--It's ten minutes before lunch ends. Itami, Alex, and Unmei are having a conversation that they seemed to be involved with other students while eating their lunches. Jerome quietly enjoys his lunch while listening to their conversation.--
Alex: "So you saw who came here from middle school?"
Unmei: "Yo, is it just me or does it seem like more than half the population of our middle school came here!?
Alex: "Hold up, real quick. Do you know how many of em came here from middle school? Like, weren't there a handful of them in Ishi's class with us?"
Unmei: "I believe so. One thing for sure, I saw Thorn."
Alex: "Really? Fan...tastic.."
Jerome: "You don't exactly sound thrilled that he is here."
Unmei: "Let's just say he isn't exactly the most….appealing character to be around."
Alex: "Yeah, he can be quite a pain."
Itamai: "By the way, Jerome?"
Jerome : "Yeah."
Itami: "That necklace around your neck. Where did you get that from?"
Jerome: "Oh this? I got it from my mom for my birthday today."
Alex: "Wait, your birthday is today?"
Jerome: "Yeah."
Unmei: "Sucks you were born on the day school starts."
Jerome: "Not really, I don't usually celebrate my birthday. It just never really interested me that much."
Itami: "How come?"
Jerome: "I don't...really know."
Unmei: "Anyways, I personally wouldn't wear necklaces but that for sure looks cool. Especially, on the graphic part, looks like something really is in that prism part."
Jerome: "Yeah, I know. I'll never take it off."
-- As they begin to finish their conversation, Jerome looks at a clock and notices that there was only two minutes left in lunch left. He begins to grab the leftovers of his lunch and begins preparing to throw away the leftovers of his finished lunch."
Jerome: "Hey guys, lunch is almost over."
Alex: "Uhhhh, I don't wanna."
Jerome: "Dude, it's only the first day. We got a few more months to go."
-- Everyone begins packing up the leftovers of their lunch and begins heading over to a trash can near the same exit Jerome almost went through earlier.--
Unmei: "I don't see the issue."
Alex: "Listen, I hate school….sue me."
Itami: "I don't think that statement works in this situation."
Alex: "Who cares!?"
--Jerome laughs throughout the conversation as they begin to leave the cafe. Jerome was the first one to step out of the cafe. As he steps out he feels a hit of strong winds. He looks up and notices the dark clouds. Leaves that have fallen off of trees in the mornings were flying around. Jerome uses his forearm to protect his eyes and face from the dust and leaves.--
Jerome: "Damn. The weather wasn't this bad earlier."
Alex: "Damnit, I hope it doesn't start raining! Why is the weather here always so BS!?"
Unmei: "Then quit your whining and let's head to class. I don't want to stand out here anymore than you guys do."
--The bell, indicating that lunch has finally ended, other students had already thrown out their lunches and most of them were briskly moving towards the classrooms.--
Itami: "Look, everyone is heading to class. Enough talk, we move."
--Jerome and the group began moving toward the classrooms with the rest of the high school students. Suddenly, Jerome felt a pain in his stomach, as if he was just punched in the stomach. He groans in pain and quickly breaks away from the group and began maneuvering his way through the crowd of students.--
Alex: "Yo Jerome! Where are you going?"
Jerome : "Don't worry about it! I see you in class!"
-- Jerome pushed past some students and quickly moved past some classroom doors until he opened the entrance to the men's room that was at the end of a hallway. He quickly found an available stall and began dealing with his business. Meanwhile, Alex, Unmei, and Itami made it to their respective classrooms. Itami and Alex shared a class and Unmei went to another class. About five minutes pass and the school bell rings again. Jerome has just finished using the restroom and hears the bell.--
Jerome: "Ahh shit, I'm gonna be late for my next class. Just my luck. Whatever, let me just hurry up."
-- Jerome moves to the sinks and begins washing his hands. As he finishes, he moves to the bathroom's exit. When Jerome grabs the door, he quickly releases it when he feels a strong cold temperature hits his hand.--
Jerome: "Ahh! What the hell? Why the hell is the door so cold?"
-- Jerome began rubbing the sides of his forearms. Jerome saw a thin layer of ice quickly begin to form around the corners of the door.--
Jerome thought: "What the--! I-I need to get out of here!"
