The Threat You Don't Understand:

As the school day ended with their PE class, the group split up in their own way to go home, Ramia going home with André, while Nicolette, Loraina and the twins left to go to their neighborhood. This left Kick, Gunther, Mouth, Brianna, Jackie and Kendall as they headed to the bus.

"I wish we do something else for the PE unit." Kick stated, as he was bored from the activity they were doing.

"Well today's the last day for badminton, I don't think it was that bad." Jackie brought up.

"Yeah but we want something exciting, hopefully next week we'll get that." Gunther mentioned.

"Yeah." Mouth agreed. Brianna rolled her eyes.

"Oh man…" Kendall was searching through her bag, Jackie glanced back, the others halting as she gathered their attentions.

"Something wrong Kends?" Jackie asked.

"I think I left some student council folders and my fashion papers in my locker." She replied still trying to look for them in her bag. "I'll just go head back to get them real fast." She let out a breath when she figured the stuff wasn't in her bag and placed it back around her arm and was going to go back inside the school.

"Wait for me, I'll go with you." Jackie commented. "I think I left my photography journal, assignment and textbook in my locker as well. I keep forgetting to switch stuff after the day." She chuckled. Kendall nodded.

"We'll be right back." The two told the others as they headed back inside through the front doors.

"Okay, we'll wait here." Brianna told them, as her and the boys went to go sit on a bench nearby. A few minutes passed, as they waited.

"Okay, I have to ask, is it just me, or do you guys get lost trying to find their lockers too?" Gunther suddenly questioned, ending the silence, as he had to know the answer to this question. Brianna shook her head, face palming, as she got an annoyed expression with him.

"Oh yeah, I do." Kick admitted. "Not gonna lie." He answered.

"Same…" Mouth agreed.

"Oh good lord…" Brianna rolled her eyes. "You boys are hopeless." She spoke as she glanced away from them looking towards the school, not trying to listen to their banter about how they get lost. Her eyes narrowing slightly at the front doors.

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The girls were at their lockers, grabbing the items they had forgot. Kendall couldn't help but look at the photos on the side now with a smile, Jackie noticing.

"I think you should have said what happened with your pink pen." She giggled. Kendall went red.

"Jackie!" She squeaked, glancing around hoping no one was there. Jackie snickered more. "Are you trying to embarrass me to death?"

"Just saying." Jackie commented. "Disagreement with your pen." She laughed at the remark, shaking her head. Kendall gave the girl a look.

"Next time you try that, I'm telling Gunther some of your dirty little secrets." She eyed her best friend. Jackie went silent, as she gulped and flushed.

"You better not." She hushed her blonde friend.

"Then no telling mine." Kendall pointed.

"Fine, but one of these days you're gonna have to, given the other incident." Jackie reminded, as they closed their lockers.

"Oh don't even bring that up." Kendall told her as they started to walk away from their lockers. Jackie giggled.

"Although have to admit, it's not as funny as the boys getting lost all the time finding our lockers." Jackie switched the topic to help her friend out. Kendall also laughed.

"Right." They walked down the hall.

"My, what have we here?" The girls were interrupted, halting their motions. They stared at who was in front of them.

"Clara, what do you want?" Jackie questioned, confused as to why she was there after school and stopping them, given that her usual entourage was nowhere to be seen. Clara let out a huff, unimpressed.

"Personally nothing." She admitted. "However, you two disgust me." She added. "I hate the fact you two are around and have no idea what's around you, which is so infuriating." She explained to them. "It's makes things very insulting to us, especially when things are not completely understood now." Kendall and Jackie glanced at each completely confused.

"If we disgust you that much then just don't come near us." Kendall reasoned. "Especially if you hate us." Clara let out a small, low chuckle.

"Oh, hun…" She spoke. "You both seem to not grasp anything." She commented. "Shame. Although completely understandable." She rolled her eyes, unimpressed still, letting out a small annoyed breath. "You girls are nothing more but feeble weaklings. Why there's an interest in you from such pures I'll never know." She was talking to herself now, as the girls were even more bewildered. "But there is and so things must be dealt with." She narrowed her eyes. Jackie gulped, Clara's eyes cold.

"What do you mean dealt with?" Jackie asked, her voice a little quiet. Clara had a small smirk.

"Simple, I'm to handle you two in however is fitting and given that you girls are quite bothersome," Clara confessed, "And are an issue that needs to be addressed, it's best if things be dealt with swiftly." She cracked one hand's knuckles. The girls stepped back.

"We're not gonna fight you. I already said that." Kendall tried to have Jackie behind her. "This is getting ridiculous." She narrowed her eyes. "Why do this? What the hell can you possibly accomplish by doing this? This doesn't make you better people." She tried to explain. "Ronaldo already has what he wants, why can't you guys just leave us alone?" Clara let out another low chuckle, before another breath left her lips.

"Oh how misguided your thoughts are." She stated. "So much you don't know and don't understand." She continued. "This actually has nothing to do with him, as it's much bigger, and he's merely following orders and well rules." She mentioned. "If only your supposed friends would be as obedient and forthcoming." Jackie got a curious look, then glanced at Kendall, as both girls didn't know what to think of that.

"What…what do mean?" She inquired.

"Like I said, there's so much you don't know." Clara smirked. "But unfortunately I'm not here to deliver info, I'm here to follow orders." Her eyes went colder. Myra came from around the corner, her eyes on her phone, never looking up.

