Darren briskly walked down as he searched through each door. Time was nearing its end as he would have to return to class, so he could not spur any suspicious activity.
"Where is it, where is it? I have to hurry before it happens," Darren thought with worry.
An aching pain started to grow internally as each step took more energy than required.
Finally, Darren reached the last door in the hallway and opened it. Inside was a regular empty classroom, with one thing in plain sight, a pill container. Darren rushed in and locked the door as he grasped for the pills. His phone immediately started ringing as Darren struggled to hold himself together.
Desperately, he used the black table as support. The pain grew, the ringing continued, all while he grabbed a small number of pills. Darren swallowed the pills, grabbed his phone from his pocket, and answered.
"You good there? Please tell me you are before the staff realizes your absence." the voice on the other line said.
"I'm, I'm, augh, I'm good, the pain's starting to dissolve," Darren grunted.
"Finish class and head out so you can arrive at the location. That location is south-east of this academy, or more precisely, 47.0900 degrees North and 8.0100 degrees East," The voice said as he relayed coordinates to Darren.
"I know, I know, make sure anybody isn't late, it'll obviously damage their status, hello? HELLO?!" Darren asked as he soon heard the end tone.
"Fucking shit, I'm the leader yet no one listens to me. Well, Kieran is the head, but I'm still better," Darren cursed as he put away his phone.
Tuomo was walking down the hall and saw Darren coming out of a classroom. Tuomo wasn't really in the mood to interfere or involve himself in any issues but Darren was a different story. Darren already had enough of Kieran and he already sensed Tuomo's presence; via his footsteps and consistent outfit. Darren pushed his body off the wall he was leaning on, ready to vent.
"Hey, you good or can you not handle it?" Tuomo taunted with a blank expression.
"Enough with that act, it reminds me of the old days, and nobody wants to remember those times," Darren said with his eyes shut.
"All right, all right, anyway, you already got the call from the chief right?" Tuomo asked.
"Yeah, and boy was he annoying, but yes, I know where to go," Darren complained and sighed.
"Then hurry up, we need to plan before they attack. We don't want to end up dead," Tuomo said.
"For fuck sakes, can you just let me be!?"
Darren yelled as he balled his hand into a fist.
This was what Tuomo wanted, he was restless following Tatsuya's disappearance, so why not find a good opponent within the same team. But someone else foresaw the outcome of the provocation. As Darren dragged his fist towards Tuomo, a person burst through the door with a transparent orange shield. He blocked Darren's punch as the male squinted at him.
"Cyrus, why interrupt?" Darren asked as he pulled back.
"We cannot have you guys causing any trouble here," Cyrus said as he looked at Tuomo and the at Darren.
"No matter how much you guys dislike each other, Kieran doesn't need any more commotion than this." Cyrus finished as he dissipated his shield.
"Fine, but I'll need some action time to satisfy my desires. Cyrus, I'll need some of your time later." Tuomo sighed.
"Of course, the routine," Cyrus rolled his eyes.
Cyrus has warm beige skin and caramel hair, slightly blinding one of his gray eyes. He looked at Darren, who noticed his change in his outfit; Cyrus no longer wore a coat. Instead, he was wearing a white T-Shirt and black pants.
"What are you looking at?" Cyrus asked.
"Oh, nothing. Ok, we need to get back to class." Darren said with teeth clenched.
Tuomo followed behind as he put his hands in his pockets; Cyrus caught up, worrying that Tuomo and Darren might fight again. Aloysius, who was in the crowd, saw the three walk upstairs. He stared carelessly, as usual, and continued to go to his next class. He started to wonder if he had Archive class today. Seeing Darren go upstairs instead of going with him, Aloysius concluded that there was no Archive class. As he walked, Aloysius's vision got blurrier. The blurrier it got, the less coordination he had. Aloysius soon found himself stumbling, using the wall for assistance. Students passed by him, all murmuring.
"What is going on?" Aloysius thought.
"I feel weird, damn, even my head feels light," He pointed out in thought.
Walking in front of him was Mirai, who was going upstairs. She looked at him curiously. Aloysius began to feel hot and panted as he lifted up his head towards Mirai. Through Mirai's eyes, Aloysius looked like he was sexually aroused. But what Aloysius saw was all dark red. Everything red; his vision strained.
An outline of a body formed, and it seemed strikingly similar to the one he witnessed previously. Aloysius could not take it and fainted. His body fell to the ground, leaving Mirai speechless.
