(The big ONE-O!!!)
Cole K and I barged through the door to Mr S's room. Everyone
was there. The guy, and Trisha, Abby, Molly, and Michelle blankly
staring at a computer screen they were all huddled around. I walked up
to them and looked at the screen. It was the the exact pin-point
location of Amanda.
G-d I love technology. "Where is that?" I asked.
"We're working on that now." Peter explained. He was typing away.
Numerous windows of codes and confusing stuff that made my head hurt
appeared and disappeared again and again. Then a window of an address
appeared. "This is where Amanda is. We have no idea if Cole is
there as well though." Peter said. I stared at the address. It
somehow seemed like a familiar address but I couldn't remember where
I've heard or seen it.
"Where ever it is, it's not too far. Just the next town over." Trisha said.
"It appears to be an abandoned house." Mr S said. A picture appeared on the screen. I remembered where it was familiar.
"That-that's my old house." I said looking at the image of the old rundown house. Everyone's eyes turned to me.
"Sue, what made you move out of it?" Molly asked.
"There was a fire. My dog died in the fire and I was only 4 years
old. My parents had decided it was best to move to a new house since
rebuilding the house would be more expensive. Plus I would have too
many memories of my dog if we stayed there." I said sort of in a
daze. Remember my old dog from my nearly forgotten past. "Up until
now I completely forgot about that house. It kind of gives me the
creeps thinking about it." I said as I shuddered. Matt put a
comforting arm around me but I wasn't feeling any better. Let alone
any safer. the thought of going back into that house to get Amanda and
Michaels freaked me out.
"Sue? Are you listening?" I snapped out of my thoughts and looked up to see everyone still staring at me.
"Oh sorry. I was just thinking to myself." I said half smiling.
"Are you oh-k with going there to get Amanda?" I nodded.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Lets go. tonight." I said. Everyone else
seemed a bit unsure at first but then agreed that the sooner we rescued
her, the better. Then something dawned on me.
"Where's Michelle?" I asked looking around at everyone.
"She's with Seth. He's taken on full responsibility of taking care of her and her missing memories." Julie said.
"It's very enlightening and innocent when you see them together." Abby said. I laughed.
"I guess it's amazing how two people who used to hate each other can
become that close." I said half heartily. I glanced over at Cole K
and he was staring at me. Our eyes connected and I looked away. I
turned towards Trisha who saw it all. She nodded slightly and I sighed.
"Well We should decide what we're going to do." Abby said. I
nodded. I tried to focus on the mission at hand while trying not to
think of the possibility of me liking Cole K and the house that haunted
my past returning.
"I have some presents. They're still
prototypes but they'll help." Mr S said. I smiled at this. It was
fun receiving new gadgets. He handed out the standardized watch
communicators that were also used in the Spy Kids movies (they just
don't know that they're real) and he handed us belts. It was fully
equipped with laser chap-stick, universal key, and disintegrating air
freshener (Suggested to point at steel walls as opposed 2 spraying a
bathroom after use). There was also a 12-tool disguised as a joker
card. Then there was the all famous in TV series, computer compact
fully loaded with disguises and information with a built in scanner.
For the guys it was a Nintendo DS lite. "These are the most recent
prototype so only use in the up most important time." Mr S said as he
handed me a video camera. It was small, hand held and the eye piece
was taped over.
"Why's it taped?" Katrina asked.
"Do you
like eye-patches?" Mr S asked. We all realized what he meant. "It's
an X-ray camera that can record data and information and it can sense
infrared motion detectors and other security cameras and installments.
This is all I can give you. and I expect all of this back when this is
over. I'm technically not supposed to even show you kids this stuff
until your 3rd year of high school." Mr S said. I nodded.
"Thanks. What will you be doing while we're gone?" Abby asked.
"I'll find out what happened with Dean Withers and I'll cover you
guys. Your communicators will be hooked up to my ear-piece so I can
help you along the way. Good luck you guys." Mr S said. I felt the
rush of a mission coming on. "Remember that this is no drill anymore.
