Me and Ilayda were sitting in the opposite corners of the teachers" room, saying or doing nothing; just like we"ve been doing for the last 2 hours. Although a bit relieved, I was a bit surprised by the lack of action around here. Perhaps the spirits have really returned to where they came from. But, even though that was the case, I didn"t want to spend too much time here, trying my luck.I looked over towards Ilayda. She was just sitting there, looking at the ceiling.
"It"s been hours, nothing is happening around here." I said. "I think we can go."
"Maybe "they" are just waiting for us to leave." she said.
"If it is going to make you happy, I can take a look around." I suggested. "But come on, do you really want to spend your night here?"
"Nah..." she said. "Alright, you know what? You go have a look around, and I will try to get some sleep."
She couldn"t be serious.
"You can"t be serious." I said. "Go sleep at your home."
"If I stay here the whole night, no one can accuse me of slacking." she said. Unable to understand her weird logic, I dismissed the conversation and got out of the teachers" room. Looking around carefully, I started walking around the school aimlessly, expecting pretty much nothing.
While I was pa.s.sing in front of the chemistry lab, I thought I heard something. I quickly got to the lab"s door, and opened it. There was no one inside. Nothing was out of the ordinary. I closed the door after the short glance.
I heard something. This time, I was sure. It was like... someone was whispering something into my ear. Actually, not exactly "someone"; but a lot of people at the same time... A horde of invisible people were whispering things to me. There were no distinct words I could identify.
This could be anything but a good sign. I had to send that other teacher, Ilayda, away somehow, so I could try to deal with this without having to worry about someone else. I turned back and prepared to make a run to the teachers" room; however, I was stopped by a set of steel beams in the hallway.
"No, not this again!" I said. I turned the other way and started running. I was going to go upstairs and bypa.s.s the steel beams by running through that floor.
Before I could reach the stairs, I heard someone running down to the floor I was in. I stopped there and started waiting for that person anxiously. Who could it be in the school at this hour?
The answer was clear pretty soon. Melis, one of the students who had mysteriously disappeared the previous night... The daughter!
She didn"t stop and ran up to me. I was frozen. I couldn"t choose between trying to protect myself or being more... "welcoming".
I really wanted to ask her where she had just appeared from, or where she had been the entire day yesterday; but she didn"t give me any time to start talking.
"Mr. Kenan!" she said, trying to catch her breath. "Save them!"
That sentence had lots of missing information.
"What is going on?" I asked.
"Things went terribly wrong." she said. "Mother has been defeated. And... and if we don"t hurry, I will also be!"
"What are you talking about!?"
"The l.u.s.t for revenge overwhelms the spirits of good will. Mother had fallen under their influence. And if they find my connection to the mother, I am afraid I will no longer be in control..." She was crying.
Already knowing what Melis could do to people, I knew that would be a catastrophe.
"Just... what do I do?" I asked.
"The others... The other students we found last night, they are at the top floor. We have to get them out before their souls are consumed, and they fall into the darkness!"
Without saying or listening to any other word, I immediately started running upstairs. Having a little trouble catching up, Melis followed me.
"d.a.m.n it!" I said. A metal door had cut the stairway"s connection to the top floor. "We will have to use the other way."
I ran down one floor and got across the building to use the stairways at the other side. Fortunately, that one was open. I got to the top floor. There were sounds coming from the princ.i.p.al"s room, so I immediately headed there. Without any delays, I opened the door to barge in, oblivious of whatever was going on in there.
"Princ.i.p.al!"
The school"s old princ.i.p.al was there; the man who had his neck sliced open and were rushed to the hospital a while ago... Near him, there were the two students who had mysteriously disappeared along with Melis last night. Both students were sitting uncounscious, half naked.
The princ.i.p.al slowly turned his head to look at me. Melis slowly stepped back and hid behind me.
"Well..." the princ.i.p.al started talking, watching Melis trying to hide behind me. "I guess I don"t have to explain anything."
He slowly moved his hand to grab the stapler on the table next to him. I suddenly attacked him, bringing him down before he could make a move. Melis was watching from the distance.
With a swift move, I threw the stapler away. The princ.i.p.al, with an unexpected agility, reached out to my neck and started choking me. I punched him in the head a few times, but he didn"t release me.
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"Let... go... you... ogre!" Needless to say, I was having a hard time speaking.
I stopped punching him as soon as I thought of something more effective. I started pushing my fingers into his eyes. He could close his eyes in time, but that didn"t help him too much. He started screaming frantically.
The jelly feeling on my fingers was disgusting enough, but it got worse when some liquids started flowing out of his eye sockets. He let go of me in pain. I got away from him, gasping for air.
While the fight was going on, Melis was trying to drag the students out of the room.
The princ.i.p.al somehow managed to get back up despite the unbearable pain and lack of vision.