Naylor: Operation Parachute

"Lucas," Alexis said, putting her feet up on the Principal's desk. "Present your report, please."

I looked over to Lucas from my spot against the wall. Everyone in the Battlefront was here, as far as I knew, at least. Alex had simply called us together to check up on things, perhaps to plan the next operation.

Lucas stood up and straightened his glasses. "According to our weapons supply, our stockpile of gunpowder is nearly depleted." He said, taking his glasses off and rubbing the lenses on his shirt. "We should replenish our stock before our next battle."

Everyone silently nodded in agreement, including Alexis.

"Hey, wait a minute," Michael piped up from his spot at the couch, his voice slightly muffled as Jared give him a noogie. "Don't we need more guns, with the new guy here?" He nodded towards me.

Oh, yeah. The gun that I used during Operation Tornado was a loaner from Alexis, so they probably needed a couple more weapons now that I was here.

"Indeed," Alex nodded before standing up on the Principal's desk. How come she always did that? Didn't she know that anyone could see up her skirt? "Very well." She pumped her fist in the air. "Today's operation will be Operation Parachute!"

Operation... Parachute? I shivered for some odd reason. Wait, why'd I just do that? Then this sudden feeling dawned on me; an intense, gripping fear of high places... Was I afraid of heights?

"Hey, Naylor," Josh put his hand on my shoulder. "Something wrong?" He asked, visibly concerned.

"Oh, it's nothing," I chuckled casually, trying to seem nonchalant, when in reality I was nearly petrified. "I'm just not that good with heights..." I guess I really was afraid. Maybe it had something to do with my life. Stupid amnesia.

"Naylor," Alexis scoffed and sat down on the Principal's desk. "We're not dropping from the sky,' she said, crossing her arms. "We're parachuting underground." She said as she gave me one of those 'you're-so-stupid' looks that I frequently received from her.

"Underground?" I shouted. What on earth could they possibly have underneath a high school?

"Part of our rebellion is called the Guild," Alex said calmly as she pulled open one of the Principal's desk drawers and began rifling through it. "It's hidden deep underground," she said as a frustrated look came across her face, and she opened another drawer and began searching that one as well. "That's where we get all of our weapons," she said, squinting at the drawers. So... there was some kind of hidden weapons factory underneath the school?

"Is it underground so that Angel won't find it?" I asked.

"Precisely," Alexis nodded. "If she found the Guild, then we'd lose our weapons, as well as any chances of winning our battle with her. Aha!" She smiled in triumph as she pulled a small purple cell phone out of one of the drawers, flipped it open, and dialed a number into it.

When I saw her phone, I couldn't help but let out chuckle. The cell phone had a little red demon charm attached to it, complete with horns, black wings, and a mini pitchfork. How fitting.

"Yo, Alexis!" The voice on the other end of the phone answered on speaker. It sounded deep and gruff. "What's up?"

"Hey, Sean," Alex smiled for a brief moment as she spoke. "We're heading down there tonight. We need you to disarm all of the traps."

"All right, then!" Sean said, a smile in his voice. "We'll be waiting!" And he hung up. How many people were there in the Battlefront? I swear, this place was full of surprises...

"Perfect," Alexis grinned as she snapped the phone shut. "We're all going down there tonight!" She got back up on the desk.

A meek "We're what?" escaped my lips, but Alexis ignored me. She seemed occupied with something else at the moment, her eyes scanning the faces of the various Battlefront members in the room.

"Wait a minute..." She paused, looking all around the room. "Where's Kyle?" Hah. No wonder it seemed so quiet in here.

Josh shrugged. "That idiot's probably off doing his own thing," he rolled his eyes. "We should just go ahead without him."

Several murmurs of agreement rippled through the crowd, myself included.

Alexis seemed to hesitate a moment before uttering an uncertain, "Okay..." Huh? This kind of reaction was a bit different than the Alexis I knew...

"All right, then!" Alex suddenly regained her composure and any uncertainty disappeared from her face in a flash. She raised her fist and looked as if she was about to say something, but TK beat her to it.

He suddenly jumped up on the couch and shouted, "Operation: Start!" while doing some kind of complicated breakdancing move.

Alex smiled as she got down from the desk. "Couldn't have said it better myself."