Chapter 10 - Some people can't be saved

Both Nathan and Luke's hearts were pounding with fear, they weren't too bothered about their own safety, for Nathan it was Haley, his wife the only person he has ever loved, they finally got things back to normal after the whole tour fiasco and now this happened. For Luke it was Peyton, how can this be happening he thought, if anything happens to her or are unborn child I'll never forgive myself. He knew he wasn't to blame deep down, but at this moment in time he blamed himself.

Nathan found two baseball bats and handed one to Lucas.

"What good is this going to do against a gun?" he asked.

"Well its better than nothing" he replied, and he was right Luke knew he was.

"You're right I'm sorry, its just Peyton, I love her so much Nate what if she's hurt or worse."

"I know the feeling I can't imagine my life without Haley, but I'm sure Peyton will be okay she's stronger than you think"

Lucas noticed some blood and turned to Nathan "It's blood and this looks like the place where the gun went off, this is where Brooke and Peyton were"

"I've got to get to the tutor centre" Nathan replied, it was in the opposite direction of the blood, they had to separate.

"I know Nate go, I've got to go this way, Peyton's got be around here somewhere, go get your wife."

"You go and save your family." Nate replied. Yes he thought that's what she was to him now, she was his world, they were having a baby together. She was his family, and he couldn't lose her, not now.

So they parted and went their separate ways searching for the missing part of them, cause that's what they were. Haley was a part of Nathan, and Peyton was a part of Lucas, without them neither of them made sense, and neither of them were truly happy.

Lucas continued down the corridor, past the broken glass and the blood. He reached the end of the corridor and entered the library, taking a firmer grasp of the baseball bat. He moved quietly, there were so many shelves and so there were many places that the crazy guy could be hiding, or where Peyton could be alone in pain.

Meanwhile Nathan arrived at the tutor centre, he knocked on the door. "Haley are you in there?"

"Nathan" she shouted

"Haley are you alright?"

"I'm fine" she said and opened the door.

He ran in and gave her the biggest hug ever, she was safe, she was alive he thought.

"I thought I'd lost you" he said and then noticed the other students in the centre. Haley closed the door behind him.

"Does anyone know who did this?" he asked.

"We don't know anything" Haley replied. Unknown to them all they were in the same room as the guy responsible.

Back at the library Lucas was making his way deeper in, staying alert. He heard a noise and as he looked around the shelf he grasped the baseball bat even tighter, about to swing when he saw Peyton and heard her let out a little scream.

"Peyton" he said dropping the bat and rushing to her side.

"Luke" she said pain in her eyes and voice.

"Are you okay? I thought I'd lost you Peyt" he said nearly crying.

"Its my leg" she managed to say.

"Let me take a look"

"I can't move, its full of glass, and it hurts, it won't stop bleeding"

Lucas took his shirt off, "I need to put some pressure on it Peyt, to stop the bleeding."

"Okay" she could barely speak, she felt so weak.

Back at the tutor centre. "I think we can get out" Nathan said "The way I came in no one was there, if we're quiet we should be able to make it."

"Come on then lets go" Haley said, she saw some worried looks so added "its probably safer than sitting here, where he will eventually find us, I don't think a locked door will stop this guy."

They all got up about to leave, when a guy shouted "No!"

"What?" Nathan replied.

"No one's going anywhere" It was Jimmy Edwards, he pulled the gun out of his pocket and repeated "no one is going anywhere"

Everyone looked so scared they had been in the same room as the person responsible all along, and no one suspected a thing.

"Everyone give me your phones now!" everyone did as he said so terrified to disobey him.

"You too Nathan"

"I don't have it with me, I left it on the school bus in my bag, you can search me if you want."

Jimmy believed him "Right everyone that side of the room now!" he pointed to the far side of the room away from the door.

"You…. tape a line down the middle" he said to Nathan who did as he was asked afraid for the safety of himself but more importantly his wife and the other lives at stake in the room.

"Right no one crosses the line, if you do I'm gonna have to use this gun"

Nathan had finished and immediately went to sit near his wife who he knew would be terrified right now, and he wanted to comfort her and make her feel as safe as possible under the circumstances.

