High School from HELL
Daniel Ocean
All standard warnings apply concerning ©.
The killer slipped between two rows of lockers, just big enough to fit him. There he slid off his mask and scratched his nose for a moment. "Ah. Much better." He looked up and down the hall for a second, without the mask, then heard a bit of activity to his left. "Oops." He ducked back into the gap and put his mask back on. He then slowly, and tentatively, looked back to where the two youths were standing in the hallway.
They stood over a dead body, fresh with the smell of hot blood, vomit, and death. The boy held the body's wrist, and listened for some breathing. He shook his head and said something to the girl.
She was standing there, looking a little sick. Her voice didn't hold the words between she and the killer, but he could hear the pitch-high, frightened. Then it went down a little as the shock of the death went away. "Hmm. I will have to look into going after them next. This ought to give them both a very good shake-up."
He thought for a second. "Where did that body come from, anyway? I didn't get to him."
"This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my entire _life_. This is getting worse and worse and-" As Relena went on the storm that had threatened since lunch broke. A well-aimed bolt of lightning blew out a utility pole across the street from the school and caused it to plunge into the dark. "And worse." She looked at the body, and give it a very gentle kick. She looked at the face, exactly like her own, and the clothes-her very outfit. She shivered and looked at Heero. "Why do you have to be so much like you? Can't you be the tiniest bit scared?"
"No." But the way he said it was a little bit shaky, she could tell he was lying. "This is not amusing," he offered. "If this is Duo's idea then he will be thoroughly beaten. But this seems to be a genuine enough dead body. I'm glad it was not really you."
"That's all? You're just glad it wasn't me?"
"I am _quite_ glad it is not you."
"Is that all? You don't say that you wouldn't be able to live without me, no you're more important than life itself? You just like me around?"
"Err."
"You know Heero, you do not have to be so stoic all of the time. You could show some emotion and maybe I and everyone else will treat you a little better and hold you in a higher regard."
He blushed. He was able to conquer an entire society of militants and soldiers and he was being cornered by his girlfriend. "Sorry."
"By hell you better be. Someday, I could wind up like her-" she motioned to the body, and did a weird little dance-"and it would be all your fault."
"If you are going to get yourself killed intentionally, then I think that I am concerned. I think that I want out of this relationship right now. I mean, you are kidding, right?"
She looked at him. "You need to learn how to take a joke. Seriously."
"This.this.this really.well, you know about all of this.I mean.it is starting to get a little hairy inside of here.you know.." Heero motioned to the body. "We can talk about this later. We have to find who is doing all of this first, I think. I don't want to die in here, of all places."
"Really. Where is a worse place to die than a high-school?"
"Changing a lightbulb. I think there are too many lightbulb jokes as there are without the Gundams. I think if I die in the house I want it to be with something other than lightbulbs."
"Where did all of this slime come from?" Hilde took a Latin book and gingerly scooped up a sample of the goo. "Either some sort of monster is running around the school, ready to kill everyone, or there are a little kids running around playing with green yucky stuff."
"I dunno." Duo rubbed his leg carefully and grimaced. "Uh, ouch. I think that if we leave here, I'm going to need a little bit of help."
"We should look around and look for whatever is causing this. We just can't let a monster go around and eat or slime people, unless that person is Dorothy." Hilde got next to duo and pulled him up on his good leg. "You will have to get a chair too, as a crutch. It'll make my job a little easier."
"Sure thing." He did what she said and leaned on her as they made it out of the room. "I think it'll be a good idea if we go to see how Doro- chan and Wu-Wu are doing. Or at least check that they aren't going after each other."
"You know what?"
"Hm?"
"I wouldn't mind if the monster ate Wufei too."
"We better check them anyway."
The killer stopped watching Relena and Heero. "Naïve children. They are being cursed by a devil and they bicker about whether or not they are or aren't funny. Ridiculous." He took off his mask and scratched his nose- a nervous habit. "I got to stop doing that." He put his mask back on and took up his dagger. "I guess that I will have to make it a little more bloody in here. Too bad, really. Oh, well." He watched as they returned to the room they were in before, and perused them silently.
"Here we are." Duo peered in through the door and looked at the scene in the window. Trowa was standing over Quatre with his letter opener. "Wrong address, I think. Let's try the other music room."
They walked-Duo hobbled-on in. No one was there, but a faint squeaking noise could be heard. Hilde looked at Duo and Duo at Hilde. "I think it's in.the closet," she said.
"Okay. You are the healthy one. You go look."
"Give me the fountain pen, won't you?"
"Hey! How did you know that I was able to swipe it off of Quatre?"
"I need _some_ defense in this story. Never mind Daniel forgot to mention it when we were all together."
"Fine, here." She took up the pen and approached the closet door. She stalked up to the final ten feet, then stood back upright. "Wait a second." She simply walked over and opened up the door.
Wufei and Dorothy both shrieked. Wufei quickly pulled his pants back up and tumbled back out. "Uh.uh.uh.there is a perfectly good explanation for this."
"Teenage hormones?"
"Yes.NO! No no no no no."
This is the last of the chapters that I had written before I took it down for some changes. Fortunately, I have Chapter Eight already typed up (expect it on Sunday) and I will have additional chapters on Tuesday and the final one on Thursday.
Thank you for all the reviews, especially FluteSan for checking quite often. Thanks also go to starflame, SakuraMona (both of you), jericho-314, "some person", and Elfy the Fearful.
