By now, Curtis playing Abraham and Andrew playing Balthazar were on stage, Balthazar saying his line. ‘Look,’ whispered Balthasar. ‘There’s Montague’s cousin. Tell them our master’s better.’
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Abraham tapped Sampson’s chest with his forefinger. ‘There’s something I have to tell you,’ he said. ‘My master’s better than yours.’
Suddenly, there was a voice on the microphone again, but it wasn’t Mr Hennessy this time.
“Ladies and gentlemen, parents and friends. There is now a new grand master. Me! Over Dramatic!”
Alya nodded to Marinette who nodded back as she snuck away as Nino nodded to Adrien who did the same, squeezing Kagami’s hand as he slipped silently away.
Jess and Aeon nodded to each other and quietly snuck away too as Delmar told Sabrina to hide under her seat as he was going to go and find help to which she nodded as he kissed her cheek as they all went to transform.
Mr Hennessy meanwhile, looked at the wall mount. ‘Wha? Where did the wireless microphone go? And who was that?’
Andre gasped. ‘That voice sounds awfully familiar!’
‘It does! I’m sure that’s Zoe!’ Owen replied. ‘Look, up there!’ he added as he spotted her hovering in the air above everyone’s heads.
Over Dramatic continued: “I’m sorry, but the Romeo and Juliet story has been done to death. And let’s face it, there is a lot of death in it, am I right? But why don’t we tell a different story never been told before? A story about a rich girl, who always got everything she wanted, who stepped over others to reach the top of the ladder, not caring if they ever fall. As long as she made it, she didn’t care who she hurt along the way! Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Persephone Truman!”
Over Dramatic pulled a pulley making some curtains at the back of the set go up where Persephone, in her Juliet costume was tied up and swinging with one of Over Dramatic’s red ropes, with duct tape over her mouth.
‘Mmmm!’ she cried out, her voice muffled from behind the tape as Over Dramatic ripped it off and laughed maniacally as she continued speaking into the microphone as the audience gasped.
‘Go on and tell them Persephone, the lives you’ve ruined to get where you are today! Your own sisters doing your dirty work for you, drugging someone with sleeping powder just so you could play the lead role in a play! Do you think that’s fair Persephone? Huh? Do you?!’ Over Dramatic screamed at her, putting the microphone near her mouth to get her response.
Persephone took a deep breath and took another shot at covering up her cunning plan.
‘Oh Zoe! Is that you? I can’t believe you’d be so jealous of me that just because you’re sick you want to ruin the show for everyone on opening night by making up a crazy lie like this?’
