Saw 3 Chapter 2
Samuel dropped of Amelia and Maya in his van. He stopped for a few seconds on the side walk and the two girls hurried out of the car before he started driving away.
"Why is he in such a hurry? It's not like he has a job," Maya said.
"Uh, how do you think we fund our home and traps?" Amelia asked.
The two youths started walking onto the high school campus. It was an outdoor school, with classes in separate buildings. An arch marked the entrance to the school.
"I assumed your dad won it or stole it..." Maya said.
Amelia shook her head. "He has a job."
"Well okay," Maya said.
After retrieving their schedules, the two teenagers reunited by the cafeteria. They aligned their separate schedules together and scanned them.
"Chemistry?" Maya asked Amelia.
"What? I like chemistry. All sorts of chemical reactions to learn." Amelia gave Maya a look.
"At least we have one class together," Maya said.
"P. E.," Amelia sighed. "It's not like we'll be able to run together."
The school warning bell rang. The crowd around the cafeteria dispersed quickly.
"See you soon." Maya said. She started walking away, towards her first class of the day.
"Don't forget to look for..." Amelia gestured. "Players."
Maya was relieved that no one seemed to care that she was a new student starting in January. During history class, the teacher talked about the era they would be learning about: The 1880s to the 1900s. The class seems bored out of their minds. A few of them fell asleep.
Meanwhile in Amelia's chemistry class, the teacher explains all the experiments they would get to do, including working with fire, (distilled) hydrochloric acid, and baking.
Maya walked into the gym for her next class. As she opened the door, she fell a jiggle, as if the door hit something. It did.
Maya peeked around the door and she walked in to see a tall blonde girl glaring at Maya. The girl was standing by a few other students on a circle. "Watch were you're going." The girl said.
"You're the one standing by the door," Maya said.
The girl rolled her eyes and flicked her hand, gesturing Maya to go away.
Maya spotted Amelia across the gym and sat with her on the bleachers.
The teacher soon arrived and had the class run laps around the gym. Maya gave the teacher a doctor's note and sat on the bleachers watching the class work their muscles. A few students glanced over to Maya.
After filling their tray for lunch, Amelia and Maya reconvened outside the cafeteria where they saw the same tall blonde girl. Amelia and Maya sat at an empty table reveal feet away from the blonde girl. Despite their distance, Maya still looked over to the blonde girl several times.
"Mr. Gellar told us we get to work with hydrochloric acid. I mean, how cool is that? Obviously it's watered down but still strong. He said we were only putting it on rocks but..." Amelia ranted. She looked up to meet Maya's gaze. "What are you looking at?"
"Oh. I was just thinking something." Maya said.
"Found a player already?" Amelia asked, seemingly impressed.
"No. I don't mean that." Maya said.
"You were looking at that group over there." Amelia said. She watched as the blonde girl whispered something to another girl in group with tan skin and long black hair. Then the girl with long black hair outreached her leg as a freshman was walking by with a tray of food. The unfortunate freshman fell to the ground; their lunch spilled all over the cement.
"Seem like players to me," Amelia said. "Come on. Let's get closer."
"Amy," Maya said. She gave her an inside look. "Can't we just eat lunch like everyone else?"
Amy stood up, getting closer to Maya. "We're not like everyone else. We're not here to make friends or to fit in. We have a mission. There's no time to waste. Especially in your condition." Amelia said.
"I don't need to reminded every 5 seconds," Maya said.
Amelia has already gotten up and moved to the nearest available table to the group. Amelia was a mere 3 tables away from the group.
Maya huffed and got up, joining Amelia. She sat across from Amelia, blocking Amelia's obvious staring at the group. There were 5 in the group. "Would you act like a normal person for a second? You're going to give us away."
"Shh," Amelia said. "I'm listening."
"You cannot hear them from that far away," Maya said.
"Slightly. I'm also reading lips. The blonde girl is Sabrina. The Latina is Verona." Amelia said. "Ooh. Sabrina just told one boy in the group that he needs more cologne because he smells like an ashtray. He must be a smoker."
Maya rolled her eyes.
"Players in our traps should be truly hanis people. A typical bully doesn't fit in that category." Maya said to Amelia back in the warehouse. They were on the above ground floors.
Amelia was on top of a ladder setting up a trap. Several knives were pointed to the ground dangling from the ceiling. Amelia grabbed another knife and began to hang it from the ceiling. "I know. That's why we need to observe them more. See if they do anything terrible."
"Why are you even putting together a trap if we don't have players? Aren't the traps based on the players?" Maya asked.
"Sometimes. But some traps can just be for us. It doesn't matter what they've done to und up in our trap, if they try to leave, they'll be impaled." Amelia said. She held a knife in her hand.
"Why don't you ever use the bear trap? It's a signature trap from our... predecessor." Maya asked. She adjusted the shawl around her shoulders.
"If we tried to buy a bear trap, we would be caught." Amelia said.
Maya covered her mouth and coughed. "I'm gonna go downstairs." She coughed again.
"Okay." Amelia said. "I'll be done in a few."
Once in the elevator, Maya took a deep breath and gripped the bar. Oh my god. We're really doing this. I'm really doing this. I'm helping them... hurt people. Bad people. People like my step dad. But just because they're bullies does mean they deserve this... does anyone deserve to be put through that? Did I? After all that torment I am the one helping them... The elevator doors opened up. Maya walked to her room still lost in thought. There's no point in feeling regret. There's nowhere else I can go. Kellina hates me. Maddie is dead. This is my home now. With Amelia and Samuel. This is my punishment for following them. This is my life now... what's left of it.