--Jerome quickly grabbed the doorknob and tried to open the door again. When he tried to twist it, the knob, almost suddenly, came to halt when he was close to opening the door. In a panic, Jerome began ramming the door while trying to turn the knob. He began to feel light-headed because the air in the bathroom became colder and heavier at a rapid rate. Jerome's panic began to fill him as his vision began to blur and his breath grew heavy. He took a heavy shallow breath and built enough strength to attempt three more shoves into the door. On the third push, Jerome was able to push through the ice around the door and was able to force the door open. Jerome stumbles and falls to one knee outside the bathroom. The outside was cool but it was a lot warmer than the bathroom. Jerome pauses and slowly tries to regulate his breathing. Eventually, Jerome slowly gets up, crossing his arms, and turns to the bathroom door. He sees the door slowly close behind him, letting out loud creaking noise as it shut. The moment the door closes, it quickly becomes encased in a thick layer of frost and moments later the door gets encased in ice. --
Jerome thought: "H-Holy shit! If I s-stayed there a-any longer I would have b-become a h-human p-popsicle. W-What the hell is g-going on!? I-I need to find a t-teacher and fast."
-- Jerome quickly made his way to the classrooms. As he moved quickly, he covered his mouth with his palms in an attempt to make himself feel warmer. As he turns down a hallway that leads to the majority of the classrooms in the school, he gets startled and frightened by three sudden strikes of lighting. Jerome's heart was racing, but the scare helped him to get over how cold he was to a certain degree. He surely started making his move again down the hallway. As he was about to turn down a corner, a loud crash makes him stop in his tracks.--
Jerome: "W-What the hell was that!? That definitely...definitely like lighting...but.. Whatever, I need to find a teacher, any teacher."
-- Jerome moves closer to the wall and slowly shifts to the end of the hall to peek around the corner. As he got there, he peeks his head over the corner and sees a classroom door being blown open by a boulder made of ice. Jerome was frozen from fear.--
Jerome (petrified): "What...in the hell!? Isn't that Mr. Ishi's classroom."
-- Mr. Ishi steps out of the classroom.--
Jerome: "I-I-Is that Mr.Ishi!? What the hell is going on? W-Why are his hands covered in snow?"
-- Jerome saw Mr. Ishi look around, he was feeling terrified, but he made sure to have the presence of mind not to let Mr. Ishi sees him. The winds around the school began to pick up even more and another crash of thunder and lighting shook Jerome to his core that he crouched to his knees, shut his eyes, and covered his ears. When the thunder subsided, Jerome slowly got back up to his feet and peeked over the corner again. Mr. Ishi was gone. Jerome started making his way to Mr. Ishi's classroom with his for arm over his head to cover his eyes from the wind.--
Jerome thought: "T-This doesn't make any sense. How is...why is Mr. Ishi…? Shit! Itami and Unmei are in that class!"
-- Jerome was still extremely petrified, but he made it his mission to make sure the students are ok. As he was walking past a different classroom before Ishi's, he noticed that the door was almost completely covered in frost, similar to the frost he experienced when he was trapped in the bathroom. He notices that the door had a tin layer of ice over it, ice weak enough for him to break.--
Jerome thought: "Damnit! A class might be trapped in there. I think I can break through this ice. I just need something...I need a umm.."
-- Jerome frantically searches for a thick branch or a large stone to use. Almost immediately, a large tree branch snaps and lands a couple feet away from Jerome. He rushes over to the branch, breaks off a piece of it that would be beneficial in his goal. He makes his way back to the classroom, not without almost getting knocked out by another branch that got ripped off another tree. Fortunately for Jerome, he was able to react and avoid the branch entirely. He gets back to the classroom and immediately starts bashing the door with the branch to knock off the ice. Jerome was giving it everything he got, but after every hit the ice almost reformed just as quickly.--
Jerome: "Damnit! Shatter you shitty ice! Wait, out here isn't as cold as it should be in there. Maybe if I can just get some of that cold out then.."
