Surviving as the Second Main Lead: Second Lead's POV

Kevin knew how dangerous it was for him right now. He had to creep out with Emma in his arms and avoid Tora. the mechanical cat was a significant hindrance to his plans.

Nothing he had on him helped him out, but he also had a solution to this problem. He had anticipated this happening the second Horas had started sniffing around him a little too deeply.

And now, Kevin kept a small vial of poison on his person always. It was specially made to dull Tora's senses.

A little poison in the air was all it took for the mechanical tiger to get sleepy and Kevin used this opportunity to make it out of the room and into the hallway.

The advantage of using a sleeping scent in the room was that no one knew what happened there and no one could report him to the authorities as well. This was a perfect crime he had committed and Kevin was proud of himself.

But he knew that he could not take Emma out of the academy right now. The next vehicle would leave in approximately two hours so Kevin needed to keep himself hidden for that long.

'Ugh, I hope I do not get found out in the meantime. I especially do not want to face Horas and his guns. It would hurt badly if he was to shoot me point blank.'

Kevin shivered as he remembered the feeling of having cold metal placed against his neck. He had experienced it once when he had been younger.

The place where Horas's gun had touched Kevin's neck still tingled in a warning. Horas was a tough opponent but Kevin had to outsmart him right here and now. It was a question of his life and sanity after all.

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Horas made his way quickly across the campus and entered the room where the scent club was said to have met. The whole room stank of sleeping agents and it was easy to notice

The scent club's room was a mess with bodies lying all over the place. It had happened so fast that no one had been able to sound the emergency alarm. Horas had to be the one to alert everyone about what happened here.

'Ugh, I am so not looking forward to explaining what happened here. The people would have to figure it out while looking at the security logs in the meantime.'

Horas pressed the number on his system screen and it was instantly connected to Mark.

"Hello, who is speaking? Do you even see what time of the day it is? What do you want from me, you asshole?"

Mark sounded sleepy and agitated. It was his typical mood when he was too tired to care about anything and Horas refused to feel sorry for him.

It was Mark's fault for sleeping during school hours and not during the night. And currently, Mark would have to help Horas out because this was an emergency.

"Mark, we do not have time for all this. You need to look at the security logs for the scent club's meeting room and alert the authorities. I will be chasing after our culprit before they get too far away."

Horas quickly explained and closed off the communicator. On the other side, Mark pulled himself up so that he could get some work done. Horas hardly called him for mundane stuff so this was likely important.

The first thing Mark noticed was that the records were messed up and an amateur person had tried to hack and delete the security files.

They were easy enough to retrieve but the content caused Mark to sigh and rub his head.

"Oh god, what the hell? Why do all these people keep on appearing in such weird places? Do they realize how much work I must do to track them through the abandoned corridors?"

Mark complained as he got busy with his work. He had already sent a message to Principal Marble and other teachers to inform them of what happened. Soon the security alarm started to sound and students were sent back to their rooms.

Horas did not pay attention to any of that and made his way into the corridor. Tora was stumbling, still trying to shake her hazy headache off and Horas checked for the poison made specifically for her kind.

The smell of that poison was present in the air and Horas hissed in sympathy.

"I am sorry Tora. But we shall catch the bastard who made you uncomfortable and break his bones in the process as well. Now that I see it, Kevin did take Emma Dew with him. This is a case of kidnapping now."

In retrospect, Horas should not have spoken these words out aloud. But how was Horas supposed to know that there was someone else in the room with him?

And how was Horas supposed to know that this 'someone' was the one and only Howard Spencer who had decided to chase after him?

As soon as Horas had finished making his observation, he had heard a gasp and then cursing. Horas had looked back sharply, only to notice Howard's blue eyes looking back in shock and anger.

"You! Did you decide to follow me? You are not allowed in here so hurry up and go away."

Horas knew that the damage had been dealt already and all he could do was control the impact. But he still tried his best to calm Howard down and to reduce the impact. But Howard was not cooperating with him.

"What did you say about Emma? She has been kidnapped? By whom and why? More importantly, you know that was going to happen, right? That was why you decided to stick around this club room. Then why did you not stop this from happening."

Howard was getting angrier by the second. He wanted to control his feelings but he was not able to control himself. He had never lost control like this but the reason was Emma.

Oh god, what would happen to her now? Would the academy even help her out? At this rate, Howard would end up loosing his most important friend and that thought scared him a lot. Emma meant a lot to him in a 'sister' sense and Howard would get her back.