You're going to be in real danger and you'll be up against people whom
you don't know they're strengths and weaknesses."
"But no pressure right?" Molly said. Mr S nodded.
"Good luck operatives." And we left the room. I felt myself become
over whelmed with questions and confusion. I tried to clear my head
but I knew there was no time to try and organize my thoughts. It was
now or never and I had to act fast.
"Meet at the school fountain
at 'hok mong yen' ("6:00 PM" in Thai six-hour clock time) fully
prepared and ready to dismount." I said. Everyone else nodded and the
guys left for the boys dorms while me and the girls left for the
Hyacinth dorms. We changed out of uniforms and into different
clothes. I wore black AE active crop pants with a black cami and my
black zip-up over that. I slipped into my pumas and fit the belt Mr S
just gave us around my waist. I left my hair down but kept a clip on
my belt.
I walked back into my common room and found Trisha in black
Bermudas, sneakers, navy blue tee and navy blue zip-up with her hair
in a ponytail.
Molly walked out in black leggings, blue cami under a black
layering tee and a navy blue knit sweater with her hair down held back
with a black headband.
Julie walked in wearing Navy blue AE cropped pants, matching
hoodie, black low-tops converse, and her hair up in a pony-tail with
her bangs clipped to the side.
Abby walked in wearing black Uggs with black pants and a dark green zip-up. Her hair was held back in a loose ponytail.
Katrina walked in wearing black jeans, pink cami under a sheer
black long sleeved shirt, black sneakers, and he hair in a ponytail.
All of us were equipped with the belts Mr S gave us. I looked over at
the clock and saw that it was almost hok mong yen.
"Are we ready?" I asked. Everyone nodded half positive.
"Any words of wisdom Chief?" molly asked. I looked at her and then all my waiting friends.
"Um, most likely David will be there and we might find the
book. So just think of the mission. Mr S will be helping us so it
should be easy to get in. don't let your guard down." I said. I
wasn't sure what I was supposed to say. But it seemed to be doing the
trick since everyone seemed to be more confident than before. We
headed out of the building through the balcony and scampered to the
school fountain. the guys were there already. All wearing black.
Matt was wearing a black button down that was un-buttoned,
un-tucked, with rolled up sleeves, a black shirt under it, and black
jeens.
Peter had a black polo with dark denim jeans.
Cole K had on a white tee under a black button down as well and
his was untucked, mostly buttoned, and the sleeves were rolled up as
well, along with black denim jeans.
Josh had on a long black shirt and navy blue jeans.
Kurt had on a black tee, and dark denim jeans. They all had
their belts on as well. Kurt and Peter had a flashlight so they lead
the way off campus. We sneaked past the security guards and
surveillance cameras and out onto the sidewalk.
"We're probably breaking like 20 different rules being out here." Peter said shaking his head.
"You'll get over it." I said. I walked next to Cole K and trisha. "So Seth stayed behind as well?" I asked cole K.
"We couldn't find him." Cole K replied.
"He called before saying that he was in the library with
Michelle." I said. We continued to a hidden driveway where Mr S said
he had bikes set up for two to ride on each. So that was11 people on 6 bikes.
"Ok, we'll split into groups of two." Trisha said. "I'll go
with Peter, Molly and Kurt, Julie and Josh, Abby, and Matt, Sue and
Cole. Katrina will get her own bike." I looked over at Trisha then at Cole K, and back to Trisha.
She gave me an encouraging nod as I made my way over to the bike that
Cole K had claimed.
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"And this is the album from your school last year." Seth said handing Michelle another
album. They've gone through every album of the school's history in the
school library the entire day. Michelle had remembered small snippets
of things.
"I-I remember that." Michelle said as she pointed to the photo
of last year's track meet. Michelle was standing there wearing a gold
medal with her team smiling a big cheesy smile. Seth smiled.
