SSHS 125 Despite the cancelled annual field trip, the suspicious movements of everyone inside the school grounds, the new rule implemented now knowing what caused for such a rule to be implemented in the first place and the unfortunate things that happened to the life of the students, it seemed that the fate is yet to be done with it all. Because it has more to give to the people in this story. Still, they are able to have some fun— even if it's just a little. Physical Education professors used the winter season as an opportunity to teach students some of the winter season sports such as skiing, skating, cold swimming athletics and many more. The most entertaining sport was skating and that it might have become a hobby at this point. Skating was also used by the lovers as a way to have some fun and just hang out in the cold; laughing and enjoying their youth. Well, at least they are having fun. Unfortunately, some people are too busy to enjoy the winter season; they have a miss
SSHS 126 The next day— Tuesday for the third week of November, the day started pretty much the same. Students both from home and dorms were flooding the school gourds wearing their thick clothes to protect them from the cold weather of winter. They all engaged in talks and short conversations as they coincided with each other, others were heading straight to their classrooms, others were visiting the library for one last look at the lessons and those who are in any clubs visited their clubroom first before heading to their own classrooms. The visitation of clubrooms became a routine, that students who are in any club would go to their clubrooms first and interact with any existing club members or to just chill for a short while before heading to the classroom. This is no exception to the Student Council members as they would always find each other in the Student Council Office every morning and there they will have a short conversation to go through their duties and schedule for t
SSHS 127 The crowd cheers ever more louder as the game continues on. The tapping of the keys on the keyboards of the two playersare only audible to them, whilst they cannot hear the cheers of the people behind them as they both wear noise cancelling headphones. The both of them were intensely focused on the screen, both typing rapidly as they viewed the black and green contents of the screen. The both of them are trying to best the other in this game of a bet. The school hours were long gone and here they are, still trying to finish a program in order to win the bet. But then again, how did it lead to this in the first place? On a day that started with so much fun and exhaustion for the other students, how come a bet came to take place? The fact that Albert and Arthur are not really close, nor do they know each other very well in the first place. The chances of them having a conversation was very minimal and they were only able to see each other when Hestia was present. There is n
SSHS 128 Surely, there's an explanation. Surely, there is something that would ease the thoughts in their minds and straighten their train of thoughts. But it must be now, and never later. Anymore waiting and the more that they wait, the darker the thought. The feeling of unease and how the situation presents itself is not reassuring in any way, in fact, it worsens their minds, spiralling downwards to the darkest thoughts they have in mind. Paranoia, depression, anxiety and all the negative thoughts and feelings seemingly crowd their minds, making them unable to think rational thoughts--- the kind of thoughts that would get them out of the current situation. Though it may seem like a childish way of thinking but then again, these students did not experience things down from earth. They are the privileged few. This does not only apply to the spies— though they are more resilient than the normal people— but also to the normal students who were remaining trapped inside their classrooms
SSHS 129 Sure she wished to be included in those adrenaline rushed situations. Sure, she wished to feel like someone who has a job and is doing the job perfectly. Sure, she wanted to feel like a spy like she used to before enrolling in the La Florence Academy; but not like this, not in this situation where she needs to make a decision that involves a lot of people in one go. She needs to cater to all of them, she needs to be able to satisfy all of them; and given the current moment or situation, it is a challenge too big for a teenager. ‘In fact, I’m not doing my job as a spy, but at least I’m doing my job as the Student Council Vice President.’ Hestia thought to herself as she and the Club Presidents were roaming the hallways of the building, keeping the students in check. Every building that lacks the guidance of an elder or any teacher was in a complete chaos. The building that Hestia and Albert was in were one of those. As the whiteout continued— even though the restlessnes
SSHS 130 It was already deep into the night, quarter to eleven in the evening and most of the students settled into their jackets and found a place they were comfortable to sleep in. The others decided to stay a little bit more into the late night to tell scary stories, play some board games or card games even and there are those who are getting into the deep conversation as the night goes deeper with them. The other Club Presidents also settled in for the night, they were determined that the whiteout would last until tomorrow and they did advise the others to sleep and conserve their energy. “Well then, Hestia, and you guys. We’re going to sleep now, wake us up if something happens or if you need help.” the Gaming Club President said as he and other Club Presidents followed him to their clubrooms, ready to retire for the night. Hestia, Albert and the other Club Presidents who stayed with Hestia bid them farewell, and then they took a seat inside the Photography Club. Some of them
SSHS 131 Hestia and Albert, with the other Club Presidents who are still awake, then proceeded to check and reassure the students with regards to the flickering lights. While she and her spy partner then went to the basement to check on the breakers and to also check the entrances to the building. “The flickering of the lights might be caused by the snow storm outside.” one of the Club Presidents who are with the two of them reasoned out, trying his best to not panic and think of the worst case scenario. “Yes, that reason has the highest possibility to be true, but for safety, we better check.” Hestia said as he went to the main entrance of the building and checked if it was locked. It was locked. The backside entrance is also locked according to Albert. The doors were locked once the blizzard started, and any snow that could have gotten inside might have melted or was swept away by some students. ‘Then why are there fresh snows inside? The door handle also has some snow on them.’
