Buster goes Postal.
Arthur is copyrighted by Marc Brown
Don't read if you don't like character deaths. I also don't think school shootings are cool so don't do what Buster does or what George was planning. I have my regrets writing this story as well mainly because I am new to this section and I don't want to come off as a troll.
Buster was annoyed of his classmates doing a lot of mistakes for the mail sorting position at school, he knew it wasn't good. As he waited and waited for Sue Ellen to, in his mindmess up; though teachers said she had done a very good job, Buster wanted to end them all. The problem had started when he freaked out at Fern for some mistakes that she did. After minutes of yelling at her, Mr. Haney had stripped Buster of doing the mail delivery.
He had walked home from school, and went to Georges, Buster was there cursing like a sailor, he was tired of them all screwing up. He had noticed George putting firearms in his book bag, "What're those for?"
George grumbled "I am going to shoot them all!"
Buster had taken one of the pistols and had shot George, "No, I am."
Buster took the firearms and put them in his book bag he had intent and knew what he was doing. He forgot George was badly injured but still alive.
The next day Buster was walking to school, Muffy was talking to Francine, Sue Ellen was sitting on the steps by the school entrance reading, Fern was inside the classroom helping Mr. Ratburn, Arthur was at the back of the school with the Brain and Jenna, and Binky was with the tough customers not too far away from Francine and Muffy.
Buster had his sights set on Muffy, he had pulled out the gun as Muffy saw it, she was horrified she was fumbling with her cell phone trying to dial 911 but she had dropped the cell phone and ran off, Buster fired a shot, the bullet whizzed past her head and hit a tree. Francine was next, she ran but Buster caught up with her he had soon shot and killed her. He looked for Muffy but she couldn't be found.
Muffy was running as fast as she could she was telling everyone Buster had snapped and was shooting people.
Sue Ellen was running into the school, Buster had a loaded 9mm pistol in hand, he was angry he had snapped. After he had shot a few rounds at anyone in his way miraculously missing he was going after Sue Ellen.
Buster fired a shot and Sue Ellen got hit in the leg. She screamed as she was limping down the hallway, she had made it towards her classroom and she slammed the door shut. Fern was in the room.
Sue Ellen was lying against the door feeling the blood seep out from her leg, she was crying in pain and somewhat horror.
"Calm down, Buster doesn't know I am in here, when I saw him pull out the gun, I hid in the coat room," Sue Ellen had quickly calmed down, "Now breathe, everything is going to be alright."
She was starting to cry in pain again, "I can't…"
"Just try…"
"Where are the police and ambulance?" She asked in a morose response. She was holding her bloodied leg with her hands.
"Muffy tried to call them when she saw Buster with the loaded gun; however she ran off. I didn't see him shoot her, I ducked below, heard the gunshot when I got up I saw that Francine, Binky, and Rattles were dead, Molly got up after so I presumed she ran to safety, as did Muffy."
"Where is everyone else?"
"Ratburn is hiding under his desk, the Brain… I don't know where he is…"
They heard a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Fern yelled.
"It is me!" the Brain yelled back as he jiggled the door knob, "Let me in!"
Fern dragged Sue Ellen away from the door and let the Brain in.
"How'd you get past Buster?"
"Istraffed from left to right;Buster couldn't shoot me as I was moving too fast and by the time I got here, the gun Buster was using was out of bullets. As I looked down the hall Buster was pulling out another weapon."
"Sue Ellen got shot; we need to get her some medical attention."
"Impossible… Buster has other firearms and is shooting outside preventing any EMS from coming in."
Fern took off her button-down shirt and wrapped Sue Ellen's wound, she was wearing a t-shirt under her regular shirt, "I don't know how long it will take, but I can tell you a story."
Sue Ellen sighed again as her friends calmed her down, she then yelled "Why?"
"It will pass the time."
Sue Ellen sighed again; sadly thinking these were going to be her last moments of life, "No, I could die any minute…"
The Brain looked at Sue Ellen's leg, "Buster doesn't have a good shot at a distance remember when we were playing laser tag and he got the lowest score? You were shot in the leg, you'll be fine."
"Do you know if any other students are ok?"
"I saw Arthur hide in the resource room, Jenna ran into the janitors closet, Binky was shot and killed, as was Rattles, Molly is alive but passed out seeing her friends die; Francine was shot and killed."
"What about George?"
"In the hospital… If you are asking about Prunella, she is sick today."
Sue Ellen gave out a helpless cry, she couldn't really move without being in severe pain, "Fern get me some paper…"
"Why?"
"I want to write my last words…"
"You are going to survive…"
"How do you know?"
"The bullet didn't hit any vital organs."
Mr. Ratburn had emerged from his hiding spot, "I am glad you three are ok," He noticed Sue Ellen crying as she put some pressure on the wound, "Oh dear…"
"She's been shot and needs medical attention right now."
"They have to probably shoot and kill Buster to get to us he is a threat to himself and others… or get out through the window."
Fern looked around, and figured something out, block the door with some desks, and break the window so they could make an escape.
"Think Sue Ellen might go into shock if we move her?"
"I was shot about 15 feet before I got here," Sue Ellen cried, "I'm going to die!" she had repeated that several times while they calmed her down.
Fern and the Brain threw two desks at the windows and broke them as Ratburn blocked the door.
They managed to break away all the glass and climb up, Mr. Ratburn had climbed up to the outside, Fern and the Brain managed to pick up Sue Ellen and hand her to Mr. Ratburn. Fern and the Brain made their escape.
They all went to safety as Sue Ellen was being helped by the medics. Jenna was there talking to the police; other police officers had managed to pick Buster off. This had stopped the madness at the school despite the fact some students went missing.
The police had run in to check who was alive; Arthur was found alive, while other classmates were shot dead, including Buster being shot by police.
Arthur was shaken by the whole experience, he was lucky Buster didn't find him; Jenna just used a really good hiding spot.
The next day Sue Ellen was visited by her friends, she was under the influence of pain killers, she was lying in the hospital bed, "They had operated on my leg to remove the bullet, they won't need to remove my leg, but it'll need to be wrapped in bandages for a while."
A tear streamed down her eye, Binky, Francine and Rattles as well as the odd student from the other class were shot and killed; Buster who was shot and killed by the police.
Arthur was sympathetic, "I am glad you are ok."
Fern was looking out the window; she had seen everything, "Francine… dead… Binky dead..."
The Brain grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the window, "Sue Ellen is very lucky to be alive… as is George."
Fern sighed sadly, "I realize that, and that life is short…"
Sue Ellen kind of got depressed, "Fern stop… I want to do something so this never happens again."
"Like what?"
"We lost two classmates yesterday, so we should light two candles in honor of them, I don't want this to happen again, I don't want any more people getting hurt or killed by guns. Including Buster, inside his mind was someone… very afraid."
Fern was quite distant but had responded within a minute, "…Good idea, I like it."
Sue Ellen had soon had fallen asleep due to the pain killers.
To Be Continued.