"Yeah, yeah it’s me" she says. Her tone was harsh. "Now could you please do what I say and run" But I just still there unmoving, frozen. I look around her should and see a group of guys advancing towards Kate snarling and cursing. She follows my line of sight and stands up and turns around. "Run" she shouts over her shoulder as she jumps over a chair welding the knife.
Run! Her last word echo in my mind as I rise slowly to my feet. I'm standing now and I can see the full chaos of the room. The doors to the corridor connecting the two art rooms has been flung open showing people running between the two rooms. Some are holding weapons like whips and knives, while others are caring the injured. The ones with weapons are fighting. Blood splatters the floor, whose blood I don’t know.
I look around the room and see a group of girls huddled in a corner crying. I begin to make my way over to them when I see Kate coming out of the corridor followed by a group, 3 girls 2 guys. All of them carry some kind of weapon except one. I vaguely remember him, I think his name is Kye... He's shortish with short curly brown hair. His face was red with anger and his mouth set in a grimace.
He walked to the side of her kicking and throwing punches at anyone who came near. He was about to kick forward again towards a boy in front of them, when Kate stops him. They advanced forward and the guy whispered something in her ear. It’s the guy Kate freed earlier. She twirls the knife in hand as he talks, getting angrier by the second. When he had finished he stepped around her and joined the group. Kate screams like a banji and runs forward. Behind her the group follows with a determine set to their face and a look that could kill a blind bat.
Then everything to slow down. A boy jumped in front of Kate, Kye tries to knock him down but is pulled back by a traitor. Kate raises her knife, but the guy knocks her to the ground. A girl behind her screams and lunges forward cutting him. He swears and grabs her chucking her away. Soon each of her group had been caught and was being held down by the enemy. A group of them were already herding all that was left of us into a corner. Kate was still on the floor but she had been pushed up against a cupboard. People were standing around her. Someone stood to the side blocked my view, but I still knew what was happening. I heard Kate’s scream but only just hers were nothing compared to the shouts and yells of her friends.
Then I run. I pump my arms heading for the door. I grab the handle and try to pull it back, locked. I spin on my heels only to run in the guy from before. I can see his face now and I know who he is, Tom. He grabs me and spins me round to face what’s happening. I look over at Kate’s group. The girl closest to me, Belinda has fallen to the ground, her long brown hair has fallen over her face in messy strands. Her face is tear stained and her cries come out in watery sobs, as if she’s gasping for air not screaming for a friend. Kye is next to her but standing. Out of everyone they are the loudest. Kye is fight to get free and had to guys holding him back. The guy holding Belinda has let go and is now standing next to her. I follow the line of people who were with Kate before. I know them all, Catherine, Chantelle, James and the guy she freed before, Calvin.
I look over to Kate someone must have moved, because now I can see her. Her face is covered in bruises and cuts, by the looks of it broken bones too. Her clothes are torn and pieces of fabric lay about the floor. What’s left of her clothes are soaked in blood. The room is filled with a mixer of cruel harsh laughter and cries. Cries for help, for friends and cries for mercy. I see something move out of the corner out my eye. Belinda is getting to her feet! No one’s realized yet. The guy holding her before is too preoccupied with the bashing to see.
Once she’s on her feet she runs knocking over everyone in her path straight to Kate. In the moment of stun Kye broke free and the fight returned. Everything about this fight was the same except for one thing, Kate. She wasn’t fighting she was still lying on the floor Tom let go of me and throw me to the ground. He ran forward toward a guy, Geoff, who was heading for the door. Geoff pushed him and continued past me towards the door. He got to the door and kicked it shattering the glass.
Geoff runs out with three guys in hot pursuit. Once again I looked back to Kate. Belinda was leaning over her, tears falling down onto Kate’s bleeding face. Kye & Catherine stand close. Their fight, just like before, except this time with more power and more anger. Someone sneaks around Kye. They stand behind Belinda and raise a knife aiming for her back.
“Noooooooooo” I scream jumping up and running towards them. I slam into the guys with the knife, getting a large gash across my right arm. Then I hear sirens and police come rushing in. It was over, finally.
