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Ch#8 I am not Groot

Ch#8 I am not Groot

I took a long cold shower after my breakfast, with the butter and the pan being the only thought running on my head. If I need to get closer to the so-called Leaders, I'll need them to trust me. How do I do that? Does someone sell trust? Would I be able to buy it cheap and sell it to The Leaders? What if-

Ughh! Was planning always this difficult!?

Have you ever planned anything, genius? You were always a spontaneous person.

Yeah, that's it! I was always a spontaneous person. That's all I need to do. Just be me and do everything on the spot. I walked into the main room where everyone was scattered around in small groups, lost in their own conversation. Under any normal circumstance, I would have piped in, in one of these conversations. But here, the moment I come near any group, they go silent, giving me a cold glare. My gaze finally fell upon The Leaders.

We change up, change up, change up.

Ugh please! Its not the time for Seventeen!

Come on! You kept telling leaders! And I couldn't hold back from singing 'Change Up' of the leaders' unit.

I ignored my stupid self and walked towards them with confident strides, trying to intimidate them. But who knew I would end up embarrassing myself this way. In my efforts of trying to intimidate them, I stumbled over my own feet and fell face first right onto their feet.

Welcome to the Jumbo Circus, feat. Alana Anderson. Great confident strides, love.

This isn't the time to agonize over my hurt nose. I stood on my feet trying to ignore the student body's snickers. Ellis smirked at my failed attempt of striking a conversation and decided to ignore me. He turned away with Yohan and Beth tailing behind him. They didn't even give me a chance to open my mouth.

"Wait guys." I went ahead and stood before them. I couldn't just sit and wait for an opportunity. I had to grab the moment and make it mine.

"What do you want?", Beth snapped. She sure has a bitchy side attached to her.

"Look Beth, I was just trying to strike a conversation. You need not-

"Bethany. It's Bethany. I don't think we are close enough for you to call me Beth."

I held back an eye roll. I can't believe I'm trying to become friends with a person with an attitude like hers.

"Alright, Bethany. You guys need not go away. Just continue whatever you were doing. I just thought we could become friends, but I guess no. I mean, don't you guys even get bored in here? What do you people even do all day long? Just simply hang around in groups? Why don't we play something? That would make the atmosphere better. A light and fun place to live in at. How about dumb charades? Or truth or dare? Or even better, two truths and a-

Now you're just ranting, genius. Way to go in being spontaneous.

"Just stop it will you!?"

You're right. I ranted too much. Ellis seems like he would explode anytime soon.

"We're living here with our lives at stake for Pete's sake! And you! You're speaking about playing games? Dumb charades, truth or dare? We ain't in a resort, alright. Well you are a spy, why would you even have worries as that of ours. It must be fun for you to collect news from the base and inform it to your owners. But for us, it is not so. We don't even know if we can get out of this hell alive. And even if we do, we have no idea if we'll be able to survive. Money must be so much more important than the lives of innocent people for trashes like you. For all we know, you might even be a prostitute of Hudson and Dave!"

That was more than enough for my reflexes to take action. It was as if my arm owned its own brain. Even before I realized, my palms met Ellis' cheeks. And I'm not even disappointed with my action. He deserves it.

"Watch your words, Mr.Ellis Walker. Prostitute might be your puppets, not me. And what is it with all this spy! It's not even Spy Kids for God's sake! I'm already tired of it even before I get to know about the Spy agenda properly."

I couldn't hold back myself anymore. I'm done with all this butter and pan.

"You know what? To hell with you! I'm the stupid one for trying to take the role of The Guardians of the Galaxy. Hell, I'm not even Groot! I can leave this place anytime. And mind you, not 'cause I'm some stupid spy that you're speaking about. You can rot in this hell hole for the rest of your lives!" If this was an animated movie, I'm sure my nostrils and ears would have been flaring hot air.

I turned over my heels and caught the glimpse of Riley shaking her head at my failed attempt of trying to get closer to The Leaders. I left the room and walked towards the cafeteria. The passage to it being the only source that showed the glimpse of the world outside through the small windows. I closed my eyes and let out a deep breath.

"If you want to stop studying here, if you want to come back home, just let me know. But make sure you don't get caught."

Aiden's words flashed through my memory. I guess my time is up.