High school

Chapter 21: Rats and Momma Drama

When I opened my eyes, I was laying down my back. I was staring at the ceiling, and even glimpsed at principal James, that's was stabbed into the wall. When I looked to my left and right I was alone. I sat up.
"Isaac? Jordan?" I whispered. I was getting worried, did she kill them already? No I shook my head. Positive thoughts. Think positive. I calmed myself down and got up on to my feet. Suddenly the cafeteria doors swung open, they wouldn't budge before. I slowly walked out into the hallways, I needed to find Isaac and Jordan. No matter what.
It's been I think 10 minutes Im still on the first floor and I haven't heard or seen anyone. I was getting really scared, I wanted this to stop. But what scared me more is that I was walking past groups of bodies that were left on the cold ground to rot. I looked straight headed and tried my best thing to avoid stepping on them. I was about to turn back and head to the staircase when I heard my name being called. It was a soft voice, I was hesitate at first, but my curiosity and my emotions got the best of me. I continued walked down the hallway, I turned the damn corner and my eyes locked with my... mother's. She was in the floor, she looked hurt. I stared at her.. what is this? I wasn't stupid. I realized this wasn't real. She was doing this.
"Help me.. my sweet child." The imposter let the words slip out of her mouth. She reached her hand out. She looked like my mother, her soft caramel skin matched with her brown eyes. Her hair was pulled back into a bun. She even had a wedding ring on her finger, she was wearing a black dress, her funeral dress. But I knew it wasn't my mother. My mother was gone and I accepted the fact a long time ago. When I looked her in eyes, I felt nothing.
"Idiot." Is all I said before turning away. I was closing off. I felt like this a few days after my mother's funeral. When Jordan came around, I shut my emotions off and everyone out. And showed them a fake April. The machine April. I heard a voice in my head sigh and I understood why. I was getting better, I was smiling and laughing more than I ever had. But seeing her made something snap again. I didn't hate my mother, but when I finally accepted the fact she was gone, I personally didn't want to see her. I already said goodbye.. was why is she tormenting me? I was about to reach the staircase when I heard someone running behind me. It was the imposter, she was running pretty fast.
"How dare you leave your mother?" She ran into me, throwing us both on the floor, into the other bodies that were lifeless. I knocked my head against the ground. Ouch. Shit.. really lady? I shook my head and tried to get up but she grabbed me. She climbed on me and wrapped hands around me neck. I immediately start scratching and clawing at her, but she's not letting up. I looked to the sides on me, but I didn't see anything. Her grip was tightening, and I was struggling to breathe. I was squirming from underneath her. She was looking me right in the eyes.. her eyes. I moved my hands from hers and dug my fingers into her eyes. She let out a scream, but she don't release my neck. I took all the strength I had left and dug more. She finally let go and I threw her off me, catching my breath. I got up to my feet and saw her attempting to get up and charger at me again. But before she could I took my left foot and swung it as hard as I could and hit her on the side of her head. Her body dropped back to the floor. She was knocked out, I looked down at me hands. My eyes scanned my hands, they were covered in blood. I felt a little tension there, I slowly pressed on the knot, that was on the right side of my forehead. Perfect. I rolled my eyes and headed up the staircase. When I placed my foot on the first step, I heard a scream and hurried.
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Isaac's POV
When I opened my eyes, to see I was back in the room where Madison and I were. I quickly looked around, hoping to see Madison. She's not here, she's already dead because of me. I turned and saw her crutches, I grabbed one and noticed some words on it. It was our names;
Jordan's name was written and had a smiley face next to it. Jessica had her name written in script. April had her name written with a small heart next to it, Matthew had 'Matt' written in box letters and instead of my name, I put the 'Hype Man'. I remembered we all signed our names the day we went to visit her in the hospital. My eyes were watering. Madison, I'm sorry...
"Aw, don't get all sad now.. she'll see her shortly." She was sitting on the teacher's desk in the front. Swinging her feet humming, rubbing her finger against a pretty sharp knife. I met her eyes, they were dark and had no life in them. She looked at me for a minute then stopped humming. Suddenly rats.. starting appearing in the room, coming towards me. They were coming out of the walls and I quickly stood up on the desk that was behind me. I frantically tried to balance my weight on the desk but, it was shaking. I realized she was doing this as well. She was focusing on it, not break eye contact with it. Suddenly the desk tipped over and into the rats. They began biting and scratching at me, it was a lot of them. The pain was becoming unbelievably painful. They were nibbling at everything. A scream left my lips. She started her humming again and the rats stopped, disappearing back into the walls. She was now standing above me, she kneeled down. Her cold finger traced the outline of my face. My body including my face was chewed on.. pieces of flesh missing.
"You look like a freak." She got up and was walking out of the room, humming silently.
"I.. I did actually like you." I cough a little blood up. She stops dead in her tracks, she looks at me then stops her humming. She leaves through the door, closing it behind her and the rats come back. Ha.. I should've done the hair thing.
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I reached the second floor and it was quiet. A few minutes ago I heard a scream, but now it was dead silent. I walked along the long hall, getting chills from the cold air. I needed to find one of the guys, I hope they're okay. I continued walking passing the room where Madison and Isaac waited in while Jordan and I went to main office. I didn't even bothering looking in there, knowing Isaac and Jordan they're probably looking for me and each other.
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Jordan's POV
I woke up in the locker room, which was behind the gym. I sat up and looked around, noticing I was alone I got up and quickly got to my feet. I heard towards the exit of the locker room when I felt a sharp pain on the side of my stomach. I looked down and a knife sticking out of me. When I turned around I saw her. My back was against the door, trying to control my breathing. It was sharp and quick, I needed to clam down. But how does one calm down after being stabbed.
"You took her." She stepped closer pushing the knife in more slightly, which sent a pain throughout my whole body. Since I was leaning against the door, I could feel myself about to fall, but I grabbed the door handle. I can't leave April. I took my left hand and wrapped it around her throat, this caught her off guard. She began scratching at my hand and arm. I ignored the pain and squeezed tighter, I felt her push the knife deeper, so deep that I could only see the handle now. I pushed her into the floor and with my right hand I twisted the handle and ran off. I ran as fast as my bleeding body allowed me to.
I'm coming April, wherever you are.
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I made it to the main office, no one was where. I looked in a few classroom even, and still no one. Maybe it's only me.. I leaned against a wall and slid down on the floor. I wanted to cry, but the tears wouldn't come out. Why can't I? What's wrong with me? Did I not care about them? No.. I did. Slowly they all became my friends and I was happy coming to school. Sitting with them at lunch, hanging out after school, talking to them in class. We all became close because of her. But I don't care for the reason. We were friends, even me and Jessica. As I was thinking I'm attention was caught by her. She walking towards me, I quickly got to my feet backing away. I saw the knife she was holding in her hand, it was covered in blood. The only reasonable answer for that was.. she just killed one on the boys. I turned on my heel and started running.
"I don't think you should do that.. don't you wanna see your friends?" her words stopped me on my tracks. I turned around and slowly walked back over to her. You're probably thinking I'm stupid, dumb even. But I was done, she would find me eventually. There was no escaping what I've done to her. I abandoned her and I don't even know why.. I would say because my mother died, but that wasn't an excuse.
"Do it." I let the words leave my body, I feel absolutely nothing. She suddenly raises her hand and I shut my eyes. When I realized I wasn't hurt, I opened them. And you wouldn't believe what I saw.