Amelia and Maya spent the next day in class watching this group of friends. Samuel continued to build traps and buy supplies. After class, Amelia went online, researching the members of that group. She checked their Facebook pages, Twitter, Instagram, Academic records and medical records.
The next day Maya decided it was time to approach Sabrina and her posse. Amelia walked behind her, skeptical of Maya's choice.
Sabrina and her pose were in the middle of a conversation, not even looking at their surroundings. It was about 30 seconds before one of the boy's gestured to Maya and Amelia.
Sabrina turned her head, causing her smooth hair to fling around. She raised her eyebrows and blinked at them. "What?"
Maya paused. What am I gonna say? I guess I should have rehearsed this. How do I not sound pathetic?
"Well?" Another girl in the group asked.
"We want to join your group," Amelia said.
Maya rolled her eyes and glared at her.
The group laughed and chuckled. The boyfriend of the group threw his head back in laughter.
"That's adorable." One girl said.
"Sad." One boy said.
"What even?" Another said.
"Hey. I think it's nice someone can recognize our popularity." Said the other.
"You see, we're new here and we need someone who can really enlighten us about how things work in this school," Maya said. The group kept taunting while she talked.
Sabrina tilted her head. "And why would we want you in our group?"
"Oh," Amelia said. "Well we..."
Maya smirked and replied, "We have drugs. Pot. I can get you guys all sorts of weed and edibles."
Two member of the group smiles and nodded. One of the boy with dark hair and the other was the girl with dark hair.
"How?" Sabrina asked. "Do you grow it yourself?"
Maya pulled a medical marijuana card out of her pocket. "Not exactly."
Amelia looked worried, giving Maya and unsure expression.
"Nice." The boy with dark hair said. He reached his hand out to Maya. "I'm Lucas. Nice to meet you."
"Maya." She shook his hand.
"Amelia." She made a face.
"I'm Ava." A girl with red hair raised her hand.
"Veronica." The Latina girl said. She was the one that tripped the freshman.
"Nick," said the boy who put his arm around Sabrina.
Sabrina introduced herself last. "And I'm your new best friend. Your guide. Your savior. Sabrina."
Amelia slightly glared at Sabrina. Maya tried not to laugh at Sabrina.
During PE, Maya once again sat out of the exercises. Sabrina and Ava eyes her during their laps. Ava ran off course, up to the bleachers.
"How do you get out of PE?" Ava asked, panting.
"Doctor's note," Maya said.
"Ri-ight," Ava said. "Do you think you could get me and Sabrina doctor's notes? We tried but this teacher actually makes sure the doctor is a real person. If you can forge for yourself, you can forge for us."
"It's not a-" Maya tried to say.
"Ava Wilson, keep it moving." The teacher called.
Ava sighed and went back to running laps.
During lunch, Maya and Amelia sat with the group. From the moment they sat down, they felt out of place. Maya and Amelia has sandwiches, milk, and a cookies on their tray. The other girls had a salad, a fruit, and water on their trays. The boys however had burgers and soda.
"So," Veronica asked, "Why did you want to join our group?"
"Yeah, we're all seniors," Nick said. "Next year you'll be all alone."
"I'm a senior too," Maya said.
"You are?" Sabrina asked. She tilted her head. "I thought you were a sophomore."
"And what grade are you in?" Ava asked Amelia. She seemed really judgy about it.
"11th." Amelia said.
"A junior." Sabrina said. "Aw we have a baby in the group."
Amelia tried to ignore it but Maya saw it. That familiar pain. The sting of ridicule. The burn of embarrassment. The rage filling every inch of her soul.
"What is that smell?" Sabrina asked. Her face tightened up.
"Our newbies?" Ava said.
"No its..." Sabrina leaned over to her boyfriend. "Ugh! Nick it's you. That damn. Cologne."
"This stuff was expensive. I'm not gonna waste it." Nick said.
"You smell like a garbage can that's been left out for weeks." She scooted away from Nick.
Nick began to blush, slightly. He looked down, hiding his face.
"I have to pee," Maya announced before getting up and walking away.
Amelia followed her to the bathroom and checked the stalls. Empty.
"What were you thinking?" Amelia asked. "Why did you show them your card?"
"To see if they would be interested. Take the bait." Maya said.
"It was a test." Amelia said. Her expression softened. "Oh that's good."
"I know." Maya beamed.
Amelia gave Maya a high five.
"I think we can safely say Sabrina is bully." Maya said.
"Yeah, she's a real Heather." Amelia said.
"Don't compared Heather to her." Maya said. "Don't bring up any of that."
"They're all pretty terrible," Amelia said.
"I don't know. I haven't seen Lucas do anything. And I still don't think they deserve to be put in our game." Maya said.
"Give it time. I'm sure they'll rise to the occasion." Amelia said.
Meanwhile the group was talking about them. Sabrina put her hands on the table. "Thank God they left."
"They're so different from us." Veronica said.
"Losers," Ava said. "This isn't a pity project. Why are we taking them in?"
"Hey, go easy on them." Lucas said. "They're new here."
"Yeah, and they're giving us free weed," Nick said.
"Maybe then we'll be able to tolerate them," Sabrina said.