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Under Her Spell
"Everybody out!" Herry instructed as soon as they pulled into the school. "Let's paint the town red!" Theresa squealed, pulling Atlanta out of the truck. "Woo-hoo!" Atlanta exclaimed, pumping her fist above her head. "C'mon, Odie," she said to her shorter friend as she struggled to pull his seatbelt off. "I'm coming, I'm coming," he told her. He eventually managed to untangle the seatbelt, but managed to fall out of the truck in the process. "Smooth," Atlanta laughed, helping him up.
Soon they were all standing in front of the door to the gym, waiting for one of them to open the door. "What's everyone's issue?" Neil asked, "Are we gonna party or not?" Theresa looked over at Atlanta. "You okay, Lanny?" she asked. "I'm fine," she assured her friend, "Why shouldn't I be?" But she wasn't "fine." Her heart was split straight in two. Nobody could really understand that right now. The only person who could usually REALLY cheer her up was Archie. And he wasn't there. "Then let's ride," Odie said, pushing the door open. They all walked in. Lights were flashing off dark walls, and everyone was dancing to New Found Glory's "Hit or Miss". "Come on, Jay," Theresa laughed, "They're playing our song!" She grabbed her crush's hands and pulled him out to the dance floor. Neil walked over to where a group of giggly sophomore girls were huddled, and Herry went over to the buffet table. "Wanna dance?" Odie asked, sweetly. "Not right now," Atlanta answered. "Okay," Odie said, "Do you want to just talk?" "That'd be great," Atlanta answered, smiling.
"Where are we?" Archie asked Isobel as she led him into a large cave with a deep pool of water at the center. "My home," Isobel answered. "This…this is your home?" Archie asked, sure that Isobel was just joking. "Yes," she giggled, "Why… don't you like it?" "Um, sure," Archie told her, "But, Isobel…" "Ugh! Would you stop calling me that?" Isobel shouted angrily, "My name is NOT Isobel, it's Idais!" "Idais?" Archie asked confused, "You mean the sea nymph who was cursed into a hideous monster by Athena?" "Yes," Isobel/Idais chuckled, "And I curse the goddess for it. It was not MY fault that Achilles was almost driven into insanity by my so called 'obsession.' What do people have to do to prove that they are in love? Fortunately, I can take my original, beautiful form every few thousand centuries, even if it is only for a short period of time!" She laughed insanely as she began to change back into a hideous monster. Archie stumbled back with fear, slipped, and almost fell back into the water. But Idais, now back to her normal body, caught him before he could. "Archie, Archie, Archie," she sighed, "We can't have you drowning now can we? After all I have plansssssss for you." Her narrow, black slits for eyes began to glow….
"Okay, I've got one," Atlanta told Odie, "What's your most embarrassing moment?" "Why are we even playing this game?" Odie complained, leaning his head against the wall. "Because I want to," Atlanta answered as-a-matter-of-factly. "Fine," Odie, groaned, "That time in biology when we were dissecting a frog, and I accidentally leaned on the tray and sent one catapulting onto Ms. Persephone's head." "Oh my gosh, I remember that!" Atlanta laughed. "And it would be great if you could forget it," Odie said, "Along with the rest of the class." "Okay, now it's your turn," Atlanta said, "Ask me a question." "Alright," Odie said, a smile forming on his face, "Do you, or do you not, like Archie?" "Excuse me?" Atlanta asked him, "What kind of question is that for a boy?" "A question that he wants to know," Odie answered smugly. "Fine," Atlanta muttered, "The answer is…. THAT I'M NOT TELLING YOU!" She jumped off the bench they were sitting on and ran over to where Theresa and Jay were still dancing. "Save me," she whispered to them, "Odie has just asked me a question that I don't feel like answering!" "What was it?" Jay asked, his eyes sparked with interest. But before Atlanta could answer, a tall body emerged into the huddle. Atlanta was just about to tell him to butt out, but then Theresa asked: "Archie? What are you doing here? I heard someone say that you left with Isobel." Feeling left out that Theresa hadn't told her this, Atlanta looked up at her purple-haired friend. "She's in here somewhere," Archie told them, "But I came back to apologize. I've treated you all really badly lately." Atlanta snorted. Archie ignored her and kept talking. "Let's go to the Juicy Burger," he said, "My treat." "Sounds cool," Jay said. Theresa and Atlanta nodded.
After rounding up the rest of their friends, the group followed Archie out to the parking lot. "Oh, I forgot to do something," Archie remembered. "What?" Herry asked. "This," Archie said, taking a round, lead ball out of his pocket and throwing it at Herry. Upon contact with his body, long, metal coils jumped out of the ball and wrapped themselves around Herry, making him fall onto the cold cement. A shock of electrical current was sent through the wires, knocking Herry unconscious. "Archie, what are you doing?" Theresa asked. Archie didn't answer. Instead, he took out another ball and whipped it at her. She also hit the ground and was electrocuted so she would be knocked out. "Theresa!" Jay gasped, leaning down, trying to free her. "Jay, move it!" Atlanta yelled to him, "There's something wrong with Archie! Just get away!" But Jay didn't listen. Archie threw yet another ball at him and he too was sent to the ground, eyes closed. Neil shrieked as another ball hit him, and Odie was knocked out too as he was hit trying to run behind a fence. Archie smiled at Atlanta. "Looks like it's just you and me, Lan," he said. He reached into his pocket, but realized that he had nothing to throw at her. "And it looks like YOU'RE out of weapons!" she smirked. Archie let out a battle cry and lunged at her. Atlanta reached for her laser cross-bow, but before she could take it out, Archie had knocked her to the ground. Her head hit the concrete, hard. Dazed from the pain, she couldn't defend herself as Archie repeatedly kicked her in the stomach, making her cough up blood. "Archie, stop!" she tried to scream, but only a small whisper came out. "Nighty night," Archie said, picking up a large stick and pounding it on her forehead. The only thing Atlanta remembered after that was darkness…
Left you hanging, didn't I? Are you wondering what's going to happen to Atlanta and the rest of the team? Don't worry, my next chapter's coming up soon!