-- With a quick thought, Jerome looked at the rectangular window on the door. In one swift motion, Jerome slammed the branch into the window, shattering the glass. A strong stream of cold wind flushed out of the broken window. Jerome quickly stepped out of the stream of wind and noticed that the ice started to get thinner. He took that opportunity to grab the metal doorknob and began pulling as hard as he could. The doorknob was spine chillingly cold, but Jerome held on and kept tugging at the door. After each tug, the ice would give way and that was enough motivation for Jerome to keep pulling. After about a minute of pulling, Jerome. With everything he had, did one final pull which made the door rip right through the ice. As the door flew open, a massive gust of cold wind surprised him which caused him to fall back on his backside while covering his face. When the wind stopped, Jerome got up and stepped in the cold classroom. Jerome moved around from student to student, students who were on the floor and students who were stuck in there, to check their pulse and to get them out the classroom. There were about twenty students in the class so Jerome went to one student and tried to help him recover. He seemed like the last student still conscious when Jerome got the door open.--
Jerome: "Hey, you awake?"
--The kid was violently shaking, but he was able to look at Jerome and nod in agreement.--
Jerome: "Okay..okay, good. Let's get you out of here. I'm gonna need your help, but I need you warm first so umm…can you walk?
--The student attempts to speak.--
Student (Bearly a whisper): "I-I-I d-don't k-know."
Jerome: "Well, we are going to re-learn today. I-I'm gonna help you out of here. Just try to grab hold of me."
--Jerome puts his hands arounds the guy's arms and slowly helps him up to his feet. They both surely made their way from the student's desk to the exit of the classroom. They make it out of the classroom. Jerome slowly sets the student next to a wall that was opposite from the classroom. He could tell the moment when he got the guy out, he already seemed like he was improving from the cold temperature.--
Student (Trying to warm himself up): "Y-Yo what's y-your name b-bro?"
Jerome (slightly exhausted) : "Jerome...Jerome Akarui. And yours?"
Student: "T-Tsuyoi Sanchez."
Jerome: "Nice to meet ya."
Tsuyoi: "L-L-Likewise."
Jerome: "How are you feeling?"
Tsuyoi: "Like a d-damn popsicle."
Jerome: "Yeah. I don't know what's causing this, but I'm gonna find help."
Tsuyoi: "Speaking of h-help, d-d-idn't you say you needed me-mine?"
Jerome: "Yeah. When you feel capable enough, I'm gonna need you to check on the students in your class and Ishi's class. I have been trying to find someone to help, but I see no adults around."
Tsuyoi: "O-Okay. I will d-do what I can."
Jerome: "Thank you. I'm gonna come right back with help."
-- Jerome started sprinting down the hallway, leaving Tsuyoi behind with tasks he gave him. Jerome ran down a corner and started running closer to the back of the school where a small field is located. Not only that, but some of the administrative buildings are back there so Jerome thought it would be wise to search there for help. He made it to the school's front where the cafe and "The Square" resided. He ran past both and was about to go down a path that led to the administrative buildings. Although, he noticed that the path was blocked by a tall purple wall. The wall was smooth yet scaly. Jerome didn't take a moment to think about what was blocking his path. He decided to run along the wall and hoped the blockage didn't cover the whole path or any other way to that path. As he moved along the wall, it began to get shorter and shorter. Jerome found the end of the wall, but before he went over the wall, he heard two people talking on the other side of it. Jerome was about to rush out to beg for some help, but he overheard Mr. Ishi's voice as well. Jerome stopped in his tracks and started listening to the conversation, hoping to get a better understanding of what's going on.--
Jerome thought: "I don't know who you're talking to, but you better know what's going on here because this is just insane."
--Mr. Ishi and Zeus continue their conversation.--
Zeus: "How have you been these last couple years brother Ishi? I've missed you."
Mr. Ishi: "You know well that we aren't brothers."
Zeus: "Not by blood, no. We are brothers in the divine. Brothers in godhood."
Jerome thought: "Divine? Godhood? What are they talking about?"
Mr. Ishi: "I used to believe that. You have done too much wrong for me to believe that now."
Zeus: "Hmph. Where are they Patrick?"
Mr. Ishi: "What do you mean?"
Zeus (growing agitated): "Don't play stupid with me Ishi. The time frame ended twenty years ago. I know you have been keeping them here."
Jerome: "Keeping who? What is this guy's deal and why is Mr. Ishi involved with him?"
Mr. Ishi: "I have not what you seek Zeus."
--Ishi raises his hand to Zeus.--
Mr. Ishi (serious): "Leave this realm now. We have no quarrels with you."
