I decided to go to my locker. But just as I was in the hallway, I heard some footsteps. Why would anyone be here now? Its lunchtime. I decided to spy on them and hide behind one of the walls. The next sight which I saw made my heart almost stop beating.

There were almost a dozen men, armed with all kinds of guns and riffles and all sorts of explosives. Either they were terrorists or something else. But the whole school was filled with students. Anyone could die. And I don't even know what all they are equipped with. The whole cafeteria was filled with students. One bomb and all could die. I try to silently get away from there so that I could hit the alarm button and warn everyone. But luck was not on my side.

As I was about to move, I stumbled and took the support of the locker to avoid falling and breaking my bones. I didn't fall, but the locker made a loud noise. All their guns turned this way. No escape was possible so I decided to act dumb. I raised my hand, surrendering. "Hey" I stupidly said. "Seriously! 'Hey'! That's what you say after seeing all the guns pointed at you." One of the men says. "Umm...I don't even know what to say. If I scream, one of you will shoot me and I will die. I love to breathe. So that's not an option. And you guys would all be gotten bored after hearing 'please don't kill me' from each of your victims. So I thought let's start with a simple 'Hey'." I explained.

"You a smart mouth. But we don't have time to listen to you. You don't know that school is filled with dangerous people. We are here to kill them. So let's hope that there is minimum collateral damage." He said. Oh, trust me, I know. Because I am one of them. Well, being a Gang Leader does count in being dangerous. "You are coming with us." One of them pulled me with him. "And if you try anything, this bullet will go straight into your head." He said, pointing a gun to my forehead. "Well, then it's a good thing that I love to breathe." I sarcastically commented. "Move." The man glared at me.

We were walking towards the cafeteria. I had to stall them, somehow. "Um...you mentioned about killing bad guys. So you are the good guys or the bad guys?" I asked. The man in the front, whom I assumed to be their commander, stopped. He turned towards me as all of the other men stopped. "Girl, look we are some bad guys killing other bad guys so that we stay safe." He explained. "Well, then that's selfish, don't you think?" I raised my eyebrows. He sighed. I could understand that he was trying very hard to keep calm. Way to go, Nessa. Now you are pissing him off. You are going to get killed. My stupid brain commented.

Well, it's better for me than the whole school. Plus, I am not going to die. "You are supposed to be scared and not talk." He glared at me. "Why should I be scared?" I said, but after seeing everyone raise their eyebrows, confused, I quickly reasoned. "I mean I always wanted to experience those scenes in the movies where the people are held captive." I shrugged. "You have a very bad taste in movies then." He commented.

"You know, there are cameras around the whole school. The security might have already contacted the police." I stated. "He could only do that if he could see what was going on. We have already hacked the school cameras." He said and turned around to continue their search. At that moment, my eyes fell on the tattoo on his shoulder. And my eyes widened. I could guess that tattoo anywhere.

That was the symbol of the Knights. He is from the Knights. Who the hell is searching for? "Nice tattoo," I said, hoping to get some answers. "It comes with a lot of responsibility and loyalty." He replied. "Who are you exactly searching for?" I asked. He glared at me. "I mean if you don't mind me asking," I added. "You are quite nosy. But you have not screamed till now, so as a reward, I'll answer your question. And that will be the last time you open your stupid mouth." He glared. "You see, you live in a city filled with very bad people. Us counted. The world is not as safe as it seems. And your school, in specific, is filled with many of them. We are here to eliminate them from the competition." He said. "And now, no more words come out of that smart mouth of yours." He added.

So he is clearly here for the Gangleader of the Elites. Ironically, that's me. It's just been a week since their last attack on me. But then, why hasn't he recognized me? They did recognize me before. Well, that doesn't matter. They are going to attack my school. You don't mess with me.

We all started moving towards the cafeteria. It was thirteen of them, including the commander or whoever he was. I could take them. I stop walking, making the person behind me collide against me. "Move girl!" He ordered. I sarcastically chuckled. "Idiot. Keep moving or I'll shoot this thing inside-" I punched his face before he could say anything. "WHAT THE F*CK!?" He glared at me. "You shouldn't have done that." He said and raised his hand to hit me. I blocked it and punched him in his stomach. He stumbled back and started coughing.

I turned towards the two men about to hit me. I dodged their punches and kicked them where the sun doesn't shine. They dropped their guns and stumbled back. I took this opportunity to grab one of the guns and pointed it towards the commander or leader, whoever he was. He just chuckled. I glared at him. "You are a stupid girl. You put on a good show. But you are just a high school girl, stupid enough to attack us. You don't even know how to use the thing that you are holding." He chuckled. "I won't be so sure if I were you." I sarcastically chuckled and shoot all three of the men, who attacked me, in their stomachs. It is a good thing that they have already disabled all the school cameras. No one will see this.