"At least you only need small reminders in order to remember things." he said.
"Why are you helping me with all of this?" Michelle asked.
Seth's face started to turn a slight shade of red. "I mean, I barely
know you and yet, you're staying with me ot remember everything that I
lost. it must be frustrating to know that I don't remember you. You
seem to be like my best friend." Michelle said clueless as to how much
this was making Seth embarrassed.
"Actually, you used to hate me. We were forced to be dance
partners and I would always annoy you. You never really liked me but
I-" Seth cut himself off suddenly when he realized what he was about
to admit. And it scared him a bit.
"but you, what?" Michelle asked urging him to go on. Seth sighed.
" But I. . . I. . . I think I'm in love you Michelle." Seth
finally spit out. Michelle then froze. Things flooded to her head so
fast that her head hurt a bit. But those words brought everything
back. A weird sensation of Familiarity came to her as she looked at
Seth who was a clear shade of red with Embarrassment.
"What did you say?" she asked again unsure.
"I'm in love with you Michelle." Seth said again looking her in the eye. Michelle remembered what he said about how she used to hate him. She remembered Amanda, her beast friends, the guys coming to school, the social that Kayla had suggested, the whole mission that her friends were secretly doing without total permission. She remembered that they went into the classifieds. she remembered how she was held captive and she remembered when she blacked out. She looked over at Seth with wide eyes. "You know what? Forget i said anything." he said turning away.
"I remember." Michelle said quietly. Seth thought he was hearing things. "I remember everything. All my friends, the social, when you guys came to our school, everything. I remember you. I remember how I used to hate you. But now," Michelle stopped there. Seth turned around and faced her again. it was already dark outside. "but now, I'm in love with you." Michelle said quiet again. She couldn't believe her own words let alone how easily they rolled off her tongue. Seth looked at her in amazement. And then just like that in the middle of the library, He kissed her.
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Mr S settled down in his classroom on the computer waiting for any word from the operatives. Just then the door to the classroom barged open and revealed Seth and Michelle.
"What are you two doing here?" Mr S asked astonished.
"Mr S, I remember! I remembered everything! And I know that something's happening so tell me what's goign on with the others." Michelle said.
"No time. they already left." Mr S said. I pointed to his computer screen at a moving set of 10 dots in the same area moving at a slow steady pace across town. "They're going to rescue Amanda and hopefully Cole M is with them as well." Mr S said. Michelle thought for a second.
"Where are they going?"
"Sue's old house." Michelle found this surprising.
"I'm going over to them." she finally declared.
"What? But you just regained your entire memory. It's not healthy to become active after receiving so much knowledge in one swipe." Mr S said. Michelle shook her head.
"I'm going. I need to help them." She stood her ground and Mr S had to give in.
"Note to self, never have a teenage daughter." he mumbled under his breath. "Oh-k but you'll both need this stuff." he tossed Michelle and Seth the gadgets that he'd given the operatives only less than an hour earlier. He quickly explained the situation and sent them off. They had to take one of the school bikes.
"Thanks. Lets go Michelle." Seth said. Michelle nodded and they rushed out of the classroom. It was just Mr S again as he sat back down at his desk. He started hacking the school's files. He eventually was able to get in and trace to any surveillance cameras that viewed Dean Withers' office. Just when he found the file, there was a beep on his communicator ear piece. He pressed a button and he was connected.
"Mr S. We're here." It was Sue. Her voice was slightly shaky but he couldn't tell if it was due to the fact of the house itself, the rush of the mission, or the exhaustion from the bike ride all the way across town.
"Oh-k. What do you see right now?" Mr S asked. Sue didn't reply.
"It's a normal burnt house that's falling apart." Kurt said instead. Mr S sighed.
"Wait, what's that." Peter asked.
"Peter. Turn on the camera that you used for your project last year. It should be in your belt." Mr S said quickly. An image of the old house came into view on Mr S's screen. peter pointed at a robotic squirrel?
