I woke up the next morning with body pains
all over. There was no class today because
it was the weekend so we were allowed to
sleep more.
Unlike before, the voice-over did not shout out our routines politely. Instead, it was quiet
and we slept to our heart fill.
Mackenzie had woken up, sitting in her bed
while striking a meditating posture. Was
Mackenzie meditating? I did not know she
was the type to meditate. It seemed she was full of surprises these days.
I know they said to maintain decorum when
a person was meditating but I could not help
but want to talk. I wanted to know why she was meditating in the early morning.
"Yo girl! Good morning and what are you
doing?"I said, intentionally raising my voice
She opened her eyes instantly like a person
possessed. "Medusa" she stressed my
name.
I knew I had caused trouble, I did it
intentionally. "What?" I pouted and feigned
ignorance.
"Don't act like you don't know what I'm
talking about!" she sounded stern.
"I don't " I shrugged.
"Don't forget I can read your mind" she said
slowly.
"And I think you should stop doing that
without asking for our permissions" I rolled
my eyes.
"Do what?"
"Read our minds, it's a breach of privacy.
Ask Medusa can I read your mind? If I'm
cool with it l'l say okay to ahead and if I'm
not, I'll say.." I was saying but got cut short.
"What the hell are you saying Medusa, are
you sure you are up to 18 yet ?" she shook
her head in disbelief.
"No I am not, I will be 1a 8 in few days" I replied.
And then...
Slam!
A pillow landed on my head!
"Would you shut up. Why make so much
noise early in the morning?" Mia groaned.
She was the one who threw the pillow to my
head. I went over to her and slapped her
head.
"Wake up and stop calling quarter past 11
early in the morning so early"I dragged her
duvet off.
"I'll II cut your head and give it to our
neighbor's dogs to feed on Medusa!" Mia
groaned again.
"I can watch you try." I snapped now
walking to the bathroom to brush my teeth
and take my bath.
We will be rehearsing in the dancing team
today, the seniors would not like it if any of us
came late. I might look unserious on the
outside, but I take my matters seriously,
I would never disappoint those who believed
in me, never.
I was staring at the mirror as I brushed
when I thought I saw the silver-haired girl's
reflection flash across the mirror with her
empty eyes.
I saw the empty eyes and remembered her
words once again. "Hide in your rooms, do
not go out" kept on ringing in my ears.
If we did not go out today, no one would find
us since it was the weekend. But why
should we stay back and not go out?
Because it is coming?'
What's coming? I couldn't help but laugh.
Maybe silver-haired needed attention like
the girls had suggested.
I finished washing up and went into the
room to dress up. Mia went in after me.
"Are you not having your bath?" I turned to
Mackenzie who was trying to regain the
connection of her meditation that I had
broken.
"I will, after you girls " she replied, and went
back to her task.
I did my daily skin routine while applying
the expensive skincare products provided
by the school. My skin was already glowing
better than usual.
Back at home, I used to feel my skin was at
its best. I never knew there was a best greater than the best I knew.
I took a sweatshirt and a pair of tight jeans
with boots that had high heels. I let my hair
fall and combed my bangs, making it fall on
my nose the more.
I looked in the mirror and striked different
poses. I was grateful to the heavens for my
body, skin, and looks. I was one gorgeous
sissy.
Mia came out of the bath while Mackenzie
entered to have her share of washing up.
I watched Mia dress up. She always wears
a turtle neck sweaters with denim skirts
and sometimes jeans but her jeans were not
always as tight as mine or Mackenzie's.
I watched her apply the skin products to her
body and then put on her clothes and then
sat down to clean her glasses and then put
them on.
I wondered if she usually sees anything
without those glasses. I am sure she doesn't
because if she does, she would have made
remarks about me staring and watching her
intensely as she dressed up.
As if reading my mind, " Medusa, I never
knew you were so deep into girls " she said,
her face still buried in what she was doing
and was not looking at me.
"What?"
"I was aware of your gaze on me as
dressed up" she said rather calmly in the most annoying way.
