Chapter 2

Detention and Discovery

Cody bolted upright. He looked at his clock. 2:30. Cody got up and went to the bathroom. He turned on the lights. He screamed. The knife was still in his head. Bailey was in the reflection behind him. He looked back. There was no one there. Cody drew the knife out of his head. He suddenly collapsed when Woody punched him. Woody had red eyes and kicked him in the face. Woody picked him up and brought him to the port hole. He threw Cody out and Cody splashed in the water. Cody drowned because something grabbed his foot. Cody tried to fight to get to the surface, but he was defeated. He was dragged down to the bottom of the sea and stayed there.

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Cody bolted upright. He checked his clock and it said 9:30 in the morning. Cody had ten minutes to get ready! He got up and walked to the shower. He took off all of his clothes. Before he got in, he checked his head. It was knifeless. He sighed with relief.

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Ms. Tutweiler closed the door. Cody bolted in just as soon as Ms. Tutweiler shut the door. Cody was panting.

"I- huh, huh- am-huh-sorry-huh-I am-huh- late." Cody fainted because of loss of breath.

"Cody!" Bailey got up from her seat, as did everyone else. Ms. Tutweiler called the nurse. The nurse arrived five minutes later. She had to shove a clear tube in Cody's mouth and it delivered air to Cody's lungs. Bailey was holding Cody's hand the whole time. Cody opened his eyes and gasped for air. Bailey sighed with relief. Ms. Tutweiler gave the nurse a "thank you" and the nurse left.

"Cody, can you hear me?" Ms. Tutweiler asked. Cody nodded.

"Good. Now, since you were late, as you already know, you will have to be serving detention today after school." Cody nodded.

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"Why were you late, Cody?" Ms. Tutweiler asked when Cody was in detention after school. Cody shook his head and said, "I just had a few nightmares and I woke up late." Ms. Tutweiler was shocked that Cody was late to class. Cody was never late to class, let alone serving detention.

"Alright, well I will be in the teachers lounge. When it is 5:00 you may leave."

"Okay." Ms. Tutweiler left. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Two hours in detention??!! Cody thought. So for the rest of the time Cody just fiddled with his thumbs.

At 4:45, the door opened. "Ms. Tutweiler, I still have fif-" But it was not Ms. Tutweiler. It was Bailey, whose face was covered in blood. She was screaming. "Cody! Cody!" Cody got up and Bailey just ran out the door. The ship started to tilt to the right, then to the left, then to the right, then to the left, and it proceeded until the boat was upside down in the water. Cody tried to float to the surface, but with the ship was in his way, and he was doomed. The boat dragged Cody to the ocean floor. Cody's lungs were about to burst. He could see Bailey swimming towards him. She screamed, "Cody! Cody!" Cody's lungs could hold no longer. They burst. Cody face was lifeless.

"Cody! Cody! Wake up!" Ms. Tutweiler shook him. Cody awakened immediately. There was drool dripping from his mouth and onto the desk. He wiped it away with some paper towel provided by Ms. Tutweiler.

"You may go now, Cody."

"Thank you, Ms. Tutweiler." Cody left. He walked onto the sky deck to find Bailey in a chair drinking a smoothie. Bailey realized he was here and she got up and ran to him. She gave him a hug and a peck on the cheek.

"I'm so glad you're ok. How was detention?"

"I'm fine. I just fainted because of loss of breath. And detention was very boring."

"What's the worst thing about detention?" Bailey asked, not actually knowing how detention worked.

"You can't do this." Cody kissed her softly on the lips for a few seconds before breaking it.

"Wow. Then detention must stink." Bailey smiled. Zack walked up to them. He tapped Cody on the shoulder.

"Whatcha doin'?" Zack asked, like he had no clue what was going on.

"I'm having fun with Bailey. What do you want?" Zack took Cody's arm and led him to his room.

"Hey, what's going on?" Zack pushed him into his room and shut the door, locked it, and motioned Cody to sit down. Cody sat down, puzzled.

"Cody, I need to tell you something," Zack said.

"What?"

"I-" Zack's face started to form to an older face. His clothes formed into a tuxedo and black fancy pants. "am not who you think I am." Zack's fingers started to form into flames. "I am Zack, but I am dead."

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