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You see no reason to be here and doubt there are any survivors on this bus. The sound of the engine might attract the infected or wild animals, so you reach past the driver and turn off the ignition. Any of these children might awaken as a zombie, and you'd rather not find a risen child chasing you. As you leave the bus, you bend the metal arm leading to the door, which should keep the undead locked inside. You unfold the door and seal it shut, glad to be away from all that death.

You walk back to the edge of the field and continue the final leg of your walk. From a block away, you spot the school's main building looming over the neighborhood. Somewhere on the roof, Jaime is trapped and hunted, and you're the only one in this crazy world left to save him.