This is one of the longest chapter's that I have ever written for anyone of my stories, but whenever I wanted to stop another thing popped into my mind and just wouldn't stop nagging me. I was gonna wait till after I finished chapter 5 to post this but it's just to good to wait. Enjoy the read!
Chapter 4:
I always said to myself that If were to unexpectedly die, that I wouldn't want a big memorial service. Just my closest friends and family members there to mourn over my cold lifeless body. There would a slideshow showing the pictures of all the ordeals that had to overcome and a preacher would go on stage and say how I was taken way too soon.
My parents would give heart felt confession on how they loved my but never had the chance to express it whole heartedly. Juno would look around trying to figure out what was going on and why there were about to put me in the ground.
Chelia, oh boy, she would probably go off on everyone that said something about me and then have about ten emotional breakdown before coming to grip with everything that happened.
The school officials would milk the death for everything that it was worth. The school would get good and bad reviews but as they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity. Some of the students would talk about me like we were the best of friends, trying to get their 15 minutes of fame. Zancrow would go on to terrorize another student.
And I'd never get to realize my dream of dancing on national TV and having my own dance studio, where I could teach underprivileged children the wonders and joys of dance. But, that dream was long gone now.
The heat in the room intensified as the roar of the fire became brighter. The once carefully strung decorations were now nothing but a churned reminder left on the walls. The once detailed paint structure was now peeled and crumbled in pieces on the floor. The bleachers still stood but were engulfed in the flames which turned their tinted brown to a scorched black. Scattered bits of glass and plastic lined the floors.
Everything had gone so wrong, so fast.
First the bang, then the scream, and then the scramble. Bodies clashed and crushed as everyone tried to escape all at once, administration screaming for everyone to exit quickly and safely, to no avail I might add. Everyone had gotten out, well…everyone but me, because I had to be the stupid one to check and make sure that everyone else was out before I tried to escape.
Now here I am, stuck under a fallen support beam with a broken leg, about to either bleed out or burn to death. The deep gash on my forehead continued to bleed as I felt the thick blood side across my face. I struggled to move me leg from its crushed position but only felt as the pain surged up my leg.
Well, this was it. All of those things that I had ever dreamed of just suddenly went down the drain, never to be realized. I would laugh if I wasn't in so much pain, last year of high school, 17 years of trials and tribulations only to be cut short. And right now, all I wanted to do was dream
Dream…
Dream…
Dream…
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The wheels to Laxus car screeched to a stop as he pulled up to the Magnolia fire department. He jumped out of the car and bust into the room through the double door earning stares from his co-workers
"Well, look who decided to show up" Natsu grinned as he pulled on his protective coat
Laxus ignored him and walked over to his storage locker and throwing everything that he didn't need or would slow him down in the line of action and began to pull on his gear
"Aye!" Gray shouted walking into the room "Natsu! Erza said get your ass— oh, Laxus's here" he said shocked
Laxus closed his locker door shut and through his coat over his shoulder
"Didn't expect to see you in today" Gray said moving over letting Laxus through
Laxus grunted "Yeah me neither; But, Erza text me and said that she wanted me here"
Laxus showed them the angry text message that he received and they both gulped
"Wow, better you then me" Natsu said landing a heavy handed slap onto Laxus's back
"Yeah, also make sure that you stay away from Gajeel" Gray said grinning "He's still pissed about the bet you two made, he won't stop saying your names"
Laxus got a dirty smirk on his face. He had already known that Gajeel was plotting against him but knew that no matter what the steel faced man challenged him at, he would win.
