Willie noticed something coming up to us from the side and gasped in disgust. "What in tarnation is that?!" He hollered. I looked over to see what he saw and I couldn't help but cringe myself.
It was a tan-skinned girl who actually had a neon blue hair color with her long hair that not only draped down the back of her neck but also was hanging over the left side of her cheek. What I saw stand out above even the hair was the tattoos that could be seen anywhere that her skin was visible except on her face and the front of her neck; Which was the only place I could actually make out her skin color. She wore a purple sports bra, black workout shorts, and brown Lauren Ralph flat sandals. Besides that she had piercings on her left eyebrow, right nostril, bellybutton, and four in each ear. Her gray eyes stared blankly at us as she approached.
"That thing ain't human! I ain't sticking around here with it stalking closer to us! See ya partner!" Willie shouted as he bolted away. I felt like he had the right idea as I turned to go but I suddenly heard her call out to me. "Hold it!" I froze in place as she walked up to me. I thought she was gonna do something terrible but I soon noticed that she simply walked around me her hand to her chin as she hummed lightly. 'Is she… observing me?" I wondered as my gaze followed her movements. She then walked in front and examined my face, paying especially close attention to my eyes.
"So which do you prefer more, Dick Van Dyke or Julie Andrews?" She randomly asked me. "Why?" I asked her and she shrugged and responded with, "Because they're your idol actor and actress, are they not?" That took me off guard! 'How did she know those two were my idols? Did she get that info from the hacker guy?' I worried.
"No I didn't get that from Paul. I got it from you right now. You look like the actor who loves singing from the way you take deep breaths and let it out slowly so I figured that you must have watched "The Sound of Music", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", and "Mary Poppins", which that one had both of them, a lot." She answered. 'Now she's reading my mind and knowing the musicals I always watched?! She's like a witch or something.' I panicked as I saw her face grow more annoyed.
"Well?" She asked impatiently. Guess she was still waiting for an answer. "Uh well if I had to choose I guess Julie Andrews since I tended to watch more of her movies." She nodded. "Good." Then she bent down and unlatched a suitcase I didn't even realize she had and suddenly I saw he pull a strange needle like gun out and attached a small bottle of black ink to it. "Okay where would you like? Don't worry if you want it somewhere private I'm not afraid to do it on your butt for example. Trust me I've done worse. Also the pain will be outrageous but worth it."
I backed away from her when she approached me with that thing pointed at me. "Hey hold on a second! What are you doing?!" She held her free hand out to the side in a questioning matter. "What does it look like? I'm giving you a tattoo of Julie Andrews." My eyes widened. "Wait I don't want a tattoo!"
Her arms folded as her foot tapped in annoyance. "Then why did you answer my question?" I looked at her perturbed. "I just thought you wanted to know which one I liked better! I didn't know you were referring to a tattoo!" She sighed as she took out the ink bottle and placed everything back. "Well it should have been obvious what I was asking. What would you expect from the Ultimate Tattoo Artist?"
"Oh so that's your talent?" I asked. She sighed. "Yes. I go by Ollie Peralta and next time, be more considerate of others before you decide to leave a person who is only trying to help you high and dry." She grumbled as she picked up her suitcase and walked off. I couldn't help the mixed feeling I felt towards her. She was scary in many ways but she was just doing what she did best and I rejected her pretty harshly. I decided to try and find someone else to get my mind off that.
I soon spotted another guy leaning against the stage with a magnifying glass in one hand as he looked at some sort of weirdly shaped rock. His tan attire seemed similar to Melinda's but his looked more like an explorer than a hunter, with a long sleeved button up, vest with like twenty pockets, cargo pants, and knee-high boots. He had a stubble, red beard and curly red hair prodding out from underneath his dome-shaped hat. I could see his enlarged hazel eye through the magnifying glass as well as his round, thin-framed, brown glasses before I saw that eye dart to me. I assumed he must have seen me coming up through the glass. He raised his head up at me with a smile and waved.
"Hi there! Nice to finally meet you, Kai!" He called out as I approached. I smiled as I stopped next to him. "I shouldn't be surprised that you know me."
He chuckled as he pointed at me. "Who doesn't?" Immediately I was gonna bring up Willie but I figured it would be best if I didn't. "Well let me introduce myself to you. I'm the Ultimate Paleontologist, Thomas Fenster but you can just call me Tommy." Tommy smiled through his introduction. "That's cool! So you study rocks and minerals right?"
Tommy's smile vanished as he looked at me with a glare in his eye and a pout on his lips. "That's a Geologist. Why would you think I'm one of them?" He asked taking obvious offense to that.
I gulped nervously as I looked down. "I'm sorry but I thought you were just examining that strange rock in your hand." He then looked even more offended as his jaw fell down. "This. Is. No. Rock!" He shouted as he shoved it in my face. "Look at it and tell me again if you think it's a rock! Do. Not. Touch it." He growled at me and I did as he demanded. I closely looked at it and noticed it was strangely hooked and thick like a giant cat claw. Once I put that thought to mind it suddenly clicked together. "Is that a fossil?" I questioned curiously.
He smiled with a nod as he backed off. "Yep! I specialize in digging up and researching dinosaur fossils. Been fascinated with them ever since I was 5 and got my start at a kiddy play pen at the National History Museum in Arizona when I was 7."
"You started at a kiddy play pen? Did you just keep practicing there and then get so good at it you actually began helping a team find fossils?" I asked.
He smiled but shook his head. "Nope, I mean I was put there while my family went into the museum but I left since it was basically a giant sandbox with nothing but kid toys and plastic fakes. But I wanted the real thing so I walked outside on my own and began digging at a random spot."
"The history curator and my family of course freaked out once they realized I wasn't there. They would have called the cops if someone didn't spot me digging a hole in the grass. They rushed out to scold me for running off and damaging the museum's property but as soon as I showed them this claw here that I found they stopped and soon an entire team of paleontologists, who worked for the museum, showed up and began excavating the spot I was digging. Soon enough the found an entire skeleton of a dinosaur that hadn't even been discovered by that point! I got to name it and they let me keep the talon I found as a reminder of what I did. I quickly joined that team at the museum once I turned 12 and I joined them on expeditions around the world, helping them find fossil after fossil."
"Wow, that's amazing. How did you manage to find them especially the one outside the museum on your first go?" I asked, astounded by his story. He shrugged. "Well I didn't. I just chose random spots and got lucky. I always say that if your intuition is so overwhelming on something then it must be right. It just felt right to be digging at that spot and so I trusted my intuition and every time it has never let me down."
