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away.  "Bye kitty.  Alright, let's get to class boys." 
      Once again, she tried to hold his hand in front of the office.  "Still scared?  Why don't we take a look around the school really quick?  I've never seen it.  If you see it all, there won't be anything to be afraid of."
      She nodded.  "Ok."
      "Look guys, I can't be late again to Ms. Care's class.  I'll catch up with you later."
      Alice hesitated before leaving.  "You ok Liz?"
      "Yeah…." 
      "Ok.  Don't do anything I wouldn't," she winked. 
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      As they moved through the school, Rich noticed there were a lot of rooms.  It was creepy; almost like the school was bigger on the inside than it was on the outside.  Some of the geometry didn't make sense.  There was a hallway behind the main office which should have led outside.  Through the windows, though, all he could see was mossy bricks.  Rich had done this to try and help Liz not feel afraid.  Now she looked more scared than ever, and Rich was feeling a little of that as well.
      The more he and Liz explored the school, the more Rich could feel his anxiety building.  It was just little things at first.  There had been a collection of drawings by younger kids outside one of the classrooms.  A unicorn, a tree, stick figures…  A box-shaped car.  Nothing terribly fancy.  Two minutes later, they passed the same drawings on a different wall.  In the next hallway, they were there again, but changed slightly.  The unicorn was eating something shaded in red crayon.  The green had been removed from the skeletal, human-shaped, black tree.  The stick figures had evil faces added in. 
      The car was on fire.
      Rich thought it was a prank.  He stuck his head into the classroom to complain, not caring about getting caught skipping. 
      It was full of adults, teachers, drawing the pictures.  They all looked up in unison, staring at him with their black eyes.  He grabbed Liz and half pulled her down the hall, terrified.    
      One of the rooms they came across was filled with old style, dry-rotted clothes, and old playground and car equipment, rusted out in piles.  It was the worst, somehow even worse than the teachers.  Everything had cobwebs on it.  Rich could hear..things.. moving around in the room.  He even thought he heard whispering.  Liz squeezed his hand harder.  "Let's get to class.  We've taken too long."
      When they got to their classroom, Ms. Care was very upset.  "You two are 35 minutes late to class!  Why would you decide to skip class like this?"
      Liz was looking at her feet.  "I had something to take care of.  It's my fault."
      "I don't even know what that means.  You're both suspended.  Pack up your things."
      And that's when they heard the gunshots. 
      On instinct, everyone in the room ducked.  There were more gunshots, then silence.  A school resource officer crept by the classroom door, gun drawn.  Rich found himself creeping out into the hall; he couldn't seem to help himself.  He wanted to know what was going on.  Liz franticly motioned for him to come back.
      Once he was out of the room, he could see the cop further down the hall.  Principal Drake was in front of the office, towering over Eric Spooner.  Spooner's shoulder was bleeding badly, he'd been shot.  Drake's whole body was shaking.  He had the worst look on his face, like he was looking past everything and seeing something horrific.  There were students trapped around the hall too, huddling along the walls.
      "Get away from me!  Anyone comes near me and I'll kill them!!"
      The cop lowered his weapon slightly.  "Come on sir, you don't want to..."
      Drake fired at him, barely missing.  The officer darted into one of the classrooms to his left.  One of the students huddling in the hall tried to get up and run.  The principal shot him, hitting his leg.  "Got you!  GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!" 
      He looked down at the bully.  "You just couldn't shut up,