Back at the town hall...
Topher still had Gwen cornered with her own crossbow in his hand. Noah was knocked out on the ground after he attempted to fight Topher himself, and Cody was sitting down against the stairs. He was staring at Topher as he had his former crush stopped in her tracks.
"It's over...Gwen...you tried to save your punk of a boyfriend...but it costed your own life..." Topher said, glaring at her with a crazy looking smile. "Anything you want to say to me?"
"I'm not scared of you, bitch..." Gwen muttered at him. "...You're weak...you wouldn't...you wouldn't hit a girl even if you want to..." Topher shook his head, keeping the crossbow aimed at the goth still.
"You wish you were more brave than that, Gwen...but it turns out, you're not..."
Just as Topher sends an arrow out of the crossbow, Gwen closes her eyes immediately, worried at what will end up happening next. She opens her eyes, looking over to Topher, only to see that Cody was able to get in the way of the arrow before Topher could be able to harm Gwen at all. Gwen gasps in shock, as Cody fell to the ground, arrow stuck in his chest.
"Cody, no!" Gwen shouts, before glaring at Topher. "You prick! I hope you're happy now!" Topher tosses the crossbow aside, before glaring at Gwen once more, before heading over to the stairs.
"Hey, the loser got in the way." Topher said, showing not a single hint of remorse in his voice as he was backing up towards the stairs behind him. "Anyways, I'm out of here!"
Topher ran up the stairs, and headed to who knows where. Gwen stayed downstairs, as Cody was injured by the arrow. Noah was literately waking up at this point, hearing his own best friend, in pain next to Gwen. The goth was shocked that this happened, as Cody felt nothing but pain in his body. Gwen pulls out some bandages that she was carrying with her on the way here.
"Cody, you...you saved me..." Gwen said, rather surprised. Cody nods his head, looking up at Gwen, as he was still holding the arrow. Noah stood up, looking over to the two friends of his, walking over to them. "I owe you one on this, Cody." The boy coughs a bit, before Gwen went to trying to help Cody out.
"C-Cody...I-I can't believe I am actually seeing this...not you of all people..." Noah whispers, softly to himself, fearing the worse for his best friend. "...You can't die now..." Cody smiled, weakly, looking up at his best friend.
"Noah, dude...it was worth it, trust me..." Cody said, before pointing to the stairs. "...It all lies on you now...take that crossbow, and take down Topher. Teach him a lesson..."
Noah looks down at the crossbow that was right against his feet. He picks it up, then looks around it. One arrow left inside of this thing, so knowing this little detail, he was going to have to make it one that would save his own life. Noah sighed, before looking at Gwen and Cody.
"Gwen, keep Cody safe for me." Noah said, before backing up towards the stairs behind him. "I'll take Topher on myself."
"Be careful up there, Noah." Gwen told him.
"With how far me, you, Cody, and Duncan came...I think I'll be fine taking on Topher myself." Noah looked at Cody with concern in his eyes. "I just hope you'll be okay, Cody."
Without another word, Noah ran upstairs, heading off to find Topher or Trent upstairs. He looked down every pathway, making sure he doesn't end up missing one of the two boys around the upstairs hallway.
It wasn't until he finally made it to the staircase that led up to the roof that he finally found one of the two boys. Noah ran through the door, only to be blocked by Trent before he was able to head up any further. Trent was holding the same baseball bat in his hands as he was standing there.
"Where do you think you're going?" Trent asked harshly, glaring at the shorter boy. "You has to get your sorry ass in the way of my relationship with Gwen?! You just had to!"
"That's not my fault, asshole" Noah said. "Now move before you leave me no other choice!" Trent shook his head at the fact that Noah was really doing this. "Trent...I mean it..."
"Oh come on, Noah, you think I'm scared of your scrawny ass?! Nobody is, not even the weakest kid in school is scared of you!"
"Yeah, you're totally insane now..."
Trent throws himself at Noah swinging the bat at him, but Noah was able to duck in time. The taller boy looks behind himself, seeing Noah was still standing. With one more swing, Trent was able to knock the crossbow out of his hands, sending it falling down the stairs. Noah was now frightened at the fact that this might actually be the end for him.
Until out of nowhere...
An arrow came out of nowhere, going upwards, catching both boys off guard. Trent was too distracted to notice Noah swinging a fist at him, knocking him to the ground. After Trent was knocked out, Noah looks over to the bottom of the stairwell, wondering who was downstairs, saving his life there.
"Sorry, I...I thought you needed help..." Bridgette said, holding the crossbow at the steps lower than the platform that Noah was standing on. "At least you're safe. Right?" Noah sighed in relief, before nodding his head.
"You bet I'm safe...thank you..." Noah said. Bridgette makes it up the stairs, to where Noah was standng.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah...I am...Cody's been injured by Topher, but...at least I am alive...I guess..."
"Oh crap, Cody's been injured?"
"Yeah." Noah points behind himself. "Gwen is attempting to help his wounds downstairs. Just try to go downstairs, while I go..." Noah looks up, seeing where the rest of the stairs goes up to. "Oh damn...as I go to the roof to try to defeat Topher for the actions that he caused. Make sure that the two are safe, and that Topher isn't downstairs." Noah then looks at the surfer girl one more time. "Also, give Gwen her crossbow back, because I'm actually going to use the baseball bat that Trent was using beforehand." Noah picks up said bat, then looks at Bridgette again.
