Fishy's Adventures

Chapter Seventeen - The Second Rescue

„Three!" - Fishy yelled, charging at Bukky with his blade. Then all hell broke loose.
He did a combat roll in the effort to dodge bullets that were being fired at him. He did pretty well - the gunners couldn't hit him at all and meanwhile, Goldy and Bukky managed to gun them down.
"Bad luck, out of ammo!" - Goldy said to Froggy.
"Mine too, goddammit!" - Froggy replied. They hid their guns and dove into one of the classrooms, where they discovered a bunch of panicking students. Without hesitation, Goldy took out his gun, pointed it at the class and yelled:
"Stay down and nobody gets hurt!"
The students were laying low, falling for his deception.
"If anyone has any weapons, kick them to me." - Froggy joined in.
Apparently the war between the schools was indeed a thing - the young people had quite the arsenal at their disposal. Knives, pepper spray, brass knuckles - all impressive, and equally ineffective against a gun which Goldy was holding. At least if it had any ammo in it. If only the victims knew... He and Froggy chose their weapons and left the classroom, in hopes of finding Fishy.
They couldn't see anyone, Fishy and his nemesis were long gone. They headed down to the principal's study, only to discover Fishy, tied and sat down opposite to Bukky, who was accompanied by a few more henchmen.
"We'll have to save him! Seconds matter now!" - Goldy said and rushed there as quietly as he could without alerting anyone.
He grabbed two sizable cans of pepper spray for each hand, then looked into the room where Fishy was held. Bukky was talking to him.
"Well, you tried to regain your throne.. Too bad your boys deserted you. I will mourn the teachers later. The janitor is taking care of them already. You had your chance to rule the LO peacefully and you took more and more money from us in order to satisfy your insatiable lust for cannabis!" - he raised his tone, Germanizing his language due to emotions taking over.- "Zis was of unakzeptabel! Zenn, you had anozer chanz to regain ze throne, but zu failed again! Zer will be no third chanz! Prepar to meet many of your viktimz, in hell!"
Having said that, he took out a knife and raised it. Fishy's death was just a second or two away!
Goldy took out his knife and threw it at Bukky in an attempt to distract him. Though he got hit by the handle, and came out without any wounds, he didn't impale Fishy.
"Getz hiim!" - Bukky yelled.
Just as his henchmen got out of the study, their skulls got crushed by Froggy standing behind the door, wielding the brass knuckles. Goldy nodded to him, thankful.
There was no time for gratitude though, as Bukky was about to try to pierce Fishy's skull again and he made use of the time he had been given to pick up the knife he'd dropped.
"Nooooo!" - Goldy lunged at Bukky, knife and pepper spray ready in his hands.
Everything froze for a second. The noises weren't an issue. The smoldering remains of a car outside weren't either. Bukky was staring at Goldy, amazed by how quickly and furiously he was moving. Froggy was busy fighting off the teachers who were trying to break into the study to help Bukky. Pepperspray was a good solution, at least while it lasted.
Bukky turned to face Goldy. He pushed his knife towards the approaching young man. Our hero wasn't expecting this. It was too late to try to dodge the spike. Goldy knocked Bukky back, but the blade wounded his left arm significantly.
He screamed with pain, and dropped the knife he was holding in his hand. He unloaded a whole can of pepperspray on the lying Bukky and when he was incapacitated, he grabbed the knife with his healthy arm and freed Fishy from his cuffs.
"Thank you, young man. You truly made a sacrifice to the greater good. I will plant flowers on your grave." - Fishy said, looking at Goldy's wounds.
"Sorry to shut you down, but I don't feel like dying yet. I just need some... ugh... first aid.. Tis but a flesh wound.." - Goldy replied and reached for the first-aid kit on the wall of the room. He started to bandage his wound with the help of Fishy. It was the first time our stoner principal has actually shown compassion to another human being. That was truly a more alien experience than being imprisoned without food for a week. He already went through that in his childhood.
"If you guys could hurry, I can't hold them off much longer!" - Froggy said, slightly panicked. - "There are about a dozen angry teachers trying to break in here! Take care of Bukky and help me, dammit!"
Fishy grabbed his sword that had been put against the wall and held it overhead, staying above Bukky. He smashed the blade down like a guillotine. A nasty noise of bones being broken could be heard. Bukky screamed as if he was being skinned alive. And the reality wasn't much better - Fishy cut his foot off!
"Now the stupid scumbag won't go too far away." Open the door, Froggy. I'mma mess them up."
The former vice-headmaster did his boss' bidding, and soon they were both hacking and slashing until their enemies were either wounded or scattered. Soon enough, they rushed through the door to finish off anyone who hasn't surrendered or escaped the school yet.
Meanwhile, Goldy managed to stop his bleeding, at least that's what he thought he did. He was all covered in bloody stains. Good thing he had been paying attention during the first-aid lessons. For some time, he tried not to look at the unfortunate Bukky, but then he bandaged his hip, tightening it hard, to prevent further blood loss.
"Why did you revolt, Bukky? Why did you start a war with Fishy?" - he asked the man he knew he won't see alive again.
"I had the perfect plan.. I caught Fishy off-guard, imprisoned him and seized the power. It was for the sake of the good of the teachers, but soon the power I got corrupted me.. I wanted to establish the IIIrd Reich, to wipe out our enemies.. Now Fishy has ruined it all.. And it wouldn't be like that if you hadn't helped him throughout his war efforts. I can only blame myself for not getting rid of you when I could. Now that my fate is sealed.. ..please pray for my soul, Michael. Please.. do."
"I won't. In the end, death will come for us sooner or later. I've hated you since I joined this school, Bukky and that's why I helped Fishy regain the throne. I went far beyond the courage and possibilities of an average student. You, on the other hand, had an ideal to fight for, yet failed miserably. I'm not here to judge you, yet you had your chance, there won't be a third, nor even the second one."
Goldy got up and left the office with some difficulty, seeking to meet up with Fishy and Froggy. And hopefully get some well-earned rest in the hospital.