A.N: Aha. I'm pissed off. The disk that I had the whole chapter on went bad. Now I have to rewrite the entire thing. *screams and bitches at the wall*
Dark: *nudges her*
Firefly-chan: Oh, anyway. Ahem. This chapter is dedicated to HALLOWEEN! *cheers* Yay! X_X I love that holiday. And since it is October this is going to be a creepy-ish but still rather funny chapter. So continue reading. =D I hope you like it.
Rank and File
Chapter Eight
By Firefly-chan
"A Halloween party?" I repeated, staring down at the black paper in my hand. "Okay, Raquel, let me get this straight...Panix Raisiq invited us to his party?"
Raquel, one of Celestyn's friends, nodded repetitively, smiling. "Yeah. Kind of funny, isn't it?"
"Kind of funny?" I blinked at her, scratching the back of my head. "I think it's more of a trick rather then a humorous kind of thing. Why would they invite us? They don't even like us."
"Correction," Raquel held up a long, slender finger, shaking her head, "They don't like us but they like you. Goddess only knows why but they do, Tyson."
"Whatever." I snorted, dropping the paper from my hand and letting it float to the ground. I turned back to my locker, gathering a few more books into my bag before shutting it and turning back towards her. "They don't like me, Raquel. It's some sort of sick, twisted trick for me to get them to trust them so they can do shit to me behind my back when I least expect it. But I haven't fallen for it so far and it seems to have backfire."
She tilted a well-defined eyebrow upwards, folding her arms over her chest and raising her chin defiantly. "You're such a dork, Tyson," She said, laughing lightly, "You are *such* a dork."
I nodded, brushing past her and patting her softly on the head. "Yup, I know."
Yeah, like I would ever go to Panix's Halloween party. The only way to get me there would be to kidnap me or something, but that'd still be a challenge since I'd probably be kicking and screaming and poking some people's eyes out or something. And to make it worse, Kai is Panix friend. I'd be venerable at Panix's house because it's just that...his house. I'd be the main target at that party. What kind of idiot do these people take me for?
...
Okay. Don't answer that.
***
(Next day at school: last period)
Ooh, there it goes. That stupid, stupid minute hand twitching backwards again. I balled my hand into a fist, practically pounding it on my desk, causing a few people in the class to stir. The teacher didn't notice and continued on with the lesson, back facing towards the chalkboard. I gritted my teeth tightly together, resting my head up against my desk, letting out a deep breath. We still had ten minutes until class was out for the weekend. Great.
"Ahem." I looked up when I heard my teacher clear my throat, narrowing her eyes at me. "Tyson, could you perhaps...pay more attention?"
I sniffed, grumbling, "Yeah. I guess."
She rolled her eyes slightly before turning back to the chalkboard again.
"Yeah, Tyson. Wouldn't want to fail, would you?" I looked over, glaring at Kai who sat in the desk next to mine.
"Shove off, Kai." I growled, flicking a piece of folded paper at him.
"Boys! Please!" The teacher turned again, obviously annoyed. "Save your conversations for after school."
I sneered at Kai when the teacher turned again, folding my arms over my chest. Kai, seeming unfazed by this, leaned over again, whispering loudly, "What's the point in trying to learn, Tyson? You won't make it past high school."
"Shut up." I muttered again, gripping my desk tightly. "Or I swear I'll--"
"You'll what?" He taunted, eyebrow raised. "Make me pay? That's likely."
"Don't." I started again, voice lowered dangerously. "I'm serious."
"So am I." His eyes flashed. "You can't do anything to harm me, Tyson, and you know it."
I opened my mouth to retort but a ruler slammed down on my desk, making me practically fall from my seat.
"Tyson and Kai," Our teacher, Mrs. Raeqiu, glared down at both of us, "you have a four hour detention after school today."
Four....
Four...
Four HOURS?!
Is that even LEGAL?
I looked over at Kai to see his reaction. He was...SMILING! The bastard?! Why would he be smiling?
"Four hours?" Max, Ray, Celestyn, and Raquel said at the same time.
The rest of the class began to whisper as well.
"C'mon, Mrs. Raeqiu," Blaze protested, "that's kind of harsh."
