Chapter 4

Mary saw and heard the conversation between Jannah and Mr. Reyes. She was intrigued that Jannah requested Mr. Reyes to talk behind the school. She thought that Jannah would confess to the popular teacher, Mr. Reyes. She sneaks, tailing them and knows the situation. Mary couldn't do a thing. She just watches behind overheard the conversation.

But she doesn't want to believe it but she can't conclude the whole scenario without seeing what Jannah just showed to Mr. Reyes. She can't seem to calm down seeing Jannah crying while trembling.

"I need to know what Jannah showed..." She goes to her classroom

Nathan just arrived with a glooming and annoyed face. He noticed Jannah that was sitting on her seat but not moving, staring at her phone. Nathan remembers that Jannah was followed by Mr. Reyes going to the back of the school.

Nathan didn't pay too much about her because he was sermoned until the second period rang, he was dead tired in the morning. He just immediately sit on his chair and look at Jette.

"What happened to you? Did you oversleep? here... You didn't arrive in the first period so I copy the lecture." Hand over his copy

"You're pretty kind Jette..." Nathan was fallen to tears.

"Hey guys, Didn't you hear that Jannah just confessed to Mr. Reyes." Rey whispering to them

"dude we've already heard it..." Jette points all the people in the room and even the other classroom.

It was already the talk of the school. School Campus idol confesses to the popular teacher turns out to be a total failure. Somebody spread the talk that Jannah was rejected when confessing, seeing her sitting on the floor while tears flowing on her cheeks.

The girls go in front of Jannah

"aren't you just a little bitch with a pretty face that almost woe all the boys in our school. Maybe of your ugly face that Mr. Reyes didn't want you to become his girlfriend. "

"That's what you get because your too full of yourself. hahaha..."

"Yeah, you think that you can easily sway Mr. Reyes by simply showing him something on her phone."

They keep harassing Jannah but she didn't even bother to look at them.

"Hey, are you listening, bitch?" slowly whisper in the ears of Jannah.

Jannah didn't even answer to the girl question. She was pissed and about to grab her hair. Coleen was going to stop the girl who was bullying Jannah but she stops when she saw Mary stop the girl.

"what are you doing?" Mary giving deadly stares at the girls.

"what's your problem? you wanna go, bitch?" The girl got irritated by the sudden grab of Mary

people started to crowd looking at the ruckus. The girl immediately retract his hand and leave

"Let's go girls. we don't have time for the loser."

Mary just looks at the girl when she went away. She then checks Jannah if she was okay.

"Jannah, are you okay. Did that girl hurt you?" Check all over Jannah's body.

"I'm okay." Jannah talked in a small voice

"You don't look okay Jannah. You can talk to me about your problem." tries to help elevate the situation of Jannah.

Jannah didn't bother to talk back to Mary. She just nodded her head.

Rey and Jette saw the whole that happened and were low-key worried about Janna But Nathan didn't bother to look at the scene. He was busy writing the notes that were given to him.

"isn't it bad to talk behind a person's back. badmouthing her." whispering at Jette's ears

"I think that what gets from being too popular. You may have an overwhelming people that adore you but it's not non-existent that there are no people who hate you. People got easily jealous and turn that hatred to harm you." Jette talking in a philosophical way.

"Ahh... what do you think that what Mr. Reyes and Jannah talk behind the school?" Rey didn't understand what Jette said, pause for a while, and then talk about another topic.

"What do you hell are you thinking dumbass. It obvious that Jannah confession and got rejected by Mr. Reyes." Jette can't understand Rey's way of thinking.

Both of them keep talking while Nathan recovered from the stress of the sermon and finished copying the notes, he grabs his laptop and opens it. pushes the power button and waited a while for the computer to start up but it didn't even show some light that when you've pushed the power button. Nathan checks his computer.

"What's wrong with this laptop." looking around and remember that he copy some files from his computer.

"Didn't I copy some file from the computer but it would not likely to drain the battery." Nathan is busy thinking about how his laptop got drained

Jette and Rey scrolling their Facebook newsfeed. The news already reached there. Many different stories and facts were spreading about Jannah. There is even a debate.

