April 29, 2024
Empty classroom
Quinn's POV

There was screaming coming closer. I went by the door and peaked out, there were some students in the hallway whispering.

"Jeremy." I whispered. "Help me move the desks. There's a few students in the hall. Hurry."

Jeremy jogged over and helped me move the desk. I opened the door slowly and looked out again at the students. I looked left and right to make sure the shooter was anywhere near us. They didn't have a gun. It was a group of 3 of our classmates. I didn't recognize any of them. "Psst!" The group looked over at me and started moving away.

"No no!" I whispered-yelled. "I'm not the shooter." I revealed my body, showing that I had no gun or ammo on me. The students stopped. One had some blood on their hands. I motioned for them to come over. They got up and started running, they moved past me into the classroom.

I looked around one more time before going back into the classroom. I shutted the door and Jeremy and I moved the desks back in front of the door. Come on, we need the police to hurry up.

We went back to where the group was. One of the students was breathing heavily. I found out their names were Jessie who had the blood on her hands, Steve, and Hannah. Steve was confronting Hannah who was starting to cry hysterically.

Bang, Bang, Bang. Again, More gunshots and screaming. "Come out Come out wherever you are." We could hear a person, maybe the shooter say, then laughed.

I heard a door slowly open, maybe from across the hallway? Our door was locked. Hopefully the shooter or anyone wouldn't break it down. There was distant shuffling and a scream. "No please no, God no!" A boy says.

"Oh poor, Gabe the football quarterback, who made fun of me for trying out for the football team." The shooter said.

"Sean please, we can talk about this." Oh my god. Sean?! There's no way it was him, he had straight A's, he is perfect. Why would he do this? Why?

"Gabe, there is nothing to talk about." Sean, the school shooter said. "You are gonna die now. I hope you said something to your family while I was shooting up the freshmen hallway."

Oh my god. That's where Phoebe was, God I hope she is okay. Please let her be okay. Gunshots rang out then a thump. Oh my god, he just killed another person. There were a few clicks like he was reloading his weapon. There were footsteps. "Now which one should I go to next? E102?" That was our classroom that we were in. "Or down the hallway?"

There was a moment of silence. "I think i'll go down the hallway, I think I could kill more people. If there was people in the that classroom give them a chance to run. So I can hunt them down and kill them." There was footsteps as he laughed and walked away.

"Oh my god." Jessie said. "We have to get out of here."

Steve nodded. "There was an exit at the other end of the hallway we were thinking of exiting before you called us over."

Jeremy sighs. "There right we should exit just in case the shooter decides to come into this classroom and kill us all."

I nodded. But I want to help get people out of here. I stood up and went to the window, and looked out. It didn't look like the police were here yet. Everyone stood up, waiting to do whatever was next. "Steve come with me and help me move the desk." Jeremy says.

They went over and started moving the desk, Hannah was still crying, she couldn't calm down. I don't blame her. I gave her a hug. "We are going to be okay. We will get out of here."

"I don't know where my brother is, he is a sophomore, but he was in the freshmen hallway."

"I am sure he is okay, the teacher will protect them." I said. "Let's worry about us, here in this empty classroom, we will be outside soon. Who knows he could already have escaped and could be outside with the police."

"If there is any out there." Hannah said.

"Positive thoughts Hannah." I said

Jeremy and Steve came back after they moved the desk, they started moving towards the door when I stopped Jeremy. "Im staying in the school, im going to try and lead people out."

"No Quinn, you can't." Jeremy pleaded. "Come out of the school with us to safety."

"I don't know where my sister is, I need to find her, I could lead more people out. Save them." More gunshots rang out. Bang, Bang, Bang.

Jeremy sighs and grabs my hand. "I will not stop you, but please don't be stupid. Stay alive."

"I won't, I promise, I will stay alive, I will make it out of here, I promise." I said. "I'll help you make it out of here then i'll go look for people."

He nodded as we walked to the group of 4 people. Steve opened the door and peaked out. No one was in the hallway, He looked left and right. No one. He slowly walked out as Cadence followed Hannah and so on.

We turned to where the exit door was, and started jogging to it. We were getting closer and closer. We stopped as there was another hallway. Steve again looked down, there was no one and we then ran to the door and hid.

We looked back down the hallway and there was no one. Jeremy went and opened the door. They started running out. Before Jeremy ran out of the school he looked at me. "Good luck, see you soon." He ran out of the school and ran with the group to safety. The door shut, and I looked back down the empty hallway.

I walked quickly to the second hallway that Steve looked down, and turned down that hallway after checking it. I'm going to help get people out, I need to find Phoebe, make sure she is okay. Even if I die.

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