The three men walked into the main office of the fire house and all eyes shifted to Laxus
"He's alive everybody" Cana joked from her position on the counter "We figured that you'd be slumped over in a gutter somewhere"
"Haha" Laxus sat in the cheer on the other side of the room next to Juvia
"Juvia must admit, she is shocked to see you" Juvia said sitting up straighter "We heard rumors of your nightly escapade, and that you were "entertaining" company" she arched her eyebrow when she spoke
Laxus scuffed, even though he would never admit it, having everyone in his business was just one way that he know that they were his family. Even, when they would criticize him about his actions
He smirked "You heard right" he boasted modestly "But, I had to leave before things got" he searched for the right word off the top of his head "Serious"
Laxus heard something being ripped and side glanced to the recipients desk where Lucy was busy shredding something with a scowl on her face
"Problem, princess" he mocked
Lucy stuck her nose up in the air "Nothing, just hoping you have the decency to take precautions when you play around. We don't need you spreading some disease around or (god forbid) start reproducing" she muttered the last part to herself
"Seems like you want a demonstration" he joked suggestively making Lucy gawk in horror and disgust
"Hey!" Natsu looked between the two blonds "Don't get any ideas"
"Please" Lucy said banging her hands on the table "Not even if my life depended on it"
"Well, I wouldn't mind" Juvia said looking down shyly while blushing
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the blue haired women in shock. Juvia looked up at everyone's surprised face and realized she needed to clarify
"Oh, not with Laxus though" she said waving her hand "But, with someone more" she glanced in Gray's direction making him turn his head
Laxus chuckled, even though when they all walked out of the building together to save someone, there was always that chance that one of them would not make it back, it was these moments where they could all just sit down and enjoy each other's company that made everything worth while
"Hey, where's Gajeel?" Laxus voiced noticing that the tall black haired man was nowhere to be found
"Oh, he lost the coin toss and has to file the paperwork for the last fire at that apartment complex" Cana answered
"Which mean's, it's going to be more work for me in the long run" Lucy groaned
They all chuckled but the room became dead silent when a serious looking Erza walked into the room. She scanned the room before speaking
"Alright, looks like everyone's here" she walked into the middle of the room where everyone could see her
"Listen up, I will not be repeating myself" her authorize voice banged off the walls of the room and engraving itself into everyone's skull
"A fire alarm has been triggered at one of the local high schools" she started
Cana groaned "Maybe's its some kid playing a joke, happens all the time"
Erza stared at the brown haired woman before continuing "Precisely my first thought, however" she paced around the room "We have received numerous phone calls, and it has been concluded that a fire has been set off in the school gymnasium"
The room was silent as everyone let out small gasps
Erza continued "It seems to be contained, but could spread at any minute"
"Well then what are we waiting for" Natsu jumped up from his sitting position "Let's go take care of this one, like we do all the others" everyone else started to mummer the same thing
"Just a second!" Erza shrieked making everyone become silent again "We also have word that the building is becoming unstable as we speak, but also, we are dealing with a teenage crowd so that adds even more pressure to this"
Laxus knew what Erza was talking about, the younger the people they had to deal with, the more they had to do to keep them calm.
"So" Erza paused "I want everyone to be in their top shape when dealing with this, also, make sure to not take any unnecessary risk, I want to see everyone back in this office alive. Am I clear?!"
"Sir!" Everyone roared
Laxus got up from his seat and watched as everyone scrambled to the fire truck. The adrenaline pumped through each of their vine's as they prepared themselves for the ordeal they were about to face
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2 hours until Mishap
I cringed as the bell rung signaling the end of class. Everyone stuffed their belongings into their backpacks and exited the room as the teacher was yelling some last minute instructions.
I just finished my Trigonometry class and was headed to Advanced Placement Literature when I heard someone call me name. I turned around only to me met with a water balloon in the face
As the water ran down my face taking the shame with it, Zancrow and a couple of the other football players were standing there, laughing and pointing at my misfortune. They walked past me and purposefully bumped into my shoulders as they continued to laugh and high five each other.
