Wow... hey, all- it's been awhile, hasn't it. Hm... I've just been very busy lately, and I also kept forgetting to write some new material for it. But... hey, it's Friday and I've decided to lose my procrastinating ways- for the time being. Enjoy the new chapter, everyone!

Oh, and replies to reviewers, of course! XD

Lt. Commander Richie: Uh... yeeaaahh, wish I knew what you were talking about! XD

Espantalho: Dude, like, guess what? Baron's powers will be revealed in this chapter! Yayness!

Kitkat: Hey! I'm a Republican, so I CAN complain! Whenever I want to. XD

coolgirlc: Don't make ugly. Wha? XX

atecom: You and your Bruce Campbell. XD

Demon Days: Ch.5

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It was about an hour after his mishap in gym class that Will was finally released from the nurse's office. Good, because he was now hell-bent on finding out a few things.

Well... in truth, he was only searching for one answer. But that one thing would answer a few other questions as well.

It was lunch time next. Good thing, too- all this anger and anticipation Will had boiling up inside of him since first being taken to the nurse had made him hungry.

He stepped into the lunchroom, and instantly all the eyes in the room went him. Which was a bit strange- this may have been the first time that some girls' eyes had gone off Baron in a while.

Will sighed and blushed a tiny bit as he pressed forward, making his way to the table that he and his friends sat at. On his way, he heard the quiet whispers that were given off by just about every person he passed. Even those who had not been in his class had now found out. Will realized, as well, that even a few of the teachers were eyeing him strangely.

"Hey, guys," he sighed, slumping down into his chair as he sat down. "I'm guessing everyone found out about what happened, huh?"

"Definitely," Ethan said. "Everyone's talking about how you almost got crushed by that car and all. What were you thinking?"

Will, of course, knew exactly what it was. The sight of Layla... with Baron. Holding hands. Acting as if they had known each other for the longest time.

As he sat there in silent anger, another thought came to his mind. Something that made him even angrier than he already was: Layla has ASSURED him that there was nothing going between herself and Baron. Apparently, Will and Layla's respective definitions of 'what was going on' and 'what was crossing the line' were completely different.

And if Warren hadn't decided to free Will from his deep trance, he likely would've sat there for the rest of the day. Warren had known this, and he knew the only way to snap him out of it was to mention the second greatest thing on his mind- something that had quite literally been pushed into the back of his mind.

"So Will... you heard that everyone finally found out Baron's power, right?"

Will's eyes snapped open. He glanced over at Baron's table- where, of course, Layla was sitting, and then back at Warren. "I'm all ears."

"Well... it's nothin' REALLY cool, or anything, but... he can manipulate sound waves. Makes 'em into these huge barriers of energy that attack his opponent!"

"Just like his mom!" Zach chimed in.

Will took a minute to let this all sink in, and then sighed. So, that was it. All this thinking, all this waiting, and that's all Baron could do? Sure, Will was impressed and all, but it was also a bit disappointed.

This was because, of course, of the fact that he had hoped that Baron's powers would've had to do with something like psychic abilities. Knowing that would amount to the strange ways all the girls in the school had been acting. Especially around Baron.

"Well, then that means psychic powers are out of the question," he said to no one in particular.

"Yeah... so we still don't know why all the girls are acting the way they are...," Ethan sighed.

"Wait... what are you guys talking about?" Magenta asked.

The guys at the table all looked at each other. And all but Will returned to staring at their plates of food, leaving him to sort out the situation himself. Magenta did not know about their theory, and she was, obviously, one of the many obsessed with the utter fact that Baron was within 20 feet of her.

"Eh... nothing...," Will tried to cover it up.

"If this is about me liking Baron again... come off it, you guys! There is no 'magnetic force' pulling me and all the other girls toward him. We are doing this of our own free will! Yeah, that's right- free will. You know the meaning of it, right?"

"Psh, free will. That's probably exactly what he is PROGRAMMING you to think!" Ethan said.

"Programming me? Do you think I'm some kind of damn robot?" she yelled.

"Ah... no! That's not what I meant! What I meant was..."

"Aw, can it. I'm outta here. See you guys later," Magenta got up and left, not to another table, but out of the lunchroom completely.

"Hm... 'Genta seemed really upset back there... do ya guys think that maybe there really isn't anything goin' on?" asked Zach. "I mean, maybe this guy is really so attractive to the opposite sex that they can't get him off their mind."

"Well... we're gonna have to go on that... for now," said Warren, standing up. "Either way, lunch is over. We got one more class, and then we get to go home. We can try and figure out what the hell's going on afterwards. But until then... you sidekicks might wanna tell your teacher NOT to open the blinds today."

"Another prank, eh?" Ethan sighed. "Say, that reminds me- why did you guys put that weird green thing in Mr. Boy's closet? It was, like, a demon, or something. And it almost wrecked the whole classroom!"

"A demon? Dude, you guys are crazy... we didn't put ANYTHING like THAT in the closet. Now, a large cut-out of Mr. Boy with all kinds of shit drawn all over him... THAT'S what we put in."

"Well, that's not what we found in there."

"Wow... um," it was apparent that Warren REALLY didn't know, "that's weird. I might have to go chat a bit with some of those guys... we'll get to the bottom of this, don't you worry."

"That's good," Zach said. "So... guess we're off as well. Will, you comin'?"

Will slowly nodded, "Yeah. Sure. You guys go ahead; I'll be there in a sec."

"Suit yourself," he and Ethan hurried after Warren.

Will sat there silently, staring quite blatantly at a distant table. The one, of course, that Baron, Layla, and Baron's other hell-bent worshipers were sitting. They were all getting up to leave as well. And for one split-second, Will's heart stopped beating.

Baron and Layla kissed.

The utter silence in the room was a bit terrifying. It was as if everyone had been monitoring Baron, and had just seen what had happened. They knew that Layla had never 'broken up' with Will. Will had even assured them all that there was nothing going on between Baron and Layla.

But this, this was a large-yet-almost-expected turn of events.

Silence, however, can never last, as it has been found over the years. And this trend was continued when...

BAM!

The south wall of the lunchroom was completely leveled. And there, out in the open, stood two large green lizard-like figures. Something almost along the lines of what Ethan and the sidekicks had described before... only bigger.

WAY bigger.

All problems would need to be pushed aside.

It didn't matter what these things were.

It was time to fight.

END CHAPTER

Hey, dudes and dudettes! I just found this out- my friend, Kevin- his aunt is actually in the movie Sky High! XD I mean, it's such a small part that it's uncredited, but still- she's in the fight scene in the lunchroom, as a lunchlady. XX That was pointless. But of course, I have to exhibit some useless fact to y'all every chapter. So... there's today's.

So... I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I'm not gonna update 'til after the new year, so I'll tell all you guys now. Let all your wildest dreams come true. Unless it involves Jesse McCartney. He must die. XD Joking. Kind of. Read and review!

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