I smirked. The commander's eyes widened, while everyone else pointed their rifles at me, waiting for their commander to give them the order to shoot me. "Well, you saw that." I shrugged. "So, you know how to use a gun. Now what? You are clearly outnumbered, dear." He smirked. What is with bad guys and their overconfidence!?!

He nodded at the men. Rather than shooting me, they all came running towards me. Idiots. One of them tried to punch me. Keyword- Tried. I ducked and landed a punch straight in his stomach. He started coughing and stumbled back. Another man came running towards me, with his rifle and tried to hit me. I blocked the impact, by holding the riffle and twisting it, which made him lose his grip. I snatched the rifle from his hand and hit him with it, straight in his forehead, knocking him down. I shot one more in his stomach, knocking him down. 5 down, 8 to go.

You see, I was never a killer. Till now, I have never killed anyone. I have shot them, punched them, kicked them, and knocked them down. But never killed. I didn't like it. Now back to the fight.

One of them kicked me from behind. I stumbled ahead and turned around to see him smirking. "Be a man and attack from the front." I spit. He charged towards me. Before he could hit me, I moved aside. He stumbled straight into the locker, hitting his head. I chuckled. Suddenly, I heard the noose of a bullet and I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder. I looked down to see my sleeve torn. That idiot spoiled my t-shirt!? Well, at least the bullet didn't go inside. I took my gun and shot the man who hit me, in his leg. He wobbled and fell down, hitting his head on the locker first. With the same gun, I shot more two of them, one in the stomach while the other in the leg. 9 down, 4 to go.

Suddenly, one of them caught me and held me back from attacking anyone. Two of them came towards me. One of them punched me. I felt a warm liquid around my lower lip. The second one punched me in the stomach and I coughed. Before they could attack anymore, I kicked the one who was holding me, in his balls. His hands loosened, but he didn't let go of me. I saw one of them coming to punch me. I ducked. Rather than punching me, he punched the man who was holding me. Oops.

I freed myself from him and shot all three of them. Now only one person was remaining. The commander. I was almost going to attack him when he suddenly started clapping. "Black belt in Karate huh?" He evilly chuckled. I just rolled my eyes and pointed my gun towards him. I pulled the trigger but nothing happened. Well, the gun was out of bullets. Great! "Oops. No bullets left? Now, what are you going to -" Before he could finish his sentence, I punched him and broke his nose. I tackled him to the floor. "Tell me, " Punch. "How many" Punch. "Of you" Punch. "Are there" Punch. "More?" I asked him and punched him one more time.

To my surprise, he smirked. "You think I am going to tell you? Nope. Go find for yourself-" I cut him off by punching him and knocking him down. I stood up and looked around. There were thirteen unconscious bodies in the hallway, blood on two dented lockers, and fallen guns everywhere. Without wasting any more time, I instantly went and hit the fire alarm, to warn everyone.

I waited and waited, but nothing was heard. They had also disabled the alarm system. Rather than waiting any longer, I ran towards the cafeteria. The lunch was about to end and everyone would come put, scattering the school. It will make it more difficult to stop the Knights then.

I barge into the cafeteria and go straight to Selena. Everyone around the table gasps and their eyes go wide. The reaction was expected. My shirt was torn, I had a busted lip, my knuckles were bruised and I was in an 'after fight mess'. "We need to get everyone the hell out of here," I told everyone. No one moved. They were still taking in my appearance. "What happened?" Selena was the first to speak. I lowered my voice so that only she could hear. "It's the Knights. They are here. I think for me. But they didn't recognize me. They can hurt anyone in here. We need to get everyone out. Now." I told her.

"What the f*ck happened to you!?" Stefan asked. "Cupcake, are you okay?" Ash came over to me. "Ash, we need to get everyone out of here," I whispered to him. He nodded and gave me an 'I want more explanation' look. Then he quickly climbed up the table and announced, "Hey guys! Listen! We need to move out of school now! The school is being attacked! Do not panic!" He shouted. The whole cafeteria was filled with whispers. "Did you not listen to him!? Move!" I shouted. Everybody's eyes widened as they saw me. "Stop staring and Move!" I shouted.

