Convergence on Lawndale - Part 8
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fardell24“What’s happening, Amiga?” Jane asked.
“The Doctor, again,” Daria answered.
That was all Jane needed to know. “Gotcha.”
Daria then filled her in on what was happening, including the portal to Middleton.
“I see,” Jane said when Daria had finished.
“We need to look out for unusual activity.”
“Of course.”
Quinn met her friends. “Quinn!” Stacy Rowe called out.
“Hi, Stacy,” Quinn said warmly.
“You were with that guy again, weren’t you?” Sandi Griffin asked in an icy tone.
“Sandi!” Quinn cried out. “Not right here…”
“And why not?” Sandi asked.
“I don’t want the whole school to know!” Quinn retorted.
“I guess not,” Sandi said.
“Peter Parker!”
Peter turned to see the Asian American women coming towards him. “Angela Li, is it?” he asked. He resisted the urge to compare her to J. Jonah Jameson.
“Yes. Principal of Laaawndale High! I’d like to know why the School District forced me to accept your employment here!”
“I not certain why?” Peter said quietly. ‘UNIT will have to smooth some feathers over I guess,’ he thought.
“Now I have to find where to put you at short notice!”
“I could help with either Science or Art,” Peter said.
“Science may not be a good idea,” Li said. “The head teacher is a misandrist!”
“Right.”
“Art would be a better option,” the Principal said. “Accompany me to the Faculty Office!”
“Of course,” Peter responded as he followed Li.
Clare Defoe was surprised when Li entered the faculty office. “Angela?”
“Good Morning, Claire. This is Peter Parker, a new assistant who has started here today. I am assigning him to you.”
“I wasn’t aware of this,” Claire said.
“It was a last minute decision by the District,” Li admitted, before leaving the room.
“What area of art do you specialise in?” Claire asked.
“Photography.” Peter answered.
“I see,” Claire said. “It so happens that I do have a photography class this afternoon. How are you in the dark room?”
“I’m competent,” Peter answered.
“Good.”
Kim and Ron arrived at Cranberry Commons. “It’s about the same size as the Mall in Middleton,” the latter said.
“This is going to take a while,” Kim realised.
“Probably too long,” Ron said.
“But we’ll try to be quick.”
The first period went by without any problems. Something happened in the second period. The electrical power in the school flickered.
In the TARDIS, an alert came up on the Scanner. “What?” the Doctor asked as he looked at it. Something was happening. It was interfering with Lawndale’s electrical grid. He set it to scan closer.
In Cranberry Commons, Kim and Ron saw the flicker.
“Uh oh!” Ron said.
Rufus agreed with him.
“Something’s happening,” Kim commented.
“But what causing it?” Ron asked.
“No idea, but we have to get back to the Portal.”
“Right behind you, KP!”
The Doctor narrowed down the source of the interference. It was somewhere between the location of the device, and the location of the portal. He decided to investigate it straight away. He didn’t have anything else to do anyway.
As they left the Mall, Kim took out the Kimmunicator and used a scanning function to try to find the source of the interference. The information came back a few minutes later. “It seems to be coming from somewhere downtown.”
“Not from the portal?” Ron asked.
“No, but somewhere to the south of it.”
With the flicker, Peter’s Spider Sense picked something up. ‘Uh oh!’ he thought. He saw Quinn shoot a glance in his direction, along with one of her friends. The one with the pigtails. The latter one came over. “There’s nothing happening, I think.”
“Um, that’s not why I came over,” the girl said, although her voice betrayed the lie.
“Then why?” Peter asked.
“Um, I’m trying to make sense of these camera settings,” she said giving him the sheet he had handed out earlier.
“You don’t need to know all of them,” Peter said. “Um…”
“Stacy,” the girl said.
“Stacy. You’re worried about the flicker, aren’t you?”
“Um, yes. It wasn’t the usual flicker!” she said quietly.
Peter figured that there was something about Stacy but he couldn’t put his finger on it. “Something may be happening, but let’s focus on the classwork for now.”
