The Dance for the Dead

Chapter 12: It's Not Over Yet

 The next three girls didn't even bother to pick up the knife they just saw me and jumped at me. I tried to run, and was tackled. I had placed the taser in my pocket while dragging the coach, Rin, and Amy into the bathroom. I kicked at them and tried to reach for my pocket but it was no use. Was I going to die here? If they were on top of me they couldn't get the knife, but they could wait for the next batch of girls to get it. One of the girls reached towards my eye. I panicked but I didn't let out a scream. I knew what they were going to do. I remembered the vice presidents eyes sitting on the desk. Looking at me.

 My panic gave me strength. I fought and kicked even harder and managed to push them off. I got off the floor, stood in the corner, and pulled out my taser. One girl went back for the knife the other two came after me. They tried to jump on top of me but I dodged them both, and while they were on the floor getting up, I tased one sending a shock through the both of them. Useful skill. I ran after the other girl who had finally found the knife and tased her before she could get it out of the closet door.

"Whew" I said relieved they only decided to bring one knife.

 It would seem they only had one knife to leave less evidence to clean up. Smart, but also good for me. I began to drag them into the bathroom. There were fifteen girls on the squad. I counted five in the bathroom besides coach so there would be ten more. I sighed, this was going to be a long night. This time I had my taser ready before leaving the bathroom. They weren't here yet. I closed the three open windows to give me more time. I didn't see them outside just yet. There were five windows in the office with access from roof jumping. It made sense to me for them send two waves of five. I opened one window to the far left and waited between it and the second to the left window. 

 Sure enough five girls landed on the windowsills at the same time. I quickly pulled the girl coming through the open window inside and threw her on the floor. I shocked her and prepared for the next. They were doing everything in unison so there would be no way to shock them coming through the window one at a time. I pretended to be one of them, and grabbed the girl to the left of me. I held her arm and did a little jazz routine she followed my footsteps and before they knew it they were all arm linked cancan kicking in unison. I let go just in time to shock them and the row went down screeching in unison. 

 I pulled them into the bathroom. It was really getting crowded in there. I noticed that of the ten dancers none of them were the new girls. I suspected that the evil janitor wanted the more experienced to go first. Only five more to go.

I had taken too long in the bathroom, the five new girls including Akane were already moving towards the closet. Akane was holding the knife and I knew I had to stop her. They could not have blood on their hands when they snapped out of it, or it could traumatize them. I snuck up to the back of the group, while Akane reached for the closet door. They were all huddled together and I took my chance. I tased the girl in the back, and stepped to the side as two fell to the ground bodies jumping. 

The three remaining girls turned to face me. Akane held the knife and walked over towards me, the other two attempting to surround me. I kept stepping back as they stepped closer, fear making my hands tremble. I realized that I only had two more shots in my trusty taser. I bumped into the desk behind me and back-flipped over it crawling under the desk. The other two girls were quickly in pursuit, as I felt the desk creak while they jumped after me. Before they could grab me I shocked them, luckily they were close enough to each other for my attack to work. Akane was the last one left. I waited and listened for her to come try to pull me out from under the desk. Instead, I heard the closet door open.

"Akane!" I called hopping back over the desk.

The president was still knocked out and lie helpless in the closet. She dragged him out of the closet to the center of the floor as though she didn't hear me. I approached the two cautious yet quickly. Just as she was about to administer the fatal blow, I grabbed her arm. She stopped for a second and stared at me with her piercing red eyes. Usually her eyes would glimmer, full of happiness. But today, they were dead.

I snatched the knife out of her hand, which she gave away without a fight. Then she began to dance. The dance for the dead. She seemed to be waiting for me to begin butchering the body Instead, I powered up the taser to shock her. She noticed that I was messing up the ritual and a nasty look crossed her face. She snarled as she tackled me and began to beat my fist that clenched the knife.

"Akane, STOP!" I pleaded.

My first thought was to shock us both, but I had to stay awake. She kept punching my fist which began to redden and swell. It was so painful but I could not let go, for all of our sake. Then, Akane stopped hitting me, and her hand reached slowly for my eyes. My eyes widened with fear, and I immediately snapped them shut. The image of the two eye sitting on the desk, that had been haunting me all day flashed into mind. I grit my teeth and began punching and kicking back with all my strength. I managed to get her off of me, and quickly stood up on my feet. She got up as well and began to go after me again. That's when I let the taser fire for the last time.