"Dude this serious problem. A lot of the students arguing about the event that happens just a couple of hours ago." Jette still looking at some articles about Jannah.

Rey found some pictures of Jannah and Mr. Reyes behind the school. A picture of Mr. Reyes grabbing the face of Jannah, sitting while crying on the ground and a picture that Jannah showed her phone to Mr. Reyes. Rey showed it to Jette.

"who the hell posted this picture. It's supposed to be private. they should've known that Jannah requested to talk behind to school to be private." Jette talking in an angry way.

Nathan grabs his laptop charger and plugged it. While he was busy charging his laptop He then notices that two of his friends talking about a photo. Nathan was intrigued about it.

"what are you looking at guys. well, isn't it Jannah." Nathan looks at the phone

"I saw her with Mr. Reyes going to the back to the school but I didn't saw Jannah look nervous but I get a different vibe from her. It's like she found out something." Nathan thinking what he felt when he saw Jannah an hour ago.

"What vibe?" Jette is curious

"I don't know. It feels like something that a confidential look" Nathan had a hard time thinking

"What confidential look? are you sure you saw her?" Jette didn't believe Nathan.

"If you don't want to believe me, fine it's your choice." Nathan has given up on explaining

"Bro, there's still tons of post keep on popping up." Rey showed his phone to Nathan and Jette

The three of them cannot believe that new about Jannah's confession got rejected become the topic of the whole campus. The three of them keep looking at their newsfeed and didn't notice that a teacher already entered their classroom.

The three of them got smacked in the head "Mr. Donaire, Mr. Bantilan, and Mr. Silverio, why are you still looking at your phone?" The teacher slowly walks to the teacher's table.

"You three will stand outside of the classroom until my subject ends up and I will be having a quiz today. If you three didn't have a passing grade you will know what you get."

At recess, the three of them are tired from an hour of standing in the hallway. they immediately sit down on their chair and keep massaging there calves.

"That teacher is a devil. She ordered us to stand in the hallway for an hour and yet she gives us a quiz." Rey take off his shoe and move his toes

"Yeah, you said it right." Nathan wipes his sweat and grabs his charging laptop.

"that devil sure give us a hell of a time" Jette fanning his body with his bare hand.

Nathan checks the laptop and pushed the power button. It doesn't startup.

"What is wrong with you Mr. laptop?" keep pressing the power button

"What happened, bro?" Rey looks at the Nathan laptop also.

"My laptop won't even startup." keep pressing the power button

"Maybe you should rest it a little bit. It maybe needs a little more time charge until it could startup."

It was about time that the next teacher would arrive. Nathan put the laptop aside and grab his notes and pen. The bell rings afterward.

In the teacher's restroom. Mr. Reyes was on the phone.

"Mr. Reyes didn't I tell you to keep on a low profile. Why the hell you started to become popular in the school. You're going to be found out." a person talking on the other end of the call

"Relax, I had it all covered up but I just found a little annoyance, could you check this kid out. Jannah Q. Silverio. He stole some files, could you alter it a bit that it would backfire her. thanks..." Reyes suddenly cut the phone call

"Hey! Reyes! shit... he already hung up the phone. Well, it's not my problem if you got caught. Let's see. Jannah Q. Silverio. My, my, my, what a cute girl you got there Mr. Reyes."

The bell all rang throughout the campus. It was time for the lunch break.

"Class, this topic could appear in exams so you better study. understood?" the teacher gathers his teaching materials and ready to leave the classroom

"Yes ma'am" all answered in chorus

Nathan immediately goes to his laptop to check if it would startup. Nathan was praying heavily that it would have a miracle that the laptop would startup. when he pushed the button, it miraculously starts up

"Yes!... You didn't give up on me, Mr. Laptop" Nathan was cheering that his laptop starts up

Nathan was waiting for his laptop to start when Jette interrupted him from waiting

"Hey dumbass, You aren't hungry?" Jette carrying his lunch box

" Wait a minute, I'm going to get my lunch." Nathan goes to his bag to get his lunch.

