Chapter 2
Casey, Stan, Stokes, Rayne, and Delilah stood in the science room, around the aquarium that once held the unknown organism.
"It all started yesterday, when I found this thing, this new species." Casey started.
"Which is now missing," Stokes continued. Stan shrugged, as if saying, 'Yea, and your point is.?"
"We think aliens are taking over our school," Rayne said,
"Yea, right," he said.
"You saw what Brummel did in the shower." Casey said.
"We found a dead body in the closet." Delilah said.
"They've been calling students into the office all day. Students with the most influence on us.including the new team captain," Stokes said, looking at Stan.
"Looks like you picked the right week to quit football," Delilah said. Rayne nodded.
"Gimme a freakin' break." Rayne dropped down, looking at the water, trying to find something, anything, that would let her know there weren't aliens in the building. They hung around in silence for a few minutes. When the others did start talking, she didn't pick up on it right away.
"C'mon guys, a.this is nuts," Stan said.
"Then leave, Stan, why are you hanging around? Go win a Pulitzer," Delilah said.
"Back off, Delilah, I'm sick of your shit," he said.
"Yea, then get the hell outta here and take your little freak dog with you," she said.
"Fuck you, dirt bag," Stokes said. Rayne stood up.
"Everybody stop it."
"Okay, Casey, let's go with your alien theory here for a minute. Why here? Why Ohio?" Stan asked.
"If you were going to take over the Earth, would you blow up the White House, Independence Day style, or sneak in through the back door?" Rayne asked, leaning over the aquarium. Suddenly, the door burst open, and Zeke slipped him, grabbing his stomach, with a scream. Mary Beth walked in behind him. Everyone jumped and turned to face him.
"Casey.man the only person in this school who's an alien is you."
"Zeke, don't." Rayne said.
"What's going on here? Shouldn't you people be in class?" Mr. Furlong asked, appearing behind them, by the board, out of nowhere.
"Well, it's like this, Mr. Furlong.Casey here thinks.you're an alien."
"Hph.really." he said, walking to the door and pulling down the shade.
"The whole faculty, actually," Stan said.
"Is that true?" he asked. He turned around. "Casey?"
"The thing I found yesterday.where is it?" Casey asked.
"I sent it to the university," he replied, hands behind his back.
"Do they know what it is?" Stokes asked. Mr. Furlong shrugged.
"Look, sorry to impose and disrupt, Mr. Furlong, but." Furlong grabbed Zeke's arm, stopping him.
"If you'll kindly take your seats this will be over quite quickly. Now sit down!" He shoved Zeke, knocking him over the table and onto the floor. Casey made a dash for the door, but Furlong grabbed him by the throat. Delilah made a run, too, but Furlong shoved her over the table, too. Zeke hopped up, and lifted the blade on the paper cutter. Slamming his foot on the board, he pulled until the blade broke off. He walked over to Furlong.
"Let him down now, Furlong." he said, holding up the blade.
"This is for the best, Zeke." He shoved Casey back into Stan, knocking them both to the ground. Furlong turned, and Zeke knocked his fingers off. They hit the floor.and they started to crawl away. Furlong knocked Zeke to the table, and hit the blade to the ground. Red ropes flew from where his fingers were, like the ones that came from the organism the day before. He held Zeke down with one hand, and raised the other, mangled one in the air. He opened his mouth, and a similar organism started crawling out. Zeke popped the lid off one of his scat pens, turned it, and jammed it into Furlong's eye. The organism dropped, and Furlong stumbled backwards. Zeke kicked Furlong into a wall, leapt up, and knocked the thing to the ground. The fingers crawled around, and the others scrambled to keep them off. The teacher slammed his hand into Zeke, knocking him over another table, this time sending him through the aquarium, shattering it and sending water everywhere. Rayne ran over to see if he was alright. Zeke pulled another pen from his pocket and pushed himself up, but froze, his eyes wide. Furlong started stumbling backwards, tripped and fell behind the table as some white, pussy substance started oozing from his eye.
Stan ran around, and picked up the blade.
