The Impossible
Chapter Nine: "Revealed"
"Headmistress Holly! Headmistress Holly!" Screams from two teenage fairies echoed through the dark room, both being held captive in separate cages, Ramona's cage was located in between them, as if they were zoo animals on display, but they weren't animals.
"Do you think she's dead?" Naomi asked an unpossessed Sasha.
Sasha gave her roommate a look. "I don't know, I don't possess the power of feelings, can't you tell?"
Naomi shook her head. "I've been down here way too long. They're so weak, I can't use them."
Sasha sat down on the dirty floor before she ran her fingers through the dirt and printed her name using her index finger, but it wasn't easy to see it very well because the only light they had was just a small lamp that didn't glow very brightly. She had been locked up since the night evil had possessed her body, which was only the night before. She couldn't imagine how Naomi had felt being locked in here since Back to School night.
"Why her?" Sasha asked Naomi. "Don't you think it's bizarre for whoever is behind this to kidnap her? What does Headmistress Holly have to do with any of this?"
Naomi cuddled her knees in close to her chest as she sat on the dusty floor as well. "I hear them talk at night or day, I don't know, you never know the time here. Whatever is going on, she's a big part of it, just like the two of us are. They will probably use her somehow, like they did to you, and I guess what they will do to me as well. They called her a Protector whatever that's supposed to mean."
Sasha perked up. She recognized that term before, but she could not recall where she heard it from. "Which of you are Protectors and which are Saviors?" Her mind flashed for a second, as she recalled that information. She didn't have much memory from going into Dorm 23, it was like that night was erased almost, but she recalled bits of information from time to time.
"Naomi, did they mention anything about the Saviors as well?"
Naomi shrugged her shoulders. "They only mentioned them once. They fear the Saviors, whoever they are." Naomi looked up as she heard a noise. "Shush! They're coming!"
Cherry made his way into the dark room, with a bag in his right hand. "Is she awake?" He asked the teen girls, but neither of them answered. He replied again, but this time, he was more aggressive. "I said, is she awake?" As Cherry made his way closer to the only light, he discovered his answer. He let out a quick sigh looking at Ramona's unconscious body.
Cherry opened the plastic grocery bag, and through the bars of the cages, he handed both Naomi and Sasha a small plastic water bottle. After he handed them their waters, he pulled out one more. He then stretched his arm through the middle cell's bars and emptied the last small bottle on Ramona's face.
"Lovely of you to join the party." Cherry said to Ramona as she dried her wet face with the sleeve of her hoodie. "Perfect timing too, you have a visitor."
Cherry walked out of the light and into the darkness. Once she knew he was gone, Sasha asked with fear in her voice. "Headmistress Holly what's going on?" She knew her principal knew the answer.
Ramona shook her head. "It's... complicated, though I do not understand what the two of you have anything to do with this. Are you hurt?" She looked at both girls as they shook their heads. "Good. That's all that matters for you two. You have nothing to do with this mess, and you shouldn't be here."
"Then why are we?" Naomi asked. Ramona hadn't figured it out yet. She was intelligent, but she had trouble comprehending why anyone would want to kill such young people like her students, but before she could answer the young girls question, that she really didn't have an answer to, she was interrupted by footsteps.
"Hello Ramona."
Her body froze and she could not move. She knew that voice. What's he doing down here? The only reason he would be here is if he's... No! He isn't! I trusted him. It's just someone who sounds like him and... His body walked into the dim light, and Ramona gulped to see none other than the Red Fountain Headmaster, Gideon Higgens.
He smiled. "You were the smartest of all of them Ramona, I thought you would've figured it out, but you didn't."
"I trusted you all this time, and it turns out it was you who was it all along. I should've known better."
"You actually shouldn't have, because without you and the rest of the Protectors, I wouldn't be as far as I am today. The Saviors will never defeat me because of you Protectors. Truth is, when evil goes good, the scent fades. Be sure to mark that down the next time you have to train Saviors and Protectors, oh wait, there isn't a next time is there since this generation is the only chance of ever destroying me!"
