The High 5

Chapter 15: No Way Hozei

After about 15 minutes, an ambulance had arrived and taken Cassandra to the hospital. Principal Moreover had made an announcement that school, and any after school activities, would be cancelled for the rest of the day and tomorrow, and would resume on Thursday.

The Five had been questioned by the tall and bulky man for five minutes about the recent situation, before being allowed to go. They were told that Cassandra had an overdose, which sounded fallacious to the Five, but they also began to wonder if Cassandra hadn't been honest when she told them she wasn't using anything.

Mace and Colette's parents had come to pick them up, so had Rion's father for him, and Serena came for Sun and Aivie. Mace had been confined to his home for the rest of the day, but Colette had negotiated with her parents so they would let her go to Sun's. Rion was also allowed to go to Sun's, which meant that their anguish from today would be alleviated by his bear hugs just a little bitty bit.

It was Wednesday. The Five had rarely ever seen Cassandra's parents, but they knew the Wiccan's weren't the most attentive people. Yet still, they weren't permitting anyone to visit their daughter for the time being. All that anyone knew now was that Cassandra was in a coma, and the doctors weren't at all sure if she'd ever wake up.

Now it was Thursday. School, and any after school activities, had recommenced. Kite was avoiding the Five, and he was doing such a good job, that none of them had noticed. All the students had went about their day as usual except for the Five, and until they were all no longer feeling so gloomy, Aivie had temporarily christened them 'The Low Five'.

They had decided at lunch that none of them would be feeling up to participate in soccer and cheer-leading practices tomorrow, so they would have to inform their respective coaches after school. And now school was over. The halls were already pretty much deserted, as they usually were at Kalimity High when school was done.

Aivie and Colette had gone to the south gym to find Mrs. Maran, and the boys had to the north to find Kiddman. Since Aivie was still on the unresponsive side, Colette did all the talking. And since Sun still wasn't feeling all that sunny, Rion and Mace did all the talking. After securing passes to be excused from practice, the Five agreed to meet at the main entrance.

Sun had to use the washroom, but he told Mace and Rion to go on ahead and wait for him and the girls by the entrance. As he finished up in the washroom and headed down the hall towards the rendezvous point, he stopped as he started to hear a bout of indescribable human noises. As he walked a few more steps, he realized the noises were coming from a classroom, and that the noises were actually moaning.

Curiosity got the best of Sun, and he found himself quietly inching closer to the room. The door was slightly ajar, and most of the room's lights were off towards the front. As Sun peeked past the narrow opening of the door, he realized the classroom indeed wasn't empty. It was a bit dark, but he could still mostly make out the two figures.

The first figure he noticed was a woman with hair that was long and wavy. She was sitting with her legs out and spread wide on the edge of a teacher's desk -- perhaps hers, Sun thought. She was apparently wearing some kind of knee length skirt, and a long-sleeved dress shirt. The skirt though, had a long tear running from the end to near the waistline, and the dress shirt was unbuttoned.

The second figure was a tall and stout man. There were curly silhouettes atop his head which suggested his hair was curly. He stood in front of the woman, in between her opened legs, hands gripping her thighs.

It couldn't be, Sun thought. But then, the figures started to speak...

"I don't know. Just two days ago that girl had an incident, now I hear the poor child is comatose. Aren't they going to be on high alert around here, especially with that article...won't they be keeping an extra eye on you?" The woman locked her fingers behind the man's neck.