Hello! Exams are over…and have been over for a while but I haven't been feeling this fic so much, I gave it a try and well, you guys be the judge!
"Are you insane?!" Alex whispered as loudly as he dared. "You want me to play Hendrix?" He elbowed Hex in the ribs to get his attention as the boy was peering through the darkness to see what Paulo was doing.
"How long have you been playing the guitar for?" Hex asked in a bored voice.
"Since I was seven- but that's beside the point!" Alex looked around to make sure no one was coming. A few minutes after the incident outside the girls' room, Hex had somehow managed to access blueprints of the camp and they had used them as a map to get here. They were outside what the blueprint called "Wavelength Centre," but it was too dark to see what the sign said so they had to guess they were right. They couldn't bring any torches with them or they'd get caught for sure so Paulo worked in almost complete darkness to unlock on the door and Hex was shutting down any alarm system they had. The doors were automatic and luckily their controls were in the same place as the alarm system; to the left of the doors in a small black bow that was fasted to the side of the building. Quite how Hex could manage to evade a security system, Alex did not know, he did know one thing however. "If we get caught-"
"Look, Alex," Paulo turned to him and pointed a screwdriver around Hex in an almost threatening manner, "I've just met you and I like you." He jabbed the screwdriver in Alex's direction and the boy jumped, "let's keep things that way." The Hispanic boy went back to work, leaving Alex to worry in silence. Inside the building were the amps Alex needed for his guitar, and at first he'd been all up for going to get them and complete Hex's plan, but now, in the darkness, outside the Wavelength Centre, he wasn't so sure. "Damn," Paulo said loudly and the others turned to him, Hex directed the light of his palmtop at the boy.
"What is it?" Hex asked.
"I need more light!" Paulo sounded irritated suddenly but soon lost it and his lazy self came back. "Just give me a minute." He muttered and went back to work. Alex was about to take another look around when he felt something hit his left shoulder lightly.
"Well, well, well." A smooth, female voice with an accent that was difficult to pinpoint, said and the three boys froze. "What do we have here?" Alex felt whatever was on his shoulder, travel down his back and leave him. He shivered; he couldn't tell what it was exactly but he could sense it was heavy and long. Hex was next to experience the strange sensation; it would have been soothing had it not been from a stranger in the darkness. And then Paulo who smirked slightly; he could tell from her voice, the weapon and her actions at lest three things: 1. she was their age, 2. she was pretty and 3. she had talent with a sword. He sighed, sometimes his talents went to waste. "Speak your names gentlemen, it may be the last time you say them." The boys were about to answer when they realised something; who the hell was she, to tell them what to do? The three stood up slowly and as they did they realised another thing; there were three of them and one of her, why were they so scared? They turned to her slowly and found that they could hardly see her in the darkness. Hex held up his palmtop to her and she shielded her eyes from the sudden glare. Paulo grinned; he had been right. The girl stood in all black with no light in her hand which impressed Alex because it meant she'd got here without making a noise in complete darkness. She had olive coloured skin and the brightest hazel eyes Hex had ever seen; catlike they were almost. She had dark brown hair that she'd put up roughly into a bun but one thing she had not thought about, Paulo noticed, she was wearing perfume, it would give her away easily…so why hadn't he noticed it until now? In regards to the sword prediction he was spot on, the girl had with her a bokken. Alex recognised it instantly as he, from a young age, had a fascination with weapons. She saw him eyeing it eagerly and drew it closer to herself. A bokken was a wooden sword, in this case shaped as a katana, or Samuri sword, used for training; Alex had never seen one in real life before. Now that they were looking at each other and the girl's cat-like eyes slowly scanned them all, they could see she was just as confident as she sounded and stood as though ready for combat.
"Easy," Paulo said, holding up his hands and for some reason Hex and Alex were reminded of how you'd treat an animal, a horse perhaps.
"I asked your names." She said again.
"Paulo Vasques." Paulo pointed to himself, "Hex Brown," he patted Hex shoulder before pointing to Alex, "Alex Craig." The girl smiled at them almost mockingly.