-- As soon as Mr. Ishi said that, another voice radiated through the area. --
Voice: "Is that a threat Ishi?"
-- The sound of flowing water started to surround Mr. Ishi, even Jerome was able to hear it. To Jerome's shock he saw water droplets moving in unison from the walls, ground, and sky. Ishi sees the water droplets forming a stream and then begins whipping and swirling around his raised arm and behind him. The droplets started to grow larger and merge with other droplets. The water grew into the shape of a man. The water figure's hand was grabbing Ishi's raised arm. The same voice that spoke before started to resonate from the water figure. --
Water Figure: "Now, you that isn't how you treat your guest Ishi."
Mr. Ishi: ���I see you took my advice to work with a team huh, Zeus. You surprise me."
Water figure (grips Ishi's arm harder): "Ignoring guests too? Not good Ishi."
Zeus: "Calm yourself brother."
-- The water figure released Mr. Ishi and made its way next to Zeus.--
Mr. Ishi: "Oh there you are umm...umm. What's your name again?"
Water figure: "Why you little-"
Zeus: "Enough Brother! Also, get out of that form. Take this seriously."
Water figure: "Fine."
--The water figure began to solidify. It morphed to show more detailed features like a hard face and a strong physique. Then, as if a strong beam of sunlight hit it, the water quickly began to evaporate and left behind a man with fairly long silver hair and had the build of an experienced swimmer, strong muscle tone and yet, a bit slender. He seemed to be wearing light armor with dark blue tint. He also had a gold circle that only went around the back of his and stopped at the sides of his head. He had aggravated look on his face when he looked at Ishi.--
Mr. Ishi: "Oh right! You're the god's waterboy. Pos...umm...umm...posie-? Ah right, Poseidon right?"
Poseidon (Gritting his teeth): "Keep pushing me Ishi. I dare you."
Zeus: "Take a breath brother. We aren't here for violence. At least, not mainly."
Another Voice: "That's what you said last time Zeus and last time I checked how a whole war started."
Another voice ripped through the winds and after it's statement, a burst of fire appeared right next to Zeus, opposite to where Poseidon was standing. A man with a large, black beard appeared. He had a very balanced build, not too bulky nor too slender. He was wearing a simple black robe with scattered red marks. He also had black straps around him and one around his waist with two sheaths meant to hold two daggers. He appears with his arms crossed and uninterested in the situation.--
Poseidon: "How nice of you to show up Hades."
Hades: "Don't patronize me Pissidon."
Poseidon(angry): "The fuck did I say about you calling me that!"
Hades: "Keep your mouth shut, you're too loud. I can call you whatever I feel like. Zeus, this better be damn good. They better be in this realm or else."
Zeus: "Well that's up to our good friend here Ishi. Now then, what will it be Ishi?"
Mr. Ishi thought: "Damn, as much as I saw the signs of Zeus coming, I wasn't actually expecting to see him face to face after all this time. Not only that, to make matters worse, he brought his brothers Poseidon and Hades into the mix. These damn snakes around me still must be affecting the classrooms. I just hope the others can get to the students in time. We need to extract now."
Jerome thought: "There was way too much going here. Why are these dudes named after greek gods? Screw this, I need to get back to Tsuyoi, grab as many students as we can and hightail it the hell out of here. I just need to wait for the right moment to move."
Mr. Ishi (bombastically yet sarcastically): "Well isn't this a glorious moment! The three most popular faces of myth and legend have graced me with their divine bodies. I humbly bow to you for I am unworthy of your presence. You ask your divine question and I answer you with this. I don't know what the hell you bastards are talking about and I'm gonna have to ask you to fuck off this realm. Please and thank you."
-- After Ishi's words, Posiedon got royally pissed and suddenly attacked Ishi with a powerful blast of water from the storm above. Although, Mr. Ishi seemed to have expected this to happen so in a quick reflex he released a stream from his mouth to counter the water. The water quickly turned into thick, icy fog which made visibility for a lot of people to be zero. Mr. Ishi quickly took that moment to escape the situation.--
Jerome thought: "I don't know what fuck is happening there, but I'm gonna take this moment get back to Tsuyoi and fast!"
