PREVIOUSLY
They remembered vividly that they had drank two liquid samples each at the underground laboratory.
The next thing they heard was a loud;
BANG*
CURRENTLY
The school security team burst into the restroom carrying clubs with fierce looks. They held their clubs in readiness for any imaginary or unknown attack. Their eyes landed on the two individuals that held each other for support and also with laboured breaths.
On the faces of the security team which were about seven with Mr Chao making them eight, were overshadowed by a questioning look.
Mr Chao, the security head, stepped forward. He accessed both Jeffrey and Joseph with his eyes. Both Jeffrey and Joseph supposedly had laboured breaths after enduring such a great pain.
Joseph gave a sigh of relief but was worried again when his eyes caught sight of the blue liquid (blood) he had coughed out. The blue blood had formed little circles and somehow exuded power. The red blood which Jeffrey had coughed out wasn't different. It also exuded power.
Mr Chao and the security team traced Joseph's eyesight. Both his eyes and the rest of the team opened wide at the two liquids that were on the floor. Confusion laced on their faces as their eyes landed back on Joseph and Jeffrey.
Joseph swallowed a lump as he expected a particular question from Mr Chao. Fortunately, someone else asked the question.
"What happened here and what was all the screaming I was hearing from my office?" A lady in her late forties with a scar on her cheek walked into the males restroom.
She was accompanied by the chemistry teacher who seemed worried. The chemistry teacher, though worried was able to put on a straight face.
"Mrs Vivian, it's a good thing you are here" Mr Chao cleared his throat. "We also rushed in here when we heard all the screaming".
The principal who happened to be Mrs Vivian looked at the two friends with a suspicious look. It wasn't long when her eyes landed on the blue blood and on the red blood. Her suspicious look was suddenly washed away and curiosity overshadowed her face. "What liquid is on the floor?" Mrs Vivian pointed at the blood,her eyes filled with curiosity.
"Blood" Jeffrey simply said.
Mrs Vivian stared at Jeffrey with a particular look which said 'are you kidding me?'
"Yeah ma, it's blood" Joseph supported averting his eyes from the principal's stare.
Mr Chao stepped closer to the two traces of liquid (blood) and knelt down before it. He closely inspected the two bloods while adding a little cautiousness. He wasn't really concerned about the red blood but his focus was on the blue blood. He felt it strange to see a blue liquid addressed as 'blood'.
He rose up to his feet and sighed with his hands on his waist.
"You call this thing 'blood'?" Mr Chao asked, glaring at the two individuals.
The two friends nodded slowly. Strangely,at the same time.
"Where did it come from?"
Mr Chao asked with a raised eyebrow.
"We kinda like coughed it out" Joseph answered.
"You got to be kidding me. Are you telling me you both coughed out this blood samples" surprisingly, the chemistry teacher gasped out with a loud voice.
"Maybe!!!" Jeffrey smirked.
The chemistry teacher walked stylishly over to the two liquids (blood) and stood beside the head security man. She also inspected the blue blood and the red blood. Her main focus on the droplets of the blue blood while observing it.
"This isn't blood" the chemistry teacher finally spoke after two minutes of silence.
"Then what is it?" Mrs Vivian asked while coming closer.
"Looking at it, I can testify that this liquids are chemical samples" the chemistry teacher said with confidence. "I know a chemical sample when I see one".
Joseph looked at the chemistry teacher with fear and shock written all over his face. Somehow, he was worried that the two liquids they had drank at the secret lab could be the reason for all this.
"Then it all connects" Mr Chao said with his right hand on his chin with a thinking mood. "Mrs Vivian, what do you think?"
Mrs Vivian sighed. She shortly stared at both Joseph and Jeffrey. She placed her hand on her forehead, maybe trying to feel her temperature.
Coming face to face with Mr Chao, she smiled.
"For me, I think they have some kind of a disease or illness. And there are testaments about that especially their terrible outlook, their screaming and all that" Mrs Vivian gave a smug smile while shrugging her shoulders. "We aren't actually sure what they vomited is some kind of a chemical sample".
"So, what's going to happen to us? Jeffrey asked with a growl. Maybe because of being reminded of his terrible outlook.
Mrs Vivian mischievously smiled at Jeffrey's question but the smile immediately dropped.
"For now, Mr Chao and the security team would return to their posts. While, the chemistry teacher (Miss Rose) would return to the staff room. As for whatever you both coughed out, I will get the vice principal to contact a lab doctor to take samples of it and run some tests on it" the principal walked over to the restroom door and opened it. "And as for the two of you, I want to see you both in my office,in thirty minutes.
Mrs Vivian slipped out of the restroom and closed the door.
Back in the restroom, Mr Chao only sighed, patted the two friends shoulders and signalled to his men to leave. Mr Chao and his men left the restroom. Miss Rose also left the restroom but not without giving the liquids a little inspection.
"So now, were in trouble" Joseph pouted with popped out cheeks.
"You are telling me that. I wonder what's going on in the mind of that shitty principal" Jeffrey sat on the cold floor as he breathed in and out.
"She thinks we are sick or got a disease. She's thinking we need some kind of some hospital treatment or something" Joseph also sat on the floor with a scowl on his face.
"Speaking of which, we shouldn't have listened to that old snake" Jeffrey said, staring into the distance.
"You mean the old Naga serpent? Joseph asked.
Jeffrey looked at Joseph in a funny way.
"Yeah, I mean the old Naga serpent we met at the underground Lab" Jeffrey hissed. "I wonder how he was able to persuade us into drinking those two mysterious liquids at the secret lab".
