I really have stop working on this at school. I own nothing except my character, Alex Ambrose.
"An American Marine?" Hirano asked.
"No I'm one of the Royal British Marines" I replied sarcastically as I put my knife away.
"Prove it," he asked leveling the gun.
"Can't you read the shirt? It says 'First Recon'"
"Good enough I guess."
I have a teenager's seal of approval. Great.
"You know the layout of the school, any ideas where we should go?" I asked.
The girl decided to cut in. "I think we should go to the teacher's lounge."
Don't know if it's the best idea but it's not like I have a plan either.
"Which way?" I asked.
"Not too far. Just down the hall," Hirano replied pointing to my right.
I was starting to get concerned about his nail gun.
"Any idea how to use that?"
"I trained at Black Water under an ex-Delta force Sergeant."
What is this a comic? This kid has to be bs-ing me.
"Let's go then. You take point. Try not to shoot yourself, okay?"
Hirano started out the door first. I had to admit I was impressed that he held his gun properly.
Now if he knows how to shoot, then we'll be in business.
Thinking about Hirano just made me miss my guns more. I turned to Takagi.
"Stay close."
I heard a –tchh- sound coming from her.
Ah to be young.
Luckily, I didn't have to worry about Hirano. He really did know what he was doing. He got headshots and these THINGS just dropped.
Time for a change of pace.
I grabbed the nearest one of THEM by the neck and pushed my knife right underneath the jaw strait into the skull cavity. Right away, ITbecame heavy and stopped moving. I pulled the Ka-Bar out and it dropped to the floor, motionless.
Marines: 1 Freaks of nature: 0.
Now I had a way to fight. Before I could grab another one of THEM, Hirano stopped.
"We there yet?" I asked.
Takagi took some initiative.
"In here quickly", She said.
And I thought I would take my time.
She didn't notice my disdain. Maybe I was getting better at my poker face. As I entered, I saw a figure move. I quickly moved to take care of it when…
"Miss Shizuka!" I heard Hirano gasp.
That was when I noticed that the figure wasn't one of THEM, it was a woman. I also noticed several other kids in the room. One was a boy, tall and black haired armed with a bloody baseball bat. One of the girls was had golden brown hair and armed with a makeshift spear. The last girl appeared to be a little older. Her hair was black, almost purple, and she carried a wooden Bokken.
I can't believe I didn't notice them.
It was at that moment I realized my age was catching up with me. It had been far too long since I'd had a combat high. I needed too cool down and think about the situation.
"I am Miss Shizuka. Who are you?" the woman asked.
I snapped out of my thought and answered.
"Alex Ambrose, USMC retired" I replied.
By the look on her face, I judged that she had never heard of the Corps.
"I'm an American soldier", I clarified.
I noticed the boy's faces show relief, but then quickly turn to suspicion.
"Before you ask for proof, please note that my knife has the Marine Corps symbol on it."
I held out the knife for them to see. They still didn't seem satisfied.
Figures that they'd question the guy with the most combat experience.
"Look, we need a plan before we all end up dead", I said.
"Let's focus on getting out of here first", Hirano replied.
The kid seemed calm. I could count on him. I nodded and started for the door.
"Show of hands, who's coming?" I asked.
Silently, they all filed out one by one. I didn't even know why I was in this situation. If I had to face this with some random strangers, I figured we needed a place to rest and think.
And my guns.
