每个人都很快站了起来，脸上闪过一丝混乱。但他们意识到这不是演习;这是一场真正的火灾。

彼此推挤，每个人都冲到门口，赶紧跑出校舍，老师尖叫着让他们保持冷静。 Cleo等到大家都出去之后才追赶他们，很高兴她没被推。

跟随人群，Cleo跑出校舍，想知道火在哪里。她能闻到烟雾，但她看不到火。每个人都在外面会合，还有老师数了学生。

Cleo现在可以看到校舍里的火灾。她还可以看到火蔓延。

有一个老师低声对校长说话。他们看着很恐慌和害怕。有人还在校舍里。

Cleo看着其他的学生。很多学生都不知道有人还在着火的校舍里，但有些学生担心地看着火焰状的学校建筑物，因为知道里面有人。

Cleo知道消防员不会及时拯救学生。老师刚刚打电话给他们。消防局至少有20分钟的路程。

老师们互相窃窃私语。Cleo靠近他们，所以她可以听到他们在说什么。

“Jacob......校舍里......新学生......”虽然Cleo已经怀疑了，但这证实了她的怀疑。Jacob，一名学生还在校舍里。

Cleo认为他在离开校舍的路上迷路了，因为他是新学生。

十分钟过去了，没有Jacob或消防员的迹象。老师们紧张起来了，整个校舍都快着火了。

烟雾升上天空，把天空变得灰白，朦胧。现在每个人都知道有人还在校舍里，但没有人进去救他。

Cleo知道每个人都想知道消防员在哪儿。他们现在不是应该已经到了吗？

从学生的低语里面，Cleo听到一个微弱的呼救声。她立刻转头向炽盛的学校建筑，从二楼的一扇窗户看到了一张脸。

Cleo四处看了一下，没有人看到Jacob在校舍里。

虽然她不认识他，但Cleo知道她必须做什么。如果没有人帮助他，Jacob会死的。

想都没想，Cleo冲刺到炽盛的建筑，无视学生和老师的叫喊声。没有人追她。

Cleo跑进校舍的大双门。她立刻呛到烟然后拉起衬衫遮住她的鼻子和嘴巴，同时四处寻找可以通往二楼的楼梯。

从火的热量出汗，Cleo右转。看到楼梯，Cleo一次走两个楼梯。虽然她还没看到火，Cleo知道火还在这。

到达二楼，Cleo右转，进第一个走廊。检查她经过的每个房间，Cleo喊出了Jacob的名字。她知道Jacob会在校舍正面的某个地方，因为她通过一个前窗看到的他。

当她接近走廊的尽头时，Cleo开始失去找到Jacob的希望。也许他走到了建筑的另一个角落。

Cleo打开了最后一扇门。火在木地板上燃烧还有书桌和墙壁，剥去曾经白色的油漆。

她检查过的每个房间都被烧了。

Cleo跌跌撞撞地走进走廊的最后一个房间，咳嗽和眼睛因为烟雾而疼。

揉眼睛，Cleo扫描房间。书桌被推开，从学生们跑出房间时。在房间的角落，靠近窗户，蹲下了一个人影。

英文翻译:

Everyone scrambled out of their seats, confusion flashing across their faces, as realization dawned on them. This was not a drill; this was a real fire.

Pushing and shoving each other, everyone rushed to the door, hurrying to get out of the building as the teacher screamed at them to stay calm. Cleo waited until everyone was out before running after them, glad that she avoided the shoves.

Following the crowd, Cleo made her way out of the building, wondering where the fire was. She could smell the smoke, and she couldn’t see the fire. Everyone piled outside and the teachers counted the students.

Cleo could now see where the fire was in the building. She could also see that the fire was spreading.

One of the teachers gasped and whispered something to the principle. Their faces became grim and fearful. Someone was missing.

Cleo looked at the other students. Most of them hadn’t noticed that there was someone was missing, but some students cast scared looks at the flaming school building, knowing there was someone inside.

Cleo knew that the firefighters wouldn’t be in time to save the student. The teachers had just called them, having no time before, when they were rushing out of the building. The fire station was at least 20 minutes away. They wouldn’t make it in time.

The teachers were whispering frantically to each other. Cleo moved closer towards them so she could hear what they were saying.

“Jacob… missing… new student…” was all Cleo could make out, but that was enough to confirm her suspicions. A student, Jacob, was still in the building.

Cleo figured that he got lost on his way out of the building, considering that he was new.

Ten minutes passed with no sign of Jacob or the firefighters. The teachers were getting nervous and nearly the entire building was on fire.

Smoke rose up into the sky, turning it gray and hazy. Everyone now knew that someone was still trapped in the building, but no one went in to find him.

Cleo knew that everyone was wondering where the firefighters were. Shouldn’t they be here by now?

Through the grim whispers of the crowd, Cleo heard a faint cry for help. She immediately whipped her head to the flaming school building and saw a face through a window on the second floor.

Cleo looked around, no one had noticed Jacob in the building.

Though she didn’t know him, Cleo knew that she had to do something. Jacob would die if no one helped him.

After a moment’s hesitation, Cleo ran for the burning building, ignoring the gasps of the students and the yelling of the teachers, demanding her to come back. No one went after her.

Cleo barreled through the big double doors of the building. She immediately choked on the smoke and pulled her shirt up to cover her nose and mouth, while simultaneously looking around for the staircase that would lead up to the second floor.

Cleo rounded a corner and took the stairs two at a time, surrounded by the stifling heat of the fire.

Getting to the second floor, Cleo turned into the first hallway. Checking in every room she passed, Cleo called out Jacob’s name, though it came out muffled through the shirt over her mouth. She knew that Jacob would be somewhere in the front side of the building because she saw him through one of the front windows.

As she neared the end of the hall, Cleo started to lose hope in finding Jacob. Maybe he moved to a different part of the building.

Cleo opened one of the last doors. The fire was burning through the wooden floors. Traveling over the desks and up the walls, peeling the once-white paint.

The heat was suffocating her. The fire burned in nearly every room she checked.

Cleo stumbled into the last room in the hallway, coughing and eyes burning from the smoke.

Rubbing her eyes, Cleo looked around the room. Desks were pushed aside from when the students scrambled out of the room. In the corner of the room, next to the window, crouched a figure.

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