Most people help their friends so such things don't happen. Just sayin
One thing you don’t do when you’re in Junior High, is jump in on someone else’s fight, especially when you’re outnumbered five to one ... :-) ...
BUT, when they come after you, you give it all it’s worth and hope you come out okay. That’s what I did and I came out okay for it.
I had guns drawn on me, knives out and even cars threatening to run me over, but ... I made it out alive, either because of not backing down, or in spite of it (who knows ...).