Jace sighed, "What do you want?"
"I'm just saying hi!" Jenny skipped up to him, "You wanna be a part of our band?"
"No."
"Why not?!"
"I can't sing. I can't play an instrument. And I definitely can't dance," Jace said flatly.
"But you can learn!" Jenny said excitedly.
"I have no interest in learning though," Jace shrugged.
"C'mon!" Jenny cried.
"No." Jace turned away from her and started to walk away.
"Man! I had to chase Chandra down earlier and now I have to hunt you?!"
"Hunt me?" Jace glanced at her over his shoulder, "Why?"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE JOINING MY BAND! YOU'RE NAME IS WRITTEN ON THIS PAPER!" Jenny screamed. She shoved a stack of papers attached to a clipboard in his face.
Jace's eyes widened in surprise and he stepped back, "But I didn't even write my name on that paper!" Wait a minute. I know whose handwriting that is. He growled softly, "Ral."
"Well your name is on the paper so you've got no choice!"
Why does this always happen? "Why do I never get a choice?"
"You won't put any effort into being happy on your own," Jenny said simply, "Now c'mon!" Jace slid sideways as Jenny went to grab his hand. He turned and raced out of the library, deftly maneuvering past Rick, Kyle, Michael and David. He darted towards the cafeteria.
"Dammit! Get Him!" Jenny howled.
What the hell's gotten into her? She's terrifying! Why? Jace picked up his pace. He could hear Jenny sprinting after him. She was followed by the four that had tried to catch him outside the library. Why is me being in this band of hers so important? Jace scaled the wall of the cafeteria and crouched at the corner of two of the steel supports that held the lights of the room.
Jenny skidded to a stop directly underneath him and looked up at him. Her eyes glittered with a mixture of excitement and frustration, "Get down!"
"No," Jace responded firmly.
"Rick!"
"I'll break the ceiling," Rick said flatly.
Michael snickered.
Jenny pouted. "Hm. Well he does have to come down some time."
"Well there are multiple ways out of the cafeteria," Yuri said as he walked up to them. He glanced up at Jace, "Not all of them include getting down."
Jenny started to pace, "Hm." Suddenly she stopped, "I've got it!" She looked around, "Where's Emalia?"
Jace's eyes widened. Emalia? "That's cheating!"
"It is not," Jenny insisted, "You're faster than any of us!"
Jace bit his lower lip as Yuri shrugged. Emalia can go fast enough that she'll be able to get up here easy. I don't know how balanced she is though.
"We must find Emalia!" Jenny turned to Kyle, "You and David go find Emalia. The four of us will stay here and make sure Jace doesn't go anywhere."
Jace cursed under his breath.
"Four?" Rick asked, "It's just you, Michael and me now-"
"And Yuri," Jenny pointed to the blond pyro in front of them, "He's helping too."
"Wait. What?" Yuri glanced from her to Rick to Jace and back again, "I never-"
"YOU'RE HELPING! YOUR NAME IS ON THE PAPER!" Jenny paused to write his name on the paper before turning the clipboard so he could see it.
"You just wrote my name on the paper," Yuri pointed out dully.
"THAT DOESN'T MATTER!" Jenny cried.
Yuri nodded quickly, "Alright. Cool."
Jace sighed, "Why's the paper so important?"
"If your name is on the paper then you are in my band," Jenny proclaimed proudly. She put her hands on her hips.
Yuri stared at her, "What? What band?"
"Our idol rock pop orchestra that has yet to have a name," Jenny said excitedly.
Jace took the opportunity to begin to slowly move along the thin steel bar away from them.
"STAY PUT!" Jenny pointed at him as she screamed at him.
Jace froze. Damn. He sat down on the bar and let his left leg swing. He glanced down periodically to see if Jenny stopped paying attention to him. She can focus on multiple things at once. In this situation it would be keeping an eye on me, screaming at Yuri and keeping an eye out for Kyle, David and Emalia. "This is annoying. Especially since it's not like it's going to get anywhere before Jenny gets bored." And the fact that Chandra hasn't agreed to it should tell them something. She's usually down for anything. Besides, haven't any of them heard of something called different interests? Not everyone wants to sing. Not everyone wants to dance. Not everyone wants to be a performer of any kind. Being on stage can only be described as traumatizing. I have no wish to be in any form of spotlight. Jace sighed and watched Jenny slowly convince Yuri to join her band. He didn't listen to anything she said but could tell that she was winning him over. That's the thing. Listen to Jenny and anything can seem plausible. When half the time it's not. And half the time it's not even something one would really want to do but she managed to convince them to do it anyway. It's aggravating and annoying.
"Jenny. Your friends are here," Tina called from the cafeteria doorway.
"Which friends?" Jenny asked.
Jace rolled his eyes. Only Jenny would have to ask that question.
"Caidence, Naomi, Onahime, Sakura, and someone named Apollo," Tina shrugged.
"I am unfamiliar with an Apollo," Jenny shrugged, "but I'm sure we'll be great friends!" She darted after Tina as she left the cafeteria.
Jace darted along the steel bar silently and dropped to the ground at the wall.
"Ha!" Emalia saw him and shot at him top speed.
Jace side stepped quickly and raced to the other side of the cafeteria. Dammit! This is so annoying. He zipped past Jenny and Tina as they were talking to the people Tina had named off.
A girl with magenta hair and yellow green eyes nodded to him respectfully as he passed while the one that stood next to her simply watched him.
Jace skidded to a stop and stepped out of Emalia's way. Though he had never seen either of them before something about them seemed familiar. He narrowed his eyes and studied them. Both had an aura of power similar to Leisa. He was reminded of Emalia's presence when her cry of triumph pulled him back to reality. He darted forward and ran back into the cafeteria, "Leave me alone!" Who were those two? If they were similar to Leisa then they could've been...but that doesn't make sense. Last I checked there were only two others. Zeus and Hera. They were put in place by Bolas. All four projects were but...there was no malice in their auras. I would know. Jace growled, "I'll have to look into it." He glanced over his shoulder. The green haired speed freak was still chasing him, making what sounded like goat noises.
"Can you stop?" Jace called over his shoulder.
"No! Join the band!" Emalia shrieked.
"No!" Of course. There's no way Emalia would miss out on an idol rock pop orchestra or whatever it was. Jace growled. He left the school building. The run across the courtyard was easy. He entered the boys' dorm through the window that led into the kitchen and shot up the stairs. Crap. Ral's in on it. So much for my room. He teleported into the ceiling. Dammit. I am not doing this band thing. They'll have to catch me. And that's going to be much easier said than done.