Alternate Change 3

Chapter 8

"York."

As soon as he said that, they started flooding him with questions again.

"York?" Vlad repeated in a questioning tone.

"Old or new?" Mari chuckled.

"He talks about you quite often, Mari. How could you not know him?" CJ whispered for some reason.

"Yeah, I know him... wait... he does?" George sighed at Mari's statement as he mumbled to himself.

"Let's just hope he's not as bonkers as Zayn."

"Trust me, he's not that type of person." Fred commented, leaving the group staring at him.

"Finally! Someone who doesn't think young master is similar to Zayn!" CJ chimed.

"If I'm correct, he was just following orders that day they captured me."

Whilst walking, Mari scrunched her face in deep thought. Slowing down from moving forward, Joe bumped from behind her. He apologized, but she also did.

"Sorry, I'm lost in thought at the moment." Mari stated, but tilted her head upon noticing Joe's frown.

'That expression again?' she thought as she turned to walk again.

"You'd be lying if I asked you something, so let's deal with that later, okay?" Mari suggested, so Joe sadly nodded.

"Oookay!"

Her voice echoed through the empty halls, so everyone turned their heads to listen. CJ told her to keep her voice down if they wanted to prevent attention, so she apologized again. Upon doing that, she decided to talk in a lowered volume, but still loud enough for them to hear.

"So, since Fred mentioned York's not that type of person, I'm assuming he's kind of like the right hand man of Zayn?"

"You're on point, Mari." CJ commented, so Mari continued.

"If that's the case, then what happened that day when Fred got captured is that the fake Fred that returned to us, the one whom I threatened to kill, and gave me back Lily's locket is York?"

"You've unpacked quite a lot there, but at least it solves the mystery on who was the fake Fred. You did a fantastic job!" George acknowledged, so Mari thanked him.

"You threatened to kill York?" Fred asked, so Joe raised a brow.

"She didn't know. He was the impostor and she wanted her real friend back. You weren't paying attention to what George was saying earlier?" Joe asked, which somehow agitated Fred.

"Do I have to apologize that my hearing wasn't working well earlier?" Fred shot back, making Vlad clutch his arm to avoid him from escalating the situation.

Without them knowing, CJ's weapons started to emerge from behind their backs, once again, threatening to electrocute them.

"Guys! Stop arguing! We're never going to have a slumber party if you continue like that! I was really looking forward to that. I want mangoes..."

With that statement, they all sighed she prevented them from going a full on fight and also making CJ lead the way again. She then complained on how spacious and long the hallways were, to which everyone agreed.

"But don't worry, everyone. We're almost there. We just have to turn to the left then the right and the exit will already be there." CJ encouraged, so everyone celebrated before racing each other to the exit.

Upon turning a left, everyone stopped when they saw multiple doorways in front of them. They looked back at CJ waiting for him to lead the way again. It was as if he was their big brother at this point as they all walked beside him with him clearing some blocked path along the way.