AN: So this story is because Halloween is coming up...!
Don't Own Glee...
Till The Drum Beat Stops
"I AM NOT GETTING ON THAT BUS WITH THEM!" The Jewish girl said, stomping her foot for the extra dramatization.
"I'm sorry Rachel but with the budget cuts, Principle Figgins thought this would save more money." Mr. Schue said with his stern voice.
It's Saturday morning, and the McKinley's football team, Cheerio's and Glee Club are all standing in front of the school. A yellow school bus is parked in front of the students, waiting impatiently inside is the bus driver.
"Rachel, in order to get to Colombia, we need you to get on the bus with out any hissy fits," Santana says, standing by the Cheerleader's. Hair pulled up in a ponytail, and wearing her Letterman jacket, due to the chilly weather.
"Yeah Rach," Finn, the Quarter Back of the football team and also the Co-captain of the New Directions, says. He stands in the middle of the Glee Club and Football team, clutching Rachel's hand.
"Berry," Puck pushes through the crowd of students. "It's just til we get to the competition, then you can sing your ass off at Colombia." He says with his assuring voice. He has his Letterman Jacket on, with a black t-shirt under.
"Barbra nose, just get in the Bus!" Couch Sylvester yells. Standing behind her Cheerio's. She has her hands stuffed in her jacket pocket.
Rachel look's around, thinking if she should or shouldn't go. The football players, stay standing looking at the bus. Most are still half asleep, from the early hours of the morning. Most would still be sleeping, some would barley be going to sleep. All they want to do is get on the bus, and get going so they can go to sleep.
"Well whether you like it or not you're getting on that bus, little Missy." Couch Beiste says in her shorts and shirt, her silver whistle on her neck. She blows it at the, football player, who's about to fall over from sleeping. He jilts up, looking around at the other students, embarrassed.
"Okay! But if anyone of those Neanderthals try to touch me, I will sue them!" Rachel raises her index finger, meaning business. The club erupts in a quite cheer, they grab their suitcases, and make a bee line for the bus. One by one they gather in the bus, taking their seats by their friends.
"Okay, thanks to Mr. Puckerman's stunt last time, we can no longer have phones on the bus." Ms. Pillsbury says.
"Classic." Puck says, smirking.
"So if you would give them to me, I would happily hold onto them until we get to Colombia," she says holding out her bag so they can drop their phones in.
"Britt!" Santana snaps her fingers in front of the blonde, who's eyes lid's have fallen closed.
"Santa?" she asks, Santana just rolls her eyes.
"No, Santana." The Latino says slowly, pulls the other cheerleader towards the bus, of waiting students.
"Come on guys this is going to be fun!" Puck raises his arms in the air. He jumps onto the bus, earning a yell from the driver.
Finn and Rachel stand in the same spot, looking as the Football players, Cheerleader's and Glee club in the bus. "Rach," Finn swings their linked hands. "Everything's going to be fine, it's a just two day trip to Colombia. It will be fine!" Finn walks forward, expecting his girlfriend to follow him. She stays in the same place looking back at the school. Finn stops, looks at her, and waits. She swallows thickly, before walking forward and up the stairs to the bus. Somewhere between that, they disconnect their hands, separating them. Finn takes the seat next to Mike, in the back of the bus. Rachel settle's in the middle of the bus, sitting in a empty row. She look's out the window, feeling her stomach turn.
Puck takes the empty seat by Rachel. He try's to look at her face, but just gets hair. She feel's his presence, turning towards him she smiles.
"Hello?" she licks her lip's keeping her eyes to the front of the bus.
"Sup," he nods his head, slumping into his seat. He kicks his feet up against the chair in front of him. "Why isn't golden boy sitting next to you?" Puck say's causally.
Rachel shrugs her shoulders, gripping her tiny suitcase on her lap.
"Give me that." He pulls the golden suitcase away from her grip. He stands up placing it above them, on the rack, where the other bag's are placed. When he sits down Rachel is looking out the tiny window. "What's up?" he leans forward, seeing her face.
"Nothing. Just nervous, is all."
"Rachel Berry nervous? I never thought I would see the day of that." Puck says, chuckling to himself. He places his hands behind his head. "But really what's the matter? She can't see it but his eye's have gone to concerned.
"I think we shouldn't go to Columbia," Rachel blurts out, turning to face Puck. Puck just laughs, patting Rachel's back. He takes another look at Rachel, seeing her face is serious. He sits up, scooting to the edge of his seat.
"What do you mean?" his eyebrows scrunch up with confusion.
