Taken In Again
Disclaimer: It's a fan fiction, what do you expect? I own whatever wasn't invented already.
The best I could do was make up a spell to have everyone forget what happened that night of the pep rally. Unfortunately nobody remembered my awesome fight with Bane.
The rest of the Teneacherous were out there, just waiting to attack.
I was in ninth period, a few days after the last battle, listening to everyone continue about their strange non-remembrance on the day of the pep rally. Tom knocked on the door and poked his head in, ignoring the teacher who frantically got annoyed with his intrusion.
"Hey, Alisha. Just to let you know, the meeting's today."
"What meeting? With Campion?"
"No. Nobody told you about the meeting?"
"Apparently not."
Tom sighed and looked to my global teacher.
"Can I borrow her for a minute? It's pretty important."
The teacher hesitated. He made some sort of scrunched up face, almost trying to make himself look funny.
"Hurry it up, Dover."
Thank god I do well in this class.
I got up and met Tom outside the classroom. He looked around before he spoke to me.
"We decided…since the Teneacherous are still out there…that we should inform your school about the dangers at stake, and the precautions they should take if anything happens."
I swear my mouth hung open the entire time. How could they! Expose us? It's preposterous!
"We expect the Teneacherous to attack at random…and we can't risk anybody getting injured on our behalf of needing to keep our secret. If anything goes wrong, you can just say a spell, right?"
"I guess…but still, it's too risky."
"Yeah. It is."
I involuntarily made some kind of annoyed noise.
"So whats with this meeting?"
"The school board—all the teachers, janitors, lunch ladies, councilors, the principal…everyone for the school is attending. We're going to introduce ourselves and the conflict that arises for us, and possibly the students."
"The Teneacherous aren't going to attack here…"
"You don't know that!" Tom was being serious now.
"Without Bane, they're nothing! They're not strong enough to fight us!"
"Expect the unexpected, Alisha! They could have found a new leader, or they could even be strong enough. We don't know for sure about anything anymore!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Oh. I got him there. He was hiding something. I could tell.
"Never mind. Look… the meeting is right after school in the auditorium. Be there, alright?"
I sighed. "Fine."
As I walked back into the classroom, everyone was staring at me. I guess we were louder than hoped for. I seriously doubt they caught any valuable information, however.
"Sorry…"
The teacher's eyes narrowed as he followed me back my seat.
When the bell rang and before the class could escape out of the room, I had to gulp to what my teacher had announced.
"There will be no extra help today. There's a mandatory staff meeting I have to attend."
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I got electric nerves as I walked past the bustling halls of loud noise and obnoxious attitudes, and in through the side doors of the auditorium, seeing the league make small conversation with each other on stage, and a few of the teachers and staff filing in the front and second rows of seats. I saw my global and math teachers come in, spotting me with a smile.
"Hey…what's going on?"
I came up to Mina who was talking with Rodney, Nemo and Henry. Allan and Tom were off to the side, conversing on their own.
"Tom told you, about our need to inform the dangers possible."
"Yeah…he did. But still, I have my precautions."
Mina made a slight face; not mean but more sarcastic. Rodney turned to me.
"We have to do what we have to do. The Teneacherous aren't fully dead yet. And obviously from their last public attack, they've proved to us that they're not afraid to assail at random."
More people were coming in.
"Hi, everyone. Come on in, sit up close." Tom spoke from a microphone; where he got it I don't know.
The principal introduced herself, and so followed the assistant principal. Tom and Allan shook hands as the rest of us readied ourselves for the big exposure.
When the auditorium seemed filled with almost every staff member I've ever met, Tom called to everyone's attention.
"Good evening, everyone. We call upon the entire staff of the High School for one very important reason…the safety of all the students." Tom looked at me.
"Some of you may recognize our member here, Alisha Dover. She herself is a student…but she is much more than that." He handed me the microphone, apparently suggesting that I'm the one to break the ice.
"Uh…hi, everyone…hi. Um, well first off, we are The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." I waved my arm to everyone. "L.X.G. for short. The members are Tom, Allan, Henry, Nemo, Mina, Rodney and myself. Um…well, our job is kind of like the F.B.I. or the C.I.A. or something like that. Government officials, I mean. Well actually, we're part of Military Intelligence Section 5, if anyone is familiar with that."
"Let's hurry it up…" Tom whispered to me.