"Okay then," Mrs. Raeqiu mocked an innocent smile, "you five may join them."
"Damnit." I heard Blaze mutter under his breath from the desk behind me.
Okay.
So I had detention with Raquel, Max, Ray, Blaze...
And Kai...
After school. For four hours. Well, that can't be that bad. I mean, most of the people I'm going to have detention with are my friends, right?
I sighed, sinking lower into my seat as the bell rang.
This was going to be the longest four hours of my life.
***
(Sixty minutes later)
"You can't make that move, idiot."
"Yes you can!"
"This is hearts! You can't break a heart on the first trick. Haven't you read the rules?"
"That's the stupidest rule *I* have ever heard."
"Yeah, well, you're not one of the most smartest people that ever existed, y'know."
Blaze narrowed his eyes on Celestyn and was about to lunge at her but Max held him back, rolling his eyes. I drew out a deep breath, rubbing frantically at my head and closing my eyes. They had been playing cards for the past twenty minutes and every fecking second they would break off to yell at the other on what rule they were breaking. One's head REALLY starts to hurt after twenty minutes of yelling, y'know?"
"Where is Mrs. Raeqiu?" I asked, sounding a bit snappish. "She said she was going to go get a cup of coffee over thirty minutes ago!"
Raquel shrugged, plucking lint from her black sweater. "Who knows? She could've lost her way or something." She sniffed, raising her nose defiantly. "I swear that woman hates me."
"Hey," I objected crossly, "she's the one who gave me the detention first. I'm guessing she hates me more then she hates you."
"She gave us all the detention in the end, didn't she?" Kai cut in, looking up from the magazine he had been reading silently. "Who really cares?"
"I wasn't talking to you, Kai." I snapped, turning away from him stiffly. "It's your fault we're in this mess in the first place."
"It's your own fault, Tyson." He replied calmly, flipping another page to his magazine. "You're the one who responded to me. I didn't make you."
"What else was I suppose to do?" I hissed hotly, losing my temper. "I just don't sit and listen as someone insults me."
He raised his shoulders slightly in a shrug. "Your problem, not mine."
I ground my teeth together, trembling with anger. I hated him. I never understood how he could remain so composed when arguing. It completely pisses me off and I'm guessing that's a downfall that I need to work on. He does it to get on my nerves and I know this but I still lose my cool. Argh! I could just...hit him or something!
"Would you guys shut up?" Ray grumbled, raising his lowered head from his desk. "I'm getting really sick of hearing you argue."
"I'm getting sick of hearing us all argue!" Raquel exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air, exasperated. "Detention is suppose to teach us a lesson...not to promote us to arguing some more. And besides, we all sound like idiots."
"Correction," Kai held up a finger, not looking up from his magazine, "you're the ones acting like idiots. Not me."
Raquel ran a tongue over her lips, her eyes clouding slightly with irritation. "Whatever. We're all in detention, aren't we? That should tell us something."
The whole rest of the group burst into a heated argument, leaving me to stare at them silently from my spot at my desk, glowering. My headache was certainly NOT getting any better here.
I jumped when the lights flickered, gripping at my seat. The rest of the group fell silent, as well, and Kai even put his magazine down for a moment.
"Alright," Celestyn began after the lights stopped flickering, "I'm going to pretend that never happened."
Everyone jumped this time when the lights started to flicker again.
I swallowed, scratching the back of my head. "Eheh? Maybe they forgot to pay the electric bill or something?" I offered lamely.
No one replied. They looked a bit unsettled when the lights continued to flicker.
"Maybe we should find someone?" Raquel suggested lightly, running a hand through her rich dark brown hair. "We could ask them what's going on. I'm sure there has to be at least a couple members of the staff still inside the building."
A few numb nods passed around the rooms. I just hoped the lights didn't go out and stay out. I didn't do well in darkness.
I stood up, stretching my arms over my arms before starting out of the classroom with the rest of the group, closing the door behind me. I looked down the empty halls, swallowing nervously again. Everything was unusually silent. I stuck close to Raquel and Celestyn, glancing over my shoulder every so often as we made our way down the hall.
