need for nerf

chapter one || just nerf it

It's nerf or nothing-

-Greg muttered as he reloaded his reinforced rocket launcher nerf gun, throwing open the doors leading into the school's main building.

Most of the students were chatting in small groups, ignorant to what was about to unfold.

Others assembled at the locker bays, grabbing books or the drugs they were going to sell behind the school at 6:45 pm.

Nate had always made fun of Greg.

He approached. "What's up with that nerf gun? You practicing to be a school shooter or something?"

Greg said nothing. He remembered all the pain and suffering he had been put through by this horrible being.

He pulled the gun up and aimed it at Nate's forehead.

"You gonna pull the trigger? Maybe you should aim it down the back of your throat next time."

Nate's crew of friends all laughed,  high fiving him.

"Whatever you say."

One little pull of the finger and Nate was gone.

He flew through the first locker bay in a very jerky motion, proceeding to crash into the white brick walls of the gym.

Then it got real quiet.

Greg cocked his gun and aimed it at Nate's goonies.

Eyes wide with fear and shock, they stared.

One of them stepped forward.

"Hey... shoot me first. I don't like this dream, so can you wake me up?"

Greg was still. Then he launched a quick shot at the chest of the boy.

The boy flew back, taking the rest of his friends with him.

They landed with a sickening crunch.

People had broken the silence by now.

They screamed and ran, desperately trying to find a hiding place.

Greg flipped his gun around and made a quick modification.

He machine gunned all the fleeing students down.

Greg was quite bored with this school. He just wanted a friend. He wanted someone to share the darkness that hid inside him.

If these people wouldn't help, they would have to disappear along with him.

But suddenly-
The gun stopped shooting.

The nerf gun was jammed.

After all his hard work, the nerf gun still jammed.
He screamed in frustration.

By now, there should only be one student left.

One too many.

Greg pounded his fists against the wall, practically breaking his own hands.

But then he had an idea.

Let one go.

The remaining student would have to deal with all this suffering and pain, be driven to insanity, and would ultimately kill themselves.

He smiled as he made his way up to the roof of the building.

The police had arrived, their sirens like buzzing flies. They yelled words at him, but they were meaningless. He had his mind set on what he had to do.

He let all of his worries go as he fell.

It reminded him of his twelfth birthday party.

It was nerf themed.

He went to the not-so-local amusement park, taking his friends at the time.

They boarded the fastest roller coaster in the park- The Shredder.

Things didn't go as planned.

The cart flew off the tracks, hurtling at an outstanding 100 mph toward the ground.

Everyone dead, except for Greg.

He cried and hugged his nerf backpack, vowing to never again get close to people.

Then suddenly,he felt regret for all those years, for all those students he had shot up.

But he had already leap, the ground was looming towards him, but he didn't want to die anymore.

Unfortunate how things play out, isn't it?

Right as he slammed into the ground he heard a voice and saw a bright light-

It's nerf or nothing~