A RESCUE MISSION

Ferdinand shuffled his way through to the administration block without knowledge of his stalkers. They instinctively hid about a meter away from him as he neared Mrs. Pearl's office.

"What do we do, now?– He's going to Mrs Pearl's office" Alixies howled. "He'll definitely find out it was a prank to get him out of there."

Laura scoffed. "Not when I'm here" She mumbled which made Rubin glance back at her. "I got this! "

Before he could say anything, she disappeared.

"For God sake, Rubin– Don't just stare blankly into space. Ask Laura what we should do before it's too late! " She exclaimed.

He instinctively spread out his hands, tilting his head in the process with a shrug.

"She's not here– Don't know where she left off to" He stated. Alixies instinctively roared with a creased brow, rolling her eyes.

"Gosh, why is she always like this?" She fidgeted. "Come on, let's go– We need to find a way out."

" But how?" He swiftly queried with a furrowed brow which brought Alixies deft gaze on him.

"I don't know–Just come on, we'll figure that out; he's already in" She cried. Without further hesitation, they both crept to the door.

With a glance through the glass at the top of the door, Rubin let out a spontaneous gasp which made Alixies swiftly glance up at him with an expectant flushed gaze;her eyes, darted.

"Oh, what's she doing over there?" He loud whispered.

"Who?" She asked, her posture hunched.

Rubin blankly glanced at her and back at the door with a slightly dropped jaw. "Laura–" He stuttered.

Her eyes instinctively flew wide. "Huh?– Laura?" She gasped. " Go ahead– What's she doing?" she asked with an increased pitch in voice.

" She's standing right behind Mrs. Peal–" He suddenly turned, facing her with wide eyes and raised eyebrows "I think she wants to posses her" He added. Alixies gasped with wide eyes "What?– Are you serious?"

She queried and he bobbed his head in response. They both instinctively turned towards the door again.

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Ferdinand strolled in from the door; Laura glanced at him and back at Mrs Pearl with darted eyes.

" Well, I guess I've got no other option" She mumbled with a faint sigh. " Here we go–" With that, she took over( possessed) Mrs Pearl's body.

" Good morning, Mrs Pearl – I heard you wanted to see me" He announced. She glanced up from her documents with a broad smile.

"Oh, you came– Have a seat" She offered. He nodded with a smile and settled down.

"Well, the documents on last two months issue– I'll like you to hand over the files to Harry, to keep. Here you go" She eluded with a stretched hand, handling over a file to him. " I think it's safer in your care since its from your department. "

"Okay, Ma– I'll take my leave then " He slightly bowed his head and jerked to his feet. She gesticulated with a nod and he sauntered off. Alixies and Rubin swiftly moved from the door to where they had previously hid when they noticed him approach the door.

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With just a meter close to the control room, Mr Hansel heard a voice call from behind. He deftly turned and to his surprise, it was Delia, his ex wife.

Mr. Hansel and Delia had been married for 20years and blessed with two handsome boys but their beautiful family tore apart after the death of their first son, Marvin Hansel who lost his life in a suicide after his father's insistence of him forgoing basketball and master in engineering.

After Delia found out the cause of her son's death, she couldn't handle the pain of seeing his son's murderer each day so she opted for a divorce but lost the custody of their second son due to her financially low status, then.

"Delia?" Mr Hansel mumbled with furrowed brow on seeing her. " What a pleasant surprise? " He added with a smile as he closed up on her.

"To what do I own this visit?"

She chuckled, "Well, I came to see our son and decided to have a word with you – Can we talk? Maybe a more private place." She asked.

Not hesitating, he nodded his approval. "Sure, let's go to my office." He added, leading the way.

CONTROL ROOM

Mya flinched out with a flushed gaze ; she instinctively turned towards the direction of the voice with an etched sheepish smile.

"Oh, Harry–You're in" She stuttered with a sudden change in demeanor.

"What are you doing over here, Miss Mya?" He asked again. "I thought no teaching stuff is allowed in here."

She instinctively stuttered with high-pitched laughter.

"Oh, yeah– Mrs Pearl wanted to see Ferdinand but couldn't contact him so sent me here to call him." She explained with a firm, precised movement. "Since you were not here and the lock isn't functioning as well, i decided keep watch."

He stared at her with a creased brow, not so convinced but had no reason to doubt as well.

"Oh, okay – I see, thanks " He commented, tilting his head with his lips pressed together.

"Um, well, I've brought in someone to get it fixed now" He turned, pointing to the door.

"Oh, right – I guess I got to go now" She said with a raised eyebrow and a slightly twisted lips, curved in a half smile as she picked up her stuff and strolled past him with a bow. He tilted his head, his eyes narrowed while they travelled after her as she exit.

"Huh– why do I feel she's up to something? " He mumbled just when her back faded away but instinctively shoved off the thoughts with a shrug, turning to the monitor.

Just then, Ferdinand walked in. "Oh, you're already here" He echoed which brought Harry turning to the door with a nod.

"Yeah, I heard you were called in by Mrs Peal– Hope there's no problem" He asked.

"No, she actually asked me to hand this over to you"

"Me?– What's this about?" He stuttered with a furrowed brow as he went through the files. He instinctively gasped with wide eyes and a fixed gaze.

"Isn't this– "

"Yeah, it's what you know" Ferdinand added. He scoffed, wearing a stunned gaze. "But why give it to me?– I thought they wanted to keep it away from the police investigations and any other suspicious in the name of saving the school's reputation so why give it out to me, now? "

He asked but Ferdinand just raised his shoulders in a shrug. "Well–" He sighed, settling down in one of the chairs over the tables. "That's what baffles me as well."