"It's a squirrel." Molly questioned.
"Get back now. that's no ordinary squirrel." Mr S shouted. the 10 kids ran out of the way just in time for the squirrel to explode.
"I always hated squirrels anyway." Cole K said. A small fire was burning what was left of the grass on the front lawn.
"Lets go." Sue said. Mr S would tell she was trying not to seem scared as she stared up at the house that haunted her from her past memories.
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I looked up at the house that had flickering shadows from the small fires that were burning the grass on the front lawn. I looked around at everyone else.
"Lets go." Trisha nodded and Peter and Kurt lead the way once more. Luckily it was still sort of light out so the house didn't seem as scary. But it still freaked me out.
"Oh-k we'll break up into groups." Trisha said once we were inside the house. i could barely focus on what she was saying. So many memories filled my head from when I was a little kid. "Sue, stay with us here." I snapped back to reality. "You'll travel with Cole K again. you'll search this half of the floor." I nodded. when we broke into our designated groups I wandered around the house. Cole K constantly had to pull me back so that I wouldn't enter a room with a trap in it.
"Sue, pay attention here." he said getting a bit frustrated. I looked down.
"I'm so sorry." His expression changed from frustrated to worried.
"Um, it's nothing. Are you oh-k?" I looked up at him again.
"I know how to dismantle any traps throughout the house." I finally said. Cole K looked at me in confusion. I walked over to the wall, counted 4 inches to the right of the doorway, and tapped 4 times on the wall. A piece of the wall gave way and revealed a power box. i pulled it out and pulled a lever. All power went out.
"how did you do that?" he asked. I looked at him and smiled.
"It was something I made when I was little." I explained.
"Well it should be easier to get around then." Cole K said. I shook my head and pointed to a battery powered alarm. I zapped it with the chap-stick and it was fried.
"It only takes care of the plugged in, high-tech alarm systems. We still have to look out for the wireless ones." I said.
"Nice one Sue." I heard Mr S say. I nodded as we kept going through the house.
"Oh wait. I remember a dream I had." I said remembering the odd dream.
"Sue, it's not exactly the time for your stories." Cole K said as he aimed his chap-stick at another alarm.
"No I mean I had a dream, a sort of vision if you will. It was about where Amanda and Michaels were." Cole k then seemed interested. So interested he didn't shoot the alarm and I felt the floor give from under my feet.
"Damn. Hold on." he said wrapping an arm around my waist. I was too busy looking for the bottom to care that I was so close to him. We were sliding down a tunnel that twisted. I couldn't help but scream and cling to Cole K. I saw the end of the tunnel and we fell out onto a hard cold floor. I groaned. Then I realized that Cole K was on top of me. He was on his hands and knees, Our faces were REALLY close. My face flushed red and so did his. He quickly moved away and I sat up. I rubbed my head. "You oh-k?" he asked. I nodded. then I realized the pain in my right arm and left leg. I looked down to see two gashes on my arm and leg. I sort of freaked out since blood was coming out.
"Oh-k so maybe I'm not so oh-k." then he moved closer and took out a bandage. He wrapped it around my arm and then ripped the end. then he did the same for my leg. The pain resided a bit. "Thanks." I said. He nodded.
"There you guys are!" I jumped at the third voice. Cole K pointed the flashlight in the direction of the voice and it revealed Michaels!
"Oh my goodness! We looked all over for you!" I said getting up to run and hug him but the pain kept me on the ground. I winced and Cole helped me up. Michaels walked over to me and I hugged him tightly. He hugged back. Finally I let go after a good two minutes and the two Cole's high-fived each other.
"We gotta get out of here!" I said.
"We can't. We're in a steel cage." I looked at Michaels wide eyed now.