I sighed and made the un-necessary trip to my locker where I kept an extra change of clothes. As I got to my locker, there Chelia was, waiting for me. Her face brightened up when she saw me but frowned when she had seen me sopping wet
I groaned and proceeded to open my locker and Chelia took the empty spot beside me
"Zancrow?" she asked already knowing the answer
"No, it was a mermaid" I answered sarcastically as I pulled my now wet, button up shirt off and replaced it with the black dance team shirt that we were wearing during today's performance
'You know" she started "I don't know why Zancrow, made you his target" she pondered the thought
"Uhm" I absentmindedly answered as I checked my reflection in my locker mirror. I know it may be a little girly but with the things I go through on a daily basis, I needed something to make sure my appearance was, at least adequate
"I mean, there a bunch of better targets to mess with" she said placing her back onto the locker and popping her left foot up
"Sure" I said slicking my hair back down
"The only thing that I can think of, and this is just off the top of my head, but could it possibly having something to do with you liking guys" she finished her thought looking at me
"No duh, Sherlock" I thought while closing my locker door
"I mean, you're not the only openly gay student here, but maybe" she pondered the thought for a minute while I grabbed my stuff and headed for the door "Maybe he has a thing for you"
I stopped in my tracks and looked at her as If she had just called "Bomb" in the middle of the airport
"Really, that's what you come up with" I asked arching my eyebrow's at her
"What" she said making her hands slap against her thighs "It could be that, maybe he has to bully you to show his affection"
I opened my mouth to say something but the bell ringing cut me off
"Shouldn't you be heading to, French" I said hoping that she would leave
"Oh! Your right" she said realizing what I just said "I got to go, but we are not done with this conversation" she said backing up slowly from me
"Au revoir" I said waving goodbye
When Chelia, was out of earshot I let out a various collection of frustrated groans and somber sighs. Whenever I had something going on with Chelia, she had to bring it back to me being gay. Maybe it was the cause of the problem, and of course I had already thought about that, but if everyone took the time to actually find out the actual facts instead of jumping to conclusion, then maybe a lot of the things that happened to me, well… wouldn't happen
I was too wrapped up in my own personal conversation that I didn't notice the rolling table in front of me until I felt something run smack dab in the middle of my stomach. I stumbled for a moment before regaining my composure
"Oh, I'm sorry" a meek voice called out from behind the table
I already knew who that voice belong to "No, it's okay Dexter, I should have been paying attention" I said walking around the table to get a good view
Dexter (Who's real name was David, but everyone just called him Dexter because the dude is insanely smart) was a medium sized boy with flat brown and black hair with huge round glasses. He always walked with his head down, making him have to adjust his glasses non stop
Dexter pushed his glasses up onto his face "Oh, hello Tomo" he smiled
"Hey" I greeted back "So, what's all this" I said looking at the table that had a white sheet over it but through the sheet you could see small protruding objects
"Oh, this" he said pointing to the table "The science club is going to show case our new invention at the pep rally" he sniffed in between his words "But, there are still a few kinks to work out"
'What does it do" I said trying to peek underneath the blanket
"NO!" Dexter smacked my hand away and pushed his back up against the table
"Ow" I said wagging my hand
"S-Sorry" he blushed "But, it's still not ready to be seen"
"OK, then" I narrowed my eyes at him "Never mess with a science club member's stuff, noted"
"Aye!" another voice yelled
Both Dexter and I turned our hands to see none other than, Andrew Exlis, walking toward his. His hands were stuffed in his pocket and he scowled at the both of us.
Dexter started to tremble a little as he got closer to us
"What are you two doing?" he asked looking back and forth between the both of us
"Umm" Dexter went in front of the table "I was just leaving, see you later Tomo" he said as he hurriedly pushed the table away
Andrew snickered his teeth "What's his issue?"
"Maybe he's allergic to liars" I mumbled to myself
"What was that?" he said taking a step closer to me
I looked up and saw that he was looking down at me, in a literal and ambiguous term of since
I opened my mouth to repeat what I had just said, but decided against getting into an altercation before the pep rally
"Nothing" I said giving him a big smile. I smiled because of two things, 1) Because me smiling made me use the muscle and energy that I would have other wised used to punch him in the face and 2) It confused the heck out of him
"Right" he said looking down and kicking at the ground
Things then got a little to quiet for my taste
"Well" I began "Not that I don't love chatting with you, but I don't, later" I walked past him but felt him grab at my arm. I quickly snatched my arm from his grasp making him back up a little
"Umm" he started to say something but couldn't get it out
"Did you want something or are you just wasting my time" I barked at him, surprising even myself
"Hey, you haven't told anyone about" He started to use his hand's gesturing something and of course I knew what he meant, which pissed me off even more
"Look, if I haven't said anything after all this time, then why would I now" I said shaking my head at him. He pushed his lips together and didn't say anything else, I rolled my eyes and walked off to my next class which I was already late for.
If there was one thing that I couldn't stand, it was someone that used another person just to get what they wanted. If other's had to work hard then so should everyone else.
I grunted in frustration and placed a hand over my fast beating heart trying to calm myself down, even though I might have appeared to be all tough, it was still prevalent that Andrew was both taller and stronger than me; But if people knew what I knew, then the tables could be turned in the matter of a second.
