Sooooo, no one really commented on my last chapter. That makes me sad. So, no one really told me if they prefer Hector x Lyn or Hector x Florina. Anyway, please enjoy the next chapter. Wheeee!

The gym had finally become quiet.

Outside the rain still poured down, but it was no longer flashing lightning and thunder. The girls had finally gone quiet, and all major problems – aka Sain – had been removed from the room, and was currently locked in the bathroom, which was being guarded by Raven. Legault and Isadora were somewhere up on the stage, out of sight and out of mind. For the most part, the girls were sleeping on the right side of the room, huddled around each other, sharing coats as blankets and pillows; while the boys on the other side of the room were spread out, occupying multiple chairs as beds. The only sounds were the distant drumming of the rain and the breathing/snoring of the tired and frustrated actors.

Hector lay awake, staring at the ceiling he couldn't see in the darkened room. He couldn't sleep, and he couldn't get comfortable. Finally he got up and tried to make his way out of the gym, hitting several things along the way, including six chairs and accidentally kicking Eliwood. He winced as the gym doors squealed open and slammed shut behind him, although it didn't sound like anyone woke up. With a sigh, Hector went to the front doors of the school and mournfully looked out the windows. The rain had eased up, but the road was still washed out. Hector banged his head softly against the metal door frame – he felt more like he was in a prison than a school.

Depressed, he turned away from the front doors and decided to wander the school and see if he could find a better place to sleep than the too-dark gym. His footsteps seemed too loud in the empty and desolate halls, making him feel worse than ever. Looking for a place to sleep would be a lot easier to do if he could see where he was going, Hector decided as he walked into the water fountain and then tripped into the wall. Lying on the floor he fought the urge to yell. He really just wanted to go home, sleep in his own bed, get this damn play over with. Why had he signed up for this again?

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Lyn also lay awake, listening to Hector swear his way out of the gym. Quietly she also rose and, much more gracefully, followed him out, although she accidentally stepped on Ninian, who was lying with Eliwood, on the way out. Whispering an apology, she winced at the amount of noise the door made. In the hall, she was surprised to realize she couldn't find the giant. Wandering the halls, she listened for footsteps. Hearing none, she worked her way up to the second floor, walking in the dim morning light. A commotion at the other end of the hall caught her attention and she made her way towards it. It didn't take long for her to find Hector .

And she did it by tripping over him.

"OOF!"

"Ow! Hector?"

"Lyn?"

"What are you doing in the middle of the floor?"

"I was admiring the how great black tiles look in the middle of a power black-out, okay?"

"Don't get testy with me!"

"Then get off! I'm not a bed!"

"Oh, I dunno – you're a lot more comfortable than those cha-AAAAH!" Lyn screeched as Hector rolled over, throwing her off and onto the floor, where she quickly scrambled up. "Damn, those floors are cold!"

"Eh, I don't think they're so bad," Hector said, sitting up. At least it's even, unlike the chairs."

"Amen."

Hector yawned. "What time is it?"

Lyn checked her watch, the indigo light the first sign of light Hector had seen since yesterday. "It's… about 3 in the morning." Hector groaned and thunked his head back against the wall.

"Well… at least we don't have school tomorrow…"

"Thanks Lyn, that was really helpful."

They sat – well, he sat, she stood – in silence for a while, listening to the rain. It was a lot louder here than it was in the gym. Neither really knew what to say, and Lyn felt really awkward. She heard a sudden rumble and jerked her head up – she hadn't seen any lightning. She was about to ask Hector if he'd heard the thunder when it came again – and she realized Hector was asleep, sitting up against the wall. She threw her hands up in disgust. This boy was unbelievable! Still… he was more comfortable than the seats downstairs… with a sigh she sat down beside him, looking at his big shadow. She poked him gently and when he didn't wake up, she leaned against him and fell asleep herself, hoping that his snoring wouldn't make her deaf in her sleep.

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Dawn the next morning dawned only slightly less gloomy than the day before, but at least it wasn't raining any more. Florina was one of the first people awake the next morning, and had to dig herself out of the pile of bodies that had developed. Tiptoeing out of the gym, she also managed to walk into the pile of bodies that was Eliwood and Ninian, who had, at some point, fallen into the middle of the aisle.

Outside the gym, Florina made her way to the front doors, only to see the tall figure of Limstella standing in front of them. Rather than go too close, Florina beat a hasty retreat to the back doors, which also held windows. From there, the carnage of last night looked worse – the basketball court was still flooded, the soccer field was a soggy mess, and there were no lights outside. Which meant the power was still off. Florina felt like she might cry. She didn't want to be stuck in the school with nothing to do, and no food to eat. She just wanted to go home!

