Ari had never been more scared in her entire life.
Heart racing, body shaking, tears running down her face, she sprinted as fast as she could away from the main room. She had no idea where she was going, but she ran.
Jay bolted as far away from the two as he possibly could get. He desperately searched for an exit somewhere, trying to remember which way the two girls went so he could get them out of there safely.
Claire wasn't thinking clearly, she knew something was up with that girl. But Juno? Sure he was strange, very strange, but she honestly didn't expect this.
As for the other two? Well they were still fighting by the entrance.
"The cops are going to be here with backup literally any second! We need to get out of here! I thought you were the one who said we had limited bullets?"
"Well yeah but that was before I remembered there's a gun in the guy's bedroom. I was searching around when I first got here and broke the lock off the drawer out of curiosity. Go get it, we can take the rest of these suckers out later and bam! We leave and start over somewhere else" Leona said happily, smiling as she looked down at the gun, Crystal's bright red blood slowly staining her clothes a dark brownish color.
"How many bullets do you have?" Juno asked with a sigh, to which Leona quickly checked.
"Uh, five more, there's one missing. Guess these officers don't really care about guns, the other two don't even have one on them! Then again, nothing ever happens in this town that they really need guns for."
"Whatever, you go get the gun then, give me this one. You know where it is, I'll go try and find another way out since this place is going to be swarmed with officers soon, we can't just walk out the front door." Juno said, Leona nodding before running off down where Ari had run.
And so, Juno looked at the paths, quickly following down after where Claire had taken off.
Ari felt her vision start to go black, all her hyperventilating and crying had left her so weak she was almost sure she was going to pass out.
She ran into a room, though she wasn't sure which it was, she swore she saw a window.
She grabbed onto something, trying to keep herself upright as she moved towards the window.
"Come on not now Ari, you can do this..."
Her eyes fluttered shut for a moment, her grip slipping.
And then she collapsed, her vision going completely dark.
Leona bounded over to where she remembered the bedroom to be, entering with a small skip, pausing as she saw a dark shape on the floor.
She squinted her eyes, turning the light on only to see Arianna laying there, seemingly knocked out.
"She passed out from fear? Never seen that." Leona said, smiling down at her as she walked over to where the locked drawer was, the lock now on the floor.
She pulled the drawer open, quickly grabbing the gun and spinning it around on her finger once.
"Bam!" She pretended to shoot at the mirror, smiling and shaking her head at herself as she lowered the gun, checking the bullet count.
"Only one bullet?! What kind of madness!" She pouted, sighing loudly as she stepped over Arianna, glaring down at her.
"You got off lucky this time pretty girl." She jokes, rolling her eyes before leaving the room quickly to find Juno.
Back over with Jay, he'd entered a few rooms to come out with no escape.
"Dammit where are the windows in this place?!" He cried out, quickly shutting his mouth when he heard footsteps.
As they passed, he glanced out to see Leona walking down the hallway away from him, a seemingly different gun in her hand.
His eyes widened, "Ari." He muttered in fear, bolting out the door and down where Leona had come from once she'd disappeared from view.
Claire ran, reaching what she seemed to recognize where everyone had originally waited to get interrogated, the large looming bookshelves giving it away.
She cursed under her breath, turning around to leave when she heard loud footsteps.
Her heart skipped what felt like five beats, and she quickly ducked behind one of the bookshelves, putting a hand over her mouth to try and silence her own panicked breaths.
She listened closely as the steps drew louder and louder, her heart pounding a little more with every step.
She squeezed her eyes shut shaking in fear as she felt more tears run down her face.
The steps then went quiet.
She tried to hold her breath, slowly opening her eyes as she frantically scanned around where she was, not seeing anyone.
"Hey doll."
She screamed, whipping around, her back hitting a bookshelf harshly as she saw Juno standing next to the bookshelf she was hiding behind.
"S-s-stay, the hell, away, f-from me." She managed to get out, her voice and words shaky as she slowly made her way away from Juno who just watched her quietly.
"I would not say this was the best place to look for an escape you know, literally no windows anywhere." He said calmly, his eyes flicking around the room then back to Claire.
"L-look, Juno, just... let me, go." She said, shaking even more but trying desperately to control her wild voice right now.
She ducked back behind the first bookshelf, the door in her sights as Juno stepped back out again in front of her.
"Come one, where's the sarcastic response and eye roll? If this is the last time we'll ever see each let's make it count huh doll?"
Claire's heart dropped as he said 'last time'.
She held her hands up and backed away slowly as he raised the gun up at her.
"Please don't." She half sobbed, half begged, cowering back against the wall, closing her eyes tightly again.
She waited a few moments, a few agonizing terrifying moments, before slowly opening her eyes again.
Juno was still standing there, the gun still aimed at her, but his hand was shaking slightly.
He was just seemingly standing there looking at her, then slowly lowered the gun.
"Leona is gonna be so mad at me." He sighed, looking at Claire with what seemed to be pain in his eyes.
"W-what?" Claire whimpered out, slowly standing back up right.
"Leave." He told her, taking a step forwards which made her flinch.
"Get the hell out of this place and leave, don't ever come back to this town."
Claire stared at him with fear, and silent confusion.
"I don't want you to die." He told her quietly, stepping out of the way so that she could run.
A loud crack rang throughout the air.
Purple stained red, and the singer slowly crumpled to the ground, the wall behind her splattered with bright red blood.
Searing pain shot through her as she looked up at Juno one last time, betrayal in her eyes.
And then her vision went dark.
With that, Claire was gone.
Juno whipped around, tears gathered in his eyes as Leona slowly lowered her gun.
"One bullet." She groaned, throwing the gun down at Juno's feet as she ran and grabbed the one he still had loosely in his hand.
"See what you did! Well, you and Kira. No one had to die tonight, but you two ruined it." She seethed, turning around and making her way towards te door as Juno dopped down next to Claire.
"I never liked her, but she didn't need to die Juno."
And with that, Leona was gone, leaving Juno frantically trying to think of a way to help Clair as her breathes became more ragged.
He heard loud footsteps, looking down at her.
"They can help her, shes not dead yet." He whispered, hoped as he heard yelling, standing up.
Seconds later, Juno was tackled to the ground by a police officer.
---------------
Unedited
Word Count: 1425
Wow... the next chapter is the last one for this book. It's crazy how far this story has come, and even though I'm sad it's ending, I'm so happy I had the chance to share this all with you. I hope everyone enjoyed, make sure to vote and comment your thought. I hope everyone has an incredible rest of their day/night, and for the last time, see you next chapter :)