Something My Mind Made Up

40. Blade

"NO!" I pushed everyone aside with smoke and dodged as King's weapon sunk into the tile floor.

I grabbed the rod and tried to pull it out of his grasp.

"Sheesh, how heavy is this thing!?" I gasped.

"250 pounds." King smiled, lifting his mask to look at me better.

"Huh?!"

"Vera, let go!" Ezra shouted as King lifted his scythe.

I let go and King yanked it back.

He probably would have sliced off my fingers if I had held on.

"Get back!" I was pushed as Ezra and Liam ran forward.

Soon the whole floor was filled with Department teachers and students.

"Well, this was fun. Bye." King grabbed Lilac and German before they all disappeared.

Did they let them get away on purpose?

"Good job kiddos." Lantern smiled and Chip gave us thumbs up.

"Let's get out of here." Chip put a hand on my shoulder as Luna's handler walked up to check on her.

"Are you okay?" Lantern asked.

"Yeah." I looked down at my fingers and imagined what it would be like to have had them sliced off by King. "Yeah. I'm fine."

He ruffled my hair and opened the door to the van for me.

I hopped in and sat next to Sebastian.

He looked at me.

I could feel the heat radiating off of him.

"Did you burn anyone?" I asked.

"A couple. Did you choke anyone?"

"One person." I nodded.

"Hey Rome, can you get my arm to stop bleeding?" Archie asked.

"Ugh, it's always something with you." Rome rolled his eyes and raised his hand a bit.

The blood stopped dripping onto the floor and Rome squinted.

Slowly the blood got harder and the cut just stopped bleeding.

"Why... why didn't you ask Luna to heal it?" Gemma asked.

We all went quiet and glanced around.

"Oh."

A few people giggled, and a few rolled their eyes.

Was King really gonna slice my fingers off?

"You okay?" Alethea asked.

"Peachy." I smiled.

"Someone is lost in thought." Jessie said looking at me.

"Yeah. I almost got my fingers cut off by The Traveling Reaper. That's all." I said.

"That scary." Maynard nodded.

"Who feels like getting take out today?" Chip asked looking out the window.

Everyone began shouting out what they wanted and from where.

My eyes burned so I rubbed them with the tip of my fingers.

Once home, I was poking at my food with a fork.

I glanced at everyone else.

Mostly everyone was using chopsticks.

I can't figure out how to use them.

I use them for 15 minutes and then get tired.

"Vera. You hardly touched your food." Lantern said using the chopsticks.

"I'm just not as hungry as I thought I was."

"Rome!" Nora shouted. "He stole my shrimp!"

Rome called before shrieking.

"That was my last piece!" She punched him.

"Vera! Ow! If you're not, ow! Gonna eat your food can I have it!? Ow!"

"Um." I glanced down at my food."

"You should have gotten a bigger plate if you wanted more food, leave her alone." Jayce, one of his handlers said.

He huffed and tried to punch Nora but she slapped him.

"I think ima head up to bed." I said closing my plate and putting it in the fridge.

"It's only 8 though?"

"I have a headache."

I left the dining room before they could say anything.

I showered when I got here so all that was left was changing into pjs.

I brushed my teeth and went to sleep.

I woke up to knocking.

I got up ands sighed as I opened the door.

No one was there.

Then there was another knock.

Is it... coming from my closet?