Started Off As Friends *EDITING IN PROGRESS*

Chapter 9 Flashbacks & New Friends

We all quickly filed in to back of the room. Since there were 102 of us, we didn't fit very well.

Mr. Blakeman put about 35 kids in his office. Hunter and I were hiding behind a few stack of chairs.

Everyone was so scared.

"Hunter.... what's going on? Is it real?"

"I don't know but remember what Mr. Blakeman said, 'If there is action on the door, you run, you wait for no one.' So if something does happen, you run. Got it? Don't wait for me. I'll be fine. I hope it's a drill though." he said.

"Ok. Are we going to die?" I asked.

"No. we will be fine. I promise."

We just sat there, me in his embrace for a good 15 minutes.

Then the door began to shake.

"Hunter?...."

"Shhh." he said.

The door continued to shake.

"OPEN THE DOOR!" someone on the other side said.

No one moved.

"Taylor...."

"Yes...."

"When I say.. you run. Got it?".

"What about you?"

"I told you, I'll be fine."

"Okay."

The door was now being violently pushed against, you could tell. It was shaking and bending, not normal.

"OPEN THE DOOR OR I'LL DO IT FOR YOU!" the same voice shouted.

No one moved again. Not even Mr. Blakeman.

The next thing we know, we hear a gun shot. Then another. Then another.

"Taylor. Run. Now." Hunter said.

I quietly got up and ran for the door in our classroom. Our classroom has a door that leads to the parking lot since it was on the first floor.

As I was heading for the door, I saw lots of other kids that had the same idea. All the other were safely hidden in the numerous cabinets. Hunter was getting up now.

The kids began to run towards the door, so did I. I was running towards the door, Hunter close behind, when the door to the classroom burst open, revealing a man in all black.

"STOP AND NO ONE GETS HURT!"

We froze.

"DO AS I SAY AND YOU WILL BE FINE."

We obeyed.

Suddenly Mr. Blakeman yelled.

"Run! Taylor, Hunter RUN AND DONT STOP!"

So we ran out the door. The sky was grey and it was insanely foggy.

You couldn't see a thing.

We saw the shadows of other kids running in every direction.

Hunter grabbed my hand we ran. Behind us there were gun shots.

You can hear people screaming in pain.

We kept running and didn't look back.

We had been running in what I'm guessing was the direction of the football field for about 5 minutes now.

Then I heard a gun shot, and a piercing pain go through my right calf.

I screamed out in pain as I fell to the ground. I covered the spot that I thought had been shot with my hand. As I fell, I let go of Hunter's hand.