Arrival

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Screams and growls echoed throughout the school, sending shivers down their spines. Amira sat quietly, deep in thought, while her friends looked at her expectantly.

"So... what's the plan?" Sara, a girl with medium-length wavy blonde hair and light blue eyes, asked.

Amira looked up, puzzled. "What plan?"

"We know you're thinking something in that head of yours," Sara said.

"Okay, okay. I was thinking about what the voice said. It mentioned a boundary, meaning there's likely something preventing us from escaping. If we try, we’ll probably be cornered."

"Makes sense," Dave, a boy with shoulder-length black hair and gray eyes, agreed.

"I'm not finished," Amira continued. "Our only choice to get out of here is to fight."

A serious tone took over her voice, making everyone tense. "How are we supposed to fight monsters?" Ruby, a girl with short black hair and green eyes, asked nervously.

"Apparently, we have powers now," Amira replied with a deadpan look.

"Oh, right... I forgot about that," Ruby muttered.

"Seriously?" Dave sighed.

"If anyone has a better idea, feel free to speak up," Amira said loudly, already knowing the whole class was eavesdropping. Silence filled the room. "Yeah, I thought so."

"AMIRA!" A voice suddenly called her name.

"Huh?" Amira looked around. "Did you hear that?" she asked her friends.

"Hear what?" Sara replied.

"That voice just now," Amira said.

"No," Dave answered.

"AMIRA, OPEN YOUR HAND."

"What the hell?" Amira thought.

"VISUALIZE ANY WEAPON IN YOUR HAND, AND IT SHALL APPEAR," the mysterious voice instructed.

She complied, imagining a katana in her grip. A blade made of purple flames materialized in her hand. Her friends turned to her in shock.

"How did you do that?" they asked.

"A mysterious voice in my head told me to visualize a weapon, and this appeared," she whispered.

BANG! BANG!

The monsters had reached the classroom.

Screams erupted as they began banging on the door.

"The door is strong, but it won’t hold for long," Amira warned. Right as she said that, the door broke down.

Sighing, all of them simultaneously looked at her.

"Seriously?" they said in unison.

One sweat drop slid down her face as she looked away.

The monsters rushed into the classroom, attacking the students.

"Well, it's now or never!" Sara shouted.

Amira summoned her katana again as the others activated their powers. The battle began.

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The group fought fiercely. Amira decapitated a monster about to attack Rasta. Dave froze two with his ice powers. Sara used wind blasts to knock down another two. Within minutes, they had taken down seven monsters, but there were still over forty remaining.

Amira surveyed the battlefield. "This is surprisingly easy... which means the boss monster is going to be a nightmare," she thought grimly.

"We have to keep moving forward," Dave urged.

The others nodded in agreement.

"Wait a minute," Dave interrupted before they left the classroom.

"What is it?" Sara asked.

"We haven't discussed our powers yet. We need to know how to work together and avoid harming each other," Dave pointed out.

"Damn, I can't believe I forgot the most obvious thing," Amira muttered, placing a hand on her face.

The group quickly went over their abilities, strategizing for the battle ahead.

As they stepped outside, they were met with a horrifying sight—blood, monsters, and fallen students. The reality of the situation crashed down on them. There were around 900-1000 students in the school, but at least 80 were already dead.

Trembling at the thought of failure, they braced themselves as the remaining monsters spotted them.

"There's no going back now," Dave said.

Amira tightened her grip on her flaming katana.

"Let's end this."

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