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Jace nodded, forcing herself to look normal despite her pale skin and trembling hands. She honestly felt like she wanted to hurl, but she ignored the nauseating feeling. "I'm fine," she said firmly in response to Louis. At Trey's suggestion, she gave a small nod. Skipping the rest of school seemed like an excellent idea, actually.

Ooc:// So, so sorry for the shorter posts guys. Bit of writers' block lately...

Louis sighed and crossed his arms. He hated skipping school, but two things crossed his mind. One, there was something they weren't telling him. He could hear Jace's heartbeat race as she lied to his face, and it concerned him. And two, all he had for the rest of the day was P.E. and a study hall. Nothing to miss, and gym would be nice to skip for once to avoid that jock from earlier. ...Not to mention he wasn't the best at a lot of sports as he didn't like the social interaction to much. He pushed his glasses and stuffed his hands in his pockets before looking at Trey, "Normally I'd say 'no', but I'll make an exception. Where do we go?"

Trey was glad that both of them decided to come, and he nodded immediately. "Jace, are you sure you're alright to walk?" he asked in a concerned voice. He was used to her pretending as if she wasn't in any pain, but this was downright ridiculous. She probably just had felt pins and needles in her head from some sort of advanced headache and when Trey had turned around, she looked as if she was two seconds away from falling over her own feet. Louis seemed on alert, which Trey couldn't say was unusual for him, since well... he hadn't known him for so long yet. He didn't truly know what he was like.

"Look, let's just head to my house. My parents are gone - again - and it'll be perfect to just relax, alright?" he suggested. In all honesty, the fact that his parents were never home usually brought something of a downcast mood to the teenager. Although he never let himself feel it too much, because he was too busy hacking systems and having fun to notice his parent's absence, it was a bit sad that his parent's jobs always got in the way of their only son. At the moment, he had overlooked that, though, and was simply grateful they wouldn't be home.

"I'm not some sort of pansy," Jace replied, narrowing her eyes. She clenched her fists, hiding the fact that they were still trembling. "I can walk," she added with a determined growl edging her words. At Trey's suggestion, she nodded. "Alright..." she agreed reluctantly. She knew the only reason he was suggesting this, rather than whatever nonsense he usually preferred, was because she had had another headache.

Trey's house? Louis was hesitant on that suggestion as he hardly knew the guy, but they certainly couldn't go to his place with Jack there. Figuring he could take care of himself if something should arise, he nodded in agreement, "Sounds like a plan. Lead away." But as they walked out, Louis grabbed three slips of paper from the nurse's desk and stuffed them in his pocket. Feeling guilty about taking passes to skip school, he brushed it away the best he could and headed out the door. He stopped short though. There was a loud thudding echo in his ears now. He shook his head as a reflex, but realized suddenly in a panic what the noise was. Footsteps. And they were quickly getting louder and therefore closer. Gently grabbing Jace's arm and the back of Trey's shirt to stop them, he whispered urgently, "Someone's coming back! And more than one!"

Trey looked surprised at first, as he heard nothing out of the ordinary except the one fizzing light in the nurse's office behind them. "I- what? What are you talking about, Louis?" He asked, and although he tried to continue onward, the dude still had an unnaturally tight grip on his shirt. "Look," he said after about three minutes. "There's no one -" he stopped short when he finally began to hear the footsteps. With a look of mingled shock and sudden fear he said quickly, "How did you know?" His question didn't get a chance to get answered, however, as the principle of their humble school came marching from around the corner, looking positively fuming. "TREY FARGO!" He called in a rage. Trey noticeably flinched. Although he was visibly paranoid at times when he knew he had a chance of being caught, it was seldom so that he actually was...

The principle came at them at top speed, followed closely behind by the nurse and some guy in an orange suit - probably some technology guy- Oh boy. That wasn't good. He couldn't be here about the lights. No one's car drove that fast. It had to be about the- The principle was standing over the three now, looking as mad as ever. Trey would have cowered had he not trained himself to feign innocence whenever the chance came that he was caught. "Uh, sir?" He asked hesitantly. The principle started immediately. "You've been tampering with my computer again, haven't you? Thought it was a fun game to make it go kaput, huh?"

"But I didn't-!"
"Save it!" the principle interrupted. "The nurse here has just come to inform me about our lighting problems. It just so happens I had already called a technician to help fix my computer. When asked to explain, she told me that she had been treating you three," he indicated to the trio before him. "And guess what I found lying in my office, Fargo?" Trey didn't make a move, a sound, or a breath as he finished off, "A drop. of. blood. Yours, I presume?" Trey slumped his shoulders, defeated. But he couldn't go to detention now! Not with so much madness going on at the moment. Jace had migraine headaches which he was beginning to think needed a better term, and Louis looked like he was showing signs of being part bat with hearing that good. And every time Trey was getting next to something powered by electricity, it went haywire. What in the world was going on??

A bit of color returning to her pale cheeks, Jace's light brown eyes narrowed in determination. Ever loyal, she stepped in front of Trey, eyes now blazing. "Sir, it wasn't Trey," she said. "It was me." She showed him the small cut on her arm she had gotten from the flying glass. Of course, the principal didn't know she had gotten it from the messed up lights.

Trey had to blink almost three times before he finally managed to get it through his skull that Jace had seriously just taken the blame for him. He felt like rushing to her aid, to tell her to cut it out, to warn the principle she was lying. Surely, her minuscule cut didn't pass for the drop of blood on the floor, did it? Come to think of it, he hadn't truly noticed that cut in the first place, and as a surge of concern flooded his being, he shook his head behind her. "Jace, what are you-" He was cut off by the principle's laugh.

