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“It’s
about time, Alex.”
“Yeah Jasmine, took
you long enough I thought I would die waiting.”
“I
can’t believe it! Dominique, Bryant,” Jasmine said.
“Yeah it’s
us. Except I guess I’m used to the name General.”
“Looks
like you managed to get by our little army. I guess you are really to smart for your own good,” Bryant said right after
Dominique.
“I need a challenge
every now and then Bryant.”
“And
I need a decent army and you two girls will do quiet well,” said someone behind Jasmine and Alex.
“Sir, they just arrived.
Unit two was unable to complete their assignment,” Bryant responded.
Jasmine
and Alex looked back only to see Frigg Jalu, their Science instructor.
“This is really messed
up,” Alex said loudly.
“So
remind me again why these two aren’t dead yet,” Frigg asked.
“Unit three and two
failed resulting in us losing six people.”
“So
just your four are left behind. I hope you can handle in training these girls to be in unit one. Only my best belong there,”
Jalu asked.
“Not quiet four Jalu.
Alex and I don’t want anything to do with you.”
“I
never liked Science class,” Alex said to herself.
“Glad I exceeded
the class then because I think it may become useful,” Jasmine replied.
Alex
and Jasmine took a run for it with Bryant and Dominique close behind. They chased the two girls all over the school until
they split up and lost them.
“Where’d they
go,” Frigg Jalu asked coming up behind the boys.
“I’m
not sure sir,” Dominique said looking around.
“Let’s split.
Dominique go upstairs, I’ll take down,” Bryant said.
Dominique
and Bryant looked all over the school then reported back to Frigg Jalu with nothing.
“Did you check the
bathrooms? That’s where girls are all the time.”
“You
want us to go in the girls’ bathroom,” Bryant asked unsure.
“Well sure since
you let them two girls outwit and destroy Hailey and Bridget. Life just isn’t fair is it? Or should I say after life,”
Jalu replied amused.
“Well
let’s go, Bryant. I’ll take the upstairs you take downstairs.”
“But there is four
down bathrooms down here and only one upstairs,” Bryant continued to whine.
“Fine
I’ll check upstairs and the locker rooms.”
They
searched both gym lockers, Jr. High bathrooms and upstairs and came up with nothing. But they didn’t know that Alex
and Jasmine weren’t hiding. They we’re in plain sight.
“Now what Jasmine?”
“Give
me some salt peter will you.”
“I’m no Science
expert remember. What are you trying to do?”
“I’m
not done. It has to be explosive remember?”
“So what’s
your plan Ms. Science wiz?”
“Um…did
you pay any attention during class?”
“No why,” asked
Alex.
“Because
I’m not sure after that.”
“You don’t
know how to make explosives?”
“I
do. Well I used to. If I can just figure out the formula again…” Jasmine said jotting down chemical symbols.
“I
can’t believe I went in the girls’ bathroom.”
“Just quit whining
already Bryant, its annoying.”
“Well
you didn’t have to go in the girls’ bathroom.”
“Your right, I had
to go in the locker rooms.”
“Anyway
where do you think they could be?”
“I’m not sure
that’s why I searched the locker rooms.”
“I
say we keep looking because his highness will make us do something else stupid again if we report back with nothing again.”
“Hey
Alex, ever shoot a pistol before,” Jasmine asked looking around in her bag.
“No why?”
“We’re
going to shoot Jalu. I’m almost finished doing this here we just need to get Bryant and Dominique in here so I can add
the final chemical.”
“Well someone has to add the ingredient as they are in here.”
“I’ll
stay. Better me than you anyhow. I know what I’m doing. Then all you would have to do is use this and finish off Frigg
Jalu for good,” Jasmine said holding up the pistol.
“You should get the
honor of finishing off Jalu. You can tell me what to do with the formula,” Alex said not backing down.
“Change
of plans anyhow, I hear something.”
“Let’s
go to our so-called lockers. I want to grab a notebook and pen,” Dominique said walking up the stairs.
“Going to draw?”
“I
don’t have anything better to do.”
“Aren’t we
going to look for them girls,” Bryant asked.
“You
mean Alex and Jasmine. And we’ll look for them I guess. I just want to draw.”
“Can
you do this Dominique? You got to know Jasmine really good.”
“I
should be asking you the same. You and Alex were close as well.”
“Were; Dominique.
She hates me now and that was the plan, remember.”
“Anyway,
where to?”
“Let’s go to
the gym. It should be quiet there.”
“It
should be quiet anywhere,” Bryant responded.
“Well,
well, well, who do we have here?”
“Not good,”
Alex said looking at Jasmine.
“What
do you want Jalu,” Jasmine said unafraid but, uncertain.
“Your soul, your
spirit, your ambition, and determination. But I’m curious to know how you figured it out it was me all along.”
“Are
you that bored,” Bryant asked.
“You’d be surprised.
I suppose we can look for the girls. Let’s start in the library.”
“Alright
than, let’s go,” Bryant said following Dominique’s lead.
They wandered into the
hall and found the library locked.
“Now
what?”
“Pick the lock, what
else genius,” Dominique replied taking out a pin, “you act like you don’t know how to do this Bryant.”
“Uh…”
“You have never picked
a lock before?”
“Not
really.”
“Well here you are,”
Dominique said pulling the door open.
They
wandered around for a bit checking offices and computer room s and looking between shelves.
“Good memories here,
huh Dominique.”
“Be
quiet Bryant. Least I didn’t spaz out in front of the entire class.”
“I got her to hate
me though. It was the plan you know.”
“Hey,
Jasmines’ a bit harder.”
“How? Girls are so
easy to fool. I think you just got attached that’s all. Fall in love did we?”
“No,
she’s just persistent that’s all.”
