"Are you freaking kidding me?"

Hunter's voice rang out from the upper floor as his rifle pulled back into the window. The sound of cussing and what sounded distinctly like a door being kicked almost off it's hinges echoed out as the sniper stomped down to the bottom floor. The boy power-walked behind Angel and Sel, grabbing the wheelchair handles, and practically shoving it towards the now prone Ase. Hunter pointed one finger at Sel with a look devoid of humor.

"See if you can help."

With that, Hunter shot a look at the others, then threw his hands up in the air, specifically seeming to eye Max and Darius.

"Are you not aware of the situation we're in? Like at all? Who the fuck taunts a demon of that caliber? What, you think you'd have stood a chance against it for even a second because you have pride? We all barely handled a swarm of fledglings, now you want to act tough in front of that thing? It wants us alive at the moment. If it didn't, it would have broken the gate, walked in, and slaughtered us. You think any of you could have stopped it, it made Ase pass out with it's goddamn aura! Maybe we could have gotten answers from it! Maybe we could have found out who the person who saved us was! If it wanted us dead, we'd be dead, IT WANTS SOMETHING FROM US!"

One gloved hand pointed at Darius.

"You spoke to the teachers who fled the school with the students instead of defending it, that's what I heard you say? What if it was working with someone else, government, another academy or some kind of organization that can actually HANDLE shit instead of porting out and not even being able to make the walk back to pick up KIDS?"

Hunter's rifle clattered against his shoulder as he gestured, then stopped, taking several deep breaths. He mumbled under his breath as he tried to calm himself down. The arrogance of this team was astounding. Someone was going to die. Die a very brutal death, and the part that upset Hunter the most was that he was starting to almost wish it did happen, if only to snap everyone back into reality. He sighed, looking back at the others.

"We are fighting demons. They just took down the largest academy there is, home to hundreds of trained fighters and killers. They dropped it in a couple hours, with no resistance. We only survived because someone stepped in, that is the only reason any of us aren't corpses. Don't you understand that? We are students! We aren't trained, we aren't soldiers. We just showed the entire world that we're only alive cause the demons think we're amusing!"

The sniper started walking back to the building, rubbing the back of his neck.

"And now we just proved that we can't even work together when faced with a confusing situation. This is just pathetic. On all accounts."

Hunter walked past Ase's body, glancing at Sel as he did, but saying nothing as he walked inside. He bent down, picking up the rifle case where he had flung it when Nuisance had showed up the first time. Heading down one of the hallways, he chose a room, which thankfully wasn't locked, and shut the door behind him. It wasn't like Hunter to lose his cool like that, but now he was sure. If things continued this way, everyone would end up dead. He laid on the bed, resting an arm over his eyes as he silently contemplated his situation. Odds are he made some mad. He basically just challenged the entire group's collective intelligence. Would have been better to just walk out naked and say "Hey, take turns beating me savagely!"

Would have saved him the aggravation at least...