"That's right! That's all it takes is the belief in yourself that make the seemingly impossible possible! What a truly inspirational tale!" A high pitched shouted came from behind me that made me jump away from it as I saw a different girl standing there with her fists held up in a confident matter.
This one looked very professional with her white hair done up in a bun which also had a pink stripe, with all types of make-up, like golden eye shadow, red lipstick, foundation, mascara, eye liner, and blush, visible on her face but not overdone. It was just perfect. She wore a yellow blouse with a white and green striped, tight-fitting skirt that clung around her knees and brown crown vintage sandals.
"Um… yeah I guess so." Tommy said with a shrug.
She suddenly took a step forward that was more of a stomp and pointed at him like she was the Ace Attorney. "NO! No guessing!" We both stepped back in surprise from that as her black eyes were narrowed at us. "If you just guess something you'll never get anything accomplished. Say "I know it and I can"!" She shouted and the two of us found ourselves straighten up like military soldiers and shouted in unison, "I know it and I can!" She soon straightened herself out like a teacher and smiled with a tilt of her head. "Good. Now just repeat that to yourself whenever you think like that and I promise your mindset will improve dramatically."
We looked at each other then back to her before Tommy stated, "And with that said I am now walking away from this conversation. Good luck, Kai." With that said he turned and walked away. "Don't walk away from your problems Tommy! Confront them!" She shouted to him but stayed in front of me.
She smiled at me as I gave her a weak smile back. "So nice to meet the talented actor who broke so many expectations with you going above and beyond even the daring sun! Kai Brugger, I must say it is an honor to meet such an inspiring young man." I felt myself blushing at her words and rubbed my neck awkwardly. "Aren't we basically the same age? Also I don't think I'm that big of an inspiration."
She looked to me with a serious expression now plastering her face. "That's not true! You are! You just probably haven't been told enough and those people who haven't should be ashamed. The messages your movies provide for people has helped people! I reference them all the time and people have always found comfort in the characters and stories you portray."
I couldn't help but smile. Her words also seemed to lift me up off my feet and it felt great! "Say how do you do that?" I asked. She tilted her head. "How do I do what?"
"Oh sorry, I should have been clearer. How do you make people feel so good about themselves? I mean you've barely said much and I already feel pride swelling in me if you can believe it." I confessed. She giggled. "Oh I know, I can tell with the way your body's posture went more upright."
I shook my head in disbelief. "Just who are you?"
She then walked forward and handed me a business card. "I am Helen Kibby. I am the Ultimate Motivational Speaker and I am here to push you forward!" That saying was also on the card she handed me so I assumed it was her catchphrase. This one was impressive. She knew exactly what to say to someone and they would feel better about themselves in an instant.
"It's no surprise. You words are so direct and powerful! How do you do it?" I asked her, intrigued with what she would most likely tell me. "It's nothing really. I just assess the situation of the person through their actions or words and I help inspire them and bring them understanding through the words I relay to them. Do you remember that gay rights movement a couple months back? You know the one where thousands of Americans, in certain states that don't allow gay marriage and other rights, rallied together at the same time and peacefully protested for their rights?"
I blinked in shock as I stared at her. "No you mean…" I couldn't even finish my sentence but she knew what I was gonna ask anyways. "Yes. I was the one who rallied them together and gave that speech that gave them the courage to come forward and protest to the government without violence. The result ended with half of those states allowing those rights to gay couples." I had no idea the one who did that was a high school student like me!
"That's insane! I never would have thought you would help them out like that!" I said in shock. She chuckled at my eagerness of the topic and nodded. "Of course I would. A true motivational speaker does not discriminate in any way, whether it's sexuality, ethnicity, background history, sex, or even age. I help anyone that needs my aid and I am always making myself available to everyone."
What an inspiration! If anything I was just an insect compared to how big she was when it came to inspiring people. I couldn't help but feel extra lucky to be attending now despite all the weirdos and crazy people I've met so far. She smiled to me and then told me to run along and make more friends. Apparently she watched my interview on Good Morning America and was inspired by my courage so she didn't want to keep me rooted to her when I still had a few more students to meet.
I wondered if the next one would be as fantastic as her. It wasn't. As Helen and I parted ways, I suddenly saw a tan guy with blue eyes in a Hawaiian themed swim trucks and green flip-flops come straight at me down the slight hill the isles of the seats made riding atop a white surfboard with a blue border around the entire board. His dirty blonde hair that reached the top if his neck flowed behind him, well for as much as it could under an orange beanie with a horizontal green stripe, as he 'surfed' right at me. I screamed as I jumped out of the way in the nick of time as his board collided with the side of the stage and he went flying up with a back flip and somehow managing to land on his feet near the edge of the stage, his back to the seats.
"And Marcel Lawson sticks the landing!" He shouted triumphantly as he turned around only to find he stepped on air and ended up falling and face planting onto his surfboard with his legs arching back and nearly touching his head before they fell back so he was now lying on his stomach. I cringed as I saw all that unfold as I quickly ran over to him. "Hey are you okay?"
He slowly pushed himself up until he was sitting Indian-style holding his head. "Whoa. What a rush. So that's what it's like to surf indoors! Strange it was way bumpier on the ground than on the water. And they say the floors are supposed to be perfectly flat! Hah guess I just proved them all wrong!" He laughed.
'Is this guy for real? I know people joke about surfer dudes being stupid and high but this guy seems even worse! Not to mention he even sounds like one!' I thought as he slowly stood up. I assumed his vision was clearing up because once he stopped swaying to and fro like he was on a boat his eyes widened when they focused on me. "HOLY SHIT! KAI BRUGGER IS HERE! Dude! Please sign my surfboard, dude! All my homies in Hawaii are gonna flip out! They're gonna be all like WHAT and then they'll be surfing and the wave will be all like BAM and they'll be like WHOA WE JUST GOT HIT BY A WAVE OF MARCEL BEING TOO COOL WITH HIS AUTOGRAPHED BOARD, right?"
I felt a wave of stupidity just hit me from hearing that alone! Surely no one was that dumb but I guess this guy proved me wrong. I didn't want to hear another horrible surfer analogy so I quickly asked him a question. "So your name is Marcel Lawson and you're the Ultimate Surfer right?" His blue eyes widened at me in shock. "WHAT? Dude, how'd you know?" I look at him blankly before looking down at the board and back up. He followed my gaze and chuckled with a blush on his cheeks. "Oh yeah right. My swim trunks totally give it away."