"WHAT?!" I limped over to the huge steel bars that extend from the floor to the ceiling. I looked beyond the bars and realized that this was the room that was in my dream. I looked back towards the two Cole's and saw the stone bed from the vision as well. "We're getting out of here." I said firmly. I grabbed the air sanitizing spray and stepped away from the steel bars. I held the can out at arm's length and sprayed. When the mist cleared the bars were melted and there was a hole where we could get out. I ran through and they followed behind.
"Where's Amanda?" I asked. Michaels pointed up.
"Top floor, left room to the left." I froze.
"That- that's my old room." I said.
"You used to live here? What happened?" Michaels asked. I winced half from the pain in my leg and arm, half from the memories.
"No time." Cole K said noticing my expression. I pushed the thoughts out of my head and walked over to the wall. I once again counted 4 inches to the right and knocked 4 times. The wall gave way, this time to a hidden stairwell.
"Come on. We gotta move fast." Michaels went first. Then Cole K. And then lastly, I went. I closed the wall behind us and quickly limped up after them. It was a good long spiral staircase. We finally reached the top after about 5 minutes. I knocked on the four corners of the dead end wall and it gave way once again. I pushed it to the side and we walked into the hallway of the top floor. I placed the wall back in its place and we hurried down the hall. We came to the room. the door was ajar and I could hear talking. I slowly walked closer to the door. I looked back at Cole K and Michaels and they both nodded. I moved out of the way as they both slammed the door open in a fighting stance. I walked in after them when there was no sound of fighting. I looked around at the old room. But it was no longer my room. It was completely transformed. It was a very luxurious room. Amanda was sitting there looking miserable. Then she look up upon hearing our entrance. Michaels rushed over to her and they embraced each other.
"So nice of you to finally make it. Susan." I looked from Amanda and Michaels over in thedirection of hte voice. It was David. Standing there with the ' Clad in Black Crew ' that we had the plessure of fighting back in the classified library. I narrowed my eyes. All of a sudden everyone else ran into the room. Peter had his camera giving Mr S the total view on things in the current situation.
"Sue! They're no ordinary people." Mr S rang in.
"I know. We already had the privileged of fighting them in the classifieds." I said. The leader of the Clad in black men held up the book.
"And we got what we wanted." I narrowed my eyes.
I couldn't remember who threw the first punch but it ended up with us all fighting. I grabbed a lamp and swung it at several men. The bulb broke so some of them got cut by the sharp edges. Trisha was tasering away. Michaels and Cole K were back ot bak fighting 4 guys. Katrina was kicking guys while Julie was punching them. Molly was jumping on a guy with a pillow case over his head. He banged into the wall and fell down unconscious. Peter was using his gadgets against the leader of the Clad in black men. Kurt and Josh were tripping the guys as they all fell into a heap. I was left to fight David. And he already had the advantage with my injury. just then a shovel came out of no where and knocked David out. He fell to the floor and I saw Michelle with Seth. I squealed and attacked her.
"Miss me?!" she asked hugging me back.
"Un-controlably!" I exclaimed. "You remember everything?" I asked astonished at her quick recovery. She nodded.
"A few words jostled my memory. I'll tell you later." I nodded. Then my gaze turned towards Seth. he looked at me with a look that seemed to tell me everything. ' I admit to it ' was what his expression said. I nodded. all the guys were knocked out now leaving the operatives standing. A lottle banged up and bruised but nothing that a bit of food, rest, and movies won't fix.
"Good work operatives." I heard Mr S say. All of us were smiling. I picked up the book that had been missing from Amanda's room and flipped through the pages.
"The last recorded Staff Meeting was held in 1850 when there was a threat from a secret organization called, "Pink Olives". They sought the destruction of all elite schools. Jeffery Olive, the founder of the secret organization was kicked out of every prestigious school in the US. And so, for revenge, started to destroy the schools. But when his destruction was directed at Alberto Lennard Academy, 20 students and one teacher was able to help save the school from possible destruction." I read from the text. "It may just be me, but I don't believe in coincidences."
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