But could I seriously bring myself to do it, was the real question I had to ask myself
I walked into the English department and took a deep breath before knocking ad entering the classroom. All eyes were on me as I stepped in
"Uh-hum, Sorry I'm"
"Your Late!" the teacher loud voice made me ears ring
"Late" I finished sighing
1 Hour and 35 minutes to Mishap
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The deafening sound of the fire truck siren continued to loop as they arrived at the school in record time. The fire set ablaze the right part of the school as apparent as the smoke came directly from that direction
There was already a group bystanders in the way of them getting there job done and Laxus wanted nothing more than to tell them to mind their own fucking business but they had more pressing matters to take care of
"Okay" Natsu said as they all hopped out of the truck "Cana, can you make sure that all the bystanders are separated from the students"
Cana nodded in agreement and went to do her job
"Laxus, can you check on the students and teachers and make sure that everyone got out, and Gray and I, will take care of the fire"
Laxus wanted to say something about Natsu giving him the orders but at this point in time, he was actually making sense
Laxus ran over to where Cana had separated the student's from the other pedestrians. As he scanned over their faces, some of them were huddled together and crying, somewhere on the phone yelling at someone with shocked expressions, and others just stood there, staring up at the fire. It only took about 10 minutes for Natsu and Gray, to get the hose started and to start douching the flame
Laxus walked over to a tall man, who he hoped was a teacher. The man was averagely built with a tight long sleeve shirt and plain white tie
"Excuse me" Laxus got the man attention
"Has everyone been evacuated?"
The man looked stunned for a minute because he didn't move or respond, the expression on his face showed that he had never witnessed something like this before
"Uh" he started before gaining his composure slightly "I believe so, god, this is a nightmare" he used his hand to wipe the sweat from his eyes
Laxus rolled his eyes, dealing with the crowd was definitely not the most exciting part of his job. People wanted to cry and grab onto you and spill all their emotions on you.
"It'll be alright" he reassured "The fire should be taken care of shortly"
"It better be" Laxus though in the back of his head
After about 20 minutes, the fire was mostly put out and Natsu and Gray came back looking very much pleased with themselves
"Record Time" Gray said fist bumping Natsu
Cana ran back over to the group "I've checked around, and it seems like everyone made it out, okay"
They all breathed a sigh
"Tomo? Tomo!" A young girl with pinkish or purplish hair went around looking. She was wrapped in a blanket and looked around with a sense of horror on her face. She saw us and ran over
" Mr. Fix" she grabbed at the man's shirt with trembling hands "I can't find Tomo, and I looked everywhere"
When she said that, all our blood went cold as we looked at the extinguished building
"Maybe he's here and you just haven't seen him" The man assured trying to calm himself and the girl down
A brown haired girl soon ran up to the last one and they smiled and hugged
"Chelia, I'm so glad I found you" she greeted
The other one smiled back but then her face became serious "Lina, have you seen Tomo?" the girl asked filled with hope
Lina gasped and said the words that none of us wanted to hear, "He's not with you, he went back into the building looking for you" she said grabbing the girls hands
Everyone looked around at each other waiting for someone to say something,
"Has anyone seen, Tomoyashi Brackendale!" yelled, his voice trembling
"Tomo?'
"Wasn't he with you?"
"I haven't seen him"
"Wait! I do remember seeing him earlier"
"Hold on, didn't he go back in the building looking for Chelia"
"Gasp! You're right, he did go back in"
"But I didn't see him come out, yet"
"You don't think"
"Oh my god, he's still in the building!"
The crowd started to stir with commotion. They all stared at the building with rapt attention, Laxus felt his heart beating down in his stomach and knew that whatever they were going to do, they had to do it fast
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1 hour and 5 minutes until Mishap
"And one and two, and one and two" Ms. Cortez counted as we stretched out, getting ready for dance practice
"Pssh" a voice whispered
I pretended not to hear and continued to stretch out my legs
"Aye, I know you hear me"
I opened one of my eyes and glanced over next to me, Chise had sky blue hair that was twisted into a ponytail. She was grinning at me as she bent all the way backwards and touched the floor. She came back up and smirked at me
"Been working on that one for a minute" she boasted "Jealous?"
