Outsiders

CHAPTER 9 - Entrance Test

Bang! Bang! Bang! "Wake up boys!" Someone was knocking on the boy's door, it was Professor Zoe. She banged on the door for a minute or so, attempting to wake the boys up, but as expected the boys were in deep sleep. She left for a while and came back with someone else as footsteps were approaching. Mach was half awake as he was just stretching his limbs, he could hear the footsteps faintly.

"Ok Hope, as I said, just phase in unlock the door and come out." Says Zoe to a girl who seems to be named Hope. "Are you sure you can't just- "

"Again, no. We're not breaking the door down, we don't want to act all barbaric on their first day. Just go in and out."

"Alright then Professor, I'll do it." The girl, Hope, phases through the door sticking her head in first to examine the place. She looks around the place and sees the boys sleeping awkwardly on the bed, then turns her head to see Mach, admiring his wings.

"Hope?" Zoe calls as she taps on her shoulders. "You alright?"

"Ye- Yes! Yes!" Hope answers in a panicky manner as she turns her head to look at the door and quickly looks down to the lock, turning the key. Click! It was unlocked, she lifted her head up, and right when she was about to phase back out the door, she saw the winged boy awake sitting on his bed. He raises his hands with a little wave, saying a simple, "Hey." With a soft smile on his face. Hope's cheeks turn red as she squeezes her lips together and pulls her head back out. She runs down the hall taking deep breaths, feeling embarrassed. "Hope wait! Did you open- " Zoe shouts across the hall, but she was already gone. Zoe's hand was on the handle, right when she pushed the handle down, the door opened.

"Morning Professor Zoe."

"You can just call me Zoe, but good morning Mach." She looks behind him and sees. "So they're still asleep, I see. Well, wake them up and get dressed."

"Gotcha." She lifts her hands up, handing Mach snacks for him and the boys. "Eat this and give your friends some, you guys need some food in you before you get on the training grounds."

"Thanks," Mach replies. "The restroom is at the end of the hall, now wake them up and come downstairs."

"Will do." Right, when Mach was about to close the door Zoe held the door and said. "One more thing, change out of your muddy clothes, there are white shirts and warm sweatpants under the beds." Mach rubs his eyes and says, "Wait, so there were clean clothes under the beds this whole time and you haven't told us?"

"Well yeah, you boys looked exhausted, didn't want you to do anything more but rest." She answers, "Well I would've preferred if you told me." Mach replies annoyingly.

"Well it's already in the past now, so just get ready and come down, we're already late for the day," Zoe says as she walks down the hall. "Whatever," Mach says to himself, closing the door. He crouches down the bed grabbing his clothes, as he rises he hears.

"Wait, where the hell am I?"

"Oh, shot!" He turns and sees Nasa awake. "Nasa what the hell?!"

"Sorry dude didn't want to wake you up like- " Nasa went back to sleep. "Oh no, you're not sleeping again. Nasa! Nasa! Wake up!" Mach shrugs Nasa side to side, but he goes back to his deep sleep. He saw it wasn't doing any use, so he decided to pull him down the bed. Thump! "Ouch! What the hell man, what the- why'd you do that? You could've tried waking me up like a normal person!"

"Dude you're not a normal person, now get up." He grabs his hands and pulls him up. "So now what?" Nasa asks, "You think I should wake him up?" Looking at Tenbris. "Yeah, and you two get ready. Zoe came by and gave us snacks, she asked us to meet her downstairs- Oh and there's a restroom at the end of the hall." Mach then walks to the door, "Where are you going then?" Nasa says.