Welcome…to chapter three. I hope you like the story so far. Now that things have picked up a little and we are done with the intro's, hopefully it will peak your interest a little more.

Chapter Three

All Accounted for, Except…

Has tel gado's class was the last class to enter the auditorium. Every seat was taken up by chattering students nervously talking to each other. Has tel gado finished seating his class, then ran down to the stage where all the teachers stood talking to one another. He ran straight into the crowd of teachers, getting their attention. He took a few deep breaths, then looked up at the Headmaster.

'Victor, we might have a problem' he huffed. The headmaster looked at him for a second, then asked

'What is it Mr. tel gado?' he asked

'I did my attendance roll, and I'm missing two students'. The small crowed of teachers gasped softly and the headmaster interrupted

'Who, who is missing?'

'The dopey boy and his angry girlfriend'

'You mean Billy and Mandy?' one of the teachers asked

'Yeah' Has tel gado replied 'what's worse is another student from my class said they saw them going into the gym'. Everyone looked at him with relief

'Well at least they're inside and safe' another teacher said.

'That's the problem!' Has tel gado yelled 'the gym's roof has almost collapsed'. Every teacher gasped in horror once more as he continued

'The roof hasn't completely collapsed yet, but it could give way at any time'.

The teachers fell completely silent, then the headmaster stepped into the middle of the group.

'Alright!, Has, Dean and Anthony, you go call emergency services and tell them the situation, the rest of you except for tom and Sheryl, are to go to the cafeteria and set it up for the students. Let's do this quickly and keep the students safe'. The teachers broke of into groups and the headmaster and the two other teachers that were told to stay turned to the audience of students. The headmaster cleared his throat, and began

'Students!' he yelled as everyone responded by going deathly silent 'now, I understand you must be scared and confused, so I am going to explain the situation to you exactly as it is'. He took a breath and primed his voice once more.

'We are in the middle of a disaster, a category four blizzard. Now in a situation like this it is emergency procedure that we stay indoors. So this means that we will be staying here for the night, or at least until the storm dies down to a save level'. Murmuring started to rise amongst the students as the realization that this was a serious matter.

'So if you could all follow us to the cafeteria in a calm, orderly fashion'. The two teachers that were left started directing students out of the auditorium and every one stayed calm, all except one person, one headmaster

"I hope we can get to those two young students while there is still a chance…"

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Mandy slowly opened her eyes. She could barley see through the darkness, but her eyes quickly adjusted to the level of light. She was still under the table and Billy was still sitting motionless across from her, his arm covering his head and hiding his face. She slowly reached over to Billy and shook his shoulder. He slowly opened his eyes and started moving.

'Are you alright Billy?' Mandy asked. Billy moaned quietly, then shuffled out from under the table and stood up.

'Mandy!' he yelled. Mandy quickly shuffled out from under the table and stood up next to Billy. Her eyes widened as she looked around.

The gym was no longer the romantic room it was not so long ago, now it was a metallic wasteland. The floor was covered in large bars of metal that had fallen from the roof and the power had cut out completely. Most of the tables had either fallen over or snapped in half, and there were streamers and popped balloons all over the floor. Mandy looked up to see how the ceiling looked. Suddenly she felt an empty, sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach as she saw the state of the ceiling. It was just a tangled pile of metal that was being held up by a few beams that had managed to stay intact. It looked like a piece of art work in a strange way.

'Wh-what happened here?' Billy asked. Mandy answered without looking down at him

'By the looks of things, the roof collapsed' she said simply 'probably from the storm, this is a very old building as it is'

'Do you think we're safe?' Billy asked. Mandy looked over to the windows, then over to the door

'I hope so, because were completely snowed in'. Mandy looked back to Billy who looked at her also. Mandy noticed the trickle of blood running from the top of forehead, down his face.

'Uh, Billy you're bleeding' She said as she pointed at the blood. Billy slowly lifted his hand up to the blood and touched it carefully. He winced and suddenly started screaming

'Mandy! My brain is leaking out!' he screamed

'No you're just…' She stopped mid sentence, grabbed his wrist, and with the other hand picked up a napkin from the table.

'Stop squirming' Mandy demanded. But Billy would respond, he just kept squirming around. Finally Mandy pushed him until he fell on his back. She then knelt on him with one knee, holding him down, and placed the napkin on the open wound. She stayed like this for a few seconds until he calmed down.

'Now Billy, hold this here' Mandy ordered slowly and Billy whined out a yes. She then, without getting of Billy, reached over and grabbed her bag. She rummaged around in it for a few seconds until she pulled out a roll of sticky tape. She broke of a piece and placed on the napkin, sticking it to Billy's wound. It was a shocking job, but it was also she could do for him at the moment.

'There' she said calmly as she got of Billy and helped him up to his feet. Billy brushed the dust of his shirt and looked at Mandy

'Thanks Mandy, I thought my brain was leaking out' Billy said

'Yeah well, you've got to have a brain in the first place' She replied. She walked over to the heater panel and started pressing buttons to see if she could get it to work, but like suspected, she couldn't. She sighed and slid down the wall until she was on the ground, leaning against the wall.

'What do we do now?' Billy asked. Mandy found herself pulling her coat on tighter as she replied

'I don't know Billy…I guess we just wait for someone to come find us'. Mandy sighed and watched her breath carry across the room in the form mist. Billy walked across the gym and sat down next to Mandy. Billy sighed and watched his mist travel across the room as well. This made Mandy start to think

"I've never seen Billy this down, not since…it's not normal". She smiled and looked over to Billy, then back to the front. She took a deep breath and let it out, watching the mist travel further then before. She looked back at Billy. He slowly started to smile, then he took a deep breath and released a column of mist outwards. They both started to chuckle and Mandy took another deep breath….

So that is the situation. the school is fine, Has came to his senses and noticed that they weren't there…oh and Billy and Mandy are completely trapped…how's that.

The principle "Victor Lazlo" is actually an original character created in tribute to the movie "Casablanca". His name was originally going to be Headmaster Dean Principle…but that was just too comical.