Leaving Her Behind

The screaming from the student woke most the students up. However not all of them.

Seeing a bunch of people come out from the gas station with blood stained on their clothes, the students knew they had to make a run for it.

"GUYS WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Kyle yelled while opening the back of the bus setting off the small alarm.

Most of the students got off but Kyle noticed one thing. His best friend wasn't in the group.

"Stan?!" He hollered.

He quickly ran through the crowd to see Stan sleeping with ear buds in along with Jess.

"STAN!!"

Kyle extended his arm out to only get pushed by the panicked students who were piling out.

Screams filled the night as the students made a run for it knowing their life depended on it.

Kyle finally grabbed Stan's arm but that's when he saw the school bus door forcefully open with men with weapons piling in while staring Kyle down.

His heart sank deep when the one in front snickered while holding a bloody syth. "You look distressed, let me take some of that away from you." He said while inching closer.

Kyle grabbed Stan and pulled him hard which finally woke him him.

"Kyle?" He grumbled while slowly taking in his surroundings he realized something wasn't right. "Stan! Get out of here I'll get Jess!" Kyle yelled.

Stan didn't have time to intervene by the time the exit was blocked by Crocks.

"Kyle.. we are blocked in " Stan said while looking around. Men with weapons all around them.

"Jess.. Jess wake up." Kyle removed her ear buds and shook her.

"Mmm Kyle? Where are we?" Jess groaned.

"Jess.. we need to go. Right now." Kyle said while grabbing her hands and guiding her behind Stan.

Jess quickly realized what was going on as she noticed they were trapped.

Thinking as quick as she could she rushed to the emergency side exit on the window and opened it. "Guys hurry!" Jess said while grabbing both their hands and guiding them to the window. The two boys nearly jumped out of the window while Jess wasn't confident enough to do so. Quickly but carefully crawling out, she didn't get all the way until something harshly ripped her hair back causing her to scream out loud. Several hands all over her pulling her back in the bus. Stan and Kyle screamed out her name but they could only hear her screams for help.

"Kyle we need to save her!" Stan yelled while trying to get back to the window but to quickly be swarmed by others with twisted smiles.

Kyle didn't want to say it but.. "Stan.. I'm sorry."

He grabbed Stan's hand and pulled him far away from the bus.

"No.. KYLE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Stan... She's gone.. I'm sorry!"

Stan didn't want to believe it but he couldn't think to be honest. As he was running with Kyle small flashbacks of his life with Jess flashed in his mind. Every memory another tear would fall as he never felt more happy his whole life when he was with her.

"Kyle.. I'm going back." He said while forcing himself to stop.

Kyle pulled hard. "Stan please I can't lose you too."

"I can't leave her. I need to know if she's still alive. Go find Kenny and the others. I'll meet up with you."

"Stan please don't do this." Kyle cried out as he knew Jess was most likely dead.

"If I don't do this and survive this mess, I will forever look back on this and hate myself for leaving her behind. I have to do this."

Kyle was shaking at this point as he refused to leave Stan and Jess. "I'm not leaving you alone. I'll help."

The two knew if she was alive she didn't have much longer. As they quickly made their way back to the bus they heard muffled screams as it was clearly her.

⚠️ warning ⚠️ talk of rape. (I refuse to go into detail on rape scene, FYI)

"Hold still. Stop moving lil lady." A man said in a husky tone. The two boys lifted themselves in the window to see one guy on top of Jess while the others must have left.

Stan seeing nothing but red when the unspeakable was happening in front of his very eyes.

He completely lost control of himself as he grabbed the man's chef knife that was set on the seat next to them. Stan screamed out loud while stabbing the man so many times he couldn't hear the man's screams over his own. 28 stab wounds to the back and the man finally stopped screaming and collapsed as Stan threw him off Jess.

Kyle was left tramatized by all that just happened. He couldn't get his eyes off Jess though. She was indeed alive but.. she didn't want to be.

Her muffled cries were echoing in the bus as Stan quickly fixed her up. "Jess.. shh.. I'm here."

He removed the cloth from her mouth to only have her wail out in tears as loud cries. Stan hugged her so tight he couldn't help but cry himself.

"Jess... I'm so sorry!" He said while crying in her shoulder.

Kyle was frozen in overall shock. It was his fault that she went through what she just did..

'This is all my fault.' Kyle thought while watching the couple holding eachother, one being forever tramatized and scarred for the rest of her life.

Hearing more screams and laughing from the distance Kyle spoke up. "Guys.. we need to go."

"Can you walk Jess?" Stan asked while placing his hand on her shaking legs.

More tears fell as she nodded.

"I won't let them touch you again. I promise, I will get you out of this horrid place and we can start the life's we dreamed of."

Jess nodded while grabbing her boyfriend's hand. Stan helped her up realizing her balance was off while her legs were shaking.

Stan still couldn't believe what he witnessed. He blacked out he was so pissed, he don't care that he killed a man. He deserved way more for what he did.

Stan and Kyle made their way to the back exit while Stan jumped down and held out his hands. "I got you Jess." He said.

She grabbed both his hands and jumped off while wrapping her legs around his waist. Her whole body still shaking but she quickly let of of him and saw Kyle jump off shortly after.

"Guys.. we need to find a place to hide out." Kyle said while looking around for any thugs.

"The closest place is the gas station but.."

"That's where they are hiding. I know. Come on. We need to move before they all come back again."

"Jess I want you to jump on my back, alright?" Stan asked while holding both her hands.

She nodded while she jumped on his back while latching on him.

As the boys were running, they hear more screams coming from the other students from a far. All they could wonder is 'are we going to survive through this hell?'