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Chapter 73

northern tract; 0:21am

I got up as I saw what the two where about to do. „Stop!", I yelled at them, but it was too late. Jihyo had already grabbed Jisoo's wrist and pushed her to the ground. On the other side, Jisoo's hand made it's way to the others hair. Meanwhile, they both insulted each other aggressively.

I slightly panicked while seeing this. Why now? Why not when Irene or Seulgi were there to help? Was this just my bad luck?

I carefully grabbed Jihyo's shoulder and tried to take her back, but that wasn't working. I huffed. Fine. Then with violence.

I harshly placed both of my hands around Jihyo's waist and told her to stop. „We have something better to do than smashing fists into each others faces!", I screamed and pulled Jihyo away from the other. An elbow hit my stomach and let me groan in pain. „What the fuck is wrong with you guys?", I shouted over the yells of the two, but nobody listened to me.

In the corner of my eyesight, I saw Jisoo's knee, so I slid to the side, almost getting hit by it.

I took some steps back and ran to the latter who was now hovering Jihyo. I basically used all my weight as I jumped against her. Exactly like a rugby player. Immediately, she lost her balance and fell to the side with a groan. Her head hit the ground, the sound was matching with her sudden facial expression. 

„Gosh stop!", I again said as they stopped yelling at each other. Jisoo groaned with squinted eyes.

But I couldn't continue as I suddenly felt my socks getting wet. I blinked twice, shifting my gaze a bit to the side. I froze.

My hands, knees and feet were covered with a transparent liquid. Jisoo's hair was also wet, Jihyo's too. I lifted my head and stared into the room, holding my breath. The pool was still filled. But gradually, the water started to cover the ground under us too.

My breath became shaky. The room filled up with water.

„Fuck!", Jisoo groaned as she stood up and caressed her head. Her eyes scanned the room once, then she looked down to her feet. 

Jihyo frowned. „Is the waterlevel... rising?", she asked, now a bit concern in her voice. 

„Dumbass, of course it is", Jisoo clarified with panic in her voice. Now my brain also switched to panic mode.

I turned around and looked for any possible exits, already knowing that there was just one option. And that was the door behind us. I immediately ran to it, my feet causing the noise of splashing water. I ignored the fact that I was already standing in water up to my ankles and jumped to the door.

I grabbed the big steel wheel at the wall, trying to spin it. Without success. My breath was just becoming more uncontrolled. I paused and exhaled.

But all my strenght wasn't enough. „Help me please!", I screamed.

No, I begged. My heartbeat was faster than it should, the adrenaline rushing through my veins. Jihyo and Jisoo arrived simultaneously, both grabbing the steering wheel too. Then we all pulled.

„Use all the strenght you have!", Jihyo yelled, so I clenched my theeth and just tensed up my muscles even more. The steel wasn't even moving a milimeter. Fuck.

„Shit!", Jisoo sweared and threw her hands in the air. Her skin looked oddly red under the single light in the room.

I looked for possible exits, or even hint for escaping this bullshit, but the walls all looked the same. 

My gaze switched to Jisoo. I took a step forward to see her from a different angle, but the redness I noticed before was still there. Jisoo breathed in and out, trying to calm down herself.

„Okay we shouldn't panic now", I tried to calm her down, sounding more anxious than I wanted to.

„No panic?", Jisoo exhaled, her voice cracked. She lifted her hand and watched her red skin. „Aquagenic urticaria. Ever heard that?" I rapidly shook my head.

„Water allergy. My skin is getting red and swollen when it gets in contact with water. It's not firmly set, but it's still dangerous", she continued, her eyes wide open. I felt like faiting.

We were stuck in a locked room, without any escape, an unknown source filled the room with water and Jisoo had a fricking water allergy. Could it become any worst?

„This Arnold dude is a psycho!", Jihyo screamed hysterically and ran to them. Now, their knees were also covered with water. Jisoo seemed like she would collapse any minute.

„We need to stop this!", I shouted at them. 

„But how?", Jihyo yelled back. 

„How should I know?!" I cupped my face. Calm down Chae. You still have enough time. Arnold Priston was maybe crazy, but he always followed a pattern while creating this mechanism.

My gaze dropped to Jisoo. Her skin was now obviously red, looking like she felt extremely embarrassed. Furthermore, small, ugly and painful blisters appeared on her legs. All the encouraging thoughts about Arnold's pattern was erased from my brain. I started to really freak out.

„We are going to die!", Jihyo breathed out and ran along the walls, the tips of her skirt touching the water surface. 

„Yes we will!", I screamed out too, small tears building up in the corner of my eyes. I wasn't ready to die now. Not here in this damn complex, not after all what happened.

But I was weak. I wasn't smart enough to fulfill Arnold Priston's expectations. I knew that Mina would have solved this task. And so Wendy, Seulgi or maybe even Jisoo would have, if she wouldn't have had this stupid water allergy. I felt stupid. Stupid for being at this school, for being so lazy and dumb, to have this lack of intelligence.

I should have payed attention. I should have read all that books Mina suggested me to read. I was still stuck on the third page of Natural Powers And Their Sources. I lifted my hand and hit my head.

Once.

Twice.

And a third time.

‚Work! Now fucking work', I instructed my brain. But I was already too overtaxed to concentrate. My level of frustration, overtaxion and hate was higher than never. Why couldn't I be as smart as Mina? Did I even got one strenght out of millions on this earth? The answer was probably yes, but I ignored that right now.

‚Think, think, think!', I again told my bain. Was pressure the best? I didn't know. But I wasn't able to do something else right now.

‚You have to relax first. If you are frustrated, just breath in and out and remember that there will be a result for every task, and that you will sooner or later find it', the sudden voice of Mina echoed in my mind. I didn't understand why I had to think about that right now. I had learned math with her that day...

„Focus Chae.", I spoke out loud. I relaxed my body, falling to my knees. Now, just my head was over the surface. She told you to relax. I focussed on Mina and her advice. There will always be a solution. Back then, she encouraged me. She told me that even I would find a result for such a hard task. I just had to concentrate.

Mina had trust in my abilities. So why shouldn't I have it?