Cherub: Target
Chapter 6: Revenge
Lauren ran the full length of the corridor, turned right at the end and was greeted by the sunset and the empty grounds of campus. She felt her heart drop as she realized that everyone was at the dinner hall, she heard crashes behind her so with a split seconds thought she decided to go straight to the main hall where she would find help.
She ran flat tack when she heard the glass shatter behind her and fear filled her when she heard bullets fly past her, she took a risk and glanced back, she saw two trained men kneeling with their guns raised.
She instantly dived behind a dustbin and a few seconds later felt the thuds of bullets smashing against the dustbin, panic rose up through her, she was cornered and had nowhere to go, sooner or later they where going to pop around the side of the dustbin and say a quick hello to her.
She glanced back to see now that there were 6 men instead of 2, she knew it would take a miracle for her to escape this alive and thats when her day started getting a little better.
She turned to see Mr. Pike taking aim on one knee opposite the men.
Mr. Pike had had his feet up on the desk while reading the newspaper and drinking his coffee when his computer started to beep, at first he thought an email had arrived until he moved his mouse and saw the motion sensor grid appear, on the grid there was a flashing light indicating that the north wall behind the education block had had a breach.
"Bloody rabbits" muttered Mr. Pike, he nearly didn't check the cameras but thought better of it, if it was a breach and he did nothing, lives could be at risk.
As he looked at the TV screen his mouth open, he had trained for this day but never thought it would come, he sat staring at the screen as four men stepped through a hole in the fence, once they were out of the cameras view he leaped to his feet and rushed through the door to the training instructors lounge where he found Norman Large sleeping on the couch.
"NORMAN, WAKE UP"
"EH...EH... Whats going on, I was only resting my eyes George" Norman said sheepishly as he stood up
"Norman, We have a code red Level 5"
After he was demoted Norman had let his fitness and creditability down but that didn't show now, he snapped to attention and ran to the gun cupboard and took out two M16 rifles and passed one to
George.
"What section is the breach?" Asked Norman as he looked over the CCTV screen
"North boarder line, section 4-5-9"
"We have another problem, George, Lauren Adams is under fire"
"WHAT!, SECTION ?"
"24-443, Near the Dustbins"
"I'm on it, now you go straight to the fence line and turn on level 5 sensors, then to the food hall to alert the campus, I'll raise the alarm to the army, navy and air force from Zara's office after I help Lauren, also ask all black shirts to prepare the evacuation process to the nuclear bunker"
"On it" With that Norman was off and so was George
He kicked the door open and sprinted across the field and around the corner where he saw Lauren hiding behind a couple of dustbins taking on fire.
Instantly he went down to one knee, took aim and fired.
He took out the first four guys without trouble, the fifth took aim and barely missed George, George took the chance and killed him instantly, the last guy had trouble with his gun and this allowed time for George to take aim but there was a problem, his mag had run out and he didn't have a spare, by the time he found this out the last guy had George lined up down his barrel.
George thought his time was up, he was certain of his death until he saw the solider lower his gun and a look of horror pass his eyes, he then fell to his side and stopped moving. George slowly moved towards the soldier when he saw Lauren stand and sprint out of sight, as he rounded the corner he saw Lauren hugging a rough,bloody and well beaten James.
James stood there hugging Lauren while holding a smoking gun.
James had no trouble the rest of the way, heck he was scared because of it but that went away when he drove through the gates of campus.
He hopped off his bike and ran inside the front office where Ann, the office clerk, was sitting.
"Oh My GOD, James what has happened"
"Ann, ring Zara and raise the alarm for an evacuation"
"James let me patch you up first"
"Theres no time, Ann do they have a gun kept in this office?"
"Yes but I can't give it to you"
"For god sake Ann, people are going to die, give me the gun"
"James, You need to tell me what hap-"
"NOW ANN OR THEIR LIVES WILL BE ON YOUR HEAD"
"Ok, ok Ill get it" She went to the safe and opened it and pulled out a brand new socom.
"Here you go James, now I need you to sign right her-"
But before she could finish was back outside and on his bike.
James sped round the corners going straight for the dinner hall, going faster and faster he rounded one of the last corners to find 4 bodies, dead or alive he didn't know, laying face down, next were two men, one was shot down but the second was taking aim.
James looked to see who he was taking aim on and saw that it was Mr. Pike, he also saw that Mr. Pike had run out of bullets and was a sitting duck.
James instantly raised his socom and fired at the last soldiers back, hopefully through the heart. James was lucky as the soldier went down with 1 shot, he went to walk over to Mr. Pike when Lauren jumped out from behind the dustbins, she sprinted towards James and bear hugged him.
"James, I'm so so sorry, I should have believed you" Lauren had tears rolling down her cheeks.
"It's ok, it doesn't matter" James saw Mr. Pike walking towards him
"Mr. Pike we need to raise a Code Red"
"I know, you two go straight to the dinner hall and alert them, I'm going straight to Zara's office"
"Mr. Pike, they have her, They just followed me here after I went to her office, she was all tied up and crying"
Mr. Pike swore loudly and looked from James to Lauren.
