Claire and Lyle Bennet

12:46 pm

Classroom

Both Claire and Lyle froze at the sound of gunfire. The sound was followed by sombody screaming. It sounded like a guy. Claire almost reconized his voice. She sat and against the wall and looked out the window. Nobody was in sight. There was no more gunfire. It became silent again except for the sound of scuffling, like sombody running.

Lyle got to his feet slowly, Claire looked at him before standing up as well.

Claire: Who is it?

Lyle: how should I know, that crazy guy, Josh or whatever. I saw him earlier with a gun.

Claire: Lyle...what was he doing?

Lyle: I don't know. We saw him try and shoot some other kid, then he saw us and shot at both of us. I don't even know what happened to Brad but I got hit with glass...or somthing.

Claire looked at her brother for a short while, then she looked around for some kind of weapon. There weren't any in sight. She had to find somthing to use against that kid, in case he came back and found them. Lyle had never bothered Josh, never even talked to him so Claire was confused to why Josh would try and kill him.

She walked to the door and looked outside. Nobody was around, which surprised her because she could have sworn combody had been shot out here. Well that actually seemed like a good thing.

Claire: Come on Lyle.

She and Lyle went back down the hallway the way they came. Claire was afraid the shooter would come back and see them. Any minute he could. Now that she knew it was Josh she wondered why he would do somthing so bad.

Lyle: Where are we going anyhow?

Claire: I need to find my friend.

Lyle: Who?

Claire: Zach, he should be upstairs.

Lyle saidn othing else, he jus followed Claire as she went back upstairs. When the two of them got there sombody else was waiting for them.

Nathan Petrelli

12:51 pm

Petrelli mansion

Ever since Nathan heard about the shooting he paced back and foruth trying to call Claire. Her cell phone must have been turned off because she didn't awnser. He gave up and called Peter. No awnser. Next Nathan made an attempt to call Peters cell phone. It rang over and over but Peter didn't pick up the phone.

He kept reminding himself there was nothing to worry about, Caire would be fine because she wasn't like everyone else. She couldn't die that easily. So why couldn't he stop worrying. The news kept reporting about the shooting but he barley heard any of it. Heidi didn't even know what to say to him.

He tried to call Peter a third time, no awnser. Nathan knew Peter could hear the phone, he was still just ignoring it. Nathan stopped pacing and sat down on the sofa. He stared at the televison. Heidi didn't try talking to him, he never awnsered. Instead she sat on the sofa next to him and stayed quiet. Nathan ad never been so worried in his whole lif and he didn't even know what there was to worry about.

Claire and Lyle Bennet

12:52 pm

Second floor

Claire nearly screamed when she saw sombody.

Zach: Shh, Claire

Claire: What are you doing, I told you to wait for me.

Zach: I got tired of waiting, is he ok?

He pointed to Lyle, who was looking around the hallway. Calire only nodded and pulled Zach into the nearest classroom. Lyle followed them. Claire shut and locked the door.

Claire: You could have been shot, what the hell were you thinking?

Zach: Uh, you could have been shot too?

Claire: That's different. Listen Zach it's Josh

Zach: Josh?

Claire: Yes, he's still somewhere in here.

It really did frighten Claire to think that somewhere in the school Josh was running around with a gun, probably shooting anybody he saw. She knew other kids had to be trapped inside the school just like they were. She had to help them.

Peter Petrelli

1:09 pm

Odessa Texas

Peter was surprised by how quickly he arrived in Texas. Thw whole plane ride he listened to his phone ring nonstop, it was Nathan. He never bothered picking it up. After getting off the plane he went straight to the school. There were cars and ambulences everywhere. Police were running around the front lawn with guns drawn and some medics were waiting behind their trucks. Peter wondered why the hell they didn't go inside already. He didn't see Claire anywhere. Only about thirty or fourty kids were outside.

Maybe he could sneak inside and find her. But with all the police officers, Peter really didn't see that happening. He had to do somthing though, there was no way he could stand around and wait any longer. Peter found the exit from the back of the school. No police officers or even medics were around for that matter. Nobody but him. Maybe there was some spycho inside the shcool with a gun, that didn't scare Peter at all.

