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4/21/21
1134 Hours
Somberwood High School
CLASSIFIED
*RRRRING* The bell rings ending lunch as two students start a fight,
BAM
"Argh"
POW
"Urgh"
BOOM
"Break it up! Enough already!"
"He started this shit!"
"Not my fault your bitch made!"
"Fucker!"
"I said enough! You're grown, act like it!"
Yet another fight among the juniors at Somberwood. Per usual two of the students, Aiden and Marvin, who've had a rivalry since their sophomore soccer season were duking it out, but that's just how they are. They get sent to the principal's office, they'll get an in-school suspension for a week and they'll be back after.
But today wasn't how everyone had expected. No one noticed how both of them were careful and didn't let the teachers touch them. No one noticed the uncharacteristic tighter clothes. It was about halfway through the period when we heard the announcement.
"Alright, is this working?"
A familiar voice crackled to life on the school intercom. It was Aiden. Aiden was well liked and popular so most people knew him and recognized his voice. The majority of the students were thrown off since the video of he and Marvin's fight had already circulated the school.
"We are now entering lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. Please refrain from leaving your classrooms and all students outside their classes will need to be in their class within the next 5 minutes. 0317, 0415, and 0255 please go and escort students who are out of their classrooms back to them."
There was a pause before Marvin's voice buzzed in,
"0099, 0115, and 0118, report to the office. Glory is the Sun."
As the numbers were called out three students in class 214, a senior and two juniors stood up and began to walk towards the door. As one of them reaches for the door, their teacher Mr. Lorez calls out,
"What do you think you're doing, Blake?"
The senior pauses and looks over,
"We were called down."
"So you know what the numbers mean?"
"Let me reintroduce myself Mr. Lorez, I am Agent 0099 'Scapegoat'. I was assigned 'Blake Hathaway' when I started going here. I am the current highest ranking officer on scene. If you want to know more, keep listening to the announcements after I get to the office."
'Scapegoat' as he called himself, turn around and began to walk towards the door, now held open by 0115,
"Where do you think you're going Blake?!"
As Mr. Lorez reaches out to stop him, 0118 steps forward blocking him
"Julian, return to your seat immediately! And stop walking away from me Blake!"
Julian stares at Mr. Lorez before looking past him and asking,
"Agent 0118, requesting permission to use force."
Blake glances back as he walks out the door,
"Authorized."
Julian proceeds to unzip his jacket and remove a baton from his belt, and in one swift motion he hooks Mr. Lorez's leg sending him to the ground. Before Mr.Lorez is able to come back to the senses, Julian is already cuffing his feet and arms behind his back,
"Julian let go of me now! Explain what's going on!"
As the shock begins to wear down some students begin to stand. As they do Julian calls out behind him,
"Students and teachers aren't targets. Stay seated and nothing will happen, those who decide to remain standing will be considered enemy forces and neutralized."
All but one student sat down. Carmen, a junior known for her brazen attitude in student government, stays standing and asks,
"What do you mean 'neutralized'? You're not thinking of beating us to death, right?"
Julian turns to match her gaze,
"Of course not,"
He strides forward taking two steps towards Carmen, before fully removing his jacket and throwing it aside. Carmen's gaze falters as she catches sight of a glint underneath his armpit, and Julian continues,
"Section One, code 4-1B, one precedent, early during the Stage of the Sun we lost four elite double digits, 0087, 0090, 0078, and 0050. Now all agents who have been authorized to use force may use any weapon in their arsenal including their personal handgun."
Carmen stares before asking,
"We've been taking classes together since middle school and you are willing to shoot me?"
Tears welled in her eyes,
"How long have you been tricking us?"
Julian turns to walk out the classroom and says,
"You can't be tricked if you just don't ask."
The door follows him, closing behind him, an omen of what was to come.
*Click*