Was it bad that I wanted to punch this guy? "So what makes you the Ultimate Surfer?" I asked him for two reasons. One: I wanted nothing more than to find a way to either shut him up or walk away and 2: I was curious how someone as 'bright' as him got accepted to this prestigious school. He smiled and nodded at me. "Aww man it was righteous! I totally was surfing with my bros and we were hanging ten and partying but then suddenly, we got word that a tidal wave was coming and all my bros freaked out and got back to shore. But me? I went even further out in the ocean and I rode that wave! I rode it for like a full five minutes before the wave crashed down and destroyed my buddie's beach house. It was crazy man and that's why I am the Ultimate Surfer!"
'Okay I can understand him being here better. The fact he surfed on a tidal wave is unbelievable but the only reason I believe it is because I think someone like him would be stupid enough to risk his life just to surf on a dangerous natural disaster. Also he wouldn't be here if he hadn't done that.' I thought but he pulled me out of my thoughts when he shoved his board at my face.
"So? Will you sign my board man? Pleeeease?" Marcel begged with the biggest puppy dog eyes I had ever seen on a supposedly grown man. I just wanted this guy to leave before I caught whatever braindead disease he had. I smirked as I thought up of a lie and with my acting skills I knew he wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
"Of course. Here let me just grab the marker I always keep on me for this situation." I reached into my empty pocket and pretended to panic when I didn't feel the marker. "Oh no! I guess I forgot it. Hey Marcel, if you find me a marker I will gladly sign your board for you." His eyes beamed as he began bouncing excitedly in place. "Don't worry Mr. Kai, I will get that marker!" With the he bolted off and I let out the biggest sigh of relief ever.
Before I turned to find someone else I saw Marcel run up to a girl who had a marker in her hand. "Oh no." I groaned as I knew what would happen and I groggily made my way over to hopefully make Marcel leave the girl alone.
The girl looked dark and mysterious with her short and dark purple hair and a red hair band that pushed the front of her hair into a small bump. She wore heavy eye liner and shadowing around her eyes and black lipstick to make her look even creepier despite having bright green eyes. She wore a red velvet dress that had a slit in the bottom that exposed her leg kind of like Jessica Rabbit but her dress wasn't glittery but the material was like the stage's main curtains where if the lighting was just right the red can look like it has black on it too making her look even scarier than the girl with the dragon tattoo. At that point there was a sneeze somewhere in the auditorium. I looked over and saw Ollie sniffling and quickly pretended that analogy wasn't made. She also wore black pointed-toe t-strap high heels and looked busy drawing on a round piece of paper as Marcel prodded at her for the marker.
"Come on man! You don't understand I need that marker! Please!" Marcel whined and flailed around like a small child throwing a tantrum. "No. Your presence annoys me. Be gone or I will force you to leave." The girl said her voice coming off as brash. Before I could jump in Marcel tried snatching the marker away but the girl was quicker (Or in this case smarter most likely) and tucked it away between her breasts. She then smiled, "I'll tell you what. If you can look at this spiral and not fall asleep I will let you borrow the marker." With that said she spun the circle she was drawing on just a second ago.
Marcel laughed at her challenge. "You are on!" He shouted as he looked at the spiral, his eyes following the rotisserie movement. "This is gonna be to…" The out of nowhere his head dropped down as he began snoring with drool immediately beginning to drip from his open mouth. She then sat up with a smirk. "Too easy." She finished Marcel's statement as she placed her thumb and middle finger in a snapping position. "Now when you awaken you will fall madly in love with the first person you see and zip after them until you confess your love with them in your arms."
She then snapped and Marcel snorted awake. He wiped the drool off his lip as his groggy eyes slowly opened. He was now looking towards the back of the auditorium directly in front of him and I followed his view to see Damian and Sienna talking in the back. Damian had his hand on the wall Sienna rested against as she seemed to press herself away. Looks like Damian was at it again already and he just had to go for the terribly shy one of all else. Suddenly Marcel bolted off with a dust cloud formed around his feet as he dashed towards the two. They both saw him running at them with his arms extended and shouting, "My love!" Sienna and Damian both immediately turned tail and ran for the hills with Marcel running closer to them. The figure skater was screaming in panic and Damian was shouting at Marcel to back off and let him have his moment.
I couldn't believe that worked and apparently so couldn't she. "Wow. Both old yet still very effective." She shrugged, losing interest in that moment, as she tossed the spiral away in a random direction that ended up flying back and hitting the back of my head. You wouldn't expect a paper circle to do as much damage as a baseball but it sure felt like it.
"Oops, my apologies. So the famous Kai Brugger has graced me with his exuberant presence after all." She gleamed smiling sweetly at me. I looked to her confused. "And why does that surprise you? We are classmates after all." I told her. She simply shrugged as she twirled a strand of her hair around her finger. I shook my head, not wanting to delve into whatever she was referring to and asked the question I had been asking most everyone so far. "So tell me who you are and what your talent is even though I have a good guess what it is you do."
She grinned. "Well as you obviously know I'm the Ultimate Hypnotist and my given name is Evelyn Sanford. Charmed I'm sure." She then held her hand out to me with her wrist pointed up. I looked at the hand in shock. 'Does she want me to kiss her hand?' I wondered. It wasn't like I hadn't kissed another girl's hand before but it was just always as one of my characters, never in real life. But all I could do was quietly sigh and cup the underside of her hand before I leaned down and lightly pecked her knuckles.
Her grin then looked mischievous as she retracted her hand. "Such a gentleman you are. You truly are the Ultimate Actor." She cooed.
I blinked at her. "Wait you think I'm faking right now?" All she did was tilt her head to the side and rested it on her palm. "This is California. There is never a true gentleman that would kiss a lady's hand unless they were in Paris or someplace refined."
"You were the one who offered your hand in the first place. I simply did it to be nice." I retorted. She then looked like she was giving such obviously fake puppy eyes and pouted, lower lip at me. "Oh, so you're saying you wouldn't have if I didn't?"
"No, well I mean maybe… I-I dunno!" I shouted growing flustered. 'This girl is tricky. She's making me eat my own words and spit them out completely different.' I sighed in defeat and looked to her. "How about we change the topic? What makes you so Ultimate?"
She sighed in boredom, probably because of the fact that I gave up so easily and ruined the fun she was having. "Fine, you wanna make small talk? I can provide that. I learned my hypnotic charms were a natural talent of mine since I was very young. I trained myself and dabbled in what most would call Dark Arts and I quickly perfected my technique. I then start my business where people can come be hypnotized just for the fun of it or for help. I even got some sponsors to really get my rise in the world."
