Hens spooked by a snake or a dog in the hen house would have made better coordinated noise and movement than the madness that was going on around the classroom, Callum thought. He had been in class, the lesson just starting when noise outside the classroom brought everything to a stand still.
There was nothing high school students liked more than a little chaos to disrupt a class. His fellow students were jumping over desks and rushing towards the door to get out of the room fast. They all had no idea what had caused the noise outside but they were not going to be left out.
Callum sat at his desk and waited. He had the desk at the back of the class, so it was easy to stay out of the stampede. He shook his head in amazement. He could already hear some grunts of pain and smell
