Summary: Ray and Sarah get on with their daily life. Featuring the much-anticipated wedding of Abby and John. Sequel to Breath of Life. Please read it before, or it gets confusing…
Disclaimer: ER is not mine. If it were, then Carter would not be leaving. And Abby and Carter would be married already. And I would be with Ray…
Author's Note: I'm really, really, really, sorry I haven't written lately. I've been really busy, what with an English assignment, that was supposed to be like, a short 5 paged doubles spaced story, but ended up as a 11 chapter + epilogue, 35 page story, and stupid government exams. I'm turning it into a screenplay this summer, so yeah. Look for it in a couple years, staring Shane West, Hayden Pannitterrie, and an assortment of others. Anyways I am returning to what I write best…Medical Drama. I hope you enjoy this instalment of Beat of Life.
Beat of Life
"…So we have to choose a bunch of computers, write a bunch of facts on them, then decide which on we want more? That's stupid!" Arya grumbled, annoyed at the work the Information Processing teacher had assigned.
"Hello, this is my second time doing this. Stupid computer didn't save it! And Chandra and I told you it was a boring class. The only reason we took it was cause there was no way we would be allowed to work with saws again." Sarah answered, thinking back to the 'saw incident' from the previous term.
"That wasn't our fault," Chandra called from a nearby computer terminal, where she sat with her headphone, listening to the computer talk to her. Mia sat beside her, poking her repetitively.
"Sure it wasn't," Mia rolled her eyes.
"Who gives a person who lost her memory and blind person a saw, anyways? I mean it was his fault," Sarah and Chandra defended their accidental actions. River and William looked at their girlfriends, laughing, as they heard this story. Joseph and Trent, where busy in other parts of the school; Trent in Foods Studies for some obscure reason, and Joseph was in shop class, for he was not in shop for the 'saw incident'. They were all laughing and having a great time, when a loud and annoying alarm went off.
"What the…? We weren't supposed to have a lockdown drill today," she realised the words she just said. "Oh my God! Everyone in that corner, under the tables!" She screamed, flicking the light switch. Panic coursed through the room. The four girls and two guys huddled closest to the corner.
"Why?" Chandra asked to nobody in particular. She was met by the response of ssshhh's and whispered 'shut-ups'. Mia gagged her with her hand.
Outside the window separating the Computer Lab from the Library, a tall man walked by with a semi-automatic weapon.
"Someone should call the police," Arya whispered. She was surprised that one her conspiracy theories actually came true. Sarah pulled her phone out of her purse, which was being sat on by River.
"Chicago Emergency Services. What is the extent of your emergency?" a calm, collected operator answered.
"Our school is being held hostage." Sarah whispered. She tried to stay calm, but s he couldn't.
"Police are already on their way, sweetheart. You'll be out of there in no time." There was a click, and Sarah looked to see her cell phone had died. She leaned back on the wall, and sighed.
"So we just sit here and wait to die then," Mia whispered. Sarah nodded.
"I knew I would be shot," Chandra replied.
They sat for fifteen minutes in the dark. River held Sarah, and William held Arya. Chandra and Mia whimpered for a while then regained composure. An 'all clear' siren rang through the room.
"Wow, we're still alive," Chandra stated the obvious. They stood up and looked out the window.
"Uh, guys, I think the alarm was malfunctioning, 'cause it ain't all clear," Arya screamed as a bullet grazed her shoulder. The class ducked onto the floor. The masked man came into the computer lab.
"Shit," Chandra said, as the gunman pointed his gun at her. Mia crawled out of his sight behind him, and jumped on his back. His gun pointed upwards, and a bullet lodged itself into the ceiling tiles. He growled, and hit Mia in the stomach, making her fall off. He swung around and pumped two bullets into Mia, one in her stomach, one into her shin. She crumpled like a sheet.
Arya was the next to take vengeance. She kicked him in the groin, and tripped his feet. Two years of kickboxing paid of for her, Sarah thought, tending to Mia. River was busy helping Chandra regain composure, and lead her to safety.
They all looked up when a loud bang filled the room. They all turned to see Arya bleeding from her elbow, and arm.
The gunman turned to Sarah, now. "I came a long way to find you, Miss Anasazi-Cobb. You are very hard to find."
"Shit, one of my dad's friends." She said out loud. A bullet entered her shoulder, while another entered her lung. The man quickly ran from the room, but not before facing one more obstacle…Chandra.
"Move little blind girl."
"You did not just say that," she said has he shot at her foot. As she fell, she kicked at his head, and knocked him out. Sarah mouthed, 'Go Chandra,' as a curtain fell over her eyes.
Author's Note: I love leaving on a cliffhanger. Okay, this is partially based on a real info pro class. The only differences are that the lockdown was a DRILL and no one was shot, and that our boy friends weren't there…partially, because we don't have any. Oh and the 'saw incident' isn't real. Anyways, if you like, and want to see if Sarah, Mia, Arya, or Chandra live or die… click that cute little thing I like to call a review button.