"Help? How does hypnotism help someone?" I asked confused. She smiled as her gaze went starry-eyed, like she was remembering a fond memory. "I remember this one client who had begged for my help. You see this man had a major crush on one of his co-workers and he was too afraid to approach him." I blinked in surprise when I did a double take on what she said. She noticed it and grinned, following up with, "Yes the man was deeply in love with another man. That's why he was scared to approach him since he had no idea of the man's past relationships and how he would react. So he came to me, I placed him under my hypnotic suggestion so that when he saw this man he would approach him and ask him out. Two months later I get a wedding invitation from the man. I have to say for two men to be standing at the altar, it was rather cute seeing them together."
'Who would have thought something that can mess with your head or take away your free will could be so helpful? I sure never would have thought of that.' I concluded with a small smile. "However," She continued, "I did notice the man was still under my hypnotism since my methods seem to have rather unusual side effects."
I looked down at her and blinked in shock. "Hypnotism can have side effects?" She shrugged at me. "Nothing bad like prescription medicines have with vomiting, diarrhea, or death, I mean more so physical things like I found that man would shiver as if he was standing in the snow with no shoes on. Naturally I broke the suggestion on him at the wedding when I noticed it. Would you like to try it? I'll charge it for free! On the house today and just for you!" She offered like a TV salesperson as she pulled out a green jewel pendant out from her bosom.
"Uh… I don't think it's for me but I do appreciate the offer." I said rather forcefully. She looked vexed at my refusal but simply shrugged. "Very well." That was all she said before placing it back.
Suddenly I saw Marcel walking back as I saw the one he chased after. Poor Sienna. She tried so hard to avoid conflict and the others and yet she got caught up in this whole mess as she walked a little ways behind Marcel. …What? You thought it was Sienna that Marcel was trying to hug? Well look again! Damian looked very displeased as he was carried over, his back tightly pressed to Marcel's chest and his arms pinned to his sides as he stopped in front of Evelyn.
I looked at Marcel and noticed his eye was twitching madly. It must be because of the hypnotic task of being a psycho-crazed love boy that made him look like a kooky dingbat. I then barely heard Marcel whisper into Damian's ear, "I love you." Suddenly Marcel's eyes widened as he dropped Damian who recoiled in pain from landing on his butt so hard. "What the heck? What just happened?"
"You won the bet. You didn't fall asleep when I spun the spiral. The marker is yours to use." Evelyn told him and I couldn't believe it! She just lied to him and is now gonna force me to sign his stupid board. What was her deal? "Really? AWESOME! Give it!" He shouted sticking his hand out. She shrugged as she reached between her breasts and brought it out. "Fine but I hope you don't mind the germs." She said warningly. Marcel dropped his head to the side with a puzzled look. "What?" She then silently gasped with her fingertips lightly covering her mouth. "You don't know. Why dear boy, it is common knowledge that beautiful vixens like me carry a deadly disease to men called… the cooties!" She replied in an eerie, haunting voice. His eyes widened as he retreated his hand before the marker touched him. "NO WAY! I'll find another one!" With that he bolted off also dodging out of the way when he nearly ran into and touched Sienna, who cowered down in fear of him running her down.
'I guess Evelyn has made him think all girls have cooties and that it's deadly. Then what was the point of the hypnotism if that's all she had to do to get rid of him? All I can say is that chick is a major troublemaker despite the fact she helps others.' I thought, finishing my evaluation of her.
I decided I had enough 'fun' with the hypnotist and quickly walked away. I heard her call out my name and I looked back but continued to walk. She simply waved goodbye to me and not saying anything of actual importance like I thought she would. But as soon as I turned my head back to look where I was going, I instantly bumped into someone's back much faster and harder than I anticipated and quickly lost my balance. I somewhat slid back on my butt and grunted from the quick shock of pain that radiated from my tailbone and slowly rubbed the slight pain away. 'Did she distract me on purpose so I would crash into someone? She's a rebel!' I thought angrily. But before I could process anything else I saw an outstretched hand close to my face. "Hey are you okay?" I heard the soothing voice asked with great concern.
I looked up to see the guy I ran into. This guy looked like the most average guy here. He wore a tight, red V-neck t-shirt underneath a white and red assassin style hoodie, dark blue denims that had dried dirt on the knees, a black belt with a silver, circular buckle, and white sneakers with red highlights that looked brand new. His blonde hair was normal length but combed forward into a spiked front hairstyle and I noticed a lot more freckles peppering his cheeks and the backs of his arms than Brenda but not overwhelming his white skin. I also noticed his eyes were very unique considering he had a most unnatural color that made them look too much like sea green. In all honesty he did look like a modern version of Ezio Auditore from Assassin's Creed.
He looked down at me with a curious tilt of his head. "Hey are you okay?" He repeated a bit louder when I didn't respond the first time. I quickly felt stupid for not responding for so long as I grabbed his hand. "Y-Yeah thanks." With that he pulled me up to my feet as our hands quickly dropped to our sides. I noticed that my vest had shifted when I fell so I readjusted it but then I heard the guy gasp and I looked back up to see his expression of surprise. "Oh my God, you're Kai Brugger! Oh man it such an honor to actually meet you!" He shouted in excitement as he bowed to me but quickly straightened himself. "No wait, you're not Japanese. That was probably very racist of me. I should be more considerate. Um…"
I couldn't help but chuckle. 'I guess he gets just as flustered as me though in his case he is meeting what I could only assume is one of his favorite actors.' I thought. I guess he noticed my chuckle and scratched his head nervously. "Heh, sorry. I just didn't think I'd actually get the chance to meet you let alone talk to you so I didn't really give much thought to how I'd greet you."
"Hey don't worry about it! Just greet me like you would with a stranger on the street." With that I held my hand out to him. At first he looked surprised but quickly smiled as he gripped mine and we shook hands. His handshake was firm but also gentle showing he has probably done this kind of thing plenty times before or maybe he just didn't want to embarrass himself in front of me again. I smiled as I greeted him to help him talk to me like a normal guy. "Hello, I am Kai Brugger, the Ultimate Actor. It is very nice to meet you."
"Great to meet you, Kai! I am Luca Archer and I'm known as the Ultimate Traceur! I'm very happy to be here!" Luca introduced himself as I looked at him curiously. "Ultimate Traceur? So your specialty is drawing?" I asked.
He looked at me with surprise but soon our hands released each other and he couldn't help but laugh. I looked at him bewildered and he saw this as he took deep breaths to calm himself down. "You don't know what a traceur is, do you?" He questioned which that would already answer his question since apparently I got the wrong kind of tracer. I looked down, rubbing my arm embarrassed. "I guess not. Sorry, I hope I didn't offend you."
