ACT VI: Cado

It has been a week, a week since Ingrid quit safety patrol and their friendship ended. Principal Folsom punished the safety patrol by cutting its funding in half, meaning half of the officers where let go, leaving only 12 officers, out of an original 24.

During that time, Fillmore has been doing nothing but do paper work, hardly talk to anyone else. The rest of the remaining officers tried to continue on as normal, but has become much tougher to bring law and order to such a large school, crime have increased and the amount of arrests have decreased.

It is a normal Thrusday, and Fillmore is still at his desk doing paper work until a giant scream is heard from Vellejo's office.

"How could she do this!" Tahama screamed from inside Vellejo's office. Danny and Joseph watch the commotion from outside while Fillmore ingores it.

Tahama then pushed open the door, she is very angry. "Without the crime lab how are we going to solve our cases!" she yelled. "If she wants to close down the crime lab, than she just lost another officer, I quit!" she said, she stomps to the door and slams it shut, and then there was 10.

Vellejo comes out of his office and sees the remaining 10 officers, except Fillmore, stare at him. "Get back to work!" he snapped and went back into his office.

Lately, Vellejo came out of his office less often, he only comes out to use the bathroom or get his hot cocoa.

"This is daz." said Danny. Joseph gets annoyed because eventhough Danny used the world 'daz' for a week, it has never caught on. He decides to go over to Fillmore to see how's he doing.

"Hey, Fillmore, how's the paper work?" he asked.

"Just fine Anza" said Fillmore, with no emotion.

Then, the door opens to reveal a boy with mail. He walks to Vellejo's office and knocks on the door.

"What is it?!" snapped Vellejo from inside.

"Letter from Principal Folsom." said the boy. Moments later, Vellejo opens the door and lets him in. He then closes the door.

Joseph goes back to talking with Fillmore. "Listen man, it has been a week and Ingrid is gone, and there's nothing to fix that!" he said. Fillmore is still unresponsive.

Suddenly, they see the mail boy quickly run out the office and out the main door while they hear Vellejo scream. "SHE CAN'T DO THIS ME!"


Joseph knows what that means, Vellejo has been fired as commisioner.

At Ingrid Third's campaign headquarters in the school, Ingrid is overlooking her campaign posters. She is glad, because X has provided her with the room and managed to give her campaining advice. He has sort of become a campaign manager to her.

She managed to learn three more facts about him, first that he is wanted for tagging, second that his father was physically abusive, and finally that he attended boarding school in a far away land.

She looks at the slogan on the poster. "The intelligent maverick." X came up with the slogan, a sort of love-hate relationship has formed between the two.

She then hears someone enter her campaign office, it is Tahama.

"What are you doing here?" Ingrid asked.

"To convince you to come back to safety patrol and quit this campaign!" said Tahama. "Things have been going south of the border since you've been gone, half of the squad is gone, and Vellejo is getting fired!" she said, begging for her to come back.

"I'm sorry, but it is best that I don't come back, trust me." answered Ingrid. "Now get out!"

Tahama couldn't believe this, she walks away, sad that she failed in convincing her to come back.


It is the end of the school day, and Fillmore is still at his desk doing paper work. Vellejo calls him to his office.

Fillmore reluctantly walks to Vellejo's office and sees Vellejo packing his things.

"What's going on?" asked Fillmore.

"Wow, you where really into that paper work." said Vellejo, surprised that he didn't hear him scream. "Principal Folsom fired me."

"Why?" asked Fillmore.

"She's the principal, she can fire any student without a reason, which is why I'm naming you commisoner." stated Vellejo.

"Why me?" Fillmore asked.

"Because you're the only remaining hope safety patrol has of surviving." he said. With that, he picks up his box of things and walks out, leaving Fillmore alone in his new office.


It sunset, and Joseph is walking home byhimself. For the past week, he's been thinking about the man he saw at the reptile convention, he still can't decide if he's real or just a figment of his imagination. Along the way he reaches the playground at the park. He always goes there to think, especially on the swings. He walks towards the swings but sees somethings on one of the swings, he walks towards it and sees that it's a Guy Fawkes mask, the same that man wore. Suddenly, his vision goes black.


The next day, it is election day in X Middle School, all 12 seats of the senete are up for grabs and according to polls, about half of them will be re-elected. Fillmore enters the safety patrol offices, this time wearing a dress shirt, dress pants and clip-on tie. He then sees 7 safety patrol offices plus Danny.

"Reporting for duty commisoner Fillmore." said Danny, saluting him.

"Where's Anza." said Fillmore, seeing that he's not here.

"I don't know, but today Van Ness will be visiting here from the High School." stated Danny.

"Good, get back to work and let me now once Van Ness is here." said Fillmore, going into his office.


At the main office, a student aid is manning the front desk, until she sees a handsome, rugged 18-year-old, dressed in a leather jacket and jeans walk into the office.

"Hey hot-stuff, my name is Mac Van Ness, commisoner of the X High School safety patrol, do you mind telling me where the safety patroll HQ is?" said Mac to the 13-year-old student aid.

The student aid blushes, "Its located down the hall and to your left, there is a door that says 'safety patroll', you can't miss it."

"Thank you." Mac takes her hand kisses it. He then walks out and picks up his bass guitar case. The student aid squeals.


Joseph wakes up in a dark room, the room is dank and humid, but could not see a thing. He then hears someone walk towards him.

"Hello Anza." said a distorted voice.

"Who are you?" asked Joseph, looking around trying to see the man. Then the man throws him the Guy Fawkes mask and lands on his lap, he then finds out that he is bound to the chair.

"My name is X, and I'm an anarchist." said X.


In another location, a group of cheerleaders are preparing the energy drink for the football players for tonights football game.

"Why are we poisoing the drink with Thallium?" asked one cheerleader.

"Because X told us to!" said the head cheerleader. "Seeing as I'm the fourth smartest, and seeing as both Columbia and Fenchurch are in the hospital, there is no way I'm letting him down!"

"But wouldn't kill anyone that drinks from this?"

"Don't worry, X provided us with Prussian Blue from the art department, if we accidently drink from this, all we need is take this stuff and we'll be fine." said the head cheerleader showing off a vile of a blueish powder.

They finish preparing the drink and leave the room. It is going to be an intresting football game.


*sorry for the wait, i have a busy schedule. Next chapter coming up soon.