"Dude, that's, like, the worst idea ever," Puck says, sprawled in his chair with his knees spread and his arms folded over his chest. "You can't just go strolling into the parking lot with a huge group of unarmed people. I've played Left 4 Dead; I know how this goes!"
"Feeding frenzy," Sam says, totally unnecessarily. Most of the group shudders.
Finn bristles. "Well, nobody else was suggesting anything!"
"You didn't exactly give us a chance to," Mercedes interjects sourly.
"I don't know why you boys are assuming that you're the only people in this room who are capable of coming up with a plan," Rachel snaps. "I've thought up no less than four separate escape plans while I've been sitting here." She flounces up out of her seat and heads for the whiteboard, and 10 students groan.
One doesn't.
"Look," Santana snapped, picking up a chair, "we need to get some food and water, then lock ourselves up and throw away the key."
"--What?" asked Brittany, and this wasn't her usual blankness; she sounded lost and scared enough that Santana stopped what she was doing and turned around. Brittany was standing in the faculty lounge doorway, hands hanging awkwardly at her sides.
She wasn't much of a lookout.
Santana lowered the chair and said matter-of-factly, "We're breaking into the vending machines for some food. Then we're running as fast as we can to the chorus room, where we're gonna barricade the doors and sit until somebody shows up with some damn guns. Okay?"
"... Okay," said Brittany. She didn't look or sound reassured.
"Brittany," Santana said, sharply enough that Brit jerked her head up and stared at her. Santana took the couple of steps necessary to bring them together, and then she leaned in and peered out the door over Brittany's shoulder. The halls were deathly silent; no sign of them here. She turned her attention back to Brittany, who hadn't made the slightest move to get out of her way. They were standing inches apart.
"I know you're scared," said Santana, choking back overwhelming impatience and looking Brittany in the eyes. "Ignore it. Fear doesn't get you anywhere. All it does is make you fuck up the footwork during a back handspring. Remember?"
Sometimes, Coach Sylvester's advice came in handy at really weird moments.
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"Dude, that's, like, the worst idea ever," Puck says, sprawled in his chair with his knees spread and his arms folded over his chest. "You can't just go strolling into the parking lot with a huge group of unarmed people. I've played Left 4 Dead; I know how this goes!"
"Feeding frenzy," Sam says, totally unnecessarily. Most of the group shudders.
Finn bristles. "Well, nobody else was suggesting anything!"
"You didn't exactly give us a chance to," Mercedes interjects sourly.
"I don't know why you boys are assuming that you're the only people in this room who are capable of coming up with a plan," Rachel snaps. "I've thought up no less than four separate escape plans while I've been sitting here." She flounces up out of her seat and heads for the whiteboard, and 10 students groan.
One doesn't.
"Look," Santana snapped, picking up a chair, "we need to get some food and water, then lock ourselves up and throw away the key."
"--What?" asked Brittany, and this wasn't her usual blankness; she sounded lost and scared enough that Santana stopped what she was doing and turned around. Brittany was standing in the faculty lounge doorway, hands hanging awkwardly at her sides.
She wasn't much of a lookout.
Santana lowered the chair and said matter-of-factly, "We're breaking into the vending machines for some food. Then we're running as fast as we can to the chorus room, where we're gonna barricade the doors and sit until somebody shows up with some damn guns. Okay?"
"... Okay," said Brittany. She didn't look or sound reassured.
"Brittany," Santana said, sharply enough that Brit jerked her head up and stared at her. Santana took the couple of steps necessary to bring them together, and then she leaned in and peered out the door over Brittany's shoulder. The halls were deathly silent; no sign of them here. She turned her attention back to Brittany, who hadn't made the slightest move to get out of her way. They were standing inches apart.
"I know you're scared," said Santana, choking back overwhelming impatience and looking Brittany in the eyes. "Ignore it. Fear doesn't get you anywhere. All it does is make you fuck up the footwork during a back handspring. Remember?"
Sometimes, Coach Sylvester's advice came in handy at really weird moments.
This one was probably the weirdest.