Ramona's face went pale, and she stood in silence with no other words to say. She was ashamed of herself for letting this happen.
"But you said you were afraid of the Saviors!" Naomi said aloud even though, she was not in the conversation. "You and the others said you didn't think you'll make it to the end."
Gideon's face then paled, and Ramona's restored its color as she let a smile slid onto her cheeks. "Aw! So you are afraid!"
"Not as much now my dear friend. You see, once I found out about you and your little friend John, I knew that I had much a better chance of winning this. You're his weakness Ramona, and according to your student's power," he looked at Naomi, "he's yours as well!"
Naomi looked at him confused. "H-how? My powers have been drained from being down here for so long."
"Who do you think drained them my dear?" Gideon paused, and there was a brief moment of silence. "Exactly, now I will let you ladies carry on with whatever it was that you were doing. I have some... things to take care of."
Gideon left the room, and the three girls stood in silence. Ramona looked down at her right hand, as she had formed a glowing ball in the palm, and tossed it at the metal bars. The energy ball extinguished itself when it hit its target. Ramona tried it again and again just to find the same results. She sighed. "Don't worry girls, I'll find another way out of here."
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"Rise and shine!" Veranda said as she opened the door to the teacher's lounge, where Aran, Kenshi and the Red Fountain boys were staying at. "The girls are up, and currently getting dressed and you should be too!"
"But it's only five thirty!" Zack mumbled as Veranda turned on the light in the dark room.
"It's still dark outside!"
"We have work to be done!" Kenshi said. "Veranda, could you call Ms. Holly and Mr. Higgens and let them know what's going on, and we'll meet you and the girls in the cafeteria in about ten minutes or so."
Veranda shut the door, and crept down the silent halls of Alfea since everyone else was still asleep. Once she made it into Dorm 23 she took the girls down to the cafeteria before she called Ramona, but it went straight to voicemail. Then she dialed Gideon.
"Hello Veranda." Gideon's voice spoke through the other line, choppy and unclear like there was a bad connection.
"Hey Gideon, we are-"
"Veranda, I'm sorry, but I can't understand you. I'll call you back later."
Even though Veranda couldn't exactly hear him either, she understood what he was saying. She called Ramona again, and found the same result, voicemail. She set her phone down onto the table as she took a seat next to it, waiting for everyone else.
"Ms. Lupus." Papillion walked toward the table, and the rest of the girls crowded behind her. "What are we doing exactly after the others get here?"
"Well we'll eat, and then... I don't know exactly."
"What do you mean you don't know, aren't you suppose to be like our leader?" Lydia asked her favorite teacher.
Veranda sighed. "We don't know what to do. Obviously the Sinners know who you are now, and since you haven't grown into your powers, you are defenseless. Kenshi, Mr. Kili, and I have decided it was best to keep both you girls, and the Red Fountain boys together so it would be easier for us fully grown Protectors, to keep you unharmed. Unfortunately, we cannot get a hold of Headmistress Holly or Headmaster Higgens."
"He's trying to kill us," Avaaria gulped.
Veranda shook her head. "No. I am not going to let that happen." Her phone rang. She read the caller ID, which read: UNKNOWN across the screen, but she decided to answer it anyway because it could've been Gideon trying to call her back.
"Excuse me for a second girls," she said quickly before she answered. "Hello?"
"Is this Veranda Lupus?" A male voice asked through the speaker.
"Yes, and may I ask who is calling?"
"John Walker. Do you know where Ramona is? She's not at her house, and she's not answering her phone." Veranda didn't answer. She sat there silently, thinking if it was safe to even be talking to him. "I know you know about my secret, but she could be in serious trouble."
"I can't get a hold of her either. Her phone keeps going to voicemail. What kind of trouble?"