Daniel Ocean
All standard warnings apply concerning ©.
The killer slipped between two rows of lockers, just big enough to fit him. There he slid off his mask and scratched his nose for a moment. "Ah. Much better." He looked up and down the hall for a second, without the mask, then heard a bit of activity to his left. "Oops." He ducked back into the gap and put his mask back on. He then slowly, and tentatively, looked back to where the two youths were standing in the hallway.
They stood over a dead body, fresh with the smell of hot blood, vomit, and death. The boy held the body's wrist, and listened for some breathing. He shook his head and said something to the girl.
She was standing there, looking a little sick. Her voice didn't hold the words between she and the killer, but he could hear the pitch-high, frightened. Then it went down a little as the shock of the death went away. "Hmm. I will have to look into going after them next. This ought to give them both a very good shake-up."
He thought for a second. "Where did that body come from, anyway? I didn't get to him."
"This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my entire _life_. This is getting worse and worse and-" As Relena went on the storm that had threatened since lunch broke. A well-aimed bolt of lightning blew out a utility pole across the street from the school and caused it to plunge into the dark. "And worse." She looked at the body, and give it a very gentle kick. She looked at the face, exactly like her own, and the clothes-her very outfit. She shivered and looked at Heero. "Why do you have to be so much like you? Can't you be the tiniest bit scared?"
"No." But the way he said it was a little bit shaky, she could tell he was lying. "This is not amusing," he offered. "If this is Duo's idea then he will be thoroughly beaten. But this seems to be a genuine enough dead body. I'm glad it was not really you."
"That's all? You're just glad it wasn't me?"
"I am _quite_ glad it is not you."
"Is that all? You don't say that you wouldn't be able to live without me, no you're more important than life itself? You just like me around?"
"Err."
"You know Heero, you do not have to be so stoic all of the time. You could show some emotion and maybe I and everyone else will treat you a little better and hold you in a higher regard."
He blushed. He was able to conquer an entire society of militants and soldiers and he was being cornered by his girlfriend. "Sorry."
"By hell you better be. Someday, I could wind up like her-" she motioned to the body, and did a weird little dance-"and it would be all your fault."
"If you are going to get yourself killed intentionally, then I think that I am concerned. I think that I want out of this relationship right now. I mean, you are kidding, right?"
She looked at him. "You need to learn how to take a joke. Seriously."
"This.this.this really.well, you know about all of this.I mean.it is starting to get a little hairy inside of here.you know.." Heero motioned to the body. "We can talk about this later. We have to find who is doing all of this first, I think. I don't want to die in here, of all places."
"Really. Where is a worse place to die than a high-school?"
"Changing a lightbulb. I think there are too many lightbulb jokes as there are without the Gundams. I think if I die in the house I want it to be with something other than lightbulbs."
"Where did all of this slime come from?" Hilde took a Latin book and gingerly scooped up a sample of the goo. "Either some sort of monster is running around the school, ready to kill everyone, or there are a little kids running around playing with green yucky stuff."
"I dunno." Duo rubbed his leg carefully and grimaced. "Uh, ouch. I think that if we leave here, I'm going to need a little bit of help."
"We should look around and look for whatever is causing this. We just can't let a monster go around and eat or slime people, unless that person is Dorothy." Hilde got next to duo and pulled him up on his good leg. "You will have to get a chair too, as a crutch. It'll make my job a little easier."
"Sure thing." He did what she said and leaned on her as they made it out of the room. "I think it'll be a good idea if we go to see how Doro- chan and Wu-Wu are doing. Or at least check that they aren't going after each other."
"You know what?"
"Hm?"
"I wouldn't mind if the monster ate Wufei too."
"We better check them anyway."
The killer stopped watching Relena and Heero. "Naïve children. They are being cursed by a devil and they bicker about whether or not they are or aren't funny. Ridiculous." He took off his mask and scratched his nose- a nervous habit. "I got to stop doing that." He put his mask back on and took up his dagger. "I guess that I will have to make it a little more bloody in here. Too bad, really. Oh, well." He watched as they returned to the room they were in before, and perused them silently.
"Here we are." Duo peered in through the door and looked at the scene in the window. Trowa was standing over Quatre with his letter opener. "Wrong address, I think. Let's try the other music room."
They walked-Duo hobbled-on in. No one was there, but a faint squeaking noise could be heard. Hilde looked at Duo and Duo at Hilde. "I think it's in.the closet," she said.
"Okay. You are the healthy one. You go look."
"Give me the fountain pen, won't you?"
"Hey! How did you know that I was able to swipe it off of Quatre?"
"I need _some_ defense in this story. Never mind Daniel forgot to mention it when we were all together."
"Fine, here." She took up the pen and approached the closet door. She stalked up to the final ten feet, then stood back upright. "Wait a second." She simply walked over and opened up the door.
Wufei and Dorothy both shrieked. Wufei quickly pulled his pants back up and tumbled back out. "Uh.uh.uh.there is a perfectly good explanation for this."
"Teenage hormones?"
"Yes.NO! No no no no no."
This is the last of the chapters that I had written before I took it down for some changes. Fortunately, I have Chapter Eight already typed up (expect it on Sunday) and I will have additional chapters on Tuesday and the final one on Thursday.
Thank you for all the reviews, especially FluteSan for checking quite often. Thanks also go to starflame, SakuraMona (both of you), jericho-314, "some person", and Elfy the Fearful.