Student Book 2 || Weirdie Stars

Chapter 26: It Started

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"You know, if you act too cocky, you're going to get the rugs under you pulled up."

Yao Jia gasped and looked around him in panic, but the smoke was too heavy it made it impossible for him to see, but the voice came from his back, so he focused his vision on that area.

However, failed attempts are failed attempts. Falhan's smoke bombs are never failures, anyway.

"Yao-ge, why are you always involved with dangerously powerful people?" He could only grin, feeling that he's the losing one, cornered by the enemy. But he hates losing, everyone would agree. He just came out, owned this body, he can't lose.

So, he pulled a MP5K gun, its original
shape already modified into a pen which could be kept in his pocket, and automatically it changes into its original shape once a certain button was pressed. Yao Jia started to shoot in random directions, hoping the bullets will hit at least a human being.

Another boy smirked in total pride, his trademark when his tricks succeeded. It all was an illusion, after all. He then made a hand symbol, a sign language for "activate", and shouted,

"Come back, Yao!"

A relatively loud "BOOM" was heard from the center of the smoke surrounding Yao Jia.

At that moment, the guns stopped shooting, as the smoke goes thinner and thinner, until human eyes could see clearly again, and there he was, a young boy laying on the floor, his back on the floor as he stared blankly at the ceiling. There was no blood, no harm or anything similar, it was a way to tuck the little space back to sleep and wake the real Yao Jia up.

Falhan and Kevin's heads appeared in his field of vision, looking curious as if anticipating something. They leaned down to check his condition, leaving the gun abandoned on the floor.

"Yao? Are you with us?" Kevin asked, waving his hand. Yao Jia sat up, rubbing his eyes like someone who just woke up, and looked around.

"Yeah. Sorry for troubling you guys. How long has it been since I switched?"

"Agh, seriously, you're a pain in the ass," Falhan whined and stood up. "It's 5:15PM in the evening. We plan to get things done by 6."

"Is Yao Jia back? Welcome home," Carrick said sarcastically to the group. Yao could only gulp in fear, knowing that once Sir Carrick uses that one tone of sarcasm or a deep voice, they're done for. It's the end if the happy virus gets angry.

"I-i-it seems so..." A shutter and a laugh of nervousness.

Kevin sighed, or took a deep breath and exhaled, preparing himself for the next question he was sure that Yao Jia would ask,

"So, what trouble did I cause when I switched?"

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The school's hall's door was opened, a young man stepped inside.

Quiet and empty, only the sound of the clock ticking was heard. Tick, tock, tick, tock, it sounds. The windows were open, letting the sunshine run through the hall, making it peaceful to look and stay at.

Frederick had decided to stay shut and quiet until he was called. He did a big mistake after all, letting an enemy in front of him go and even let himself getting carried away talking to him, but he thought it was worth it. Chris was a teacher replacing his duties during his absence, and he forgot to say thank you.