To Murder Or To Kill The Murderer (4) DRAFT

Chapter 20

Vira's POV

We're all on edge as soon as we reach the infirmary door. We scan the hallway before quickly and quietly making our way down the hall. We pause to dart into an empty store room. It has shelves and a few other buts and pieces but was clearly once a janitor's storeroom.

"We need to split up." Jaz whispers. "Maddy and Dr Jones, you're with me. The rest of you are together."

Claire, Jason, Matt and I exit the store cupboard first and run down the hallway. We turn a corner and hear a sharp groan.

We stop and turn to see Matt on the ground. He's been shot. Footsteps from further down the hall are nearing. He points down the hall. He's telling us to go and leave him.

"You were just shot and you expect is to leave you?" I demand. He nods.

"I'll hold them off. You run. Think I care? I'm about to die and that's fine with me." He says and gets up moaning and groaning. I smile at him and shake my head.

"You're crazy. But thanks. For eddy thing." Jason says. Not crazy, brave.

We somehow leave Matt at the hallway corner ready and armed with his guns out ready to shoot. We get our own out and keep running, Claire takes the lead.

"This way. There's a stair entrance around here somewhere." Claire mumbles.

"Wait. Stop. I hear footsteps." Jason says and pulls his guns out. We all do the same and stand back to back, poised to shoot. Soldiers come and surround us, not even hesitating to start shooting. I leap into the air, punch fronting into a double shot on two peoples faces. They both fall immediately and don't get up again.

Three of them start shooting at me causing me to do a side ariel while shooting them to dodge their Bullets but hit them at the same time.

I find myself swearing my head off as I find that one of my guns are out of ammunition. I use it as a boomerang and knock someone out with it. Like a boomerang, it comes back and I swiftly catch it as I shoot another two people. I glance at Claire and Jason. They're both panting like me but are standing ready and aware. They both nod solemnly at me. In about five minutes, all hell broke loose before just, stopping.

We keep going down a hallway until Claire stops at a door. She opens it and looks through. She nods at us and opens it fully. The room is extremely dark and if I squint, I can make out the outline of a flight of stairs.

"Hold on to the rails and keep up." Claire says as we ascend the stairs. We go up the stairs for a couple more minutes before exiting the darkness back out into another corridor. I have to squint to adjust to the light.

"It's just down there." Claire points. We break into a run to reach the door Claire meant.
There's a golden plaque with the words, "Gary Fair's Office" on it.

I raise my foot and kick it open. It so wings violently on the hinges. Gary sits behind a desk, with Amy across from him. Gary looks at us. Amy widens her eyes and smiles sadly.

"Hello rebels. Your missing half of you." Gary says.

"They're on their way." I say. Amy silently sighs in relief.

"So I guess you're here to kill me?" Gary asks.

"You could say that."