Chapter 6
Rayne, Zeke, and Casey wandered into the library, and looked around.
"See anything?" Zeke whispered.
"No…What about you, Casey?" she asked.
"Nothing…Zeke?"
"Just a ton of books…" They left the room, and headed down the all to the gym. They searched their rooms, but hadn't found anything.
"Rayne?"
"Hm?" she asked, looking around.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you before…" She shook her head.
"It's alright, Zeke…"
"No it's not…I, uh…" She held up her hand, silencing him.
"Did you hear something?" she asked. He listened, and heard a splash. They started running towards the pool room, and peeked in through the door. Scott was swimming! And so were Stokes and Stan…but not like normal people.
"Oh, my god…"
"What?" Rayne pulled them all away from the door.
"It's Scott!" she hissed.
"What?"
"He's the alien! The head alien!"
"How do you know?"
"The only one not to take the drug, he disappeared, he knew we were in the room, he's swimming…" They all looked at each other.
"Okay, so now we have to kill him…how?" Casey asked.
"The same way as before. Stab him with the scat pen…" She spun around.
"What?"
"I thought of something…come on!" she hissed, and they ran down the hall. She pulled a pin from her hair, and stuck it in the lock of one of the closets.
"What're you doing?"
"This closet holds all the equipment that was banned from the building…" It clicked, and she pulled it open. There were arrows, bows, rifles-tons of weapons… and all she did was pick up a bow.
"What're you doing with that?"
"I'm gonna hit him without getting near him."
"Okay…" She pulled out two more bows, and bunch of arrows. Then handed them to Casey and Zeke.
"You two stand on the catwalk above the pool, and distract them. While Scott is looking at you two, I'll shoot him with the pens…Zeke?" He handed them to her.
"You sure this'll work?" Casey asked.
"It has to. We've no other choice." They started to the pool room. As they started to run off to the catwalk, Zeke stopped. Casey turned to him.
"Zeke, come on!" he hissed. Zeke ran back to Rayne.
"What?" she asked. He set the bow and arrows on the ground, grabbed her shoulders, and kissed her. She kissed him back. After a few seconds, he pulled away.
"If this doesn't work, I just want to know how that feels," he said, grabbed his bow and arrows, and took off. She smiled, touching her lips, and looked away. Then she took a breath, and looked inside. They hit the catwalk, and signaled her. She silently opened the door, and they moved closer to the edge. Zeke readied the arrow, aimed, and fired. It landed it Scott's back. He was already changed, so it had to work. Scott spun around on the deck, and looked up. A loud hissing scream came from him. Casey fired another from a different point on the catwalk, making him scream louder. Rayne aimed the pen at him, and took a breath.
"Hey, ugly!" she called. He spun around, still screaming. She let go, and the pen flew in a straight line, perfect form, right into his eye. The scream grew louder as his eye began to puss. Stan and Stokes looked over from their place on the opposite side of the pool.
"Keep firing!" she cried. Zeke and Casey continued to fire the arrows at Scott, and she loaded the last pen. Scott finally spun back towards Rayne.
"Shoot him!" the two cried in unison. She lifted the bow. Stokes and Stan leapt into the water, and began to swim towards Rayne.
"Time to go home, Scott," she said, and fired. The pen landed in his other eye. He started to freak out, and the puss started coming out in amazing amounts.
"Duck and cover!" she screamed, sliding out the door. Zeke and Casey ducked up on the catwalk, heading out the door, and waited. Then they heard Scott explode, and pushed open the doors. Stokes and Stan, who had been in the pool, were sinking. Rayne dived in, and grabbed them around the waists, pushing herself to the surface. She slid them onto the deck, and pulled herself out. Zeke and Casey ran down, and slid beside the too. While Rayne gave Stan mouth-to-mouth, Casey gave Stokes mouth-to-mouth. Finally, they began to cough, and slowly sat up. Stokes reached over and took Stan's hand. They smiled at each other, and the three helped them stand. Zeke and Rayne stood close, and headed outside into the pouring rain.
"So…are you going to go back to the house you share with Billie, or what?" he asked. She shrugged, and pushed an arm around his waist.
"I dunno. I was thinking about having you guys help me flip my car back over first," she said, laughing. They all began to laugh.
They walked up to the silver car in front of the guys' dorms.
"Okay, you guys get ready…"
"On the count of three…"
"Better make it five."
"Alright,
five…"
"One."
'Two…"
"Three…"
"Four…" Rayne looked around.
"Five!" she cried, and they pushed. The car began to lift up, and flipped over onto its wheels. She stepped back, and looked at her friends. The she saw something in the rain…Billie lay beside a tree, unconscious. She walked around the car, and ran to her friend.
"Billie? Billie, wake up…" she said, shaking her. Billie groaned, and opened her eyes.
"Rayne? What's going on?" she asked. Rayne smiled.
"Your back…" She hugged her friend, and helped her up.
Rayne looked around as she stood in Zeke's room, drying off. He walked over with a cup of tea, and handed it to her.
"Here, drink this…it'll warm you up," he said. She smiled, and sipped it.
"Thanks, Zeke…" He pulled the cushion off a chair, and pulled it up with a towel on it.
"Sit…" She smiled, and sat down.
"Thanks…" Setting the tea on the desk, she looked up at him. He was walking by her, so she reached out and took his hand. He looked down at her.
"What?" She pulled him down. "What?" he asked again. Leaning forward, she kissed him. He kissed her back, placing his hands on her thighs. She had her hands on his cheeks, and then pulled back.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"Not a problem…" She pulled the towel tighter around her shoulders, and looked up at the clock. Almost midnight.
"Good thing I don't have class tomorrow," she said. He smiled, and stood up.
"Do you need anything else?" he asked.
"Nope. You've done enough already, Zeke, so take a rest. Sit down already." He laughed, and nodded.
"Alright, fine. You sure you don't need anything else?" he asked.
"I'm sure. I'm fine…." She stood up, and walked to the window, looking outside.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Do you realize that it took us longer the first time to destroy the aliens then it did this time?" she asked, turning around. He thought for a second.
"It did, didn't it?" he asked. She nodded. He stood back up and walked into his closet. When he walked back out, he handed her a pair of shorts and a long T-shirt.
"Here…go change," he said. She smiled, and walked into the bathroom. After only a minute, she walked back out, rubbing her hair dry with the towel. She tossed it into the hamper against the wall, and sat on the couch. Zeke walked over and sat beside her. She leaned against the arm of the couch, and sighed.
"You alright?" he asked.
"I dunno…I'm kind of tired, but who wouldn't be?" she asked. He smiled.
"Yea, I guess your right. Hey, listen, I wanted to tell you something…." He looked over at her, and saw her, sleeping. He smiled, shaking his head, and laid her down. Reaching onto the back of the couch, he covered her up, and then set one of his pillows under her head.
"Sleep tight," he said.
