Intoxicating dreams

School day. Evening. Almost the entire school was left to prepare the building for Halloween. I asked to go to the toilet. There was noise from other cabinets and no one in the corridor, it was decorated before anything else. I heard some rustling in the teacher’s room and some women’s voices. One of them belonged to the headmistress. ? – So you give permission to hold this 2-hour 'event'? – from that intonation you can understand that the unknown woman was pointing quotes with her fingers. ... – Surely. When will this "natural selection" begin? – Quiet chuckle. She probably thinks it's some kind of kid's Halloween idea. But something was wrong. ? - You can start in about 30 minutes.– There's something wrong with the intonation again. As if... a predator has caught its prey and is already planning how it will eat it. And the predator was very prideful. What kind of "natural selection", what are they talking about?? Why did these phrases of the stranger sound so serious and as if with an evil intent?? My sixth sense haunts me, as if it’s trying to say, “ It's really dangerous bullshit, get ready with your friends and get out of here.” It rarely lets me down. Okay, I only have half an hour to assemble those I need alive and figure out where to hide. The second point will be problematic. I had to return to my class. Thank God our class teacher wasn’t in the room, and we can just leave quietly. I - Dan, we need to leave for half an hour. Take our phones, please. D - Why should we leave? I - It's necessary. I'll explain it later. He did everything as I asked. We left our music room. I – Now we are going for Mila. No questions asked. D - Okay..?? The shop class was nearby, which was great. We walked literally 3 meters. As a polite person, I knocked first. I – Good afternoon, can I pick up [نبن] Lyubomila? For half an hour. ** – For what reason? I – There are not enough hands in our class, we need a little help to hang bats on the ceiling. ** – Well, okay, but no more than 30 minutes, I timed it. I - Sure, thank you.. Mila, just take your phone with you. M - Yes, fine. We waited a couple of minutes in the corridor, but it felt like 10 minutes had passed. Everyone who I need was assembled. I – Now just follow me. D - What’s going on?? Explain it now! I – I’ll explain when we get there, calm down! There were no reliable places. I had to go to the toilet on the second floor. It's newer than the one on the first one, and that's good. It would be better to hide in the back room of the sports hall, but it’s also busy there now. That's it, we're here. Some girls are already sitting here. D - Tell me why you brought us here. I - So, we put the complaints aside, I’m saving your asses now. I was lucky to hear conversations in the teachers' room; they were going to announce the some kind of natural selection, and it's not a joke or something; the director gave permission. 15 minutes left before start. D - Are you kidding now?? I – Do you think I’ll joke about such a topic?? D - You can joke about more than just that! M - Is Bogdana here? I - Mila, Lord. Screw this Bogdana already. I don't know if she's here or not, I don't care. D - Don't talk to her like that! We sat in silence for about a minute. D - So we have to sit here for 2 hours?? I – If you want to live, you must. If you suddenly "feel the urge", the booths are nearby. Unfortunately, there is no food, you will have to sit hungry. M - What if suddenly this killer comes to us? How will we fight back? Really... The gaze fell on the mirror hanging here. Shards, you can defend yourself with them. Slow steps towards future weapons... Glass cracking. A bunch of sharp fragments fell onto the floor. I selected some of the largest ones and gave them to friends. I - Here. If suddenly it will come to us, “aim” for the eyes. M – Bu-.. Your hand?.. I - Everything is fine, "before the wedding, the wounds will heal." 10 minutes left. D - No, for some reason it seems to me that you are screwing us. I – You’ll soon find out for yourself. We spent the rest of the time talking with the whole toilet, lol. They also asked about this situation.

The moment has come. The lights in the entire school went out.

《 Attention to all students and teachers! I announce the beginning of Natural Selection which will last two hours! Good luck to everyone and success in survival! The countdown has begun!》

