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"I will." Aaron announced, standing up. He was done cowering from whoever was doing this. He ran through possible scenarios through his mind. "Should we find weapons? We could go to the gym beforehand, try and get an edge on whoever's doing this. Meanwhile the others could fortify the cafeteria so we don't have to worry about coming back to a room of dead friends." Aaron surprised himself with his planning, and hoped Delilah had noticed. He mentally slapped himself. He needed to focus on the number one priority. Surviving and keeping the others alive.

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"I'll go too, you can't go alone if there is a killer.", Eugene pulled his knife out again as if it would be the ultimate protection. "I don't know about you guys but I have a weapon, find something, anything, the way that body was mangled I'm guessing this guy knows how to fuck you up."

Delilah looked between Aaron and Eugene, a small smile spreading across her lips. She nodded and then looked at Aaron. "Alright, everyone else, barricade the Windows and doors with tables, chairs, anything you can find." She then looked at Eugene.

"I'm going to the kitchen to see if I can find any sort of weapon. You all should too." With that, she walked between both boys and made her way to the kitchen. She was scared shitless right now, but they had to do something, and to her, that something wasn't just sitting around.

Moments later, Delilah came back with a slew of knives. She set them on a nearby table, the knives clattering as they did. "They're Not the best, but they'll do up close." She said as She grabbed one of the bigger ones. "Y'all ready?" Delilah asked Eugene and Aaron.

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Ramona didn’t hear anything anyone said. She could only hear the frantic beating of her heart. She snapped back to reality when she felt a hand on her shoulder and saw that Lila was kneeling next to her. Platonic boundaries be damned, Ramona fell into Lila’s arms, hugging her tightly.

Lila helped her up and guided her to a table, sitting her down specifically facing away from the body. Lila did her part to block the windows, struggling with lifting the tables, but eventually she managed.

Ramona surprised herself by speaking up with something that had been on her mind.

“D-does anyone… recognize… that person?”

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When Delilah smiled, looking between Eugene and Aaron, a look of confusion flashed across his face. When she brought out the knives, he took the largest one and nodded slowly. "Let's do this." He was apprehensive to say the least about the task at hand, but he wanted to show Delilah that he could be just as brave as Eugene. He also wanted to find a way to get out of the building before someone else got hurt. He just hoped that by the time they got back, it wouldn't be too late.

@Jaded
"No, I can't even tell who it is." Delilah answered as she looked to Ramona, then to the body. She shuddered, and noticed that there was a pool of blood around the body now. It was quite fresh.

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Delilah then turned her attention to the others, the hand that gripped her knife, shaking. "Barricade those doors once we leave." She pointed to the double doors they would be leaving through as She spoke. "If It's one of us, we'll knock three times." She then looked at Eugene and Aaron. "Do Not open it if there aren't three knocks." Delilah's face was set in determination. She was going to make sure everyone got out of this. "Three knocks." She repeated once more before turning and heading out the doors.

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"alright let's go.", Eugene flipped on his phone light and made his way towards the hallway leading to the principles office, the lights were off, the lockers lining the walls gave off a metallic feel, he had a very ominous feeling, wether or not anything did happen.

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Aaron was behind for a bit, but soon got to the front. "So, do we have a game plan for when we get there? What happens if the killer is inside the room, and he just fucks us up as soon as we open the door?" He soon went quiet and walked slowly down the hall, knife at the ready.

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Delilah, walking at the front, knife in hand, glanced at Aaron as he suddenly can up beside her. She was trying to keep an eye out, everywhere. Sk, she glanced at him, then continued scanning the hall. "Not really. I'm just making this up as I go, okay?" She wasn't trying to be rude, and even had a hint of nervous laughter as she spoke.

She then glanced over at Eugene. "What about You? You have a plan? Or you just making it up as you go too?" Most people at school thought of Eugene As the "bad boy". Delilah didn't. Sure he looked the part, and sometimes acted it, but she didn't fall for it.

And then there was poor Aaron. The kid that always got picked on, shy, quiet. Here he was going with her, I'm a situation he could possibly die in, and walking it like a champ. She was glad to have these two with her. "Thanks for coming with me, guys." She said quietly with a slight smile.

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Eugene saw the two at front, holding kitchen knives in front of themselves discussing game plans, he had no idea either, what would they do when they found the killer, or if they didn't, what if there was no killer, maybe that body had been there since long ago, shut up, stop overthinking things.
"if we find the killer we'll have to beat it quickly, you two distract him, I'll go around and get im' in the back.", that was the best he had for a plan.

@HumanMusic@BoyMom035
"It's no problem. If I die, at least it'll be awesome as fuck." And if we don't die? Even cooler." A murderer is loose. We are locked in with him. It cycled through his mind often, mostly because it was impossible to get rid of. As they approached the office, he tended up. "Guys, if I die, tell my bro he's awesome and I love him, okay? I don't want him to think I don't after I kick the bucket."

