As Puck sat in the Choir Room in silence, he looked around to see who was accounted for and who wasn't. At first it didn't seem like so many, but there were a lot of people who were not accounted for; Finn was one of them. But Puck was the only person who knew how Finn would react in a scenario like this; so he knew he needed to get out of this damn Choir Room and go find him before this possible maniac did first.
So before anyone could say or do anything, Puck quickly crawled from behind the piano and darted out of the Choir Room and ran down the corridor in hopes of finding his friend. "Please be okay dude, please." He whispered, freezing in his tracks just moments later as he saw the shooter pointing their gun at his best friend.
"Hey!" Puck called out, rushing over and shielding Finn with his body before he could even question himself. "You're not hurting anymore people." Puck stated bravely, refusing to back down to this coward's threat as they aimed their gun at him. "Do it! Shoot me, damn it!" He yelled, feeling Finn place his hands on his shoulder to try calm him down in some way.
As the Shooter went to load up his gun, a helpless junior wandered onto the corridor in a frenzy to try escape, tears cascading down the junior's face as the shooter grabbed him, causing him to let out a whimper as the loaded gun was placed against the boy's head.
"Don't! C'mon, he's just a kid." Finn pleaded, standing beside Puck as he looked the shooter in the eye. "He hasn't done anything to you, he just wants to leave. Let him go and shoot me instead. Just don't hurt him." The taller man tried once more, tears welling up in his eyes as the hostage pleaded to be let go.
"Please…please let me go, my sister is only in seventh grade; I'm all she has." The junior pleaded, starting to cry as the shooter released his grip and told him to go.
"Wait! Kid! What's your name?" The shooter asked, keeping his finger on the trigger as he aimed it towards the two former footballers who were still standing in his way, not backing down to his threat.
"J-Joey" The junior replied in a soft tone, not really sure why the shooter wanted to know; but once they nodded in approval, he quickly ran down the corridor and went straight to the exit. If it wasn't for Finn and Puck, who knows what would've happened to him.
The shooter gave Finn a dirty look, a grin on their face as they pulled the trigger. But all of a sudden everything seemed like it was going in slow motion, because out of nowhere Puck tackled his friend to the ground before the bullet could hit him. As they hit the ground, they both moaned in pain due to falling in pretty awkward positions; but at least they were alive.
It was clear the shooter was irritated at Puck's heroic act, but they used this opportunity to leave and make their way to another area of the building while the two wannabe heroes were distracted.
Their next area of attack was the Girl's Bathroom and unfortunately for Brittany, every stall is under inspection.
"Are you okay, dude?" Finn asked, slowly sitting up as he looked over at his friend who was still lay on the ground. "Yeah, I'm fine." Puck assured, standing up slowly and looking around as he helped Finn to his feet.
"Where'd he go?" Finn asked, looking in every direction to try find this maniac.
"I don't know, but we've gotta hurry before he hurts anyone else." Puck instructed once they both found their footing.
Finn nodded in agreement and in unison they both ran down the corridor to try find the shooter, but unfortunately they were running in the opposite direction and are unaware that their friend is in grave danger.
It would be a miracle if they made it to Brittany in time.
I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter! I know it isn't as long, but I promise all the good stuff is coming really soon!
In this chapter the shooter is referred to as they due to the fact I kept getting confused, so I hope you can all forgive me for that! :)
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