I opened my mouth to tell Mia about our
latest discovery. Perhaps, another time she
would listen to us and not open the door. I
know it might not be the door next time but
whatever it was, she would know it wasn't
safe to stay behind and trust the people
who came to test us.
Or was it the school? Oh, I remember, senior
Eira said it was one or some of the
teachers. Whoever it was, she would know
not to trust them.
But to my amazement, Mackenzie held my
hand and cut the words off my mouth.
"Are you okay?" she asked Mia to cover up
what I wanted to say.
Why? Did she feel Mia was not worthy
enough to know about the secret? Oh! It
must be a top secret and Mia does have a
large mouth. I totally got her point!
"Of course I'm fine, it is you guys who went
outside. Outside is not safe, the virus is
everywhere so I should be asking you " Mia
folded her arms across her chest. I could
tell she was satisfied with herself, she was
feeling we had made a mistake going out
and only wasted our time.
I turned too and also shrugged. I wasn't
going to allow Mia to think she was the cool
person here for staying back. " The virus is
not everywhere outside, it was calm and
quiet outside."...You're the one who should
fear for yourself that you were tested if you
happened to have what they were looking
for, it's bye-bye Mia. I said those silently
inside my head. I wish I could relate it to her
so she would stop being so confident.
It's not even like I knew what they were
looking for or what they were going to do to
the person who had it when they find them.
"I suddenly feel so mad at the silver-haired
girl, she must be in her room laying
comfortably in bed" Mackenzie stressed
while she went to sleep on one of the beds
in the room.
"You're laying in one now yourself. We
Shouldn't blame her anyway, she warned us.
It was we who didn't listen" I shrugged,
going over to sit on a bed myself. My legs
were so tired I could hear their silent wailings.
I remembered how we ran earlier today and
almost burst out laughing at Mackenzie's
show of seniority. Sometimes, I do feel like
she was more older than she seems.
However, the dean had mentioned that we
were all in the same age grade so definitely,
she must be 18. Harsh experiences
probably made her tougher than her age.
"Arrghh! Please do not mention that maniac,
I can not stand the thought of her. Instead
of going to the school authority and
informing them, she chose to stand outside
her room scaring the hell out of us at night
and spewing nonsense we could not even
comprehend " Mia bared her teeth and half
clenched her fists across her face like a
person groaning in pain.
I shook my head at Mia's lame perspective
of things. The girl warned us, it was only
our stupidity for not listening and for not
understanding her words. She did not tell the
school authority? Of course, I understand
her pain. She was just a girl like Mackenzie,
new to her powers and probably petrified
about the whole thing. If not for Mackenzie's toughness, she might also be freaking out on us day by day.
I remembered those times we were always
worried and scared not to overwork her so
she wouldn't freak out.
I shook my head, "Stop being self-centered,
Mia, have you forgotten this girl saved our
life once?"
"Yes! From the problems, you created for us!"
"Mia!" she was unbelievable, for how long
would she continue to holler at me for
being the one who took them to Ajax? " I
can also remember I was only trying to help
some inappreciative girls whom I thought
were my friends and wouldn't point fingers!"
I almost shouted.
"You girls" a familiar voice called from
behind, a voice we dear not defile. It was
senior Eira.
We turned to her simultaneously. I thought I
heard Mia gulp loudly Senior Eira put on hand on her upper waist
"instead of eating each other out, why don't
you tell me about this girl and what she
warned you about?" she asked.
Why would she want to know? For some
reason, I developed a fondness for the
silver-haired girl. Yeah, she was weird, what
if she was weird because of people like Mia? What if she was acting like a freak
because she saw the look in people's eyes
when they look at her?
As if they were all not freaks too, people like
to point fingers at others. People like Mia!
"Why would you want to know about her?
She is just a broken newbie." I said with
furrowed brows.
"She is a girl with the gift of precognition"
Mackenzie blurted and I felt a sudden urge
to smack her mouth and travel down my spine.
And she called me a fat mouth?
"She sees things?"
Yes, things that would happen in the future
She predicted the virus she also saved us
once" Mackenzie replied her again. I saw the look on Senior Eira's face. I saw the curiosity that formed deep lines on her forehead. She became thoughtful.
"Precognition? There is a sorcerer in the
school then. Prophesiers are often followed
by sorcerers. I haven't seen one in school
before and I heard the history of the people
who escaped from some other dimension to our dimension " senior Eira was saying but she stopped. " I really can not wait for the pandemic to be over and everything returns back to normal. I think I have a lead on what the teachers are looking for" she said the last words mainly to herself.
I saw Mia gaze at me while circling her
finger across her ear to signal to me the
senior was crazy.
I knew she wasn't, senior Eira was far from crazy. My heart suddenly beats faster and
the butterflies that were in my stomach were crying. I only know of stomach butterflies dancing instead of crying.
Something was definitely wrong!
What if this was all serious and I was in the
center of it all? Oh no, I do not want to be in
the center of anything! l just want to complete my academics here and return back to mama and Anas with super cool powers.
I saw a look in Mackenzie's eyes as she
gazed at me. It was a look I had never seen in
her eyes before.
Did she pick up on something too? Maybe l
made a mistake telling anyone about what I
found out about my father. I told the dean
first what Ajax said and I've been safe. Can I
trust the dean? Or can I trust the girls?
I definitely know I cannot trust the teachers,
one that of them was a villain.
Wait! What the hell is wrong with me? Why
was I thinking like the main character of
some fairytale?
There was likely nothing special about me
and I was just being paranoid. I, Medusa is
not looking for anybody so nobody is
looking for me too.
It was the silver-haired girl they were looking
for perhaps?
Senior Eira's voice broke my thoughts " Who
was the prophesier seeing things about?" she asked.
"First about the three of us and then about
the whole school " Mackenzie answered.
Whoa! Anyone looking at Mackenzie
answering the senior's questions with
swiftness and obedience would think she
was being a good junior.
I could tell she was stalling the senior,
intentionally prolonging the talks to find out
more about what the senior knew. The senior had mistakenly confirmed the teachers were looking for something when she said she was getting what the teachers were looking for.
Arghh, I was thinking too much my brain
was already rejecting the whole notion. My
brain never fails to reject such ambiguous
information!
Making an effort to lighten the entirety tensed atmosphere, I stretched on the bed where Mia was also sitting on now "I miss my phone" I sulked and my mama too added silently.
Mia played with my hair from behind " You are not alone Medusa dear, I miss the
internet"
"I don't miss anything. The school is the
escape I needed from the other dimension.
It did not favor me like it did you girls. I had no parents to make good memories with, I stayed with an uncle who was far from nice" Mackenzie chirped in.
"So you're staying behind after completing
your academics here?" I asked, and the
answer was going to be yes.
She sighed and sat up from the bed she was laying on while she stared at the empty space. "There is no one, nothing is waiting for me in the other dimension. The school is my safe haven." she finalized.
The school was her safe haven? This school was far from being anyone's safe haven. It was a harsh reality we didn't necessarily need.
I felt for Mackenzie's sorrow, she was a strong young girl after all.