(Outdated) The King of Elements (part 2)

Chapter 13

She opened her eyes. Looking into his, Samantha saw that he was starting to succumb to the control. His eyes were beginning to glaze over. She began to grin as she continued singing, inching closer to him. Her eyes were half opened as she leaned closer and closer, until she could feel his breath against her lips. It was time to seal him.

Then, she felt him grip her arms. Instead of drawing her towards him like she had expected, Dre began to slowly push her away. "What are you doing?" he said in a daze. Her rage began to flow back into her psyche as Dre's eyes began returning to focus. "Isn't this a weird time to start singing?"

It didn't work. She felt something snap within her. It didn't work! She pushed him away from her into another student's car. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" she yelled.

"Me?" He darted his eyes around the parking lot; students' heads popped out of their vehicles, as if they were watching a reality show. "What's wrong with you? You're the one who just tried to kiss me and then threw me away from you! What kind of girlfriend teases her boyfriend with a kiss, then pushes him away. Violently, I might add."

"Girlfriend?" Samantha was furious. That boy had made a liar out of her. He promised that she would be as powerful of a Siren as her queen, and yet she can't even control one boy. She felt herself begin to lose control of herself. When she spoke again, her voice was low and cold. "You are nothing to me. Don't speak to me. Don't even think about me. You are dead to me." She slapped him across the face. Hard. "Après moi, le deluge," she spat as she made her way towards the driver's seat.

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"Après moi, le deluge is a famous quote from King Louis XV of France," Michael said as he, Keiko, and Dre sat against the cement PHS sign in front of the cafeteria. "King Louis XV ruled France from 1715 to his death in 1774 was quoted as being the king that predicted the French Revolution after his decisions as king ultimately led to a weaker, more vulnerable France. One of his most famous quotes was Après moi, le deluge, 'After me, comes the flood.' I half way expected an eleventh grader to know about that."

"What? I can't concentrate in history," Dre shrugged. "So since you know what it means, what does it have to do with me?"

Sighing, Michael replied, "Put two and two together, Dre. King Louis gave the warning before one of the worst time periods in France's history. If she's giving you the same warning, she's more than likely going to try and make your life a living hell. That, or she could mean that your life could lead to chaos and ruin and she would still be indifferent, depending on how you interpret it."

Great. Of all the things I needed in life, a psychotic ex-girlfriend hell-bent on getting revenge on me for something she did is not one of them.

"I should feel honored. Or terrified."

"Honored?" Michael arched an eyebrow. "I don't understand why you should feel honored about that. Then again, you are one hard person to understand."

"Don't worry, Dre," Keiko said, smiling brightly. "If that mean old Samantha tries to come and hurt you, we'll be here to protect you."

"Thanks guys. I'll need all the protection I can get."

"Guys? Don't wrap me into all of this," Michael demanded.

"Don't be that way, Michael. I'd help you if you were having a relationship problem."

Michael snickered. "You won't have the opportunity. I'm not going to let something as mundane as 'love' distract me from my goal." He inclined his head towards the parking lot. "Looks like Megumi is coming."

As he spoke, Megumi's car came speeding towards them, stopping just in front of them. "What's up guys?" She asked as she peaked her head out of the car. Black, opaque sunglasses shielded her eyes. "Yowch. What happened to your face, dude?" she asked Dre, pointing at her own cheek.

He half-way took that as an insult, coming from her. "Samantha. I'll tell you about it in the car."

Sliding her sunglasses down the wing of her nose, she stated, "I didn't know I was taking you anywhere."

"You are now. You guys need a ride, too?" he asked as he walked to the passenger's seat. Megumi gave him a sour look.

"Nah, we live in the neighborhood," Keiko said. "See you two at the academy."

"And do something about your face," Michael added as they began walking away from the sign.

"So, the hand print?" Megumi asked as Dre slid inside the car.

"The strangest thing happened, dude. You know about me and her having the argument before school, right?" She nodded, speeding off the school campus. "Well, I went to her car to make sure that she wasn't waiting for me and whatever, and when I got there, she just started singing. Singing. Not just that, she tried to kiss me."

"Well, she is- or I guess was, your girlfriend." She grinned as she pointed at her cheek in the same spot where Dre had the handprint firmly planted.

Dre frowned. "You're not funny, dude. Anyway, she's never tried to kiss me when we were going out, so why would she do it when we break up?"

"She probably gets turned on by that kind of stuff. No telling, you may have had a masochist." She laughed. "Probably had a fatal attraction on your hands."

"Changing the subject," Dre raised his voice. "That's not the weirdest thing. After she tried to kiss me, she threw me against the car. Not in the kind of way you're thinking," he added as he noticed Megumi's thin eyebrows raised over her sunglasses. "After that, she goes on some prate about something being wrong with me and whatnot, and then-" he pointed to his cheek.

"She slapped fire from you."

Frowning again, Dre said, "I think you're enjoying this too much."

"Enjoying your pain? Not exactly. You remember when princess and I first met?" He nodded, remembering adverting what was most likely going to be a murder at school. "Since she's not protected by you anymore, I think it'll be about time for me to have a little chat with her the next time I see her." Dre noticed that her voice was a little too malicious. He shrugged. Whatever Megumi has planned for her, she deserves it.