Galaxy Online

I was back outside my pod. David Lee. Asian, 5 foot 7, age 26. That's me. I started to stretch as the inactivity was causing joint pains. Well I mean I went to college during day, and Galaxy Online during night. Many people played VRMMOs, because the user could sleep while using them, and time was dilated by a factor of 10. You could theoretically live 10x more mental years if you lived in a pod. Its 9:00 and I went to school. My major was engineering. The main thing I got from engineering was that problems could be solved from the bottom to the top. School dragged on, as the classes were full of inattentive students, and professors that taught their lectures, but looked unwilling. All I could think was that there was so much I could do, but I was stuck in this classroom. I felt as if I could see the road to my satisfaction, yet that road was filled with obstacles that would make my satisfaction fade away. Eventually the end of the lesson came to a close. However banging was heard outside of my door. Screaming and shouting was heard followed by gun shots.

What the hell, damn America and their biannual school shootings. Why did it have to happen here. I mean there are so many sch...

BANG.

The door was slammed open as a pair of people were clothed in ski masks. They looked like wannabe terrorists. However their guns gave off the feeling of death. I of course thought that the terrorists were just trying to take people hostage, in order to scare the public and cause damage to the US in order to gain recognition and infamy.

"Everyone get down, those that get up will be shot!"

The classroom fell into a bustle as students all fell down into cover. Of course we all did that, the terrorist has a god damn gun. I cared about my life just as much as the person next to me.

The minutes ticked into hours. Our cellphones weren't confiscated as I thought they probably didn't want to get close enough for hand to hand combat, and it grants them more publicity. I saw that they were strapped with bombs which meant that they were prepared to fight to the last man. My sense of danger grew greater and the stranger started to speak a foreign language. I asked the god what they said and he translated their conversation.

"Get a random person who looks innocent enough,"

GOD DAMN IT, why me. There's the hot girl hiding behind the desk at the front row, another fellow asian person across my row with glasses, but the damn terrorist walked towards me while his buddy pointed his gun at the rest of the class.

I got man handled out of the class. I saw similar unfortunate people like me get dragged outside into the quad. On the stage that was at the quad, they had a dozen other unfortunate people like me kneeling.

"Until our demands are met we will shoot a school child every 10 minutes!".

The terrorists had the school speakers blaring this message constantly and we just sat their out in the hot sun. I looked straight down. I didn't want to accidentally remember people, and hoped that they would remain faceless individuals I could forget just in case they died.

Ten minutes passed.

"Since you did not comply, we will now execute Diana Ramirez for being indecisive,".

A squeal of terror was followed by a BANG.

Crap, man why am I the closest person to her. My ears rang in pain, and my heart dropped along with a dead body.