Thirteen (Mono×OC)

Disguises

I hate this school, I hate this school, I hate this school! After the Teacher left, Mono and I hopped onto solid ground and Mono tried reaching the door knob until I started dragging a crate of books over. "Where the hell is this girl?" I asked. We got to a huge stairwell, and on the left was a locked door. We climbed up the stairs and Mono merged with another shadow kid.

We found a rook without a head and put the head on, opening a door. Inside was a giant chessboard, a dead bully tied to the black king with a crown on his head. "Eugh... he better not come alive." I hissed. I boosted Mono onto a desk and he took the head off a white queen piece. "Do you know how to play chess?" Mono asked me. "Uh, yeah. The Hunter taught me, and before you showed up, I tried to teach Six." I said. "The... what?!" He shrieked. "Why did he teach you, how did he teach you? WAS HE YOUR DAD?" Mono asked, alarmed. "Oh... I never explained why we where in the cabin, did I?" I realized, and Mono shook his head as I put the queen head on the far right of the board. "Well, according to the Hunter, he found me as a toddler. My mom had gotten caught and died in one of the traps, but he couldn't kill me, so he took me home. A few weeks ago, he spared Six's life so I could have  friend, and then you showed up." I said, pushing open the door and bringing the rook head in.

I put it on a piece in front of a desk and climbed on, taking off the king top. The king doesn't have much range so.... I put the top on a piece near the middle, and looked at the last missing piece. "But he... did he... did her ever... hurt you?" Mono asked, grabbing my shoulder gently. "The signal tower distorts things. It distorted his mind, but he never... intentionally hurt me. He locked me in a room once, but I broke the door down, and once he put a chain on my ankle." I said, showing him my scarred knuckles and the cuff on my ankle.

"Thirteen..." He said, cupping my face. "I'm fine, Mono." I said, looking at the chess board. "The angle is screwy, but it's also a checkmark if we switch the queen and the rook." I said, and when the room went on the other piece I heard a click. I climbed up the rook, onto a desk, and pulled down a light. The bookshelf slid open showing a chair and a key. Mono took the key and we unlocked the door downstairs.

Assorted yelling and noise reached my ears as I stepped onto cold, dirty linoleum. We hopped down stairs and moved a dish rack to a vent. We landed in a kitchen and I saw a bully doing... something. I nocked an arrow and shot a bully near the ceiling while Mono used a label as a bludgeon. Soon the Bullies where... mostly dead. One had an arrow in their abdomen, securing them to the wall as they... she... struggled. Yeah, it was a girl bully, even though dolls don't really have.... nevermind.

We crawled under a table and saw a cafeteria full of bullies. "Nope." I said, pulling Mono back. Mono took the head he knocked off a bully and put it on while I went over to the struggling chick. I took a kitchen knife and cut where porcelain met fabric. I punched out the eyeholes and put it on carefully. "How do you do this?" I asked Mono. For once, I could see part of his eye. It was dark blue, almost black, and he had scruffy brown hair, along with ashy pale skin.

We climbed out with our crappy disguised on and walked through the cafeteria. At some point a bully almost knocked Mono over, and my breath caught in my throat. We climbed under a table and just before we crawled out, I heard a heavy scraping sound above us. I grabbed Moon's shoulder before a pot of potatoes fell down, and we slipped past.

We got into a hallway, and I stared at the bully playing bongos on someone else's head. We pushed open a door and the heads broke. Mono put the bag back,on and I climbed up the pantry to find something to throw at a button. On the top was a jar with a brain inside, and, slightly gagging, I pushed it off. I heard a crash, and climbed down as Mono threw the organ at the button. We shuddered as it squished and Mono wiped his hands on his coat.

In the next room over, the teacher was preparing a biology lesson. We hid under a desk as we crawled from desk to desk, avoiding her gaze. "Why are we following her?" I whispered, crawling out a door. The Teacher put organs in a body diagram as we climbed onto a desk. We hid behind organ jars as the teacher worked, and I gagged at the smell. We jumped from one desk to another and jumped into a window. I landed silently on the other side, although Mono came after me, landing on me.

There was a crash in the other room as Mono and I scurried up a bookshelf. The door opened just as we got into the vent, and it slammed shut behind us.

The vent opened into another stupid hallway full of stupid bullies! Mono grabbed a hammer and triggered a trap, that smacked the bully drawing in the face. Another ran at Mono and he hefted the hammer, crushing his head. A third ran at me so I willed a locker to fall over, albeit after a few moments struggle, and he crunched under the metal. Mono dragged a hammer down the hall, looking slightly deranged, and kept breaking the dolls.

We got into the boys bathroom and I saw Six hanging from the ceiling. We took care of the Bullies and Mono broke the board holding the rope as I waited to catch Six. The feather-light girl landed in my arms an I set her on her feet. She stumbled due to blood rushing to her head but we climbed into a window, outside, and onto a board between buildings.