Mary who was sitting on her seat, deep on her thoughts saw this an opportunity to ask what happened to Jannah when he was with Mr. Reyes. Jannah was about to leave the room, carrying his lunch. Mary chase and grab the wrist of Jannah, stopping her from walking.

"Jannah, can you tell me what really happened? aren't I'm your best friend? You should talk about this with me. I can lend you an ear. isn't that what are best friends are for?" Mary was giving sincere eyes toward Jannah

"I know but I don't want you to be part of any of this. I know that I sound crazy right but I want you to understand this." Jannah shoves away from Mary's hand and goes on her own carrying her lunch with a terrified look on her face.

Mary was left alone in the room but she wasn't discouraged that she was shoved away but in fact that she became more worried about Jannah.

The lunch suddenly became gloomy. With the act of two girls as if they are trying to mend their relationship got a bitter taste on the tongue to those people who saw that scene.

"Damn, I can't even finish my food." Jette stops from eating and puts away his lunch

Nathan and Rey who were absorbed in eating didn't bother to stop instead they even enjoy their meal.

"Maybe, I just made friends with abnormal people." Jette can't believe that two of his friends hogging and chowing their food super fast.

"Jette, why the hell you stop eating?" Nathan chowing down the food.

"If you don't finish eat, you can donate it to us maybe." Rey also chowing down the food.

"Nah, I don't have the appetite anymore. I will finish it later if I'm hungry."

When Jette tries to put back his lunchbox to his bag. It went missing. He keeps searching around his seat but he didn't find it.

"Guys, did you see my lunch box? I just put it here just a sec ago" Jette turn around to them

Jette saw both of them holding a lunchbox. It was just the same design and size as Jette's lunchbox. Nathan and Rey stop getting the food from the lunchbox and freezes their hand while their mouth keeps on chewing.

"Isn't that my lunchbox?"Jette straining his eyes to have a better view of the lunchbox

Nathan and Rey was mouthful that they just tilted their head sideways to say no.

"It's my lunch box! you fucker!" grabs the collar of the shirt of Nathan and Rey

The mood in the room becomes brighter due to the stupid act of Nathan and Rey. after that, the class was resumed. Nathan forgets about his laptop. The class goes without a problem.

"Oh no...! I forgot that the laptop still on during our lecture." Nathan looks at the battery percentage notification that it's already low.

Even he was down that his laptop isn't full but he notices that desktop has changed. It was more like the computer he just fixed.

"what the heck happened to my computer?" Nathan began checking his computer.

"Dude what are you doing on your laptop? aren't you going to the electric company!?" Rey shouted outside the classroom with his bag on."

"Just wait, I still going to arrange first." Nathan grabs the laptop and puts on his bag

He was walking on the sidewalk when he saw Coleen with an older guy walking on the opposite of the sidewalk. Coleen was so beautiful that every guy that saw her on the sidewalk was mesmerized to her. It was just normal for Coleen but Nathan found it odd that there is Guy walking on her side. It feels like they're acquainted with each other.

The arm of the guy was back of coleen holding her and his hand was on her hips. If it was Coleen's boyfriend, she would be happy but when Nathan look at the face of Coleen it was just the same as the face she had shown when she looks at her phone.

Nathan tried to say hello to Coleen but it was the time for the vehicle to cross the road, It was blocking the view of Coleen and the guy. By the time the road was not busy, Coleen was already gone. He then remembers that he still has work to do on the electric company.

Nathan already arrived at his home, lying down on his bed. Without electricity, He just stared at his ceiling until the sunlight slowly moves away towards the window. thinking on his bed, He remember how Jannah looks terrified. It wasn't from the fear of failure confession but something else. As if she was scared by something else.

"Why are you prying on Jannah? You got a crush on her?" Nathan talks to himself then he moves his laying position to the right and saw his laptop.

"Might as well look at my laptop. So what's your problem?" Opens up his laptop and saw the desktop changed.

"It just likes a computer desktop." Nathan was so into the laptop. looking at the spec and the system

Nathan was browsing the files and he remembers that he copied the file of the weird A.I. but when he tries to find the file, it was already installed.

