692- Chapter 5

“What’s up?” I ask not really caring about the answer.1

“I was just wondering if you were okay.” He says closing the door. There was a long silent pause. Curious, I look up at him. He was staring straight at the wolf mask on my bed.2

“You’re the spy?”3

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My eye’s slowly follows his, towards the mask. Oh. My. Gosh. How could I be so careless and just leave the mask on my bed!? I look up at him, my face just as shocked as his.5

“Are YOU the spy??’ He repeats again, his expression utterly shocked/puzzled. My mind not exactly running correctly I decided to play dumb.6

“Wha?” He takes cautious steps towards me and points directly towards the mask.7

“The mask. Are you the Claux spy?” He says, not getting any clearer then this. Okay my acting dumb didn’t help.8

“And if I was?” I ask. A pause settled into the room.9

“I can’t believe this.” He says backing away, his face expression unreadable.10

“Then don’t. –short pause- Err, there is no spy.” I say, not really thinking of what I was saying. 732 face dropped to complete confusion.11

“What?” He sputters. I groan and fall back into my bed sinking, as my hair blankets the sheets. My mind rewiring with every stunt and memory I just pulled off in the last three hours.12

“32 and some guy named 9 was having a conversation about some war with the Claux galaxy, while I was walking to my Dorm. So I decided to listen in, just cause it sounded interesting. So I listened, well more like eavesdropped, right into 32’s office. That’s when I saw the freakish mask; I put it on for fun, not for disguise. Before I knew it I was being called a spy, and the whole Academy went bizzirk.” I say the words spilling out of my mouth. There was a long silent pause. 13

I rose up into a sitting position wondering if he was still breathing. Then 732 does something completely unexpected... He laughs. He LAUGHS!! A sudden burst of lively laugher fills up the whole room, leaving me now baffled.14

“Wow, you’re kidding right?? You really wouldn’t go into 32’s office. Where did you REALLY find the mask 692? Really, no jokes this time.” He laughs, wiping a fake tear from his eye. He thought I was JOKING!? Why would I joke about such a serious matter? I picked up the nearest object, which happens to be the Dictionary and chuck it at him, making it into a quick blur. But he swiftly dodged it in time, missing by a few millimeters saying ‘Whoa!’. The Dictionary made a small dent on the wall and landed on the floor with a soft thud.15

“732 I’m serious! Help me, I don’t know what to do!” I say in frustration; him taking my situation so lightly, it pissed me off. 732 looks at me seriously, this time believing my words. He slowly walks up towards my bed and gently picks up the wolf mask.16

“Wow 692, you really know how to break the rules. I can understand skipping class but breaking into a two-digters office? That’s pretty extreme.”17

“Not helping.”18

“Sorry.” He says, placing the mask back onto my bed. He then plops onto the bed next to me, making the bed sink even more.19

“You should tell them.” He said firmly.20

“Tell them what?” I say taken a little aback.21

“Tell the HQ’s that you were just snooping around.” He said simply. My stomach flipped.22

“If only I had your kind of bravery.” I say sarcastically.23

“Can you even imagine what my punishment will be?? They’ll probably throw me off this island and make me tread water for the rest of my life.” I mumble in pure despair. 732 face tightens.24

“I don’t think their that cruel.” He states. He’s so literal. I let out a huge groan of misery.25

“Room what should I do?” I say randomly, desperate for any different suggestions besides sacrificing myself to the HQ’s. 26

Pause.27

‘I am neither a counselor or an advisor, therefore I can not help you.’ I can’t remember how many times I heard this line. From asking Room for answers on my homework, or the best sneak route out of Great Hall, or how to get rid of annoying four-digiters. It always says the same thing. I cannot help you. A twist of frustration and wretchedness twists up inside me.28

“Screw you Room, you never help me!” I yell to what looks like to nobody. 732’s eyes widen from my sudden out burst.29

“692 calm down. We’ll get out of this okay?” He says somewhat uneasy, trying to calm me, by patting my back. I shrug it off. How can I calm down? The more I think about it, the more paranoid I get. 732 then gets up and walks over to the Dictionary that I previously thrown at him and picks it up.30

“What’s this anyways?” he says examining the cover, like it was a foreign object. 31

“Something I found in 32’s office.” I say, my mind getting side tracked. I completely forgot about it.32

“Looks like it defines words.” He says squinting his eyes and examining the small print on the pages. I plop off the bed and walk towards him to get a better look.33

“A book that defines words? What kind of words?” I say trying to get a better angle of the page from where I’m standing.34

“Just looks like random words. But it’s in alphabetical order.” He says pointing at the line of words that all start with an A. Then my mind clicked.35

“Hey look up ‘War’. I heard 32 and 9 talk about it.” I almost ordered. 732 instantly flips through the thin pages to the W’s without question, and just like he predicted the definition was printed right next to it.36

“War [wawr]: A conflict carried on by force of arms [weapons] for a period of time or state, between nations or between parties of a nation, by land, sea, or air, or space.37

Ex: The deadly war seemed endless, for the people waiting at home.” 732 reads out loud. A few more definitions were listed below, as my eyes scanned all of them; I felt my heart skip a beat. 38

“Were going to have a war with the Claux Galaxy!?” We both say in unison staring down at the page, dumbfounded. So what 32 and 9 was talking about needing more members…?39

“Oh my god. 732 WE’RE the weapons!!” I say in outburst. It all makes senses now, about recruiting and all the ridiculous training. They were preparing us since babies to get ready for this war! This whole Academy was, everyone here is going to the war and we didn’t even know about it! 732 looks at me confused.40

“What do you mean we’re the weapons?” He asks his eyes puzzled. 41

“Okay, I think that’s enough for one night right?” Says a young woman’s voice from behind.42