Part Nine: Hallways
Magnet put his feet up on the top of his desk as he finished his 100 lines for detention. Hilary wasn't even almost halfway, for she was writing slowly and carefully, trying to make it "neat."
The clock ticked by slowly. Magnet started to tap on his desk. The teacher suddenly got up from her desk, and he thought she was going to yell at him for tapping on his desk.
"I'll be right back, children. Stay put, and if I find ANY of you out of this room or your seat, you'll be suspended." she said, and she left.
"Children? We're not 'children'." said Magnet, then he got up from his seat, looking around the room. Suddenly he started hearing voices.
"What's that?"
"What?" asked Hilary, looking up at him angrily.
"The voices. Don't you hear them?"
"No."
"Come over here."
Magnet and Hilary walked over to a nearby wall, pressing their ears against it.
"The talking is coming from inside the wall!" said Magnet.
"That's odd." said Hilary.
"Maybe there's an opening or something into the wall." Magnet headed into the hallway.
"What are you doing? You don't want to get suspended, do you?" said Hilary, following him to the door.
"I don't care." magnet shrugged it off, pressing his ear to the walls.
Hilary rolled her eyes, then finally just followed him outside the room. She just stood in the middle of the hallway, watching him listen.
'I can't understand what they're saying." he said, just as they started hearing voices down the hall.
"Hurry! Get back into the room!"
They rushed back to their seats, and Magnet was just able to scoot back to his desk, just as the teacher entered.
(*)
Bookworm07: No. He hasn't answered my letter yet.
Squidman17: Oh.
Paranoid has entered the room.
Bookworm07: Hello Zig.
Paranoid: Hey
Squidman17: Hey.
Bookworm17: Have you heard anything from Magnet?
Paranoid: No. Am I supposed to?
Bookworm07: I dunno, I just think it's weird he's not on. He's on this time of day usually.
Paranoid: Probably just got detention or something.
Squidman17: Probably Hilary's fault.
Bookworm07: I guess.
Squidman17: Don't worry.
(*)
Magnet couldn't remember what happened next. He must have dozed off. As Hilary and he headed home, he kept thinking of the voices he had heard. He didn't know about Hilary, but he was going to find out what was in that wall.
He stopped by the library to see if he could find any maps of the school. He found one, but it was a old one and looked different and was ripped up and tattered. He tried the website, but he still couldn't find anything.
(*)
Bookworm07: You heard voices IN the wall?
Magnetic Charge: Yeah.
Paranoid: Maybe the voices were from ghosts.
Magnetic Charge: My school isn't haunted, Zig. No, I think it might have been people in there.
X-ray Vision: Maybe they were just fixing the wall.
Magnetic Charge: I'm not sure. I can't find a map of the school anywhere.
Bookworm07: Maybe they don't have a map because they're hiding things in the school and they don't want students finding anything on the maps or something like that.
Squidman17: It's possible.
Magnetic Charge: You think?
Bookworm07: I think so.
X-ray Vision: I think you're nuts.
(*)
That night Magnet fell asleep in front of his computer, doing research on the school. But he didn't find anything at all. Maybe Becky was right. Maybe they're hiding something and that's why they have no maps or history of the school.
He had stumbled into another mystery.
Magnet put his feet up on the top of his desk as he finished his 100 lines for detention. Hilary wasn't even almost halfway, for she was writing slowly and carefully, trying to make it "neat."
The clock ticked by slowly. Magnet started to tap on his desk. The teacher suddenly got up from her desk, and he thought she was going to yell at him for tapping on his desk.
"I'll be right back, children. Stay put, and if I find ANY of you out of this room or your seat, you'll be suspended." she said, and she left.
"Children? We're not 'children'." said Magnet, then he got up from his seat, looking around the room. Suddenly he started hearing voices.
"What's that?"
"What?" asked Hilary, looking up at him angrily.
"The voices. Don't you hear them?"
"No."
"Come over here."
Magnet and Hilary walked over to a nearby wall, pressing their ears against it.
"The talking is coming from inside the wall!" said Magnet.
"That's odd." said Hilary.
"Maybe there's an opening or something into the wall." Magnet headed into the hallway.
"What are you doing? You don't want to get suspended, do you?" said Hilary, following him to the door.
"I don't care." magnet shrugged it off, pressing his ear to the walls.
Hilary rolled her eyes, then finally just followed him outside the room. She just stood in the middle of the hallway, watching him listen.
'I can't understand what they're saying." he said, just as they started hearing voices down the hall.
"Hurry! Get back into the room!"
They rushed back to their seats, and Magnet was just able to scoot back to his desk, just as the teacher entered.
(*)
Bookworm07: No. He hasn't answered my letter yet.
Squidman17: Oh.
Paranoid has entered the room.
Bookworm07: Hello Zig.
Paranoid: Hey
Squidman17: Hey.
Bookworm17: Have you heard anything from Magnet?
Paranoid: No. Am I supposed to?
Bookworm07: I dunno, I just think it's weird he's not on. He's on this time of day usually.
Paranoid: Probably just got detention or something.
Squidman17: Probably Hilary's fault.
Bookworm07: I guess.
Squidman17: Don't worry.
(*)
Magnet couldn't remember what happened next. He must have dozed off. As Hilary and he headed home, he kept thinking of the voices he had heard. He didn't know about Hilary, but he was going to find out what was in that wall.
He stopped by the library to see if he could find any maps of the school. He found one, but it was a old one and looked different and was ripped up and tattered. He tried the website, but he still couldn't find anything.
(*)
Bookworm07: You heard voices IN the wall?
Magnetic Charge: Yeah.
Paranoid: Maybe the voices were from ghosts.
Magnetic Charge: My school isn't haunted, Zig. No, I think it might have been people in there.
X-ray Vision: Maybe they were just fixing the wall.
Magnetic Charge: I'm not sure. I can't find a map of the school anywhere.
Bookworm07: Maybe they don't have a map because they're hiding things in the school and they don't want students finding anything on the maps or something like that.
Squidman17: It's possible.
Magnetic Charge: You think?
Bookworm07: I think so.
X-ray Vision: I think you're nuts.
(*)
That night Magnet fell asleep in front of his computer, doing research on the school. But he didn't find anything at all. Maybe Becky was right. Maybe they're hiding something and that's why they have no maps or history of the school.
He had stumbled into another mystery.