Jack Yawned, it was a new morning and he would have liked to be enjoying the nice weather, however, today was the first day of high school. Jack lived with his older brother, Zane, he was 17 and just became a Senior, he was also very popular amongst the school. Zane was great at sports and was good looking, Jack was good at sports but not as good as his brother, but he had a better attitude. Jack began making eggs and toast for the two of them. They exchanged greetings and talked for a bit then both left for school. Jack arrived to his classroom and nervously entered. He went to the desk he was assigned to written on the board and was next to the window. His two childhood friends were in his class, Max and Rita, Max sat to his right and Rita sat two seats behind him. During lunch period Jack went to see Max and Rita.
"Hey guys! How have you been?" Asked Jack.
"Doin' great, man. You?" Responded Max.
"I'm pretty good, and you, Rita?"
"I'm ok, kind of nervous still though." Rita Answered.
Jack said, "Aw, I don't think there's nothing to worry about. Plus, you got two friends right here if you need something. Right, Max?"
"Huh? Yeah.. uh, sure ..whatever." Max Responded without looking from his phone.
"Yeah, I guess your right, as always." Said Rita and they caught up and chatted for the rest of the period.
They were all walking back to class together when suddenly the whole school started shaking.
"What th-"
"Is it an earthquake?"
"How would I know!?"
*All Students please report to the nearest classroom and await further instructions. I repeat, please.."*
"I wonder what going on.." Said Jack.
"I knew something bad was gonna happen!" Cried Rita.
"Nah, it'll be fine. Wait.. where did Max go?" Jack Responded.
"Oh no this is bad.." Rita Said.
"I'm sure he just went to a classroom." Jack said, trying to reassure Rita.
"No! We would have noticed we have to find him!" Rita exclaimed.
"Yeah, your probably right, but you should go to a classroom and wait." Jack said.
"Not a chance!" Rita shouted.
"It would make me feel better if your safe plus, you can make sure if he's in there or not." Jack responded.
"Fine.. but if you need help pl-" Rita got cut off by Jack,
"I'll be fine don't worry about me!" Jack said and ran off to find Max.
Down the hall where they were when the school shook he saw a wall had crumbled down, in the pile he saw Max's backpack. Immediately, he began digging and crying out to Max. Max was a bloody mess, Jack picked him up and dashed to the infirmary to look for the nurse. He laid him on one of the mattresses and called out for the nurse. A minute or so later she came over and noticed Max, she immediately prepared to tend to his wounds, not even taking time for an explanation. Jack watched with nervous eyes then realized he should notify Rita, so he sent her a quick message. He decided to leave out how badly wounded Max was so she wouldn't go crazy. Suddenly, there was loud gunfire, the infirmary window shattered and he saw the nurse collapse. It took him a few seconds to realize—the city was under attack as the school was being shot at. He grabbed Max and ran to the room where Rita went. He opened the door and was shocked there was just crumbled bricks, he fell on his knees and before he knew it tears came down. He thought that Rita must have been killed, there was no way she could have survived. That was when he decided, he wasn't going to run, he was going to stand up and fight the people who caused this.