"Now, we've introduced ourselves," Alex said, taking a step forwards, "why don't you tell us your name?" He was about to take another step but the girl quickly brought her bokken up to his neck. It wasn't a blade, it could do no major harm but the speed in which she had reacted shocked Alex and so he remained motionless. She looked him up and down before responding.
"Razor." There was a moment of silence. Alex, Paulo and Hex laughed and she blushed.
"Try your real name." Hex suggested and she scowled.
"And I suppose Hex is simply a modern name I haven't heard of?" The smile on Hex face was gone and eventually Alex and Paulo stopped smiling. They turned to him.
"Actually," Alex said slowly, "what is your real name?" Hex opened his mouth to speak to Alex but then changed his mind.
"What's your full name?" Hex asked, changing the subject and for the first time the girl's face softened.
"Why my full name?" She asked, still sounding a little suspicious of them.
"Because I'd like to look you up in the phonebook." Hex said and she smiled.
"Camille Violet bint Farisal-Zarqa'. " She said quickly and the boys looked at each other with raised eyebrows.
"That's quite a name." Alex commented to fill the silence.
"My dad's Arab, my mum's French." She explained with a shrug and lowered her weapon wearily. "Look, I don't know what you're doing here but if the Angels catch you-"
"What're the Angels?" Hex asked, suddenly worried.
"They're the guys that patrol the camp at night." She replied and brought her bokken back so she could lean against it.
"Why're the called Angels?" Alex asked and Camille blushed, suddenly she looked very hot.
"Because they're angels." She said quietly.
"What they're divine creatures?" Hex began, "a benevolent celestial being-"
"They're clients of prostitutes," she said (A/N: colloquial term for this is an angel…I have no idea why!) and the boys drew back from her slightly. There was a moment of silence in which they looked at her with scrutiny.
"I did not see that coming." Alex said.
"Me either," Hex added and the boys began conversation into why they were called angels and the fact that the girl knew this.
"Listen," Camille muttered but no one was listening, "listen!" She said a little louder and the boys stopped talking. "If the angels find you," she looked around Hex to see the open black box, "breaking into the Wavelength, you guys are going to get thrown out." She said sternly and the boys contemplated.
"So maybe," Paulo said smoothly and Hex noticed he exaggerated his accent, "you could keep look out?" He asked and walked up to her, she looked up at him with a raised eyebrow as he placed a hand on her arm. She laughed and pushed him away.
"Don't even try," she said and looked to the other two, "well I can't get you to leave, but I'm just warning you. You don't want to get caught by those guys." She said and turned away from them.
"Wait," Alex called to her and she stopped walking but did not turn around, "will we see you again?" Hex and Paulo looked at each other; Alex never seemed the type to be so forward.
"Of course," she cocked her head back to them, "I'm just another kid at this camp. I'll see you around, Craig." She held up a hand to say goodbye before walking into the darkness. Alex sighed and looked back to the other two.
"What?" He said as he noticed their looks.
"Alex if you wanted a minute or two with her," Hex began and Alex hit his arm.
"I wanted to ask her about her bokken!" He protested and rounded on Paulo as he sniggered. Paulo straightened his face and nodded sagely.
"Ah, her sword." He said and Alex nodded, "you know Alex you could've asked me." Alex looked to him, "I've got a pretty big sword," he sniggered and Hex laughed too.
"Let's just do this." Alex said and the three turned back to the Wavelength to continue with their break in.
---5 a.m.---
"You ready?" Hex asked Alex and the boy nodded, positioning his guitar on his knee. The three boys were crouched by their door inside their room, they'd hooked everything up and were ready to go. "You ready?" Hex asked Paulo who grinned before handing out earmuffs to them both. They all placed the earmuffs on; there was about to be a very loud wake up call for the girls. Alex took a deep breath, he'd never be as good as Hendrix but at least he could give it a try. He struck the first note.
Amber woke with a jump and immediately clamped her hands on her ears. She sat up straight in the bed and directly opposite her saw a terrified looking Li. Other girls in the room had pillows against their ears and were shouting to one another. Amber said nothing, she glanced to her clock; 5.01 am. She shouted some random swear words before standing up on her bed. Li was shouting something at her.