--Jerome instantly ran towards where Tsuyoi was. He wasn't caring about how much noise he was making, he just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. Zeus grows angry at Poseidon for acting so rashly.--
Zeus: "Ahhh! Poseidon! Get yourself under control! We finally found these little shits' hiding spots and you are about to cost everything because of some words!"
Poseidon: "I will-"
Zeus: "Nevermind! You go find Ishi! Hades."
Hades: "What?"
Zeus: "Find them. Every. Last. One."
Hades: "Very well."
-- Poseidon started sprinting through the mist, chasing after Mr. Ishi. Zeus vanished in a bolt of lighting, leaving Hades with the three snakes. He clasped his hands and started speaking a strange language out loud. The snakes began rotating faster and faster. In one word from the strange language, each snake split into three more snakes and bolted to the closest openings into the school. There are now nine large snakes slithering throughout the school, searching. Jerome turned down a corner and saw Tsuyoi helping a group of students. Unmei, Itami, and Alex were also with Tsuyoi. Jerome quickly runs to them, he almost rams into Unmei when he got to them.--
Unmei: "Woah! What the hell Jerome!?"
Jerome (Out of breath): "W-We...need to go....now."
Alex: "W-Why? What's going on?"
--Unmei and Alex try to calm Jerome down and to attempt to understand what he was saying. Itami breaks away from their commotion and faintly can hear a strange sound coming from the halls of the school.--
Itami: "Guys? Hey guys? GUYS!"
Unmei and Alex's commotion with Jerome subsides.--
Itami: "You guys can hear that too right?"
Unmei: "Yeah...kinda similar to…"
Alex: "Like something being dragged on the floor real fast."
--Tsuyoi makes eye contact with almost the entire group of students in the area. Everyone seemed to get on the same page when the sound started getting louder and could feel a slight rumble resonate through the ground and walls of the school."--
Tsuyoi: "Everyone, we need leave now!! GO GO GO!!
--What seems like a total of thirty students started panicking and running, trying to find the exits out the school.--
Tsuyoi (as students rush past him): "Head to the front entrance of the school! We can leave that way! Hurry!"
--When the last student went past Tsuyoi, a loud bash sounded right behind him. Tsuyoi turned and saw the head of a large snake. Its scales were crimson red and had sharp, gold eyes. Tsuyoi makes eye contact with the snake and lets out a horrified scream. He turns and begins sprinting full speed in the opposite direction.--
Tsuyoi: "RUN! EVERYONE RUN! DON'T LOOK BACK!"
--Jerome looks back and sees the massive snake behind Tsuyoi. His stomach dropped and ran with the crowd of students. The snake pushed through the hall, driving right through the walls and doors it ran into. It was so fast, it caught up to the group of students in mere seconds. The students became more frantic and began pushing and shoving students to get ahead of each other. In the midst of the chaos, Alex found himself close to the back of the crowd. When the crowd made a turn towards the school front patio, Alex lost his footing and fell to the ground. He quickly tried to get to his feet, but the moment he looked up in the direction of the snake as he tried to stand, all Alex saw were the open jaws of the snake mere inches away from him. Alex froze and started right into the mouth of the beast. He didn't even react because everything was moving way too fast for him to react. All Alex did was tightly shut his eyes and braced himself. He could hear the snake chopping away at him, but he felt no pain. He slowly opened his eyes and he could see, clear as day, that the snake was so close that he could feel his own breath bounce off the snake's skin and back to him everytime he took a breath. The snake lounged at Alex again which startled him and caused him to fall back to the floor. He quickly took that moment and crawled away from the head of the snake. When he got to his feet, he saw someone's arm wrapped around the snake, near the base of its head. The person holding the snake started to grip harder and the snake began to violently shake, along with some loud, anguish filled hisses. The building started to break apart more when the snake shook, so the person strangling the snake decided to tighten their grip and then violently twisted the snake with their bare hands. It lets one last cry and then collapsed where it layed limp. When the snack fell, Alex and the group were able to clearly see who slayed this monstrous creature. It was Mr. John Gun. He looked up at Alex the group behind him.--
John (Loud and firm): "Everyone who is standing around right. Go to the front patio and remain vigilant. This isn't the only snake wandering the school grounds. Get there now. We will explain everything once everyone is safe."
