To the wonderful people who take time out of their busy days to read and review my work: thank you!
chyp: Thanx for the comment. I try to make the beginning good so that y'all will wanna come back again and again… I agree that Matt isn't in the spotlight as much as he probably should be. Don't worry; he'll get his in time…
Raya: As always, thanx! At this stage in my life, I'm afraid that "Fallen Angels" were the best I could come up with! And I, too, hate Lina and am starting to get a little peeved with James. Hopefully something will happen in this story…
He had planned everything perfectly. It was a plan that was destined to succeed, no matter what happened. It was an unconventional idea at the least, but promised an impressive outcome, if anything. He waited patiently, out of sight of course, for his prey to fall into his trap. He knew that a full on attack would prove less than fruitful, so he decided to do things carefully, concisely, correctly. Then it happened…
Matthew walked into the room from class. He had had a very long day full of boring fifty minute lectures that only went into his left ear and drained out of his right ear. As he opened the door and entered the room, he tripped over a small string that stretched across both ends of the doorway. The string offset the balance of a wooden plank, causing it to tilt to the right. As it tilted, it set off a lever that set a marble into motion. The marble traveled around a large plastic tube that spanned the length of the entire room. Matthew watched the marble as it rolled from corner to corner of the room, partly amazed and partly confused. Finally, the marble ended its course by falling into a funnel, where it swirled around and around before settling and falling inside. It bounced into a little bottle, that tipped over from the added weight (it was already tilted to the side) and knocked over a domino. The domino fell over, hitting another domino, then another, then another, and another. Soon, a full domino effect was taking place inside the dorm room. The last domino fell onto Matthew's shoe. As he bent down, his head inadvertently hit another string that had been positioned over him. This string caused a bucket to topple over, pouring ten gallons of melted chocolate on Matthew. He reeled back up, looking for the bucket, but his head hit the second string, that had been placed slightly behind him. Another bucket was launched at him from his left side, covering him with feathers.
Matthew was furious, to say the least. Although a part of him wanted to laugh, a bigger part of him did not like to be covered in chocolate and feathers. The only thought that ran through his head was: I'M GOING TO KILL WESLEY!!!
He carefully looked around the room, looking for any other traps that might have been set. Once deeming the area safe, he made his way to his bed, quickly closing the door behind him. He retreated to his chair to start planning sweet revenge, but as he sat down, the chair crumbled under his weight. He crashed to the ground, and decided to just sit there.
Twenty minutes had passed and Matthew was still in the same spot. James opened the door and hastily strode in. Matthew looked at him the same way that he looked at Matthew. James closed the door and joined Matthew on the floor.
"You too?" Matthew asked.
"Yeah," James responded. "What did he get you with?"
"Chocolate and feathers," Matthew answered. "You?"
"Maple syrup and cornflakes," James said, looking around. "You gotta admit; he's creative."
Wesley had decided to spend the night with a friend to give his brothers time to cool off. He knew them well enough to know that they would probably kill him if he showed his face anytime soon. He looked at his watch; it was almost ten o'clock at night. According to his plan, both Matthew and James had both gotten "had" and were probably sitting on the ground still, talking about how they were going to get him back. He was sure, though, that it would never compare to his astounding stunt.
As he made his way across the Quad, he noticed a noise coming from behind a group of trees. Not one to blindly go into something, he decided to go the other way. Suddenly, the noise seemed to move from behind him to in front of him again! He changed directions for a second time, but the noises only moved in front of him again. Finally, he walked towards the voices, thinking he had gone a little crazy. Hiding behind a tree, he peeked through a small opening and saw Lina talking to some creature. It had strange colored skin, but the strangest thing of all was that it had two large wings on its back. What the hell was going on, he thought to himself. Why were they out on the Quad and not somewhere in the Underworld, where the atmosphere was a bit more accommodating? He strained his ears to make out what they were saying, but all he could hear was faint murmurs. Suddenly, whatever Lina was talking to flapped its wings and took to the skies, while Lina disappeared in a flame. Wesley changed directions again, this time headed for his dorm room. Whether or not they were mad, his brothers had to hear about what he had seen.
So bold, that Wesley…and too young to die, because that's what will certainly happen if he goes to see his brothers now! After that prank, which I gotta admit was based on something I pulled myself back in my college days (even though it wasn't as well done…), I don't think that they're gonna be too pleased to see him. But Lina and this weird creature thing? What's that all about?