"WHAT?!" Amber screamed above the noise even though they still held their hands against their ears. Li shouted something but all she heard were the words star and anthem. Amber closed her eyes and found she could hear more clearly. The sound, an electric guitar…it was the American National Anthem…but messed up. Amber turned to their door and knew immediately who it was. She gathered up all her courage to take her hands away from her ears; the sound was so loud she was sure she'd be deafened, but she was determined not to show them any sign of weakness. She walked up to the door and opened it sharply before freezing. The Hispanic boy and the geek were stood in front of their door with their hands on their chests; Hex even had the audacity to wipe a tear of joy from his cheek. Amber smiled at them sweetly and they saluted her as she too, in her night clothes, put a hand to her heart and at the top of her voice screamed:
"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming." She shouted the words of the anthem at them and they smiled at her and were about to join in when the sound was cut suddenly. "WHOSE BROAD STRIPES-" Amber stopped as everyone began laughing at her for she had carried on when the music had stopped. They looked around for the source of the music stopping and Alex came out of the room with a sly smile.
"What's…shit." He whispered and the other four (now Li had joined Amber at the door) looked to the place Alex was staring to, down the corridor.
"Shit indeed, Mr Craig." A man, in a military uniform appraised the teenagers. He inhaled deeply and they could hear the breath rattling in his lungs. He was so old yet frightening that the five suddenly feared for their lives; he looked like the kind of man that would whip you for insolence. "Well done," his accent was British, "you five have just volunteered yourselves to help out with the festivities going on today," he said in an overly happy voice, evidently the festivities were not celebratory. "Mr Craig, you haven't even had an induction meeting," he said sadly and Alex blushed, "as for the rest of you," he seemed to grow in size as he got angrier, a vein in his temple expanded and pulsed as though ready to explode. "I have never, in all my years here seen such…" he searched for the right word, "INSUBORDINATION!" He shouted at them and sprayed their faces with spit. "You will report to my office after breakfast to receive full details of your punishment." He could barely contain his anger as he clenched his hands into fists and towered above them, a thunderous look crossed his face. He continued to shout random abuse at them in such an angry tone that the words slurred into one another and he made no sense, it would have been funny had it not been for the fact that they were so terrified. "CRAIG?"
"Sir?" Alex stood to attention.
"You will take Miss Razor's contact number in order to organise today's activity and find out the agenda for today." The man looked directly at Alex and the boy gulped. "IS THAT CLEAR?"
"Ye…wait- Razor?" Alex asked, just realising what the man said and from behind the ageing man, the girl with too long a name peered over to Alex. She saluted him and he stared at her open mouthed.
"Razor?" The man shouted without realising she was just behind him and turned to her.
"Sir?" She stood to attention, properly, the others noticed, with the salute and all.
"Sort this filth out!" He screamed again and she nodded.
"Of course Sir." As she said this he took one last moment to glare at the other five kids before leaving. Camille watched him go and looked back to the five behind her, she turned and looked them up and down. One glance at Amber and she could tell what kind of girl she was, Li took a bit more time until she smiled and the boys, well, they'd already met. They all stared at each other for a minute before she laughed. "Idiots," she muttered, before looking at Alex, "here," she handed him a mobile phone, "take this, it already has my number in it." He tried to say thanks but it came out as a weird grunt. "Right," she said and looked to the girls, "get this cleared up," she said before turning away. "I'll phone you later Alex." They watched her walk away.
"Why do you think she's going to phone me?" Alex asked and Paulo whistled.
"Maybe she wants to know how long your bokken is." He muttered and Hex laughed. The girls simply rolled their eyes and shared a look that clearly said one word; men.
"I heard that." Camille shouted from down the corridor.
Ok, Ok, so still not much is being explained I know but it'll happen next chap when Razor (lol at that name) (lol at me for thinking of it…you'll find out why she's called that later as well) and Alex get together. I mean for a meeting not..,.get together, if you catch my drift. Caught it? Good?
Sorry, this chapter didn't quite turn out how I wanted it but I'll try harder next time…PROMISE.
Btw, the song Alex plays is AMAZING. It's Hendrix playing star spangled banner but he plays it in a way that interrupts the melody to make the sound of planes and falling bombs etc. You can find it on youtube! Check it out!
Ok, I really need to stop writing so much!
Reviews appreciated!