"What should I do? He just collapsed, now what? I do not want to bring him to the nurse. Please, anyone, come and pick him up," Mirai panicked in thought.
Coming out of a classroom was a male student with flat black hair. He looked at Aloysius's body, then Mirai, then at the floor. He finally knew what the situation was and asked Mirai a question.
"Want me to take his body to the nurse?" He asked with his cobalt eyes.
"Yes, please," Mirai softly replied.
The student soon picked up and carried the body of Aloysius in his arms down the hallway. As he walked down, the students who were outside waiting for class stared at him and his porcelain skin. Whispers started once again as the student carrying the body slightly grinned.
"Look, I think it is him. He has a gray shirt on," a student whispered.
"Yeah, he also is wearing blue jeans today." the student whispered back.
"What is Kieran doing here?" a student silently asked.
Kieran went upstairs and carefully moved up, so Aloysius's body was not harmed. He continued doing so as he walked through the hallway. Kieran opened the door with the label Nurse/Special Treatment. Inside was a lady at the desk, and Kieran gently put Aloysius's body on the bed. He took a seat, waiting for Aloysius to wake up soon. Indeed, after five minutes, Aloysius woke up. He sat up and looked around to understand where he was. Turning his head to the right, he noticed Kieran sitting across from him.
"Hey, did you bring me here?" Aloysius yawned.
"Yeah, a classmate of yours found you on the ground. You should take more rest. Your body felt hot when I was carrying you." Kieran answered.
"What is your name?" Aloysius quickly asked.
"Kieran Addis, you?" Kieran asked.
"Aloysius Nichols," Aloysius acknowledged.
A beeping noise was then heard in the room. Kieran took out his phone and cleared the alarm.
"I have to go now. I got people waiting," Kieran quickly said.
"Ok, see you later, I guess," Aloysius said in an unsure voice.
Kieran exited the room as Aloysius laid down and closed his eyes. Kieran then rushed through the hallway, jumped downstairs, and went out of the school. He caught his breath as he calmed down outside in the cold mountains. Kieran forgot to bring his gloves and coat to keep him warm, but he paid no mind to it since he was already late for where he was supposed to go.
He walked near the cliff and hanged down off the edge. He dropped down and landed on a rock ledge. Kieran dragged his hand across the cliffside and then pushed his hand against it. A huge rock then moved and revealed an entrance. As Kieran walked inside, the rock blocked the path.
He descended down the stairs, blinded by darkness. At the final step, lights turned on, all giving light to a pillar. The pillars were positioned in a circle, with a person on each one of them. Kieran stepped on his own pillar and then began to rise to be at equal height with the others. When it stopped, in the middle was a table.
Kieran then looked at the people who were there with him. Darren was on one, so was Cyrus, Tuomo, and one other person with messy dark brown hair. Unsurprisingly to Kieran, there was one pillar left with no one. He took out a folder from a drawer and held it closely.
"As all of you may know, the enemy is planning to strike somewhere unknown," Kieran stated aloud.
"Of course they are; get on with it already," the guy with dark brown hair complained.
"Remain silent unless it is necessary, Oshea," Kieran scolded him.
"Anyways, with that, I would like to congratulate Tuomo on his work," Kieran said while taking out laminated files from the folder.
"Tuomo has lured the necessary people to this school. Or at least that is what I hoped he did instead of using force," Kieran acknowledged.
Kieran then tossed the files on the table in the center. Each one had the name of a person, followed by personal info.
"Though, this isn't all of them. Which is why Veila isn't here with us today. She is investigating the other two. Hopefully, she comes back with good news and in good health." Kieran explained.
"I'm sorry, but why are we investigating these people? It feels wrong invading their privacy." Cyrus asked.
"It is to give us all possible info on the enemy, as well as the unknown cause of the past. These people basically give us puzzle pieces. We're the ones who have to solve it. Once the story is complete, we can finally make sense of what is going on." Darren explained.
"Ahem! Continuing, the people discovered and lured are Lucas Carmino, Tatsuya Marr, Jolanda Greco, Mirai Rivas, and Aloysius Nichols. The souls are yet to be named, but that'll be known once they are interrogated. If anyone here knows one of them, please speak up," Kieran finished.
"I know Aloysius's, the soul is Arata Kasuga. I suppose that name gives some danger because of what we found way back then. We can't be sure of those things yet, so I'll see what I can get out of him," Tuomo said.
"Our meeting is finished unless someone knows more," Kieran said.
Everyone kept silent, no one wanted to speak, the conference was finished.