Trouble Makers

Chapter 7: The Question

Nat

"Wanna go out?" He asks, smiling.

"What..?" A tear slides down my face. Then it hits me. I knew what he was going to do. "Yes." I confirm.

The officer reaches for the lever that was going to kill Neil in two seconds. Then it happens. Neil being a Houdini, he cracks out of the chair and throws the officer in it. The officers holding us run for him just as he cranks down the lever.

The head officer screams in pain as electricity casts through his body. He then instantly dies. The officers punch Neil as he fights back. He screams that one word I was worried he was going to say, "RUN." Without hesitation, me and Hunter dash for the door. We hear another sharp zap as we escape.

Hunter

As me and Nat escape I hear a zap. I had a huge impulse to go back screaming, "NOOOOOO NEIL!" But I kept running with my heart burning. OW. OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!

When we get to the front door Nat passes out from being too tired. I have to pick her up and carry her out of there. That's when I remember Aaron. We left him.

Aaron

I start crying again. They had just left me. The brutes at the lunch table punch me and call me a "wussy boy". I stop crying and start to tremble with rage. They weren't going to punch me again. I slap the one next to me. Hard. I yell, "Were is the exit?!"

"I-I-I don't know! Don't hurt me! Please!" He cringes. The others back away from the table. I huff and throw him on the ground and head out of the lunchroom before being dismissed.

I march into the hallway and find them. Well. Hunter and Nat. Nat was slung across Hunter's back and he was running out. Out of this hell. I charge after them, tearing up because they were leaving without me, but I choke them back and scream, "HUNTER!!!!" That's when we collide and we all fall to the ground.