(REED)
The Crom?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! he was doing this? The headmaster?! I froze and gaped at the man before me, the graying hair, the kindly tired face, he was supposed to be the one who took care of us, the students, I'd never liked him, but I'd always trusted him. "you! It was you!" I realized how pathetic I sounded, but he just grinned, his face shifting, twisting with the shadows, he leered at me over Noelle's still body. "yes Reed, it was me.""Why?" I asked tears filling my eyes. "because, you, and all your little friends, sitting around on your asses, wasting your parents hard earned money so you can party, and drink, acting like you're the future of this world! You're just a bunch of whiny immature little children." he snarled, his dark eyes glinting at me in the semi-darkness. I froze, I was shivering, but I stood still, breathing deeply and composing myself. "How?" I managed to choke after a moment. "Simple, first, I told Ivy there was something we needed to investigate in billings. She of course,after your horrible betrayal, wanted Billings to go down, so she accompanied me, she knew I never liked your snobby little club much either. It was a matter of simplicity, I merely shoved her through an open window, then closed it, breaking it simultaneously, that's how the police realized i t was murder you see, they noticed the way it was fractured." he smirked " how could you do that? You you killed so many people, some were so undeserving. You killed Constance Talbot!? Why? Why would you kill her?" I yelled, by then, I heard others stirring from their sleep, he was going to get caught. But he heard them too. He smiled, " I know I can't win now, but I can take down one more student." he grinned, and withdrew a letter opener in the shape of a steel scimitar and approached me, the glee apparent on his face, " you were the one I was saving, you were the one I wanted most. The scholarship student who flaunts the money and brains she doesn't have! I hated you from the sart and you made me hate you more over time, and then, one morning, I just.. snapped." he grinned wildly, snapping his fingers for effect. This was it, I was either about to die or worse, then my eyes darted to Noelle, the glass cutting into her hand. "let me say goodbye to her before you kill me?" I whispered, pleading with my eyes. He nodded, sneering, so sure he won, "he knew the girls weren't going to come in anytime soon." I knelt next to Noelle, I reached for the glass, but when I looked in the mirror below me, I noticed the movement behind me, I turned too late, as the letter opener plunged into my back, an ear splitting scream escaped my throat as I saw the dark blood streaming from my T-shirt. Then he pulled it out, stabbing it once more into my tender flesh, higher this time. And again, just below my shoulder. I grasped feebly towards the glass, but everything was going fuzzy. I felt dizzy. "Josh" was the last thing I whispered before I sucumbed to the darkness, and I thought I heard his voice, "REED!!!!!" it was a scream, but I just shook my head, falling onto Noelle's still shoulder.
(JOSH)
in the hospital again but this time it was worse, I was waiting to find out if the girl I loved would live or die. The letter opener had been long enough too stab through her thing shoulders, it reached her heart, penetrating her left atrium, there'd been so much blood. The whole carpet was bright crimson. I remembered walking past Billings, clearing my head when I heard her scream. I was pounding on the door when Portia descended the stairs, she yanked the door open. As soon as she'd backed up enough I dashed up the stairs, by the time I got there, most of Billings was in her room, surrounding a still form on the floor, one that was literally gushing blood. I shuddered at the memory, Reed so still, this was worse than with Sabine, she was a mess, a kid, someone we all trusted, but the headmaster? The one who was supposed to take care of us? He had kill-tried to kill Reed...
the hours passed, I spent the whole time thinking of all my fellow students ho wouldn't graduate: Thomas, Cheyenne, Ivy, a lump formed in my throat at the thought of her name, Walt, Constance, Trey, and now, Reed? God I hoped not. I found myself on my knees praying. Noelle was next to me, her head was swathed in white turban like bandages, her eyes had huge bags under them, and her face was pale as a sheet. She keot glancing at the clock and staring across the hall at the ER. I stared at her, she'd refused to stay in a hospital room, she wanted to know what was going to happen to Reed first, she actually seemed to fear for her almost as much as I did.
Yet more time passed, and finally a grim doctor entered the room. "Mr Hollis?" he asked, I stood and nodded, "Reed is...""no!" I yelled, "Keep it down son, she'd alive... for now, the transfusion was a success, but I don't know if she'll make it. She hasn't gained consciousness yet, and I don't know if she ever will." he looked at me seriously, cold steel eyes hiding a small sadness, cradled in pity for me. "no." I murmured under my breath. Reed had to wake up!