"Are you done? I would like to get back to my games at home." Her voice was monotone as she made her comment. Clara glanced over at her.

"Forgive me, I did not mean to take that long." Clara replied. "Let's get this over with."

"Finally." Myra glanced up from her phone, her tone still the same, only slightly a bit more exhausted with all of this. The girls stepped back again.

"You're not doing a damn thing." A voice came from behind Jackie and Kendall, surprising them. Clara glared.

"Tess…" She narrowed her eyes. "Why am I not surprised by this?" She cocked her head.

"Walk away." Tess warned, her eyes just as cold toward her sister and cousin. "Or else."

"You know that can't be done." Clara responded.

"Can't it?" Another voice came from behind Clara and Myra. Clara looked behind with just her eyes. Jackie and Kendall didn't know what was going on with the situation, but everything was certainly tense, confusing and getting an atmosphere that was hard withstand.

"Brianna." Clara's voice let out, she glanced back at her cousin, then Brianna again. Brianna walked closer passing them by, being sure she was in front of them by a few feet, guarding Jackie and Kendall. 'Thanks for coming.' Tess thought. Brianna did just a simple nod and small look at her to acknowledge before continuing to stare at Clara.

"You have one option, leave Clara." She declared. "And I'll pretend this never happened." Clara couldn't help but let out another huff.

"You're playing with fire and you know that, just because of your fa…" She started to counter.

"I won't repeat myself." Brianna interrupted. Her voice cold. Clara cocked her head again, a small smirk crossing her features. "Try something like this again, and you'll regret it." She threatened. Jackie and Kendall had strange looks between each other, unsure of anything that was going on.

"Then don't leave them alone." Clara responded. Brianna narrowed her eyes, a dark aura around her. "Either way, they're weak and useless." She continued. "You've all been warned, since you can't keep this forever." She spoke. "Such an annoyance." She let out. "Let's go Myra, we're through here." She started to walk away. Myra shrugged, glancing at her sister then Brianna, who both still glared, before she went back to being on her phone. The two leaving through one of the different entrances.

"Okay that was…" Kendall started, unsure of what to make of everything.

"Unsettling, confusing and…" Jackie came in. "A bit scary." She admitted. "What was that about?" She questioned, glancing at Brianna and Tess.

"Yeah, she wasn't really going to fight us was she?" Kendall added, just a bit worried.

"My cousin and sister are idiots. Don't worry about them." Tess told the two. "They are just being completely…" She was trying to look for the right word. "Pathetic and asinine."

"I can think of a few other words to describe them." Brianna glanced. 'Thanks again for coming.' Tess thought, which Brianna nodded.

"But, I mean…what was all that? It was…" Jackie was trying to understand it.

"Yeah, I think that had to deal with more than just yesterday's incident with Ronaldo and his friends." Kendall mentioned. "It was…something about that was off."

"Just don't worry about it okay." Brianna reassured. Tess agreed.

"She's right." She nodded. "Like I said they were being completely out of line and just idiotic." She confirmed. "So don't worry too much about it and you guys get home okay." She spoke. "I'll see you guys later." Tess started to head the way she came from, waving her goodbye.

"Bye Tess." They waved. They started to walk to the front doors. Brianna glanced at them.

"Tess is right, just don't worry about it." She reiterated to them. They looked at her. "Clara and Myra hang out sadly with who?" She questioned. "So they we're just acting stupid and making uncalled for actions because they saw an opportunity." She explained. "It was idiotic and will not be repeated."

"It still was weird." Jackie stated.

"Still makes one feel like you can't defend yourself in case they did fight us." Kendall confessed. Brianna glanced at her, curiously.

"What are you talking about Kends?" Brianna asked.

"I think she means if they fought us, we don't really know how to defend ourselves." Jackie replied.

"Yeah, we might say we can do somethings, have a few moves in PE, but when it comes down to it, we really don't know a think about self defence." Kendall admitted.

"I think you guys are okay the way you are." Brianna assured. The girls just looked at each other, with some glum tension in the air. Brianna then smiled. "You know I'm sure Kick and Gunther wouldn't mind giving you girls some lessons at the gym." She commented. "Just have to ask them."

"Really?" Kendall questioned, as they were at the doors.

"Yep. Positive they be happy to help." Brianna confirmed as they walked outside, the boys waiting for them.

"What took so long, did you guys get lost getting to your lockers?" Mouth joked. Brianna rolled her eyes, while the girls laughed. "Thought Brianna had to go show you where they were." He snickered.

"I think only you idiots get lost." Brianna pointed, shaking her head at her boyfriend's jokes.

"Hey it's really easy to get lost." Gunther defended.

"I think it's because our lockers are near the math, history and student council rooms." Kendall giggled.

"Oh yeah that might be a big reason." Jackie agreed.

"Well my brother and school don't mesh." Brianna teased.

"Hey!" He shot her a look.

"Anyway, what took so long, you guys get everything you forgot?" Gunther asked.

"Yeah, just a little hold up in the halls." Jackie confessed.

"More like issue." Kendall corrected.

"Issue?" Both boys questioned.

"Don't worry it was handled." Brianna assured, giving them a look they knew. They nodded.

"Anyway sorry we missed all the busses." Kendall apologized.

"Yeah we didn't mean to take so long." Jackie added.

"It's fine." Gunther said

"Plus now we get to walk all together." Kick commented. "Which I rather do." Brianna rolled her eyes as they started to walk back to their neighborhood.

To be continued…

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