Behind the Mirror

New Suspect

Five hours later we were told to meet Mr. Xeric outside of the gym. Before we left the office we were told to pack our weapons and anything we thought we would need while serving detention at the Tenaia Prison.

"This sucks! You guys know that we didn't steal anything right?" I asked Tyler and Jaiden while we heading over to the main building.

"Yeah, I don't remember ever stealing anything, but the people in the camera looked exactly like us. It's not fair." Said Jaiden.

"Well I guess there's nothing we can do about it now. What do you think we're going to do at the prison." Asked Tyler.

"Heck if I know, maybe we'll get to fight the prisoners!" I said. Once we met at the main building with Mr. Xeric we started making our way to the prison. He told us that we couldn't speed there so we just had to run. I didn't mind it also seemed that Jaiden and Tyler didn't either. Once we ran for what seemed like thirty minutes we stopped outside of the prison.

"Mr. Xeric. Why are we spending our detention in a prison?" I asked him.

"Because you stole and thieves get put in prison." He said.

"But we didn't steal anything!" Said Tyler.

"Well, it looks like you did, so you're paying for it." With that he walked inside the prison. The prison walls were about fifty feet high. The prisoners were also fastened with handcuffs that would nullify their power so they couldn't escape. Once inside Mr. Xeric told us that we would be cleaning most of the rooms, and that we couldn't use our power to help us do it.

Once in our separate rooms I found myself in what seemed like an experimentation room with tables filled with beakers and liquids circling the entire room. In the middle was a table meant for a person with straps to hold their feet, arms, and another strap to hold their neck. I walked closer and saw that on the table there were spots of blood. Which had to mean that someone had been experimented on not too long ago.

I suddenly heard what sounded like breaking glass and I turned around to find nothing, but a broken beaker on the floor. I went over to the table making sure I picked up the pieces carefully so I wouldn't cut myself. After I was done I went back to the shelves to see if I could actually start my job.

Once again I heard the breaking of a beaker, and once again I turned around to see nothing. I was starting to get more suspicious, so I took out my Chyla and held it close to me. I moved over to the beaker to find a note amongst the glass. I picked it up and saw it only had two words:

Mr. Xeric

I left the note on the table and started running to the door, but before I could get there I felt something grab my hand. I turned around only to be pushed on the floor. I caught a glimpse of a figure in all black with nothing but their eyes showing. I tried to get out of their grasp only to find that they were remarkably strong. Unfortunately for me they grabbed the hand that my Chyla was in and they squeezed. Eventually so hard that I was forced to drop my Chyla. Once I did they relaxed their grip. They started dragging me. After about thirty seconds we passed the table full of science things, and I realized they were going to strap me to the table.

Once we reached the middle the swung me so hard on the cold metal surface that I got the wind knocked out of me. Before I could recover they strapped me to the tables. My arms and legs were pinned, so I couldn't get up. When they came over to do my neck I caught a quick glimpse of their eyes.

Their irises were red.

They or rather she left me. Leaving the room.

"Jaiden! Tyler! Anyone!" After about fifty minutes of shouting someone finally walked into the room. Upon closer inspection I noticed it was the two boys. I told them to get over here and untie me. Once I was free I told them if they knew where Dr. Xeric was. Jaiden said that he vaguely remembered him going to clean the warden's office. Without asking any further I told them to follow me.

I ran through hallways until I came upon a door that red: Warden's Office. I opened the door and found a ghastly sight. Dr. Xeric was lying on the floor, in a pool of his own blood. We closed the door and I started walking around the body. From the looks of it he put up a fight. With scratches all over his body. It seemed that the final blow was to his stomach. They way it was cut looked to be from a dagger. A rusted one at that. The cut didn't go too deep, but all the previous slashes must've done it.

We started looking around the room. To see if we could find any clues as to who did it. I already had a suspect, but I decided not to tell Jaiden and Tyler. We started walking around the room it was a small office. With a small bookcase in the left corner and the desk in the middle. I looked into the bookcase.

None of the titles seemed to pop out to me most of them were just records of prisoners. Then on the fourth shelf I saw the title, 'Dogs of Creation'. Why would a warden haver her own copy? I thought it was hers because the one that I had was old from other people checking it out, but this one was pristine with a new cover and everything.

Picking it out of the shelf I started flipping through the pages.

"Jaiden, Tyler. Let's go." We left the prison. Running back to the school to tell Ms. Radice. After we told her she told us not to tell anyone, and just leave the rest to the teachers.

I kept the book under my arms, making sure that she didn't see it. We left her office. Immediately bumping into someone. It was Wynter.

"Sorry" I mumbled. She didn't say anything, but rather looked at the book that fell at the collision. I grabbed it, and her eyes locked onto mine. "Don't even think about it." I said. I got up and we left.