Survive the Storm

" Guess I should finally let you know I'm here " A cold voice said
from behind us.
A hand clasp over Mrs. B's mouth.
She didn't even flinch, she was smart.
An arm swung around my throat and Chloe's.
Jane grabbed Kia's arm and they slipped and crawled into the shadows
where the lightning didn't show up.
" Oh come on Amber, you've been in something like this before but I
would expect you to um try to escape " The man said to Mrs. B.
I wondered how he knew her.
" Don't you remember me? " He asked her.
The hand released from her mouth but when down to her throat.
" I don't know what ur talking about " She gagged out, the arm
tightened around her throat.
" Of course you do, I'm Carter, Carter Anderson " He glared at her.
" Carter " She whispered.
" There now you remember " He clapped his hands together.
Just then I recognized the name, the voice.
It was Mr. Anderson! Our principal.
But how did he have a connection with Mrs. B?
" What do you want with me? Haven't you done enough to me years ago? "
She cried.
" What did you do to her? " Chloe gasped.
" I never touched her young lady " He walked to Chloe.
" Never touched me huh? So you don't consider you beating the crap out
of me every night, me crumbling to the floor, crying, covered in
bruises and blood everyday since I was 23 to when I was 25? Now I
escaped you, but now your back to hurt me again " She sobbed.
" How did you know her? " I managed to gasp out.
" She was my due to be wife, we were gonna get married, about 3 years
ago " He swung around toward me.
" Then she released the engagement when she got away from me, my
mistake for letting her go to teach in the other school that day, damn
girl called the cops on me "
" And now look at you, a beautiful young lady, only 27 years old, married, almost 8
months pregnant with your first child, a young teacher at a high
school, must be a pretty happy life now huh? You have more than you
know " He asked her with a snarl
" It is and I know " She stated proudly. " And I love these girls "
Mrs, B looked at us.
I smiled " We love you to " Chloe and I cried.
" Oh so sad and lovey, you already know that you'll probably never see
each other again, it makes me F***ing sick " he laughed and fake gagged.
" What do u want? " Chloe asked.
" I don't want you or any of the others, just Amber here " He pointed to Mrs. B.
Walking over to her, he clapped and the arms around Chloe and I let go.
We both fell to the ground gasping.
Carter put his hands on Mrs. B's belly.
" Look at this little baby, your mommy loves you a lot, maybe even she'll do anything to keep you, since I'm not your father " He said to her stomach as he knelt down, so he was in height with her waist line and stomach.
She struggled but the hand just got tighter around her throat.
Chloe and I jumped up intending to attack him.
" Stay where you are, or I shoot " He swung around, like he sensed us,
with a pistol in his hand.
Chloe and I stopped in mid step and put our arms up as we knelt down.
to the ground.
He turned back to Mrs. B.
Carter's hands trailed up her cheeks, which were turning bright red.
Mrs. B was fuming, she kept taking deep breaths, turning her head away from him.
I could tell in her eyes she was scared but she tried hard not to show
fear to him.
He saw through her, he could see her fear because he just laughed.
" Thought you weren't scared huh? " He slapped his hand quickly across her face.
Her cheek turned dark red, but she didn't show hurt, a tear quickly
slipped out of her eye, she tried to shake it away.
He wiped it away for her, she closed her eyes, not letting another tear fall.
I remained on the ground with Chloe, quickly we glanced at Jane and
Kia who hide in the shadows, I nodded to then trying to tell them to run.
They shook their heads but I continued to nod for them to run.
Just as we looked back, Carter leaned in on Mrs. B, and he kissed her,
holding the kiss.
She moved swiftly, kicking him hard, and moving her lips fast away from him, but he held the kiss, long enough for her, she spit and bit, since she's dealt with him before, she must've known his weaknesses.
Suddenly he pulled away from her, yelling and cursing.
" You bit my lip you son of a b****! " He cursed. " Sh*t! " Hescreamed, blood from his mouth fell onto his hands, " God oh oh you b****, thought a little kicking, and spitting and bitting would drive me away?" He laughed, but she kicked him again.
" God! Oh god! You F****ing B**** " He cursed over and over again.
Mrs. B just smiled in satisfaction.
" Try it again and I'll do worse " She smiled.
" Oh I could much worse to you than kiss you, you smart little b****, teaching had done well for you, but I can't do that with these girls around " He swung around, facing us.
" Well their not going anywhere " She smirked.
" Oh they don't have to, they just have to die " He pulled up his
pistol from his pocket.
" And if you weren't F***ing pregnant I could do worse to u, so you
should thank that baby " He grimaced. " You know I could kill that
baby any time now "
" You won't dare " Mrs. B clenched her teeth.
" I could hit u in the stomach a few times and all it would do to you
would bruise you a bit, but that baby would die, I can force a
miscarriage so easily right now " He threatened.
" Don't you touch me! This is a living being! My child! " She cried.
" And so was ours, but I still took it's life " He shot back.
Mrs. B started crying again, " I never could get over you doing that "
" You were pregnant before? " Chloe asked quietly
" Yes " Mrs, B wiped her tears away again. " But only for 2 months, it
was his " She pointed to Mr. Anderson, showing he was the father.
" He forced upon me a miscarriage " She cried " But then I released
the engagement and 2 years later I became married to my current
husband, have a happy life, and now I'm pregnant and ready to actually
have this one, and this baby isn't yours " She burst out a sob again.
" Enough! " He yelled to her.
Mrs. B shuttered.
" I guess I should get on with the plan " Carter decided.
He pulled out a long knife and quickly held it up across Mrs. B's neck.
She leaned her head back, trying not to move.
Mrs, B tried to head butt him, but he caught her jaw in mid whip.
Still holding her jaw tightly with his hand, in his other hand he
pulled the knife up close to her throat.
" Try it again and I'll cut your throat " He whispered from the back
of her head.
Suddenly Mrs. B screamed and Chloe and I realized this was our chance
to grab him, when a gun shot rang out and we dunked to the ground.

