~Meanwhile on the outside~

"Mike...Mike! C'mon, get up honey…" Mike shoots up from his bed with an awful headache as he holds his head tightly. His mother looks at him in concern but mike decides to ignore it. He turns to his mother and she tells him he's got school today. Mike resists a groan, he slowly gets out of bed. Rubbing his eyes so he can see clearly and he 'shoos' his mom out of his room so he can change into some clean clothes while his mother prepares breakfast.

After getting dressed and sitting down at the kitchen table to eat, there wasn't really anything to say. His mother eventually worked up the courage to say something…

"U-um...m-mike honey?" Mike's mom nervously stuttered. Mike raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah mom?" Sounding a tad paranoid…. His mother noticed and got worried as to what his reaction might be.

"Honey...it's about your father...He's served his sentence…". Mike's eyes bulge.

"WHAT?! B-but w-we do have the restraining order, right?"

"Yes, yes we do…." His mother decided not to tell him that he could violate it just as easily, and so, tries to reassure him.

"A-as long as we have the papers...he can't do anything to us...we're fine. I just thought I'd give you the news...I don't want to keep you in the dark." The minute she said the word 'dark', it reminded mike of that awful moment with Bue,D, and mal...and how they betrayed him. But before he can think further, he hears the sound of an engine running. It must be the bus...Mike, not wanting to discuss the matter anymore, he grabs his backpack and runs out to the bus stop where he meets up with Zoey. Wearing her hair in a small braid, along with a pair of light brown shorts going down to her knees, a light pink tank top, a little daisy in her hair, and bedazzled brown flip-flops. Looking just as cute as ever, but then again, to mike, she looks cute in anything.

"Hey! Gettin' on the bus or not?!" The bus driver asked, having the door open for at least 2 minutes while mike stared into Zoey's eyes. But when mike turned back to the driver…, he saw something horrifying…, his father's face. Mike froze up, his own face, in terror. Zoey just saw the regular bus driver's face. She waved her hand in front of mike's, it snapped him out of it and he saw the normal bus driver's face, he sighed in relief. But then Zoey took his hand, making mike blush and pulled him onto the bus. They took a seat at the back of the bus like always. Mike sat by the window, all Zoey could think about was the carnival and the ferris wheel. That was the farthest thought from mike's mind as all he could think about was now his father….

When the bus neared the school and passed a stop sign, it seemed that a man in a prison jumpsuit was standing right next to the sign, standing as still as it. An ominous smile on the man's face that mike immediately knew, that smile had been burned into his skull. The man had his jump suit unbuttoned just to where it was no farther below the bottom of the rib cage...in which his chest revealed small scars. Mike cupped his mouth as he started to turn a sickly green, Zoey didn't notice...nobody noticed. Mike chose not to tell anyone, worried for them...even his usual bullies. Upon thinking of this, he suddenly suffered a mayo and turkey sandwich to the head…. Zoey turned around quickly when she heard the splatter and gasped. Mike hardly had any reaction, he just sighed and turned the other cheek.

This is gonna be a long day...isn't it?

Zoey pulled out a napkin from her lunchbox and helped clean up mike before they got to school and the rest of the kids saw him with this mess on him. Mike thanked her just as the bus driver slammed on the brakes, giving nobody enough time to brace. They turned to their right to see the school just outside of them. The kids began to file out in more of a big clump, shoving their way through the rows, as opposed to a normal thin line to fit correctly down the walkway. Zoey and mike came out last. The two headed straight to their class and sat down in their desks, patiently awaiting the teacher to come. Without the teacher in the room; The entire rest of the class was wild and loud. Throwing crumpled up paper, yelling, screaming, laughing. Zoey could tell that it was really bugging mike but she knew that her classmates would never listen to her no matter how loud she raised her voice. Eventually the teacher came in, the minute she did everybody ran to their seats and sat quietly. Neither mike nor zoey could explain why…, they guessed she was just strict but because they were always so well behaved, the two never saw that side of her. Class started soon after she entered the room, to mike it lasted forever before they finally got a break and lunch time began. All the kids ran out of the classroom and down the halls to the cafeteria…. Mike was too deep in thought to eat as he just poked at his food with the plastic spork that comes with his lunch. Zoey was concerned but didn't know how to approach the situation. All she could do was watch with worry. She knew mike hated it when people worried for him and that it made him feel guilty so she hid her pitying eyebrows with a bright smile. Mike still had a bit of cried mayo bits in his hair while all she could think about was wishing she could read his mind….

Meanwhile…

In the darkness…. Bue, mal, and D were all huddled in a corner, shivering in fear of the flashing camera's lights that they had been relentlessly blasted with by Dominic.

"P-pl-please! Please stop!" Mal pleaded.

"W-we-we'll d-do anythin'! Please!" Bue added. D's pride was currently being crushed at what he was hearing from these two.

"Quit your groveling…. THIS is your punishment for your disobedience! You're all lucky that I still have use for you three. Mal, D! Re-install that light then you're going to head over to mike's side of the mind and take care of those left-over imbeciles that occupy it. And as for you...Buena, you're staying here with me…." Bue gulped in fear of what was going to happen to her. D and mal fearfully saluted and got started with their missions right away even though they had no idea how to do what they were just told...seeing as how blind they were from the constant camera. Dominic noticed their struggle and he clapped his wooden hands, the boys now had their light-resistant eyes and so they could do as told. They got the light installed again in the ceiling rather quickly then ran out the door just as Bue's vision was beginning to return. She looked down to her right and saw the dummy smirking at her.

"An' what're 'ya lookin' at?!"

"A beautiful goddess…." Dominic replied in his usual smug-ass tone.

"'Ya really are D's toy!" Bue commented with a sly grin.

Ok...what's that bastard plannin'?! I'll find out...one way or anotha'! She thought with a look of determination on her face...