"You think Trent will wake up?"
"Can't promise he won't. But he's the least of my worries right now." Noah points to the upstairs area. "My real problem is Topher, and he should have gotten himself trapped on the roof."
"Be careful, Noah."
"I will." Noah headed upstairs, as Bridgette ran into the hallway, heading off to go find Gwen and Cody.
Gwen was still bandaging Cody's wound up, as Bridgette came walking down the stairs, noticing the injured boy. The surfer ran up to the two, as Gwen finally got finished with placing bandages on Cody's injuries. The goth cringed, before she started to talk.
"Cody...I-I can't believe you went and did what you did." Gwen said, softly. "It was stupid of you to do all of that, but...I didn't think you'd actually do...that, save my life, I mean." Cody coughs a bit, before sitting up from the floor. He looks over to the goth, before holding the bandaged wound. "You might not want to move an inch if you want that to not hurt." Cody nods his head.
"Yeah...no shit, dude..." Cody said. "Also the thing with...eh...me saving your life..." Cody looked at Gwen, holding the side of his arm as he continued talking. "...I felt like all I was doing to...try to redeem myself, and by a better person towards you...wouldn't be enough...also...you...you have yourself a family that..." Cody groans in pain, sitting himself up, before continuing to talk. "...You got a family I wish I had, you know? I don't exactly have a family like yours, and...to me, you're just lucky on that one. Not to mention, you deserve to live knowing that they'd be devastated if you died right now." Gwen looks down at the floor.
"I...I guess you're right..."
"I am right, Gwen. I did what I had to."
"But...you could've died doing all of this..." Cody smiled, rubbing his shoulders, as he stared at his former crush.
"Well, if you ask me...it probably would've been worth it in the end for me. You'd still be alive, and that's all that would've mattered to me." Cody smiled, before Gwen held his hand, smiling at him.
"Well, I owe you one, Cody. Thank you."
"I think we're even, Gwen."
"Hey...I don't mean to interrupt you guys, having a talk about friendship and all, but...Noah is heading upstairs ready to fight Topher all by himself." Bridgette said, pointing behind herself at the stairs. "Not only that, but...Trent is possibly not dead, so...I don't what we're going to do about all of this right now." Gwen stood up from the floor, taking the crossbow back for herself.
"Thank you. Watch Cody for me, I'll handle Topher alongside Noah." Gwen told the surfer. "It's time that all of this bullshit comes to an end." Bridgette gave the goth a smirk, as she walked over to Cody.
"Finally, something I agree with you on."
"Yeah well...sure. Whatever." Gwen then places the crossbow in her backpack, before glaring at the stairs. "I got to get to Noah and defend him now. I'll be back down in about a couple moments."
Gwen runs up the stairs, leaving Bridgette and Cody in their spot. Cody smiled, watching his friend leave, knowing that she had this all under control. "She's so brave..." Cody said softly to herself. Bridgette looked at him after he said that. She then looks forward at the stairs, hoping that the two make it out okay.
With Noah again...
The boy finally made it to the roof, trying to find Topher up here. He could almost see the top of the forests out in the distance. The town hall was only two floors high, but even knowing that, Noah felt a bit worried being up here, especially with the fact that it's raining. He could hear the sound of thunder out there in the distance as well, making him shiver in fright, before he went back to trying to find Topher up here.
Looking around the top of the roof, Noah couldn't see anyone around here. He could only see the raindrops falling out of the sky, and the town out there in the distance, and nothing more. That was until he saw the shadowy figure of Topher standing there, looking out to the distance of the town.
"I know, beautiful town from up here." Noah said, behind Topher alerting the guy to him being here. "You mind stop running away so that we can finally put a stop to all of this?! End this bullshit once and for all?!" Topher looks behind himself, giving Noah a smirk.
"Well what took you so long?" Topher asked, sarcastically.
"Your traitor of a best friend, Trent, had to keep me in the stairwell, until Bridgette came to save me. I don't know what your plan would've been if I was dead."
"I would've had Gwen to..."
"...Or if she was dead..." Topher narrows his eyes, glaring at Noah.
"Then Bridgette would..."
"What if she left the town hall and ran back to her mother's house. No offense, but parts of this plan doesn't seem well thought out. I mean..." Topher narrows his eyes, as Noah continued to talk. "...All of us could've been killed by Trent, and you would've been up here alone, although..."
"I get it! You're stalling at this point!" Noah shrugged his shoulders, before giving the guy a smirk.
"Truthfully, I get that a lot..."
"Enough talk already, you prick!" Topher pulled out the same baseball bat he had for awhile, before glaring at Noah. "This time, there's no going back for one of us, and it's going to be you. Once I'm finished with you...I don't know what the hell I'll do next, but I'll think of it when I do, but either way, you'd be dead after this moment." Noah held his baseball bat in his hands, glaring at Topher.
"So be it, then..." Noah said, softly, as one more sound of thunder came from the distance.