"Lauren come with me, James you go to the dinner hall and evacuate everyone to the nuclear bunker, all black shirts are to report to the Instructors Cabin, Have you got that"
"Yea, I'm on it, don't worry"
James hopped on his bike and just as he was about to speed off Mr. Pike called out to him
" Hey James"
"Yea?
"Good Luck and take care"
"See you when this is all over, love you Lauren"
The dinner hall was bustling with happiness and joy, everyone was on top of the moon and chatting.
Jame's gang was sitting and the normal when Jackie, a red shirt came over to there table.
"Hey Kerry" She said in a strong French accent
"Hey Jackie, Whats up"
"I was wondering if you have seen Lauren today, she didn't turn up to tutor me in English"
"I've been looking for her too, she played a prank on me earlier and it gave me a heart attack"
"If you see her can you tell her I'm looking for her"
"Sure thing"
"Aha, what prank did she pull on you Kerry" Asked Rat, eager to find out what his girlfriend had been up too.
"She told me that Bruce was in great danger, She totally fooled me, I thought he was dieing"
"So how is he?
"Don't know, went to the place she told me he was and he wasn't there"
Rat had a puzzled look on his face when he heard that.
"What is it Rat?
"I haven't seen Bruce all day"
At that moment James decided to stumbled through the double doors, silence suddenly filled the hall because of the state he was in, he stumbled forward and nearly face planted , if Kyle hadn't caught him he would have.
Mr. Luke, a senior teacher stood up.
"James Adams, What is the meaning of this, walking in here, cut, bruised, bloody and holding a gun"
A few students gasped as they hadn't seen the gun until Mr. Luke had mentioned it.
"Mr. Luke... Everyone, this is a Code Red, Everyone is to move to the nuclear bunker immediately, There is a attack which is about to begin in 30 minutes, the campus is the target"
The hall sat gob smacked staring at James they all broke out talking, calling across the hall, a few red shirts starting crying.
"Silence...Silence... SILENCE!! James, do you know the result of your lies, what could happen to you for spreading these lies, you could be kicked out of campus so think very carefully of your next words"
"WHAT!! THIS IS SERIOUS, EVERYONE GET TO THE BUNKER NOW, THERE ARE TRAINED TERRORISTS ARRIVING HERE IN 30 MINUTES, YOU THINK I CUT MYSELF UP, SHOT MYSELF AND GAVE MYSELF ALL THESE BRUISES FOR A JOKE"
Silence again filled the hall.
" JAMES ADAMS, I WILL NOT BE SPOKEN TO THAT WAY, I WILL SEE TO IT WHEN ZARA GETS BACK THAT YOU ARE INSTANTLY REMOVED FROM CAMPUS"
James was fluming, he risked his life to save these people and when he gets here they don't believe him
"OLD MAN, DON'T YOU GET IT, THERE WON'T BE A CAMPUS, EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES ME COME WITH ME NOW, ALL BLACK SHIRTS REPORT TO THE INSTRUSTORS CABIN"
James was surprised when over three-quarters of the people in the hall stood to follow him but yet again Mr. Luke had something to say
"SIT DOWN, JAMES IS A LAIR, THERE IS NO TERRORIST THEART"
At that moment Zak kicked open the door with Bruce in a chock hold and a gun pressed against his head. He had a large gash on his forehead, a tooth missing and blood all over his shirt and arms
"HELLO EVERYBODY" Jeered Zak
James dived behind a table and took aim
"Ahhhhhhh Adams. James Adams. You weren't meant to make it back alive but thanks to your teacher here it doesn't matter, you are all going to die, And if any of you move I will kill Mr. Norris here instantly"
Mr. Luke didn't take the warning as a threat, he took his gun out of his hostler and aimed for Zak.
Zak moved the gun from Bruce's head towards Mr. Luke, Zak fired two shots which both hit him in the head then moved the gun back to Bruce's head.
"Everyone say goodbye to Brucey here and a big Thank you to Mr. Luke"
Bruce went mental, thrashing around and spinning, he screamed at the top his lungs and tears streamed down his face mixing with the blood on his cheeks.
Nearly all the girls in the room started crying at this scene and the boys all rose to there feet ready to attack.
"Any last words Brucey"
Struggling as hard as he could he called out to James
"James...JAMES"
"I'm here Bruce, What is it"
"KILL HIM NOW, KILL HIM"
Shock filled Zak's eye and he squeezed the trigger.
After that everything went to slow motion, blood painted the walls and Bruce's body took years to fall, all the girls at once screamed while the boys looked on in horror, James was the only to react, he took his socom and avenged his dead friend, he let loose all the bullets in mag upon Zak's chest.
Zak smiled and fell to his knees and he mouthed two words that made Jame's heart stop "Too Late"
Authors Note:Man that took a while, sorry for that life has been crazy lately, I really hope you liked it and please please review on this I nearly binned the whole story but keep going for the guys who like this and I really hope this chapter. Till next time