--Everyone in the group was still shocked at the fact that a massive snake was easily bested by a mere man, or is he? Nobody in the group move until Unmei turned and started heading towards the patio.--
Unmei: "If you all wish to stand there and die, then be my guest. I'm following the instructions, you can too if you want any chance of living."
--Itami was already by Unmei when he said that. Itami didn't speak the entire time, he just held his strong, stoick, and blank facial expression. Slowly the group followed behind Unmei and Itami, including Jerome. Eventually the whole group made it to one side of the patio. Unmei looked up to the sky and saw that the winds and storms had gotten worse. The winds rawred the loudest around the patio and he began looking for a sign of someone in the area that could help the group. In the corner of his eye though, he spotted something on the other side of the patio. It was another massive snake coming from an opposite hallway. The snake spots the group and begins rushing to them. This snake this time was bright purple and had purely black eyes. Unmei quickly turns and yells for Mr. Gun. He turns and starts sprinting to their location. Mr. Gun makes it to the group and jumps in front of Unmei and the group with his arms open. The snake makes a leap into the air and nose dives towards the group, jaws open and all. The snake was seconds away from crushing Mr.Gun and the group, but someone came out of nowhere and punched the hell out of the snake and sent it flying. It landed in the cafe, shattering all the glass concrete surrounding it. The cafe was completely destroyed in an instant. Mr. Gun looks at the person and sees that it was the school's physical education teacher, Mrs. Potenza.--
John: "Phew. Took you guys long enough."
Kathrine: "I'm sure you could have dealt with it."
John: "Where's Patrick? And Scott?"
Kathrine: "I don't know."
Jerome (loud and from the group): "What the fuck just happened!?"
John thought: "Ahh shit."
Jerome (stepping out the crowd): "Both of you just killed two snakes that are ten times larger than the rest of us! What you guys? Some kind of undercover superheroes or some shit! And-"
--Itami steps in front of Jerome and puts his hand on his chest, stopping him from moving forward.--
Itami: "That's enough Jerome."
Jerome: "Get out of my way Itami!"
Itami (calmly): "Shut up and listen. You think you're the only one who is scared and confused. Look behind you. Everyone here has experienced some form of close death today."
Unmei: "He is right. Look, this isn't the right time to do any of this. Let's just get out of here and we will make sure we get the answers we need."
--Jerome looks at the group and sees girls and guys have tears in their eyes. He could see the true fear that they were feeling so he realized him being angry and demanding answers wasn't going to lead to any solutions.--
Jerome (starting with a sigh): "Fine. What do we do now?"
John: "Everyone start heading toward the school entrance. We are going to meet other teachers there."
--Jerome, Unmei, and Itami began leading the group to the school entrance. As they moved, Kathrine starts a sidebar conversation with Unmei and Itami as they moved.--
Kathrine: "Hey guys, thanks for calming him down. The last thing we want is everyone to panic.
Itami: "I'm sorry, but no disrespect Mrs. Potenza. Don't see this as us as 'bailing you guys out.' As soon as we all are in a much safe environment, you all are going to be left to the mercy of the students."
Unmei: "We are grateful for your protection, but best believe we will be part of that interrogation. This is a situation where control doesn't exist for us."
Itami: "Also we are putting off the reality that our parents and/or guardians don't know how much trouble we are in and vice versa. How do we know that whatever is happening here, isn't happening where our loved ones are?"
Katherine: "I-"
Itami: "It doesn't matter at this moment. Lets go Unmei."
Unmei: "Right. Oh yeah, you might want to go check on some of the students in the back. Some might still be affected by the extreme heat, cold, or shock."
Itami: "Be sure to check on Alex, especially. He might be the most affected right now. Other than that, Unmei, we move."
--Kathrine was speechless to their words. She understood that in dire situations like this, there has to be some calm people in the group, no matter how scared or confused they are. She just accepted their statements and began looking after Alex, who was being supported by Tsuyoi. Meanwhile, Mr. Ishi was at the far back of the school. He was trying to catch his breath.--
Ishi (to himself): "Damnit. Poseidon, Hades, and Zues are more than I bargained for. I wonder if the others were able understand the situation and were able to get the students to safety."
Ishi thought: "If that's the case, then I need to go find them. I gotta make sure everyone is out of the school first. I can't leave anyone behind, not one!"
