Chapter V
"Ug, no fair,
just 'cause I had to go to the guidance
counselor today to talk about my schedule I miss a
science lab and have to make it up after school
instead of going to the park with John. This is really
really not fair. Ok, so I add HCl to this, and then
heat it up, oh shoot I forgot to turn the bunsen
burner on."
Autumn's concentration was suddenly broken when she
heard a scream from the hall. Running to the door she
saw two girls dashing down the hall.
"Oh my God!!! I walked right through that man!" a
blonde girl said to a brunette. "I know, I saw, and
when you left there was all this sand on the floor."
The brunette replied.
"I'm so scared, I'm shaking. Let's just go home ok?"
"Yeah, I agree."
Autumn watched as the two ran out the door of the
school. "This is really weird" she thought, "I'm
gonna
check it out." She slowly walked down the hallway.
Stopping quickly she saw a man bent down in the
hallway picking at some sand on the floor. He was
dressed in a pea green sports coat with green plaid
pants. His hair was slicked tightly back and he looked
just like a used car sales man.
"Um, excuse me sir, have you lost something?" she
called.
As the man looked up his eyes widened in interest.
"Excuse me, you don't happen to be Autumn Smuth, do
you?" he asked.
"Um, yes, I am, do you need something?"
"Yes, actually I do. My name is Kayono and you have
something I need. Just a little thing I like to call a
gray stone." The man stuck his hands out and started
to creat a vacum using his hands. But Autumn had
sensed something was up and before anything can happen
she had run into the lab and slammed the door. She ran
to the middle of the lab and wrung her hands.
"What do I do? What do I do? Oh I'm so scared."
Suddenly she heard a sound of scratching on the
linolium floors of the lab. She whipped her head
around just in time to see the man who called himself
Kayono reapear as if out of magic.
"A door won't stop me little girl. For I am made of
sand, and sand flows easily through cracks." he said.
Autumn screamed but all the while she was thinking.
"What I need is a weapon. What do I have in here? Of
course, the bunsen burners. She turned the gas on and
grabbed a flint. She tried and tried to spark the
flint, but the flame wouldn't catch. Finally she
screamed "Oh for God's sake, LIGHT!!!" suddenly every
bunsen burner in the room (and there were near 100)
lit. She quickly aimed the burner she held at the man,
and suddenly all the burners flew throught the air and
surrounded Kayono. The tubes came off the gas but the
light still burned strong. Suddenly there was a huge
ball of fire engulfing the room. The screams of Kayon
could be heard loud and strong but all Autumn could
think of was getting out of the building. She dashed
through the fire, out the room, and then out the door.
Stoping under a tree she collapsed in a heap on a
pile of leaves and fainted.
a few minutes later
John walked back to the school. "Hmmm, maybe I can
intercept her after she finishes her lab," he thought.
He headed towards the science wing enterance when he
noticed something in a pile of leaves. Leaning forward
he realised it was Autumn. "Oh my God, someone help
me!" he yelled.
He picked Autumn up and carried her to a bench. As he
looked up he saw Greg and Ami leaving the school.
"Greg! Ami! Help me please! I need help!" he shouted
frantically. Greg and Ami ran over.
"It's Autumn, I don't know what happened but I found
her outside on the ground, I think she fainted."
Ami analyzed Autumn. She had some major cuts and
burns and had black scorch marks all over. Her hair
was matted on her head with sweat. Brushing it away
Ami noticed something. "Oh my God, Greg look!" she
whispered. She pointed to Autumns head. What Greg saw
amazed him. It was a mark that looked kind of like a
pi symbol with wings. It was glowing a light purple on
her forhead.
"She must be a sailor scout!" he whispered back.
Recovering the symbol with her hair he spoke to John.
"John! Ami and I can take care of this, go into the
school and phone 911 (so maybe it isn't 911 over
there, but you know what I mean).
"Are you sure?" John asked.
"Positive!" Ami said a bit too forcefully. John
looked shocked, but quickly ran into the school.
"We need to get her to the temple, and fast!" Ami
said. "Luckily my powers have progressed enough so
that I can use the sailor teleport by myself." She
held onto Greg and Autumn's hands and a soft blue
incased them. Within seconds they were gone.
Author's Notes: Ok, that's the end of this chapter. I
hope you liked it. I know it was short but it was
interesting, right?! Ok, I know this chapter took a
looooonnnnnggggg time to come out and I'm sorry, but
I'm really busy. Ok, don't forget to email me! please,
pretty please, with a cherry on top!!!!
Beth