Outside of the school Brooke was in a state, she couldn't stop thinking about Peyton, its all my fault she thought I should have made sure that she was still behind me. She was breaking down her best friend could be dying right now, but not only that Mouth she couldn't find him anywhere. What if he's still inside she thought, we've only just got together. God this is so messed up. Karen and Keith had arrived after being contacted by the school about the incident. Where's my son she kept thinking. It's like Keith knew "I'm sure he'll be fine Karen, he's got to be around here somewhere" Keith said hugging his fiancé, trying to make her feel a little better. Brooke saw Karen and Keith, she started towards them.

"Hey Brooke" Keith said "Glad to see your okay"

"Have you seen Lucas?" Karen asked anxiously.

"He went back in, Peyton's still in there somewhere, so he went in to get her, so did Nathan cause Haley's still in there too" Brooke replied crying a little.

"Oh God…..my boy" Karen said who also started to cry a little.

Back at the library some time had passed, Lucas knew he had to get her out of here, but she was so scared and in so much pain he didn't want to move her and make it worse. She thought it was just glass in her leg but he knew it wasn't, it was a bullet. But he didn't tell her, he didn't want her to panic.

Then he felt her, she was struggling to stay awake she kept falling on to him, he couldn't wait anymore, he had to get her out of there. He scooped her up into his arms trying to be as gentle as possible and headed for the library exit. He walked slowly and quietly down the corridor staying alert, Peyton was asleep or unconscious one of the two so she wasn't panicking cause she didn't know what was going on. This worried Luke in a way, what if she doesn't wake up, he thought, what if she's lost too much blood. He couldn't keep thinking about it, I've got to stay focused keep myself alert. Nearly there he thought as he saw the exit a few feet away, he kept himself alert knowing that the exit was close but that there was still a good chance that they might be seen. But they weren't he got her out, there was an ambulance he rushed over. "Somebody help me she's been shot in her lower leg"

"Its okay we'll take it from here" the paramedic said taking the girl from him.

"What's her name?" she asked.

"Peyton…..Peyton Sawyer".

"How old is she?"

"17" he replied "She's pregnant" he added.

"How far along is she" the paramedic asked.

"Well, we're not sure, we've only just found out, but not very" he replied.

"How long has she been unconscious?"

"About 10 minutes" he replied not taking his eyes from her "Is she gonna be okay?"

"We'll do our best."

"And the baby…."

"I won't know anything until we get her to the hospital."

"Lucas!" he turned around to see his Mom and Keith running towards him.

"Lucas thank god you're okay" she said wrapping her arms around him. Karen saw Peyton "What happened?"

"She got shot in the leg mom" he started crying on her shoulder "They don't know whether she's gonna make it."

"What about the baby?" she asked softly.

"They won't know anything until they get her to the hospital."

The paramedic interrupted, "We're gonna take her in now, do you want to come with us in the ambulance" she asked Lucas.

He nodded and then looked back at his mom and Keith "We'll drive behind you, I'll see you up there son."

"Have a little hope Luke…..she's a fighter" Keith added.

Meanwhile back in the tutor centre Jimmy had heard some noises so went to check it out. While doing this Nathan grabbed his phone out of his pocket he had lied to Jimmy and quite frankly he was glad he did. He dialled the police letting them know that they were in the tutor centre and the number of hostages. He put his phone away before Jimmy came back in and suspected anything.

Moments later they could hear a helicopter and more sirens, everyone knew that the entire school would be surrounded by now.

"You may as well give yourself in Jimmy, there's no where to run, the school's surrounded." Nathan said just wanting to get his wife to safety.

"Jimmy look what you're doing to us, if you turn yourself in you might not even get sentenced, you're a minor. You didn't actually kill anyone, you're a good student with no priors." Mouth said, he was worried for everyone's safety, he had a strong feeling Brooke wasn't in the school, which relieved him slightly.

"I can't…..no one will ever talk to me again. How will I face everyone after what I've done." and with that Jimmy knew, he knew that what he was doing was wrong and that he couldn't live with himself any longer. "I'm sorry you guys" those were his final words, he lifted the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

"Jimmy….no" Mouth shouted.

Nathan couldn't believe what he had just witnessed, everyone was crying. "Come on guys lets get out of here" Nathan said taking Haley's hand, and with that they all headed out of the school. That day will be with them for the rest of their lives, and they all knew it.