--Mr. Ishi begins to shuffle through his pockets.--
Ishi thought: "I have three left. Shit, if I wasn't so out of shape the effects feel like nothing! I think I have about ten minutes left, before the ice abilities wear off. I can make that work."
Poseidon (in a whisper): "Found you Patrick."
--Ishi panics and swings his right arm to attack Poseidon, but ends up bashing a blob of water which separates into individual millions of water droplets and surrounds Ishi. The water reformed into the shape of Poseidon and he put Ishi in a full nelson.--
Poseidon (mockingly): "Oh dear, you seem to be out of practice Patrick. Did I spook ya."
Ishi thought: "Danmit! I was distracted!"
Ishi (while struggling): "A full nelson Poseidon? Don't you think you're underestimating me a little bit?"
Poseidon: "Who cares!? It worked didn't it! Now, I'm gonna make you suffer!"
Ishi: "I don't think Zeus approves of that course of action."
Poseidon (With a devilish grin): "I'm sure Zeus would understand after I tell him you 'resisted' and tried to 'run' and 'fight back."
Ishi: "Oh sure. I'm just saying you're a shitty liar."
Poseidon: "I'm sick of you Ishi!!"
--Poseidon turns his full nelson into a sloppy half nelson and raises his hand. He began to call upon water in the area and created a solid water spike in his hand. Ishi notices how sloppy the half nelson is, but doesn't break free. He was waiting for Poseidon's strike. Poseidon lets out a yell as he starts to send the spike towards Ishi's left shoulder.--
Ishi: "I just want to help you make your story…"
--Ishi breaks free from the half nelson, dodges the spike, freezes the water on his right arm, and gives Poseidon a strong right hook to the jaw. Poseidon staggered so Ishi quickly froze the floor and began sliding on a path of ice back into the school. Poseidon's jaw became so dislocated that it was only hanging from the right side. He looked at the path the Ishi went and, with a livid look on his face, he grabbed his hand and quickly relocated his jaw without much effort. He looked to the sky.--
Poseidon: "Trishula!"
-- Something came barreling through the storm. Poseidon raised his hand and caught a long, silver, triple-spear in his hands. He begins to hold it almost like a staff and begins walking the path of ice Ishi just made. As Poseidon walked the path, Mr. Ventus, also known as Scott, poked his head from behind a large tree that was hiding behind and watched as Posiedon walked down the path. He quickly clasped his hands and vanished with the howling winds. Back with Jerome and the group, they made it to the front of the school and saw other students and even some students' parents. Jerome saw his mom in the mix.--
Jerome: "Mom!?"
Viv (Hugging Jerome): "Oh Jerome! Mi was so worried!"
Jerome: "I-I'm glad you're here, but I never called you?"
Viv: "I saw di storm. I decided to come fi ya when I saw it."
Jeome: "Oh ok. I'm glad you're here mom."
Viv (looking at Katherine and John): "Imma talk to your teachers ok?"
Jerome: "Okay."
--Viv walked over to John and Katherine.--
Viv (low and through her teeth): "Where the hell is Ishi!?"
John: "We don't know. We heard some heavy lighting and thunder before all this madness happened. I think it might be Zeus."
Viv (trying not to yell): "Z-Zeus! If that's true then he…"
Katherine: "Found a way to bypass the realm barrier, yes."
John: "Now hold on, we don't know that for sure. Couldn't it be another attempt to draw us out?"
Ishi: "I only wish that were true."
--Ishi was briskly walking up to them talking.--
John: "There you are damn!"
Ishi: "I just came from a little scuffle with Poseidon."
Viv: "Poseidon!"
Ishi: "Yeah, and a little before that, I was in a 'meeting' with him, Zeus, and Hades."
John: "Are you kidding me! The three greek heads are here!"
Katherine: 'That would explain this never ending storm and the snakes."
Ishi: "Yeah, we need to extract the students. Now. You guys have the coins?"
John and Katherine: "Yeah."
John: "Wait, where the hell is Scott."
Ishi: "Shit, I was hoping he made it here with you guys."
--Suddenly a burst of lighting blasted behind them. Everyone in the groups and the teachers were silenced until the lighting stopped. Zeus had found them. Not too long after, Poseidon lands like a superhero, with his triple-spear in his right hand, about five feet away from Zeus.--
Zeus (in a disappointed tone): "I tell you to find him and you even fail to do that."