"Zeke," he said. Zeke turned and caught it as Stan tossed it. Everyone slowly made there way over to the table. Furlong laid on the ground, surrounded by the white substance. The bell rang.
"Geez."
"This is usually the point where someone says lets get the fuck outta here," Rayne said.
"Let's get the fuck outta here," Stan said. Rayne started over.
"Aliens are taking over the fuckin' school.jeez.." Stan mumbled. Zeke looked up.
"And I got proof," Casey said, tightening the lid on the jar holding an organism. Rayne dropped her eyes, and stopped when Stan stopped at the door.
"Alright, everybody, here's the deal," he started, turning away from the window. "We're heading.*gulp*.straight for the parking lot. Pull it together, and mainly stay calm." Stan pulled open the door, and they headed out: Stan first, followed by Stokely, Casey, Delilah, Rayne, Mary Beth, and Zeke. As they walked through the halls, everyone turned and looked at them. The seven kids looked into a classroom on their right: every student wanting to answer the question, most of them being football players. Not usual in that building. They went through the front doors, down the steps, and started down the walk to the lot. They now stood in pairs: Stan and Rayne in front, Stokes and Casey behind them, Delilah and Mary Beth following, and Zeke bringing up the rear. Rayne's ears perked up when she heard a disembodied voice:
"Stoke.ly." She turned her head, looking at Stokes, but kept walking. Her heart began to pound.she never thought this would happen.
They walked up to Zeke's car.
"Where're we goin?" Casey asked.
"Anywhere but here," Rayne replied. Mary Beth, Casey, Delilah, and Stokes smashed into the backseat, while Zeke got in the driver's seat, and Rayne squeezed into the center. Stan looked over as the football team walked up.
"Hey, Stan.where you going, buddy?"
"Uh.we're going to."
"Stan, get in the car."
"Come on, Stan, hurry up, get in the car," Zeke said.
"Sure you don't wanna play with us?" he asked.
"No thanks, Gabe," Stan said, closing the door as he got in the car. Zeke pushed the gas, and they took off out of the parking lot.
Casey, Stan, Stokes, Rayne, and Delilah stood in the science room, around the aquarium that once held the unknown organism.
"It all started yesterday, when I found this thing, this new species." Casey started.
"Which is now missing," Stokes continued. Stan shrugged, as if saying, 'Yea, and your point is.?"
"We think aliens are taking over our school," Rayne said,
"Yea, right," he said.
"You saw what Brummel did in the shower." Casey said.
"We found a dead body in the closet." Delilah said.
"They've been calling students into the office all day. Students with the most influence on us.including the new team captain," Stokes said, looking at Stan.
"Looks like you picked the right week to quit football," Delilah said. Rayne nodded.
"Gimme a freakin' break." Rayne dropped down, looking at the water, trying to find something, anything, that would let her know there weren't aliens in the building. They hung around in silence for a few minutes. When the others did start talking, she didn't pick up on it right away.
"C'mon guys, a.this is nuts," Stan said.
"Then leave, Stan, why are you hanging around? Go win a Pulitzer," Delilah said.
"Back off, Delilah, I'm sick of your shit," he said.
"Yea, then get the hell outta here and take your little freak dog with you," she said.
"Fuck you, dirt bag," Stokes said. Rayne stood up.
"Everybody stop it."
"Okay, Casey, let's go with your alien theory here for a minute. Why here? Why Ohio?" Stan asked.
"If you were going to take over the Earth, would you blow up the White House, Independence Day style, or sneak in through the back door?" Rayne asked, leaning over the aquarium. Suddenly, the door burst open, and Zeke slipped him, grabbing his stomach, with a scream. Mary Beth walked in behind him. Everyone jumped and turned to face him.
"Casey.man the only person in this school who's an alien is you."
"Zeke, don't." Rayne said.
"What's going on here? Shouldn't you people be in class?" Mr. Furlong asked, appearing behind them, by the board, out of nowhere.
"Well, it's like this, Mr. Furlong.Casey here thinks.you're an alien."
"Hph.really." he said, walking to the door and pulling down the shade.