He walked up and patted my shoulder. "No harm done, man. It's surprising how few people actually know the term so it's not uncommon. A traceur is someone who takes part in parkour. You can think of it as… a stunt double."
I looked at him in surprise. "Oh! I had no idea there was a name for those people! That's cool! So then what makes you so Ultimate?" I asked a bit inquiring. His gaze left mine for a bit. "Too be honest I'm not even sure. I mean I've done parkour for such a long time that I joined up a bunch of my buddies a number of years back and even started a YouTube channel. It quickly grew into a big channel that I called 'Traceur Archer', which I know is not the cleverest of names but I thought it worked since it rhymed."
"Hey I think it works. I believe short and rhymes work for channels like those. Anyways how big is it?" I asked, probably sounding more meddlesome then before. "Oh well, it's not nearly as big as the gaming channels but last I checked I'd say it was around… 1.5 million subscribers?" If my eyes could open any wider than they were now they'd be baseballs. "What?! Dude, that's huge! That is really huge! Why are you making it not sound like a big deal? What was the video that got you so many subscribers?!" Okay I am now positive I was being unorthodox with my prying.
He seemed a bit rushed by the onslaught of questions but answered the most pertinent one that was on my mind. "Well I don't remember precisely which video got me noticed by a lot of people but if I were to guess… I'd say it was when I scaled up nearly three-fourths of the Eiffel Tower maybe."
Scratch the baseball analogy, my eyes would be flying saucers! "You climbed up the Eiffel Tower!?" He chuckled nervously at my sudden outburst. "Well yeah I mean it wasn't really anything impressive. Not long after the video went up another traceur who was much older and experienced managed to climb even higher than I did as he almost reached the top." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. 'This guy is way too humble for his own good! Why would he make his outstanding achievements sound so miniscule?' I couldn't help but be astonished by Luca's belittling attitude towards himself.
"Luca, I gotta ask. Why…" But before I could say anything, there was a big crashing sound that came from the middle of the auditorium and suddenly a girl cried out. "Help! The hamsters are getting away!" Luca looked at me and then got this determined look in his eyes as he nodded to me then took off towards the girl. He leaped up on the top of the seat and bounded along each row of seats, jumping from one seat to the next before he jumped off, landing next to her and the scattered hamsters. He quickly scooped up a nearby hamster that didn't even get the chance to react while the girl managed to catch one that ran around frantically near the cage. I watched him in amazement and thought Luca not only looked like Ezio, he was Ezio. Just minus the killing and assassination part.
I quickly ran up and saw a pretty fat hamster running at me. I quickly went for it but it quickly dodged when it saw me coming at it. I then felt my reflexes kick in as I managed to predict where it would dodge to and snatched it up. It was slightly panicking from the sudden hand grabbing it but quickly settled down as I walked over and saw Luca putting the one he caught in the big cage the girl had. I could see there were now two hamsters in there and I had the third one. As I approached I also noticed the girl.
She was kneeling on the ground next to the hamster cage, wearing a pink scrub uniform and a white medical jacket on top. Her beautiful strawberry blonde hair was quite long with slight curls in them as it all hung down freely except her bangs were cut short and parted at the middle. Her silver eyes were very captivating and her tan skin seemed to glow in the light as she smiled at Luca and me when I got close enough. "Thank you." She whispered to us wiping a tear away.
Luca looked a bit panicked at that. "Hey are you crying? Did you get hurt?" She then giggled as she finished wiping her eyes. "No it's just I wasn't expecting such kindness for a klutz like me."
Luca looked he was gonna say something but a sudden squeak from behind the girl sounded as we managed to spot another hamster that had averted us all this time. "I got it." Luca quickly volunteered as he ran forward. The hamster quickly darted below the seats as he jumped over them and began the chase, leaving me and the girl alone with the two hamsters in the cage and the one in my hands.
I quickly put the big hamster back and looked up at the girl. She smiled at me and I smiled back. "Say why do you have these hamsters here?" I asked her. She looked down at the three and smiled. "It's because I love animals. After all being the Ultimate Veterinarian does mean that animals are my passion. Oh I'm Mikayla Weissberg by the way!"
"Oh I see. That's pretty cool! Are these your hamsters then?" I questioned. She shook her head as she picked up the cage and placed it in her lap. "My mother is also a veterinarian and she got called in to tend to a sick horse in Japan. After she was done and headed to the airport, Mother met this strange boy who asked for her help with his hamsters. They were sick and he couldn't seem to figure out why. She told him she was more suited for treating bigger animals but I was more than capable of taking care of them. So he allowed her to bring them home to me and I have just finished raising them back to health. Here's the funny thing about it. Apparently the boy already goes to Hope's Peak Academy in Japan as the Ultimate Breeder."
"That's pretty crazy. What are their names?" I quickly approached her and knelt down next to the cage as she pointed them out. "That's Sun-D, Maga-G, and Cham-P. The other one that boy is chasing is Jum-P. They are all very smart like scary smart." I couldn't help but blink plainly at her. "Those are… very unique names." I didn't even really hear the statement on their intelligence. I was just too stunned to hear those kinds of names for pets. She giggled at my comment. "That's what I told my mom but it wasn't hard for me to remember the names and remember which was which. For me knowing the animal is like knowing your children, the better you know them, the better you can help them and I want to help all the animals of the world."
'That's a big dream but as far as these Ultimates are concerned that pipe dream of hers is most likely going to be reality.' I thought as I looked to her. "Well I hope you do that! So are you better at helping small animals?"
"Nope! I actually can take care of animals of any size from the normal cat and dog to the mighty bull and horse. Once I even helped a sick whale get better! She was close to dying to but I got her healed up and raring to go!" She beamed.
'So she even tends to animals as big as whales? Best make sure she doesn't know about the whale heart Melinda has.' I thought to myself before I heard her continue. "So yeah I tend to help the smaller ones more but I will help any animal no matter the species! In fact…" She then brought out a small pocketbook. "I've got Hamlet tomorrow at 5 and then Noni at 7 before I get to Sammy at 8:30." She was now talking to herself now. It looks like she was very well organized and always kept herself busy with animals. Then suddenly I heard her say, "And this time I'm not gonna fall in Hamlet's dung."
