Continue: Elizabeth and Susan worry about Rachel

Liz paced worriedly. She checked her phone, only a few minutes had passed since she sent the text for Susan to hurry up and meet her at their usual spot. Once there, they would meet up at Rachel’s house to discuss what she found out. I hope that creep didn’t get her, Liz thought, feeling disgust welling up in her stomach at the thought of Rachel, ending up in a position like those poor girls found in the bathrooms. Rachel said she took care of him, Liz thought, hoping that will provide some comfort, that has to mean something, right? It didn’t help like she wanted it to.

She growled, frustrated, and was about to call Susan to ask her what the hell was taking her so long when she finally saw her coming out of the school. Susan waved and made her way over. Finally. Liz scowled, “What took you so long?”

Susan held up her hand in mock surrender, “Woah, calm down, alright? Look, I couldn’t bear what was happening to those girls and just stand by and do nothing! So…” she dropped her voice down and made sure no one else was around to overhear them, “I checked through a few of the bathrooms and… I did find some of the girls and I helped them as much as I could. I mainly dried off their clothes and comforted them since they didn’t know what happened to them.” Susan paused, “Some of them were really bad when I found them.”

Liz nodded gravely, I can barely believe what’s happening and I’ve seen proof of it over the past few weeks. Those poor girls, blacking out and ending up naked in the bathrooms with no idea what happened. “Did Rachel text you? She said to meet up at her house, she’ll tell us everything that’s happened so far.”

“Yeah,” Susan replied, “I got the text. Do you think everything went alright? I know Rachel and that… creep have the same powers, and I’m sure Rachel knows what she’s doing, but… I just can’t help but worry, you know?”

Liz nodded. “Yeah, well… since Rachel has her phone and everything I’m assuming she’s fine. I hope she got everything she needed and that whoever it was has been dealt with.”

“How do you think she could have done done it?” Susan asked.

Liz thought for a moment, hoping something would come to her. Truth was, she had nothing. Maybe their powers were just temporary and whoever was behind all this simply lost their powers? Maybe Rachel managed to subdue them somehow? “I don’t know.” Liz admitted.

Susan grimaced as she led the way to Rachel’s house, “I hope it didn’t take too much out of her. I’d hate to wake up in the same predicament as those girls.” Susan winced, “I’d also hate for Rachel to go through that as well.”

Liz imagined it, Rachel, ending up just like the rest of those girls. Alone in a bathroom, or possibly somewhere worse, and having been someone else’s play thing. Liz gulped, barely managing to contain her anger, but she wasn’t able to stop her hands from balling up into fists at her side. No. Rachel had to be alright. She just had to be.

She looked around. There were still a few stray students hanging around, mostly those who were either waiting for a friend to finish up or waiting to be picked up. Liz tried to keep her distance from the other students, unsure which one might have been the one behind the mess happening in the bathrooms. None of the other students so much as glanced her way. That probably should have made her feel better, but instead, she felt her fists shaking at her side.

Any of them, it could really be any of them. None of the students really stood out to her, but that could be just what the creep wanted. To simply blend in and act like one of them. Now that she thought about it, they didn’t even have any proof it was a student behind all this. Could one of the faculty have done it? Maybe, even someone from outside the school?

“Liz?”

That snapped Elizabeth out of her thoughts, “Huh?”

Susan gave a sideways glance, “You alright?”

Liz scoffed, “No.”

Susan gave a comforting smile, “I’m not either. I hope Rachel has some good news for us back at her house. The last thing I need after today is another reason to be scared of school.” Susan **** a laugh, “Here I thought the tests would be the scariest thing about today.”

Liz couldn’t help but smirk, “You think your mom will be upset when she sees your test scores?”

Susan chuckled, “She doesn’t scare me nearly as much as what we’ve seen today,” after a moment, she added, “although yes, she probably would. I might need to hide out at your house once the test scores are released.”

Liz couldn’t help but laugh.