Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap!
Consecutive tapping sounds echoed through the cold and empty air of the prison as we now see an angry Ludrick who looking at Nora, Mateo, Kian, Toka and Shimmer who all knelt before him.
In this moment, all the five looked down and they had looks, but not ones of fear, guilt or anxiety.
Instead, they all had looked down with their cheeks puffed and their lips pouted as if they were trying hold back the most outrageous bursts if laughter in their lives.
But why?
Could Kian have said anything funny?
Or was it a common link between their imature little minds I mean except for Kian of course.
Or could it be Ludrick's appearance?
Yes, actually this was related to him as he then pauses his intense foot tapping and turns his attention to the kneeling children.
Step, step, step, step, step!
"Huh, huh, huh... professor we have failed to find the red hair."
A guard who'd dashed from the halls of the enteanc3 to the center of the prison reported to Ludrick as he desperately caught his breath.
"You idiots! Search harder!" Ludrick shouted in anger as the guard saluted at him and ran back into the halls.
'These bastards... how did they go unchecked by me? I mean for the Mexican I very much made sure that his device would keep him in check m, but for the rest?'
Professor Hoisting thought hardly as stared down at the group and flafter a brief moment of silence...
"Look up you brats."
He commanded with a deep condescending tone in his voice as all their heads lifted upwards as if they were being controlled and speaking of which....
Pft!
Pft, pft!
Pft, pft, pft!
The five were now sweating what seemed be worth cuos and cups of water as they struggled to hold their laughters in.
'Dammit, the professor really has come back angry, his never held put on a punishment for this long.' Hank whose stood about a meter away, but just behind Hoisting had thought in pity as he looked at the kids suffer as their faves began to turn red.
'D-dammit, how.... how long is he gonna have us like this? Man I don't even wanna laugh right now, but if I do...'
Toka thought in agitation to the experience of the situation and he too was puzzled on why he'd punished them for this long.
Because one time there teens who fought and destroyed almost a quarter of the place, but he only made them kitchen duty fir a week.
And his usual punishments were much more lighter.
....
After another long moment of pure silence, Kian looked at the professor while his eyes narrowed in tense session of suspicion and analysis.
Only after a few seconds, did he stared and back and that's the Kian did it....
"Puhahahaaha....!"
!!!!!!!
"What the....?"
Kian laughed and with such amusement do much so that he shocked everyone in the room even Ludrick who was meant to have had the most terrifying man in the entire estate.
'Da-dammit you idiot.... even Elianor's never gone that far?' Toka thought as his cheeks returned to their normal shape and his lips sprout out slowly in release and so did same happen for the others.
...
For a deadly moment, everyone was held still in their positions frozen in fear of what might happen next.
Everyone except for Kian who was still laughing and this scared and puzzled the rest even more.
"Hahaha, huhuhuhu.... now that was a good one don't you think?"
Kuan mused in joy as he then stood up and dusted himself off.
'This young boy... just who... no, what has he become?' Ludrick mused in thought not out of anger, not out of confusion, but out of pure curiosity as if he had seen something new to learn about.
Step, step, step!
Kian slowly walked towards the professor and looked him straight in the eye.
'Oh no, oh no, oh no, what's this kid looking at? To get us all killed?' Hank thought worried as streams of sweat began to drip from his face.
'I'm gonna put some sense in the idiot! After all, this could serve as compensation for letting rampage in the first place!' Hank thought proudly as then loosened up his tensed body and began to take a step forward, but all of a sudden...
"Ludrick."
Kian shouted a name that no one was familiar with not even Hank himself who attempted to take his second step towards the two
"Ludrick Hoisting, first hand strategist involved in the 4th C.E.W if may presume aren't you supposed to be-"
"Hank, stop!"
The professor suddenly commanded which caused Hank to respond by going back to place where he once stood.
But what was it that could've caused him to be so tensed up like this?
Isn't he the boss around here?
This thought lingered through the minds of all who were present.
All accept for Kian who stared up the tall old man who now looked Kian an unfathomable look in his eyes that seemed to peak the interest that once faintly lingered in his eyes.
'This boy... how did he know that? Those files should be well hidden at least if he found anything the information about me there is as clean as man's daily routine.
'How?!!!'
The professor's thought lingered from curiosity to complete back checks of his routine and all the other things in his life.
And for another moment silence lingered through the air.
And all of sudden, Ludrick moved his hand slightly and opened his palm as if he was going pat Kian on the head or shoulder.
'This boy, I must bring him with me for better understanding of vast knowledge and resource in this place so that I can put him back in his place. For the sake of the staff here and for the sake of my-'
"Ah ah ah!" Kian mumbled as he smirked proudly.
The professor's palm was just an inch away from Kian's shoulder he could simply place on his shoulder, but no he didn't pause out of spite, out of pity nor out of curiosity.
Drip!
The sound of water droplet echoed through the air.
"H-huh---"
A shaky terrified voice echoed through the air as well.
Put!
A loud, but not hard thudding sound echoed not long after.
"Professor! Why you?!"
Hank shouted out to Ludrick in worry, but why?
Step, step, step, step!
Loud foot steps erupted through the air as Hank dashed towards the two and suddenly...
"Where you think you're going?"
Kian mumbled while he still looked at the professor who slightly taller than him even when kneeling.
He then turned his gaze to the fool who before him who dared to ruin his fun.
"Hnhnhn.... kneel."
"You idiot."
"Huh-huh?"
Tsst!
PUT!
Hank then suddenly lost balance and fell to his knees.
'Wh-what's happening right now?'
Hank was thinking...., but... he was a float... in a dark endless space that felt like as if it stretch further than the ends of space itself.
'What just happened right now? I swear I was going to help the professor just a minute ago, but then... that kid he...'
Hank thought as pouted his eyelids hard as he tried to recall what happened and then...
BOOOOOM!!!
'Huh, what was that just now?'
And when he opened his eyes again felt something.
Something wet.It felt like water.
Was it water? It didn't matter that much to him because right now he could feel the ground that supported the shallow surface of liquid.
He then hurriedly stood up, but soon he realised something.
One was that he couldn't speak in hear no matter how hard he tried to open his mouth if felt like he was trying to move something with the strength of an infant child.
And two was that....
Sploosh, sploosh, sploosh!
"Hello...."
He was not alone.
"My dear...!"
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