The Murderous Myth

Chapter 2

Game Plan

It hadn't taken too long for the whole group to reach the area. Honestly, it wasn't too far from their own school. And when they reached the area, it was quite the sight they were greeted with. There were three large buildings, decently close to one anther. Still enough space to keep a distance from one another, and yet still close enough to where you could easily walk from one school building to another, if you ever needed to. All three buildings appeared rather run down, aged. A few cracks could be seen in some of the walls, and yet, it didn't seem to be dangerous. The buildings were made to stay sturdy, given it was going to be holding not only many adults, but children too, of course. Feliciano looked towards the buildings, feeling a small shiver run down his spine. There was something about this place... He couldn't exactly place it, but just the atmosphere seemed rather off to him. He was going to make a comment about it, when suddenly, Alfred began to speak.

"Alright, dudes! First off, we all need to break up into three groups of four. So, grab your partners, and I'll explain the rest!" he explains to them, watching them expectantly.

"I want to pair up with Ludwig and Kiku!" Feliciano called out immediately, staying close to his two best friends. Well, if there was anyone who could keep him at least calmer in a situation like this, it was them. "Fratello, do you want to come with us?"

"Eh, Feli, would it be ok if Lovi stayed with me?" Antonio asks, looking to the younger Italian curiously and smiling. "If you're ok with that, that is."

"Oh! Well, I'm ok with that, si," the other replies, while the older Italian was facepalming. He obviously had seen that coming, but at the same time, also knew what was coming next.

"And we're sticking with Tonio!" Gilbert declares, as he and Francis go over to their group. And in return, the Spaniard gave an excited nod, while the Italian gave a groan of annoyance. Yup. That must have been what he had expected...

"Alright, there's one team! Now, Mattie is sticking with me no matter what, because he's totally a big baby and needs his big brother," Alfred then declares with a laugh, as his brother gave him a small shove.

"That isn't true!" Matthew complained and frowned a bit. But the look in his eyes showed that he knew the American was only kidding around. That had been their relationship since they had met and became siblings a few years ago.

"Only teasing, lil dude~. So, Artie, you comin' with us?" The dirty blond asked Arthur, playfully shoving him some. The Brit gave a roll of his eyes when he heard the nickname before sighing a bit.

"I've already stated I was babysitting you, haven't I, Alfred? Yes, I'm with you," he answers him, shaking his head a bit. "Honestly, if you didn't have anyone watching you who knows what would happen..."

"Aw, come on, I'm not that bad!"

"And I will also be accompanying your group. After all, I do want to see you freak out and panic~" Ivan then chimes in with a smile. Al rolled his eyes when he heard that.

"Whatever. Then that means Yao is with Feli, Lud, and Kiku," he then finishes up, before going a nod. "Alright! Next, we need to pick which school each group is going to! In all honesty, I wanna check out the high school building, down that way!" The hero then pointed towards the building he was talking about, on the far right. In the front, there was a brick wall sign that read, 'Red Crest Academy High' in an almost pale, cream color. Some of the letters were cracked and covered in dirt.

"Alright then, we'll take junior high then!" the Spaniard spoke up, with a few nods in agreement from his two best friends. "That's the building in the back area there, right?"

"Yup! And the elementary school building is on the left down that way! So that means Feli's group has that one," Alfred agrees, as he looked to the remaining four. Ludwig gave a small nod in understanding, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Very well, anything specific we'll be doing in these buildings, Alfred?" the blue-eyes German questioned, as he looked to the one who was leading this whole organization.

"Oh yeah, of course, dude!" Alfred spoke up before laughing some. "Basically what you're going to do is try taking some pictures on your phones, see if you can get some pictures of spirits! And if you wanna be real adventurous, you can even try to get some recordings of their voices if you wanna try. But basically we're going to see if we can prove if these places are haunted or not!"

"Sounds easy enough. Come on, guys! We gotta lot of ground to cover. How long should we be in there?" Gilbert was asking, as he rounded up the remaining three in his group.

"I say no longer than two hours. Don't want to give our parents a heart attack, and service out here sucks," the American answers with a small nod. "Alright, you all have your mission, get started!"

Author's Note: This chapter was a bit shorter because had I not stopped here it would have turned to be really long, when they began exploring the schools. In addition, I will be finding a way to make floor plans of each school and label them, so that you may be able to have a more clear idea of the school layout ( and so I don't mix things up either! ). Important things will be marked, and the character's ENDING location for that chapter will also be marked. Rooms that have not been entered or mentioned will not be labeled, until the characters go to it. Link(s) for each school floor plan will be provided at the top of the chapter!