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Chapter 17 - Raised Suspicions

With the statement that was made, the room grows tense.

There is a traitor in Aurora Saint Academy.

"Whoever this individual may be they allowed themselves to be undetected. They are accomplices of The Phantom Order." Luna says.

"I suggest checking all the staff and faculty regarding this event" Axel brings up. Luna slowly turns at Axel "How do we know if the person of interest is a teacher or staff President? They very well could be a fellow student.

Silence fills the room again. 

"Besides, where were you when all of this transpired? " Luna asks.

"In class Luna," Axel says to Luna. 

The Student Council President and his Vice President glare at one another. 

"Hmph haha you should see the look on your face right now Axel" Faith laughs aloud. 

Luna begins to chuckle as well "President relax it is all a joke we know it couldn't have been-"

STOMP 

"This is no laughing matter and no time for jokes!" Axel says abruptly surprising all of us. "One of our members was targeted and almost taken away by the Phantom Order. These three are most likely on the watchlist as well." Axel points in our direction. "The fact that they already infiltrated the school makes no one safe. Like I said, we should run a background check on all teachers and faculty."

"Alright, Axel calm down." Alfred attempts to de-escalate the situation.

"Calm down? How can we calm down?! You've known about this before school started we alerted you and you did what? You did nothing! Who to say that you not the traitor Headmaster?"

"Axel. " Faith says softly.

"President I suggest you take a breather," Luna says. 

"Am sorry" Axel storms out of the room.

"He's just very stressed right now I know how he's feeling," Luna says. "During our first year as a council, he tried his best to get everything and everyone safe. Knowing him he'll never get this out of his mind."

"He wouldn't be the traitor" Faith speaks up.

DING DONG DING DONG

"Just in time for lunch, we shall discuss this at another time. Thank you for coming in. Stay alert and be safe. I'll add an extra layer of the barrier. So no one from the outside can get in." Alfred says.

We all stand up from our chairs and leave the room.

SHUT 

STEP STEP STEP

The look on everyone's faces looks dim and down.

STEP STEP STEP

"Hello students"

"Hi.Ms Carmen"

Faith and Luna watch her walk away.

"Celeste Carmen newly appointed teacher that started last term," Luna says to herself. "How is she?" Luna asks the three of us. "She's fine" The three girls give a gaze. "In a not sexual way" I try to explain myself. "Alright," Luna says. 

"So what will happen next? We gotta watch each and every move from now on" Eriko says.

"If they show up I'll just beat them down," Ezekiel says.

Me and Eriko wear a tired expression.

"You've got to be serious. Fighting is just going to get you killed you know. But then again thank you." Faith crosses her arms and walks away. "Cmon Luna let's get some lunch"

"Faith. Best wishes to everyone. Be safe" Luna says as she hurries to follow Faith. 

I take a deep breath and try to reanalyze the situation at hand "Come on guys let's head over to lunch to get our minds off things."

"Yeah let's go," Eriko says. "Yah am starving" Ezekiel follows.

As the three of us head on over to the dining room. The room was just past the 2nd and 3rd year buildings and close to the auditorium. It was a giant room that was very nice and fancy. A brightly lighted room with multiple crystal chandeliers. A second level that overlooked the school. The food was a catering ala carte style where you'd grab everything yourself. 

"Wow," I thought to myself. 

The more we entered the dining hall the more attention we got.

A murmur started to rise.

We start to make our way out of the line as we try to find a table to sit down. As we continued our search we found an open table for the three of us as we sat down. We found out there was another person at the other end of the table. A familiar face.

"Hey isn't that

Albeck Reigns sat alone nobody by him. 

"I wanted to greet him and say hello but he was eating."

"Hey Reigns you did a number on my earlier man!" Ezekiel calls out.

He stops and turns to look at Ezekiel and acknowledges him with a head nod.

OPEN

"It's the Student Council members," a student says.

The five members enter the dining room. Axel led them with Faith to his right side and Luna on his left being closely followed by two other guys.

"So that must be Issac and Ceaser. The treasurer and historian of the Student Council" Eriko mentioned. 

I tried to figure out which of the two were which but I had recalled that Ceaser is more into their studies and books. I looked behind Luna as there was a guy reading a book with medium wavy brown hair made into a side comb hairstyle, hazel grey eyes, a soft expression, a white collared shirt, an unbuttoned black and gold uniform, and black slacks. He walked with the book in front of him as he almost crossed up Faith. "Ceaser, can you watch were you walking, please? You are behind Luna."

The dude standing behind Faith is Issac the treasurer he has a normal fade, black hair with a pompadour, green eyes, a black undershirt with the class black and gold overcoat, with black slacks, and a ring on his left index finger. His pompadour doesn't stand out like certain characters in fiction it's just like normal stylized hair. 

The five grab there meals and walk on over to our direction.

"Axel speaks up. May we have a seat with you guys?"

"Sure."