"Oh shit... Why the hell it was installed. Does the file want to fry my laptop? It can't run that kind of software. Maybe I can uninstall it."

Nathan finding the unstill button of the software and when he clicked it suddenly shows that it was not permitted to uninstall.

"What the hell?"

After a while, the Weird A.I. suddenly appear on desktop sleeping. Waking up, and stretches.

"Hey! you!" the weird A.I points at Nathan

Nathan looks at his back if someone was pointed instead of him.

"you dumbass, I'm talking to you... You wanna kill me?" the A.I. suddenly talk in a serious way.

Nathan can't muster any strength to speak "N-No..." Nathan stutters due to the fear and shock but it's not the same as the first time Nathan encounters him.

"hahaha, what was that weak answer...?" the A.I. Mock him

"Don't you dare laugh at me... or else I will uninstall you..." Nathan goes to the uninstall button but the A.I. stops him moving his pointer.

"You little..." Nathan uses both of his hands to move the mouse but it heavy because of the interaction of the A.I."

"ARGH...!" both of them shouting from the sheer amount of strength they release at the same time.

time went on, the room is getting dark as the sun slowly going down on the horizon. only the light emitting from the computer lightens the darkroom.

"No, no, no... I was joking, I just want to try the bad guy type of guy. But I'm serious..."

"So you're telling me If I uninstall you there is no guarantee that It would be the same if It was installed again."

"Yeah, It was a pure stroke of luck that I was the one that comes out of the file." The talking A.I. talking while touching the icon of the desktop.

"So the gist of this is that you are one of a kind? is that it?" Nathan talking like a prosecutor that interrogating a suspect.

"What the hell was that tone, you're too young to be like that. and on the second thought, you sound like a lame... hahaha" A.I. burst into laughter

"s-shut up." Nathan was embarrassed, And then he finds it weird that the A.I. is functioning without problem on his laptop with the spec.

"By the way, how can you function properly on this laptop. For all, I know that this laptop doesn't have the capacity to run you." Nathan looking at the file at his laptop for answers

"You won't find it there. I just use wireless processing of the computer there." The A.I. pointed somewhere.

"where?" Nathan looks in the dark, straining his eyes.

"there, the computer you just fixed."

"are you kidding? that computer? how can you connect wirelessly? the place is so damn dark from the blackout and you said that you use that computer?"

"I know, I connected it from using the phone hotspot. I had a hard time configuring it at noon."

Nathan was really amazed. He grabs his phone but he drops it immediately because it was hot. Nathan was in his cloud nine until he remembers that his laptop was almost drained.

"You...! you're the one who drained my laptop...!" Nathan immediately goes to the uninstall button

"No...!"

they argue a lot that Nathan keep shouting that his parent heard it. "Hon, who was Nathan's friend up there? they are making big noises. they could've made a whole upstair." his father looks around the papers he brought from his work on the living room.

"He didn't bring any friends this afternoon. If he had to bring some, I've should make a snack for them." Nathan's mom busy preparing dinner in the kitchen.

"Did I hear that right...? he's alone right now?" Nathan's father reconfirm what he just heard from his wife

"yeah..." still cooking some food.

"You...!" Nathan's shout was loud that his father hear it on the living room

"Hon, we should better call some exorcist someday. I don't know if it's just Nathan impulses or just the Demon he's fighting." His father was really disturbed from the noise of Nathan

Nathan lay down on his bed, getting tired from the constant shout.

"But I can't keep up with this. The computer has a limited battery so I've been optimizing that I can function well.

"No way, you even optimize the battery, Is there anything you can't do?" Nathan moves his lying down position to look at the laptop screen.

"by the way, what's your name? I can't just call you you" Nathan's thinking many names to call the A.I.

"When you say that question? I remember that I didn't give my name" The A.I. thinking deeply, making faces that were deep in thought

Nathan was waiting for the A.I. answer. "hmm... I don't remember."

"what the point for deep thinking!?" Nathan shouted angrily on the A.I.

