Escape

Rae 3 (4)

There was no real reason why I broke up with my boyfriend. I just did. Maybe it's because I didn't really love him. Maybe it's like my dad said. Maybe he was just a figment to fill a void. But I don't love him why am I worried about his safety. He was stand close to the boy who got shot and all I could think about was Rogers shooting randomly into the crowd. Or even coming over here near us.

All of a sudden I look over to see Mrs. McDonald wheezing. The shock of seeing one of her students shot to death might not be good right now. McDonald is a easygoing pregnant math teacher who just got married to Mr. Welding's last spring. She is in her third term and could pop any minute. I just hope that minute is not now.

I gave Dahlia a nudge and we steadily walked towards he and helped her sit on the floor.
"Thank you girls" she gave us a nod. Dahlia shrugged it of and I just smiled.

Two more shots were fired for silence and Rogers took a phone call. While he was on the phone I was on edge. The last time he had a phone in his hand he murdered a child and blamed it on his mother. I honestly don't know what he was capable of.

He hung up the phone and I went on high alert mode. I know I was basically helpless but If I have to die I'll die fighting.

He started to talk.
"So here's how this is going to go if you are a senior and are female then you will go down to the locker rooms. Same for male". As if in a kindergarten line one by one they did what they were told. " As for the juniors and sophomores go to the bleachers". Just like the scared ducks that we were we did as told. All that was left on the gym floor were the teachers, the gunmen and the underclass men. "Teachers please join the sophomores".

"Now eighth and ninth graders here's how the game works. I am giving you all a chance to escape if you run passed the gym doors your free to go. I will have my men let you go". There's something wrong with this. There's a catch.

"Ready, set, GO"

All at once the students were running towards the exits but as soon as there was running there was screaming. Rogers and his men starred shooting into the crowds kid after kid dropping like flies. It was awful. Dahlia booked her head into my shirt and wept but I could not look away. I wanted to do something but I knew I would only do more harm then good. So I sat there fueled with anger at what I was seeing. That's was no way to save them. Only the strong. The fast could make it out alive. Once it was all over I saw that a few escaped. I bet the reason he let them go was so then they could tell the authorities what was happening in there. To show how serious he was.

Once they where done they had the junior and senior boys pile the bodies in the corner. I stopped counting the bodies after fifty after fifty. Rogers stood in front of the the teachers and spoke.

Now tell me, what is the buzzing butterfly.