My hands gripped Alex’s shoulders, steadying myself as the adrenaline rushed over me. The first scream echoed through the air and I jumped. My knees suddenly felt weak beneath me as the fear overtook me. Alex only held me tighter against him to hold me up. “We have to get out of here!” He suddenly shouted, and Kyle was nodding in agreement. Joey fearfully clung to him in the same way I held tight to Alex.
A loud familiar bang sounded nearby, making the ground tremble beneath our feet and my blood turned cold. I knew that sound. I’d heard it less than a week ago in my own school. More screams flooded the room, people scrambling in every direction. The emergency lights above us came on with a flickering strobe dimly lighting the area around us and the smoke already filling the building and