"I surely find that believable," he said in regards to Jace. "There were, however, more blood prints on the door." Trey cursed under his breath. How could he have not double checked the door handle? "Either way, it seems clear you are both responsible." He peered at the two through his triangular spectacles. "After all, I have student witnesses who say they saw Jace mid-way between the door, while the computer went haywire from inside the office." Trey made a face palm, resolving to explain this quickly to Louis, who must have been positively confused out of his mind.

"This is what we were doing earlier," he muttered close to his ear, hoping that his super hearing or whatever the heck had let him sense the principle before was working now too. "I had to go in the prince's office and change a few grades for some seniors, but the computer went crazy midway through. One of the wires exploded," he put his hand up carefully, making sure the principle was not looking at him, "and this is what happened. We've got to get out of here, Louis. I don't want Jace taking the blame for me, you have nothing to do with this, and I don't feel like serving another detention like a good boy. What can we...?" He turned back to the principle, with a worried expression in his eyes. He looked up at the lights, some of which were flickering at his overly panicked state. He came up to Jace and whispered as quietly as possible, "We need a distraction," hoping that Louis would hear as well, as he turned back to their acquaintance and nodded.

Louis heard Trey alright. His sensitive hearing wasn't something that easily turned off (if that were possible). He was kinda bothered by the fact that they were trying to get themselves out of a trouble that sounded deserving. But it did sound like an accident, and he shouldn't be blamed for that. With their principal's history, some have been expelled for less. He didn't have any idea how to get them out of this, and while trying to think of something, that was when he saw the slight flickering of light. And heard the sparks go off and wires sizzle inside the lights above them. Stepping back slowly, he grabbed an arm of each friend and tried coaxing them back with him with a gentle yet firm pull. A new sense heightened or call it what you will, but something was about to happen. He just knew it. "Watch it..."

Jace nodded, the movement barely noticeable to someone who wasn't paying attention to her. She frowned as she followed Louis's gaze, which was focused on one of the flickering lights above. She allowed him to move her away, a sense of apprehension welling up inside of her. Suddenly, a spray of sparks flew through the air, and the room was plunged into an oppressive darkness, as the room, located on the inside of the school, had no windows.

Jace immediatly reached out, and finding Louis and Trey's arms, she grabbed them tightly. Of course, that was when her headache returned. Letting out a small cry of pain, she slipped to the ground, releasing her grip on her friend's to instead clutch at her head. A few tears trickled down her pale cheeks, making Jace glad it was dark.

The principal, confused as ever, was unaware as to the goings on between the three teenagers. Trey turned towards Louis, nodding to thank him for the warning. What in the world was up with the electricity in this school?? Last week it had been perfectly fine! He had still been getting shocked by static everywhere he went, but that wasn't too important. Whatever the case, though, the lights were flickering even more now, and as Louis pointed out, they needed to watch it.

Just as he remembered this, he looked up only to see several light bulbs coming down in a crash, shattering upon the floor just in front of the technician, which knocked him off his feet. He fell to the ground with a dull thud, knocking him out. Otherwise, he was alright. Trey, on the other hand, grabbed Jace just in time to move her out of the way, nearly catapulting her towards Louis. "Is everyone alright?" he asked quickly, before returning to his mind in an attempt to think of a quick and non dangerous way out of this.

"Yea." Louis replied. The lights going out left the hallway very dark, and he wished he didn't think of it, but it was the perfect opportunity to get out of the building. "I'm so going to regret this" He muttered to himself before turning to the other two, "You two at least need to get out NOW." He looked at the fallen or confused adults. "This can't be your faults, but you're likely to be blamed. I'll... stall... or- Something." He wanted to at make sure the guy who was hit was okay. He didn't feel he could get through the night if he just left like that without being even a little concerned.

When this was over and if he ever saw these two again, he made a mental note to talk to them. Seriously. Light's going out whenever Trey's around, Jace's quickened heart rate displaying her distress as she was in pain again and she won't even talk about it. Not to mention his own heightened senses. Something weird was going on. He felt now more than ever, he needed the comforting words of his step-father. But he was also started to feel afraid at that thought. What if all this leads to disappointment? Is it worth it to risk his future for these two who were practically strangers to him...?

Jace let out another sound of pain as Trey thrust her at Louis. She bit her lip hard enough to draw blood as she blinked back tears, clutching her throbbing head. "You need to get out too," she finally managed to gasp out as the pain subsided fractionally. "They'll be looking for someone to blame when we're gone. Just - " Jace was cut off by another stabbing pain, and she winced.

"Yeah," agreed Trey. "No martyrs in this team. You're coming with us, like it or not. And I'd venture to guess the guy who aces ever class wouldn't want to stay after school for detention or worse." He managed a sly grin, though turned his attentions to the authorities at hand. He ran forward suddenly, bringing the technician (who was knocked out) further back and away from the glass. The principal's face was open mouthed with surprise, and Trey lugged the guy a little more before panting a bit and heading to the doors of the school. "We've gotta-"

The principal, over his initial shock, was advancing on them now. Trey's nervousness was becoming overwhelming, and if he hadn't known any better, he would have sworn that the lights dimmed somewhere further down the hall. There was no time to think about it now, and he slammed his body weight against the doors - those of which currently refused to open. "They're locked! We have to find a back way. I'm throwing all caution to the wind. What's next?"