everybody dies

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The next day school was deadly silent. Barely anyone said a word. It was lunchtime when anyone even spoke about it. George and Quackity were in the room which the school paper club was run in. It was just the two of them. They were both working quietly.

"Someone's got to fucking say something eventually." Said George.

"Say what?" Said Quackity. "That Karl would usually be here but he's not because someone fucking smashed his head in?"

He stumbled back as he snapped at George and he had tears in his eyes.

"Sorry- I'm sorry- I-" Stuttered Quackity.

"Woah, it's okay." Said George. "You're still in shock. Anyone would be after seeing what happened."

He went over and hugged Quackity. Then the two sat down on a table.

"Where's Dream? I thought you two would probably be sticking together just like everyone else is." Said Quackity.

"He's skipping to go check on Sapnap." Said George. "He doesn't want to come school."

"Its cause it will just prove to him that Karl's gone." Said Quackity. "I don't blame him."

"Me neither." Said George. "But he's staying home alone, got some guts to do that after what happened."

"Yeah." Said Quackity. "My parents are still out of town but after this then Phil and Kristen said that they're not letting me go home alone until they come back."

"They're both always so nice." Said George.

"And I'm glad that they are. I was terrified at the thought of going home." Said Quackity.

They sunk back into silence for a moment.

"Did- did Sapnap say anything to you guys about... it?" Said Quackity.

"Only that he doesn't want to believe it." Said George. "Why?"

"He told me that he thinks it was someone from our school." Said Quackity. "Cause sure a neighbour might know that he was home alone, but someone from school would almost certainly know. It scares me that he's right."

"You mean that he thinks there's a killer running around our school?" Said George.

"Yes." Said Quackity. "But you see, I can't exactly find any other likely possibilities."

George was quiet for a few moments and looked down.

"Shit, he's right." Said George. "So we wouldn't even want to be alone right now."

"They wouldn't kill someone in school." Said Quackity. "That's too risky."

"Well, they risked killing during school which meant that they skipped." Said George.

"Or I suppose it could've been a teacher." Said Quackity.

"Let's just hope it wasn't anyone who's supposed to be our friend." Said George. "I just want it to be some random nerd who no one knows."

"You know that's unlikely." Said Quackity.

"I know." Said George.

But then the bell went. Quickly the two grabbed their bags and left. George who was the president of the club made sure to lock the door behind him. 

After a few hours later of almost silent lessons they all left. Quackity was waiting with Wilbur and Techno for Tommy.

"Dammit, how long is he gonna take?" Said Wilbur.

"I bet he's just gone round to one of his friends houses like normal." Said Techno. "Come on, let's go home and we tell our parents to call his friends parents to make sure he's somewhere."

"Fine." Said Wilbur. "But I don't like it."

"Let's just get out of here." Said Quackity. "We don't just wanna be standing here. Who knows, if it's more than one person then they could probably take on three."

The other two looked at each other concerned and then started walking. As they got back Wilbur dragged Quackity up to his room and Techno went to tell their parents about Tommy. After calling round a few houses they got an answer.

"He's staying over at Ranboo's." Said Kristen.

"Well, at least he's somewhere."

"I can't believe you guys could have possibly left him though." Said Phil.

"He left before us anyway." Said Techno.

And then he went to the stairs and yelled up.

"Hey Will, Tommy's fine." Yelled Techno.

"Alright." Yelled back Wilbur after a few moments.