The Day from Hell

Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or any other anime or manga that might be mentioned.  

Chapter~3 The Final Debate 

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As Merle was dragged out of the Cafeteria; Millerna was dragged by her feet to the place she was sitting before she got up. The men mercilessly threw her body into the spot and a trail of blood was left behind. The students sitting on either side tried not to touch her and sat stone still. Everyone in the room sat impeccably still in fear that what had happened to Millerna would and could happen to them. 

"As all of you just saw" Allen started "that is the consequences you receive for being unruly and tempermental. In other words, you get up, you die. Now if anyone is wondering we're not going to kill that girl. The cops are outside and we needed a little leverage so they didn't try anything while we were stating our demands. I guess that little girl just died for nothing" he said motioning towards Millerna "I love my craft"

"That sick bastard!!! He calls killing people a craft?" Hitomi said under her breath with a death glare fixed on Allen. 

"Shhhhhh!!! If he catches you talking he'll kill you, I don't want to see anyone else die" The girl next to Hitomi said hastily.

"oh, what do you care? You never liked me or ANY of my friends anyway" Hitomi said to the girl in a hushed but sharp tone.

"That may be but I don't wish anyone death, that's going a little far" She replied A gunshot was heard and someone across the room screamed. He slumped to the floor and another gunshot was heard right after it. The girl next to the boy that was shot slumped forward and blood gushed out her head. The men who shot them just went walking on like nothing happened. Hitomi shut up real quick and stared straight for the next 45 minutes.    

"Hey Hitomi" Van said in a voice below a whisper "never thought I'd want to go to class, but after this I'd give anything to be in class. Am I right?"

"Yes, you are very right. By the looks of it I don't think anyone will make it out of here, and it's scaring me. Merle isn't back yet and three people are dead, this is going really far for what you want. Too far" Hitomi answered She was on the brink of tears, she didn't want anyone else to die…well maybe some people but not here and not now.

"I know it seems really unfair that many of us will never see the light of day again" As the words escaped Van's mouth seven separate gunshots were heard. One hit Van in the arm and as he keeled over in pain, six other people slumped down. They died instantly, Van was very lucky.

 "Hmmm…I seem to have missed. I was aiming for the girl next to him but I got him in the arm. Oh well, as long as I hit something" One man that was standing next to Allen said. Hitomi went white when she realized he was aiming for her and instead got Van. It would have killed her.

Meanwhile blood was gushing out Van's arm and he could do nothing. He would eventually bleed to death or by some miracle the blood would clot (A/N: but this is not that kinda story). Merle was dragged back into the cafeteria, but something was wrong. She wasn't moving, she was limp and there seemed to be a wound but no blood flowed freely. 

Gadess threw her back where she was sitting and when her head snapped up there were big red marks on her face. Then she fell against Yukari and Yukari looked like she was seeing if Merle was alive or not. When Yukari looked up she shook her head 'no' and tried to push Merle off her shoulder.

"Damn it!" Hitomi said out loud by accident. Immediately a shot was fired her way but only hit her leg. "Kuso!!!!" she screamed. She felt the immense pain go up her leg and spine. Then she felt the warm blood soaking her jeans as she screamed, soon she felt someone putting cloth in her mouth. Apparently one of the men did it because he couldn't stand her screaming anymore. 

"Would you just shut the hell up? It's like you've never been shot before!" He said coldly

"She hasn't! I don't think anyone has before now that is" Van said since Hitomi could barely sit up straight and had cloth in her mouth.

"You, I'm tired of you. I think I'll torture you rather than just kill you. You die last after watching all your peers die. That's a suitable punishment, I think" Allen said to Van. He came over and knelt down in front of Van. "Your little friend over there" he said gesturing to Hitomi "will die right before you do because she seems to be one of your best friends"  

"You are a horrible man that should have never been born!" Van spat at the killer "I don't know how you wake up in the morning and not just want to shoot yourself"

"Why shoot myself when I can shoot others and bring misery?" Allen retorted then got up and walked to the middle of the room. Gadess came in the cafeteria and reported, Allen turned and cleared his throat. "Well it seems that the police couldn't gather enough money in the time given. So the jig is up, prepare to die and hope that in the next life this doesn't happen again"

Allen turned to one end of the room and went down the line shooting everyone along the wall. Everyone else got up and tried to make a break for it but were soon shot down. The whole room was covered in blood and only four remained. Those four were Hitomi, Chiyo, Van, and Naria. Allen told his men to hold fire, he'll deal with the rest.

Hitomi looked around the room and started to cry. Merle was still against the wall; Yukari was sprawled face down in a pool of her own blood mixed with others also. Millerna and everyone else that was shot early on were in their places, not moved. The rest of the student body was sprawled on the floor either facedown or face up. Many had visible gunshot wounds. Van was still bleeding but not as heavily, and Hitomi was still in extreme pain.

"Hmmm, looks like you lot have lasted but not for long. Lets see whom shall I kill first? How bout you?" He turned and shot Naria right in the chest. Next he blew a hole in Chiyo's head. "Have a nice afterlife sweets!" Allen said to Hitomi "Since she's your friend you want to say anything?" He asked Van

"Yeah, I do. Hope we meet again some day and we can be even better friends than before" Van said

"Yeah, me too, aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Hitomi's vision blurred and the floor came up to greet her. Before she was totally gone she heard Van being shot and the sound of him hitting the ground. Then all went black.

A/N: Dun dun dun!!!!!! Ok well that's it. I think this was really bad to begin with. I was going to have it end a different way but decided against it. Anyway that was totally and completely messed up, I know but oh well. Tell me what you think, did ya hate it? Love it? See ya! ~Tomo