"Workin' on it…"
I looked back to the staff. All I was getting was confused expressions and non-believers.
"Right…well I can see not many people here are taking this seriously…so, I believe…I will have to make you believe us." I handed Tom the microphone.
Centering stage, I raised my arms and transformed into 27-year old Wiccan Alisha. The entire staff gasped and shouted and whispered and yelped and made strange and more annoying noises, expressions and reactions. I had to raise my voice to calm them down.
"We all have special abilities. Do I need to prove myself further?"
The audience was silent…I couldn't tell if that was a yes or a no. A young, blonde-haired math teacher yelled, "What is everyone else's power?"
I looked around to everyone. "Well, Allan, Tom, and Nemo here are normal humans with awesome fighting skills and stuff like that." I was sounding a bit kiddish.
"And for the short story, I'm a witch, Henry's a monster, Mina's a vampire, and Rodney's invisible."
"Invisible? But we can see him." The man called. I slowly turned my head to Rodney. He sighed.
"I'm goin', I'm goin'…"
As he swiftly undressed, I heard the usual 'oo's' and 'ahh's'. He took off his gloves, trench coat, glasses, pulled up his sleeves…and it seemed to be enough to convince the staff.
"Right. Well. Our contradiction here is to inform you of our latest mission. Does anyone here remember what happened at the pep rally a few days ago?"
Some shook their heads, some whispered with each other.
"We were attacked by our enemy…here…at the school. Because we were exposed, I had cast a spell to make everyone forget what happened those last few hours. A student got hurt that day…almost killed. Luckily for all of us he is healed and doesn't remember a thing…but it was risky enough to have a student of the school in danger. We ask of your permission to help protect the school until our enemy is eliminated, and to help any of us out in any way possible…and that includes keeping our secret."
I watched the faces as Rodney decided to put his clothes back on.
"So you mean to tell us that because you pose as a student here for your…double life…" spitting at the word. "…your enemy is attacking you at our school? And hurting anyone that gets in their way? Talk about risky! Just stay away from the school, and they obviously wouldn't attack us!" Some teacher spoke up; messing with the plan we tried to propose. Lots of people were nodding their heads in agreement. I gave a chuckle.
"Don't you think I know that? First off, I'm still a student here, and I refuse to be kicked out."
The teacher raised his arms in frustration.
"Second, it would be hard to explain for my absence, especially to my own guardians. Third, our enemy knows I attend here. They could take prisoners to reel us in to their plan…there are many possibilities."
"Who is your enemy?" An English teacher asked.
"I'd rather not tell you, but since you asked…it's a group of men…we think nine…and they have abilities, some of which we're not sure of."
"Abilities like your own?"
"Precisely."
"Oh! What is this? A supernatural lockdown?"
I eyed that same man down.
"Anything more from you and there will be."
He gulped silent.
"How long have you been…undercover…like this, Alisha?" My English teacher seemed very interested in my double-life.
"Not long…but we need to focus. Our plan is to watch over the school until the elimination, as in walking around the halls, watching over the students and any suspicious activity…that such. We aim to go no longer than a week on destroying them. During the time we ask of your assistance, order, and service within the time limit...and from the students as well. If anything happens where any of us need to give order, be sure all the students cooperate."
I looked around to each and every one of the staff members…each teacher, janitor, counselor, cafeteria staff member, and supervisors, principal and vice principle…everyone…
…and knew we had our followers.
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The next morning, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen entered the doors of the high school side by side; all's pace parallel to the next, wearing all black, in their older state, and turning everyone in their way to let them pass. They went in the order of Nemo, Mina, Rodney, Alisha, Tom, Henry, and Allan. Through the main lobby and taking a left down the halls they went, allowing no one to stop them. At the end of the hallway they departed…Nemo and Mina turning left, and Henry and Allan turning right. Rodney, Alisha and Tom continued straight…straight on to their mission.
The league planned everything out the day before…they knew exactly what to do. As Rodney, Alisha, and Tom strut down the halls, another hall intersected in the distance, and Rodney and Tom departed separate ways. Alisha continued straight until she reached the very end of the halls, and waited there as planned, until her portaleiver beeped six different sounds, one for each league member. Then, she turned back outside the doors against her back, changed, and returned inside on her guard.
It was third period, Alisha sitting in her science class. Tom walked from the right side of the hallway, Rodney at the right. When they passed each other, they simply nodded. Alisha saw the two from outside the door, sitting in the very back of the room.
