Silent Voice

Chapter Eight

It was so quiet and peaceful for the rest of the day. Nothing looked out of the ordinary, or so everyone thought. Little did they know something big was on the horizon.
As people went on with their business, Benji and his crew were in the back of the workshop again, packing two cars with boxes loaded with guns and bullets.

"Make sure you don't forget the extra ammo." Benji ordered his men. "Sure thing Benji." One guy replied as he went in to the shop. A second later he came back with another box and placed it in to the car.
Benji climbed in the first car and started the engines. "Alright everyone, let's pack it up ans head out!" He yelled through the open window of the car.
Everyone climbed in to their respective cars. Xander climbed in to the passenger seat next to Benji. "We are going to be so rich." He said excitedly as he buckled up his seat belt. "That we are Xander, that we are." Benji replied as he put the car out of Neutral.
The engine of the other car roared to life and they drove off.

The quiet and empty parking lot of Darling Academy private school became noisy as a bunch of cars came through. Benji and his group jumped out of the cars each holding a gun in their hands. They made their way to the entrance gate. The security guard who saw them stood up from his seat and was about to set off the school alarm but a gunshot was fired and a bullet hit him on the shoulders. He fell to the ground and clutched his shoulder in pain.
A few of the men held their guns out to the security guard while Xander pointed his gun at the lock of the gate and pulled the trigger. The lock broke as the bullet made contact with it. Some of the other guys pulled open the gate. They stormed in and spread out through the school.
As they went out of sight the security guard lifted himself up as much as he can and with as much power as he could muster made his way to the alarm. Sloppily he pressed the button and a loud siren sounded through the whole school.
The school was in a state of panic as the teacher tried to calm their children down. "Please pack up your stuff and..." Mrs. Sandra was cut off by someone kicking the door open. "Alright, everybody stay in your seat and don't move." He pointed his gun at them.
One by one each of Benji's men went in to each class and held the teacher and students at gun point as they ordered them to stay in their places.

Nadia opened the door from the girls restroom in confusion. What was happening, why was everyone in such a panic. She immediately stopped right in her tracks, and when her eyes landed on Benji with a gun in his hands she was in even more shock.
Quickly she went back in to the restroom and closed the door before any of them could see. Her back was pressed against the door with eyes as wide as saucer with shock, her breathing became short and shallow. "No way." She mumbled as she slid to the floor and brought her knees to close to her chest. "Why, why, why." The words flowed hysterically out of her mouth. "This is not happenin' right now." She placed her hands over her ears while she pulled herself in to a ball on the floor. "Why would you do this." Her eyes burned as tears started to build up. A few sobs came out of her as she pulled herself in to a ball.
She looked up again and took a deep shaky breath. "No, I should not think about this, I need to get out of here." Her eyes scanned the bathroom to find a way out before she saw the last stall at the end of the bathroom.
In that stall was a window that might be just big enough to get through but it was going to a real tight squeeze. It was going to be a stretch but Nadia knew she had to do it if she didn't want to get caught, and she really didn't feel like getting caught at the moment.
She quickly ran to the stall and closed it behind her. After locking the door she climbed up the toilet seat and looked out to see if there was anybody outside. Sighing she started to shimmy out of the window.

At that moment the bathroom door was kicked open. "Whoever's in here get out now!" Nadia knew she didn't have long so she tried to shimmy out as fast and as silently as she could. The door to her stall rattled which sat Nadia in a panic. It was a good thing she was almost out. All she had to do was hold on to the bars and get her last foot out. "Unlock this door or I am gonna shoot." The rattling got worse just as she placed her feet on the big pipe on the wall under the window. "That's it I am going to shoot." The person warned before a few gunshots went off. One stray bullet grazed her hand which caused her to let go of the bars and fall.
The guy kicked the door open and looked around the stall before climbing on the toilet and took a quick scan through the window just to make sure. "Man, I just wasted my bullets on nothing." The guy complained as he jumped off the toilet. He sniffed the air as he made his way out. "Girl's bathroom sure smells nice though."

While the guy exited restroom Nadia was out of sight laying in the bushes directly under the window gripping her hand tightly while trying not to scream in pain. Turning on her stomach she hoisted herself to her knees before shakily standing up on her feet.
Her entire body was in pain and her breath was knocked out after that fall but all Nadia could think about was to get out of the school. But first she has to get the first aid kit, which might be tricky. She picked herself up and stumbled forward.