Since he had been inside before Peter did remember the school. Still he didn't even know where to begin looking for Claire. Stepping over bookbags and binders Peter looked around the deserted hall. Not a single person in sight. He walked down the hallway and looked around.

Right at the moment the sound of gunfire filled the hall. Peter stepped back, he looked around. There was now complete silence. Why weren't the police here trying to stop the shooter? There were only a few out front from what Peter saw.

Now he really, really needed to find Claire.

Josh Buyers

1:11 pm

Gymnasium

He looked around the rows of empty seats. Pretty much every single student in the school took cover after Josh began shooting. It was so easy to just aim at sombody and fire. Josh actually felt like he had power now because of that. He could kill anybody or let anybody live. Everyones life was in Josh' control.

He left the gym after findning no students. He felt both regret and anger. His parents had always loved and cared for him since he was born. Then the year before this they began fighting. Josh was completely shut out of their lives. The only time they actually spoke to him was if they tried to get back at one another through him.

He was really going to miss them, but it didn't mater anymore because everything would end here at this school, today. Josh walked down the hallway looking for anybody he could. So far he had only shot one student. But others had been hurt. So maybe it was wrong-really wrong-to take his anger out on innocent kids.

But all the times they had ignored or laughed or even called him names, Josh felt like they deserved this.

Claire and Lyle Bennet, Zach

1:13 pm

After having an argument over it, Claire finally talked Zach and Lyle into waiting for her. She needed to find other kids, she really wanted to help somehow. Both of the boys had tried to convince Claire to let them go, she always told them no. It wasn't safe for them, probably wasn't safe her her either. She still wasn't scared.

Running down the stairs Claire looked around. Right back where she started. Where was she going to start? What was she even going to do? Obviousy the cops hadn't tried to come into the school yet, Claire began wondering if they were even outside yet. Maybe nobody had called the police. She shook that thought away and took off down the hall.

Some classroom doors were shut and probably locked because that's what students were told to do in an emergency like this, of course none of them would have even dreamed of needing it. Claire couldn't help any of these kids, they were already safe. She stopped after hearing footsteps. Was it Josh? She looked behind her and heard gunfire. The window right behind her shattered. Instead of screaming Claire simply ran off. it had been Josh, did he see her too? She stopped running and looked down the hallway.

"Peter?"

What was Peter doing here? Just for a second Claire forgot about what was happening around her. She ran down the hallway and hugged him. Claire felt him hug her back. She couldn't actually believe he was here. So he heard about the shooting. "Peter, how'd you..." she couldn't find the right words.

"Claire, what the hell is happening, are you ok?" Peter asked her. She only nodded and hugged him again. The sound of gunfire startled her though. She looked at the end of the hall and at that exact moment Josh stepped around the corner pointing a gun at the two.

Claire was about to run but he already saw them. Peter grabbed her arm. "Aren't you a little old to be here?" Josh asked Peter, still holding a silver handgun. It reminded Claire of her fathers. What was he doing right now, she couldn't help but wondering. "Josh please" Claire said, stepping back a little. he only shook his head. "You don't get it, everyone likes you. They all think you're actually cool. You have friends and I don't" Josh said, sounding more frightened than angry.

"That's what this is about?" Claire asked him, she looked right at him, he even looked afraid. "Yes, I hate eryone in this whole damn school." Josh replied sharply. He aimed the gun at Claires head. She actually felt scared. Peter pulled her behin him and Josh fired.

The bullet spun harmlessly dwon the hall. It had missed both of them. He fired the pistol a second time and it hit not Claire, but Peter. He fell to the ground and Claire screamed. The bullet had hit him in the side of them head. His blood splattered onto her shirt.

She looked up at Josh, feeling completely terrified. He looked down at Peter breifly, before staring at Claire. She could actually feel his eyes burning through her. Josh didn't shoot her but ran down the hallway, the way he came.

A/N: Again, sorry for any spelling errors. hope you like this chapter.