Bloody Moon

Chapter 8: Junco Alert

  "Liar!" Axel grabbed Carlos and smashed him against the wall just before Lavender came rushing out, hitting him over the head with a chair. They watched Axel crumble to the floor as they stared in surprise, blood dripping down his face.

"Dat girl kill him!!! She is traitor!!" the Russian boy screamed. Lavender scrambled back, staring in horror at what she did, until he sat up glaring, startling her.

"Get my chain you idiots!" he ordered as the kid with brown hair and glasses came up to him, his hands fumbling as he got the chain of his neck.

"What's your name, squirt?"

"M-Matthew," he answered with a British accent. Another kid came up to him, with black hair and green eyes.

"I'm Riley, his mate," he said. "Don't harm my friend or else..." Axel just snorted with sarcasm as his chain became a metal gun, fire painted on it's sides with his healing chain wrapped around the handle.

"Really trying to be a badass, huh," Lavender mumbled, rolling her eyes.

"Shut up," he growled. Matthew wrapped the chain around his head, and in no time, Axel looked even better than he did before.

"Can I just mention something?" Lily asked. "I think the traitor might be trying to kill... we should all stay in our dorms."

"Nope, it's fine," the girl with the icy blue eyes said. "Although they might kill you because you're so annoying." She laughed as Lily watched her, a heartbroken look on her face.

"The dorms don't have bathrooms," Riley said. "I'm sorry Lily, but we can't stay safe for you. And Flair, you should really shut up," he added.

The girl with icy blue eyes opened her mouth from shock as he walked out of the dormitory lounge, whistling.

"I'm gonna go watch out for him," the pink haired girl said.

"Wait, what's your name?" Lily asked.

"Orchid Cheri."

"Ooooh, I wish I had a name like that," Lily said, watching Orchid walk out the room.

"Tell Margaret I'm following them," Lavender said, exiting.

"Who Margaret?" the Russian boy asked.

"Meg," replied Paco.

"Oh."

"We should head to our dorms," Matthew said. "Introduce the rest of ourselves later, unless we're sharing dorms. Also, I kinda gotta go," he added sheepishly, rushing out the door.

Everyone headed back to their dorms as Maki saw Athena cast a worried glance over her shoulder.

Maki searched the tags on the door, finding one with a plaque named "Maki and Matthew- Dorm 4". Entering the door, he was in a large room with dividers, separating their spaces. Two small "floors" were in their spaces: one for their bed and their tv, and the lower one for whatever they wanted to add.

As Maki plopped onto the bed, exhaustion washed over him. He twisted into a comfortable position, too tired to pull up the comforters. He closed his eyes, and fell into a peaceful, dreamless sleep.

. . .

"BLOOD IN THE HALLWAY!"

Maki groggily got to his feet, trying to run into the living room as fast as he could.

Everyone was gathered as Lily and Lydia comforted Orchid, who was shaking so hard she couldn't move. Athena bent down and faced her within eye level. Orchid covered her eyes with her hands, drowning out all the light in the room.