"Nobody wants to see what you do on weekends" I grinned as her face slumped and she spun away from me
Honestly, I wasn't a mean person but I had enough of people trying to show off for one day and her being extra flexible was not something that currently peaked my interest. Well, maybe a little
"Okay" Mr. Cortez clapped making everyone look at her. She looked at the clock on the wall and cleared her throat
"Since we only have a limited amount of time, I will go over the pep rally schedule" she rolled out a piece of paper and started to speak
I tuned out her voice as I thought back to everything that I had ever done at MPA. It was senior year, the year that everything was supposed to be perfect, but instead I didn't know where I wanted to go to college, I hadn't decided what I wanted to do with my life if dancing didn't work out and wondered what It would be like if I had to live with my parents for the rest of my life. After I had depressed myself enough, I tuned back in
"After that, Vijeteer will perform his solo" she nodded
Viljeeter, was actually a really good dancer, but he always had this disposition of frowning all the time even when he was happy
"Then, Orie and Nobu, will perform their allemande and as soon as you two get down, the rest of you will get in position for the final dance segment"
If there was one thing in this world that I will never understand, it was how those two got together. Orie always walked around have naked, while Nobu wasn't the most masculine guy in the world, he had a great personality… You interpret that with how you will. Opposites attract I guess
"Tomo"
I turned my head to show that I was, somewhat, listening "Yes"
"You will be in the center back, okay" she said smiling
I gave her the fakest smile I could muster, her saying the center back was basically her attempt at making me feel better. The only thing that people were going to see was my butt, because of my placement.
"Asuka, you will be in the front center, so make sure that you and Tomo, line up" she glanced at the girl that sat in the front row. She nodded at Ms. Cortez and waited for her to turn around so she could sneer in my direction
Asuka was a girl with strawberry blond hair and tan white skin. She and I would be what you called, Divals (Dance-Rivals). She's that one person, who's the teacher's pet, the biggest flirt, cutest clothes, all that typical high school jargon. She tried to flirt with me once, but after a couple of misunderstandings, she became me dancing rival. Because I'm always in the back and she's in the front, she believes that she's beaten me (Which she has in a way)
"Oops, before I forget, I have a big announcement" Ms. Cortez beamed "In a couple of weeks, auditions will be held for the school district competition" she grinned excited "I want each and every one of you to audition and show what we at MPA, have to offer"
A freshmen boy raised his hand
"Yes?"
"Is it for a grade" the boy asked
"Well no, but its great practice for those of you who would like to enter the dancing world professionally"
"Sooooo, no grade"
Ms. Cortez rubbed her temple in annoyance "No"
"Good"
Ms. Cortez was one of those teacher that you knew that you could talk to about your problems, and knew she wouldn't talk about it. At school probably not, but off the clock is a different story. She was a woman about in her 40's, curly black locks dawned her head. Even for a woman in her age, she was still very nimble, if someone had a problem with the routine, she would be more than happy to demonstrate.
Orie raised her hand "Is it solo or teams this year"
The school system wanted to make the competition as, what's the word, un-routinely as possible. So each year the competition switched from being solo to team
Ms. Cortez smiled "This year is extra special, it going to be a mixture of both solo's and teams"
This news shocked everyone, even I was surprised. Never once had I heard this being done, I wonder why this year was so different
"I know that many of you have questions, but I'll post the flyer up later with the information" she said eyeing the clock "We only have few minutes to get ready, I want everyone dressed and ready to go" she walked into her personal room and closed the door
Everyone started having their own conversation while I grabbed my stuff. A shadow casted over me and I glanced up to see Asuka, looking down at me
"Can I help you?" I asked suspicious
"You thinking about signing up, this year"
"Not really" I responded throwing my bag over my shoulder
"Oww, that's too bad" she said frowning maniacally "Beating you on a whole nother level, would just make my day"
"Says the person that can't even make it to the finals" I couldn't believe the nerve of this chick, trying to put me down just because I've never wanted to compete
"At least I have the experience to win. Unlike you, I not afraid to lose with grace" she sneered
"If you say so" I said walking off from her
"Just remember" she called out "I'm in the front row for a reason"
I really wanted to turn around and say something to that, but the better half of me told me to take the high road on this one. But one of these days, my urge to go back and do something is going to get the best of me
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Laxus and the other rendezvoused back at the fire truck to access the situation and the best course of action
"Damn" Natsu spat "We don't have all day to choose what to do, the building is structurally unsafe and could go down at any minute"
"We don't even know if the kid is still in there" Gray thought aloud
"But what if they are?" Juvia said making us all ponder on the thought
We all knew that going into the building was a risk, but if there is someone in there, then this job just got a whole lot harder. Laxus looked at the sinking building, they had about 20 minutes, not even that, to choose what to do
"Alright" Natsu started "Laxus, Gray and I will go into the building and check it out, if the kid is in there, we have to quickly get him out, but if it's empty, let's not take the chance and stick around. Everyone got it"
Everyone nodded in agreement
"Cana" he looked at the woman "Keep an ambulance on standby, just in case"
"Right" she ran off
"Juvia, move the truck so that the ambulance has room"
"Juvia understands" Juvia jumped into the truck
Natsu looked at Laxus and Gray "You guys ready to do this"
The all placed their hand in circle on top of each other
"On three, Magnolia" Gray counted "1…2….3!"