She sighs, looking out the window again. Watching the houses pass by fast. "Do you ever feel like you know when something wrongs going to happen?" She says looking back at Puck again, her eyes seem watery, and tired. Her lip's are pulled into a straight line, waiting for Puck's answer.
Blinking a couple times, Puck nods.
"That's how I feel. I don't know why?" Rachel sighs. "I guess my sixth sense is kicking in." She try's to laugh, but it comes out wary and unsure.
"Hey." he says, trying to get her attention. "Hey!" he tries again, louder than the first. Her head slowly turns towards the Mohawk boy, but her eyes are off in space. "Look at me." Puck takes his right hand, looking in her eyes, he tilts her head up. "It's just a trip to Columbia. I promise I will protect you from, bums who try to ask you for change or try to take your purse." Rachel's lips spread into a small smile, Puck smiles, how couldn't he?
"Thank you Noah," she says softly, moving her eyes away from Puck's. He simply nods.
"Okay, Berry shut up so I can catch a few Z's," Noah soon turn's back into Puck, slumping back into his seat he closes his eyes, falling asleep.
Rachel sighs, the weird, stomach turning, feeling is back. Her headphones, fit perfectly in her ears, although, you can still hear the chatter of the others. She looks out the small window, watching the small fields of corn pass by. The small fields soon turn into bigger fields, acres after acres. Once in a great while she'll see pumpkin patches. There will be small figures spread through out the patch, picking the orange vegetables. A couple minutes turn into a hour, and an hour turns into a couple hours. Soon, the feeling in her gut fades away, as so does the noise and the people surrounding her. It's peaceful, just her and the music of Broadway. She begins to doze off, feeling her head hit the window each time she falls asleep for a quick second or so.
But than there's a sound of a pop, a gunshot to Rachel because she was so peaceful. She jolts up, looking around the bus, seeing the other students just as confused as she is. It's the evening, and they're in the middle of no where.
"Kelly Clarkson!" Puck yell's, stumbling off the seat and onto the floor.
Rachel looks down at the Jewish boy, and rolls her eyes.
"What happened?" Finn yell's over the panicking students, who have begin to get anxious.
The others, just sit still and wait to see what happens.
"Settle down!" Couch Bieste, says starting to get pissed off. She get's up and makes her way from the end of the bus to the front. "Buck, what's the problem? Why did we stop?" her voice is tired, and annoyed from being in a bus for so long and with a bunch kids. She just wants to get her team to the state game.
"I don't know." The bus driver, he has a beard and a trucker hat on, says. He just look's around the area. Rachel's sure he has never had this happen to him on all his trips.
"Look." another voice comes from behind Rachel and Puck. Couch Sylvester walks down the aisle, hitting the glee club member's head's on the way. "I see that you have a useless life as a bus driver. I don't know if you even have a future. My bus driver's are probably in jail, or driving the bus to the jail, but that doesn't matter, I knew they were going to jail anyways. But just go outside and see what has happened, Okay?" she says with her careless voice.
"Okay," he mumbles running out the door.
Sue turns around and see's Mr. Schuester and Ms. Pillsbury. "Oh hey Will! Didn't see you there. I see you're still wearing that curly hair of a mess." She smiles and walks back down the aisle.
"Mr. Schuester," Rachel says. "Are we going to make it to Colombia?" Everyone else is quite not saying anything.
"Of Course, Rachel. We will get to the Glee club completion. And the football players and Cheerio's will get to the game." Mr. Schuester says, with much enthusiasm he has left.
"Yes! Go Glee Club!" Ms Pillsbury says, clapping her hands like a walrus. Everybody look's at each other and sighs.
It's quite, the only noise is the breathing of the students and teachers. Than to the right there's a soft tapping sound. Everyone whips their heads to the now dark windows. Rachel feels herself get up and slowly walk towards the door of the bus. The football team, Glee club, and cheerio's all look out the right windows. No one notices Rachel disappear down the steps of the bus. She comes face to face with the door, that leads out the bus. It's Pitch black outside and the only thing she can see is her reflection in the window-door. Her stomach begins to turn, and her hairs on the back of her neck stand up, her palms feel sweaty But she still put's her head against the door, she cups her hands around her eyes so she can see out the window.
She let's her eyes wonder, there's a flat field of dead grass with a couple of trees. That's when Rachel see's him, Buck he hit's the door, with a thump! He's dripping with sweat, no not sweat, blood. Blood. She loses her balance, falling backwards, she screams.
Rachel's eyes fling open, her breathing is rapid and unsteady. She feel's something on her shoulder, she look's down seeing it's Puck, snoring away. Confused Rachel look's out the bus window and see's the sun slowly setting. She sighs, smiling to herself.
"It was just a dream" she thinks. Her body fall's forward, causing Puck to do so too.
