Prologue
Hazel entered her science room with her blue bag slung over her shoulder, she despised science mainly because of how she struggled to figure out what on earth was going on. The only good part about was the fact that she sat next to Kat Smith who was not only a science whiz but her best and only friend, Hazel had traveled all the way from America with her family to London although she still had her accent she felt like her home was truly here. She went to sit next to Kat who as per usual was wearing her black hoodie and skinny jeans not to mention her typical beanie, most called her emo or goth but to Kat it was just her normal style.
"Hey Hazel," Kat greeted her as she took her seat, "how's it going?"
"Okay other than the fact we're in science!" Hazel replied with a childish grin on her face.
"Oh well we've got a subsitute today!" Kat pointed to the nervous women whom was quite small standing at the front who looked about eighteen.
"Hello class umm my name is Miss Johnson," the short teacher at the front muttered so quietly that Hazel was leaning over her desk just to catch a snippet of what she was saying. "I've been given some information on what to do for an experiment." Hazel found this quite peculiar as usually when we had a substitute we were not allowed to do any type of experiment. The teacher began to hand out sheets that had the instructions on what to do while attempting to balance about five bottles of a chemical which was labeled 'CHEMICAL X,' it was a kind of inky red colour which possessed two stickers. One was a picture of skulls and bones and the other, a fire.
"Kat this isn't right?" Hazel whispered to her smart friend, "She doesn't look qualified to teach let alone let us perform an experiment!" Kat didn't respond but her face darkened, not many times had Kat looked worried but when she did there was always something wrong. Kat once got worried of a smoking engine when Hazel and her were going on school trip in a coach even though she had been reassured that was nothing wrong, then halfway through the journey the coach broke down and since then i've always trusted her.
"Okay class you can begin your experiment," Miss Johnson announced, at first no one moved but then one boy that Hazel didn't know him nor his name stood up along with his lab partner and began to collect their chemical bottles and went to fetch their safety goggles.
"Wait where are the Safety goggles?" The boy questioned, the teacher just shrugged in reply.
About 5 minutes later everyone was starting the experiment which was mixing a liquid called chlorine and another liquid which not even Kat could name. Miss Johnson was on the laptop, from what it looked liked from Hazel's point of view, surfing facebook. Sighing she turned her attention back to the experiment her and Kat were performing, Kat was mixing the two fluids together taking great care not spill any on the countertop.
"Um Kat," Hazel stuttered, "I have a bad feeling about this." Hazel only knew one thing right now and that was she could talk to Kat.
"So do I," Kat agreed in a hushed tone so not to alert miss that they were talking about her. Usually a teacher or something would have checked if they were doing the experiment correctly which they usually were, however people like Lindsay wasn't the brightest human alive. Hazel once again Hazel wasn't excellent the best at science but at least she knew how to wear a pair of safety glasses. "Hazel can you just grab this for me," Kat held out a glass to her she clutched it in her hands but then Miss Johnson stood up.
"I'm just going to the science office to continue," She headed towards the door but then Hazel spotted a tattoo on her it read H…
"HYDRA," Hazel's eyes widened in fear, she had read many stories about this evil company. "Umm Kat?" Hazel turned to her friend.
"Uhh yeah?" Kat replied while focusing her concentration on her experiment.
"Miss Johnson had a tattoo…" Hazel was cut of by a sound of shattering glass and a thud. Some kid had dropped a bunsen burner onto the floor with the chemical named Chemical X, Hazel swallowed, the chemical labelled as highly flammable and with no teacher in the room to supervise and sort out the problem quickly and neatly without panic. Hazel realised that she wasn't the only one who knew what the outcome would be, kids began to run about in panic and tripped over each other to reach the door only to reach it to find out it's been locked. Kids began to cry and Lindsay was so upset that she knocked over another two bottles and a bunsen burner.
"Everyone shut up!" A voice yelled over the caterwaul occurring in the classroom, hazel sighed in relief, it was Kat. "Stop panicking! We're not gonna die!" She stared at the people surrounding her, "Hey you!" She called over to a short boy with bright red hair, "You got your phone?" He nodded, "Call 999!" He quickly trotted over to his bag where he pulled out a slim phone and began to dial a number. Unexpectedly Lindsay strode over to Kat and pushed her into a growing fire where she stumbled and hit a counter top. Soon enough the flame grew till it rose above Hazels head and left kat completely unable to escape, the class gaped at Lindsay in shock who looked a little guilty.
"The fire brigade are on there way!" The red haired boy shouted over to us. The smoke began to to cloud over the room.
"Everyone!" Kat spluttered "Keep your mouths covered and make sure the smoke doesn't get…" She coughed, "Into your lungs." She finished her sentence in a hoarse voice. Hazel ran into the corner with the rest of the class and shut her eyes covered her mouth with her sleeve, the rest of the class followed her example and copied her. What happened next was a blur, at first there was only the sound of crackling flames but then a piercing scream shook the air followed by a smashed bottle. Hazel could feel the tears run down her cheeks when she realised the scream had came from Kat, then there was a bang and she heard heavy boots hit the floor.
"There all in here!" A gruff voice spoke, "Everyone keep their eyes shut and airways covered!"
"Sir" A small voice a uttered "There's a kid behind this fire with a broken bottle of chemicals next to her and one of her eyes is red. It didn't take long for hazel to figure out what had happened, the chemical must have spilt into Kat's eye and smashed onto the ground, she felt her whole body freeze when she thought of the possibilities that could happen to her best friend. She felt someone grab her shoulder, pull her up then usher her out of the classroom.
Once Hazel had reached the corridor she turned around and saw her bestfriend being carried by two firemen. Her whole body tense, tears rolling down her face, one eye closed and puffy. Hazel didn't want this for her friend, the only person who had stood by her when all was wrong. Kat saw her looking at her and smiled a smile that comforted Hazel a lot knowing Kat was still Kat.
"do you know her?" the young fireman next to her asked.
"Yes," Hazel, "She's the strongest person i've ever known." The fireman smiled at her, "she knew what to do when all of us were afraid, without her we wouldn't be here."
