Chapter 6: Catch that Ferret!
Moe is sitting in his desk doing role call for his second period class.
"Killersup."
"He has arrived."
"Dapro."
"Here."
"Pie."
"Here, and a pleasure to-"
"Danwar."
"Here."
"Silver."
"Here... or maybe I'm not." Silver makes noises, trying to sound like a mix between an alien and a ghost.
Moe finishes with role call. "Great! Most of you are here." Moe gets up and walks around the front of the class. "So, as you may know, I am Moe. I am your philosophy teacher. Originally we were going to start talking about rules and future projects. Unfortunately, someone." Moe glances at Killersup. "Fed the school's pet Ferret some glass. So far, Ferret hasn't been extremely hurt but that can change at any given moment considering he ate glass."
Moe points at the door, "Go and get him, all of you."
Killersup, Dapro, Pie, danwar, and Silver all sprint down the hallway.
"Thanks a lot, Killersup." Silver says. "Thanks to you I have to spend my time chasing an animal."
"Hey!" Shouts Killersup. "How is Killersup supposed to know that glass isn't an edible
snack for Ferrets? Killersup eats glass all the time and it doesn't do anything to him."
"You probably shouldn't do that." Says Pie. "Shards of glass can cause internal bleeding."
"That's what Killersup's surgeon told him, but he's still fine."
"Look there he is!" Shouts Danwar as he points to Ferret sniffing a trash can. All of a sudden he runs away and a toaster hits the area he was just standing.
Everyone turns to see Dapro in a 'I just threw something position.'
"Dapro!" Shouts Pie. "What was that!"
"That was a toaster." Says Dapro, his face turned into the troll face.
Danwar pushes Dapro against a row of lockers, "Don't throw things at Ferret EVER again!"
"Get off my case, Scales."
"My name is not Scales, it's danwar."
"Wow, that's even worse than the nickname."
"Can you children please be quiet?" Says Silver, earbuds in his ears. "I'm trying to listen to vocaloid. Yeah... you go Hatsune Miku."
"Ok... ummm, guys, let's not get distracted." Pie says. "We have a goal in mind, and that goal is to get Ferret before he's seriously hurt." Pie takes a step forward, getting ready to run. "Now, let's get that Ferret."
Pie and everyone starts sprinting, except for Silver, who is walking slowly, still listening to music. "Oh yes, Hatsune... yes..."
Everyone catches up to Pie who's look around a corner.
"Shhhh, he's interacting with some kind of ooze creature thing." Says Pie.
"It kind of looks like an overgrown germ." Comments Silver. "Kind of like Danwar."
Danwar gives Silver an angry glare, "Shut up, Silver."
"Guys, c'mon!" Shouts Pie. "Let's just see what Ferret does."
And as they watched, Ferret sniffs the ooze and then sneezes, his sneeze is so big he launches himself backwards.
Then Dapro catches him.
All of the guys celebrate, "Yeah!" "Good job Dapro." "Killersup is finally proud of his son."
And then Dapro throws Ferret into an air vent.
"Oh come on!" "Seriously?!" "Killersup will disown you!"
Danwar pushes Dapro against a row of lockers. "What the heck is wrong with you?"
"I have a habit." Dapro says, daring to smile at Danwar.
"Well... who wants to go in first?" Asks Pie.
"I think Killersup should." Silver looks at Killersup. "I blame you."
"What?!" Complains Killersup. "Killersup doesn't want to go first. Make Silver do it, he... FINE I'll go first."
Killersup akwardly tries to climb into the vent for 20 minutes and finally gets in after help from everyone else. Everyone else gets in the vent with no effort.
"Ow! Dapro, you're foot keeps hitting my head." Complains Danwar.
"Well sorry Danwar." Says Dapro. "It's not like I have enough room in here."
After minutes of crawling in circles in the vents, they finally find Ferret peeking into a classroom.
"There he is!" Shouts Killersup. "Killersup found Ferret!"
"Great." Says Pie. "Now go get him."
Killersup licks Pie's ear. "Killersup isn't getting him, hon."
"But you're the only one able to get him." Says Danwar.
"No way. Dapro can do it." Says Killersup, thinking he solved the argument.
"No!" Shouts Danwar. "He's going to throw him again!
"Ughhhh, fiiine." Complains Killersup. "Killersup would rather be making out with his Amish neighbor."
Killersup slowly approaches Ferret, hand stretched out, reaching for Ferret. He grabs hold of Ferret and then makes a goofy grin as he holds Ferret in his hands. Then Ferret bites Killersup. Killersup suddenly screams and rapidly hits Ferret against the vent walls. Once Killersup is done he looks at the ferret laying in his hands.
"Killersup!" Shouts Silver, suddenly concerned. "Dude, did you just kill Ferret?"
"He bit Killersup, though." Killersup says, halfheartedly. Killersup turns Ferret upside-down and shards of glass fall from his mouth.
"Oh no." Pie stares at the deceased Ferret. "We need to tell Moe about this."
"You guys did WHAT?!" Moe is sitting at his desk, holding his hand to his face in frustration.
"Killersup killed him." Silver said without hesitation.
Moe sighs. "We're going to have to bury him, but we can't tell anyone about what we're doing. Got it?"
"Got it." They all chorus.
"Where are we burying him?" Asks Dapro.
Moe stares outside. "We're going to bury him outside near Unleashed's classroom. I can't think of anywhere else around here."
"But why bury him here?" Asks Danwar. "Why not somewhere else?"
"Because this school is his home." Answers Moe. "The least we can do is have him rest at his own home."
They all go outside, Moe digs a small hole while everyone else watches. Killersup holds the dead Ferret, tears slowly coming down his face. Moe finishes the hole.
"Put him in, Killersup." Says Moe.
Killersup slowly puts Ferret in the hole, laying him down softly. Moe then starts shoveling the dirt back, over Ferret's body. Once he's done they all stand there, staring at the soft ground.
Moe speaks up. "If anyone asks we took him to the animal hospital. I'll buy a new ferret tomorrow as a replacement. Now c'mon... let's get to class."
They all start walking back to school. None of them looking back. Not even when the middle section of the dirt moved.
Not even when a ferret head popped out, fully awake. Ferret was indeed alive. He climbs out of the hole and crawls through an open window leading to Unleashed's classroom with no one in it.
For he could sense trouble in that room happening very soon.
Ferret then runs behind a bookcase and hides.
Editor: @StormWalker