"Maybe we should split up and look for someone?" Max started but was cut off instantly.
"No!" Raquel and I said immediately.
"Eheh." I grinned sheepishly when I received a few looks. "I really don't want to be by myself if the lights do happen to go out. It's safer just to stick together."
Celestyn laughed, patting my back. "Safer? Tyson, nothing's going to happen. We're just going to look for one of the staff members. Where's the harm in that?"
She obviously spoke too soon because a crackle came from the intercom, stirring our attention to it. There was another crackle before music began to play from it and the lights began to flicker once more. A gravely, whispered voice soon followed after on it.
"Welcome to Akita High, now you're all gonna die. Open wide, I'm coming inside. Don't look behind, I'll make sure to find. Run and hide for you haven't much time, I'll end it all with this rhyme."
Then silence. The lights went solid again.
"Well," Blaze broke it, shaking his head, "you don't hear that every day."
I could feel my mouth drop to the floor. I cleared my throat and raised a shaking hand. "In a threatening situation, we're suppose to remain calm, right?"
Everyone nodded, pale.
I looked down at my feet before back at them again. "Okay, would anyone care to be the decoy while the rest of us go running and screaming through the halls?"
More silence.
"We're all gonna DIE!" Celestyn wailed.
Everyone began screaming, darting down the hall in this sort of crowded little group. We stopped when reached the end of the hall and realized that there was no other turn. So we turned around and went back the other way, screaming again. Everyone started from the room we had came from but I came to a halt, glaring at them.
"You idiots!" I nodded towards the door at the other end of the hall. "The exit!"
"Oh." They all blinked, recollection dawning.
We ran towards the exit, screaming once more filling the halls. I pressed my face against the glass door, practically sobbing as I pounded my hand against it. "No!" I cried. "It's locked! Damnit!"
"This is your fault!" Celestyn jabbed her pointing finger in my ribs. "If you hadn't gotten yelled at then we never would've stuck up for you and gotten detention in the first place!"
"Stuck up for me?" I yelled back. "If I remember correctly, you just stood there like fecking morons and said 'Four hours?!'"
"At least we said something!" She retorted, turning away from me.
"But you didn't have to!"
"But we did!"
"You didn't have to!"
"We did!"
"You guys!" Kai broke in, frowning. "Let's just go back to the room. This is probably a joke or something. It's not any reason to get upset."
"Oh, yeah, you're right." I shot back sarcastically. "It's no reason to get upset after someone told us that they were going to kill us DIRECTLY OVER THE INTERCOM! It's just a PERFECT kind of situation to remain all happy and cheerful! IT'S LIKE SIGNING YOUR DEATH WARRANT! Don't you watch any movies? That's what always happens. Everyone thinks it's one big joke...but it really ends up to be a massive killing spree! My guess is that in the next five seconds the lights will flicker, go out and when they come back on SOMEONE WILL BE DEAD!"
Kai started at me, seemingly stupefied. "You," He began after a moment, "watch WAY too many movies."
The lights flickered.
I threw my hands into the air. "My point EXACTLY!"
The lights went out.
"Here we go." I rubbed a hand over my head.
The lights went back on.
Everyone was still there.
"Eh," I blinked, tilting my head to the side. "Okay, so I was wrong."
"Tyson," Raquel let out a deep breath, resting a hand on my shoulder, "Kai is right. We just need to stay calm and stay together. We also need to be quiet. I don't think screaming is the best idea at the current moment."
Blaze nodded, still really pale. "They're right." He started towards the classroom, gesturing with his hands for us to follow. "Come on. Let's go back into the room."
We headed back towards the room, looking to our side and behind us for any sign of anyone. I felt a shiver run down my back as we piled back into the room, shutting and locking the door behind us. I really just wanted to get out of here. Everything that was happening was really creeping me out.
"Now what should we do?" I whispered, sitting back down.
"The only thing to do is wait." Max replied softly, going through Mrs. Raeqiu's desk.
"Wait?" I started at him. "Wait?! Wait for what? For someone to come here and kill us?"
"You're over reacting, Tyson." Kai snapped again, frowning. "I told you, this is probably just one big joke."
