SSHS 155 “Hello? Mr. Ben? Anyone inside?” the voice asked again all the while knocking at the same time. Whoever was at the other side of the door, they seemed to be impatient. The three people inside the office all looked at each other with a raised brow, nonetheless, Mr. Ben still answered them. “Who are they?” he asked. The person from the other side of the door immediately answered with, “It is us, Mr. Ben. the Student Council members. We are currently looking for Ms. Hestia Leblanc.” the voice of Damian sounded from the other side of the door. Then Excami was the one who spoke next. “May we come in, Mr. Ben?” her voice was a bit demanding yet still sounding innocent and sweet. “Yes, you may come in.” At that permission, the door immediately opened and the other three members of the Student Council presented themselves to Mr. Ben and the two other students inside his office. “Oh look, there is Hestia. We found her.” Arthur nonchalantly said by only glancing towards the room
SSHS 156 Surprised faces— that is what is plastered at the faces of the Montague siblings and Arthur. The information laid out to them by Hestia, Albert and Mr. Ben was too much shocking and too much in of itself for just one sitting. Their eyes were wide open as well as their mouths. Excami covered hers with her hands but the shock is still evident at her expression. Damian then hurriedly faced Hestia and asked in haste, “Someone has been stalking you and you did not tell us?!” He even grabbed the shoulders of the poor Student Council Vice President and shook her. Excami was quick to stop her brother from tormenting her classmate even further. “Wait! Damian, stop! I am sure that Hestia has her reasons.” separating her brother from Hestia, Excami let out a sigh of relief, but the sense of shock and fear for Hestia still resides inside her. And she sure hopes that Hestia has a real and valid reason for that. Through the narration of what Hestia, Albert and Mr. Ben told them, they
SSHS 157 To say that the Student Council members, as well as a member of the Photography Club and Mr. Ben himself has constructed a plan— almost foolproof for tomorrow— the day that they will know who the mystery person stalking Hestia Leblanc is. But it should still be reminded that they are faced with very limited options and paths to take, and so their plan may not be as foolproof as it was mentioned above. And yet, here they are, determined to make this plan as successful as possible. After all, a lot is at stake here. They managed to work with so little information, that they were now walking towards the rooftop of the Club Building with a confident gaze and determined stance in them. It’s a good thing that they found a loophole in the love letter given by the mystery person— the stalker of Hestia. “Whoever they are, they are also geniuses for choosing the time to meet. 6 am mostly consists of the teachers arriving and the guards doing rounds.” Damian muttered as they all wa
SSHS 158 ‘I guess I’ll just have to engrave that image to my memory.’ Thinking that to himself, he slowly walked towards the Student Council Vice President and with silent steps as he could, he wanted to surprise her. Take her off guard and use that opportunity to confess his love and get a confession from her that instant too. His steps were a bit quick, and yet he does not make any sound at all. Either it was due to his shoes or that he really is a skill to do so. Wanting to call the attention of the girl he likes, he cleared his throat. That sound is enough to make the Student Council Vice President turn and that is also a masterpiece to him. Her hair swayed with her head, and everything was in slow motion. Even though her eyes were relentlessly cold, he still saw her beauty— in her rose tinted eyes, she was a magnificent art to be delicately treasured. And he made sure to also engrave that moment in his memories, for him to remember, always. Hestia was well aware of her sur
SSHS 159 “What do you mean? It actually smells nice. Like strawberries.” Excami said as she was confused as to why Albert was scrunching and pinching his nose. “I smell jackfruit.” Hestia said, though she was also puzzled by the situation. It is unusual already for her to smell jackfruit at their location, but it was also unusual that Excami was smelling something else and Albert was grossed out by it. Then something clicked in her mind. She sniffed the air again and began walking to the direction she thought the source of the smell was coming from. “Hestia, where are you going?” Excami asked. Albert cannot talk since he was so grossed out by the smell that he cannot even move at all. Turning at the corner where Damian and Excami were placed according to the plan, she saw that there was indeed a small string of smoke coming from a box that was cleverly hidden— it was camouflaged in the wall, having the same colour as the wall. “Albert, come here for a second.” Hestia called out. It
SSHS 160 Her sight was flashing light and dark the more that she was exposed to the scent. The same goes for the girl she was laying on the elevator floor with. She can hear that someone was walking towards the both of them and with unconscious reflexes, she hugged the girl closer to her, as if protecting her. Then she heard a voice, “Aw, trying to protect someone while you are as vulnerable as everyone else, how noble. It turns me on even more.” The voice was familiar, although it may sound gentle and caring, the malice behind it was so evident that she cringed and became more alert of the surroundings. Hestia tried to open her eyes and see the situation and to be ready for it, but the intense and sickeningly sweet smell was so intoxicating that she could not make herself think straight. Her body was dictating her to just drown and be succumbed by that sweet smell and forget about the world at that point. And yet her mind was telling her the opposite. Her mind was telling her to b
SSHS 161 Sir Tremblay shivered and trembled as he saw the sea of people in front of the elevator doors. Moreover, the taser wire is still connected to him and Hestia can shock him once again if he ever poses as a greater threat one more time. ‘But what if the taser has a loading time? Maybe it needs to be recharged for a certain amount of time before being able to shock me in that calibre again. But then again, no matter what I do, I am already ruined since they know what I have done— assuming that it is— yeah, it is better to proceed on plan b.’ Sir Tremblay thought to himself as he analysed the situation. He tried to think of how he can execute his plan as grandiose and efficiently as it is— in a way that he will not suffer the most of it. Then he noticed the crowd, they were reacting to the pheromone perfume that was still strongly smelling. They were reacting the same way that the students did: the men were scrunching their nose and trying to cover their nose to not smell tha
SSHS 162 The incident went away as fast as it came. The ambulance took Hestia and Excami to the hospital to have a more in depth check up as they are heavily affected by the pheromone perfume. The police present at the scene were collecting statements from the students who were involved in the situation, as well as assisting them to eradicate the smell still lingering at the building itself. They also towed the car away as driving it themselves is impossible due to the pheromone perfume. And there are a lot of bystanders near the scene as they are wrapping up the case. “Dean Malcolm, can we talk for a second?” one of the police officers said in a whisper tone so as to not attract more attention to them. This case is already scandalous as it is, and right after the ‘Hostage taking Incident’ at that. Covering this up would mean too much work for the police itself. Moving away from the ears of the people, they proceeded to talk. “Can we take Montague, Wallenstien and Beckett to the p