Chapter 31
Roxana walked up to Azul and Floyd in the cafeteria, the students there parted aside like the red sea to make a way for her.
“Well, well, look what we have here” Roxana said. “Not so happy with Slytherin now are you ?”
Azul greeted his teeth, she smirked before she turned to Floyd.
“How’s your brother ?” It was clear from the expression of her face that she was mocking them.
Floyd glared at her, he punched the table, the force of his punch broke the table in half. “Oi you bitch, turn him back to normal !”
“Why should I ? I am not responsible remember ? I added that to the contract, it’s not my fault that you both are so stupid and dumb to not realize that there was something wrong when I added that” Roxana smiled looking down at Azul who’s fist was trembling with rage. “Please, this is not the first time I made a contract with someone like you Azul, this is just you having a taste of your own medicine ! Don’t blame me, blame yourself for being too confident in your ability”
Roxana put a stay hair behind Azul’s ear before she leaned down.
“Think with your head not with your pride” She whispered.
***
“Hey Roxana ? We heard about the petrified students what did you do ?” Deuce asked.
“I personally didn’t do anything…but Sally did as I ordered her” Roxana smiled.
“Sally…you mean the snake ?” Ace asked. “She’s a snake how can she do that ??”
“You want to try ?”
“NO !”
“Anyways we spoke to Jack who spoke with Leona who then told us that Azul’s contract aren’t as indestructible as he likes to put it” Deuce said.
Roxana raised her eyebrow. “How did you convince Leona of all people to tell you this ?”
“A lot of begging and kneeling from their side” Jack responded.
“NYAHAHAHA ! I wish I was there to see that !” Grim laughed.
“HEY ! It was not fun at all !” Ace screamed embarrassed.
“The only reason why we even asked Leona was because he made a contract with Azul once” Deuce sighed. “And we tried to get the photo too ! Only to be stopped by Floyd !”
“You went without me ?” Roxana asked.
“I mean…we kinda didn’t want to burden you more ? With how you screamed at us last time and all that” Deuce said.
“Cockroaches… it still hurts ya know” Ace pouted.
“Rgh. If only blastcycles worked underwater. Then they would've been eating my dust!” Deuce complained.
“Uh-huh. Suuure, Loosey-Deucey. So... Mermen, huh.” Ace said. “The Leech brothers are morays from what we saw with Floyd; I get that part. Is Azul like them when he's under the sea?”
“I remember Leona referring to him as a "cephalo-punk," for what that's worth.” Jack said.
Deuce looked at him. “As in, cephalopod? So is he, like, an octo-merman?”
“Myah! If he got a bunch of legs in the water, he'd be even more dangerous than the crazy brother!” Grim said.
“No kidding'. Which is why we're trying to brainstorm an approach that doesn't involve fighting them on their own turf.” Jack said.
“Actually octopuses aren’t that fast underwater” Roxana said. “But you don’t have to return to the sea to get the picture”
“Huh ? But we only have three days left ? Well two if don’t count today” Ace said. “Aren’t you worried ?”
“I already have the photo”
A-Deuce, Jack, and Grim looked at her in silent for a moment
“YOU WHAT ?”
“Yeah, when they confiscated Slytherin, I sneaked to the sea during the night to get it” Roxana said. “And who in the world go on the broad daylight to steal something ? Come on, use your brains honestly”
“Yeah well, we can’t see in the dark underwater” Ace deadpanned.
“Right” Roxana said. “I forgot humans”
“What does that supposed to mean !”
“I have thermal vision” Roxana said like it was a normal thing.
“What are you some kind of snake ?” Ace asked.
“She is/I am” Jack and Roxana said at the same time.
“It’s not like I kept the fact that I wasn’t human a secret, you simply don’t listen” Roxana said as she flicked her forked tongue at him.
Ace looked at Grim. “You knew ?”
“I live with her” The chimera deadpanned.
“And how did you know ?” Ace asked Jack.
“Her smell”
Deuce nodded. “My mom was right…you learn something new every day”
“Sooooo…what you’re plan ?” Ace asked.
Roxana smirked. “Those contracts…we’re going to destroy those contracts, that’s why I am going to Savanaclaw to speak with Leona”
*Savanaclaw Dorm – Leona’s Bedroom*
“Absolutely not !” Leona refused. “Your problem, figure it out yourselves !”
“I helped you with your overblot” Roxana said.