"Don't worry about it. Just keep an eye-"
"What kind of trouble John? Listen, she is my best friend, and I deserve to know!"
"She might have been kidnapped. Thanks for the help Veranda; I appreciate it a lot, bye!"
"Wait-" John hung up before Veranda could talk. She dropped her phone on the table, and rested her head in the palms of her hands, and sighed.
"What's the matter?" Aurora kindly asked the Potionology teacher, but she did not answer, she didn't want to worry the girl anymore then they probably were feeling. She knew it was hard on them to find all this information about being Saviors and Protectors like they did, but they had to find it out somehow, and no way was going to be easy.
Moments later, the others walked into the cafeteria, and Veranda shot Kenshi and Aran a look that said "We have a problem." Kenshi and Aran were used to getting these looks. In this job, it was hard not to have many problems, although they wished it did. But recently it seemed like problems were always happening more than the usual.
Kenshi and Aran walked toward Veranda after she told the kids to go eat. "What's going on?"
"Well Gideon can't talk. There was a bad connection over the phone. But Mona's phone keeps going to voicemail and a minute ago, John called and asked if I knew where she was. Apparently, she isn't at her house. John said she was in trouble, I guess he just wanted to verify that. I don't know."
"So what are we going to do?" Aran asked, being the youngest fully grown Protector, he didn't have as much knowledge and experience as the others had, but Kenshi and Veranda didn't know what to do either.
"We can't leave the kids alone," Kenshi said after a brief moment of silence. "But someone has to go find Mona."
"We need all the power here though. What if that's what He wants? What if He expects us, or one of us to go search for her so they won't be as protected," Aran stated.
"He's got a point," Veranda commented.
"I don't know about you two, but I don't trust John. He's a Sinner, and he-"
"Might be setting us up to think Mona is missing, but she's not," Aran completed the sentence Kenshi was saying.
Kenshi shook his head. "Why would Mona's phone be off then? I have been working for her for a couple years now and she never had her phone off."
"Okay then. You and Veranda stay here with the kids since you are more powerful than I am. I'll go search for Mona, alright?" Aran said, hoping to please Kenshi, and luckily had succeeded. "Alright, good luck then."
"You too!" Veranda said, as Aran began to leave the Alfea's cafeteria without even eating.
What'cha think? Like it? Love it? Hate it? I was impressed to see that none of you voted for Gideon in the poll, although some reviewed back in a chapter in the very beginning that he was one of there suspects. Oh and I'm sorry about the chapter. I had like two more events planned for this as well, but the chapter was long enough so I decided just to add those to the start of the next chapter. Which I hope to have up sometime during the weekend if I have time.
In the meantime, please review! I love getting them and hearing your feedback, even if it's something bad, I like to hear it so I can improve my writing from fixing mistakes that you tell me about. Thanks for everyone who has recently reviewed since the last post: Crazy and LOUD, Secret Dancer, Love-is-power-down-with-hate, valentius, inka chan, stoned no hoper, BuZZ K11ng7on, blastoise, guest drifter, Vintorez, guest, cypercorpsesnake, and guest. Not sure if the guest was to different people or not, but probably is to different people. So thanks everyone!
Sort of important...Some of you have been asking about more fights and battles, don't worry. In stories, I plan fights at the times they are needed. And with how the plot goes, they aren't needed right away at the beginning, and that's why the first fight( which wasn't really a fight) just took place like two chapters ago. Just be patient with me because they will come, don't worry. I sometimes will give spoilers for events that will occur in next chapters down in author's notes so if you are one to not read them, then you should if you want to know some stuff like that. But if I do give them out, I usually say it before I do say it, and I try to write some spoilers on my profile every now and then. So if you are one to like them, then read these, if you don't, I usually most of the time say it's a spoiler before I write it down, and then make it in a different font then the rest like how this is different then what's above. Anyway, yeah, fights didn't take place at the beginning for a reason, and more fights and action will occur as the story goes on. Warning you now things could get a violent.
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