"Magnolia" the all yelled and ran to the truck to get their equipment
Laxus knew that the little chant they did was so that if anyone of them were going in to do something dangerous, that the last thing that they would remember of each other was the pride they had in their work.
Laxues grabbed what he needed, his mask, oxygen tank, and the axe. He didn't know what he would find inside, but he would have the tools to chop his way outside. Laxus didn't know what would happen, but he knew one thing:
"That kid is getting out of this alive"
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
35 minutes to Mishap
The gym was filled with deafening scream of excitement and anticipation. The different grade levels were set up in different sections on the bleachers. Freshmen next to Juniors and then Freshmen next to Seniors. Kind of strange but it works out, well.
The dance team had a designated section that was opposite side the cheerleaders. Chelia noticed me and waved, I smiled and waved back before taking my seat. The band came in playing one of their pep songs and the noise in the room intensified and they took their spot underneath the score keeper
The principle came in an gave his speech about what he wanted to see happen for the rest of the school year, and what he didn't want and all of that spiel
After he got off the stage and everyone cheered and clapped. The instrumental beat to Iggy Azalea – Fancy, came on and the cheerleader's jumped and back flipped down to their spots. Chelia was on the side corner, so I had full view of her. She did some turns and flips before moving to another spot. Even though Chelia was my best friend, I had to say that their routine was basically some overzealous stripper pole routine. Angel of course, was in the front shaking what little she had for everything she was worth, and the crowd was of course eating it up. The song ended with them posing in the middle of the gym, while the crowed hollered with excitement.
I joined in because I was being a supportive friend, and even with all my griping, I had some school spirit
"Checking out your girlfriend" Chise said sarcastically
I rolled my eyes and grinned before leaning back "No, I was checking out your "not" boyfriend" I said gesturing to Sting in the crowd
"Ow, good one" she scowled kicking me in the back, making my chuckle
Even though Chise and I would get into each other's business, it didn't mean that we don't like each other
After that the band played another song and then the basketball coach came out and called for all of his athletes to which Sting, who was too excited for his own good, basically stepped on people's head to get down to the front. The coach gave a few words here and there before passing the mic to the players. Of course, they all joked around until the mic got to Sting
"All I have to say is" he mustered through random fits of laughter "Come out and support us, because we are awesome!" he screamed and the crowd went wild
I tapped on Chise to get her attention "You wet yet?"
Her eyes widened as a blush crept on her face and she started kicking at me again making me laugh even more
Her crush on Sting was something that I could always bother her with, but I wouldn't take it farther then mild joking
The basketball team walked back to their spot and the football team took their place, Zancrow and Sting high fived each other as they passed. The whole team stood in the middle of the gym as the crowd cheered both admiration, and fear
Zancrow's eyes scanned the audience and landed on me, he grinned evilly making a cold chill run down my back. Whatever he had planned in that crazy mind of his, I didn't want to be a part of it. The football coach came out and spoke about the year and how the game coming up soon was big, because if they won this game then they would go to state, which MPA hasn't done in a while. The game was against our rival school, the Sterling Red Wolfs to which the room was filled with, discontent boo's
The coach tried to calm them down to no avail, but Zancrow grabbed the mic
"Shut up!" he bellowed and the room became dead silent
"Now, let me tell you what's going to happen" he grinned "We are going to go and give those Sterling losers, the ass kicking that they deserve" the room came alive again with fearful admiration. Zancrow laughed before speaking again
"And when we win, not only are we going to demolish them, but we're going to shit on that stupid ass place that they call a school"
The crowd had mixed emotions about that one but clapped none the less. The coach grabbed the microphone from Zancrow and nervously looked at the principle, who edged him on to continue
"Thank you, for those inspiring, um words" the coach chuckled as the team went back to the bleachers
"Now, please give it up for some performances by the, Dance team" the crowd cheered and clapped still recovering from that "pep" talk they just received
Vijeeter's music started as he began to move and jump around. I watched intently waiting for all this to be over
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Laxus, Gray, and Natsu walked up to the now charred door of what remained of the gym
"You ready" Natsu said gulping
"Ready, as I'll ever be" Laxus muttered as he kicked the door down. It went down with no problem after being burned for so long
"Careful, Laxus" Gray warned "This place could collapse any minute, we don't need to rush it"
"Fine" he grunted in return
They looked around the room carefully, taking in the damage that the room had managed to obtain in a short amount of time. Everything that once had color was now burned and black. As they walked over a fallen poster, it wrinkled and tore apart under the weight of their boots. They took notice of all the broken glass and plastic and look up at the ceiling were a speaker lay hanging by it wires
Natsu came from the bathrooms in the back "No one back here"
Gray checked all of the bleachers and came back nodding his head
"Anything" Laxus asked
"Nope, nothing"
Laxus looked around the room and could hear the sound of the roof starting to wane and creak
Natsu sighed "Looks like there's no one in here" he said kicking a charcoaled piece of something
"Yep" Gray said taking one more look around
"Man, I thought there was going to be some real action" Natsu whined as Gray patted him on the back
"Come on" he said as they both started walking for the door
Laxus looked around one more time but still didn't seem anything, besides rubble upon rubble.