SSHS 132 It was a popular phrase: “The calm before the storm”. It usually means that something fine, fun or something generally positive happens before a disaster strikes. The disaster, whether it be a natural one, mad- made or something out of the chance, it always brings the biggest of the catastrophe to that person’s life, or their lives. Nonetheless, the situation always turns out into something like this: fun time then into a major fuckery. Such as the situation right now. Once they had lifted the blankets, Hestia was ready to spray some of those stinging chemicals to one of their eyes, Albert was ready to stab the other with his taser pen. They were quick, and silent that the two rookie undercover spies were put in a difficult situation. The two intruders were already awake and were already aware of their plan to ambush them, therefore, the two intruders dressed in winter clothes with their faces hidden— had knives pointed to the students that surrounded them. They took the
SSHS 247After the Thanksgiving dinner that night and that mission, the two rookie undercover spies went on with their days. They went on being the ‘normal’ third years that they are and continued being the third years that they are. No more missions were given to them after the mission about the Montague couple and they do not know if the headquarters of the ISO where sympathising with their shock or if there is really no more mission for them to do. But either way, they are glad that they were able to finish the mission in such a short time and also experience being students as they are.They went on and experienced things as if they were normal people and not some spies who were trained at the very young age. Not some undercover people who are in there for the sake of completing their mis
SSHS 246After the game it was already time for dinner, Damian and Excami won because none of them were able to find out what kind of thing they had and they were all tagged out of the game. It was fun for the most part but what everyone waited for was the thanksgiving dinner and it was satisfying. They enjoyed every bite and they waited for the dessert because it was the star of the dinner the dessert.Then after eating, they lounged a little longer by the dinner table and talked about all the other things, like the fun times that they had in school, the love story between the Montague couple how they met how they fell in love and then almost talked about how they conceived the children but thankfully damien and Excami stopped them before it happened. The Montague siblings almost asked about the families of Hestia and Albertand what kind of stori
SSHS 245Sometime later, it is already the Month Of October and things have been going smoothly both for the Montague siblings and for the two rookie undercover spies and for the Montague couple. for the course of the month of october, Hestia and Albert had been invited for dinners and lunches by either Damian or Excami and would always result for a dinner together with their parents and with that the bond between all of them had grow and become stronger and they were more close with each other than ever before.But there is something that the two rookie undercover spies can not pinpoint at all. because most of the past missions they have been assigned to, they are always making the opportunity to get close to the target; they are always making the opportunity to do something, to create a movement, a pattern, a path for their mission t
Sshs 244The next day, Hestia and Albert walked side by side to their classroom. Apparently, the whole school knew of the incident yesterday: Mrs. . Montague pulled them out for the whole day and never came back until the wee hours of the night. Some people tried to block them and ask a ton of questions about what happened yesterday; questions like: what happened? Where did you go? What did she say? Was she generous? Was she kind? Was she loving and sweet and like a saint when she visited back at the beach house? What did you talk about with her? Such a ton of questions were asked to them and yet they remained silent about it. No comment, no answers, just complete silence as they went through
SHS 243 They ate in silence, up until dessert. No one spoke a word and it stayed that way until they were brought into the library. No one spoke as each of them were encouraged to pick a book in the vast collection of books inside the library. As they sat into the chairs available at the library, only then did the conversation start at the pretence of wanting to know what book they found. “How about you, Hestia? Albert? What book did you pick?” Hestia and Albert then lifted up the books that they picked. Mrs. Montague cooed at the books in their hands and proceeded to analyse them. “Wow! You live up to your personality. Unlike someone else.” Mrs. Montague threw in the shade as she briefly looked at her children who were silently reading with their father on the other side of the library. It was not quite far, but it seemed that the Montague siblings were so immersed in what they were reading that they did not notice the shade that was thrown at them by their
SSHS 242 As the three of them sat in silence without any of them taking a bite of their food, they tried to process the information that was at their table. The Montague siblings have been showing two different personalities and all between being inside the school and at school. If at school, they were glorified as students who are the top role models; a fun and energetic one and a gentle ruler, both were on ground and knew how to touch some grass. At home, they are the arrogant siblings who think they are better than anyone and will not even go down to their current level. It was as if they know the a person with the same name and yet still different by how they act.&nb
SSHS 241 A new school year started right before their eyes. Without any mission to worry about, time passed by the two rookie undercover spies and with barely any notice, they were in their third years. There were a lot of things that happened but they were used to it and it passed by them like a flash of the camera and after that, it was already in the middle of the month of September. The voting for the new Student Council began and the whole school was bussing with noises and the representative of the running Student Council President was shouting and getting people to vote for their candidates. “Please vote for…” one student shouted. “No, please vote for…” another student shouted. It was the start of the shouting battle between the two parties running for the Student Council President position. It created so much commotion that Damian had to step up and break the commotion apart. “Enough with this! This is so immature of you! Can’t you go and make your da
SSHS 240 As the surroundings dimmed into darkness, the light sensors in the gymnasium began to light up. Freya’s eyes adjusted from the dark and into the light that the sensor lights brought up. She shielded her eyes with her hands from the sudden light and that was Albert’s cue to remove himself from the sight of the Senior Cheerleader and go behind her. This is not to catch her off guard--- oh she was already caught off guard by the time she mentioned the Pandora’s Box--- but it was his way to not let Freya do anything anymore that will put herself into more danger. It is better if she just surrenders to them in a plain and simple manner.&
SSHS 239 “By the way, how were the Montague siblings? I have not heard from them after that incident with Arthur.” Albert asked. The two rookie undercover spies were roaming around the campus, taking a leisure walk as they passed by some of the students who were headed for their extra curricular activities. The two of them do indeed have some activities too but it was all done. Hestia is done with her paper works and scheduling for the Student Council and Albert was also done with his portfolio for the Photography Club with the theme of ‘After Christmas’. There was a moment of silence to the part of Hestia before she answered the inquiry of her spy partner. “They have been normal, acting as they always have as far as I am concerned. Although Excami now has her guard up always and was weary of everything and everyone, she is as cheerful as ever. Well, it is Damian who changed. He became more strict and protective of his sister, and he also became colder.” Hest