You should have seen Daniel's shocked face. I wanted to laugh at him. Mila only became more frightened. D - How did you.. I – I repeat, I overheard it in the teachers' room. M – Why did you tell us to take our phones? There is no connection here, you won’t be able to get through to anyone.. I – Keep track of time, and have a light source. D - So, you want to say that in such a short period of time you managed to think it through?? I - That's right. Some steps were heard. I - quiet. Everyone sat in tension. The human walked slowly and leisurely, while humming something in a whisper. I felt something familiar, like deja vu... Exactly, the same nightmare that haunted me as a child... It was the same at school, that woman leisurely walked along the corridors in pitch darkness... Only in the toilet everyone is still alive... perhaps for now. Rumble. The door to class was knocked down. A couple of moments later, the screams of miserable classmates, the rumble of chairs and something similar to an electric shock could be heard.. Shocker? Perhaps the sound is too similar. After about seven minutes the noise stopped. Same actions again. Steps and melody. Everyone held their breath... It passed by our shelter. Suspiciously strange, but maybe it's even for the better. The next victims were elementary school students. Literally instantly something was thrown at the sponsor of this mess and, it seems, that thing injured... her. She screamed a little in pain, and that became clear. The feeling of deja vu became even stronger. This action angered the young lady quite a bit, and apparently, she rushed at the innocent children. Again about 6 minutes passed. Everyone became quiet again. The footsteps headed further towards the end of the corridor. Someone relaxed a little. There is no point in explaining what was there, that corridor belonged to the lower grades, everything was the same. Well, except for being wounded from the doorway. This never happened again. Someone stupid even started watching their downloaded TikToks on the sly, others sat on the cold floor, talking quietly. And I was haunted by the fact that the woman did not dare to go straight to the toilet. This was very suspicious to me... Well, like, a banal place... what's the matter?

[20 minutes later]

Everyone's assholes are completely relaxed, although we're only getting there halfway. I’m sitting under the sink, thinking about the exact plan of action in case an uninvited guest does drop by. And this will definitely happen, sooner or later. I – In theory, there’s enough room to rest my feet on the doors... The rest are sitting in an embrace, filming something, looking through the gallery, some are still a little hysterical. The room was illuminated by someone's flashlight.

[Another 20 minutes of boredom later]

The first hour has passed. All three floors were checked, except for the toilets. This did not console me. It felt like someone was protecting us all, lol. Somewhere below we heard familiar steps and a melody. Maybe this is some kind of counting rhyme? The wooden door to the boys' restroom was broken. Everything possible flew away. From a piece of tile to something similar to fixtures (where did the piece of fixtures come from in the restroom???). Still, victory was on the side of that meat lover. There was such a din as if someone had been thrown through the deflection. Interesting. By the way, it was the last one before silence fell again. There were 43 minutes left until the end of this disaster; emergency services could not be reached from the very beginning. We all understood that this might be the end. But somehow I had confidence that it was our base that would remain alive. Only 9 people will be able to leave the territory of the ill-fated school. While I was standing and thinking about all this, woman has already managed to get to the girls. Squeals, breaking doors in booths.. such a cowards. It seems they also broke the sink. I wonder what the headmistress was hoping for when she gave permission for all this... She went up to the second floor. Again, the first victims were the boys. Almost the same thing happened, but someone had the courage to fly into the corridor with the woman. A strong act. I gave everyone the command to hide somewhere, and I myself went to the door. Plastic, if I may say so. The boys' carnage is over.

And now it's our turn.

Only half of them were ready, the rest seemed to be shaking with anxiety and fear. The lady wanted to kick the door, but firstly, it did not fly off its hinges, and secondly, I returned the kick with my foot, as a result of which she got hit in the nose. Leaning against the wall, I “ran” along the door from bottom to top, and prepared for the attack of the enraged madam. Only now I turned around and noticed that this damn Daniel was standing close to the wall, to my right. I – what the fuck, man?? At least go to the end of the room! Either he was in a stupor or something, but he “woke up” only a couple of seconds later and, damn it, while he was turning around, he tripped over his own foot. What the hell is going on with him... There was pressure from outside, I did the same, not allowing her to enter. Bitch, come on, get up faster, AT LEAST CRAWL, LORD, YOU ARE NOW GOING TO DIE FIRST OF ALL! He barely got to his feet and went to the end of the room, as I said. The struggle lasted about 30 seconds, then my legs weakened a little, allowing that bastard to stick my hand in and shock me. My vision went dark and I fell. She hit me with the door. I – don’t even try to touch him.. Either Dan simply forgot about the fragment of the mirror, or is now in such unreal stress that his head is a mess of thoughts. As soon as I got on my feet, he was hit by a stream of electricity from a shocker. She thinks that she’s the only one who can be incredibly angry with just one action? Something clicked in my head. Now I didn’t think about the risks to my life or anyone else’s. I – I told you not to touch his goddamn ass... This bastard got distracted. I took the fragment in my hands and moved sharply from the place. Hit with her head on the windowsill. It cracked and broke. It took a little effort to throw this bitch onto the tiles and break a rib with my foot. Dan almost lost conscious at this time, but he tried to hold on. The shocker rolled towards the booths. Now the culprit is helpless. I – Game fucking over. In one second, the fragment ended up in the neck of the real killer. Then I sharply pulled it to the side, cutting the carotid artery. A huge amount of blood gushed out. After a couple of tens of seconds she lost consciousness.