While they made their way through the hall, Delilah couldn't help but chuckle nervously at Aaron. At least he was staying positive.

It wasn't long before they reached the office door. Again, Aaron spoke up, and Delilah turned to him. She placed her hand on his shoulder and squeezed it, reassuringly. "You're not going to die. You're going to make it out." She then looked at Eugene. "We all are."

With that being said, Delilah took a deep breath and reached for the handle. Turning it, she raised her knife up, then pushed the door open. She gasped suddenly and stepped back, right into Eugene. He was in there.

Sitting in the principles chair was the killer. What appeared to be a man in some crazy clown mask. There was blood splattered on it. He just sat there, staring at the three of them. Then, he lifted his knife and tapped the top of it on Delilah's phone.

She couldn't move. Delilah just stared, wide eyed and terrified. Suddenly, he stood up. So quick it knocked the chair over. It scared Delilah and made her jump, gasping again. It knocked he out of her daze. "Run, run, run." She whispered harshly as she pushed the two guys backwards.

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"shit...", Eugene stared at the clown for a moment then followed Delilah down wherever she went, he was afraid, there was a killer, a killer clown.

Aaron froze. Ahead of him. Was a fucking clown. A moment later the fear kicked in. "What the fuck. WHAT THE FUCK!" He turned around and ran blindly, but away from the clown. At some point the knowledge he had gotten separated occurred to him, but he just kept running. He passed by the gymnasium, and he slowed and walked inside. He remembered one gym class where the Delilah had been there. They were climbing a damn rope. He had fell and had to go to the hospital. One of the many reasons he never talked to Delilah.
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Delilah ran after Eugene, catching up to him quick. She ran back in the direction of the cafeteria. Looking back before they got there, she noticed Aaron wasn't with them. "Aaron!?" Her eyes searched frantically for him, but he wasn't there. She was about to run back and try to find him, when the killer popped his head around the corner.

Delilah gasped and stepped backwards. She started banging on the doors, urging the others to let them back in. Then she remembered. Three knocks. She knocked three times. As loud as she could. "Guys, it's us, let us in!" She shouted, her eyes watching as the killer stalked towards them, slow, and with purpose.

As he got closer, Delilah gripped the knife harder, her free hand grabbing a hold of Eugene's unconsciously. She was steeling herself to attack if she needed to. And what about Aaron? Where the hell had he gone to? She had to find him. "Eugene, I need to find Aaron." She whispered to him. What was taking the others so damn long?!

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After all that's happened, Ramsy wanted nothing to do with this freaky shit that was happening. He was already lighting one trying to think of a way out of this while being locked in the cafeteria. He was mostly to himself until he heard the banging on the door and heard Delilah's voice. He originally didn't want to open it but sighed before rushing to open the door. @BoyMom035 Dee....what the fuck!?

Startled by Delilah's entrance, Ramona let out an undignified yelp. Lila rushed over to her, picking up a knife on the way, just in case.

"What happened? Are you guys okay?"

They looked terrified. Clearly something bad was going on.

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When the door was finally open, Delilah dashed through them, pulling Eugene with her. As soon as they were in the cafeteria, she shut the doors and pushed Eugene against them, resting her forehead on his chest. The knife was still in her hand, and as She listened to Ramsy and Lila asking questions, she just held her finger up. Just as she was about to speak, the doors started shaking and there was banging on the other side. Incoherent yelling could be heard, meaning it was the killer. Delilah cried out and flung herself off of Eugene and against the doors, leaning all of her weight against them as if she could keep them shut.

After several moments, it stopped, and Delilah closed her eyes, trying to keep herself from crying. No, she had to be strong. "The killer was in the office. He chased us back here..." And then it hit her again. Her eyes widened. "Aaron is still out there." Her brown eyes scanned over everyone. "We need to go find him."

***

Meanwhile, outside the doors, the killer waited and listened. From what he could hear, someone had gotten left behind. Of course, he knew that, he had seen him run off. Though, to wait for everyone else, or go find the boy? He tapped the top of his bloody knife against the mouth of his mask in thought. He then turned and walked back down the hall, searching.

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Aaron was being hunted. It was obvious to even him. He could hear the footsteps as he frantically searched for a hockey stick, a lacrosse stick, anything. His grasping hands finally landed on a baseball bat. It would have to do. He turned around quickly, bat at the ready. Nothing. He breathed a sigh of relief. The killer must have just walked past and didn't see Aaron. Thank god that was the case. It could have been Aaron's end.

@BoyMom035
Eugene's heart beat too fast to realise that Delilah was now resting on his chest, he couldn't think straight, only hearing a few words: "killer... office... chased... Aaron!", where was Aaron? God damnit where is he? Eugene thought for a moment, he must still be outside.
"we gotta go get him and I'm not running away like before.", Eugene pulled Delilah off and sat her down, he'll deal with the clown alone, it was just one guy...