"Laxus" Natsu called
"You coming?" Gray finished
Laxus sighed before heading to the door. Just when you was about to leave, Laxus heard something, something really faint. He stopped and looked around but didn't see anything. Then, he heard the sound again
"H….l….p"
Laxus eyes widened as he turned his head to where he could hear the noise. He ran in the direction of the rubble and scanned it for any sign of life. He bent down and started to rummage through the rubble
"Laxus, what's going on" Gray called but he ignored him
Laxus continued to dig and stopped when he saw something that shocked him
A hand. A limp hand but a hand none the less
"Aye!" he shriked grabbing Natsu's and Gray's attention "I found somebody" he yelled continuing to dig underneath the rubble to the body
"Hold on, kid!" he yelled as he dug faster
"Don't you dare, die on me!"
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
15 minutes to Mishap
After Orie and Nobu finished their routine, the rest of us quickly got lined up in the dance formation. I headed for the back and stood in my spot so that everyone else could get line up, to me. Asuka took her spot in the front and all I could see was her backside. The beat of the music started and we all took our first position, which was basically holding our fist's together while we rocked to the music. I looked around and that's when I noticed Asuka. She was looking around frantically, like
"She doesn't know the moves"
Dammit it all! There she was, trying to throw shade at me for not being in the front when she didn't even know what we were doing. My first thought was to leave her up there while she fumbled through the dance, teach her a lesson. But, my conscious told me otherwise.
"Darn, my good nature" I mumbled to myself
I looked around and kicked the girl in front of me
"Oww" she said looking back at me
"Switch places with me" I whispered
She looked at me like I was crazy "No!"
"Just do it" I hissed at her
She thought about it before, we quickly exchanged spots. I did this 3 more times before I took the spot directly next to Asuka. She glanced at me with a face full of horror
"What are you doing?" she said through gritted teeth
"Oh, you know, better lighting, all that" I said sarcastically
The music started and I turned facing the wall, and Askua grudgingly did the same.
Well, I've been neglecting
The good things, oh, oh, woah
Well I've been desiring
The good things, oh
I'm biting the lighting
The good things, oh, oh, woah
I've minding what to see
The good things, oh, oh, woah
We did couple of side steps, and turned around to face the other part of the wall, and each line would do a shoulder roll in the opposite direction then the last line, creating a wave effect
Shake me out of my misery
Oh, oh, woah, oh, oh
Make me get out
And wiggle it, oh, oh
The next thing was to get on one knee and kick out with the other leg, while the back row would get on the opposite knee and start banging on the ground
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights
This is life
And we only get one thing
Every time the part of the song got to "clap your hands" we would all start clapping. The point was to see if the crowd would respond with the same action, which apparently they were. We got up from our knees and I turned to face Asuka, who was about to do the same but I mouthed for her not to and to face me.
I'm trying to fly in the good things
Oh, oh, woah
I'm finding this might be a good thing
Oh, oh, woah
I outstretched my arms for my body and made a diagonal line with it and made Asuka do the opposite. The effect here was for us to mirror each other's moves. After a couple of more moves the "clap your hands" repeated and Asuka caught on (Thank goodness). The moves repeated themselves and the song finally came to end as we all struck our final pose
The crowd roared in applause and we all bowed before heading back to the bleacher. I looked to where the teacher were standing and Ms. Cortez did not look happy. Even when I went out of my way to help someone else, I was still going to get an earful.