"I'm sorry what?" I asked my head falling forward a bit. She looked up at me with a small hum before she realized what I asked and blushed. "Well I kinda have a bad tendency to trip over myself and sometimes I'll even land in something unpleasant. Hamlet, a stallion who is a regular client, always seems to have a pile of poop in his stable that I always fall into. But don't worry, I always get myself cleaned off before I head off to my next client." I couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Despite wanting to help all animals it seems like she just has the worst luck around them.
Well I guess that was everyone. I quickly thought back to everyone I met, what they were like, and what their talent was. There was Brenda Bates, who's bubbly and energetic and the Ultimate Collector, Paul Sharpe was the Ultimate Hacker who doesn't care for privacy, shy and unsocial Sienna Donnelly the Ultimate Figure Skater, Jayden Hutchinson who is strong, brave, gentle, and caring, the Ultimate Bodyguard, Shana O'Connor the Ultimate Miner who seems to never keep herself clean, Damian Eaves the Ultimate DJ level headed until he sees a girl, Melinda Jones the Ultimate Bitch, I mean Ultimate Huntress (Too), Willie Sadler the Ultimate Cowboy who shouldn't be allowed near girls just as much as Damian, Ollie Peralta the Ultimate Tattoo Artist who I don't think understands social cues, the intuitive and lucky Tommy Fenster the Ultimate Paleontologist, Helen Kibby the Ultimate Motivational Speaker with a big heart and helpful to everyone she meets, Marcel Lawson the Ultimate Surfer and Dumbass (Must I say more), Evelyn Sanford the Ultimate Hypnotist and a dangerous trickster, Luca Archer the Ultimate Traceur who seems too humble for his own good, and Mikayla Taylor the Ultimate Veterinarian who loves all animals but is a major klutz around them. I guess I should include myself in there too. Kai Brugger the Ultimate Actor and with that, this is the first American class to attend the prestigious school of Hope's Peak Academy ever!
After I went over everyone I met, we heard panting as Luca ran up with Jum-P in his hands. "This one was a clever one. He certainly gave me a great workout." He breathed heavily as he held him out to Mikayla. She laughed as she nuzzled Jum-P's cheek. "Alright Jum-P, it's time for you to go back in with your friends." She told him as she gently placed him inside and locked the door. Luca looked at her puzzled. "Jum-P?"
"It's a bit of a long story." Mikayla replied but before she could continue we heard someone shout my name. I cringed when I heard how retarded the voice sounded as I saw Marcel run up to me with a blue marker in hand. "Oh great, he actually found one." I groaned as he propped his board up against the nearby seats and held the marker out.
"Here you go Kai! I tried finding a marker when I just remembered I had one in my trunks this entire time." I was just about to grab the marker when I processed what he said and retreated my hand back swiftly. "What?! Dude!" He then chuckled and smiled before he replied. "Yeah man I know. I'm so stupid sometimes."
Then out of nowhere all the lights in the entire room shut off, masking us in complete darkness. "Hey! What's going on here!?" I heard one of the girls cry. From how shrill it sounded I could only guess that it was Sienna. Then I definitely know who shouted next as much as I wish I didn't. "Aw man! Turn on the lights. The Ultimate Actor can't sign my board like this, man!" "Alright who's the wise guy? I'll make them lick their own ass if they don't confess!" A girl screamed out. "I would not allow that!" A big husky voice sounded out.
"Everyone stop freaking out!" A girl shouted as we saw a light suddenly turn on. The light was fixated on me, Luca, Mikayla, and Marcel as it walked closer to us. We soon saw it was Shana and her miner hat's light was on. "Must you all cry when things get dark? It's not that bad."
Soon the others who followed the light started appearing as they got close. "You work underground for a living. Of course you'd be used to it." Brenda grumbled as she appeared alongside Jayden and Willie. Next Helen came into view with Melinda, Damian, and Ollie following close. "Don't worry everyone. I'm sure the breaker just blew out. The school will get it fixed in no time." Helen said confidently. "But I like the dark. It has comfort to it." Ollie retorted making a few of us look to her with weirded out expressions.
Next was Paul to show up and speak. "I wonder what's truly going on here." Then Tommy, "Huh? What do you mean by that?" Paul chuckled. "Isn't it obvious? The letter we each got when we showed up. Why did we all get letters?" Marcel raised his hand. "Oh it was so we would know where to go and to congratulate us for entering the school!" Paul shook his head with a devious smile. "If the school wanted to do that why wouldn't they simply have the teachers there to welcome us and direct us?" Everyone fell silent after that. Willie hummed. "It is strange to have the school open for us to enter yet we ain't seen anyone in this school besides the sixteen of us here." "But why would that be?" Mikayla asked.
"Puhuhuhuhu! You're gonna find out soon my students!" A voice suddenly rang out throughout the auditorium making us all gasp in surprise. "Welcome class to the opening ceremony! I can't wait for you all to meet me, your headmaster!" Out of nowhere I felt something and I couldn't help but shiver. I felt my knees buckle as I nearly fell forward. Luca noticed this in the small lighting we had and placed his hand on my shoulder in a worried manner. "Hey Kai, what's wrong?"
I found I couldn't say anything. I felt like I had been through this before. A high, cheery voice echoing through the darkness that left me with a sudden feeling of coldness, a feeling of dread, a feeling of fear, a feeling of… despair.
We all looked around frantically. Shana tried using her light to spot out the voice but couldn't find anything. Then when she turned and faced the group, a sudden black and white bear head appeared in the light. Shana and the rest of us screamed in fear as we jumped away. Sienna had accidentally run into Shana and knocked her back which made her helmet fly off her head and lose our lighting. But soon the house lights turned back on as we saw nothing there except the sixteen of us scattered back and around the spot where that thing had appeared.
"Sorry but I am over here!" The voice called out again. This time we could make out the chill-inducing voice coming from the stage as we all faced it while Shana grabbed her helmet, put it back on, and switched her light off. Suddenly we saw a weird but creepy looking bear pop up from behind the desk and landed on its rump on the desk's surface. I felt like if this were a horror movie the camera would pan down behind us and then zoom past to the stage and pop up when the bear had popped up only to follow it back down.
We all stared at it in bewilderment. Evelyn was the one to break the still air of silence. "What the hell is that bear?" Mikayla looked at the bear thoughtfully and confused. "Well it looks like some kind of half polar bear and black bear hybrid. Or maybe weirdly pattered panda?"
The red eye on it seemed to light up as it growled at us. "I am not a bear! I am not panda! I am not polar! And I am not… well I'm not gonna say that last one. Don't wanna offend… certain people." The bear seemed to be staring straight at Damian which Damian pouted at him. "You better watch yourself."
