Red Roses ~Marcus Lopez Arguello

22~ Grim Reaper

Dark Arts, December 17th, 2pm

Maria pounced on the taunting British boy, Lex getting absolutely abused by her fists. She had cut a portion of his cheek with her blade, and became violent with her sparring partner. Enough blood had been shed for Lin to finally end their fighting. Though Lex had lost long ago.

"Fuck! Get this crazy bitch off me!" Lex screams out as Maria continues to punch the boy as she sits on his chest.

"Stop, Maria! Stop!" Saya rushes forwards and drags Maria off of the British boy.

"Calm yourself, Maria!" Lin shouts and sticks his cane out, stopping Lex from getting to the girl. "Take note, class. In sparring, adrenaline can be as consuming as real combat." With that Maria runs away, trying to get her head out of the dark thoughts that it was just in.

Marcus steps forwards to go after her but Scarlett just takes a hold of his wrist. She whispers into his ear. "You go running after her, and everyone will know." He looks down into Scarlett's eyes, and he relaxes into her touch, deciding not to go after the girl.

Madam Gao sees the exchange, and is no idiot when it comes to the situation.

•••

Maria is racing down the halls when Juan stops her, pushing her against one of the dorm halls. "This Yukio shit has to get done." Maria just sighs and pushes out of his grip, and keeps walking, still distressed. Juan grabs her shoulder, bringing her back against the wall. "You gonna make me call Diablo? Tell him you're letting things slide 'cause of that Kuroki bitch you rolling with? What the fuck's the matter with you? This hijo de puta got Chico killed." Maria just looks down at the floor and he moves his head down, so he's in her line of sight. "Why you making me ride you?"

She doesn't answer the boy, her chest heaving up and down, out of breath.

•••

Basement, Kings Dominion, 4pm

Class had subsided and the students were free to do what they pleased, as long as they were back by curfew. Scarlett and Marcus had decided now was the best time to find Chester. Marcus had dragged Scarlett down with him to the basement and Scarlett was a bit reluctant. Scarlett felt awkward being alone with the boy, and even more so because Saya was supposed to come with them, but was dragged away by Lin who had to discuss some personal matters.

That just left Scarlett and Marcus, both not wanting to discuss the 800-pound gorilla between the two, and instead just deciding to put that aside and focus on the task at hand. Scarlett whispers as they walk down to the basement of Kings and make their way over to the cells. "There has to be a better way."

Marcus argues back, holding a firm grip on his baseball bat. "There isn't."

Scarlett tries to come up with a solution. "Okay, we'll go to the crime scenes."

"Do what, Batman? We're not detectives. We don't know how to find criminals, let alone a serial killer." They make it down the stairs and they see a wall filled with different items used for restraint. Scarlett brushes her fingers on the leather collar and leash as Marcus makes his way to the cell right beside the wall, using his lockpicking set to unlock the cell door. "Besides, we're running out of time. We need an expert." He unlocks the cell and pushes the door open, revealing the Scorpio slasher, retrained and sitting on his wheelchair.

"Well it's the self-righteous boy who hates bullies and the egotistical girl who hates me. I am beside myself with anticipation." Sarcasm drips through the slasher's voice.

The pair ignore his comment and Marcus gets straight to the point. "We need help."

"So you came to the tiny-dicked egotist?"