AN: It has reached more than 5 chapters! I'm so excited! Sorry about the creepy ending earlier. XD

It's my own desire
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most of freedom
And of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

- Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Lorde

Violet was writing on the benches with Antonette. It was for their history class. Antonette was chewing her pen and Violet was instructing her to cut it off.
"This paper is hard. I'd rather have Coach Jones' classes." Antonette whined.
Violet was too focused on something else.
"Earth to Violet, where are you?" Antonette asked, waving her hand.
"Sorry, I was... Have you heard of the Elites?" she asked her.
"What?"
"Any news about them?"
"I haven't heard any. Why?"
Violet was getting uneasy. Earlier this week, she saw Shawn. Shawn is a senior student and a member of the Elites. They were talking about something when Violet passed by, and seeing her seemed to shut their mouths.
"When's the next assembly?" she asked Ann.
"I don't know, Vi. You have to be a member of the Elites to know that." she said.
"There's something about them... lately." she admitted. Violet was getting concerned. Something doesn't feel right.

"Pine, here's the track of the mail you got." Prof. Gallen said, handing him a paper. "I tried, Bud. But I can't find anything."
"Serious, Prof?" he asked. Even if Buddy's the greatest criminal mind there was, whoever sent him the threat message was as smart as he was.
He stared at the ip address with leads to nowhere. It's like a mail that came from a vacuum.
"I can tell NSA to double your security." Prof. Gallen said.
"No. No. I can take care of it." he replied. "Are you sure? With all your records, I'm damn sure that many are after you."
"NSA already gave me a device that can save my life." he said, lifting his bracelet.
"That will technically not save your life, Buddy." he argued.
Buddy folded the paper and shoved it in his pocket.
"Thanks anyway, prof." he said.
"Did you see Alfred? He was looking for you." The old man said.
"He is?"

"Where were you, man?" Alfred asked. "I thought we'd be working on your project?"
"Sorry, I had to talk with Prof. Gallen." he replied. Alfred looked concerned.
"Hey, it's not about the program." Buddy laughed. "Chillax."
The two stopped their tracks. Buddy swallowed hard as he recognized the man infront of him.
"Hi.. Rick." he smirked.
"Hello, Pine... And Robinns." Rick greeted.

After class, Violet dragged Antonette to the place where they usually see the Elites.
"Vi, we shouldn't be here! This is the Elites private property!" she said.
"This is a school property as far as I know." she replied. They were sneaking in when suddenly two boys blocked their way.
Seniors. Violet could tell.
"What are you freshmen doing here?" the dark haired one asked.
Antonette elbowed Violet, who was surprised.
"Um.. We were just... looking around."
The two seniors looked at each other and laughed.
"Sneaking in the Elites hideout, aren't we?" the other one said.
"Violet, let's go." Antonette whispered.
Violet stood where she was. Not moving. Not even blinking.
"Go now. Cara doesn't want to deal with newbies." the blonde said.
"No."
The seniors were surprised by her reply and Antonette wanted to slap her right now.
"No, we're not leaving. We want to be part of the Elites." she said.
"Nobody gets to be a part of the Elites. Elites are chosen." the dark haired one told them. "Now go."
"Why?"
"Why are you stubborn? Go now before we throw you out."
"That's enough." all of them turned to see Cara walking. "What's happening here?"
"Don't worry about it, Cara." the blonde said. "We have it under con-"
"What's happening?" she asked in a firmer tone.
"Freshmen... intruders." they both replied.
"We were actually about to go, come on Violet." Antonette grabbed her.
"Stop." Cara said. "Why are you here?"
"I want to be an Elite." Violet said. The two guys laughed again but upon seeing Cara's sharp look they stopped.
"Take them in." she instructed them before turning around. The two still stood there as Cara turned. "What are you looking at? I said, let them in."
Both guys made way for Violet and Antonette.

The Elites' hideout wasn't that much, just an empty student study room. There were few students there that time, mostly seniors and juniors.
"It's not the first time freshmen asked to be a member of Elites." Cara stated as she made way to their way to the what Elites call Glory Hall.
"In order to be one of us, you need to have a goal." she said. "And that goal should be according to the rules."
"What rules?" Violet asked.
"Justice and salvation" Cara said. The Glory board was filled with names. All in all it counted 62. There were 62 Elites.
"Justice. Justice for the people. Salvation for the future." Cara said as she looked up at the names. "This is the core concept of the Elites."
Violet looked at Cara. She looked very mature.
"If you want to be one of us, you need to be willing to follow this order." she said. "Justice before mercy." she held out her hand to Violet.
Violet stared at it for awhile, thinking about the circumstances.
"Are you in, Parr? Dawn?" she asked, looking at Violet and Antonette.

Buddy stared at the stones under his feet. It felt like the whole sky was going down on him right now. Rick stared at the former villain, eyes searching him.
"I hope you and Violet gets along." he said.
"Is that really the truth?" he asked Rick.
Somehow Rick was really saying truth.
"I heard you were doing good on the reform program." he told Buddy.
"I'm still keeping my sass though." he smirked. Rick managed to smile.
"You do know that her father is still clueless that you're alive." Rick said. Buddy looked down at the cement and sighed. "I'm thankful about that actually." Buddy said.
"Pine." Rick cleared his throat. "I know you won't do any harm to Violet... But I have to warn you, if both of you stay together... you'd harm each other sooner or later. In many ways possible."
"Rick, you know I won't do that to Vi-"
"In many ways possible, Pine. I didn't said you'd physically hurt her." he said. "I'm just warning you. She's a timebomb. Any time now, she'd blow up and the closer you are to her... the more damage you'll have." That was the last thing Rick said before he walked away.

That night, Violet stared at her ceiling thinking of what she had done. In her hand was the Elites' crest.
"This crest means everything to an Elite, Violet. It means loyalty." Cara's word echoed in her mind.
She chose to be an Elite... not to be part of a super organization but because she felt that in order to keep that wrong feeling from happening, she needed to be part of the Elite.
Buddy couldn't sleep too. He was sitting on his bed and staring at the clock that tick those red numbers.
He's afraid... not for his own safety... but for Violet's.
Rick was wrong. Violet wasn't the bomb. It's him. With this death threat around him, the last thing he'd want is to let Violet get involved.
No, he wouldn't let that happen to her.

"Everything is going according to plan." a dark figure muttered as he or she stared at the screen. "Everything."