"A joke?" I mumbled, pressing my head against my hand again. "Yeah, right."
My thoughts of it ever chancing to be a joke were immediately cut short when a blood-curdling scream broke the short-termed silence. I shot to a stand, eyes wide and I knew I was probably the palest out of the group. Geh, damnit. I was such a coward. But then a guy has a right to be a coward when he's about to DIE!
Kai stood up too, frowning and making for the door. He looked back at us, looking annoyed. "Well?" He drew out. "Coming?"
"Uh, no?" I said shakily, backing up into Max. "I'm quite comfy in here, thank you."
He sighed, before opening the door and poking his head out of the room. He looked around for a moment before letting out a silent curse and stepping from the room. He looked back at us, running a hand through his hair. "You guys," He swallowed, "you might want to see this."
Reluctantly, we all gathered out of the room behind him. I almost fainted at what I saw.
In large red print on a piece of black construction paper that hung across the hall, read the words 'NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE'.
"No!" I moaned, feeling my legs give out. "This isn't happening! This can't be happening!"
Everyone else was silent, too shocked and frightened to speak. My head snapped up sharply when someone began to laugh. I narrowed my gaze on Kai, who was holding a hand to his stomach, laughing louder and louder as the moments passed. I came to a shaky stand, beginning to back away with the rest of the group.
"You guys," He spoke between breaths, "are so stupid."
"It's you!" I all but screamed, holding a hand up to my face. "You're going to kill us! BREAK THE LOCKED DOOR DOWN!" I turned sharply around, running back towards the exit with the screaming group behind me.
"You idiots!" Kai called after us, still laughing. "Would you stop running? It's just a joke! I set you up!"
I came to a dead stop, narrowly missing from meeting the door face-first. I slowly turned around, my angry eyes resting on his laughing ones. "You mean to tell me," I began, biting down on my bottom, "that you fixed us? You? Of all people?"
"A guy has to have fun so close to Halloween, doesn't he?" He snickered, still shaking his head. "I figured it'd be a nice pre-party for Panix's Halloween one."
"And do the teacher's know about this?" Raquel asked from beside me, and I knew by the tone of her voice that she was upset too.
"Of course." He stopped laughing, meeting our even gazes. "They helped us." He looked behind him, calling out, "Okay, you guys can come out!"
Mrs. Raeqiu, Panix, Raider, and Takisha came from behind a closed door towards the other end of the hall, grinning.
"Oh, c'mon!" I groaned, slapping a hand to my face. "How could you do this, Takisha? And Mrs. Raeqiu! This isn't fair!"
Mrs. Raeqiu smiled gently. "It seemed like too good of an offer to turn down." She winked. "And besides, I knew that you guys would probably never disobey me in class again."
I frowned, folding my arms across my chest and turned away. "This is totally unfair and uncalled for."
"But it was purely priceless." Takisha burst into a fit of laughter, Kai joining him. "You guys totally believed that someone was going to kill you. And your screaming? Ah, too perfect."
I glared at Takisha. "Yeah, perfect." I started towards the exit, glancing back at Mrs. Raeqiu. "Can we go home now?"
Grr! I hate this! I never even suspected this and Kai fixed me so bad! That's totally not fair! It was suppose to be MY turn to embarrass him! Obviously this guy doesn't play by the rules. But he'll pay. Oh, yes he will. I'll make sure of it. And since he had other people help him for this little trick, then I think I'll have Max, Ray, Celestyn, and Raquel help me for mine.
I brushed past Kai as Mrs. Raeqiu unlocked the doors, smiling weakly at me as if for a slight apology. Kai simply smirked at me as I started down the stairs, raising a hand in front of my eyes to block the evening sun.
Oh, smirk and mock while you can, Kai.
This is where your little 'reign of pranks' end because I have one that'll top yours by far.
End Chapter Eight.
End Notes: XD This was a weird little chapter, wasn't it? ^^; I know, I know. But at least it was a bit longer. Eheh, I can't wait 'till you guys see what Tyson is going to do to Kai. Ooh, trust me, it'll be good. ^_______________^ Review?