Looking at the ground, Florina wandered around, up the stairs and onto second floor, right into the water fountain and onto Hector's lap/Lyn's head. Hector grunted away and Lyn let out a muffled oath. Florina scrambled off of them as fast as she could and ducked into the first dark place she found – the bathroom. Running in, she managed to knock Raven cold with the door. That was when she realized she was in the boy's bathroom, and her choice was go back out and be confronted by Lyn and Hector, or hide in here until Raven regain consciousness. Neither was a very tempting choice. She had her mind made up for her, however.

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Still in the hallway waiting for Lyn, who had a bloody nose from whoever ran into/onto her and was now in the girls bathroom making friends with some toilet paper, Hector was startled by the high-pitched scream from the boys bathroom two feet away. It was followed by what sounded like a brutal fight and more screaming from a terrified Florina. Leaving his station he charged into the bathroom – flattening Raven behind the bathroom door once again – just as the lights came back on and he was confronted with one of the funniest things he'd ever seen.

Sain was on the floor, tied up in chains, and had apparently been locked in one of the stalls last night. Hector vaguely recalled that Raven was supposed to be on guard duty, but the thought was pushed from his mind by the sight of Florina, still screaming, using the trash can lid to beat the living snot from the semi-conscious Sain, who kept making the mistake of reaching out to Florina, which caused her to panic and beat him some more.

"Florina!" Hector bellowed, then wished he hadn't when the spooked girl overreacted and threw the lid at his head. "&)!!!!"

Florina gasped, her hands over her mouth as Lyn came running in to see what all the screaming was. She was astounded to see her boyfriend on the floor with a cut on his forehead, Sain on the floor in a bloody mess, and Florina in the middle of it all looking terrified. Lyn looked from Hector, to Sain, to Florina, still holding paper towel to her nose. Then she started to snicker. By the time Florina had regained some of her composure Lyn had lost all of hers and was leaning against the wall with tears coming from her eyes at the thought of Florina single-handedly taking out of the toughest boys at school. With a trash can lid.

"Well, well, what have we here?" Matthew said, poking his head around the doorframe. His eyes went wide as he took in the carnage, then, like Lyn, tried not to laugh, although with much better luck than the hopelessly sobbing woman. Keeping a straight face, he bowed to Florina. "Well done my lady," he said gravely, "I think you might have done all the women of the world the greatest of services by killing this here scoundrel."

"Killed?" Florina squeaked. "I didn't kill him! Did I? Oh Elimine, oh Elimine, oh Elimine…"

Hector shoved Matthew over as he stumbled to his feet. "Oh, knock it off Matt, don't freak her out any more than you have to, huh?"

"Whatever you say, Boss," Matthew said, raising his hands and backing away as Hector gave him a glare.

Having regained much of her composure, but still fit to bursts of laughter, Lyn helped Hector clean off the cut on his forehead before turning to Florina. "How in the world did you manage all this Florina?"

"Um, um, um, um, um…"

"Aw, Elimine, she's gone all quiet again," Hector groaned.

"Hec-tor! Be nice, please?"

"Fine…"

"So this is where everyone's keeping themselves today, is it? The bathroom?" An amused voice asked. Legault stood in the doorway, next to a snickering Matthew and an astounded – looking Isadora.

"Hi Legault," Hector said without much energy or enthusiasm. When Legault didn't say anything for a few minutes, Hector got edgy. "Well? You got something to say, or are you just going to stand there?"

"Standing here, while so nice of you to offer, doesn't really appeal to me that much," Legault said with a teasing grin. "I really just came to find the missing members and tell you the road has dried off enough for you to fishtail your way home."

"Oh Thank Elimine."

"About bloody time!"

"Watch your language!"

"Oh for the love of Elimine, give it a rest!"

"Well, have fun playing children," Legault said with a jaunty wave. "We're going home." Hector swore under his breath as Legualt, Isadora and Matthew disappeared down the hall. With a sigh, he looked down at the motionless Sain, then up at Florina and Lyn.

"Do you girls need a ride?" He asked. Florina seemed frozen in place, but Lyn nodded.

"Yes, please. I don't think I can walk home, even if it has dried out."

Hector nodded, still looking down at Sain. Finally, he looked at Lyn, face pained. "Should we bring him with us?"

Lyn also looked down. "…Nah."

"Lovely. Let's go, shall we. Florina? You coming?"

Florina squeaked a little and ran out after them, leaving Sain behind. Just as quickly, the rest of the actors from the gym departed the school, hopping their way around – or through – gigantic puddles on the way to the cars. By 9:08 in the morning the school grounds were once again quiet. At least until Sain came hopping out the doors, still bound in chains, frantically trying to get someone to help him. Luck was with him when two female police officers spotted him and stopped to help. Luck was against him when he hit on them, and they arrested him for sexual harassment. After the police left, silence once again descended on the soggy morning.

No one ever noticed Raven, still squashed behind the bathroom door.