CHAPTER FOURTEEN: A DANGEROUS ROUTE

Adam watched the other students carefully with resistance in his royal blue eyes. He made sure not to watch anyone for too long while they all waited in the classroom. Everyone looked downright frightened and just scared out of their minds. Many of them were standing closer to people they'd barely talked to in their lives. Clearly they were starting to understand that teamwork was vital in the current situation.

Adam rubbed his temple in frustration with his back resting against the locked door of the Biology classroom. Fiona was also resting her back against the locked door with her eyes closed and her head resting on Adam's shoulder. She looked exhausted.

Bianca was sitting nearby on a lab table that she had all to herself. She wore a frazzled expression that matched most of everyone else's. She too looked quite exhausted.

Then again, everyone in the classroom looked exhausted besides maybe Alli or Wesley. Those two just looked scared.

Though many of them were quite exhausted from how the night had worked their patience, none of them could sleep with the situation at hand. Many of them had red rimmed eyes from yawning so much. A few looked sick with ghostly pale skin and dark bags under their eyes.

To many of them, it was as if they were watching a movie play out on a TV screen. The situation was very surreal to all of them besides Adam, Bianca, and Fiona. They'd gone through this very same danger ten months ago in December.

But all three survivors of that night agreed that compared to their night ten months ago, this was like heaven. Ten months ago they didn't have the opportunity to lock themselves in a classroom and feel safe. Because ten months ago, they hadn't been locked in a school with freaky looking creatures.

No, they'd been locked in a school with two psychos. And one of them had thought it would be cool to throw a hatchet at them every time they were within aiming distance.

But tonight those three survivors felt as though they'd been downright cheated by KC. Wasn't he the one who had chased them around a forest in Toronto killing their loved ones?

"They should be back by now," Jenna stated warily, snapping Adam out of his thoughts. He and Bianca looked up at the blonde, but Fiona continued to rest on Adam's shoulder. Adam was glad she was resting while she could.

Jenna was squeezing Alli's hand, and her cheeks were stained from the many frightened tears she wept tonight. Alli didn't look much different from her blonde friend. She had cried her share of tears as well. The only girls who hadn't shed a tear tonight had been Fiona, Bianca, and Anya.

Anya looked up from her place next to Wesley. "Do you think something happened to them?"

"Like what?" Dave's hands were shaking as he rose from his seat on a lab table. "Like they got murdered?"

"Shut up, Dave," Bianca warned with rising anger. Adam could see the flames in her chocolate brown eyes. They looked empty tonight.

"Like they got murdered just like Drew or Clare or-"

"Shut up! I said to shut your mouth!"

The room instantly went silent. Bianca had jumped up from her seat on the lab table. Fiona moved a little bit, clearly being awakened by Bianca's loud and angry voice. Her boots hitting the linoleum floor had caused a new mood to surface.

Dave tried to open his mouth, but Bianca spoke first. "Be quiet, Dave. You don't even know what you're talking about. I don't remember you being there when our friends were murdered."

That definitely shut Dave up. Fiona and Adam stayed silent stayed silent with their backs still against the locked door. Fiona's head was no longer resting on her boyfriend's shoulder. She was wide awake with her brilliant blue eyes focused on her hand that was laced with Adam's.

Bianca turned around to face the exhausted couple after Dave finally broke eyes contact with her and sat back down on the lab table. Adam kept his eyes on his shoes even though he knew everyone's eyes were on him. They were waiting for him to take up his place as leader, but his attitude as leader had disintegrated. He'd rather just let Bianca play leader.

"Adam," Bianca said after a few seconds of silence, "I think we should split up."

This definitely got both Adam and Fiona's attention. Fiona shook her head, thinking of how many lives they'd lost ten months ago because they'd thought it was smart to split up. "Do you remember what happened every time we split up ten months ago? People died."

Adam nodded, agreeing with Fiona's statement. "She's right. We need to all stick together if we plan on getting out of here alive."

"But we're already missing four people. The quickest way to find them and get the hell out of here is if we split up." Bianca may have lost some of her bitterness that night ten months ago, but she was still the same girl who stood her ground no matter what.

"She's right," Anya stated. Adam was a little surprised that Anya had been the one to agree with Bianca of all people. "I mean, I've got no interest in dying here tonight, but if we split up, we'll escape faster."

To Adam and Fiona's surprise, most of the students in the classroom were nodding their heads and agreeing with Bianca's idea. It was the most dangerous choice to choose, but it was also the quickest way out. And whether Adam and Fiona liked it or not, they were outnumbered six to two.

Bianca seemed pleased with herself. "So we're all in agreement on splitting up?" she asked. Everyone nodded except for Fiona and Adam of course. "Then I guess Adam and I will be team leaders," she continued.

Everyone seemed happy with their teams after they'd been chosen by a team leader. Adam chose Fiona, Dave, and Alli. Bianca had chosen Jenna, Anya, and Wesley.

"What are we going to do about the weapon situation? We've only got one gun, and Adam is the only one who knows how to properly work it," Alli said with her arms crossed. She seemed to be thinking the one thing everyone else had been thinking.

Hesitantly, Wesley stepped away from his team and squatted down on the other side of his uncle's desk. Everyone watched with interest as they heard the sound of a drawer open and a soft popping noise. A second later, Wesley placed a gun and two walkie-talkies on the desk.

"Why does your uncle have stuff like that in his drawer?" Anya asked while Bianca took the gun for herself.

"The gun is for safety precautions," Wesley explained. "I don't really know why he keeps walkie-talkies. He never told me why."

No one bothered to ask more. Both Bianca and Adam took a single walkie-talkie for themselves. Bianca placed the gun in her jeans before announcing, "Adam's group will search the first floor. My group will search the second floor. We'll keep in contact with the walkie-talkies every fifteen minutes."

No one seemed to have any problems with Bianca's plan. They all stayed within the area of their own team. Adam moved to open the door with his gun already in hand. The two teams had just started to go their separate ways when Bianca pulled Adam by his free hand.

"Whatever happens," she ordered to Fiona and Adam, "don't die."

A/N: I'm very happy to be back. I didn't plan on being gone for so long. I got into some bad trouble at school, so I was grounded. Then my Internet decided to go out. And then my computer had to be put in a repair shop.

But I really appreciate you guys for still reviewing my stories! You guys are really amazing. So thank you for that, and I'll try to keep the updates coming!