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And Now...Fillmore!
Tonight's Episode:
The Class of 2008
September 2004
Fillmore wakes up to his alarm clock playing "Pieces of Me". After taking a shower and getting dressed, he runs to the kitchen to grab breakfast.
"Woah son, what's the hurry?" asked his father.
"Today is the High School matriculation ceremony." answered Fillmore, quickly eating his waffles.
"Wow, my little boy is a High Schooler!" said his mother, very lovingly and proud.
"Mom, we can celebrate when I get back, besides, I have to meet up with Ingrid soon." stated Fillmore.
"Okay, but be careful, you maybe 14 now, but you're still a child." explained his mother.
Fillmore says his good-byes, grabs his new backpack, and jogs off to Ingrid's house.
Fillmore finally reaches her house about 10 minutes later, he sees her sitting on the porch, wearing the special boot she needs to wear for her Achilles injury from the 'incident' that happened several months ago. She has another 9 months of healing left, and as a result, she'll be heading forensics for the safety patrol.
"Feeling okay?" asked Fillmore.
"Getting better, and you?" asked Ingrid.
"Just fine, ready for the matriculation ceremony?" asked Fillmore as the begin to walk towards the High School.
"Yes, can you believe that the greatest years of our teenaged years will be happening!" said an anxious Ingrid, she always dreamed of being in High School.
"Well, I'm excited to meet the new Junior Commissioner, Mac was a tough act to follow." stated Ingrid.
The two finally reach the High School, X High School, and walk through. Inside they see many students walking around, getting ready for their first class, the two quickly find the safety patrol headquartes and enter. The lighting, and lack of natural light remindes them of a dungeon, only the walls are concrete and with state of the art technology. They are quickly met by their friend Joseph Anza.
"Hey Fillmore, Third, the new Junior Commissioner wants to see us now." stated Anza.
They three quickly file towards the office, located up a steel staircase and inside a glass room, with blinds offering privacy. They climb the stairs and enter the room, inside they see several familiar and new faces.
First was Karen Tahama, she sits up and happily hugs Joseph, Fillmore and Ingrid, then they turn to see Principal Barbara Mawdsley, a older woman 70-year-old, with short white hair and serious face.
"Good Morning Mr. Fillmore, Miss Third, Mr. Anza and Miss Tahama, I see your reunion is going well." she said.
"Why is Karen here?" asked Anza.
"I can answer that." then the Junior Comissioner turns his chair over to face the group. He is short, with thick glasses and curly hair. "My name is Ethan Hondou, I'm the new junior commissioner, originally I was going to have Fillmore and Anza partners, but Tahama decided to join, so meet your new partner Anza."
"We get to work together again!" exclaimed Tahama.
"Does that mean I'm being partnered with Ingrid?" asked Fillmore, with a smirk.
"Unfortunatly, due to Ingrid's temporary disability, she'll be working forensics lab, I've found a new partner for you, meet Ran Mori." said Ethan, he points to the corner of the room, where a 14-year-old Japanese girl is standing.
"Hello, my name is Ran Mori, I just moved here from Japan 9 months ago, and you must be Fillmore!" said an overly excited Ran, shaking hands with Fillmore. "It looks like where partners!"
"I don't know Ethan, I prefer to work alone." said Fillmore, not warming up to Ran.
"And destroy my school." exclaimed Principal Mawdsley. "You see, I have read your records from Middle School, and I see you have a habbit of destroying school property, even with Miss Third, I hate to see you alone."
"Either have Ran as your partner, or be out of Safety Patrol." explained Ethan.
Fillmore reluctantly agrees, the group then leaves the office and go to their desks, Ingrid look at Fillmore and Ran at a distance, with a hint of jealousy.
"I was member of the Safety Patrol in Japan." explained Ran, talking about her backstory. "My father is a banker who came to America for a job offer."
"Well, seeing as this is our first day, and the matriculation ceremony, there's not that many cases to solve, but things should build up." said Fillmore. "Four years of this!"
"If it makes you feel good, I am only your partner until Third-san gets better." explained Ran, smile still stuck on her face.
Upstairs at the office, the Junior Comissioner and Principal Mawdsley are speaking.
"Are you sure it was a good idea to have Ran partnered with Fillmore, she has too little expieriance and-" Ethan was interrupted by Principal Mawdsley.
"Don't worry, Ran's ditziness will make sure that Fillmore remains in check, I have just balanced the budget this year, and I'm not letting Fillmore ruin that by destroying things."
"So, how did the summer go?" asked Karen
"Relatively normal, trying to forget what happened and move on." explained Joseph. "How about you, why did you come back?"
"I miss this job, and I thought this will make my High School years more exciting." said Karen
"I hear ya!" laughed Joseph.
It is noon, and in the auditorium, styled as an 18th century European theater, the 2,500 member Freshman class assemble, amoung them Fillmore, Ingrid, Joseph, Karen, and Ran, sitting next to eachother. All the faculty and staff on stage for the ceremony to begin. Soon, Principal Mawdsley shows up and calmly walks to the podium to begin her matriculation speech.
After half an hour, Principal Mawdsley orders everyone to stand up. "And so I declare you call…the class of 2008!".
But before anyone could cheer, the lights go off, and quickly turn on, only for the Principal to be missing.
Fillmore, Ingrid, Joseph, Karen and Ran quickly walk-up to the stage as the students around them panic.
"Where is she?" wondered Ran.
They hear pounding coming from under the stage floor, Ingrid opens the trap door on the floor, to find Principal Mawdsley under the stage floor, looking upset. "About time." was all she said to the teens.
"All I remember is being pushed down the trap door, last time that happened was in 1952, when I was part of the school production of 'Americana'". said Mawdsley to Fillmore, Ingrid, Joseph, Karen and Ran in her office. "The only evidence he left for me was this Guy Fawks mask."
She takes out the mask and hands it over to the group.
Ingrid is shocked, it is the same mask that X wore, the man that still haunts her dreams, the man she was partly responsible in creating.
"It can't be." was all Ingrid was able to see.
"Looks like we have a copy-cat." explained Principal Mawdsley.
Outside on the stairs in front of the school, Ingrid is sitting, just thinking about X.
"Yo, Ingrid, there you are!" said Fillmore running towards her. "Ethan was wondering where you were."
Fillmore sees that Ingrid is sad, he sits down next to her. "What happened with X was not your fault." stated Fillmore.
"Then, how come it feels like it." asked Ingrid.
"Ingrid, we talked about this, and we promised we would move on, enjoy our four years of High School, and graduate." explained Fillmore.
"Yes, but he still haunts my dreams, and everytime I look at my foot, I'm reminded of what happened." said Ingrid, looking at her injured tendon.
"You'll be fine, by the time our Freshman year ends, you'll be healed, and return back to being my partner again." said Fillmore, they both stand up and hug.
"I'll try." was all Ingrid was able to say.
They both walk back inside, beginning the longest four years they'll ever expirence in their lives.
NEXT TIME…
The Company Presidents Daughter
