Sorry for the long wait for an update, but I was working on other stories and finding employment. As for what happened in the last chapter, poor Ven's friends all were tormented by the jocks and their use of the many references to FNAF, the Witch's House, Amnesia: The Great Work and SCP-Containment Breach. Poor guys.

Anyway, thanks to everyone that is still reading this fic in October of 2016. I'll try to keep this fic on track with updates.

As usual for my disclaimer, I own nothing.

-miano53

The Plan

Monday, September 28th, Radiant Garden, Eraqus's house, Ven's room...

Ven, after declaring war on the jocks for what happened two weeks earlier with the "Seven Horrors", spent those two weeks coming up with plans to get back at those who tormented them. Grinning evilly, he put his carefully ladened plans into his book bag, along with his homework. Fixing his clothes of black and white, he looked in the mirror and said darkly, "No more 'Mister Nice Guy'..."

"Ven! Ven, hurry up! We're late for school!" he heard Roxas yelled.

The blonde teen ran out of the bedroom, ready to implement his plans.

After school, Prof. Sazh's classroom...

Zack called for an emergency meeting with the Fair's Fourteen, Jenova Brothers, the JROTC and the newcomers who were hurt by the jocks weeks ago. Due to Ven telling him earlier that he had his revenge plans ready, he called it to discuss it with everyone. After everyone filed in, Zack stood in front of the class.

He cleared his throat and said, "Thanks for coming guys."

"So? So? What are we gonna do?" Vivi asked.

"Yeah! I'm still having nightmares after seeing 'Nightmare Freddie!" Rydia yelled.

The others agreed and Zack calmed them down to finish what he had to say.

"I know we're all still angry about what happened to us. But we can't just go and fight them. They'll cream us and we all will get expelled. So, we'll just find another way to get back at them," Zack said.

"But how?" Eiko asked, the floating flame from before hovering at her right.

Ven stood up, carried two of his notebooks and stood next to Zack. Zack eyed him suspiciously and said, "Uh...Ven here told me that he's got some ideas on what we can do."

"Can't we just tell Yen Sid what happened?" Demyx asked.

"No, because none of us were supposed to be in the school after dark. Trespassing, y'know," Isa explained.

Ven cleared his throat and Zack suddenly felt the room grow cold. He could've sworn it was just like...If that was the case, he would have to tread lightly.

'Man, I thought he outgrew that!' Zack thought.

Ven opened his mouth and said, "My plans are as follows. We'll get back at them via sabotage, just like how the little twits sabotaged our 'Test of Courage' this year. For Marluxia, we can set those plants of that flower boy's in the greenhouse on fire. Or cut them down, whichever works. For that stupid, always talks like he's a surfer Braig, we can rig his locker to have a can of pepper spray hit him in the eyes. For that witch Larxene, we can frame her for murder and..."

What he said disturbed everyone and Roxas said, "Uh. Dude. You're sounding a lot meaner and darker than you usually do."

Ven glared and Firion added, "Yeah. What happened to the nice Ven we know?"

The blonde kept his glare, but turned it in his direction. Zack then said, "I know what happened to us was bad and all, but what you're suggestin' is near criminal. So, can you just go back to your nice self, Ven?"

Ven faced the blackboard and said nothing. Scared, Zack reached for him and muttered, "Dude, are you okay?"

Seconds later, Ven slapped Zack's hand away with the notebooks he held and started singing in a dark voice. Zack then knew that he was dealing with "Vanitas", not Ven.

"No more 'Mister Nice Guy'! I found a new style! With yellow eyes and pointy teeth! And a villainous smile!" "Vanitas" sung, jumping on top of Prof. Sazh's desk.

He slammed the books onto the floor and grabbed two erasers, singing, "Good-bye, 'Goody Ventus'! I'm no longer uptight! 'Cause now I'm dark and I'm ready to fight!"

"Vanitas" slapped the two erasers together, causing a massive chalk dust storm. Several of the kids coughed and the not-so-nice-Ven kept singing.

"I'ma do what I want! And it's gonna sting! I'll be brutal, blunt and it'll hurt when I speak! MWAH-HA-HA-HA!" "Vanitas" sung, cackling.

Loz hid and yelled, "I'm not in my happy place, guys!"

"Why is he doing that?" Vivi asked, hiding under his desk.

"Vanitas" grinned evilly and sung loudly, "So, look out world...!"

Zack then slapped him in the face. The ravenette glared and said, "What is wrong with you, Ven? Stop that!"