I sighed and slumped down in my seat
"This sucks"
5 minutes to Mishap
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Laxus could feel the sweat bead off his face as he continued to toss the rubble in different directions. Gray and Natsu couldn't believe that he had actually found someone. They started digging at the bottom of where Laxus had found the hand to see if they could uncover, the rest of the body.
"Hey!" Natsu called out "I found the leg"
Laxus peered over his head but continued to dig until he reached the kid completely.
The continued to dig until he could see the top of a head
"Could this be" Laxus grabbed handfuls of the rubble and moved it to the side until a face could be seen. Laxus carefully dusted the stray debris away and took a step back to see the face.
This boy could have been mistaken for a girl with the long hair and delicate facial structure, but the dust and bloody face took away from all that.
"Aye! I found the face" Laxus called out, huffing from exhaustion
"Alright" Gray cheered
"Is the kid breathing?" Natsu called
Laxus placed his ear to the boy's face but couldn't hear anything. He placed it on his chest and his eyes widened
"Shit!"
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
5 minute to Mishap
The band played their last song and the crowd was now running purely off the energy that the performances gave them. I was actually tired myself and I only had danced twice. The second dance, I made sure to stay in my spot as to not evoke the wrath of Ms. Cortez anymore then I already had
"Now I know some of you may be tired" the coach spoke on the mike making the crowd try their best to prove him wrong
"Alright then, let's give it up for the science club" the coach clapped and made everyone join in. I saw Dexter and a couple of the other members pushing in the table from earlier, but whatever it was, it was now put together because the sheet bulged out in all directions.
Mr. Ricardio, the science teacher and club director took the microphone before speaking
"On behalf of the science department, we would like to thank you all for giving us the change to showcase our brand new invention. But," he looked around "I'll let the president explain, what exactly we have been working on"
He passed the microphone to Dexter who looked shocked and nervous
"U-Umm, thank you" he said trembling slightly
I looked around and could tell that people weren't the least bit interested in what he was saying. So I decided to do something about that
"Wooo! Dexter!" I screamed and started clapping. Of course everyone looked at me like I was crazy and I looked at my dance team for support, some of them awkwardly joined me, while other looked away. I heard someone yell on the other side of the room and looked down to see Chelia cheering too. Some people joined in but others just didn't pay attention.
Dexter looked in my direction and I gave him a thumbs up. He took a big breath before speaking again
"Ok" he nodded to the other members and they peeled the sheet off revealing a contraption of different wheels and pulleys, and things that I couldn't even describe
"Okay, so, what's the biggest problem facing the world today" he asked the crowd. No one said anything, but someone did cough
"Energy, right" he smiled "We have worked on a device that can take kinetic energy, and without the use of physical labor, produce safe and effective energy for the world's use" Dexter handed the microphone back to the teacher and walked over to the device. He took a long extension cord and walked over to the control box for the loud speakers. He plugged it and tapered with the controls before giving the other members a signal.
Two of the people gave each of the pulleys a tug and the machine started with a rumble before a couple of lights flashed. The wheels spun around and soon after the speakers started playing and the music echoed through the room. Everyone started whooping and cheering until the speaker made a spurting type of sound and the sound stopped.
"Awww" the cheering and adulation soon turned sour
Dexter's face dropped as he ran over to check on the invention
"Umm, well, there are still few kinks to work out" Mr. Ricardio chuckled nervously "But let's give a round of applause anyway"
The crowd gave a sloppy clap
"Loser" a voice loudly coughed out making the gym roar in laughter
"Zancrow!" the football coach yelled making everyone stop laughing. The coach pointed toward him and to the spot next to him. Zancrow rolled his eyes and crawled from out of the crowd and next to the coach. The principle eyed him carefully before giving his last speech. Everyone started to leave when it happened.
Mishap in 3…2…1…
Suddenly the speakers started acting up and they released a high frequency pitched sound that caused everyone in the room to cover their ears in agony. I closed my eyes and ears trying to block out as much of the sound a possible, when the sound stopped, everyone looked at the center where the science team was, and even they looked surprised.
After that, things got quiet, except for the soft thumping of the sound system. After a moments, a loud bass echoed from the speaker, and that's when it happened
The bang…
A lot happened in this chapter and it's only the beginning. Stay tuned!
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