Everybody quickly picked up their things and started moving out. But before anyone could reach it, the door was thrown open and the men of the Knights entered the cafeteria. "Going anywhere?" The person, who was in front, asked. "Now, no one has to get hurt ok? Everyone will quietly sit back down." He said, as his men surrounded the whole cafeteria. Then he suddenly grabbed a girl, Davina's arm, and pulled him towards her. She screamed while everyone else gasped. "Do not try anything else. Or your friend here will die." He smirked.

Time passed by. The lunch was over. The cafeteria was silent, other than a few warnings from the men. I don't understand. Didn't the professors understand by now that something is wrong? No one showed to the class right?

My doubt was answered when we heard the police sirens around us. "You are surrounded. If you make a move, you will die. Leave the children. Now! Or else." They announced. The man just chuckled. "What are they going to do?" He said. Ok. This was worsening.

Suddenly Stefan stood up. "You know, you are pretty blunt to be a terrorist. What do you want? Money. I'll give you that. Just let everyone go." He said. "So you are the famous son of the Great Thompson. You look just like your father. Only, you are stupid if you thought I was doing this for money. I have plenty of that-" "So what do you want? Why are you doing this?" I cut the man off and asked him the question to which I already knew the answer. "Nessa, what are you doing? Sit down. I'll handle this." Stefan whispered. I just glared at him. Whatever our differences, I was not letting him get killed.

"Who are you? His girlfriend? Well, you seem stupid. You don't know what you are getting yourself into. But then, you both have mistaken me to be a terrorist-" " If not that then who are you?" Ryan cut him off. "Let me speak. You children are very rude. But then that's the people I want. And I never actually liked wasting time. So as you said, I'll let everyone else go. But you three stay here." He nodded at his men.

His men pushed everyone outside. "I am not leaving you guys here," Selena whispered to me. "Just get everyone out of here. Safely. I'll meet you outside. And I'll also make sure Ryan stays alive." I whispered back. After some time, the whole cafeteria was empty, only leaving me, Stefan and Ryan with the men. There were around thirty of them. "So, until now, you must have realized what I want. I don't care if I have to kill you three. If the person I want stands up, the other two can leave and only one person will die today." He stated. "What if the only person who does will be you?" I smirked. He turned to me.

"You seriously are a stupid girl. But looking at you, you seem to be the reason my men are unconscious in the hallway." He raised his eyebrows. "I might be." I shrugged. "Let her go. She just has some anger issues and is good at hitting people. Let her go." Stefan says. "No. I don't have any anger issues." I glare at Stefan, pissing him off. I don't care if he is angry at me or whatever. I am not leaving him and Ryan here. "Not gonna happen. She hit my men. We hit her." He smirked and indicated one of his men to hit me. The man came forward and punched me. I felt something sharp hit my forehead, followed by some liquid. That person was wearing rings. I was sure to have a cut there.

Suddenly, I saw some movement outside the window. The SWAT team was here. They will handle the rest. I just need to get these two idiots out. There was a loud noise and the whole cafeteria filled with smoke. There were some noises of bullets being shot and someone telling us to move out of here. I quickly held my breath and tried to get towards the boys. But before I could reach them, I was grabbed by my arm. I felt a gun being pointed to my forehead. "Stop!" The person who had held me yelled and my ear went deaf.

The whole cafeteria went silent as the smoke slowly cleared and we could see each other. There was blood in the whole cafeteria. Most of the men were dead or knocked down. The SWAT team had all their guns pointed at the man, who I now assume to be the leader of their mission. I looked at Ryan. His eyes were filled with worry. There were around ten of the Knights left and a twenty of the SWAT. They could easily kill them and finish this. But they won't. Not when I was like this. When I looked to my side, there was another man holding Stefan. Great! Two of us!

"Put your guns down. Or they are dead." The leader announced. Everybody slowly started keeping their guns down. "Let her go!" Stefan suddenly shouted. "Shut your mouth. Or you and your girlfriend will be dead." He warned. I AM NOT HIS GIRLFRIEND! How many times do I have to tell this to everyone? He slowly started pushing me and Stefan out of the cafeteria. He was using us as the tools to get out of here. Well, I wasn't planning to let them escape. As soon as we moved, one of his men locked the exit of the cafeteria so that no one could get out and stop them.

"Let us go now! You escaped!" Stefan glared at them. "You both are going nowhere. We are taking you with us." He smirked. "At least let her go. She is of no use to you. Let her go-" Stefan started but I cut him off, "Shut up! Will you?" I glared at him. "Well, at least someone has brains." The leader mumbled. Stefan gave me a confused look. 'What are you doing? They will kill you.' He said, worry clear in his eyes. I just glared at him. "You know what? You should let him go. After all, a girl makes better leverage." I smirked.

