Short Story Of Insane

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When I was walking the hallway to my friend's locker I heard a faint noise coming from downstairs, but I knew better and decided to ask someone coming up the stairs what the heck was going on,
“There is an epic fight between Antonio and Alex bro, go check it out.” John told me, but I asked who was winning, wrong question. “Alex is getting killed and there is blood to prove it!”.
“CRAP” I yelled out loud, maybe a little too loud, because everyone stared at me like I just crapped my pants, or I was insane. Then, before I knew it, I was barreling down the stairs toward the noise screaming “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” When I got there I pushed through the crowd and saw a lot of blood coming from Alex pinned on a locker. Then My legs carried

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