Dark: You're such a plot--
Firefly-chan: *throws Dark into a closet* Shush!
Dark: -_-;
Dark: *nudges her*
Firefly-chan: Oh, anyway. Ahem. This chapter is dedicated to HALLOWEEN! *cheers* Yay! X_X I love that holiday. And since it is October this is going to be a creepy-ish but still rather funny chapter. So continue reading. =D I hope you like it.
Rank and File
Chapter Eight
By Firefly-chan
"A Halloween party?" I repeated, staring down at the black paper in my hand. "Okay, Raquel, let me get this straight...Panix Raisiq invited us to his party?"
Raquel, one of Celestyn's friends, nodded repetitively, smiling. "Yeah. Kind of funny, isn't it?"
"Kind of funny?" I blinked at her, scratching the back of my head. "I think it's more of a trick rather then a humorous kind of thing. Why would they invite us? They don't even like us."
"Correction," Raquel held up a long, slender finger, shaking her head, "They don't like us but they like you. Goddess only knows why but they do, Tyson."
"Whatever." I snorted, dropping the paper from my hand and letting it float to the ground. I turned back to my locker, gathering a few more books into my bag before shutting it and turning back towards her. "They don't like me, Raquel. It's some sort of sick, twisted trick for me to get them to trust them so they can do shit to me behind my back when I least expect it. But I haven't fallen for it so far and it seems to have backfire."
She tilted a well-defined eyebrow upwards, folding her arms over her chest and raising her chin defiantly. "You're such a dork, Tyson," She said, laughing lightly, "You are *such* a dork."
I nodded, brushing past her and patting her softly on the head. "Yup, I know."
Yeah, like I would ever go to Panix's Halloween party. The only way to get me there would be to kidnap me or something, but that'd still be a challenge since I'd probably be kicking and screaming and poking some people's eyes out or something. And to make it worse, Kai is Panix friend. I'd be venerable at Panix's house because it's just that...his house. I'd be the main target at that party. What kind of idiot do these people take me for?
...
Okay. Don't answer that.
***
(Next day at school: last period)
Ooh, there it goes. That stupid, stupid minute hand twitching backwards again. I balled my hand into a fist, practically pounding it on my desk, causing a few people in the class to stir. The teacher didn't notice and continued on with the lesson, back facing towards the chalkboard. I gritted my teeth tightly together, resting my head up against my desk, letting out a deep breath. We still had ten minutes until class was out for the weekend. Great.
"Ahem." I looked up when I heard my teacher clear my throat, narrowing her eyes at me. "Tyson, could you perhaps...pay more attention?"
I sniffed, grumbling, "Yeah. I guess."
She rolled her eyes slightly before turning back to the chalkboard again.
"Yeah, Tyson. Wouldn't want to fail, would you?" I looked over, glaring at Kai who sat in the desk next to mine.
"Shove off, Kai." I growled, flicking a piece of folded paper at him.
"Boys! Please!" The teacher turned again, obviously annoyed. "Save your conversations for after school."
I sneered at Kai when the teacher turned again, folding my arms over my chest. Kai, seeming unfazed by this, leaned over again, whispering loudly, "What's the point in trying to learn, Tyson? You won't make it past high school."
"Shut up." I muttered again, gripping my desk tightly. "Or I swear I'll--"
"You'll what?" He taunted, eyebrow raised. "Make me pay? That's likely."
"Don't." I started again, voice lowered dangerously. "I'm serious."
"So am I." His eyes flashed. "You can't do anything to harm me, Tyson, and you know it."
I opened my mouth to retort but a ruler slammed down on my desk, making me practically fall from my seat.
"Tyson and Kai," Our teacher, Mrs. Raeqiu, glared down at both of us, "you have a four hour detention after school today."
Four....
Four...
Four HOURS?!
Is that even LEGAL?
I looked over at Kai to see his reaction. He was...SMILING! The bastard?! Why would he be smiling?
"Four hours?" Max, Ray, Celestyn, and Raquel said at the same time.
The rest of the class began to whisper as well.
"C'mon, Mrs. Raeqiu," Blaze protested, "that's kind of harsh."