During fifth period, Alisha, in her elder form, escaped to the teacher's lounge to catch up with any news. As soon as she walked in, she saw in utter amazement all the teachers hugged against the wall, all except for one who had a knife to her neck by a member of the Teneacherous.
"G-code, now!" Alisha shouts in her portaleiver.
With one quick movement, Alisha grasped a gun from her holster and shot at the window.
"HA! You missed." The member laughed meticulously.
"No I didn't."
From the partially opened window, Tom stuck up from behind the man and stabbed him in the back. As his spirit attempted a possession, Alisha cast a proper spell, and the spirit was no more. The woman was let go by the dead corpse, and throttled out of horror.
Henry walked in through the door and attended to the female teacher.
"Thank you all…how can I ever repay you?" she tried to choke out the words as Henry lay her down in his arms.
"Shh…try not to speak." Henry said with care.
"Good job, Tom. Two down, eight to go."
Tom nod his head.
"Eight?" a bald male teacher who had hugged the wall looked all too fearful.
"Yes…and we can handle it."
Just then, the ball rang. The teacher who had fallen tried to get up, but stumbled back into Henry's arms.
"I have a class…"
"That's okay, we can get you a substitute." One of the teachers said. He walked out soon enough to get someone for the woman's class.
When he got back, he looked a bit worried.
"We have no subs available."
The woman teacher crinkled her eyebrows anxiously.
"That's alright…Alisha can sub." Tom said.
"Heh?" The league member looked to Tom as if he had seven heads.
"Sure. Just supervise the class and tell them to do something related to what they're learning."
"They're currently learning about the French Revolution." The teacher said.
"Yeah…you can even give them a lecture about it."
"But why me?"
"Well…you know most about teachers in this era and stuff. I don't think any of us could fit in as a teacher, except for maybe Henry…but he's tending the gal right now."
Sighing, Alisha walked out the door with a humph.
Why do I have to do this? Why am I the one to teach the little brats?
As I enclosed on the classroom, I felt my pace increase and get more intense.
Seriously…I cannot handle these kids right now. I have a job to attend to.
I walked into the classroom, pounding the door against the wall. All the kids snapped their heads in my direction.
Walking over to the chalkboard, I began to write my name.
Ms. Do…
Hm. I think it would be best if I wrote something else down, to be a little less conspicuous.
Ms. Kester
There we go. Take after that guard from the Martian site.
I turned to the kids, noticing one boy in the back staring at me…a little creepy…and talking with his friends with a smile. I thought I should keep my eye on him, just in case.
"Alright class. You all learning about the French Revolution?"
A few nod their heads.
"Alright…well…"
I snatched a textbook off someone's desk.
"Read pages 456 through 472 and do the questions."
As the kids got out their books, I went behind the desk and plopped myself down. I noticed the teacher's attendance sheet on the desk. Taking it, I called for the attendance and jotted the data down.
I watched the kid in the back, having the gut feeling that he was a possessed kid of the Teneacherous. Either that or he was just a really creepy kid. I've seen him before in the school…I think he's in my grade, as a matter of fact. He looked up to meet my eyes and instead of looking away, I stared him down.
After a while he waved, trying to be funny, but I just squinted my eyes in disbelief.
I couldn't wait to see if this kid was evil or not, so I thought magic could assist me.
"Young boy who sits in back,
Let me foresee your next attack.
If you are part of my foe,
Show me what I want to know." I whispered.
With a strange, taken over face, the young boy got up, looked to me, and charged with an accelerating force.
When he got close enough, he took out a knife from inside his pocket, and jumped at my being.
Before he could stab me, I stabbed him first with one swift motion behind the desk. I lay the body down, away from the view of the class, said the spell so the spirit could move on, and tended the kid with a potion.
I commanded the class to stay in their seats as I made my way to the "nurse's office" with the boy in my arms.
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Other than that day the Teneacherous never really attacked. They must have been frightened away, or too weak to continue their opposition.
And that's good, too. Because the New Year has been going good, however we haven't really been able to celebrate it because of the Teneacherous. But now that they're off our backs, we all can enjoy the fact of yet a little peace before everything starts to heat up this year. Like Valentines Day, for instance. That's coming up real soon and I'm just a little too scared out of my mind to guess what's going to happen then, considering that it's a week away.