"Well I digress. I am not any of those bears. I am Monokuma!" He shouted with his hands on his rounded belly. We all looked at the bear stunned. Soon Willie looked to us. "Alright ya rich, city punks, which one of y'all is controlling that thing?" His gaze immediately went to me and Paul. "It's one of you two, isn't it?"
"It's not me!" I countered. "I may have access to studios but I can't hold onto any kind of equipment or props even for something like this."
Paul simply showed us his closed laptop in his hand. "If this thing isn't open I can't hack. Besides why would I hack into something if I don't know what its purpose is?"
"Sheesh! Will all of you just shut up?! Your bickering is giving me a huge migraine! You don't want your headmaster to get angry at you now, do you?" Monokuma asked us which we all looked surprised at. "Headmaster? That can't be true. The entire staff here should be humans not mechanical bears." Tommy shook his head.
"How many times must I say I am not a bear?! I am Monokuma!" He shouted again. "And as for the rest of the staff, I decided they just weren't cut out for handling degenerates like you so I… well let's just say I cut them down."
"Huh? You fired the entire school faculty?" Helen asked surprised. Monokuma just chuckled which put me even more on edge. "I cut them down, fired them, tossed them away, left them out to dry, no matter how you wanna say it, they're gone forever!"
I didn't like the way he said that. Something was setting an alarm off in my head but I couldn't quite remember what so I just stood there taking in all that was being said. "Well enough about that let's begin this ceremony! As you all know you will be living your lives in this academy during your stay here. As such I am inclined to tell you how long that will be."
"U-Um… won't that b-be until… th-the end of the sch-ool year…?" Sienna asked trembling lightly. Monokuma raised his hand up to her. "That's what they wanted you to think but do not worry. I will tell you the truth! Your school lives and the time you will remain here will last for about… for the rest of your lives!" We all cringed as we stared blankly at him.
"What do you mean by that?!" Luca shouted. "It's just as I said, from this point on you will all remain in this school until the day you die!" He hollered back.
Ollie glared at him. "There's no way I agreed to this. I'm leaving." With that she turned and began walking away. "Hold it! You can't just leave! The school's already been cut off from that horrible outside world and everyone out there too. You can't get out and no one can get in!" I couldn't believe that! 'That meant Terry can't get in here to get me or anyone else out? You've got to be shitting me!' I found myself screaming in my head.
"But it's not all bad! You can graduate to leave this place if ya wanna." Monokuma said. I felt like everyone's eyes lit up at that. "Really? How?! No matter what it is I will do it! I want out!" Damian shouted happily.
"Puhuhu! Are you sure? It's simple really. While you live here you are all responsible for maintaining the harmony of this school. But if one of you decided to disrupt that harmony then that person gets the chance to graduate! And what might that mean you wonder? Well simply put… You must kill one of your own comrades!" That light in our eyes quickly vaporized as we looked mortified at the delusional bear.
Jayden's face was lined purple as he lightly trembled. "W-What did you just say?! We have to kill to get out!? That is outrageous!" He shouted angrily. "Yeah what he said! I could never kill someone!" Damian yelled in agreement.
"That's too bad! That is the requirement! Wanna leave? Kill one of the simpletons next to you and you're golden!" Monokuma cooed. Brenda suddenly ran up and jumped onto the stage. "Listen whoever you are! I am not playing such a sick game! Who's controlling the bear on the other end?"
Luca stepped forward. "Brenda, I don't think that's a good idea." But she looked to him with a quick flick of her head. "I don't like to get angry but I am not gonna be told to do something as messed up as this. Help me hold this thing down and Paul can hack it and find out who is behind this." Monokuma yelped as he jumped off the desk and began waddling off, looking helpless. "Oh no you don't!" She shouted chasing after him.
I suddenly felt my nerves tense up as she reached out to grab him. I suddenly felt like something bad would happen but I wasn't the only one as a sudden force pushed past me and darted towards the two. Brenda easily ran up to Monokuma and bent down. "You're not getting away from us!" She shouted as she grabbed the top of the bear. Monokuma suddenly reeled his head back as the red eye lit up. "WRONG MOVE!" He screamed as the wall in front of her opened up.
Before she could react, a barrage of medieval looking weapons was launched out and flew at her but Jayden snatched her up. He bolted away from the flying weapons as they chased after him. Jayden quickly hopped over the desk, slid across the top, and grabbed the side which made its side get lifted up as Jayden landed on his knees with the desk now on its side as the weapons began piercing the desk turned makeshift shield. One javelin went straight through the middle and just stopped near Brenda's face as she yipped in horror. Her face drowned in purple as well as the rest of us when we saw how close not only Brenda but Jayden were to being skewered alive just now but the demonic bear just laughed.
"That was close! I would have punished myself if Jayden had gotten killed instead of or with Brenda." He chuckled. Brenda looked around the desk, mortified. "Wh-What the hell? You nearly killed me!" He looked at Brenda dumbfounded. "Well of course I would have. To attempt to harm your headmaster is a violation of the school rules."
"Wait we have rules?" Marcel asked surprised. "Of course! A school that doesn't have ground rules is like getting together with a lover but not telling them certain boundaries they might have. Do you know what kind of shenanigans can unfold from that situation?" Marcel looked thoughtful. "Well a lot could happen like…" Suddenly Monokuma jumped up into Marcel's face. "It was a rhetorical question!" He shouted in his face as Marcel screamed and fell back.
Soon Jayden and Brenda were back with the group with Brenda looking down before she glanced up at Jayden. "Listen, I'm sorry. I didn't know that…" But she was silenced by Jayden placing his hand on her shoulder. "It's not your fault. You only wished to help and I don't blame you." He replied comfortingly. She smiled small at him before Monokuma jumped back to the stage.
"Now then to ensure that you know these rules and don't forget, I've prepared each of you an e-Handbook! This nifty, little gadget has your name on it and will contain all the current rules I have set and any rules I enforce as the school life goes on. CATCH!" With that said, he began launching them at all of us. Most of us caught ours except Marcel got hit in the head with his after he got back up, Sienna ducked down in fear as it sailed over her but was caught and given to her by Luca (It amazed me how his reflexes were on point), and Mikayla's bounced around in her hand before she dropped it.
Evelyn growled as she threw her e-Handbook down. "I am not staying here any longer! I am calling my lawyer!" With that she pulled out her cell phone and flipped it open. I suddenly felt stupid that I forgot I had my smartphone on me. 'That's right! We can call our family and friends to help us! Terry, please answer!' I begged as I pulled out my phone as did everyone else.
