Friday, May 22, 2015

Letters from the Dead pt. 44

What happened next didn’t make sense. 
It couldn’t have been happening. 

Sebastian reached behind him, his hand snaking under his jacket. 
He had a knife. 

Bobby was moving.
I was running, Ashtyn was by my side. 
Students were starting to scream and yell. 

No one seemed to be able to move fast enough. 

Sebastian raised the knife and plunged it into his gut.
A gush of crimson splashed onto the stage. 
He turned the blade, twisting it deeper. 
Blood trickled from his lips.
He pulled up, the blade slicing open his belly, spilling his intestines onto the stage.

The students were scrambling, some trying to get to the stage, others trying to get to the door.
All of us who were supposed to be protecting Sebastian were trapped in the madness of the crowd. 

I watched him, shocked and horrified. 
I couldn’t save him this time.

As his insides poured to the outside, he still smiled that same smile. 
His eyes were locked on the crowd. 
No, not the crowd. 
They were locked on someone in the crowd. 

“Tommy…”
His voice was a whisper. 

Sebastian toppled from the stage, onto the hard floor of the gym

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