Chapter 2 ~ Daz's Point Of View ~ The Mysterious Disappearances
It was a regular day at school. As usual, I slept in and had to literally chuck myself out of my bed. I remembered what I saw yesterday, and I suddenly became paralyzed with fear. I vaguely remembered the shape of the strange creature, and it was….Almost Martian, Lianne thought. Shaking my head, I limped towards the bathroom, twisted the tap in the sink, and cupped my hands with water. Hesitating, I thrown the freezing cold liquid over my face, and my eyes slid wide open at once. Feeling better, I crept downstairs and got changed. I fiddled with my tie a lot, but eventually there was a perfect knot. After I finished the regular day-to-day norms, I walked to school, half-heaving my feet across the floor.
When I got into school, I immediately met up with the "crew" As usual, they were studying in the library. When I tapped Lianne on the back, she span around with incredible pace. "Hi" she said, inspecting me. "So, what's that you're trying to hide from me?" I asked, noticing the paper she was stuffing into her bag. "Oh, nothing. Just a drawing I finished last night. That's all" she replied, shaking slightly. I laughed, then said, "That was no drawing. That was the local newspaper. What's wrong? Another disappearance? " I saw the look on her face, then gasped. "Who? Anyone we know? Tell me!" I begged. She looked away and cried. "Ash…" my other friend, Nina, mumbled. She burst into tears too, and I decided to comfort both of them. A tear dropped down my cheek and into Lianne's sleek, black hair, and I suddenly felt the urge to act the hero, to find out what really happened. At that moment, the bell rang, and caused me to leap backwards, startled. I raced onwards, tears dripping down from my face, and I slid around the corner, zooming down to French.
I leapt into the classroom, and my teacher welcomed me. But once he looked up from his lesson planning, he instantly saw my face and took me to the cooler, followed by Lianne, Nina and Ash's best friend, Charlie. We explained why we was in this state, and he understood at once. Strangely, he didn't hear about any of the disappearances, but I thought I heard him mumble under his breath, "They're doing it, like they said they would. The kids are doomed" I glanced at him, but he just looked away, absent-mindedly. Nina seemed to hear it too, as she asked "Who's doing what? Is it linked to the disappearances, sir?" The teacher immediately stormed out, and shouted behind his back, "Come back when you've calmed down, please." As soon as he shut the door with a slam, I whispered to Lianne, "He knows something. I can tell. Hang on a minute…Oh my….The creature we saw in the window! What if the owner has become psychotic and…and….No, it can't be. That creature was indoors, it couldn't have got Ash and the other missing kids…What's going on?" Lianne just looked at me, slightly puzzled, and she stood up, walking over to the laptop. Suddenly, Charlie said, "I wouldn't -sniff- Do tha-that if I were y-y-you." Lianne looked back, and Charlie stopped talking. She frowned, turned on the laptop and hacked into the staff account. From my angle, it appeared she was looking at the local council's website for some sort of explanation of the disappearances. She said to Charlie, "Our friend, Ash, was being watched by a boy around 14. Apparently.." But suddenly, Mrs. Toujars-Gemir, the Head Of French, came in and screamed at Lianne, causing the class next door to stop their test at once.
"She didn't mean to, headmaster." I pleaded, trying to use puppy-eyes on the head teacher. It failed, as she shouted, "Oh yeah? I bet you lot was involved as well! For hacking into the staff account, that'll be….6 months worth of 15-minute detentions every day, and a criminal record when you leave school!"
"But….But…." I tried to explain, but all I got was a snappy, "NO BUTS, MR. SMARTYPANTS!" That was it. I lost my temper, picked up my chair and hurtled it at the giant window to the left of me. The result? A massive smash, and it sounded like a car below got smashed up too. However, it did cause me to get expelled.
1 Week Later….
I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. Nothing could stop me from reaching Lianne's house. My discovery was amazing, and it was almost certainly linked to the disappearances. Once I reached the door, I knocked on it rather hard, and Lianne's sister, Samantha, opened it. "Is Lianne there?" I asked politely. "Yeah, she's here." Samantha replied, even more politely. Lianne came rushing down the stairs, and something seemed very wrong indeed. "Why are you holding that bag? What's inside it?" I said, looking oddly at it. Lianne broke down in tears, and howled, "It's the only thing the police found near the place where Ash reportedly went missing. Inside it is some sort of sludge." "Well, I think I've got this disappearance figured out" I said in response. "There's been a rumour that a boy named Dale is involved, and the disappearance was not meant to be Ash. It was meant to be me."