Poseidon: "We found him, didn't we."
Zeus: "I...found him. He's weak and you still couldn't get him."
Poseidon: "I-"
Zeus: "Silence brother, I will deal with you accordingly when the time comes. Anyways, Ishi! Tell me, are they in this group?"
Ishi (with a nervous smile): "Like I said before, I don't know what you're talking about."
Zeus (After a deep sigh): "Then you leave me with no other option."
--Zeus raises his hand toward the group, palm open to them. Lighting starts to crack from his palm.--
Ishi: "NO! ZEUS, STOP THIS!"
--Then miraculously, Zeus gets blasted back and into a wall of the and Poseidon gets launched straight up into the air by what seems like powerful winds. Then Mr. Ventus appeared where Zeus and Poseidon once stood.--
Ishi, John, and Katherine: "Scott!"
Scott: "Don't just stand there! Get in position now!."
Ishi: "Right! John you make the East point. Katherine, you get the west point. I get the south. Since you're closer to the front, you get the north point Scott!"
Scott: "Yeah, whatever! Just get to it."
--Ishi, Katherine, and John started demanding the groups to get tightly together and make one big, circular group. Ishi yells at Scott that they are in position. He sprints to the front of the group. Ishi was behind the group, John was on the left and Katherine was to the right. Viv was next to Jerome, hugging him the entire time. Ishi, Katherine, Scott, and John, each took out a golden coin out their pockets. They all look at each other, give each other a nod of confirmation and Ishi begins to count down from three. As he hit one, all four teachers flipped the coin and in unison said, "Dolos grant us passage to our sanctuary!" The coins stopped in mid-air and continued spinning. They started to radiate a bright glow of gold. John, Ishi, and Katherine stepped into the group. As Scott was about to do the same, a bolt of lighting soared out of the school's rubble. In a split-second decision, he stepped away from the group and created a thick wall of clouds in front of him, preventing the lighting from getting past Scott.--
Ishi: "Scott! Get back here! You have to be in range of the coins once they are flipped!"
Scott (Struggling from the lighting): "No..shit Ishi! Hehe."
Ishi: "Come on!"
Scott: "Someone has to hold off these bastards, right? I am just taking that mantle."
Ishi: "Don't be stupid! They'll rip you apart!"
Scott: "Patrick, the group's safety is our priority. Besides, it was my fault they got the jump on us in the first place."
--The echo of Poseidon yelling started to pierce the sky. Scott looks up with a smile of acceptance. Zeus, steps out of the rubble, blasts a more powerful stream of lighting at Scott. He gets pushed back a bit, but he plants his feet and pushes harder as well. He looks back at Ishi's shocked face."
Scott: "Hmph. Don't look at me like that Patrick."
John: "Scott do you want me to.."
Scott: "Yes. Do it now."
Ishi: "Wait do wha-"
--John forces his hand into Ishi's pocket. He grabbed a small metal box out and tossed it to Scott's feet. As John did that, the light from the coins grew extremely bright.--
Ishi: "Scott no-!!"
--In a yellow flash, the teachers and the group vanished in seconds. All who were left were Scott. He speaks to himself and says, "Thank you all, I will fight with your spirits in mind." He grabs the metal box, drops his cloud wall and quickly launches himself into the air. Poseidon lands to the ground on his feet, almost unphased. He looks down at Zeus and Poseidon.--
Zeus (To Posiedon and gritting his teeth): "They are gone. THEY. ARE. GONE!!"
Poseidon : "We will get them brother."
Scott (mockingly) "Looks like little 'ole Zeusy Poo has wee bit of twempor."
Zeus: "I had no intentions on ending lives today….brother Ventus."
Scott: "You hurt innocent people today Zeus."
--Scott opened the box and pulled out a jawbreaker sized food pill. He grips it in his and shows it to them in his hand.--
Scott: "Today, the winds of Terra will howl louder than any hurricane, than any tornado! Today, the winds of Terra will bring the skies and seas of Greek to their knees! THEY WINDS WILL SCREAM MY NAME. VENTUS, THE WIND GOD OF TERRA!
CHAPTER 2 END