"Okay then," Mrs. Raeqiu mocked an innocent smile, "you five may join them."
"Damnit." I heard Blaze mutter under his breath from the desk behind me.
Okay.
So I had detention with Raquel, Max, Ray, Blaze...
And Kai...
After school. For four hours. Well, that can't be that bad. I mean, most of the people I'm going to have detention with are my friends, right?
I sighed, sinking lower into my seat as the bell rang.
This was going to be the longest four hours of my life.
***
(Sixty minutes later)
"You can't make that move, idiot."
"Yes you can!"
"This is hearts! You can't break a heart on the first trick. Haven't you read the rules?"
"That's the stupidest rule *I* have ever heard."
"Yeah, well, you're not one of the most smartest people that ever existed, y'know."
Blaze narrowed his eyes on Celestyn and was about to lunge at her but Max held him back, rolling his eyes. I drew out a deep breath, rubbing frantically at my head and closing my eyes. They had been playing cards for the past twenty minutes and every fecking second they would break off to yell at the other on what rule they were breaking. One's head REALLY starts to hurt after twenty minutes of yelling, y'know?"
"Where is Mrs. Raeqiu?" I asked, sounding a bit snappish. "She said she was going to go get a cup of coffee over thirty minutes ago!"
Raquel shrugged, plucking lint from her black sweater. "Who knows? She could've lost her way or something." She sniffed, raising her nose defiantly. "I swear that woman hates me."
"Hey," I objected crossly, "she's the one who gave me the detention first. I'm guessing she hates me more then she hates you."
"She gave us all the detention in the end, didn't she?" Kai cut in, looking up from the magazine he had been reading silently. "Who really cares?"
"I wasn't talking to you, Kai." I snapped, turning away from him stiffly. "It's your fault we're in this mess in the first place."
"It's your own fault, Tyson." He replied calmly, flipping another page to his magazine. "You're the one who responded to me. I didn't make you."
"What else was I suppose to do?" I hissed hotly, losing my temper. "I just don't sit and listen as someone insults me."
He raised his shoulders slightly in a shrug. "Your problem, not mine."
I ground my teeth together, trembling with anger. I hated him. I never understood how he could remain so composed when arguing. It completely pisses me off and I'm guessing that's a downfall that I need to work on. He does it to get on my nerves and I know this but I still lose my cool. Argh! I could just...hit him or something!
"Would you guys shut up?" Ray grumbled, raising his lowered head from his desk. "I'm getting really sick of hearing you argue."
"I'm getting sick of hearing us all argue!" Raquel exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air, exasperated. "Detention is suppose to teach us a lesson...not to promote us to arguing some more. And besides, we all sound like idiots."
"Correction," Kai held up a finger, not looking up from his magazine, "you're the ones acting like idiots. Not me."
Raquel ran a tongue over her lips, her eyes clouding slightly with irritation. "Whatever. We're all in detention, aren't we? That should tell us something."
The whole rest of the group burst into a heated argument, leaving me to stare at them silently from my spot at my desk, glowering. My headache was certainly NOT getting any better here.
I jumped when the lights flickered, gripping at my seat. The rest of the group fell silent, as well, and Kai even put his magazine down for a moment.
"Alright," Celestyn began after the lights stopped flickering, "I'm going to pretend that never happened."
Everyone jumped this time when the lights started to flicker again.
I swallowed, scratching the back of my head. "Eheh? Maybe they forgot to pay the electric bill or something?" I offered lamely.
No one replied. They looked a bit unsettled when the lights continued to flicker.
"Maybe we should find someone?" Raquel suggested lightly, running a hand through her rich dark brown hair. "We could ask them what's going on. I'm sure there has to be at least a couple members of the staff still inside the building."
A few numb nods passed around the rooms. I just hoped the lights didn't go out and stay out. I didn't do well in darkness.
I stood up, stretching my arms over my arms before starting out of the classroom with the rest of the group, closing the door behind me. I looked down the empty halls, swallowing nervously again. Everything was unusually silent. I stuck close to Raquel and Celestyn, glancing over my shoulder every so often as we made our way down the hall.
"Maybe we should split up and look for someone?" Max started but was cut off instantly.
