Supervillain High by Gerhard Gehrke

Author:Gerhard Gehrke [Gehrke, Gerhard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lucas Ross Publishing
Published: 2017-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

16. Stardust

The security office was a bland space lit by cool blue fluorescent light and totally devoid of personality but for a tiny vase of fresh white flowers on the front reception desk. To Brendan, it looked more like a dentist’s office than a police station. Another security guard, one of the female officers, sat at a desk and had a phone to her ear. Brendan wondered if the phone lines were back up or if it was just connected to other phones within the school.

Officer Glenn had him take a seat while he removed a tablet from a charger. The guard tapped and swiped away until he found what he was looking for. He handed the device over to Brendan.

“Read that, please.”

The document on the screen was an excerpt from the school’s code of conduct. It reminded Brendan that access to the dorm was strictly limited, and members of the opposite sex were not allowed above the lobby floor. Brendan gave a grave nod.

“Thumbprint on the bottom circle.”

Brendan put his thumb on the “I Agree” button and handed the tablet back.

“Anything else?” Brendan asked.

“Hold your horses.” Officer Glenn typed on the tablet, filling out the rest of the form.

“Mr. Garza. In trouble again?” came a voice from across the office. Brendan hadn’t seen Officer Foster since the man had tried to speak with him at the nurse’s station after the fight. The confused look Foster had worn then was gone. Now his eyes gleamed with an odd intensity, as if seeing Brendan filled him with delight. He strode out of an office and took the tablet from Officer Glenn.

“Mmm-hmm. You understand that we can’t have members of the opposite sex in our rooms or even up to the floors.”

“I do. And I’m sorry, it was a misunderstanding. Officer Glenn has reminded me of the rule.”

Foster scrolled further. Then his face fell into a scowl. He turned the tablet so both Brendan and Officer Glenn could see. It was a body camera still of Charlotte that Officer Glenn had taken.

“Where is she?” Foster said.

Officer Glenn stumbled over his words. “I…thought I only needed him to sign off on the code of conduct release. I didn’t need her, so she left.”

“She left? Where?” Officer Foster leaned in on the other guard.

“She walked off. Maybe she’s in the student restaurant. I didn’t think I needed to bring her in. The rules state—”

“You idiot. You know we were looking for her.”

“Can I go now?” Brendan asked.

Officer Foster rounded the desk. He clamped a hand on Brendan’s arm and pulled him out of the chair. “Where did she go?”

Brendan tried to twist free, but the grip was strong and only grew tighter. Pain began to radiate up the arm. “Let me go,” he tried to say in an authoritative voice, his father’s voice, but it came out broken and weak.

“You were with her before. Where does she go?”

“Officer Foster, that’s no way to treat one of our students,” the headmaster said. Brendan hadn’t heard him come in.

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