Go back for Nebula wallet (And make a discovery)

Nebula pats on her pocket and looks around frantically. "Oh for - I lost my wallet!"

You look at her in sympathy. "How'd that happen?"

"It's probably in the lost and found," Chris says dismissively.

"No, I had it when we entered!" Nebula insists. "I make periodic checks of my equipment and supplies!"

"Hey, calm down!" You say. "It probably just fell out while we were in the office! Let's just go back and get it."

Nebula puts a hand over her heart. "You're right...you're right. I'll get it."

Despite everything she had pulled, you can't help but feel sympathy for her. "Hey, I'll come too, okay. We'll meet up with you guys later."

"Don't care," Karishma says.

"Don't take too long," Chris says.

You turn back around with Nebula and walk towards Ms. Pershing's office. As you're about to enter, you overhear her talking on the phone. You hold out your hand to stop Nebula. "Hold on: she's busy."

Out of curiosity, you can't help but pay attention to what she's saying. "No, they just came in with the site on Nebula's phone. I don't know how they got this kind of information. Does the division have a leak? Could W.I.T.C.H. be up to this?"

You pause. How did she know about W.I.T.C.H.? That organization was supposed to be a secret known only to you and Joyce.

Ms. Pershing continues. "No, I don't think Sam knows anything. He thinks it's some kind of erotica website fantasy. I promise, the plan hasn't changed in the slightest. The Road to Graduation continues."

Now you were getting confused. The plan? Road to Graduation? What the hell was your principal talking about? Nebula opens her mouth to gasp, but you cover it with your hand. Knowing how loud she can be, you can't risk her exposing you to the principal.

"I agree," Ms. Pershing says. "I think we should move our meeting to today in emergency. Get the other Division and Faction leaders together. We may have a leak in our ranks. And also, we should discuss Nebula herself. Leaving her out of the loop may have been a mistake."

There was a pause before Ms. Pershing spoke again. "Alright, I'll see you tonight. Ride the Road to Graduation."

You hear the phone hang up and Ms. Pershing leave her desk to go to the office bathroom. Nebula looks up at you with shock. You bring a finger to your lips and count down to five on your fingers before letting go of her mouth. The two of you sneak in, grab Nebula's wallet from one of the seats, and quickly rush back outside.

Nebula can barely keep her voice down. "Omigod, omigod, omigod! I knew I was out to something! I told you she was in on it!"

"Keep your voice down!" You hiss. "We don't want her finding out we know!"

"Oh, right!" Nebula whispers. "Wait, we can't go back to Chris and the others! They'll totally be in on it too!"

You roll your eyes. "Oh, come on! Chris and I have been best friends since we were kids!"

"Of course you have! That's how they get you!" Nebula insists. "Find the people you trust the most, and get them in on it! That's what they do! Whatever they're planning has got to be years in the making!"

As much as you don't want to believe Chris would be lying to you, you can't help but see Nebula's point. "But...what about Candy? We were best friends too, and we ended up drifting apart."

"Did you?" Nebula asks. "Or was it all a part of their plan?"

If you're being honest, you don't know what to believe. It was weird enough being friends with some of these girls, including the robotic girl Upsilon and the almost definitely supernatural Alena. Now, you find out it's possible these girls may be part of some kind of conspiracy involving you? The very idea made your head hurt.

"Alright then," you say, "what do we do now? You're the expert in tis conspiracy stuff."

"Oh, glad you asked!" Nebula says. "I got a bug-out bag at home! We can head for a safehouse I know of! Some of my friends have been practicing for the apocalypse for years!"

"Wait, what? No!" You say. "We can't just leave! What if they're planning something evil? We need to find out what they're doing and stop it!"

"How?" Nebula asks. "We're not superheroes here! We can't just fight them! And we can't report this either! The first thing a good conspiracy does is get law enforcement in its pocket so they'll shut down any investigation!"

You throw up your hands and try to think. "Well, then...maybe we just act like we don't know! Let's just go through the day and try to find out what we can when school starts!"

"You mean go undercover?" Nebula asks. "That's extremely risky, but it could work."