"No!" Raquel and I said immediately.
"Eheh." I grinned sheepishly when I received a few looks. "I really don't want to be by myself if the lights do happen to go out. It's safer just to stick together."
Celestyn laughed, patting my back. "Safer? Tyson, nothing's going to happen. We're just going to look for one of the staff members. Where's the harm in that?"
She obviously spoke too soon because a crackle came from the intercom, stirring our attention to it. There was another crackle before music began to play from it and the lights began to flicker once more. A gravely, whispered voice soon followed after on it.
"Welcome to Akita High, now you're all gonna die. Open wide, I'm coming inside. Don't look behind, I'll make sure to find. Run and hide for you haven't much time, I'll end it all with this rhyme."
Then silence. The lights went solid again.
"Well," Blaze broke it, shaking his head, "you don't hear that every day."
I could feel my mouth drop to the floor. I cleared my throat and raised a shaking hand. "In a threatening situation, we're suppose to remain calm, right?"
Everyone nodded, pale.
I looked down at my feet before back at them again. "Okay, would anyone care to be the decoy while the rest of us go running and screaming through the halls?"
More silence.
"We're all gonna DIE!" Celestyn wailed.
Everyone began screaming, darting down the hall in this sort of crowded little group. We stopped when reached the end of the hall and realized that there was no other turn. So we turned around and went back the other way, screaming again. Everyone started from the room we had came from but I came to a halt, glaring at them.
"You idiots!" I nodded towards the door at the other end of the hall. "The exit!"
"Oh." They all blinked, recollection dawning.
We ran towards the exit, screaming once more filling the halls. I pressed my face against the glass door, practically sobbing as I pounded my hand against it. "No!" I cried. "It's locked! Damnit!"
"This is your fault!" Celestyn jabbed her pointing finger in my ribs. "If you hadn't gotten yelled at then we never would've stuck up for you and gotten detention in the first place!"
"Stuck up for me?" I yelled back. "If I remember correctly, you just stood there like fecking morons and said 'Four hours?!'"
"At least we said something!" She retorted, turning away from me.
"But you didn't have to!"
"But we did!"
"You didn't have to!"
"We did!"
"You guys!" Kai broke in, frowning. "Let's just go back to the room. This is probably a joke or something. It's not any reason to get upset."
"Oh, yeah, you're right." I shot back sarcastically. "It's no reason to get upset after someone told us that they were going to kill us DIRECTLY OVER THE INTERCOM! It's just a PERFECT kind of situation to remain all happy and cheerful! IT'S LIKE SIGNING YOUR DEATH WARRANT! Don't you watch any movies? That's what always happens. Everyone thinks it's one big joke...but it really ends up to be a massive killing spree! My guess is that in the next five seconds the lights will flicker, go out and when they come back on SOMEONE WILL BE DEAD!"
Kai started at me, seemingly stupefied. "You," He began after a moment, "watch WAY too many movies."
The lights flickered.
I threw my hands into the air. "My point EXACTLY!"
The lights went out.
"Here we go." I rubbed a hand over my head.
The lights went back on.
Everyone was still there.
"Eh," I blinked, tilting my head to the side. "Okay, so I was wrong."
"Tyson," Raquel let out a deep breath, resting a hand on my shoulder, "Kai is right. We just need to stay calm and stay together. We also need to be quiet. I don't think screaming is the best idea at the current moment."
Blaze nodded, still really pale. "They're right." He started towards the classroom, gesturing with his hands for us to follow. "Come on. Let's go back into the room."
We headed back towards the room, looking to our side and behind us for any sign of anyone. I felt a shiver run down my back as we piled back into the room, shutting and locking the door behind us. I really just wanted to get out of here. Everything that was happening was really creeping me out.
"Now what should we do?" I whispered, sitting back down.
"The only thing to do is wait." Max replied softly, going through Mrs. Raeqiu's desk.
"Wait?" I started at him. "Wait?! Wait for what? For someone to come here and kill us?"
"You're over reacting, Tyson." Kai snapped again, frowning. "I told you, this is probably just one big joke."
"A joke?" I mumbled, pressing my head against my hand again. "Yeah, right."