"Vanitas" rubbed his the left side of his face, hopped off the desk and said, "Well, it looks like you need me again. And Ven said, 'No more Mister Nice Guy'."

Roxas stood to his feet and said, "My brother's got a split personality?! What? Why?"

"Vanitas" turned to Roxas and Eiko muttered, "Um...Freya has an idea."

"Who's Freya?" Yuffie asked.

The small flame next to her grew larger and a voice said, "I'm Freya. I was just telling Eiko here that I have a few ideas. But it'll have to be after dark. And Mister Evil Ven..."

"What?!" "Vanitas" yelled.

Everyone began to cower and the flame said, "Uh...please calm down and stop with the 'split persona thing'. It's creepy!"

"Vanitas" took in a deep breath and let it out. Ven seemed to be back to normal and said, "Sorry about that guys. I'm just still really mad at what happened!"

"So, that happens when you're angry?" one of the JROTC asked.

"Like Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde!" Rydia noted.

Ven nodded and Zack said, "Let's listen to what Miss Flamin' Spirit Freya says."

"But she's a ghost! I don't like ghosts!" Vivi said.

The ghost of Freya floated to the front of the class, where Ven and Zack were standing. She then appeared as a floating woman in red, with cascading silver hair. With a smile, she told them, "You all can trick them into going into that old factory in the outskirts of town. But someone will have to impersonate someone they trust most."

"Oh. So, one of us will have to impersonate Coach Jihl?" Lea asked.

Freya nodded and Isa said, "Well, we can't send them a letter. They'll get suspicious as no one really writes letters anymore. Texting, perhaps?"

"But none of us know...Oh wait. We can ask Prof. Sazh for the coach's number," Tidus said.

"Uh, why? The jocks need to see the text come from her phone, not another's," Isa told him.

Shuyin then came up with, "Then we steal the woman's phone, make the text and put it back before anyone notices."

"And how can we get it? We can't just waltz into her office," Yazoo asked.

"Oh! Oh! We can distract her!" Vivi said, raising his hand.

"How?" Yuna asked.

Vivi thought about it and Ven said, "We can sabotage that cannon she had. Or mess up the cheerleader's locker room. Whatever works."

"Ven, stop that. We're not destroyin' school property," Zack told him.

Ven huffed and folded his arms. Demyx volunteered to go with Yuffie to steal Coach Jihl's phone and make the phony text. Isa and Yuna agreed to take Coach Dilan's phone, as Braig would trust him more. After that, Freya told them the second phase of her plan.

"Okay, after we get them to go to the old factory on the city's outskirts, I'll just use my powers to make everyone and everything there look like something from that 'The Hidden' game you guys like playing," Freya said.

"Huh? We'll be like the 'Hidden'? Yay! Vendetta!" Rydia yelled.

Ven grinned evilly and yelled, being "Vanitas" again, "Yes! We'll be KILLING EVERYONE!"

"No, Ven, we're not killin' anyone," Zack said, sighing and getting annoyed at "Dark Ven's" outbursts.

Freya stared at Ven and said, "I would hope that none of you kill anyone. But you can pretend to do so with my powers. But first, we have to set the date for this operation."

"We can do it Friday. They won't have much contact with the coaches over the weekend as there's no games or anything scheduled until the week after next," Yuffie said, checking her phone.

"Alright. 'Operation Outlast' will start this Friday! Synchronize your watches everyone!" Zack said.

The room of twenty-five looked at their phones and Ven stood back on the desk, yelling, "YES! We'll CRUSH OUR ENEMIES, THE JOCKS! SEE THEM TREMBLE BEFORE US AND HEAR THE LAMENTATIONS OF THEIR WOMEN!"

"Uh...I'm calling an exorcist before this is over..." Roxas muttered.

Radiant Garden University, rugby field...

Terra looked around, feeling a sudden chill in the air. He wondered where it came from and it felt almost like when Ven was fasting from peanut butter. The young man remembered that they still had a supply of peanut butter at the house and that Ven always took some to school with him.

'So, what's this feeling of horror I'm getting?' Terra thought.

"Terra, look out!"

The young man was then tackled to the ground by several other players. One of them was Angeal. After the players removed themselves from nearly crushing poor Terra, Angeal asked, "Why are you daydreaming? We're practicing for the big game coming up!"

"Sorry. I'm just having this really bad feeling," Terra told him.

"Feeling of what?" Angeal asked.

"A feeling that something horrible's about to happen and its coming from the high school..." Terra replied.

And so, Dark Ven, aka "Vanitas", returns! And is Freya helping them for good or ill? Stay tuned!