A Whole Different Person

*Suki's POV*

I, Suki Sato, walked down the abandoned halls of Tower Prep school. It was nearing midnight and I shouldn't have been out, but I had been planning my escape with my three best friends Gabe Forrest, CJ Ward and Ian Archer.

I slowly turned the corner, looking for any monitors. It was clear. My friends and I had all met, having the same interest; the interest to leave Tower Prep, and get home. We didn't know how we had ended up here, or even why we were here, but there was something that wasn't right about Tower Prep.

It had just been Gabe, CJ and I, but then Ian showed up one day. Ian was like the usual freshman here at Tower Prep, or so we thought. We became a quick foursome, and now all our free time we spent up in the old observatory, planning what we had to do to get closer to our escape.

But we had gone a bit off topic this meeting, ending in a massive marshmallow fight. We weren't the most focused group, but hey, we were friends. The four of us had quickly cleaned up, realizing what time it was, and that we needed to be back. I would have taken the secret tunnels, but in the fluster of trying to get out as fast as I could, I found myself in the hallway, not our secret underground tunnels.

I took another few steps, straining my ears to see if I could hear anything. Nothing. So I kept walking on until I hit another corner, where I did hear something. It was a faint whisper of voices, none which I could understand from the distance. But from the hushed voices, I could tell whoever was in front of me in the hallway was not a monitor.

Peering over the side of the wooden wall, I saw two boys standing, and it did not look friendly. I wanted to groan when I saw who it was. It was Ray Snider, and the boy from my biology class, Jeremy Weaver. Jeremy wasn't so bad, he was quiet, but was nice enough.

Ray, on the other hand, was nothing but a self involved, conceited bully. These two boys were not just out for a little stroll.

"You think your all tough, don't you?" Ray hissed, pushing Jeremy, sending him stumbling backwards on his feet. Jeremy shook his head, fear actually showing in his eyes, and Ray let out a cold laugh.

Ray's super power was hyperstrength, the name pretty much explains it all. He could lift a car with his bare hands. Enough said.

"Then why did you crack that joke during English, today? Huh? Were you trying to make a fool out of me Weaver" he said, holding Jeremy now by the scruff of his neck. Jeremy whimpered, and just as Ray was about to curl his fist in a punching motion, I stepped out from behind the safety of the wall.

"What do you think you're doing?" I shouted, not realizing how loud I had been.

Ray looked up to where my voice had echoed from, and his eyes widened. He dropped Jeremy, and the boy scuttled up from the ground, and ran in the opposite direction from which I had come.

"Suki? What are you doing here?" Ray asked, his eyes confused. I scoffed.

"I could ask you the same thing" I replied, crossing my arms over my chest and glaring at him. "What were you doing beating on a kid half your size?" I asked, staring at him questioningly.

"It's really not how it looks..." he started to defend, but I cut him off with a short ,cold laugh.

"So you weren't beating up Jeremy Weaver?" I said suspiciously, knowing that he was definitely lying. He started to talk, but his eyes passed over my shoulder, growing alert.

"Crap! Monitors" he said, grabbing my arm and pulling me off in a run. Behind us were three monitors, two male and one female, chasing after us. Not knowing what else to do I let Ray lead me through the halls, avoiding the monitors.

Or so we thought we were avoiding the monitors. As we took a quick left turn, we bumped right into two other monitors. Ray cursed under his breath, and I let out a deflated breath. We couldn't escape now.

The two monitors that we had bumped into grabbed me, and the three from behind grabbed Ray. They were obviously familiar with his hyperstrength, as it seemed he couldn't fight them off.

"Sir, we have Sato and Snider" said the tall blonde boy who grasped my arm, into some sort of walkie-talkie. Headmaster's muffled voice came out of it, but I couldn't understand what he was saying. The monitor seemed to know, though. He looked to is fellow comrades, then to Ray and I.

"You're going to Headmaster"

*Ray's POV*

She just had to walk down that hall, at that precise time. Suki Sato, The one person I actually cared about what they thought of me had caught me at one of my worst moments. It actually seemed she and her friends always caught me at the wrong moments.

Suki and I were being dragged down the serene halls of Tower Prep towards Headmaster's office, a place I knew only too well.

God, if Suki didn't already hate me she would now. I mean, it had all been an in the wrong place at the wrong time type of scenario for both of us. The Weaver kid got away though, unfortunately. If he had got caught at least I would've been semi-happy about it.

Soon enough, we neared the large hallway which held Headmaster's large arched doorway to his office. One of the monitors holding Suki opened the door, and we were lugged inside to see Headmaster staring at us with an unnerving sense of serenity.

"Miss. Sato, Mr. Snider, please sit" he said, smiling and beckoning us towards the two chairs seated in front of his desk.

Hesitantly, I sat down on the chair on the left, as Suki sat on the right. Headmaster turned his head slowly from each of us, as though he was examining a rare specimen.

"Being out after curfew is not accepted here at Tower Prep" he finally said, his face now turning sterner. "Mr. Snider, this is your second offense in this area, and you have one more chance until you're sent to West Campus. I assume you won't let this happen again" he said, turning his head towards me and looking at me questioningly.

I clenched my jaw, and gave him a curt nod. Headmaster then turned to Suki. "This is your first offense in this area Miss. Sato, I hope you can assure me that this will not happen again anytime soon" he said, but it was as though he held an alternate meaning behind those words, and it seemed Suki also noticed. She looked like she was fighting nervousness.

"Yes sir" she said quietly, giving him a quick nod.

"Now, I think West Campus is a bit strong of a punishment for staying out late, but this will not go unpunished" he said, leaning back in his chair. "For the next two and a half weeks the two of you will be cleaning the Biology lab after classes"

We both started to complain, but Headmaster cut us off with a pound of his fist against the desk. Reluctantly, I stopped. "I'm being nice" Headmaster hissed, narrowing his eyes at the each of us. "You will report to the Biology lab from seven till nine each night for the next two and a half weeks. If either of you skip even one of these sessions, I will see that you are both sent to West Campus" he said, his voice cold. "Understand?"

Reluctantly, I gave a nod. "Understood sir" I said, looking to Suki whose eyes were downcast on the floor.

After what seemed like decades Headmaster finally spoke again. "I will contact Biology about your new extracurricular activities. You will start tomorrow, and it's probably best to be a bit early so Biology can show you the drills. You are dismissed" he said. I stood up, and walked towards the door behind Suki, but before we could leave Headmaster said one more thing.

"Oh, and I suggest not staying out late again, or there will be severe consequences'" he said, his eyes slicing us like knives.

I saw Suki swallow, as she swung open the door, probably as eager to get out of that office as I was.

The door slammed shut, sending an echoing throughout the halls. And with that, I walked back to my dorm. I did not want to clean the Biology lab, no one did. But this may have been my one chance to sweep Suki Sato off her feet.