Back in the classroom, Hailey yelled. " Mrs. Hans! Did u hear that? "
" Hear what Hailey? " Mrs. Hans tried to wake herself up.
They had been sleeping after we left.
" A man just shouted enough! " Hailey exclaimed as she shook Kendra.
" Honey I realize we've been in here for a while so u maybe are just
hearing things " Mrs. Hans laid back down.
" No! I know something's wrong! Their in trouble " Hailey got up with Kendra.
" Hailey relax " Mrs. Hans got up.
" We have to help them and get out of here " Hailey cried.
" Yeah guys we should maybe got check what's going on... There's ton
of yelling " Emma gasped.
Suddenly a gun shot rang out, and everyone awake in the room dunked.
" We have to save Ella and the others " Ryan jumped up.
" What about Ms. Payton, the babies, Megan, and Cory? " Kendra asked.
" We'll have to leave them " Emma said.
" No we can't " Mrs. Hans gasped " They'll die "
" I'll stay with them " Emma stood again " Go get help I'll stay "
" Are you sure? " Mrs. Hans asked.
" Positive now go " She moved them along.
Hailey, Kendra, Ryan, Kris and Mrs. Hans left, leaving Emma to stay
with Ms. Payton, the babies, Megan, and Cory.

I wasn't sure what I saw...
I thought for sure it was a person looking down on us from the
mathematics section.
Hopefully it was one of the girls, or Mrs. Hans I prayed.
I knew the gun shot didn't hit me, Kia, or Jane, but in the back of my
mind I was sure it probably hit Mrs. B.
I looked up from the ground.
Mr. Anderson was gone.
I knew Chloe was still next to me because I felt her hand there.
The lightening had stopped for now, so it was pitch black.
Suddenly I realized that something was by Chloe's hand.
Something runny, and sticky.
Blood! I screamed.
I grabbed for my phone and turned on the iPhone flashlight.
If was blood, he hit Chloe, blood gushed from the bullet hole in her thigh.
She was breathing but her heart was slowing down rapidly as I placed
my hand on her chest.
I tore a leg from my jeans, and tied it around Chloe's thigh, clogging
the blood for now.
That's when I thought about Mrs. B, I couldn't see or hear anything.
I became scared, the silence continued on until " Ella! Kia! Jane!
Chloe! Mrs. B! " A few voices began to yell.
I stood to yell back, when I was yanked down by a strong hand.
" If you ever and I mean ever wanna see that teacher again, you won't
do anything " The voice gritted his teeth.
I tried to yell again, but the hand grabbed my mouth and whispered
" Shut the F*** up! "
It was Mr. Anderson again.
I shut my mouth.
I remained quiet, waiting for them to come down the steps but they didn't.
When they didn't hear any of our voices they walked on.
I thought Kia and Jane, wondering what happened to them to.
" Now just be a good girl and walk on with me " He pulled me to my feet.
We started walking along.
As we were walking I slide across something on the floor, I quickly
swiped it from the floor, before he had a chance to catch what I
doing.
I looked down on my hands wishing I could see them, it was dark I
couldn't see a foot in front of me.
" Why are you so wet? " He asked heaving me along.
" Well think about it a little I've been stuck here with tons of other
people, for almost 5 days " I continued. " There is water everywhere,
and it's freezing, my hands and feet are turning purple, I'm pale and
starving, and so many of us are sick with hypothermia "
" Oh... Kay... Just keep moving " He said coldly.
He led me into a room, by the sound of the doors, I swore it was the band room.
As soon as I stepped into the room, I knew it was the band room
because the carpet leaped up, in carpeted steps for choir days.
Looking quickly down on the item I had picked up, I realized it was a
locket necklace, the engraving read My love will forever be in my
heart.
It was Mrs, b's necklace, because it had her wedding picture in it and
a picture of us with her.
Awe I thought that sweet, but my thought was soon ripped away from me.
" Sit " He ordered.
I quickly obeyed.
" Why? Why are you doing this? " I whispered.
" I always wanted a day to get back at Amber, and I thought this storm
was perfect, when she could never escape me " I could hear him pacing
as he talked, while he was talking I slipped the locket around my neck to keep it safe.
Suddenly a battery powered lamp turned on, I felt weird with the
light, when all of seen is a little light and tons if darkness for the
past days.
" Where is Mrs. B? " I asked " What did u do to her?!?? " I screamed
when I saw him hesitate.
" You killed her didn't you? " I sobbed.
" No smart one, she right here " He pulled the instrument storage door open.
He reached in and pulled Mrs. B out.
A gash stretched across her forehead, and her mouth was duck taped.
He quickly ripped the duck tape off of her mouth.
She flinched but then realized I was there.
" Ella! " She yelled.
" Mrs. B! " I yelled back.
We ran to each other embracing.
" Oh so happy the teacher and student together again " He said pretend happily.
" Huh you have no idea what is in store for you 2 and the others " He
clapped his hands together.
Mrs. B grabbed my hand, and we hugged each other again but this time
holding the hug as I buried my head in the soft shoulder of her
sweatshirt.
My hand was still locked in hers, as we both prayed god, if we never
see each other again let us have this moment.
With our hands together.