"It's for the best you know. I know that doesn't sound likely, but can you picture trying to live a normal life worried that some guy was going to try and...you know...every time you turned around?" Joey was just looking out the window at the passing country side, his brain wasn't working on full power otherwise he would of been noticing how the car ride was smooth even as they drove though fields. 24 had been trying to get him to talk for awhile though Joey still remained silent.
"Leave him in peace." 23 said and reached over patting Joey's leg. "The boy clearly has much to think about."
"Yeah, about how we stole his life from him." Muttered 25.
Joey slowly became more and more aware of his surroundings a hour later when the sky seemed to turn dark purple and the grass was a light blue.
"Have you guys, drugged me or something?" he asked.
"What do you know, he can talk." 25 chuckled. "To answer to your question, Monster Breeds give off a little bit of paranormal energy, the more energy the stronger the breed. But if you get a bunch of it all together, then it has a funny effect on nature."
"And since we're heading for a school full of Monster Breeds..." Joey started.
"Exactly." 25 said, doing a shooting motion with his hand.
"Can you tell me more about the school?" Joey asked.
"Certainly." 23 interrupted.
"Oh boy...He loves giving this speech..." Muttered 25.
"Formed back in 1509, the school for abnormal children was founded to give young Monster Breeds a chance to hone their powers and maybe put them to use for the good of mankind as Knives. Serving side by side with the Swords with pride since 1625 the two forces have all but gotten rid of rouge-"
"Wait, How come the time leap?" 23 glared at Joey, annoyed at having his speech interrupted.
"The Monster Breeds took their time in seeing that working with us would be better than working against us. It was a scary thought back then considering there were A LOT more Monster Breeds out in the world." 25 answered.
"If I may go on?" 23 asked icily.
"By all means. And I'm loving the drama your adding to your voice for this." Joey said smirking as 25 snorted.
"...The training to become a Knife is a long tough one so we decided to make the training grounds into one of the most fearsome known battle fields ever. High school." 23 smiled and Joey rolled his eyes. "Say what you will, but the mental stress the high school environment puts on a Monster Breed makes a Knife almost unbreakable mentally in the field."
"That's just messed up." Joey states.
"The school is divided into two dorms. Red and Blue. There are many competitions held between the two dorms and the winning side always gets a great rewards. Like a big screen TV in the common room, awesome cable package, and laptops. While the losing team just goes without. Considering how long you could possibly spend here, it becomes in your better interest to make life comfortable."
"Okay...Um...which side am I going to be on?"
"Depends..." 23 said waving a hand
"On?"
"Which side needs replacement students more. That reminds me...24, did we find out which Goron Breed was using her powers?" 23 called.
"Linda. Her goggles recorded it. She had that Troll Breed she's sweet on...what's his name..."
"Jason." 25 supplied.
"Thanks. anyways, she was turning them to stone, and Jason would smash them."
"...I hope your talking about a really cool session of D&D right now." Joey squeaked out going pale.
"Whoops. Well...sometimes the students get carried away, but rest assure, no one gets away with this sort of violence." 23 said patting Joey's leg.
"What does that mean?" Joey asked slowly.
"Well, Two of the victims were from the red dorm. Two were in blue. She was in blue, and he was in red. Both red and blue dorms have three deaths this week. We don't tolerate murder very well."
"I'm going to pass out now." Joey said with a nod, then collapsed.
"Your just the king of smooth today aren't you?" 25 asked.
Joey woke up in what looked like a hospital room laying on a bed and...stark naked!?
Blushing he slid off the bed and hid behind it, a wall with no window to his back. There was a whole unit behind him though it was empty at the moment. Peeking up over the mattress he could make out a table tray on wheels and a dresser, and at the foot of the bed was a TV. Over in the left corner of the room was a desk with a older looking computer hooked up.
The entire room was a little bit smaller than his room at home. He looked around untill he stopped a closed door and heard a toilet flush.
Out walked a young white skinned man dressed like 23 and the others had been, though his dirty blond hair was in a mushroom cut.
"Ah you're awake! Good to see! I'm 87." He said and held out a hand.
"Uh...Ok...Hi..." Joey said from behind the bed. "Is there a non-gay reason I'm naked right now?"
"Sure is, you pissed yourself when you passed out and got some of it on your shirt. I stripped ya and tossed the clothes in the trash and was gonna get you dressed."
"And the reason your doing all this is..."
