Mutants

Chapter 3: The Graduates

"We have arrived at our destination!" Jasmine declares. We open our doors and step out of the truck. A giant abandoned warehouse stands before me covered with graffiti saying all kinds of different things that don't make much sense to me; "The Graduates" is written most commonly. I'm too nervous to ask where we are. Jasmine jogs to the giant rusty garage door at the front of the building. She turns around and waves at me.
"You going to help me or what?!" She yells.
"Oh shit! So-sorry!" I replied. I rushed over to her and grabbed the bottom of the garage door followed by Jasmine. We attempt to pull it open but it wouldn't budge! A few grunts and yanks later, (I understand that sounds wrong, I made it that way) it still didn't budge.
"Fuck!" Jasmine yells "They must've locked it!"
"Who?" I questioned
"You'll see!" She replies. She starts pacing back and forth down the building looking for another entrance.
"A window! Perfect! Give me a boost!" She demands. I walk over there while trying to suss out this mysterious building. Once I reach her side I kneel down and put out my hands, one over the other. She places her foot on top and reaches for the window. I push up. I could see directly up her school skirt.
"Got it!" She yells. She slides the window open and mantles in. I hear her feet thud against some metal platform.
"Go over to the door! I'll open it!" Jasmine orders.
"Ok-k." I said. I walked over to the door. I heard some yelling and talking from inside.
"It's me! It's me!" I hear Jasmine yelling "I have a friend outside that could help us! Let me open the door and let him in!" There are some whispers then someone yells out;
"Is he a mutant!?"
"No but that's why! Let me show you!" She replies to the voice. The door starts to shake then it raises. Jasmine standing right in front of a crowd of adults.
"This is him!" Jasmine says. "Come on Bryce! I'll make sure they don't hurt you!" She turns around and the crowd splits into two with a line in the middle. Jasmine starts walking through the line and I follow not too far behind. As I walked, everyone stares with everyone whispering to one another. Quite a few of these faces I kind-of recognised but not enough to ask them who they were! But then I see a face I definitely recognised!
"HOLY SHIT! Lu-lucas!?" I yell. My old friend who graduated last year's name was Lucas. He was very tall and strong! I always told him his hair looked like Jacksepticeye's but all he did was make an Irish impression pretending to slap me in the face!
"BRYCE!?" The man replies "When she said Bryce I didn't even think!" He comes pushing through the crowd and grabs me around the waist. He lifts me up and squeezes tightly.
"Put m-me down!" I wheeze.
"Oh sorry!" Lucas says. He drops me down. "So, you know?"
"Yep!" I answer "What powers dd-d-do you have?" Lucas lets out a heavy sigh.
"And why does you breath smell like fish?" I add. Suddenly he transforms into a giant croc-human hybrid! I fell back in shock!
"My a-ass!" I cry. Lucas bursts into laughter with his deep croaky voice. He transforms back into his human form.
"Ok! Time to get up! Let's go!" Lucas says while helping me up. He leads me through the rest of the crowd to a circular table with Jasmine leaning on it.
"These people, we call The Graduates, Bryce!" Jasmine notes "They graduated from our school and came here where they can't find them. I'm their leader because I'm the only one who remembers the place where we were taken!"
"I guess that ma-makes sense!" I said. "But you said to them I co-could help! But how can I help? I didn't know-ow about this until just a few hours ago!"
"You don't have any powers!" She replies fairly excited.
"That s-sounds really contradictory!" I pointed out!"
"Sorry! I should've explained it more!" She said "I don't know where the facility is! But one thing is in our favour! The school knows you don't have powers! We could somehow use you as bait to find out where their organization is and attack!"
"Hold o-on there one fr-freaking second! I don't want to die!" I mention.
"You won't die! We have a plan by then so you won't either get killed or get powers!" Lucas buts in.
"Hold on a-another second! I ca-can get powers?" I say with a smirk.
"Having powers isn't as good as you think!" Lucas opposes.
"Because once you graduate, you come here! To this shit hole and you, can't, leave!" Jasmine explains. I gulp. My life is in danger no matter what happens! I have to do this! For my self and all the Graduates plus, this might get me a date with those "Hello Kitty" panties! What I mean by that is I might get a date with Jasmine!
"Ok! Let's do this!" I reply. Cheering comes from all around. Lucas pats me on the back but it more feels like torture whips! Jasmine is literally jumping up and down in an anime fashion clapping her hands. Once the cheering died down I asked; "What's the pl-plan?"
"Ok! We can't risk the people here! We'll have to recruit the kids at our school! I have a couple of ideas!" Jasmine notes "Go home tonight and meet me in the girls toilets, I'll tell you more tomorrow!"
"Why the girls toilets?" Lucas and I say subsequently in sync.
"You'd understand Bryce! It's nostalgic!"