“Sure now. You just
can’t admit it.”
“Whatever,
lets just go.”
They locked and walked
out of the library heading towards the common room. A
few
minutes later they heard a gunshot.
“What
the heck was that,” Bryant asked remembering that Jalu was upstairs.
“I
think we found our girls.”
“Our
girls? Don’t you mean your girl and her friend?”
“Shut up already.
Let’s just go check it out. It’s not like we have anything better to do besides walk around bored out of our minds.”
They carefully wandered
up the steps and to the Science room. They listened for a moment and heard Alex talking to Jasmine.
“I’m
not that stupid. I know how to get information if I want it.”
“You two don’t
seem the type to go out and hunt ghosts.”
“What
I want I get and I get what I want. I’m not some little goody-two-shoes and I’m tired of people saying I am.”
“You never get in
trouble and you exceed all your classes especially mine unfortunately. Why wouldn’t anyone think that,” Frigg
Jalu said.
“I
don’t always use my information just for learning. Like I bet you didn’t know that a close friend of mine was
investigating this case since I started. Well you must have found out I guess because he’s dead now.”
“So what do you know,”
Jalu asked holding his side where he was shot.
“More
than you,” Jasmine said raising the pistol.
Dominique and Bryant had
seen it all. Their master was defeated right before their eyes by the hands of
two freshmen girls no less. They slowly crept in and saw Alex looking away as Jasmine lowered the gun.
“Ja…Jasmine,”
Dominique muttered.
“You
killed him. How could you!?”
“Bryant, settle down
will you?”
“Don’t
you care at all that your little girlfriend here killed out master? I suppose you don’t because if anything happened
to the Colonial Frigg Jalu because you’re next that takes control.”
“Bryant, just listen
will you!”
“What’s
going on here,” Jasmine whispered to Alex.
“Not quiet sure.
But now’s our chance let’s take advantage of it.”
“Not
yet. Let’s see what they have to say first.”
“We know what our
mission is now let’s finish it,” Bryant say annoyed.
“No,
I have a better idea. This is getting way out of hand.”
“No Dominique, you’re
out of hand. If you won’t finish this mission then I will,” Bryant said walking over to one of the experiment
tables, “I’ll finish this even if it kills me again.”
“What
the heck is going on? Why are you two sitting here arguing when you’re trying to kill us while we are here confused
like a dodo bird?”
“Because you wouldn’t
understand anyhow,” Bryant said adding chemicals together.
“Alex,
get out of here,” Jasmine whispered.
“You
want to know what’s going on, Jasmine. You two have been our targets for a while now. The reason for that is because
you’re both strong willed, have determination, and are willing to take risks.”
“So you have to kill
us,” Alex said bluntly.
“Well
I guess we could negotiate something,” Dominique said.
“Too late,”
Bryant adding one last chemical to his formula.
A
loud explosion blew everything against the walls and some things just vanished. Alex, Jasmine, Dominique, and Bryant were
lying there on the floor not moving and the walls started to crumble. A desk crashed to the floor nearby.
“What the…,”
Jasmine muttered slowly crawling to her feet. “Alex what happened?”
“Over
here,” a voice came from beneath a desk.
“Didn’t they
teach you hiding under your desk doesn’t really help,” Jasmine said sarcastically.”
“This
don’t count as an earthquake,” Alex asked.
“Are you alright?”
“Yeah
pretty sure,” Alex said trying to get out from under the desk, “ow…my leg really hurts.”
“Don’t move.
I’m going to try and find Bryant and Dominique.”
Jasmine
wandered around listening to sirens coming closer. She looked everywhere but no sign of the guys.
“Miss? Are you alright,”
asked a voice coming into the room.
“Don’t
worry about me. My friend needs the help. She’s over there under that desk,” Jasmine said pointing.
“Excuse me miss,
we need to get you out of here. These chemicals in the air could kill you,” a firefighter said rapping a blanket around
her helping her outside. “I’ll promise we’ll get your friend.”
“This
warmth, where am I,” Jasmine said kind of in a dream state.
“Jasmine.”
“Dominique,
I’m glad to see you alright. ”
“You too Jasmine, but you and Alex need to stay alive okay?
“What do you mean?”
“Just stay alive,”
Dominique said fading away.
“I think she’s conscious,” came a faraway voice.
“Jasmine, are you
alright? Can you hear me?”
A
familiar voice came. She couldn’t figure out who it was until she opened her eyes only to see Alex near her. She as
in a bed of some sort but couldn’t figure out where.
“I’m so glad
your okay,” Alex replied looking at Jasmine.
“Where
am I? What happened,” Jasmine asked in response.
“One of the firemen
was leading you out I guess and you fainted. Doctor said you breathed in some of the chemicals in the air and your system
should have collapsed all together so it’s a miracle your alive.”
“What
about you Alex. You were right there too.”
“When you left to
find Dominique and Bryant I found a napkin that someone must have shoved in the desk that collapsed on me. I used it as a
filter so I didn’t inhale as many chemicals.”
“Dominique and Bryant…?”
“Did
you find them?”
“No of course not.
They died in a chemical explosion and that’s how they died again.”
“Yeah,
I forgot about that.”
“Think you can keep
a secret?”
“You
know I won’t tell a soul Jasmine, living or dead.”
“Dominique is the
one who saved me.”
“Okay
now you’re hallucinating.”
“Yeah I guess I maybe,”
But she thought to herself; but I know I’m not.
The
school was rebuilt and Jasmine and Alex returned. No one really knew how or what happened and no on seemed to care. When people
asked about Alex’s cast on her leg she just simply put that she fell. They finished their freshmen year top of their
class and wrote the first place story competition in state. They also received an award for their start wide newspaper article.
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