If I was a boy, she was definitely not my
type.
"Who told you l'd take a fancy in you even if
I like girls.. grandma?" I purposely stressed
the last word for emphasis.
"Grandma?" she turned her horrified and
pained face to me.
I was about to make more painful remarks
when Mackenzie stepped in.
"Be nice Medusa" she said in a way mama
used to tell me back at home, I suddenly missed her again.
Mackenzie dressed up and we all set out to
the dinning area to have our morning meals
It was the weekend so the dining area was
unnecessarily full.
We sat in one of the empty chairs but the
table was not empty. Some newbies were
already occupying it.
The space in the dining area this morning
was limited so everyone had to share tables
and be accommodating.
The others at the table were already eating
so we took the paper and scribbled our
orders on it. This morning, I did not feel like
eating too much so l ordered a light food.
"There are some seniors who are coming back from the other dimension, they have gone on a mission before and were coming back today." one of the boys on the table said to basically all of us.
"Really?"I jumped in on the conversation and asked.
The boy also seemed to be a talkative and
was more than willing to share the
information with me.
"Of course, aren't you in this school?
Everyone is talking about it. A top student
was the one who led the mission" he added.
"What was the mission?" Mackenzie asked.
"There was a plague in one of the countries
in the other dimension which was already
spreading to other countries. Scientists
were trying to find a way to stop it when
they heard there was a young adult who
was supposed to be infected but he wasn't."
The boy's friend answered her.
The boys were the boys in class, the one we spoke to the other day but I could not remember their names now.
"So they want to use him to conduct
experiments for the vaccine?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, so the problem was the boy was in
an area which was knee deep on the
infection so there was no way to get him as
the infected were always aggressive till
they die. Although the virus kills fast, it can
also be spreaded in the most ridiculous way
By touching infected persons or infected
surfaces and sometimes, the virus can be
aggressive and it attacks in the air." the boy
explained in details.
"Wow you know so much," I said, surprised
at how quickly they had gathered
information.
The boys smiled at me "All thanks to our
friend here who has enhanced hearing
ability." one of the boys said and pointed to
a shy-looking boy who hadn't said anything
all along.
When we looked at him, " The seniors are
talking about it" he finally said as if we
asked him for any explanation.
"So was the mission successful?" Mia
asked.
"Trust our beloved All Supernatural
College seniors, it was. They brought
victory to our school amongst the
government and it would help boost our
reputation for the competition. "The boy's
friend replied.
"That's true, they really did just save a
nation" Mia shook her head and continued
eating her food.
I could not eat my food anymore, not after
hearing such gross information. It disturbs
my system for an unknown reason and
found myself pondering on it.
We heard noises and the dining area
became noisy too. " They are here!" the
boys shouted and rushed in the direction
everyone was rushing to.
Mia also stood up instantaneously "Let's go
take a look guys " she ushered us.
Mackenzie who doesn't like to support or
oppose stood up after her but I remained
seated where I was. I did not want to go
because my instinct told me not to.
"Let's go!" Mia shouted at me and I shook
my head.
"Come on Medusa" Mackenzie begged me
with her eyes. She knew Mia would throw a
fit if we did not allow her to feed her eyes. She had too much to feed, she's gotten four
eyes.
I stood up reluctantly and we followed the
boys to the gathering to witness a mob of
students and teachers who stood by
waiting.
A portal appeared flashing its light across
our faces and then, slowly the seniors came
in through it.
The hall was a filled with applauses as the
seniors stepped in. Finally, the top student
also stepped in and the shouts increased.
Whistling, claps, giggles and screams filled
the hall as the top student entered the hall
while the portal closed behind them.
I could not help but clap too, they had done a
great job. Not to mention the top student who led them was a female.
They stood formally and bowed to receive
our greetings and praises which grew
louder by the minutes until...
One of them slumped on the floor and
started coughing blood. The previous
shouts of victory was replaced with shouts
of horrors and terrified students.
I panicked from where I stood and now,
understood my instincts and the silver
haired girl warnings.