"You really do have brains. At least my men's energy won't be wasted on holding him hostage too. Let him go-" The leader was cut off by Stefan. "No! I am not going anywhere without her!" "I am fine with anything. You are a good boyfriend. But a stupid boy." The leader said. That's it. My patience only stays until there.

I kicked the man holding me in his balls and he stumbled back. I took this opportunity to take his gun. "I AM NOT HIS GIRLFRIEND!" I glared at the leader. Surprisingly, Stefan followed the suit and kicked the balls of the person holding him and took his gun too. Impressive. And fortunately, he does know how to use it. "But I would love to be her Boyfriend." He smirked and aimed his gun at the leader. His lips twitch upwards into a smirk. "Seriously! You think you can beat me. I am the part of the Knights. And you didn't know what that is, its a mafia gang. The Strongest."

"Well, I'll prove you wrong!" I glared at him and shot the man who was about to shoot Stefan, in his stomach. Stefan turned towards me, clearly surprised. So now there were nine of them and two of us. I smirked. "I thought you had brains. But I was clearly wrong. You are foolish enough to pick a fight with me. That is going to be your death sentence." I warned. "Oh come on! Didn't you see your men unconscious in the hallway? Well, that was all me!" I smirked. He nodded at his men and they came charging at us. Let the game begin!

I pushed one of them, broking his nose, and shot him in his stomach. I tackled the other one to the ground, punching his face, and choking him. One of them pulled me back and punched me in my stomach. I stumbled back, coughing. I heard bullets being shot. I turned to see Stefan handling the goons very well. I turned back to the person who hit me. There was a stinging pain in my stomach. Ignoring it, I kicked the man in his stomach and punched him in his face. I shot another one on his leg. I heard Stefan gasp. He was being punched very badly now, by the leader. Weakling. I shot the leader in his back.

Everyone was knocked down. Stefan looked at me. "Thanks!" He said. "No need to thank a b*tch who is hated by all." I glared at him. "Hey, I am-" He was interrupted by a loud bang. The cafeteria door was broken down. The SWAT team came running to us. "You guys okay?" One of them said. I nodded. "Let's get you guys cleaned up." He said and lead us outside. Ryan came and hugged me. "Thank God you are okay! Selena would have killed me if anything was to happen to you." He said. "Well, that goes for me too. But she knows nothing will happen to me." I chuckled. "Remind me, never to get on your bad side." He chuckled.

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I and Stefan got cleaned up. Most of the students had gone back home by now. Selena, Ryan, Melvin, Ash, and Abby stayed with us. "You are pretty good with guns. How do you know to use a gun that well?" Stefan suddenly asked me. I looked at Selena. What was I supposed to answer? I am the gangleader of the Elites? My thoughts were answered by Selena. "She was always fascinated by the guns and all stuff. So her mom used to put her to some military training camps in Australia. That's how she learned." Selena to the rescue!

"Wow!" Stefan grinned. I ignored him and gave a thankful look to Lena. 'You owe me' She smirked. I sarcastically glared at her and shook my head. "So..." Melvin started. "What are you guys planning to do now?" He asked. "I am taking her out," Ryan smirked. And Selena went red. These guys are too cute. "I am going home and getting my bags fully packed. We are leaving tomorrow." Ash shrugged. "So early. I am going to miss you Ashy!" I whined. "I won't." He smirked. I frowned and playfully hit his shoulder. "Ouch! That hurt! Of course, I'll miss you, Cupcake. No need to be so harsh." He pulled me into a hug and kissed my forehead.

"Hey, Listen. I was thinking to cancel my camp-" Ash started but I cut him off. "Why?!?" I asked. "Why would you do that?! It is your dream! You are not supposed to 'not go'" I shouted him. He sighed. "I mean, with Ethan like this and now this. Plus, someone is searching for you. I don't know, Cupcake. I want to be there for you." He sighed. "You are doing no such thing! You are going and that's final!" I yelled at him. "And as for me, I have Lena." I shrugged.

"Yeah... Where is she now?" He raised his eyebrows. I looked around. And she was not there. She and Ryan had disappeared. "Still! I'll be fine. You are doing no such thing for me! You are going! That's final!" I stated. "And if you don't go, I'll not talk to you. Forever." I added before he could protest. "Okay." He gave up. "That's good," I smirked in victory. "Plus, I am going to crash your apartment when you are gone." I shrugged. "You are always welcome." I grinned.

A\N:

Hey guys!
The next chapter is up!

I know I am a bit late to update this chapter....but is was pretty long...I mean 4000 words! That's the longest chapter till now...

What do you think happens next? Will the Knights get hold of Vanessa?

See you soon...