Saving Grace

Chapter 5: Consider me a hero

The rest of the day went on like any other. Boring classes, with the occasional news of a new project. For example, I have a group project with a girl named Kaitlin and a boy named Jeffery in my Math class. We have to create a hard algebra equation and give it to one another, and solve it; considering the name of AP math, otherwise called college level math. I was younger than everyone else in the class, considering that I was supposed to be a freshman, but I was smart enough to skip freshman, sophomore, and junior year of school, making me a senior. My 8th period class was considered 'classified' from it only giving me the room number. There was something new in my locker when I opened it. It was some type of mask. It looked like Spider-Man for some reason. On the inside, there was a note.

Do not put this on until you enter your last class
-????

The name was smudged out, so I thought this person wanted to conceal his or her identity. So I started my way down to my room. G48 was the room. When I came to it, there was a black sheet over the place where the window was supposed to be. I heard a creak of a door opening, and realized that it was the one right in front of me.

"Put on your mask if you haven't already. Then come in." Said a deep voice. So I slipped my mask on over my head, concealed my ears over my hoodie, and stepped in. I saw others talking on the other side of the room. They stopped and looked at me. One of them I felt glaring at me from inside her thor mask. Other masks were an Iron Man, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Wonder Woman, Hawk Eye, and Archer masks worn by a girl and 5 boys.
"Welcome back, students. As you could easily see, we have a new student. You know what to do." He said as he handed me a piece of paper with my name on it. I said nothing because nobody else was talking, and they folded their paper up, and put it into their hand, and starts to walk around the room. They asked each other questions to each other, so I chose to do the same. I walked up to the boy who has a Hawkeye mask.

"Hi." I said, as he turned to face me.
"What is your favorite color!" He asked me. I still am confused about what we are doing, but I'll just go along with it.
"Sky blue." I responded.
"What's your favorite animal?" I asked him.
"......chickens......" He murmured.
"Oh. Neat!" I said. I continued until I got to the girl with the Thor mask.
"What is your 2nd period class?" She asked me. It seemed oddly specific, but I guess is eligible as a question.
"Advanced Combat." I said. I could feel the devilish smile even though she wore a mask, only showing the brown from the center of her eyes.

"Okay. In a line." Said the man in the center of the room. "Newcomer, do you have any idea who these people's true identities are?" He asked, turning his face to me.

"Yes. The girl with a winged cap is Aphmau." I responded, glancing over in her direction. Everyone gasped in awe. She took off her mask to reveal her face. She stomped over to me and glared right into my eyes.

"How did you know you mother fcker?" She asked me.

"Fairly easily. You are the only female who has black hair in the whole entire school, your voice is extremely recognizable from miles away, and you are the only one who knew about my 2nd period class besides from the boys in my class." I said, matter-of-factly.

She kneed me in the stomach, as I grabbed her leg, centimeters away from my stomach, and twisted it to the ground.

"Why do you hate me so much? I mean, it's only my first day, and you already want to hurt me in anyway possible." I asked her.

"I know you like my Gar-Gar." She said.

"I'm sorry, but by Gar-Gar, do you mean Garroth?" I asked her. She stared at me more intensely.

"Yes. Next time you go near him. You would never want to show your face at school EVER. AGAIN." She yelled as she shoved me to the ground with some kind of hammer. She wacked my stomach, as the air got knocked out of me. I collapsed to the ground, panting for breath. The world around me was growing fuzzy. Everyone else was either yelling at Aphmau, or trying to help me, and I move in and out of consciousness. I soon pass out.

-- ??? POV (No, not Aaron) --

The girl collapsed as Aphmau hit her with Mjölnir; knocking the breath out of her. Catz, Alex, Steven, and Sushix rush up to Aph to yell at her, and everyone else ran up to the new girl. I ran up to Aph.

"WTF Aph?!?!?!" Everyone was yelling at her.

"What?!?! She knew too much! Nobody ever guessed me before!" She yelled back.

"ENOUGH!!!" Our teacher yelled at us. We still don't know his name, after all these years. "Aphmau, why in the whole entire world did you hit her with  Mjölnir??" He bellowed.

"I know that she isn't a hero. She's a villain!!" Aphmau spat back at the teacher. Everyone gasped, even the emotionless Alex.

"She isn't." The teacher said.

"She is! She tried to hurt Me, Sasha, and Michi with her sword last period!" Said Aphmau, starting to cry. I could recognize her fake cry from anywhere, and everyone else noticed this too.

"She lying." I said, shooting a glare at her.

"No, I swear of my Father's power; I'm not lying! She tried to punch me!" Aph said, as her sadness faded away, being replaced by Anger and Vengefulness.

"Anyways, should we get her to the nurse?" Catz wondered.

"Yeah. Teacher, Alex and I am going to bring..... um....." I started

"Grace is her name." The teacher said, answering my question.

"Thanks. Alex and I and going to bring Grace to the nurse." I said.

"Sly, since you're the stronger out of the two of us, should you carry her?" Alex asked me.

"Sure." I answered. I picked up her legs and arms and carried her bridal style to the nurses office.

-- Back to Graces POV --

I woke up, with a light pain in the chest. I then remembered how Aphmau whacked me with some sort of hammer, making me pass out. Someone in the room was probably nice enough to carry my limp body all TE way to the nurses office. I slowly sat up in my hospital-like bed thing, to see two guys sitting in chairs across from me.
"Hey! You're awake!" One with brown hair exclaimed.
"Good. I'm Alex, and this is Sly. We're both in your last class. Sorry about Aphmau, she lost her temper when you guessed that it was her. Nobody has ever guessed her correctly."
"It's nice to meet you two. How long was I passed out for?" I asked them.
"About a few minutes. 8th period is gonna end in 5 minutes." Sly responded.
"Whew! Good thing cause my da.........." I said, and I cut myself off before I said too much about myself.
"I sorry, what did you say? I didn't hear the last part." Alex said, leaning in towards me.
"It's nothing," I said. "And also, my name is Grace."
"Well then, Grace, did you need someone to drive you home?" Alex asked me. My heart lurched at his question. How in the whole world would my dad react to see two boys driving me home?
"No thanks. I usually walk to school and back. Thanks for the offer though!" I said, lightly smiling. I know mom would be happy that I chose the way to not make dad pissed at me. I slowly got up to my feet, and made my way out the door.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow, then?" I said, as I waved Alex and Sly goodbye.