Emily and Abigail slid to the floor, their lungs squeezed itself, desperate for air. Loud breathing echoed throughout the room and exhaustion ran rampant throughout their body. The cores that Abigail had in her book came out and the Serpent and the Centipede, both damaged with bruises and cuts across their body went and gobbled them up before sleeping.

“Good wor……..k out there…….” Emily panted and took out a flask of water from a dimensional bag. After taking a long drink she tossed it over to Abigail who slowly grabbed for it. Abigail felt like coughing blood. She didn’t take the time to respond and just simply drained the flask of all its content before shutting her eyes. “You know without you; we wouldn’t have lived as long” Emily added. Abigail looked toward Emily who had sorrow in her eyes.

“Did something happen previously?” Abigail asked and Emily just shook her head. “Nothing worth noting but similar situation”.

“If you want to talk about it then you can tell me” Abigail offered and Emily shook her head. “It’s something that happened a long time ago. Besides, this bobo” Emily points a thumb toward Jack, “might be conscious enough to hear it so I’d rather wait for a better time or place to talk about this”

Abigail takes a long hard look at Jack, the hair atop his head hung down covering most of his face, a cloud of vapor could be seen coming out of his lips as he slept. Abigail felt her heart move at the sight and tried to scoot closer to observe him. Abigail looked up to see Emily looking away, her face hidden from view.

“If you didn’t want him to hear then what about through written messages? I’m sure we can talk that way”

“And leave written messages behind? No thanks.”

“We can burn it”

“No traces leave no secrets ready to be found”

“What about….”

“Get some rest, we have to finish this trial as soon or else the three others trapped in their trials will die”

Abigail closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Emily just watched her before getting up. “Heh, this trial is starting to get to me, I’ll go on ahead to scout” Emily sighed. Emily got up from where she was sitting and walked over to Abigail and kissed her before walking through the room with her rifle at the ready, an awl loaded and an awl in hand. It wasn’t long before her figure disappeared into the darkness.

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Jack awoke from his slumber and stretched out with a yawn. “How long was I out?” Jack asked himself. Trying to move he felt something obstructing his arm and he turned to look to see Abigail sleeping soundly. Her cute snores echoed into Jack’s ears and without waking her Jack moved himself and let her lay on a jacket. Jack looked around to see that neither Emily nor Spencer was around so he got up and tried to find them. Not too much time passed before Abigail woke up to find herself alone.

“Jack?” Abigail called out and no one responded to her call.

“Emily?” and no response was returned.

Abigail rushed forward through the room to find herself at a glass door with Jack peering outside, multiple objects laying on a table.

Abigail went through the door and on the table she saw wings. Multiple pairs of wings made of wax, feathers and other materials.

Jack turned around to see Abigail and he asked her “Where is Emily and Spencer?” Abigail felt her stomach lurch when he mentioned Emily. “You mean you haven’t seen her?” Abigail asked.

“Nope, but there is a pair of wings missing” Jack pointed out and it was true, on the table was 10 wings, however there was a slot for an 11th and 12th wing.

Abigail suddenly looks at the missing wings and everything started to come together. Abigail rushed to the side and peered over the edge into the vast sky and in the distance a black speck seems to be struggling. “Jack quick, put on some wings” Abigail exclaimed and she grabbed two wings and slid them onto her arms before flying outward to the black speck.

Abigail flew closer and closer to the speck and she saw her. Emily was struggling against the wind as feathers started to melt away. “Emily” Abigail bellowed from the bottom of her lungs and Emily looked up with despair in her eyes.

Emily saw both Abigail and Jack coming toward her and she stopped struggling and attempted to fly toward them when suddenly the wings finally gave from her arms and she plummeted to the sea below. “Emily NO” Abigail cried and she dove in an attempt to catch her.

Emily looked upwards at the duo descending toward her when she threw something toward them. Abigail caught the object and dove toward the sea but a sudden force had abruptly stopped her and forced her to go up. “Abigail no, the sea will dampen the feathers making you fall”

Abigail’s eyes burned red at the sight of Emily falling and desperately wanted to dive down to save her but the moment she thought about fighting back Emily had fallen into the water with a colossal splash. Abigail willed her book into her hand and out came a silver serpent. “Save her for me” Abigail asked and the beast nodded his head and dove into the dark depths below. The scroll in her hands crumpled as Abigail crushed it in her grip.

“Let’s go” Jack said and he flew toward the land in the distance, far in the distance.

Landing on the ground of the land the ground and area around them shimmered and disappeared. A chair that was before them facing various screens that had surrounded the desk. “Welcome Class 7 to the “Principal’s Office” the person said. The voice seemed to originate from the chair but since it was facing away from them both Jack and Abigail couldn’t see who was talking.

