Zach was one of the lucky kids who got in to see Nurse Spex after the damage in the cafeteria.
"Broken Arm," was what she declared upon viewing him with her x-ray vision.
"Aww…Man…" Zach Grumbled. He tried not to cry when she molded a cast onto it. It hurt a lot. What hurt more actually was the pain in his chest. The girl of his friggen dreams had been behind all of it. He knew he shouldn't have been so harsh with her, after all it wasn't her fault Rayne flipped out and she had to help her. She had forewarned him.
He was shoved out and the next unfortunate victim of the Matters Sisters' destruction was ushered in.
"Zach, are you okay?" Will asked. All his friends were waiting for him.
"I have a broken arm," he replied dejectedly.
"Broken heart too?" Magenta asked obnoxiously.
Zach didn't say anything as Layla pushed her friend. This was no time to get nasty.
"How did you know?" Warren asked darkly. Zach had forgotten about the dark loner who was standing, obscured behind the rest of them.
"What?" Zach looked up and questioned.
"You did tell us to get down before they started going psycho," Ethan pointed out. Their stares bored into him, his shoulders slumped and he turned his back.
"Spill it Zach," Layla ordered, just as curious as everyone else.
"She...she told me what they could do," Zach responded meekly.
"Dude, why didn't you tell any faculty? It's a HUGE liability!" Will asked amazed that Zach was so foolhardy.
"LOOK, I promised her! She didn't have to tell me but did. I didn't want to betray her trust." Zach snapped with a frown.
"And now you have yourself a broken arm," Magenta snapped back.
"Terra is not a bad person!" Zach shouted at them, their looks told him they doubted.
"So why else would she send an earthquake through the cafeteria?" Ethan asked.
"They have a bond. Terra and none of the others can control it...When one gets offended, mad, hurt by another…they have to back each other up. I don't know, that's just how it is," Zach explained with defense.
They looked at him like his words were insane.
"That's uberly freaky," Magenta commented.
Zach sighed. They couldn't understand. There was a 'under construction' sign newly posted on the wall...or what used to be the wall of the cafeteria as they passed it.
Zach wondered where Terra was.
Terra was in the detention room, seated with Gail, Byrn, and Rayne. The room had neutralized their abilities, not they would try to use them now.
She bit her lip until it was numb; tears were threatening to explode out of her eyes. She felt miserable.
"WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT?" she exploded towards Rayne's direction.
Rayne took her head off the desk slowly and stared at Terra. "The jack ass couldn't take a hint, now he has a hint…permanently" was her simple answer.
"Yeah he was totally groping her," Gail pointed out then mumbled something about 'jealous'.
"You could have handled it better," Bryn added in agreement, "Now they KNOW."
Rayne shrugged. She didn't care at the moment.
"LADIES," Principal Powers joined in the room. They all looked up. Powers got a high dose of unnatural stares.
"The Cafeteria, thanks to you, is demolished. What do you have to say about it?"
"I'm sorry that the cafeteria is destroyed but really, that jerk off LASH is the primary cause of it. You should teach your students not to sexually harass other students," Rayne said coldly.
Powers did not like being told how to do her job, "Don't blame your mistakes on other people. Yes Lash is at fault for some things but it is all four of you who damaged school property," Powers bit back angrily. "And it didn't help for you to hide what you could truly do. That was a stupid decision on your parts."
Rayne verbally growled and her eyes became hazy but no drops of water appeared.
"Now, what I do suggest is that you clean up your attitudes and help clean up your mess. You are on academic probation so you can't do any extra curricular activities and you'll spend your lunches in here for a while in case an episode may erupt again, are we clear?" Powers glared at them.
"Fine." Rayne said quickly and sat back in her chair with crossed arms.
They were sent home because the other students wouldn't be so quick to forgive as Powers. They didn't want any more trouble for the day. Terra was packed with frustration and maybe even anger. They entered their apartment with silence.
"What's going to happen now? They didn't expel us like last time," Gail remarked.
"You heard the principal, we're barred from extra curricular stuff. Oh and we eat lunch in solitary," Byrn reminded them.
"We also have to clean up," Rayne added.
It was a hassle for all of them, even if they didn't participate in school clubs or sports.
Terra wouldn't say anything. She was worried about Zach. She stood up abruptly and stomped into the kitchen to pick up the phone. She dialed Zach's house phone but then remembered he would still be at school. She hung up and marched up to her room to be in self-induced solitary confinement. Everything was a mess now.