"He's a really wise serpent especially since he's an immortal"
Joseph shook his head twice and sighed deeply. "And also that mermaid" Jeffrey pressed on holding his chin.
"That beautiful mermaid, it's clearly in that mermaid that I learnt that beauty only lies in the heart" Joseph smiled at Jeffrey's seriousness.
"That's true. The mermaid supported in persuading us into drinking those two liquid samples" Jeffrey frowned. "I can't even believe we even helped her to escape after she had convinced us to drink the liquid samples".
"Not to lie, the male werewolf was actually friendly. He gave me a fang as a 'thank you' gift for releasing him" Joseph smiled even more.
Jeffrey hissed.
A lot was going through his mind but he remained calm outside.
"Those two bloods that we vomited,they look exactly like the two liquid samples at the underground Lab" Jeffrey's gaze fell on the two bloods.
"You are right. I think what's happening to us,is a reaction from the two liquids we drank" Joseph sighed in weariness.
Jeffrey got on his feet and helped Joseph to stand up. They both used their hands in wiping out the dust from their clothes.
Once done,they stared at the bloods on the floor. Joseph went down on his knees as he used his finger to touch the blue blood. He sniffed the blood for a moment and got rid of it from his finger.
"I can't even smell anything" Joseph says as he got back on his feet.
"We better head over to the principal's office, since we aren't feeling anymore pain. She maybe expecting us" Jeffrey said.
"Can't believe I even survived that terrible pain" Joseph chuckled. "I'm not going another round".
"Me neither".
They both left the males restroom as they headed for the principal's office. As they passed through long halls and climbed staircases,they tried to avoid contact with passerby students. Somehow, the news about the drama they had acted in the chemistry class had spread like wild fire.
Good thing for them, classes were still ongoing. So they didn't face the embarrassment of students giving them funny looks and gossiping at their backs.
Jeffrey was somewhat worried. But he didn't want to show it out. As both he and Joseph headed for the principal's office, his mind was somewhere. Somehow, he got the feeling that those two liquids weren't ordinary liquid samples. He had the feeling that the Naga serpent had persuaded both he and Joseph into drinking something that could change their lives.
Their terrible outlook, the pain they had felt in class and the liquids they had vomited was a strong testament that what they had drank that midnight, would change their lives.
'but what if what they had drank was some kind of a virus infested chemical?'
That same question repeated in his mind for a long time, until he got to the principal's office.
$$$__________________$$$
They got to the principal's office which was at the top floor in the third building.
Getting to the door,they both stopped and contemplated on who to knock on the door. Joseph decided to knock on the door. He first breathed in and summoned an invisible courage before knocking on the door.
KNOCK* KNOCK*
Joseph knocked on the door and waited for a few moments. He heard a voice and listened carefully to get the message.
"Come in".
A voice resounding from the inside.
The two friends entered the office. Their eyes scanned the whole office in amazement as smiles lit up their faces.
*Wow, this woman got fine taste*
The office was luxuriously lavished with good furniture, shelves and other things that would make someone comfortable. There were two comfortable sofas in the office and the air conditioner did a great job in keeping the air cool. Lots of books and files were arranged on the shelves and to compliment the beauty of the office, flowers were seen around.
The principal sat at the back of a desk filled with documents and files. A flower vase was on the desk.
The principal sat facing the window. She was on a call and was very engrossed with the conversation. She quickly ended the conversation on the phone at the sight of the two friends.
She gestured at them to sit on the two chairs that were opposite her chair, only separated by the desk.
"Ma,we are here as you asked us to be" Joseph was the first to speak.
Mrs Vivian cleared her throat and smiled. Adjusting her glasses, she stared at the two friends in a funny way. This act almost made Jeffrey to chuckle.
"You see, I have already contacted your guardians and I have let them know of your situation" Mrs Vivian spoke. "I called your sister, Joseph and I also called Jeffrey's mum and we agreed on something".
"What did you all agree on?" Jeffrey asked.
Mrs Vivian smiled at Jeffrey's question but gave a different answer.
"I let them know that you both looked outrightly terrible and also were screaming out in pain, not just that, you both vomited some kind of liquids or blood according to you both. It's a testament that you both are sick or something" Mrs Vivian explained with a smirk.
"So, you and our guardians agreed that we are sick" Joseph guessed.
"Yes"
"But we aren't sick, we are totally fine" Jeffrey argued.
Mrs Vivian raised out her hand, silencing Jeffrey from speaking any further.
"Your looks, your actions and those things you both coughed out are evidences that you both are ill" the principal said. "You guys didn't look like this yesterday".
"But we just said we are totally fine" Jeffrey argued even more with slight anger.
Joseph kicked Jeffrey's legs trying to calm him down.
"The two different liquids you guys vomited would be tested by a lab doctor which I have already called for" Mrs Vivian picked up a piece of paper and started writing on it.
"So what's going to happen to us?" Joseph asked.
"I have already called for Emma, Jeffrey's bodyguard to take you both home" Mrs Vivian didn't stop writing on the paper. "You both are going to be staying home for three to four days before you return to school".
"That's not possible" Jeffrey slammed his hand on the table.
Mrs Vivian didn't even flinch but continued to write on the piece of paper.
"I advised your guardians to take the both of you to see a doctor" Mrs Vivian stopped writing and looked at the two friends. "I am very well convinced that you both are sick and need the doctor's check-up".
The two friends looked at each other and other and then at the principal.
"That's not going to happen" they both chorused together with anger.