“Congratulations on passing the various trials to get here, I know you have sacrificed much to stand before me but I shall reward you for being able to arrive at this point.” The voice said. “You can stay and work to further the plans I’ve laid into this school or do you want to go back to your homes safe and sound and wait retribution day, I’ll let you take the choice.”

Jack looked at Abigail who seemed ready to blow and he stepped forward. “Please let us stay, we want to know everything about your plan” Jack said quickly, Abigail turned to look at him in a state of shock but Jack just motioned for her to be silent.

“Ha-ha. Excellent then one final test should do it” The voice said and the screens started to flicker. “One of these host a trial. Each trial has either already been accomplished or are still ongoing. You are to decide which trial to end or which to reactivate on a much larger scale. Be sure to choose wisely or else.” The screens came alive once more, Jonah was busy smashing zombies inside the banquet hall with Manny occasionally swinging a chair to aid him. Danny was busy avoiding iron golems and other robotic automatons. Mariah was in a world of darkness with spirits drifting back and forth, some came to invade her mind and soul while others kept voicing thousands of pleas. An empty classroom, the broken body of an Arachne. A forest with werewolves lurking about, a locker-room, and the workshop with Joshua trapped in a mountain of tables that threaten to crush him.

Jack looked at each of the screens and then he looked at Abigail. Ending a trial could be a good thing for his teammates, but Jack feared that it might also end their lives. Restarting a trial might mean they’d have to do a trial over again, but on a much large scale.

“Restart the lockers” Jack said and the voice laughs. “Is that your final answer?”

“Yes” Jack said firmly and the voice said simply: “Good, then you should be fine watching the world fall to the beings of the other-side?” The monitors went black and the final screen showed the locker-room glowing. Two-headed monstrosities started to come out.

“I thank you for your help in arriving here, with your approval I can now claim the world as my own. This facility was created to test people, the young generation and hoping to find a special: person or people. To find the person who can lead this operation well long after I’m gone” the voice spoke ecstatically.

Jack memorized the piece of information and then looked at his watch as it glowed.

[window] Mission Complete: Finding the Dark Secrets of the School.

Teleporting in 10.

Jack smiled and said “Thanks for having us” and the countdown ended with them disappearing.

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Mission Complete:

Points awarded:

Jack : Base survival , Care Package x1, Battle Completion Trial, Physical Trial x2, Finding 2 Classrooms. Total Points: 3800, 2 Rank D rewards, 1 rank C reward.

Powers/Skills: Vector Manipulation Rank C

Tools: 24 Moonlight Bridges

Missions Survived: 2

Abigail : Base survival, Care Package x 1, Battle Completion Trial, Completion Trial, Total points: 1900, 2 Rank D rewards

Powers/Skills: Undine Bloodline Rank D, Bronze Grimoire ( Silver-Scale Serpent Bronze Rank 3, Rock-Shell Centipede Normal Rank 3,

Tools: Medical supplies, Monster Cores x 5

Missions Survived: 2

Danny : Base survival, Care Package x5, Finding a classroom, Battle Completion Trial, Outlasting a trial, Total rewards: 4300, 2 Rank C Rewards, 1 Rank D reward.

Powers/Skills: Shooting

Tools: Plasma Rifle, 1 Cartridge

Missions Survived: 2

Jonah : Base survival , Care Package x 3, Battle Completion Trial, Riddle Trial, Outlasting Trial, Total Rewards: 15,398, 3 Rank C rewards, 1 Rank D reward.

Powers/Skills: BUGS Mutation (Mantis Shrimp), Rank B Mithril Skin, Rank B Ki,

Tools: Case of BUGS Syringes, Interdimensional storage ring, Food, Water, First Aid.

Missions Survived: 5

Emily : Base survival +1000, Care Package x 3, Battle Trial, Trial Complete, Riddle Trial.

Powers/Skills: Teleport- Rank D, Hawk Eyes- Rank D.

Tools: 4 Shenfields, The Trajan-B, Food, Water, First Aid,

Missions Survived: 3

Correy : Base survival +1000, Battle Completion Trial, Outlast trial,

Powers/Skills:

Tools:

Missions Survived: 1

Mariah : Base survival +1000, Care Package x 1, Battle Trial, Outlast Trial, Unlocked Genetic Constraint, Befriend . Total Reward: 7900, 2 Rank B rewards, 1 Rank C, 1 Rank D

Powers/Skills: Spirit Bond

Tools: Spirit Orb

Missions Survived: 1

Luke : Base survival +1000, Finding another classroom x2, Battle Trial, Physical Trial. Total Rewards: 2 Rank D, 2800

Powers/Skills:

Tools:

Missions Survived: 1