"Yes… I see. But when will you be able to come and fix the air conditioning in my office? Next week? Why not tomorrow? What do you mean, Slade is installing solar panels? Whatever. Phone me as soon as you know a date."
The H.I.V.E. Headmistress hung up the phone, ending her conversation with the electrician. She sighed at the thought of having to spend another week in her air conditioning-less office.
"Next," she called. The door opened and Gizmo flew in. "No flying in my office," she said, and Gizmo sat down in the chair on the other side of her desk obediently. "What seems to be the problem this time, Mr. O'Jeneus?"
"Well, I took the last of the fries during lunch, so Mammoth got mad at me, even though I was first in line, but he still got mad, so he shoved me, and then the fries fell onto the ground, so then I said 'Hey!' but then he got even madder, and he punched me, so I tried to fly away, but then he broke my jetpack!" Gizmo said, his voice gradually increasing in decibels.
The headmistress looked at Gizmo with a plain face. "And when did this happen?"
"During lunch today! Can you punish Mammoth and get me a new jetpack? Please, Mrs. Headmistress?"
"Wait, hold on. He broke your jetpack?"
"Yeah! Totally uncalled for!"
"Yet you just flew into my office with said jetpack?"
"Uh… Well, it's my spare jetpack for emergencies!"
"Then I understand you don't need a new jetpack, do you?"
"Uh…"
"Just fix the broken one, and use your 'emergencies only' until that is done. That will be all?"
"What about Mammoth?"
"Such greediness shall not be tolerated between my students. I shall call him in."
Gizmo grinned. "Thank you, Mrs. Headmistress." He flew out with his emergency jetpack.
"No flying in my office!" the headmistress shouted, but he was already gone. She sighed. "Next!"
The door opened, and a man with gray hair and a piercing gaze walked in, dressed in priest-like robes.
"Well," the headmistress said as she sat back in her chair and laid her hands in her lap, "Sebastian. It's been a long time since we've seen each other."
"Too long, Agnes," the man said with sarcasm. "I go by the name 'Brother Blood' now."
"Brother Blood? What a ridiculous villain name!"
"Well, it's better than simply being called 'H.I.V.E. Headmistress' because you're the least important character in the entire show! Even 'Goth Boy' has a larger fanbase!"
"Hey, I appeared in more than just 'Final Exam'! I appeared at the end of 'Homecoming: Part 2' and during the final battle in 'Titans Together'!"
"Oh, and you really helped there, didn't you?"
"WELL I DIDN'T SEE YOU ANYWHERE! OH, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU WERE TOO BUSY BEING IN JAIL!"
"WHY ARE WE EVEN REFERENCING THOSE EPISODES, THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAPPEN YET! THIS STORY IS SET BETWEEN SEASON 2 AND 3!"
"BECAUSE THE AUTHOR CAN'T STOP BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!"
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!"
"LET'S START THIS SCENE OVER!"
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"Well," the headmistress said as she sat back in her chair and laid her hands in her lap, "Sebastian. It's been a long time since we've seen each other."
"Too long, Agnes," the man said with sarcasm. "I go by the name 'Brother Blood' now."
"Brother Blood? What a ridiculous villain name!"
Brother Blood sat down and placed his elbows on the desk, placing his chin on his fists. He looked at her with a smile that was faker than the Mona Lisa that hung in the office. "Agnes, we need to talk. You really have a nice little academy here."
"Thank you."
"But, let's face it, you're getting a little old."
"Excuse me?"
"The time is drawing near where you will have to pass leadership over your school to someone else…" He looked at the headmistress with a 'know what I mean'-smile.
"And?" she said without batting an eye.
"I have someone in mind. See, I possess the perfect skill to run a school. And, since we've known each other for quite a long time…"
"… I am sure that I'd rather die than leave my school in your hands," she completed his sentence for him.
"Oh please, I'd rather not have to do that."
"Anything else, Sebastian?"
Brother Blood sighed as he stood up from his chair. "You leave me no choice, Agnes. I'll have to jump to different approaches. More intense approaches."
"Well, it was nice to see you, Sebastian," she said with a gesture towards the door.
"We'll meet again soon, Agnes." With that, he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. "Sooner than you think," he silently said, pulling out a small book. Ten Easy Approaches To Convince Someone To Give You Full Leadership Over Their School For Young Villains -Success Guaranteed!.
He turned a couple of pages and took out a pencil, crossing out Approach 1: Simply ask them. "Let's try something else…"
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A/N: These will all be pretty short, and as you might have guessed, there will be ten.
I may or may not have named the Headmistress after an old teacher of mine she reminds me of. But seriously, tell me she doesn't look like an Agnes.