Retro Zone |Life is Strange|

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"Where'd you get that? What are you doing? Come on put that thing down!" The blue haired girl backed up against the door, What do I do? He walked up to her and pointed the gun at her chest, her hand was against his trying to push it away and his other hand was resting on the wall next to her head.

"Don't EVER tell me what to do. I'm so SICK of people trying to control me!" He slammed his hand on the wall next to her head and her face turned into an expression of panic and fear.

"You are going to get in hella more trouble for this than drugs--" She said but was caught off by him slamming his hand against the wall again.

"Nobody would ever even miss your punk ass would they?" He slammed his hand against the wall once more, I stood frozen not knowing what to do.

"Get that gun away from me, psycho!" She shoved him off but as he fell backwards the gun went off and she fell to the ground. Nathan fell to the ground and tried to shake her awake. I raised my hand toward the scene and screamed, "NO!" I watched as the world became slow and then everything started going in reverse and then everything went pitch black.

I raised my head and noticed I was breathing heavily and back in Mr. Jefferson's class, "Woah, what the fuck? How? How can that be? I watched that poor girl get shot! I held up my hand... and then I was back here." Mr. Jefferson stood up, "...about photography, as he likely was. These pieces of time can frame us in our glory and sorrow, from light to shadow..." I looked around the classroom, I already heard this lecture before... "from color to chiaroscuro.." Mr. Jefferson said as he was walking around the classroom. I watched a ball of paper fly across my face, Now Kate is being bullied again... And if Victoria's phone rings... This is real. I held my breath when all of a sudden her phone went off and out of shock I knocked my camera off the table and onto the ground, crashing into tons of pieces, Shit! I cannot believe this... What is going on? Okay, if I'm crazy, I might as well go all the way.. Can I actually reverse time? I raised my right hand and watched my camera fly back onto my desk, perfectly unbroken. I dropped my hand and shook my head I must be dreaming... I can't believe it... I'm a human time machine... I looked around the classroom once more and an idea popped in my head, When I took my selfie, Mr. Jefferson asked me a question. If he does then I will know this is for sure real. I picked up my camera, flipped it around, and this time made no expression, I was once more blinded for a millisecond when Mr. Jefferson said, "Shh, I believe Delilah has taken what you kids call a selfie... A dumb word for a wonderful..." No way, this is real! How did this even happen? Does that mean I can save that girl from getting shot? I need to go to the bathroom! Mr. Jefferson then asked me the same question from earlier, "Now Delilah, since you've captured our interest and clearly want to join the conversation, can you please tell us the name of the process that gave birth to the first self- portraits?" Geez, so this is how Déjà vu feels... "May I be excused? I feel sick," Oldest trick in the book, hopefully he'll let me go.. "Nice try, Delilah. But you're not going to get away that easy. We can talk more after class," Mr. Jefferson said as he gave me a disappointed look. What the hell? Now I have to stay after class, I hope I can still save that poor girl. Victoria answered his question again and then looked at me, "Now you're totally stuck in the Retro Zone. Sad face." You know what Victoria? You can kiss my Retro Zone ass. I held up my hand and watched everything go in reverse, I then dropped my hand once Jefferson asked me to name the process again, this time I had an answer, "The Daguerreian Process. Invented by a French painter name... Louis Daguerre. Around 1830," I then looked at Victoria as she dropped her hand in disappointment, "Somebody has been reading as well as posing. Nice work, Delilah." He then began to explain what the Daguerreian Process was again and how we need to turn in our photo's for the Everyday Heroes contest. The bell rang while I packing my things, I then stood up and walked towards the door, I put my hand on the handle when all of a sudden Jefferson said, "I see you, Delilah Morrison. Don't even think about leaving here until we talk about your entry." I cursed under my breath and turned back around, walking towards him, "I'd never let one of photography's future stars avoid handing in her picture." I gave a different excuse this time, "Uh, yeah, about that... Not sure if I actually have a photo to submit." He rubbed the back of his neck, "Given your selfie output, I'm sure you must have about a thousand pictures by now." I cleared my throat, you got me there, "It'll take awhile until I find a really good one..." He sighed, "Well, don't keep the world waiting too long, John Lennon once said that Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans. Go on now, don't let me stop you." He turned back around to Victoria and I sighed, I decided to give a different excuse once more, I raised my hand and reversed time, I think I'm starting to get a hang of this... "Excuse me, Mr. Jefferson, can I talk to you for a moment?" Victoria cut in and said, "Yes, excuse you," I rolled my eyes waiting for Mr. Jefferson to cut her off, "No, excuse us Victoria. I'd never let one of photography's future stars avoid handing in her picture." Since I can rewind, do yo think I could skip forward too? I mean, I've already heard this speech about a thousand times. I raised my hand slightly and watched Jefferson's mouth move fast, I tried to hold in a snicker. I dropped my hand, Now it's time to wow him with a little quote from someone famous, "I'm on top of it. I think John Lennon once said that Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." He smiled, "Delilah, you're on fire today. All the right answers. Good. Make sure you finish working on it by today. I have faith in you." I nodded and turned around and headed into the hallway, I have to get to the bathroom! I decided to not stop and turn my music on, I passed the bullies and into the middle of the school, I then opened the door to the bathroom. "Ok, I have to retrace my steps.." I walked up to the sink, "I washed my face," I quickly splashed water on my face then turned the faucet off. I then shredded my photo, "Then the--" I watched as the butterfly flew into the bathroom, "The butterfly flew in" I took a photo of it and then paced back and forth, I then heard,

"Leave them out of this, Bitch!"