"What? Did you see that?" Damian asked, entering in deep thought.
There was one person he knew was suspicious inside Garmony Upper School: Vanessa! Damian would not be surprised if the masked person Theo saw was her, especially considering it was inside the library, where he and Vanessa had met.
"I am telling you the truth! We should keep our distance from that library. I don't want to die at the hands of a secret society because of a wristwatch!"
Theo was the coward type, and for him, it was not worth it to risk his life trying to investigate whatever he saw in the library. But, although he feared it, he still had curiosity.
Damian looked at him and said, "I promise we will not investigate this matter tomorrow."
"Good, this is good. I am not brave; you can tell that," Theo said, sighing in relief.
"Yeah, we will not go there tomorrow, but tonight!"
"I know; thank you for letting me out of this and- wait, what did you say?"
"That we are going there tonight. Come, let's get out of here."
"…"
Theo was not liking where that conversation was going, and he could not stop thinking about how insane Damian was! Not only was he going after someone from a secret society, but also because he wanted to leave the dorm with many monitors outside, watching the students' every move!
"Aren't you scared that they might see us?" Theo asked.
"You managed to come here without being caught by the monitors, so we should be fine. Also, if we want to know more about that masked person you saw, we must leave tonight, or who knows when we might have another chance."
Damian saw that as a unique situation for him to discover more about Vanessa — considering the masked person was indeed her or someone connected to her.
Either way, he was almost sure she had something to do with a secret society just by the weird way she acted. Usually, those types of organizations wanted something, so it was safe to say she was trying to get closer to Damian precisely to get something from him.
"Why would I want to know more about someone from a secret society? I don't think that is wise at all!" Theo said, walking around the room, trying to calm himself down.
"Look, who knows, this secret society is not that bad, and if we learn more about it, we may join it! Wouldn't it be cool?"
"Hum, yeah, right, being part of a secret society would be cool, but it's DANGEROUS!"
Theo tried his best, but the curiosity he had within was stronger than the fear. Ultimately, he went along with Damian, leaving the dorm at night, wearing the school's black uniform and a long, hooded black coat to hide them better in the shadows.
"You know there are some cameras around in the school, right? We cannot go there and enter through the front door," Theo said.
"I know, I know. I studied the cameras the first day I came here, and we will be fine."
"But what about the noises? You see this grass in the courtyard, it is noisy to walk on it, and I don't even know how I got to the dorm without a monitor chasing my ass."
Damian only smiled at that and then used his Telekinesis ability to make them float. Neither would touch the ground, thus making no sounds while walking in the school's courtyard.
"Right! You can fly. This is freaking dope. I wish I could fly, and-"
"Shh, Theo. Let's talk less, and please, whisper."
"Oh, right, right, my bad," whispered Theo, remembering they were in the middle of a stealthy mission.
The two of them floated throughout the courtyard, and they passed close to some monitors a few times, but there were many trees and smaller buildings for them to hide, so passing through the monitors and reaching the school's main building was not a big problem.
"An ability that makes me invisible will be useful in the future, especially if I enter his secret society. I should look for its price later," thought Damian.
Theo sighed in relief when they entered the school's main building without significant problems. The monitors did not go inside the building, so it was empty, well, not empty, as there was that mysterious masked person.
Damian went close to Theo and whispered, "are you alright? Can we keep going? We need to reach the library as fast as possible."
"I am fine. Let's go."
They walked in the school's corridors, which were empty, and as there were no lights, the place looked bizarre, creepy, scary, and definitely not a place someone like Theo wanted to be.
"Did you hear that?" Theo asked, looking behind his back occasionally, afraid something or someone was following them.
"I heard, yes. This is the sound some old refrigerators do during the night when everything is quiet."
"Oh, really? I always thought it was like ghosts or something trying to get me."
"..."
The two of them moved quickly, without making noises, and were careful to not meet with someone else in the school's halls, as that would not be a good thing.
"We are finally here, the library."
After walking a considerable distance, Theo and Damian reached the empty library, and they could not see anyone inside.
"I saw the masked person right there," Theo said, pointing at where he had seen the masked person.
Damian did not go immediately but first analyzed the library carefully, trying to sense any strange movements, but there was nothing.
"Let's go there to see if there is something," Damian said.
Theo nodded in response, and the two of them went inside the library, going to a specific corridor, the one, the masked person, had used.
"I should think how a member of a secret society would. Where is the mechanism to open the secret passage?"
Damian thought, but as he tried to find a way in, he heard noises from one of the shelves, like someone walking on a staircase.
"Theo, someone is coming; hide now!"