章 4: John Doe

Fordwyre Alley, Town of Hoverdrive

Back at the dark alley the leader of the Grine Hunters and the Cait-Sith who spied the four teen Wickeds.

"What message is that you filthy cat?!" The Grine Leader angrily asked.

"But my lord…"

"Silence!, Follow their trail never loose one information or you die! Understand? Make sure it's worthy of an information."

"Yes, Master."

"The power that lies beneath the Shadow Caller must be unto my hands. The Rising is near."

"You'll never win against them Grine." The elder Memorant spoke.

"How can you say that?"

"They are gathered together, a Hyperior, a Time Clapper and another Wicked that I haven't seen before."

"What other Wicked?" the Grine asked. "They were four the Cait-Sith said, right?"

"I don't care what you speak Elder, revenge is all I seek and also do the power of the Shadow Caller, so never ever try to go into my plans." the leader said. "Hunters! Reapers! Get ready, we have a class to attend."

"You never listen, I just advice." The Elder whispered to himself and walked away from the leader.

Room 053, Hoverdrive Academy,Town of Hoverdrive

The students gathered inside their classrooms most especially the four Wickeds. At the second to the last column the four chose to be seated, while at their back stood Thomas' arch nemesis, "Hey douche bag, what did you do to Coach? Rumors says he never came back after your pep talk when he excused you at the canteen."

"Stop it Schmidt, We don't know where he is." Julie answered Schmidt back.

"Look what we have here?, You got yourself a girlfriend."

Before the students, get into a fight their teacher came in.

"Saved by the bell bloodbath, 1 hour after and your dead," Schmidt threatened Thomas at his finest.

"Actually, You'll not meet him after 1 hour. We'll be gone by that time but, you on the other hand will be on bad luck, slipped in a juice spill, bump in a trash can via skateboard and also smacked by a door." Artemis said those words that leave the Three and also do Schmidt.

The teacher came inside the room, it was a new teacher who has a hair weirder than Miss Peregrine from the live action of the Miss Peregrine novel in 2016 but more formal, she also wore a black Gothic dress but still with a taste of a formal school fashion attire and holds a wooden ruler stick that makes her look like a strict teacher. She pointed at everyone in the class like she's counting backwards from Three to One and started to walk closer and closer at the first row.

"Good Morning class, I am Miss Emma Finch your new teacher that will substitute your Coach Lee for the Entrepreneur Class. I only have two rules, disobey the rules and you will face the consequences. Understood?"

"Isn't that already a rule?" Artemis whispered. "Shut up Storms." Fred whispered back.

"Yes Ma'am" The students answered in chorus and as she continued talking Julie place down her hands and began moving it as if she were doing a sign language.

"Rule number one, When I am talking everyone should be quiet and lastly, No one will ever touch me." Miss Emma stopped at her not so creepy speech that almost felt a bit silence inside the room.

On the other hand, Julie continued her sign language that for me on some reason can never understand. "She says, Miss Finch is a Wicked ,right?" Artemis translated the non-verbal language Julie used. "You can…" Fred questioned.

"Of course I can."

"Wait what? Miss Emma? A Wicked?" Thomas asked.

Artemis shut her mouth and started to close her eyes. She moved her head as if she's about to burst something out of her thoughts in the most deepest part of her consciousness. Then suddenly after five seconds she opened her eyes. "A Levitant, She is a Levitant."

"I knew it she's a Wicked." Julie boastfully said.

"What is a Levitant?" Thomas asked.

"A Wicked that whoever touches will loose his/her connection to gravity. For short one touch and your gravity will go down to 0." Fred explained. "Worst part is, when the individual reaches 70 and or above feet high the gravity will be back to normal and you'll probably falling hard. Fly High, Fall hard, goodbye."

"Okay that's enough explaining Miss Emma's abilities. For now we act normal." Julie said. "Normal as in don't trust our Entrep. teacher? Very normal." as Fred finished his answer for Julie, Miss Emma hit the table with the stick. "Shut up! The four of you stay after class." Miss Emma said with pure anger.

"What?! We don't have time for that." Julie problematically said.

"Who says we don't?" Fred said and snapped his fingers as a sign that he is a Wicked that has the ability to manipulate time.

The class returned to normal and with the silence of the class a loud Bang was heard at the hallway.

The fire alarm be rang and every student inside of the room started to panic. "What was that?" A student asked.

The panicking stopped when a sonic blast destroyed the rooms entrance door. The door hit Miss Finch. With the cloud of dust produced after the blast, a figure of a group of people that wore hooded robes came out. Fred and Julie approached Miss Finch while Artemis and Thomas faced the beings that they of course believed as Wickeds.

"Get away from them !" Julie shouted while she holds a broken part of a door and was about to throw it, on the other hand Fred's hands began to glow and snapped his finger that stopped the flow of time.

"Surrender yourself now Caller!" a hooded Wicked shouted. "Reapers, Wickeds with sharpen claws that whatever or whoever their claws meets will get blasted of burned depending to their will. They can also transmit their abilities to any material made with lead." Artemis said assuming on the diagnosis she did.

"You're lucky to meet us, Surrender or your friends die!" a Reaper with a different scarf said, the Reaper that they assumed to be the leader. The reaper removed its hood and exposed his face. "No Face John Doe" Fred blurted out. "Who is he?" Thomas asked.

"The leader of the Reapers that worked as Bounty for the Hunters, the Vanishing 9 and their leader No Face. They follow a code, to not kill for no reason" Fred answered.

Miss Finch started to gain her senses back. "John Doe?" Miss Finch said.

"You know him?" Fred asked. "Wait, of all names, John Doe?" Artemis asked.

"Because he has no face obviously, What do you want?"

"The Shadow Caller"

"A Shadow Caller? Where?"

"I am, But why do you need me?" Thomas answered.

"You have a large amount on your head, we have a code to not kill for no reason, means if you not go your friends will die."

"A reason if you not follow him, But you have to go through us first!" Julie blurted out. She readied the broken door and aimed on the John. While Fred collected enough energy to be blasted out.

"Hahaha" John laughed in a horror cliche way. "Amateurs vs Pros?"

"I'm with them." Miss Emma stood up and removed her leather gloves.

"Ma'am?" Artemis questionably asked. "You might be the son of Elizabeth Smith, she's a friend and I promised her to protect her child." Miss Emma exclaimed.

"Then face your fate." The Reaper said in a horrible tone as he began to be covered in dark auras with a bit of flares around it. A moment passed and without any double thoughts the reapers launched their fastest move towards Miss Emma, Julie and Fred. Everything was just like a scene from an Action movie with slow motion and blasting with incredible effects.

The three approached the attacks of the first three reapers.

"They cant win three against nine. I have to unleash my abilities." Thomas said to Artemis as he ran away from the battle area while he grabbed the hands of Artemis.

"Care for a help?" Julie asked while she continue to throw punches on a Reaper. But as Thomas was about to answer a Reaper approached him and Artemis. Luckily Artemis was quick, just like her name states she is like the real Artemis from the Greek Myth. She evaded every attacks of the Reaper. She really is a Wicked but of what kind?

Miss Finch touched the armchair that fell when a Reaper threw it, The armchair levitated and she pushed it away to hit an attacker. On the other hand, Fred hurled massive energy blasts on other Reapers, but he is slowing down and the flow of time has been on and off. "Fred!, Thomas he's losing energy he needs to rest!" Julie said at her very tired voice.

Thomas looked very troubled while Artemis, Fred, Julie and Miss Finch took every pain he should've taken from the Reapers, he was really really angry on himself for he can't help in a way that he cant unleash his abilities. He stood there watching his friends do their best to protect him.