"I've also heard the rumor about a girl named Jannah. Due to my curiosity, I've dived into the internet and all social media to look for answers but I only come up with one solution."

"what do you mean? you've stalked a girl? Aren't you just a pervert." Nathan took this a chance to mock the A.I.?

"You want to hear it or not? I'm going to delete what I have researched on." A.I. click the delete button and goes out the prompt to delete the file.

"No...!"

The A.I. explained what he found out, going through various websites. A.I. put out a different type of picture from a different angle where Mr. Reyes and Jannah was talking behind the school.

"In this picture, there's no doubt that the action of Jannah wasn't of for confession but for something else. And by far analyzing this crappy photo that doesn't even have a high megapixel camera, I found out that it was somewhat kind of table was shown on the phone of Jannah. I can't recognize even further due to the bad quality of the image." A.I. talking while showing various picture to Nathan

"So my hunch was right, It was not just some simple confession."Nathan looking at the photo.

His mom calls him for dinner "I gotta go now to have some dinner? You wanna come to eat with us?"

"Are you stupid? I may look like a human but I'm still a program of your computer." A.I. busy organizing the files that he researched "by the way, don't you call me after the dinner. The computer battery is almost depleted."

"Okay" Nathan hurriedly goes to the kitchen.

The A.I. feel a thorn on his heart. It was a familiar feeling that he had felt once but he can't seem to remember. "What the hell is this feeling. As if I need to go back to someone."

After a while, the A.I. close the laptop as well as the computer.

It was already morning. Nathan arrives early at the school. He was the first student in his classroom. Jette couldn't believe that Nathan was early. He was supposed to be late.

"The fuck are you smirking for?" Jette put his bag on his seat

"ahem... First..." Nathan flaunting at Jester

"Yeah you're first but it still your first time..." Jette was sarcastic at Nathan

"you don't need to tell me that" Nathan receive damage to his heart

They started the class without a problem. It was just any normal day for a student. It was recess when Nathan remember that he had a talk to the A.I.

Nathan finishes his snack "bro, I had a talk with the A.I. I've talked with you before." Nathan talks to Rey and Jette who was eating their snack also.

"You still hung up on that topic, Nathan? How many times do I need to tell you that kind of thing isn't real." Jette talks while he was throwing the wrapper of his snack

"Yeah, Nathan, Even I can't believe what you just said. It's too unreal. Maybe you should go to the doctor." Rey who opens another snack

"You said it right Rey." Jette clap hands with Rey.

"You two just mocking me again. Just you two wait. I'm going to get my laptop." Nathan hurriedly grabs his laptop.

Nathan opens it and starts to run it. It was already in the desktop but it turned back to its original desktop. "that's weird, The desktop was changed last night. It was just the same as a computer. There was a person sleeping on the desktop when I open it." Nathan keeps looking for the A.I.

"Did you say computer? is that the old computer that you've been trying to fix for a while" Rey ask Nathan, grabbing the shoulder.

"Yeah, why did you ask?" Nathan was curious

Rey and Jette slowly go disappear on Nathan. "Guy, where the hell did you go?" Nathan look around

"that guy is already hopeless, we should advise his mom to take him to the doctor." Rey walking aimlessly on the campus

"yeah, we should." Jette seconded on the opinion

They both head to their classroom while Nathan still looking for them. The class resumed. Nathan was almost late for the class. He was drenched in sweat.

"We should not talk to Nathan for a while, He looked so pissed." Rey whispering to Jette

"agreed..."

Nathan goes to his seat without looking at Jette and Rey. He just grabs his note and pen to take notes on the lecture. The class went on with Nathan didn't talk throughout the class.

When the bell rings for lunch. Rey and Jette try to amend with Nathan but Nathan just went out with his bag.

"Those idiots left me... " Nathan talking to himself while walking in the crowded hallway.

Nathan thinks to himself that it would nice to eat alone than in the cafeteria so he goes to the back of the faculty room. It was quiet because the teachers were out for getting and eating lunch. It's far from the rest of the school building, there are no students that would wander around here.

