.

"Well neither am I, now go home, and while you're at it, make sure you never come back because the Earth has a population of over 8 billion people, yet, I had to meet the biggest losers imaginable on this planet."

"That's it." Derl says. He prances towards the kid, has him on the ground, and starts punching his face. Josh was standing from afar, in shock. He has never seen Derl beat up a kid before. The kid quickly grabs Derl's neck, pulls his hair and shoves him onto the ground, punching him as hard as he can in the face. He grasps Derl's collar, lifts it up and slams it onto the bench corner, continuing to punch him as blood drips from the bench.

"You maniac!" Josh says as he starts backing up slowly, then running away.

As Derl loses consciousness, his ears start to ring, and then everything fades to black. Everything went silent.

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There was a slight buzzing sound with a dim light above Derl. He slowly opens his eyes and sees an old hanging rectangular light flickering. His vision is blurry. 'Hmm, where am I?' Derl asks himself. He looks down at his clothes, and notices he's in a old light blue night gown. On the ground, there's needles and medical supplies. 'What's going on? Am I in a hospital?' He whispers. Derl walks down to the door and continues down the hallway, from afar, he sees a red substance on the ground next to the waiting room.

Derl walks towards the substance, and inspects it and got the chills. "Is this- fresh blood?" He says. "This is a huge pile too." He looks to his left and sees that it has a trail that leads to a double doored room. He hesitates to check out what's over there, but continues anyway. He opens the door and finds bodies scattered all over, some in nurse outfits, and some wearing casual clothes. 

Suddenly, Derl jumps from a banging sound coming from the door at the end of the hallway. He looks and sees a single door with a window with a bloody handprint on it. Derl backs up and runs into something. He jumps and looks behind him and sees that it's only a broom.

The door slowly opens with a bang sound, and in the distance, Derl sees a familiar figure. As he slowly creeps closer, it dawns on him, "S-Sally?" He whispers. Once he gets to a point where he can clearly see, it is Sally. But it isn't just Sally, she's a zombie. "No..." He cries. "Sally, no. Not you." 

Sally flops her head to Derl's direction. She groans and strolls over towards him, dragging her right foot along with it. Derl cries, "I have to do it." He grabs the broom, closes his eyes, and stabs her in her chest. Blood splatters everywhere. "I'm so sorry, Sally." 

'She was probably here to visit me, it's all my fault. Why did I fight that kid?' Derl thinks.

There was an exit at the other side of the hall. Derl, sad and afraid, goes towards it, having a plan. He opens the door and makes a loud scream. The zombies roaring from far away. He walks towards them and says, "This is for you, Sally." He stops at the zombies and stares. The zombies slowly creep towards him, groaning. One from behind bites him in the neck. "AGH!" Derl says. He falls onto the ground, shriveled up as all the zombies eat him alive. Then, he arises.