Rilaya Oneshots

Freakish

Holy cow I've been inactive for a while! I've been busy with school (ugh). So this one shot was so rushed but I wanted to get it out in time for Halloween. It was inspired by the show Freakish. It's really good and if you're into the whole horror scene then you should definitely check it out! Anyways, enjoy and Happy Halloween!

It's crazy how this whole thing started. Our city is built with a chemical plant right in the center of everything, which in my opinion, is really poor planning.

One Saturday morning, I was stuck in detention with five other teens. Well, stuck isn't really the right word to use. I came on purpose. Why? One reason: Maya Hart.

Luckily, the Coach (he was in charge of detention) sympathized with me and my pathetic little crush on the blonde beauty. He let me stay, which either sealed my fate as a survivor, or doomed me to die.

The other kids in detention (besides Maya and me) were Lucas Friar, Zay Babineaux, Farkle Minkus, and Isadora Smackle. What seemed to be a normal day was quickly proven to be wrong. The chemical plant exploded, releasing toxic gas into the air. We learned quite quickly that if someone breathes in the gas, they get turned into a mutant, a freak. That's how Coach died; killed by a high school student turned into a freak that made its way into the school.

Now the six of us were stuck at Abigail Adams High with dwindling supplies of food and water. We've already blocked all entrances and boarded all the windows but we knew that we couldn't stay here forever. It's either die by starvation/dehydration or go outside and breathe the air, turning into a freak. As one can see, not many good options here.

But, Farkle, being the boy genius he is, has an idea. "The school was built with a supply of gas masks. They should be in the basement. If we can get them, we should be able to go outside and try to find some help."

"Right, just one problem." Lucas says. "THE BASEMENT IS FILLED WITH ALL THOSE FREAKS THAT MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL THAT WE TRAPPED IN THERE!"

"You think I don't know that!?" Farkle exclaims. "Look, we can go to the science lab. I should be able to make a knock out gas to put the freaks to sleep. Then we can look for the gas masks."

"But wouldn't we also get knocked out by the gas?" I ask, skeptical of the idea.

"No." Smackle says. "The gas is heavier than the air, it'll sink. So as long as you don't search too low, you won't fall asleep."

"Huh. Our choices are to stay here and die or go out there and die." Zay remarks, shaking his head. "I just want some pizza!" He moans, plopping onto a chair, slamming his head on the desk.

"Who's with me on this?" Farkle asks, ignoring Zay. He reaches his hand out in the air, waiting for someone to join him.

"I'm in." Smackle says almost right away, putting her hand on top of his.

It takes another couple minutes of silence before Maya puts her hand in the pile as well. "I'm in too. It's better than sitting here, waiting for our deaths."

I'm the next one to join them, gingerly placing my hand on top of Maya's, hoping that I wasn't blushing too much.

Lucas steps closer to us, putting his hand in the pile, accidently brushing my shoulder along the way. I don't notice Maya's glare at Lucas when he does this though, too busy staring at the floor, silently freaking out about how I was actually touching my crush's hand.

Zay is the last one to join, completing the little huddle. "Let's do this."

"Okay, Smackle and I will go down to the lab and make the knock out gas. We'll be back soon. You guys just sit tight." Farkle says, making his exit along with Smackle.