"Kelly Clarkson!" he yells into the air. She quirks an eyebrow at the coincidence of Puck saying that like her dream. Standing up she turns her head around seeing the bus has come to a stop.
"What Happen?" Finn yells, like in her dream too.
Rachel begs that couch Beiste won't speak next. No she prey's that couch Beiste won't speak next.
"Seattle down!" Couch Beiste yells. Rachel has her eyes closed, but she knows she walking down the aisle to Buck. "Buck what's the problem? Why did we stop?" she says.
Rachel has the "feeling" back again. The feeling, that someone's going to die now. Now she panics. Her breathing becomes quicker and louder. Her body heat becomes higher. Her hand's begins to tremble.
To Puck, this is just an excuse to get more sleep. That is until he see's Rachel, he knows somethings wrong.
"Berry?" Puck says. No response. "Berry!" She hears him finally, and turns to him.
"Puck! Something bad's going to happen!" she says, tears swell in her eyes. Than the soft tapping sound is back, coming from the right side of the bus, making the students run to that side of the bus. And again Rachel feels her legs move, bringing her down the steps to the entrance of the bus. But something not like her dream, Puck, he follows her to the door.
Rachel waits. Waits to see the blood, the body. Her eyes never once leave the door. And just like her dream, Buck hit's the door, sliding down in his own blood.
Puck feels Rachel grip his hands, her nails digging in his skin. And the scream that escapes her lips is herd.
Everyone looks at the two, slightly frighten. Mr. Schuester is the first to run to Rachel and Puck.
"What happened?" he asks, hearing the soft weeps that comes from Rachel's mouth and the terror in Puck's eyes.
"What happened?" Couch Bieste repeats the question.
All Puck can do is shake his head. By now the students have become aware of the situation, asking questions and yelling.
"Babe!" Finn fights his way through the pile of football players and Cheerio's. "What happened Rach?" he tries to ask the question, but gets nothing like the others.
She raises her finger towards the door of the bus. They all look at the door, expecting to see something. All they get is nothing except smudge marks.
"Come on." Couch Baste, says motioning Mr. Schue to come with her out the door.
"No! No! Don't go out there!" Rachel pleads with the couch and teacher. "Please," she says. Mr. Schuester look's back, at the crying girl.
"Let's go!" Couch Bieste motions Mr. Schuester. He looks back at Rachel, before sighing and going outside.
"No! Finn, Noah, someone! Don't let them go out there!"
No one does anything except watch the scene play out. Rachel can't do anything but wait and see what happens next. Rachel can hear her own heart beat, because of how quite everybody is. She feel's a pair of long arms around her figure. She look's up, seeing Finn has wrapped his arms around her.
A couple minutes pass, with complete silence. Than another couple minutes, with still no sign of the two teacher's.
"Okay, I still think Rachel's crazy but I'm starting to get worried about Will," Emma say's clutching her purse that has all the cellphones.
Rachel's to concerned with what's going outside that she doesn't respond to the insult.
"Well I can't be anymore in heaven. Schuester and Bieste are gone, and everyone's quite. Can't get any better than this," Couch Sylvester says.
"Okay. Sue come with me," Emma says, after another couple minutes of waiting. She get's up and drags Ms. Sylvester out the bus.
"Don't." Rachel says barley over a whisper. They hear her but don't do anything but walk outside.
The bus start's to get cold, from the bus breaking down. They all stay in the same positions, holding on to someone special.
And like the others before, they don't hear anything. Nothing except the wind rattling against the windows.
Five minute's pass before, someone speaks up.
"Okay this is starting to get freaky!" Azmio say's crossing his arms and looking at all the windows.
"Someone go out there and see what's going on!" a cheerio says standing up and looking over to the football team.
"Azmio, Karofsky?" Santana offer's their names.
"Hell no. I ain't going out there!" Azmio says shaking his head, and slumping in his seat.
"And you guys say you're so tough," Tina mutters, sitting on Mike's lap.
"Finn." Puck says.
"Yeah." he responds. Letting go of Rachel, he walks down the step's towards the door.
"No!" Rachel runs to Finn. "you can't." she says, looking Finn in the eye. "You can't." she turns to Puck, with tears in her eyes.
"We'll be Fine." Finn says, giving her his signature lopsided grin.
"I promise I'll protect you." Puck says, giving Rachel a smirk.
The two boy's walk down the couple of steps. Kurt, opens the bus door with the latch, a cold breeze hit's Rachel causing her to get even colder.
Puck look's back before stepping off the bus. "I promise." he says, and walks out. Rachel, looses Puck as he disappears in the darkness.
What do you think happened to the teachers?