The Lockdown ( A Sendrick Story )

3 - Gunshots

Narrators POV

Bang.

A deafening shot from the down the hall, and a bloodcurdling scream made all the students freeze with sudden fear.

The intruder was banging their fist hard against every locker. Each dragged out bang getting ever so closer to the English classroom.

"OPEN UP." Is all they could could hear from outside. The intruder had quietly tiptoed over to their door and tried to look through the window.

Silence.

All they could hear was the almost silent tick.....tock..... of the clock.

Anna's breath was becoming unsteady. It seemed like Brittany knew this person. This.. man. Whoever he was.

But who could he be?

Anna tried shaking off the thought, but she just couldn't. It stuck to her like the leftover Nutella in the Nutella jar.

All the students looked over at Mrs Trophy. Scanning for some sort of hope in her eyes. But all they got was a blank, but scared face, putting her fingers to her slightly trembling lips.

They followed her instructions. Not wanting to die on the first day back for the year, after Christmas break.

Bang

Another gunshot, but this time it was shot at the classroom doors window. Luckily it seemed to bounce off some sort of metal that was in the door, making a sort of pang sound.

Some students yelped with fear, beginning to shake silently as shivery tears make their way down their faces.

Anna looked down at the shaking girl in her arms. Brittany noticed and looked up her.

Silence.

They looked into each other's eyes, hoping that it would all go away soon and they could get back to their lives and forget anything ever happened.

Well that's what Anna wanted. Brittany wanted more with the shorter brunette. She wanted.... a lifetime with her,

Did she mention she was most likely in love with the shorter girl?

The heavy footsteps of the intruder slowly and painfully made their way down the hall and into what seemed the next corridor.

The math corridor.

She saw Rebels eyes widen larger than the moon. Anna tapped her shoulder and looked at her strangely.

Alexis is in one of those classes

She managed to make out from the bigger girls mouth. They both stayed like that. For what seemed like hours.

They heard one more gunshot and a few more shouts, making Anna hold Brittany tighter. Which normally she wouldn't do, but for some reason she trusted this girl more than she probably should. Which made her scared.

They heard a weird tingling sound, then a shaky voice come onto the loudspeaker from the front office. But surprisingly it wasn't one of the ladies, it was the principal, Anna's father.

"H-hello everyone. U-um... I know that you p-probably want an explanation right now. So I will try to I g-guess explain." The older man started, his voice cracking at least three times in the process.

What he said next had frightened all the students.

"As you all know. A um... one of the ladies at the front desk was sexually assaulted... and threatened with a um... g-gun." Mr Kendrick continued, his voice becoming more steadier.

"Well we recently found out that the man who did this was the father of one of the students... and we are going to have to cut school for the day. If you're getting buses don't worry we have called them all to come earlier."

"Also.... one s-student was shot... and um.... s-slightly injured. She took a gunshot to the lower thigh, and the paramedics that followed the police officers said she would be fine but we should pray for the girl and her family."

Anna was beyond shocked. Brittany knew this man. And he was a father. The pieces of this mystery still didn't match quite up but she didn't want to get into other peoples business considering she didn't even know the poor ginger haired girl.

"Okay kids. Stand up quietly please, this experience may have put other students into major shock or make them have attacks of anxiety so be cautious when moving around the school, and please do not be too loud." Mrs Trophy asked with a pleading voice.

The students complied and made their way out of the classroom one by one quietly, putting their full backpacks on their shoulders and heading their seperate ways through the dead and misty feeling corridors.

The teacher stayed behind to make what seemed phone calls to parents and other teachers, but Anna wasn't paying attention to her as she slowly got Brittany off of her body and stood up, stretching her entire body out.

"Thanks for c-comforting me back there, you d-didn't have to do that." Brittany says with a small but shaky smile in Anna's general direction.

"No problem, it felt right to do it.... which considering its me that's quite strange."

Brittany slightly giggled and blushed, making Rebel and Anna Camp that were dragging behind them in their own thoughts, smirk slightly, seeing the two get closer.

Neither had known that after this moment the girls would only get closer.