Adventures After School: Recovery

Chapter 12: Decision to Fight Back

A/N: Hello! I'm bringing back the chapter music. Clearly, I hadn't done that since Chapter One and I'm sorry. I know me getting into wrestling is every bit uninteresting, but I was listening to WWE themes when I was writing this chapter. You probably also figured that WWE (and a little bit of TNA) were my inspiration to write the tenth chapter. But now, we're gonna be playing Bray Wyatt's theme to up the intensity of this part of the story. If you think I've chosen the wrong theme to fit a certain part leading up to the ending of the chapter, I apologize. Once again, if you see an asterisk (*) in front of a word, that's your cue to start playing the music. Thank you for reading!

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"A possibility I never considered."

The Traveler wore a white hooded cloak. While Hazuki was curious about what brought her presence to him, he decided to focus at the matter at hand. When Dave brought up the idea of the Traveler, she soon came into the picture after she was called.

But Hazuki felt something oddly familiar about her. Something about her struck him with something he hasn't acknowledged up until Dave mentioned her. As odd as it was, she felt like she was a lost sibling.

It couldn't be her...

The cloaked girl removed her hood. Her face was pale, but she looked healthy. She had blonde hair and green eyes. Her eyes widened in shock when she recognized who he was. She knew him from somewhere, and still remembered what he'd done to her family.

"I know you..." She muttered, tugging at her cloak and looking away from him.
"Why are you looking away?" Hazuki asked, approaching her and putting his hands on her shoulders.
"You look like my brother." She whispered. "And your voice sounds exactly like his."

But as soon as she confessed, the ground shook. Hazuki carried her out of the building, walking as briskly as he could. He began sprinting—with her still in his arms—to safety.

They were at the school's parking lot. The Traveler sat on the cement road and gazed at her protector. He looked more familiar than she expected. Perhaps he could be her brother...?

"My brother used to call me Sheep." She finally said. "I'm Shauna Danielson. My real last name is a mystery, and I like to keep it that way."

There was something Hazuki knew about her, but he decided to keep his mouth shut. Now isn't the right time to tell her he knew her brother was—and what her last name really is. She should wait until she is ready to stomach the truth.

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Klara drummed her fingers on her lap. She was starting to get impatient at the administrators. She was waiting for an answer about the morning classes leading up to the afternoon classes, but these people were wasting time staring at each other.

How counterproductive, she thought. Klara had already clenched her hands into fists. She wanted very badly to pound her fists on the table. These people were doing nothing more than stare hard at everyone else around them. She shoved her hands into her pockets and let out, "Well? We're wasting time here. We may as well suspend all classes for today."

The tone of her voice brought the administration to her attention. These human men and women were already shaking in their seats. All of them had no idea how to respond, and they turned to their chairman instead. Some of them opened their mouths as if they were going to say something, but closed their mouths right away.

"There is no aftershock yet." The chairman declared. "We continue on with the classes. I do not care that these some of these children won't be able to go home."
"If you didn't care so much about the students' safeties," Klara growled and crossed her arms. "Why are you the chairman then? Why do you proclaim yourself as professional?"