My name's Katreen Davenport in case you were wondering. But for some reason Douglas told me to say my last name was Smith. I wonder why…
I walked into Mission Creek High, and as soon as I did some short, pudgy lady in a beige pinsuit came walking out of an adjoining room. "Listen up maggots!" she yelled. Everyone turned at the sound of her voice. That probably meant that she had a high authority. I heard someone behind me whisper, Principal Perry. I walked up to her with confidence "So you must be the principal. I'm a new student" I held out my hand to her in a gesture of kindness. Everyone gasped as if I had just committed a crime.
"Don't interrupt me squat mug!" she shouted.
"Okay, one, no one insults me, two, you spit when you yell, and three, you can't tell me to shut up" I spoke to her in a way that made her face turn bright red.
"Fine, detention everyday for a month!" Everyone gasped again.
"Fine, but I can't make any promises that I'll be there"
"Why you little… Ughhhhh" Principal Perry grunted and walked back to her office.
As I looked over a schedule to see when my next class was, a small, dark-skinned, boy with two other boys and a girl came over to me. "Wow, I can't believe you stood up to principal P like that" the smaller boy exclaimed.
"Uh, thanks?" I wondered if that was a compliment.
"My name's Leo, and this is Adam, Bree and Chase"
"Are you a…" The largest boy started to ask, but Leo covered his mouth.
"I'm sorry, he gets excited a little too easily" Leo said the last part in an angry tone.
"Um, hi, I guess" I was still dazed from the new school and the encounter with Principal Perry," My name's Katreen D...uhh, Smith I mean."
"Well, we've got to head to class. The bell's about to ring and I can't be late" the boy who I assumed was Chase said.
"Me, neither" the girl said.
"Goodbye then!" I called after them as they ran up a flight of stairs. Target acquired, thinking to myself, I sprinted off towards the Science room, my first period class.
I made my way down the hallway, hoping that I wouldn't be late. What would Douglas say if he found out I was late? He'd be mad for sure. The thought of it made me run even faster. I skidded through the doorway just as the teacher was about to shut it. "Thank. God. I. Made. It" I panted with the exertion.
"Well you made it just in time " the teacher had a hint of irritation in her voice.
"I'm sorry, I was uh, I was…in the bathroom, yeah. And the bell rang so I was almost late.
"Fine if you say that's what happened" the teacher turned her back to me.
Phew, I can't believe that worked, I thought to myself. Smirking, I walked down an aisle way and sat down in the first empty seat. Coincidentally, Bree was sitting next to me. "Oh, uh, hi Bree" I whispered when the teacher started talking about Newton's three laws of motion.
"Oh, it's you Katreen. I guess we have science together then, huh?" Bree replied.
"Yeah how ironic" I turned back to the where the teacher was explaining Newton's second law: the Law of Acceleration.
"So as you can see, the Law of Acceleration explains that an object can only be moved by a greater force. Now, will someone give me an example of the Law of Acceleration?"
I immediately raised my hand. Looking around and seeing that no one else had volunteered I thought to myself, oh great, I'm going to be that nerd that raises their hand to answer every question.
"Yes, Katreen, it seems you are the only person who rose their hand, so what example will you give us/" the teacher grinned at me. Apparently kids didn't raise their hand much in this class.
"My example is let's say you have an elephant on a dollar and a mouse on another. If you try to get the dollar bill out from under the elephant you won't be able to because you aren't a greater force than the elephant. Whereas if you try to get the dollar bill out from under the mouse it will be easy because you are a greater force than the mouse, and will easily be able to pick it up. That is my example"
"Wow, you obviously know something. I bet you're going to be one of the few straight A students here."
I didn't hear the last part because I was thinking about the mission. What would happen to us? Why were we needed? And especially Why did Douglas tell me to never reveal my bionics to Adam Bree and Chase? If they're bionic why can't I tell them I am too? How was I supposed to finish my mission if I barely even knew what I was supposed to do? I would have to make a plan if I were to make Douglas proud.
So many thoughts swirled inside my mind that I almost didn't realize that the bell had rang. "Are you coming?" Bree asked me grabbing the book off her desk.
"Oh sorry. I was just thinking about something" I stood up grabbed my blue science book and strode out the door behind Bree. We met up with Adam and Leo near the cafeteria doors.
"So how was Gym you guys?" Bree asked the other two.
"We were playing dodge ball and of course, I was the main target. And Adam was the star." Leo exclaimed.
"I know how it feels" I muttered under my breath.
"You do?" Leo looked up at me.
"Yeah, to have someone close to you who's always the favorite, to have someone who's the star of everything and you're like a footstool compared to them in the eyes of many" I carried on, forgetting that I was talking to someone.
"That's how I feel sometimes" Leo's eyes seemed to sparkle with the thought of someone finally understanding him.
"Hey everybody, what'd I miss?" Chase came walking up from behind us.
"Nothing" Adam answered, "just the new girl is like Leo"
"Really, a girl understands Leo?" Chase had a look of surprise on his face as if this was a first.
"The bell's about to ring. I want to be early" I skipped off to History, which, unfortunately for me, was on the second floor, all the way across the school. "Here we go"