"Every single one of us has gone through the exact same thing..." Steven said, his voice trailing off.

"That pretty much confirms that this is some kind of kidnapping." Andrea frowned, "Unless this the result of some kind of supernatural phenomena, which I very much doubt."

"Maybe Rose is right," Sasha said hopefully, "Even if everything we just said is true, people have to know that something's gone wrong!"

"Eh, I think I'm on Kaiden's side here," Sydney shrugged, "I mean, did anybody see those steel plates on the windows when we first walked up to the school?"

"I didn't," Steven answered, "I don't know much about welding, but from research I've done before, I know it'd take a long while to weld them all over every single window in the school."

"Wait, so are you saying it's possibly been [i]days[/i] since we passed out in front of the school!?" Bryan exclaimed, panic apparent in his voice, "If it's really been that long, people would know that we've disappeared! We've been all over the media, the whole country's been anticipating the opening of Sky's Peak Academy!"

"Well yeah, they have to know. Students disappearing and an important national building being modified would definitely be noticed. But maybe they can't get us out. Thus, Kaiden's point that the police likely aren't on the case." Andrea suggested.

"That's bullshit!" Bryan yelled.

"P-Please don't yell..." Ray mumbled, having flinched at Bryan's outburst.

"Hold on guys, let's all calm down a bit," Jamie told them, "Maybe we're all just getting ahead of ourselves here. I mean, we can discuss theories all we want, but we don't really actually know anything."

That was true. Steven knew that it was very possible that everything they were saying was all just based in panic and hysteria. They really didn't know anything. In fact, the only way they could gain any information, would be if the person or people behind this stepped forward.

As if on cue, the child-like voice that had spoken on the intercom earlier, suddenly began to speak. The voice seemed to be coming from inside the room itself.

"Upupupu! It's been so very fun watching you bastards fall apart as you all try to figure out what's happening. I even prolonged my entrance because of how entertaining all of you have been!"

"H-Huh?" Sasha gasped, "Who said that?"

"It's the voice from the intercom!" Bryan stated the obvious, "Show yourself, you coward! And tell me what's going on, now!"

"My, my, so demanding," the voice teased, "But if my fans really want to see me so badly, who am I to disappoint?"

Lights focused on the stage at the front of the gymnasium, and fanfare began to play. With a bang and quickly dispelling cloud of smoke, a black and white Teddy bear leapt up from behind a podium and onto the stage.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdPZ9yJvsM]"Ta-Dah!" The bear announced, "It is I, your friendly neighborhood School Headmaster! You may call me Headmaster Monobear, or just Monobear for short, for you lazy disrespectful bastards out there.[/url]

This...was not was Steven was expecting at all. There was only one response that he could think of.

"What the hell?"