"The whole faculty, actually," Stan said.
"Is that true?" he asked. He turned around. "Casey?"
"The thing I found yesterday.where is it?" Casey asked.
"I sent it to the university," he replied, hands behind his back.
"Do they know what it is?" Stokes asked. Mr. Furlong shrugged.
"Look, sorry to impose and disrupt, Mr. Furlong, but." Furlong grabbed Zeke's arm, stopping him.
"If you'll kindly take your seats this will be over quite quickly. Now sit down!" He shoved Zeke, knocking him over the table and onto the floor. Casey made a dash for the door, but Furlong grabbed him by the throat. Delilah made a run, too, but Furlong shoved her over the table, too. Zeke hopped up, and lifted the blade on the paper cutter. Slamming his foot on the board, he pulled until the blade broke off. He walked over to Furlong.
"Let him down now, Furlong." he said, holding up the blade.
"This is for the best, Zeke." He shoved Casey back into Stan, knocking them both to the ground. Furlong turned, and Zeke knocked his fingers off. They hit the floor.and they started to crawl away. Furlong knocked Zeke to the table, and hit the blade to the ground. Red ropes flew from where his fingers were, like the ones that came from the organism the day before. He held Zeke down with one hand, and raised the other, mangled one in the air. He opened his mouth, and a similar organism started crawling out. Zeke popped the lid off one of his scat pens, turned it, and jammed it into Furlong's eye. The organism dropped, and Furlong stumbled backwards. Zeke kicked Furlong into a wall, leapt up, and knocked the thing to the ground. The fingers crawled around, and the others scrambled to keep them off. The teacher slammed his hand into Zeke, knocking him over another table, this time sending him through the aquarium, shattering it and sending water everywhere. Rayne ran over to see if he was alright. Zeke pulled another pen from his pocket and pushed himself up, but froze, his eyes wide. Furlong started stumbling backwards, tripped and fell behind the table as some white, pussy substance started oozing from his eye.
Stan ran around, and picked up the blade.
"Zeke," he said. Zeke turned and caught it as Stan tossed it. Everyone slowly made there way over to the table. Furlong laid on the ground, surrounded by the white substance. The bell rang.
"Geez."
"This is usually the point where someone says lets get the fuck outta here," Rayne said.
"Let's get the fuck outta here," Stan said. Rayne started over.
"Aliens are taking over the fuckin' school.jeez.." Stan mumbled. Zeke looked up.
"And I got proof," Casey said, tightening the lid on the jar holding an organism. Rayne dropped her eyes, and stopped when Stan stopped at the door.
"Alright, everybody, here's the deal," he started, turning away from the window. "We're heading.*gulp*.straight for the parking lot. Pull it together, and mainly stay calm." Stan pulled open the door, and they headed out: Stan first, followed by Stokely, Casey, Delilah, Rayne, Mary Beth, and Zeke. As they walked through the halls, everyone turned and looked at them. The seven kids looked into a classroom on their right: every student wanting to answer the question, most of them being football players. Not usual in that building. They went through the front doors, down the steps, and started down the walk to the lot. They now stood in pairs: Stan and Rayne in front, Stokes and Casey behind them, Delilah and Mary Beth following, and Zeke bringing up the rear. Rayne's ears perked up when she heard a disembodied voice:
"Stoke.ly." She turned her head, looking at Stokes, but kept walking. Her heart began to pound.she never thought this would happen.
They walked up to Zeke's car.
"Where're we goin?" Casey asked.
"Anywhere but here," Rayne replied. Mary Beth, Casey, Delilah, and Stokes smashed into the backseat, while Zeke got in the driver's seat, and Rayne squeezed into the center. Stan looked over as the football team walked up.
"Hey, Stan.where you going, buddy?"
"Uh.we're going to."
"Stan, get in the car."
"Come on, Stan, hurry up, get in the car," Zeke said.
"Sure you don't wanna play with us?" he asked.
"No thanks, Gabe," Stan said, closing the door as he got in the car. Zeke pushed the gas, and they took off out of the parking lot.