My thoughts of it ever chancing to be a joke were immediately cut short when a blood-curdling scream broke the short-termed silence. I shot to a stand, eyes wide and I knew I was probably the palest out of the group. Geh, damnit. I was such a coward. But then a guy has a right to be a coward when he's about to DIE!
Kai stood up too, frowning and making for the door. He looked back at us, looking annoyed. "Well?" He drew out. "Coming?"
"Uh, no?" I said shakily, backing up into Max. "I'm quite comfy in here, thank you."
He sighed, before opening the door and poking his head out of the room. He looked around for a moment before letting out a silent curse and stepping from the room. He looked back at us, running a hand through his hair. "You guys," He swallowed, "you might want to see this."
Reluctantly, we all gathered out of the room behind him. I almost fainted at what I saw.
In large red print on a piece of black construction paper that hung across the hall, read the words 'NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE'.
"No!" I moaned, feeling my legs give out. "This isn't happening! This can't be happening!"
Everyone else was silent, too shocked and frightened to speak. My head snapped up sharply when someone began to laugh. I narrowed my gaze on Kai, who was holding a hand to his stomach, laughing louder and louder as the moments passed. I came to a shaky stand, beginning to back away with the rest of the group.
"You guys," He spoke between breaths, "are so stupid."
"It's you!" I all but screamed, holding a hand up to my face. "You're going to kill us! BREAK THE LOCKED DOOR DOWN!" I turned sharply around, running back towards the exit with the screaming group behind me.
"You idiots!" Kai called after us, still laughing. "Would you stop running? It's just a joke! I set you up!"
I came to a dead stop, narrowly missing from meeting the door face-first. I slowly turned around, my angry eyes resting on his laughing ones. "You mean to tell me," I began, biting down on my bottom, "that you fixed us? You? Of all people?"
"A guy has to have fun so close to Halloween, doesn't he?" He snickered, still shaking his head. "I figured it'd be a nice pre-party for Panix's Halloween one."
"And do the teacher's know about this?" Raquel asked from beside me, and I knew by the tone of her voice that she was upset too.
"Of course." He stopped laughing, meeting our even gazes. "They helped us." He looked behind him, calling out, "Okay, you guys can come out!"
Mrs. Raeqiu, Panix, Raider, and Takisha came from behind a closed door towards the other end of the hall, grinning.
"Oh, c'mon!" I groaned, slapping a hand to my face. "How could you do this, Takisha? And Mrs. Raeqiu! This isn't fair!"
Mrs. Raeqiu smiled gently. "It seemed like too good of an offer to turn down." She winked. "And besides, I knew that you guys would probably never disobey me in class again."
I frowned, folding my arms across my chest and turned away. "This is totally unfair and uncalled for."
"But it was purely priceless." Takisha burst into a fit of laughter, Kai joining him. "You guys totally believed that someone was going to kill you. And your screaming? Ah, too perfect."
I glared at Takisha. "Yeah, perfect." I started towards the exit, glancing back at Mrs. Raeqiu. "Can we go home now?"
Grr! I hate this! I never even suspected this and Kai fixed me so bad! That's totally not fair! It was suppose to be MY turn to embarrass him! Obviously this guy doesn't play by the rules. But he'll pay. Oh, yes he will. I'll make sure of it. And since he had other people help him for this little trick, then I think I'll have Max, Ray, Celestyn, and Raquel help me for mine.
I brushed past Kai as Mrs. Raeqiu unlocked the doors, smiling weakly at me as if for a slight apology. Kai simply smirked at me as I started down the stairs, raising a hand in front of my eyes to block the evening sun.
Oh, smirk and mock while you can, Kai.
This is where your little 'reign of pranks' end because I have one that'll top yours by far.
End Chapter Eight.
End Notes: XD This was a weird little chapter, wasn't it? ^^; I know, I know. But at least it was a bit longer. Eheh, I can't wait 'till you guys see what Tyson is going to do to Kai. Ooh, trust me, it'll be good. ^_______________^ Review?
Dark: You're such a plot--
Firefly-chan: *throws Dark into a closet* Shush!
Dark: -_-;