This is the second fight I've been in today. Robyn and her girls decided to jump me in the bathroom barely minutes after I ended a fight with some other girls.

"You don't deserve to be on this planet, you monster." Robyn spat on my brand new Fila sneakers.

For that, I gave her one more punch, watching blood trickle down her nose as she fell to the floor, barely conscious.

I turned to the other four, Victoria, Libby, Margaret and Sydney.

Something stabbed at my leg and before I could realize, I was falling to the bloody tiles beside Robin.

Internally, I smirked. It would take so much to put me down. Freaks.

"Are you sure, she's out?" I heard Margaret whisper.

"Dumb bitch didn't know what hit her. I say we pull her into one of the stalls and wait for them to come pick her up." Libby said, grabbing my feet and dragging me across the bathroom tiles to one of the stalls.

Who the fuck is them?

My muscles froze as I realized one thing. Sven had paid them to lure me into a fight and drug me and he would ask his men to come get me.

How on earth would he do that?

I had to act quick.

"Victoria, Libby stay here while I go to make the phone call." Robin who I assumed was knocked out instructed the girls and then, she walked out with Sydney and Margaret.

Victoria and Libby squeezed into the stall with me but I still manage to fool them into thinking I'm still passed out.

Think Aurora, think. How would you get out of this mess?

"Why do they want her?" Libby asks after moments of steadily breathing. What?  The toilets here are pretty looked after. I've actually fallen asleep many times in a stall, and sometimes, the nerds come here to eat their lunch when the bullies get to them.

That besides the fact, I'm missing out on an important conversation.

"I don't care Billy, so long as I get my hands on that 300 pounds. There's so much I want to do? Change my wardrobe-" I hold myself from snorting aloud. "Going on a mini vacation this summer holiday..."

Libby sighed " I guess you're right. What's taking Robin so long?"

"Shh!  Someone's coming."

They fall silent and in a moment, I hear someone flinging open one of the stalls and sitting on a toilet with a great sigh.

Robin and Libby giggled. So much for keeping silent.

I finally open my eyes, shocking them both. This is after whoever was it left the bathroom.

"You can't be awake." Libby said, with a horrified expression.

I rubbed my forehead. "Did you think I was dead? Wait maybe I should actually kill myself-"

"No! I need this money badly."

A snort escaped my lips. "Oh really? Good for you but I'm not letting myself die." As swift as lightning, I knock the both of them out and bolt the hell out of the bathroom messaging mum on my phone.

Me: i almost got kidnapped, mum. I don't know how Sven got some of my schoolmates to do his job.

M

y breath rate hiked as I put a call acrods to my bodyguards but none of them are picking.

"Hey! Aren't you supposed to be in class?" I hear the hall monitor's voice.

My feet picked up speed and I ran down the corridor and up the stairs to the rooftop where no one would expect me to be. I'm smarter than they think because only a fool would try escaping out of the building into their waiting hands.

Damn you to hell, Sven.

I locate a discrete point where there's a short wall and position myself behind it, hidden from whoever comes up here.

Mum:that bastard! where are you? why aren't your bodyguards with you?

Me: i don't know mum but I'm scared😓

This is the first time I've willingly admitted my fears to mum and it's not a lie.
Within my ribcage, my heart pumps blood faster to ensure I don't pass out from the amount of fear in my bloodstream.

Then, I hear the gunshots and screams.

Summer and Winter.

Oh no.

Oh shit!

Me: there are gunshots ma.

Mum: where are you?

School of course, but why wouldn't she know that? She saw me leaving the house this morning.

Wait.

My suspicions cross the threshold when my phone starts ringing. With mum's name.

Mum doesn't call with her home phone from the office. Never.

It can only be them.

I'm never going to watch The Conjuring after this again.

More gushots and shots come from downstairs.

S.J:where the hell are you girl?  Winter called to say gunmen raided our school. I told you I had a bad feeling about today. But where are you???

She did tell me.

Me: I'm hiding Summer. Totally freaking out right here.

Winter's name appeared on my screen making me awash with several emotions.

Stupid period hormones, now's not the time or the place.

"We're all hiding in the gym. I've searched for you everywhere."

I knew Winter could hear my erratic breathing from his phone. "I ran to the roof top."

"Are you fuc-" The rest of his words were swallowed into a scratchy sound before the call got disconnected.

Multiple thoughts ran through my mind and they did nothing to ease my anxiety.

Another text swam in. From Jordan who I totally forgot about.

Jordan: Aurora, are you safe? I just saw the news?

Me: I'm at school, Jordan and I'm so scared.

Jordan: Stay calm, the police are already on their way.

With those words, I hid my phone and pulled up my knees to my chest. God, let this be a bad dream I'm going to wake up from.

The sound of a gun cracking just yards from me snapped me out of my wishful thinking.

"Don't move or I'll shoot. Now, stand up with your hands up in the air."

"You can just end me right here. It saves the both of us so much stress, you know?" I reply, but I did as the female with the gun said. Her face was masked but I only saw the green tinge of her eyes.

"The target is secured, let's go." She spoke into an ear piece and grabbed my collar, pushing me ahead to the edge of the roof. Wait, what?

Before I can react, my captor slams the butt of her gun against my head and I find myself falling forward, hazy lines of green and brown dotting my vision until all goes black.