Hey :)
I apologise for the wait for this chapter, I haven't really had much time lately
But now that I do, I will bring you the next update :)
I hope you enjoy, thank you to all those that have taken time to review, its always assuring to know people actually like what I write
But enough chit chat, lets begin
Have you ever had your brain tell you one thing but your heart another?
Or maybe the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other?
Have you ever made one stupid mistake out of anger and then...
Lost someone?
I have.
Cat stood in the class, motionless, the only sound was her low, soft, deep breaths, and the occasional tear hitting the floor, she stared at her lighter as she held it up with her right hand, should she? shouldn't she?
There was no telling what might happen if she started a fire, when she burned her shed she never thought it would be that bad, so to do one in school? that would just be ludacris.
Sure most students are already gone, but there are still a fair few in the theatre and around school, including some of her closest friends.
She looked around the class, it was an art class, plenty of paper, easy to burn.
But no, Cat wanted something bigger, Cat wanted something worse, her rage was completely ruling her by now, she looked around the class.
She went into the storage cupboard and found several bottles of flamable liquid, she didn't quite know what they were but they definitely had a strong smell, though she didnt care, she set the four bottles down on one of the long tables, unscrewing the caps of two, taking one in each hand, she began pouring the liquid across the floor, once done she took the other two and used those to pour on the tables, including the teachers desk.
She pulled out her lighter but had a sudden thought, "if I light this now, how will I get out?"
So she had a simple solution, she took a piece of paper, rolled it up like a straw, held it tight with a piece of tape, put it down on the table with half of it leaning off the edge, she lit the paper and left.
It didn't take long for the fire to burn through the paper to reach the liquid on the table, but at the same time, the piece of paper fell to the floor, igniting the liquid across the floor too.
The flames grew quickly, consuming the entire classroom, Cat was just about at the school entrace when the fire alarm went.
There was panic now, most of the students, were in the theater, left through the back entrance of the school.
Once out, Andre looked to Beck, and the two looked around at the students, "where's Tori?" he asked, fear evident in his voice.
He went to go back in to the school but Beck stopped him, "its too dangerous, remember last we saw she went to the bathroom, she'll get out safe"
Cat watched from across the street, she had a clear view of the window of the class that was burning, a collum of smoke pouring up high into the atmosphere.
Meanwhile, Tori, had no idea the fire alarms were even ringing, she had her headphones in, with the volume turned up as loud as they could go.
She came out of the bathroom and went to make her way back to the theater.
She walked down the hall, she could smell smoke but she didn't think anything of it, she walked by a class and something caught her eye.
Behind the translucent window was an orange glow, Tori, drawn to this went to open the door.
She turned the handle, as she pushed the door open the heat was unbearable, she pulled her hand away, looking in shock.
She pulled her headphones out, staring into the classroom, as the flames raged.
Cat continued to watch, seeing the crowd forming at the school entrance, fire crews arriving too.
Though what Cat didn't know, was that in that storage cupboard, there were several helium canisters, dangerously close to the flames now, and when fire and helium mix, the result can be fatal, and not only that, but the storage cupboard had a heating unit attached, to the main gas supply for the entire school, if that were to ignite, well, it definitely would be fatal.
The fire crew were frantic to keep everyone back, they led the group of about thirty across the street, just in case.
Cat looked on, an evil grin on her face, she liked what she had done.
The fire crew turned to go inside and stop the fire.
Tori was still standing there in the doorway, staring at the flames.
The flames were licking at the helium canisters, drifting closer and closer to the heating unit at the same time.
Just as the crew went to cross the street, they stopped.
Everyone stopped.
It was almost like time stopped.
The noise was deafening, the light was blinding.
The fire now more than ten times as big as it was before.
The school was gone.
Completely gone.
The canisters exploded.
The heating unit ignited, the main gas line followed, leading to the gas supply.
The explosion left many off their feet, no one could believe it.
Cat's heart was racing, she had done this.
She had done this, really? her? Cat? no way, no one would ever think that.
But what neither Cat, or anyone else for that matter knew.
Tori was still inside.
What was left of her anyway.
