"Look what you've done senior Eira." I
slumped on the bed and was rolling all over.
I have been famished and the thought of finally getting something to eat and changing my clothes lightened my mood . Now, this was happening?
Oh dear, oh no..
"Stop whining Medusa" Mackenzie said to
me then faced returned to look at senior
Eira. "You got us into this mess now it's
your job to get us out of it. We will get
dehydrated and lose the little strength we
have left"
Senior Eira shook her head " I'm not superman, I'm hungry too" she said.
As it should be!
"So what do we do? " I sulked then I patted
Mia's shoulder " We might share your food
right Mia?"
The expression on her face showed she
was not going to share, no doubt. I knew
Mia wouldn't share, she must feel like
queen Elizabeth right now.
She stayed behind, got tested, gets food
and new clothes. While we got nothing for
deciding to be outlaws.
I wanted to blame senior Eira but like she
said, she did not force us!
"I'm sorry but I like to eat my food alone
and in peace and you heard the man, they
are bringing the food for only a person " it
was Mia's annoying voice. " Finally, I'm
getting new glasses "she stretched.
"So what do we do now?" Mackenzie asked
impatiently." I'm getting hungry man!"
Senior Eira seemed skeptical to talk at first,
but then she spoke " We steal from the kitchen." she announced.
What?! Were my ears hearing well?
And she was a senior? A top student?
"l am not a thief!" I widened my eyes in
surprise.
She spoke now with so much confidence
and seniority." To survive in this school, you
need to become more than a thief"
"We need to do what we can but is stealing
from the kitchen the best option? What if
we get caught?" Mackenzie asked her.
"I will be leading you, getting caught is not an
option." the senior bragged.
Mackenzie stood and nodded at her, they
were both ready to go out and were looking
over at me.
I was still laying lazily on the bed " What
now?!" I grumbled.
As if my words held pins that pierced their
ears, " Let's go!" they yelled.
"You guys go, I am too weak right now. I'I
slow you down" I said and turned to face the other side of the bed, my back on them.
I heard Mackenzie's cynical voice " Ok then,
you stay. Luckily, Mia can change her mind
and decide to share with you her food"
I heard their footsteps as they moved closer
to each other in order to get ready to
teleport.
As if Mia would share, oh that Mackenzie
was a witch!
Reluctantly, " Wait!" I said and sluggishly got
down from the bed and went ahead to
meet them. "Ok fine let's go but if all black
catches us, I won't forgive you with due respect "I stretched my neck at the senior.
"Who is all black?" she asked in wonder.
Right, I only call him all black in my head
"Teacher Zane" I shrugged.
"Medusa!" I heard Mia's scolding voice.
Should a patriotic student give her teacher
nicknames? Weird nickname at that"
Oh right, this was a younger version of
mama. No wonder I don't get along with her
too.
"Don't you dare speak to me!" l eyed her.
She can refuse to share her food with me
but she is fast in scolding and correcting
me. I felt like going over and turning her into
a chicken and then I will fry her and use her
for breakfast. If only I had a magic wand.
Sadly, no one in the school has a magic
wand. If they do, l'd borrow from them and it
would be welcome to my plate Mia.
"What? I did not get mad when you chose to
go with a..a." she paused. I knew she
wanted to call senior Eira names but
decided against it when she remembered
what happened the first time.
"When you decided to go with her and leave
behind, I didn't get mad so you shouldn't be mad now." she finally let out.
Avoiding calling senior Eira anything foul
that could get her in trouble.
I rolled my eyes " Whatever"
"She speaks the truth Medusa, don't call
teacher Zane names. He would make sure
to torment you till you peed your pants and
beg." senior Eira warned.
I wanted to tell her I have seen him do that
before. However, I preferred to keep quiet
as I imagined all black doing things to me
and me peeing my pants.
That would definitely be the second most
embarrassing moment of my life! The first
was in dreamland with annoying jerk.
Unknowingly, I placed my hand on my face
as an embarrassed person would do.
"Yeah be sorry" Mia said behind me.
"I wasn't sorry" I turned to her "I was just...
you know what? Forget it "
"Let's go" Mackenzie growled.
I nodded.
We took senior Eira's hands and soon, we
were out of the room and in the kitchen
premises.
" Quick over there" senior Eira pointed at an
empty corner where we ran to immediately
and hid behind a door.
"Here is the opposite side of the dining
area, the kitchen is over..." senior Eira was
explaining.
"We know where the kitchen is and we
know where we are" Mackenzie cut her off.
Senior Eira looked surprised, "How would
you know?"
I was not ready to tell her all about the
story of Ajax and and how I have a father
from another dimension and how I wasn't
supposed to happen because I was a
product of two separate dimensions so, I
quickly chirped in and changed the subject.
"Are there no CCTV cameras here?"
"CCTV cameras wouldn't let them carry out
their deeds effectively so no, there aren't no
cameras in the school" senior Eira
answered.
Mackenzie always seem to be interested in
topics that held the secrets of the school
"What deeds?" She asked.
Senior Eira only shrugged.
"You see that pavement over there?" She
pointed at the space under a kitchen sink
and we nodded.
We could see the space from afar looking
from the door where we hid, the kitchen
was visible enough.
Luckily for us the kitchen was not as
crowded as it was the last time we came.
Some of the cooks were so engrossed in
their cooking I doubt we would be noticed
at all.
"On the count of three, we run toward
under separate sinks and hide under the space there. As the cooks are cooking.
whatever they drop, you pick up as much as
you can but don't pick too much so they
would not notice and so it would be easier to
sneak away" she explained.
Bring it on baby! Anything sneaking is my
field of expertise.
"Understood" I nodded.
"Ok so, one... Two...th.."
"I told you the grains are getting exhausted"
"There is more in the inner storage"
"Then go to the inner storage and bring
more!" We heard voices approaching.
They were not coming from the cooking
zone but from the storage zone of the
kitchen.
"Go back, go back" senior Eira whispered
and we rushed back to the spot behind the
door where we hid as we already took a
step to leap forward into the kitchen.
Slowly, the chattering people became
visible. There was Hilda barking out orders
to a female worker in the kitchen. I wondered if those girls were also members of the school or were magical students too because l could not picture how they got to work in the kitchen.
We waited and stiffen our body careful not
to make a sound as they passed by.
"Now" senior Eira whispered as soon as
they passed and we got out slowly this time
making sure not to rush as another person
might pass by and catch us.
Slowly, we tiptoed and was about to go
through the door of the kitchen zone when..
"Mama mia!" We heard a voice from behind.
We turned, our backs still bent to see the
girl that went with Hilda just now eyes
widened and jaw slacked.
Oh no, why does everyday has to be a bad
day?
"I will take care of it" Mackenzie whispered
and started walking towards the girl.
"You should be in your dormitories, are you
infected? What are you doing here?" The girl
was ranting.
Thank God for the noisy kitchen if not, they
would have hear her shouts and we would
have been exposed.
Mackenzie got to her and whispered some
inaudible words to her which we were
unable to hear because of the distance and
noise coming from the kitchen zone.
We saw the girl walk past us like she did not
see us and went her way. Mackenzie was
back now, I knew she used her powers on
the girl.
The rate at which she increased in the use
of her powers, the way she could control
them like she had been using them for long
never stopped to faze me.
I saw the admiration look on senior Eira's
face " You're good for a newbie" she
smirked at Mackenzie.
Yeah whatever, wait till I get my powers, l'd
be able to control them better in no time, I
wanted to say.
" Now let's go get some food." Mackenzie
whispered and we went back to our
sneaking business.