User: Mermaid1211

"No no stay with me!" I practically yelled at him to stay conscious, but it was useless. His wounds were serious.

"Damn it..." I muttered.

Thank god I managed to make it out of the tunnels. As soon as I did I screamed for help. Medics ran over and took Mr.Aiden from my weak hold. Guilt filled me. I felt like his injuries were my fault.

"If I hadn't asked him to come along...maybe this wouldn't have happened...and now I'll never forgive myself if something happens to him..." I cried and spoke quietly to myself in a corner. I then realized there was a lockdown in the gym. I ran to the gym tears still streaming down my cheeks.

I enter the well chaperoned gym with a stream of students. I heard whispers about the students who were killed. I cried more. For those who died.

I couldn't handle it. I went to a quiet corner of the gym and sat down. I pulled out a tissue from my bag and a granola bar. I sat there. Waiting. Waiting for something to happen. For someone to come and say "Are you okay?" But no one came and no one asked. And so I sat there in my worry. I looked at my arms and hands. They were stained red with Michael's blood. My eyes flooded again. Worry was consuming me. I closed my eyes and let my tears slowly wash the blood away. My heart felt a pang of guilt again and it started to build in me. Like a mountain of worry and regret. I felt my fists clench and my eyes squint up. And then I opened my eyes. The eyeliner streamed down my cheeks.

"Why?!" I tried to scream but it came out as a weak whimper.

I sat there waiting to hear news. For the first time in forever my inquisitive nature was turned off and all I wanted, no needed to know was if he was going to be ok.

After about a half hour my anxiety shifted and I began to feel pure rage.

How dare this killer whoever they are try to hurt Michael and me. Then that thought shifted again. Were they after me...and then attacked Mr. Aiden because he was in front of me protecting me? This thought brought back the guilt. I closed my eyes and my tears slowed down. I curled up in a fetal position, and tried to calm down.

Breathe in...breathe out....breathe in...breathe out....breathe in...breathe out....until I had fallen asleep on the cold gymnasium floor.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and was awakened by Danielle's voice.

"Joni...Joni wake up."

I sat up slowly as my eyes creeped open.

My neck was stiff from the position I was sleeping in.

"Danielle..what is it?" I asked rubbing my eyes.

"Are you ok?"

"No not really..." I said and told her about what happened.

She nodded in understanding and hugged me. She then told me that her and a few others, including my cousin Adam, were gonna play a game of basket ball. I was hesitant at first, because I was still worried as hell about Mr.Aiden, but...

"Come on, It'll be a nice distraction."

She said. I thought about it a moment and realized she had a good point.

"Alright..." I said and stood up,"I'll play."

She smiled, and led me off to the others. We played ball for a while. It was fun, but I was off my A game. I kept thinking of Michael, and what happened in the tunnels. I was brought back down to earth when Danielle whipped the ball at me.

I glared at her,"you'll pay for that." I said with a grin. We played for the rest of the lockdown awaiting further news.