All For Not

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"Uhm... What the hell is going on here?" I pulled away with a smoky exhale through my nose, "uh, hey guys..."

"Are either of you gonna answer my question? What the hell is she doing down here?" Kent looked between me and Bianca, Davina at her side, halfway between a grinning expression and a disgusted one.

"She was angry..." Bianca's mouth opened in confusion, slightly shaking her head as Davina and her girlfriend, who had been standing behind her, gave us thumbs ups in secret. The quietness of the room gave a clear indication that it was Kent who was breathing heavily as I glared at the intruders, skin starting to smoke up.

"She was angry? So you bring her down here to make out? And what the hell is this?" She gestures up to the stars floating around the room in absolute disbelief, "Um..." My hand grips the back of his neck as my eyes start to glow, his own panic at the sight causes him to cover my eyes with his hand suddenly, his other hand still gripping tightly onto my hip, fingers latched onto my skin keeping me in his lap, "I can't believe you're in a secret society and you didn't tell me."

"Because, you know, it's secret." Everyone turns to look up at the staircase, Enid and Ajax ascending, and as soon as I pull Kent's hand down my nose twitches in a forming snarl. "Bianca, Davina... and Kent? Seriously, even Kent is here? How exclusive is this club?"

Kent frowns and a meek hand raises next to Davina for recognition only to get pulled down by the siren in response. And as much as I want to snap and tell them to all go away I refrain at the urgency, everyone including Enid being here, "you too?" Her eyes meet mine as she whimpers, saddened at her seclusion, "no, not her too."

"Actually yeah... What is she doing here with you guys?" He had a displeased look on his face as he looked between everyone, finally landing his eyes on me and keeping them there with a glare, "I thought I told you to stay away from us, haven't you and your sister done enough already?" Kent freezes under me and even though the others are turned away from me, their faces not seen by my gaze, I know their eyes are wide with surprise at the gorgons confession, "you did what?"

"She's bad news, her and Wednesday," Enid's 'hey' doesn't go unpaired as she smacks his arm, "come on man, don't you guys look at me like that, he almost broke Xavier's face because of her and now he's in jail because of them, their gonna cart him off to prison, for life."

Swallowing, I deflated in Kent's lap, pulling away to stand from the couch whilst ignoring the way the siren looked up at me, also deflating at the way I reacted before he stood and glared at the gorgon, yellowing eyes locking onto the teen.

"Okay, ignoring all of that for the moment, what's so important that you called us down here Petropolus," Ajax pulled out my sister's drawing, unfurling it to show everyone as they finished descending the stairs, "this is what's coming, tonight." I froze looking over, Bianca taking the old taped up drawing with snatchy nails, "oh and Thornhill took Wednesday," my eyes flickered to Enid in surprise.

She was looking at me, in fact everyone was now, each of them turning to glance at me for a moment, looking at my reaction and giving me pitied looks as they continued explaining, "she murdered Weems when they went to confront her and then took Wednesday to Crackstone's crypt. She's Tyler's master, she faked her death and came back for revenge."

"Wait what are you saying? So Tyler's actually the hyde?"

"Yeah, and Thornhill is Laurel Gates. We have to get everyone in the school to safety before it's too late," I sighed, adding onto their words, "take them to the gates on the other-side, past the hive, get the witches to put some kind of barrier up just encase... salt the earth if need it be." I was 'bummed' overly so and tired of watching the group talk as if they were in a badly written teen drama like the ones Enid watches at night under her covers.

Kent agreed with me wholeheartedly, "okay then, how do we wanna get everyone there? Do we pull the fire alarms?" Enid gave him a look, gesturing to me as he grabbed my hand, "cause a fire?" The look she gave him was her answer, a stern no as he stood next to me, shoulder touching mine, "we don't want to cause a panic and alert Tyler or Thornhill."

"So how do we get everyone out?" Bianca nodded, answering Davina as she ripped her amulet off, "we'll use our siren song to convince them." There were plans in place, even Enid creating her own, "Thing and I will go look for Wednesday."

"Okay, Nightshades forever," each of the members snapped in doubles and Enid scoffed, looking at Ajax with an annoyed look once more, "seriously, a secret snap too?"

"Hey wait, how'd you guys get that couch down here?" I ignored the gorgon, heading straight up the stairs opposite of the group as Kent watched me leave.