HNS Takedown

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"Are you seeing what I'm seeing", I asked Ben, "you bet" he whispered back.

"We should go," I told him, "a bit late now," he replied, nodding in the direction of the HNS member, "she's already seen us".

"Ugh" I said, "now we're stuck with her, till the end of the lesson", "I feel like it'll be for the whole day" Ben guessed.

Then our real teacher, Miss Smith, walked in.

"Good morning class" she said cheerfully, "this is Miss Opal, she is a student teacher, and will be spending the week with us, please make her feel welcome".

I let my head fall onto the desk, "are you alright, Celine?" the teacher asked, and heads turned to look at me, "headache Miss" I replied, "would you like to see the nurse?" she asked, "yes please Miss", "very well, Ben will you escort her to the nurses office please" Miss Smith instructed.

Ben nodded. Then while the teacher wasn't looking I picked up Ben's bag, and we walked downstairs towards the nurses office.

"Why did you take my bag!?" He hissed, "so that you could go back upstairs, tell them I'm going home and grab MY bag!" I hissed back.

"Oh, that's smart," he admitted.

We lifted our bags onto our shoulders and headed for the door, "where do you two think you're going?' came a female voice, we stopped in our tracks, looked at each other with fearful expressions, before turning around.

And standing just a few feet away from us, was Miss Opal, the so-called student teacher.

Her hair was jet black and her eyes were stormy.

"Well!?" she asked again, "I'll tell you where we're going" I began, "away. From. You" I gave every word a significant meaning, and made sure she got the point.

We turned away from her and continued out the door, me placing my earpiece in on the way and saying to charlie "get a van ready".

She came running up behind us, just like we thought she would.

I could see the vans in the distance, and knew it wouldn't take long for the body to be disposed of.

She placed a hand on my shoulder, her grip was firm.

I spun around and smacked her, she cowered back, her cheek red with a fresh hand print.

She spat, "fucking assassin", and ran towards me, her face painted with determination, I pulled out the gun that sat in the pocket of my jacket and shot her.

She was too fast, and the dagger in her hand sliced through my hip, but when the bullet hit her in the head she collapsed the knife sliding lower down my hip.

I cried out, Ben running towards me and pulling the dagger out of my hip, he took off his jacket and wrapped it around the wound.

Miss Opal lay motionless on the concrete, blood spilling from her head, and forming a crimson puddle on the floor.

Ben had lifted me up, I was flickering in and out of consciousness, trying to get a grip on reality.

I woke up finally and next to me in the driver's seat was Miles, "hang in there Celine" he told me, "everything is going to be ok".

I blacked out again.

For real this time, I woke up fully, blinking and adjusting my eyes to the light. All the pain fell on me with one drop, and I shrieked.

"Calm down, calm down" came Marias voice, "everything is going to be fine, I just need you to stay still".

I listened, but I only stayed still long enough for Maria to remove a long GPS tracking device from my arm.

Then I squirmed, causing Miles to dash from his chair to my infirmary bed.

"Your alright babe, your alright" he said, his voice assuring, "we'll have matching scars now", he lifted up the hem of his shirt to reveal his knife scar.

I couldn't help but laugh through my tears.

After some time, Maria asked if Alaina had brought the piece of paper she'd written her important memories on.

She nodded and reached into her pocket to pull it out.

I was sitting on Miles's lap, we were all in the computer/information room and were crowded around Ben's computer.

"So this place is abandoned?" said Maria, "yes, I am certain" Alaina replied "because the area around it was deserted, I can't remember an exact location, but I'm positive it's abandoned".

"Right" said Ben, he looked as if he was thinking too hard, "don't overthink it" I whispered to him.

"I'm not-" he started, "you are, I can tell" I told him.

"Okay, why don't we search up abandoned buildings in Christchurch" suggested Miles, "she might see a building she recognises".

"That's a really good idea" said Maria, "I don't know why I didn't think of that", "same here, actually" said Ben.

That was exactly what we did, and we spent hours scrolling through photos and carelessly tapping keys, but we got nowhere.

"This is useless" Alaina declared, "I can't recognise any of these", "hey don't give up hope" I told her, "at this point I am" she said.

Alaina rubbed her forehead, and let out a sigh, leaning into Ben for a hug.

The alarm system went off, and we turned our heads to look at the screen, "enable the cameras!" Maria called.

There on the screen we could see a 6 year old girl, screaming and kicking in the grasp of an HNS member.

I covered my mouth with my hands, my heart racing. I was scared.

"LET ME GO!" The little girl yelled.

"Scan the area" Maria said to Charlie, he nodded and turned the screen around, her family lay dead on the floor and then the screen went black.

"Sorry boss, I think that HNS member found the hidden camera" Charlie said.

"WHO CARES ABOUT THE CAMERA!" I yelled "WE NEED TO SAVE THAT LITTLE GIRL!".