Why Bother? Chapter I : Why the Hood?

"18, 19, 20. Ready or not, here I come!" I say. I stop dead in my tracks. The house is up in red flames. It burns my eyes to look at it, but it also hurts me inside. Gone. They're all gone. Forever. Gone. I revert back to reality. I turn my head towards the clock. One. More. Minute. I lay back in my chair as I hear the bell ring. School's out and so am I. I get up lazily. A sharp tap on my shoulder made me turn around. It was a girl. I don't know her name. "Sonia, why do you wear a hood? It always covers your face," she says. It's only been a week since school started and I already have people asking me about it. Way to think I could avoid it. "None of your business," I reply coldly. She looks hurt. As if I care. I walk out of the classroom and someone jumps in front of me. It's Chloe. Her real name is Monica, but only the closest call her Chloe. "Let's grab Jade so we can get out of here," she says in her chirpy voice. At least somebody's in a good mood. I nod my head. "Great! Let's see here...class 2-B," she says as she scans the blueprint of our school. "There it is!" We walk towards the class, but a lecture is still going on. School is already out. What are they still doing in there? I causally open the door and walk over to Jade's desk. All eyes were on us. "Let's go," I say. She gets up, but the teacher stops her. "Excuse me young lady, but I was wrapping up the assignment," he says with an angry tone. I ignore him. Jade and I start to walk out of the classroom. He just watches us, stunned. Then, he decided it was a good idea to follow us. "COME BACK HERE!" he yells. I turn around. "No yelling in the hallways," I reply smoothly. Some people at their lockers snicker. We continue walking and he catches up to us. "You ladies are in BIG trouble," he said as he got a hold of our shoulders. "Chloe," I say as I pointed behind him. "Who's-" he starts. As I watched in slow motion, Chloe comes out of no where with boxes and purposely bumps in to him. He falls down while a huge pile of boxes tumble over him. He screams in a high pitched voice. I smirk. "Good show, Chloe," I say congratulating Chloe with a pat on the back. "Oops! I'm sorry! I'm very clumsy with boxes!" she says all in one breath.

Someone's going to be an actor when they grow up.

"Let's go. Other people will take care of him," I say as I pull Chloe and Jade towards the locker room. We all split up in three different directions. I turn to my right. Someone bumps in to me. It was a tall boy with golden blonde hair and clear blue eyes. "Sorry! I wasn't looking when I was walking!" he apologizes. I turn away and walk towards my locker. He should take that as a compliment. Usually I would diss anyone who dares to touch me. He comes up behind me. I could feel his breath on my neck. I point towards the exit, not bothering to talk. "What's your name and why do you have your hood on?" he asks. Annoying. I completely ignore him. I grab my bag and start to walk out, but he stops me. "I am Dylan Chance. What's your name?" he says. Somehow he's not pissed by the fact that I've ignored him twice now. Chance...I've heard of that name before.

He's still standing in front of me. I push him aside. He pops right back in front of me. "Annoying," I state. "So you do talk," he teases. I wonder what Chloe and Jade are doing at a time like this. "Move," I say bluntly. "Not until you tell me your name," he says playfully. I give him a forceful push and he falls down. "Aggressive," he says. Chloe and Jade come out of no where.

Now she comes? I'm in for it.

"SONIA! WHAT ON EARTH DID YOU DO TO DYLAN?" she yells. Surprisingly no one noticed that Chloe was screaming full throttle. "It's his fault he annoyed me," I reply coldly. He gets up and looks at me. "I see, you're Sonia," he smiles. He put his hand out. "Nice to meet you" Am I supposed to shake his hand? No way I am doing that. I turn to Chloe acting as if there was no one there. "How do you know him?" I asked as I pointed at Dylan. "He's in my class," she replies. She turns to him. "Sonia can be a bit aggressive sometimes" "I can see that," he says. "Come on Chloe. Let's go," I say. I drag Chloe and Jade to the door. He doesn't follow us. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... As soon as we leave the building, we find an alleyway. I pull out my bag and take out a criss-cross leather holder for my swords. Both of my swords are different. One is black and the other is silver. The black sword is more heavier and the blade is thicker. With it, it's easier to block and kill. Although it's easier, it's hard to move fast with it. The silver sword is lighter and the blade is thinner. It's useful for quick stabs leaving your opponent half dead. Although it's quicker, it takes multiple cuts to kill your opponent. I slip the swords through the holders and put it on. Next I grabbed two shot guns and place them in my leather belt. Everything became immediately heavier. As soon as I was done setting up, I watched as Chloe took her whip and wraps it around her ankles as a disguise. She then took some chains and attaches them to balls with spikes. Once attached, she wraps it around her waist. I looked in Jade's direction. She was already armed with her chainsaw and ninja spikes stored away on her belt. We were ready. "Ok, let's go," I say. We climbed on to our motorcycles and speeded towards the Dominant Alley. It was the place where we are supposed to meet Mali. We reached. I watched a dark figure appear from the Dominant Alley. It was Mali. "Give us the information or else," Chloe snarled. "Or else what?" he replies. Chloe looks at me for help. "You. Head. Gone." I replied to his silly question. He doesn't deserve a full explanation. He should know that by now. "Oooo. I'm so scared," he says sarcastically. I look around for five seconds. "That must've been a signal for something..." I let my sentence trail off because in three seconds flat, we had guns touching our heads. I smirk. "You think that you could get the information that easily?" he says. He does a stupid laugh. "I expected this," I say. That was our signal. In about a second, we had his men on the ground. We didn't even need our weapons. What a waste.

"No, no, no! You weren't supposed to do that," he says as he fall from shock. I swiftly grab my gun and rested it on his forehead. "We are the Unlucky Cats, after all," said Chloe. Jade and her both stand behind me as backup. "Now let us-" I start, but was rudely interrupted. "WAIT!" [if !supportLineBreakNewLine] [endif]

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