A Light That Never Fades

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Zane stood on the edge of the toilet seat inside the restroom, his hands placed on the two stall walls that boxed him in. When Zane had left the restroom a few minutes ago, he was faced with a terrifying sight, teenagers getting torn apart by others, blood everywhere his eyes had traced. That had caused Zane to immediately re-enter the restroom and lock himself in his stall. He tried sending messages to Samy from his phone but the messages and calls would not go through. He waited patiently in there instead until the blood-curdling screams outside stopped, but more just kept on coming, and some even getting nearer to his location.

A loud banging sound hit the restroom door, a girl's voice calling for help. Zane didn't recognize the voice to be from Samy or her friends, so he stayed in his place. He was also just too afraid to even go open the door.

'Is the door even locked?', Zane questioned.

He had just now realized that he was shaking, fearful of the sudden crazy mob outside attacking innocent people. He wondered to himself if Samy was alright, if Winston and Maia were as well. He tried not to think about anything bad happening and relied on keeping his body in control. His backpack was still hung behind his back, almost weighing down his body to the toilet water. It was then he heard the restroom door slowly open, could it be Samy?

Zane had a bad feeling in his gut though, whoever had just entered the restroom sounded like they were limping heavily on the ground. A slurring voice was heard from the guy that was now inside, his words were difficult for Zane to understand, it sounded too incoherent. Zane tried peeking through the gap of his stall, now seeing the guy whose clothes were stained with blood. He must've gotten attacked by that mob outside from the looks of it, at least that's what little Zane thought. All of a sudden, the guy who had now spotted him through the gap sprints towards him, banging his bloody fists on his stall door.

That gets Zane to flinch and lose balance, but he immediately regains himself back on the toilet seat, slowly trying to back away more. He is trapped though, where could he even go to outrun this crazy teen?

He could maybe try to crawl fast to the next stall on his right, maybe he'd have a chance at leaving the restroom if he was quick on his feet. Just before he could even try to activate his plan, he hears the restroom door open again...

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Samy eyes the mob getting closer to her, she knew it'd be suicide if she attempted to sprint past them without any sort of weapon to defend herself. Using her fists to throw punches at them might not even be enough, she'd be dead in seconds.

She was aware that if any of these 'sickos' were to bite her, she could contract whatever disease or rabies these people might be carrying. She was kind of trapped.

Samy wasn't afraid though. The only thought that scared her is losing Zane.

She backs away from the mob, looking around her surroundings for any kind of escape to get her out. Behind her, Samy hears footsteps coming towards her. She turns around just to see that it's Winston running in her direction. Behind him followed Maia and Aston–who she kind of forgot he was with them when the sudden mayhem had kicked off.

A smile appears on Samy's face when she sees them all. She was relieved that all three of them were safe. She then remembers about the mob a few feet away from her and brings her attention back to them. Winston, who is always so quick to react, punches a sick man right in the face who attempted to grab Samy just now.

Samy's eyes widen when she realizes how close that was for her.

"Thanks dude!", Samy says to Winston.