The Voices of the Threateners

Chapter 17: Heads or Tails?

"Thanks for the extra matches," said Evangeline gratefully.

"No suicidal thoughts please...." said Iris, very worried.

"EVANGELINI! I FOUND A PASSAGEWAY!" shouted Allison.

"To where?" asked Evangeline and Jahnavi.

"I don't know. I just feel like we should probably go there," said Allison.

"What if it's a trap?" asked Jahnavi.

"Okay, you're sounding a lot like Jonas now...but she's right, though, what if it IS a trap?" questioned Iris wisely.

"Yeah Allison...how are you so optimistic right now?" said Evangeline suspiciously.

"Just a feeling," said Allison simply.

"Fine, SMH," sighed everyone else, following her.

"So where are you leading us?" asked Iris.

"To wherever this passageway leads," answered Allison.

"Yeah, we know genius, and why sh#t," said Jonas, snickering.

"Learn to shush please," said Evangeline.

"You're so annoying," replied Jonas.

"Ni tai loud le," said Evangeline as she argued back. Translation: "You're too loud."

"Okay, Mrs. Asian," mumbled Jonas.

"MRS.???" yelled Evangeline, ready to kick him. "ARE YOU ASSUMING THAT I'M MARRIED? YOU KNOW JONAS THAT I WOULD NEVER MARRY AAAAHHH—"

"Okay you guys, shush for a moment please," begged Iris.

"Wait, what's there in the front?" asked Jahnavi.

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Meanwhile, on the other side where the rest of the class was at, everyone was playing basketball, unaware of the underground procedure taking place right beneath their feet, and of the bomb that was soon scheduled to explode...in less than 10 minutes.

"Where is everyone? Why is this place so...empty?" wondered Cody.

"I don't feel good about this...." muttered Baxter, who felt rumbling sounds beneath his feet. "Hey, should we all go check out that sound?" he added.

"You go by yourself, Baxter. We're literally in a game!" said Hudson impatiently.

"Where are the teachers and everyone else?" questioned Pio.

"I'm going to track Shinkai's location so that I can see where they are," Milo announced.

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"What is that?" inquired Jahnavi, squinting.

"I feel like the earth is rumbling," said Shinkai.

"More like it's going to explode," joked Jonas.

"Stop, we have to get out of here and find others," said Evangeline, serious this time.

"Bruh, where is the exit route!?" shouted Allison, very frustrated.

"What if we run out of H₂O?" asked Jonas, trying to bring up the suspension.

"Oh my god, just try to find the exit already," insisted Jahnavi.

"You all are too slow. I can't take it anymore!" sighed Evangeline.

"You haven't even found a way out yet—" said Jonas, who was soon interrupted by the choice of two directions.

"The girls should go to the right, and Jonas and I can go on the left," suggested Shinkai.

"Okay," agreed everyone else, having no better ideas.