But then out of nowhere, "CONFISCATED!" Monokuma shouted as he jumped past each of us lightning fast, snatching our phones away from us. "I decree that I can confiscate anything I see as a distraction or dangerous." "Hey give them back!" Tommy shouted. "No no no! That won't do at all! I can't have you ruin the fun by calling those you love."
Monokuma then gasped as he saw Paul's laptop in his lap. "Hand over the laptop!" Paul just looked up to Monokuma and glared. "Fine but first come take a look at what I'm doing." Monokuma quickly dropped our phones down a hole that appeared and closed on stage as he then made his way over. "Hmm?" I peeked over and saw that Paul was creating firewalls on his laptop. But then I heard Paul ask Monokuma something unimaginable. "Now just set the password to whatever you like and that will omit me from any form of outside contact and hacking anything inside the building. Surely this will be acceptable?"
Monokuma hummed thoughtfully as he giggled evilly. "I like you! You remind me so much of that one blonde, glasses freak that everyone knows about." He looked out to the reading audience before he took the laptop and faced it away before he typed with his rather big hands. Soon he handed it back to Paul and patted his shoulder. "Now that I know you won't mess with me or anything of importance here or contact someone out there for help, I will allow you to keep that to fulfill you hacking pleasures."
Paul sneered at him before standing up and walking away from him. "Stop saying such perverse things." We all looked at him in disbelief. "What's was that? Why did you let him do that?! We could have gotten away from here!" I shouted at him. He didn't look back as he answered. "I do not care. This killing game will be boring but I can't afford to lose my laptop. After all I'll need something to keep me entertained. Oh by the way I won't be needing this." He reached into his pocket and threw back his cell phone which Monokuma bounced up and caught. "CONFISCATED!" He shouted as he fell back down.
"Now with that settled I believe we are now officially done with the opening ceremony! Please take this time and explore the school! Your luggage has already been taken to your rooms and anything I deemed unsafe has been confiscated. Enjoy your stay and most importantly, don't forget that your American Killing School Life begins now!" He shouted before he began softly chuckling that quickly evolved into a full out maniacal laughter before he suddenly disappeared.
We all sat there in utter silence as time seemed to freeze. I knew we all felt the same cold dread as time slowly drilled all the information that was rushed at us into our minds. All of a sudden I heard Sienna collapse to her knees and whimper. "I wanna go home. I WANT MY MOMMY!" She cried out throwing her head back as she began bawling. Helen quickly bent down and patted her back. "Do not worry, Sienna. I can ensure we will all get out of here and I also can say that no one here is thinking of killing someone. After all a killing game like this is…"
"The most fun I will have in such a long time." A voice said coldly. Most everyone looked back to see Melinda smiling. She looked as if she was not fazed by anything that has just happened. 'But that's impossible! Not even she can be okay with this!' Helen then stood up and glared at her. "That is not a good thing to say! Our lives are at risk here including yours! We have to look for a means of escape!" Melinda chuckled. "But why would I escape when I have yet to hunt the biggest prey I never even thought of? Another human."
We all looked at her stunned. "Are you serious?! That's horrible to even suggest!" Shana shouted at her. "But it's true. I have hunted every kind of animal known to man except for man itself. I wonder how I will do it." I felt myself tense up as I saw Jayden approach her. "Now hold it. Just because you are a woman and a classmate of mine does not mean I will allow you to go running amuck killing an innocent life." Jayden growled at her. She simply looked up at him with a finger to her lip. "You'd be fun to hunt. You could actually be challenging to beat with you being so stacked." She then turned to Luca. "Or maybe you. The Ultimate Traceur would certainly give good chase. Or maybe even you." Her gaze now fixated on me. "Someone who is as rich and famous as you certainly could make your hide very valuable."
I sneered at her as she smiled while backing off. "But it's not like I'm the only one here that is capable of killing." With that said I looked around and saw that everyone was looking directly at each other, not focusing on one person as their eyes glanced over everyone. Some of us had looks of fear, some with suspicion, and some that were mixed. "Everyone is already feeling anxious and scared because they don't know who is capable of what. Some of us will think someone will not be able to kill but given a good enough reason and that person won't hesitate to turn on us to satisfy themselves in some way. That's why it'll be even more fun. To see you all squirm and run around with your heads chopped off as you continue to suspect each other."
I hated hearing this psycho talk but she wasn't wrong. Being an actor I have done my fair share of horror movies and I know that people are capable of killing no matter who they are. I once played a child killer who killed his entire family of 10 just because he felt spited by his family. I knew this all too well and that thought terrified me as I saw a few people began making their way out of the auditorium with only a select few left standing there.
Me, Damian, Helen, Willie, Luca, Brenda, Jayden, Tommy, Mikayla, and Shana were all that was left as the other students vanished from the room. Helen stepped forward. "Look… I won't lie. This situation isn't looking good and our chances are somewhat bleak but I just want you to know that if you need counseling I will be here to help. But for now, let us search and try to find a way out. Then we will reconvene in the nearby cafeteria in one hour to discuss what we found. Also we should let everyone who left early know about our upcoming meeting so we can discuss it with them too. Sound good?" She asked. We all nodded as we about split up before Jayden blocked the door.
"We should stay in pairs. To ensure no one is left alone. I believe those of us here can do pairs without concern since none of us left alone. The others are either gonna be dangerous around or cautious of us so best to not be alone right now." He told us before looking around. Damian smiled as he hooked his arm around Helen. "I volunteer to watch out for Miss Kibby. A delicate flower such as you should be protected by a strong man like me." Suddenly Damian was picked up by Jayden and was carried out. "You're staying with me." He replied blankly. "Oh come on man! You're cramping my style and my vest!" Damian cried out as he hung down in defeat.
Helen looked back at the rest of us as Jayden and Damian left. "Well then, I believe the rest of us should stay with someone of the same gender too. I will go with Mikayla, Brenda will be with Shana, Willie will go with Tommy, and Kai and Luca will be the last group." No one had any reason to complain when she divided us up. We each found our partners and began making our way out.
I walked next to Luca as we made our ways to what I assumed were the dormitories. Neither of us spoke to each other as I think we were both freaked out by all this. I took in what I was looking at but all I was thinking about was Monokuma's parting words that continued to echo in my mind. "Your American Killing School Life begins now! Puhuhuhu! AAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Chapter 1: Lending a Despairing Hand
And so the killing game begins! Which characters are your favorite and which ones do you despise? Who do you think will live and who will die? What do you think of each student in general? I would love to know! Please leave reviews and share your thoughts! Puhuhuhu! Until next time everyone!