I was glad that Taylor had agreed to join me for a walk, with the two of us leaving the campus to walk into town for breakfast.

The tension around campus was becoming stifling. Some idiot had decided to point out that all of the victims so far were white and Christian, generating a wave of distrust towards anyone who looked or acted differently.

The two of us were fairly safe, we weren't Christian, but we were white and dressed about the same as everyone else. I was worried about some of our friends though…

Hopefully the increase in security would help. We'd been surprised when we got to the front gates to find a security guard checking the ID of everybody coming and going from campus.

It was also hard to miss the increase in parents collecting their sons and daughters, some of which clearly didn't plan on returning anytime soon. Their cars were loaded up with the contents of entire rooms.

It was a relief to get further into town. There was still an edge of tension, murders in the area would do that, but it was easier to be more relaxed when you weren't a possible target.

It would have been nice to have stayed out all day, but eventually we had to head back to campus. We did still have classes to attend, though I wondered if they would start to cancel them if more students kept dying.

Back at the dorms we spent a couple of minutes tiding up and grabbing our books, then headed towards the lecture hall where we had medicine this morning.

I was just thinking that I should send Sam and Dean an update when we heard shouting coming from up ahead. Taylor and I looked at each other worriedly.

"Maybe it's just a couple of idiot boys fighting over a girl again?" Taylor suggested weakly.

It was not an unusual occurrence, but I doubted it.

Then we heard a familiar voice amongst the shouting, "No! Stop!"

"Sari!" Taylor and I both exclaimed, and broke into a run.

We rounded the corner to see a growing crowd forming around the source of the commotion. We looked around, but of course there were no security guards, or teachers, in sight. "Damn it." I muttered.

We hesitated at the edge of the crowd, "Should we get a security guard?" Taylor asked.

Then we heard Sari cry out again, followed by a cheer from some of those at the front of the crowd, and I made up my mind. I looked around quickly and spotted a young woman nearby who was looking worried. I grabbed her arm, "Go and get security!" I instructed her. She hesitated and gave her a little push away from the crowd. Finally she took off running.

Then I grabbed Taylor's arm and we pushed our way through the crowd of students, elbows and feet clearing us a path.

I just about saw red when we finally pushed through into the clear space in the centre of the crowd. Two male students were pushing Sari back and forth between them, pulling at her clothes and headscarf every time she got within reach.

"I've got blue shirt." I said shortly to Taylor, moving quickly to between Sari and the bigger of the two guys.

I trusted that Taylor would protect her from the other one.

I felt Sari knock into my back as I stepped between her and the guy, and put a hand behind me to steady her, "It's ok, I've got you." I heard her sobbing behind me, but didn't turn my back on the guy, who's face had gone from sick amusement to rage when we had stepped in to stop his 'fun.'

"Get out of the way." He growled at me, "This is none of your business."

"That's where you're wrong." I told him calmly, "You attacking my friend is definitely my business." I was seriously hoping that I could keep him talking till security arrived. I did not want to get into an actual fight with this guy, he was much bigger than me.

Behind me I could hear Taylor taunting guy number two about how much of a coward you had to be to attack a young woman two on one, and at least part of the crowd agreeing with her.

"If you're friends with them, you're as bad as them." The meathead in front of me finally responded, and took a swing at my head.

I swore as I ducked, pulling Sari down to the ground and out of harm's way before standing back up, arms going up into a defensive position.

I was just quick enough to block another swing, feeling his arm collide painfully with mine, but at least managing to protect my head.

His face was just about purple at this point, clearly not having expected me to be able to put up any sort of defence against him.

There was a commotion behind us, and people in the surrounding crowd began to back off. I took that to mean that campus security had arrived and I relaxed a little.

He didn't, taking advantage of my moment of distraction to take a swing. I registered the threat just in time to put my arm between his fist and my head, but it still struck with enough force to send me crashing to the pavement.

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