The Uprising: Book One

Chapter 7: Cat And Mouse

The new students weren't seen or heard from since the previous nights issue with Elijah happened but no one except the student council members seemed to worry or notice

Phillip was helping a few students with their swimming by calling out instructions from outside the pool; when things got dark; and time seemed to slow down- he was the only one who seemed to notice the changes. Phillip frowned and looked about but he neither sensed nor saw any presence. With suddenness, he fell to his knees holding his head from the excruciating pain he felt in it, the last thing he saw before he blacked out were people running to him and calling for the instructor, whilst everything else returned to normal

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Harry was busy working in the craftwork room with only a few other students and a supervisor- he was carving a wooden statue, when all of a sudden, the lights went out. No one else seemed to even notice as they continued their work

"Can someone get the lights?"

People looked at him confused, the supervisor included as he looked at the room lights, the light came back on for Harry, and he mumbled before continuing his work. A moment later, the lights went off again, once more- only he seemed to notice. He left his station and walked to the switch. As he approached, the lights began to flicker as though they were struggling to come back on and at any second might just explode, as he got closer- the flickering, the people working, the sound of the machines and tools being used slowed down, even his walking did. He reached for the switch and sparks flew, he fell to the ground as people gasped

"No one touch him" the supervisor called out, he called out a few instructions but Harry had lost consciousness

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Zac was walking with Henry, "What the hell is going on?" Zac asked

"I wish I knew...Phil and Harry- they're being targeted randomly"

"They're both with the nurse...they're fine now but have to act otherwise to avoid suspicion..."

Henry nodded, "Tony can't get any sort of reading to help so we have nothing to help us"

"You know what worries me the most...they both said that time slowed down"

"But we haven't broken our deal...he's still trapped- so how could he?"

"Maybe the Titans found a way around it to help him" Zac shrugged

"We're all bound to it and linked to each other so if we want to find out what's happening, we need to get them"

"We don't know who will be targeted next so we need to do this tonight..."

Henry nodded

"You dear brother have other work to do, leave the hunting to us"

Henry raised an eyebrow, "You're kidding right?"

Zac shook his head, "If the compulsion didn't work, we have to find out why...but till then, get her story right about what happened- you wanted the responsibility of handling her and figuring it out, so do that"

"Fine..." Henry started to walk away

"Oh and H...be nice to her" Zac called out

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It was lunch and Primrose sat with Kristen, Andrea and Carmen whilst the guys sat elsewhere, occasionally glances at each other

"Prim...you okay, you've been playing with your food since you got it- want to get something else?" Kristen asked

"Yeah...I could ask Austin to take us for a drive to buy something"

"Prim..." Carmen said

Primrose finally stopped what she was doing and looked at them, "Did you say something?"