“Correction, you tortured me out of it” Leona said ears flat on his head.
“That was me helping you, now you can help us, or you can end up in the infirmary with the other petrified students” Roxana said.
“Uh…Leona-san ?” Ruggie looked at Leona.
Leona sighed. “Fine, I will help you, how do you want it ?”
“I noticed that Azul doesn’t walk around with his contracts which means he hide them somewhere, and he has a giant vault in his VIP room” Roxana said. “I want you to use your Unique Magic on the contracts, once Ruggie steal the keys and get them, I also want for the Savanaclaw students to cause a ruckus in Mostro Lounge while we go and distract Floyd”
“Wait what ? What ?” Grim asked confused.
“Good thing you figured that out” Leona said. “I’ll explain”
*Two Minutes of Explanation Later*
“Oooh, I getcha! NOW it makes sense! Now that we've got a weak point to exploit, let's bust into Octavinelle right now!” Grim said.
“There's just one problem with that.” Ruggie said.
“Myah?”
“From what Roxana said when the others went to take the photo Floyd stopped them, he’s a bigger hurdle to you guys than the vault itself.” Ruggie said. “He need to be distracted for very long time for the plan to work otherwise if the distraction stop too soon he may ruin the plan”
“For crying out loud... We're so close, I can almost taste it!” Grim complained.
“And that’s why I am the one going into the water with the other guys” Roxana said. “Floyd is known to ‘squeeze’ people, I just need to use my own ‘squeezing’ against him”
“…You’re going to accidently kill him” Grim said.
“I know how to control my strength” Roxana said.
*Courtyard*
“….” Jack looked at Roxana.
“….” Ace did the same.
“….” So is Deuce.
“Are you serious ?” Jack asked. “You already have the photo, just give it to him and end the contract !”
“We can’t distract that guy ! He will kill us ! He’s been in a bad mood since his brother got petrified !” Ace said.
“I won’t take no for an answer, now I am going to the infirmary to give Crewel the antidote, when I come back you better be beside the Mirror” Roxana said.
“We’re gonna die, we’re gonna die, we’re gonna die !” Ace sang.
*Infirmary*
Crewel sighed when he saw Roxana. “Pup you caused a lot of problem”
“Hmm” Roxana put a vial on the table.
“What is this ?”
“The antidote to the petrification, the antidote take an hour to annul the petrification, make sure that every single one of them gets a drop in both eyes” Roxana said.
Crewel nodded, and Roxana walked away.
*Atlantica Memorial Museum*
“It’s closed !”
Roxana looked at the time table. “Open from 8 am to 12 pm, closed from 12 pm to 3 pm, open at 3 pm and close at 7 pm”
“Ugh ! We should have seen this coming !” Ace sighed.
My sense of smell is useless underwater but…I can feel Floyd’s presence. Roxana thought she searched around for a moment until she saw a mer-eel hiding.
“Ace distract the guards, guys follow me” Roxana said.
Jack, Grim, Deuce, followed Roxana as she swam to the other way of the museum while Ace went to talk with the guards, a notice-me-not charm got casted around the four of them.
“Alright” Roxana took out the photo. “This should be good”
“Why did you bring the photo here ?” Deuce asked.
“This is a fake copy the real one is in my trunk in Diasomnia, duplication spell comes in handy for things like this” Roxana said.
“Why are we hiding ?” Jack asked.
“I sensed Floyd here” Roxana said. “We can return now, enough time passed”
She dropped the spell and swam to where Ace was, the Heartslabyul students just finished talking with the guard and was waiting for them.
“Ace we need to go”
“There you are, Erebuhebi.” Floyd said in a serious tone glaring at the girl.
“He looks pissed !” Grim said.
“Yeah, just like yesterday” Jack said.
“You got the photo. Sweet !” Floyd smiled all teeth out. “I would have played nice, but now that Erebuhebi is here I will be able to chase her around all I want~ think of it as a pay back for what you did to my brother !”
“You boys run away, I got this covered” Roxana said, she turned to Grim. “Go to Diasomnia and tell Malleus to give you the box I gave him”
“Alright !”
Roxana turned around to face Floyd while the others swam away, once the boys disappeared, Roxana changed her lower half into her snake tail.
Floyd looked annoyed. “Ah ! You’re not human, this explains a lot”
“Hmm ? Scared from my bite Leech ? Don’t worry, I am not going to bite…much”
Floyd looked down right feral as he launched at her.