Are You Afraid of Musicals?

Chapter 7.1: Protect

❌T/W (Same T/W from the last chapter apply)

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Gina's pov:

It feels like we've been out here for hours, waiting, unable to do anything as Big Red's still inside, looking for Dani.

The press arrived shortly after we got out, even before than the police, before than the ambulances, before than everyone. Just like the vultures they are.

They took out the cameras, started asking questions, every single one of them trying to get the exclusive before anyone else as if people weren't literally dying inside the building they were so eager of filming.

Because I know that Big Red's only after Dani and that no one else is in danger, but they don't, and the way they're acting is just showing how heartless they all are.

I could barely control myself when I saw them arrive, EJ instantly knew that I was about to shove those stupid cameras up their asses and he held me back, but when they tried to interview Hanna...

I almost loose my fucking mind.

Thankfully the first officers and paramedics arrived just in time, making the reporters back up and immediately going to check on Hanna, because I truly don't know what I would've done if they had had the guts of going anywhere near her while she was still hurt.

After that she was taken to an ambulance and at first she was refusing to leave, not wanting to leave Gabby and Dani alone, but after a lot of insistence from the paramedics and I, she agreed to go only if I promised to update her as soon as I knew anything.

And I did. Of course I did.

Now it's been barely five minutes since she left, more officers came, more ambulances, more press... but no one's doing anything and I'm starting to loose my patience.

After Hanna left and I left Freya with the paramedics, I didn't have anything else to do, anything else to focus on, so now I'm just trying not to combust or punch anyone.

EJ's walking behind me all the time as I pace around, letting me complain and insult and basically mutter under my breath how useless all the cops are, but staying close enough to be able to stop me in case I try to do something stupid.

Because seeing the cameras makes me want to scream, seeing other students filming videos that are most likely going to end up in TikTok makes me want to get their damn phones and smash them against the ground... but seeing the police outside, not doing absolutely anything? That's making me want to throw punches.

Because what the fuck are they waiting for?

I can't help it and my head goes back to Gabby and Dani. They're still inside, hopefully hiding, hopefully ok...

No, they're ok. They have to be.

There have been no more shots since Big Red left our class, so Gabby and Dani are ok... but for how long? How long are they going to be trapped inside? How long are they going to be hiding, completely terrified, not knowing what's happening?

But the worst of all, how long until Big Red finds them?

At that thought I can't stop myself and I start walking towards the police, because they're there, waiting for who the fuck knows what, talking on their walkies, doing absolutely nothing as my friends wait to be shot inside the building they're supposed to go in.

But I can't take more than a few steps before I feel EJ's hands on my shoulders, trying to stop me, trying to ground me, but I can't.

-EJ, let me go.- I tell him, turning my head just enough to be able to look at him and show him that I'm serious, but he shakes his head.