Chapter 43

(Mariana)

The room was filled with sounds of gunshots and screams. I looked over at Samantha whose eyes were wide with fear. She grabbed my hand.

"We have to get out of here now!" She said and we began to make our way through the panicked crowd. If Samantha's grip wasn't so strong, I would have been pushed to the floor and stomped on.

Finally we got to the backdoor exit and saw Janet pacing back and forth, her hands in her head. Immediately she saw us, she ran towards us.

"Oh my God, I was so flipping scared." She said as she pulled us into her embrace. I could see tear stains on her cheeks." Where were you guys? I was so worried and scared. What happened?"

"It's a long story," I replied, my hands were still trembling. We heard another gunshot.

"Is there a fight going inside," she persisted. "Someone should talk to me."

"Janet, we don't have much time. Right now the guards will be trying to contain the situation. Number one way they'd do that is to check every possible exits in the c