"This place is nice, quiet and cool." Nathan breathes in heavily through his nose.

Nathan grabs his lunch and sits with his back on the wall. Nathan enjoys his meal as he looks to the sky when he hears the voice, Mr. Reyes. Nathan looks through the window and sees him with a phone.

"I'm so sick at this place. With smiles of those brats makes me want to slaughter them. Did you do what I ask before." Mr. Reyes talking on the phone

"relax. I've already done it. I've erased the file. I know that you are sick but you need it to have a new identity." A static voice from the phone. Nathan didn't hear it but when Mr. Reyes smile creepily. He knows that it's up to no good.

Nathan slowly moves away when he heard Mr. Reyes "Isn't it Ms. Silverio. What can I do for you?"

"Please surrender the money you stole." Jannah begging to Mr. Reyes

"How many times do I need to tell you that if you dare to hinder my work." slowly walk toward Jannah

"I know that but I believe that you're better than this."

Mr. Reyes burst into laughter but he stops when he saw the looks of the eyes of Jannah. Full determination and justice.

"You're sickening me... I don't care if I got fired from my work, I'm about to leave this shit hole why don't I have some fun." Mr. Reyes rolling up his sleeve and button on his collar

"What are you doing?" Jannah slowly moves backward

Mr. Reyes throws a slap but it was stopped by Mary. "what the hell are you doing? Raising a hand toward their student." Mary strongly grabbed the wrist of Mr. Reyes

"well, well it isn't Mr.s Saranillo. What brought you here?" Mr. Reyes giving a creepy smile.

"Move out you creep" Mary throws a punch

Mr. Reyes can evade it easily but he was grabbed Mary that he was barraged with a lot of punch. Mr. Reyes has lost consciousness. Mary let go of Mr. Reyes's wrist and goes to Jannah to ask if she was fine.

"Jannah are you okay?" Mary looking for any injuries that Jannah got from Mr. Reyes

"that was quite a punch Mrs. Saranillo. Did you train it yourself? Ah... I remember that you are part of the boxing club." Mr. Reyes slowly stands up and grabbed his phone.

"Hey, can you lock us in this room? I'm sure I'd make a mess around here." Puts down the phone

"Don't tell me you're going to make another ruckus. You've almost got another identity. We're going to do it again from the start. oh well, we have plenty of time." The person on the other phone started typing on a computer and then shutter was dropped around the building

"what's going on??" Mary looking around and goes to the shutter trying to open it in brute force. "What the hell did you, Mr. Reyes!?"

"It just a little trap for the mice so that it won't run away." rush toward Mary

"what the hell is this? why the shutter was put down all of a sudden?" Nathan who was outside of the building heard something from his bag. he then rushed to take look at it. It was the laptop keep making sounds, he immediately opens it.

"Hey, you...! brat! Do you know how to hack someone's computer?" The A.I. busy typing on a holographic keyboard.

"nope... I only know how to fix computer not hack...!"

"You're such a useless person..."

"I'm not useless... why did you make a lot of sounds? enough of that. Can you help my classmates...?"

"I can but I'm still full on defending on that guy's attack. I need you to hack on the shutter's system to make it open." The A.I. typing fastly while talking

"But I can't..."

"Then who the hell fix that old computer. It takes a lot of typing and codes to fix that. Don't tell me it's another person who fixes it?"

"But..."

"If you don't open it, I don't know if the people inside the building would be alive by the time the authorities will open it. You need to make a decision now..."

Nathan immediately rushes towards the computer room and began typing. With the help of the A.I., he hacked some of the computers inside and use its microphone to broadcast what's happening inside.

The teacher who was busy ordering food in the cafeteria heard the scream of Mary in the speakers installed throughout the school. " who the hell uses the school's speakers?" Mr. Art talks with the other teachers.

"I heard that the microphone comes from the faculty room. When they reach it they say that the whole building was already locked by the shutters. "Who the hell inside the building!?" Mr. Art talking.

"It's that you Mr. Art...? Please help us... Mary might die..!" Jannah crying for help as she saw mary that was choked while hanging in the air by Mr. Reyes.