Zombie Killer

It's the last day of school and you're clearing out your locker when your best friend runs up to you out of breath. "You have to come with me right now," your friend says. "It's a matter of life and death." So you rush with your friend to the cafeteria, only to find several of your classmates have been turned into zombies. What they don't know is that, you are secretly a superhero who kills zombies. Write this scene.
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It's the last day of school and you're clearing out your locker when your best friend runs up to you out of breath. "You have to come with me right now," your friend says. "It's a matter of life and death." So you rush with your friend to the cafeteria, only to find several of your classmates have been turned into zombies. What they don't know is that, you are secretly a superhero who kills zombies. Write this scene.

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