“Um, sure.”
“The Doctor, again,” Daria answered.
That was all Jane needed to know. “Gotcha.”
Daria then filled her in on what was happening, including the portal to Middleton.
“I see,” Jane said when Daria had finished.
“We need to look out for unusual activity.”
“Of course.”
Quinn met her friends. “Quinn!” Stacy Rowe called out.
“Hi, Stacy,” Quinn said warmly.
“You were with that guy again, weren’t you?” Sandi Griffin asked in an icy tone.
“Sandi!” Quinn cried out. “Not right here…”
“And why not?” Sandi asked.
“I don’t want the whole school to know!” Quinn retorted.
“I guess not,” Sandi said.
“Peter Parker!”
Peter turned to see the Asian American women coming towards him. “Angela Li, is it?” he asked. He resisted the urge to compare her to J. Jonah Jameson.
“Yes. Principal of Laaawndale High! I’d like to know why the School District forced me to accept your employment here!”
“I not certain why?” Peter said quietly. ‘UNIT will have to smooth some feathers over I guess,’ he thought.
“Now I have to find where to put you at short notice!”
“I could help with either Science or Art,” Peter said.
“Science may not be a good idea,” Li said. “The head teacher is a misandrist!”
“Right.”
“Art would be a better option,” the Principal said. “Accompany me to the Faculty Office!”
“Of course,” Peter responded as he followed Li.
Clare Defoe was surprised when Li entered the faculty office. “Angela?”
“Good Morning, Claire. This is Peter Parker, a new assistant who has started here today. I am assigning him to you.”
“I wasn’t aware of this,” Claire said.
“It was a last minute decision by the District,” Li admitted, before leaving the room.
“What area of art do you specialise in?” Claire asked.
“Photography.” Peter answered.
“I see,” Claire said. “It so happens that I do have a photography class this afternoon. How are you in the dark room?”
“I’m competent,” Peter answered.
“Good.”
Kim and Ron arrived at Cranberry Commons. “It’s about the same size as the Mall in Middleton,” the latter said.
“This is going to take a while,” Kim realised.
“Probably too long,” Ron said.
“But we’ll try to be quick.”
The first period went by without any problems. Something happened in the second period. The electrical power in the school flickered.
In the TARDIS, an alert came up on the Scanner. “What?” the Doctor asked as he looked at it. Something was happening. It was interfering with Lawndale’s electrical grid. He set it to scan closer.
In Cranberry Commons, Kim and Ron saw the flicker.
“Uh oh!” Ron said.
Rufus agreed with him.
“Something’s happening,” Kim commented.
“But what causing it?” Ron asked.
“No idea, but we have to get back to the Portal.”
“Right behind you, KP!”
The Doctor narrowed down the source of the interference. It was somewhere between the location of the device, and the location of the portal. He decided to investigate it straight away. He didn’t have anything else to do anyway.
As they left the Mall, Kim took out the Kimmunicator and used a scanning function to try to find the source of the interference. The information came back a few minutes later. “It seems to be coming from somewhere downtown.”
“Not from the portal?” Ron asked.
“No, but somewhere to the south of it.”
With the flicker, Peter’s Spider Sense picked something up. ‘Uh oh!’ he thought. He saw Quinn shoot a glance in his direction, along with one of her friends. The one with the pigtails. The latter one came over. “There’s nothing happening, I think.”
“Um, that’s not why I came over,” the girl said, although her voice betrayed the lie.
“Then why?” Peter asked.
“Um, I’m trying to make sense of these camera settings,” she said giving him the sheet he had handed out earlier.
“You don’t need to know all of them,” Peter said. “Um…”
“Stacy,” the girl said.
“Stacy. You’re worried about the flicker, aren’t you?”
“Um, yes. It wasn’t the usual flicker!” she said quietly.
Peter figured that there was something about Stacy but he couldn’t put his finger on it. “Something may be happening, but let’s focus on the classwork for now.”
“Um, sure.”
