10: A Turn Of Events

A few hours later, Drake, Nadia, and Sophia arrive at the football game. Everyone fills the stands as the band plays with enthusiasm. The football players are in the locker room, while the cheerleading team is getting prepared on the sidelines. Nadia is almost ready to leave the dorm, when she passes a nervous Sophia when she exits the bathroom.

"Nadia, I know this is gonna sound weird, but I have a bad feeling about the game tonight". She said. "What's wrong? Are you doing okay?"  Nadia says as she stands in front of Sophia and put a comforting hand in her shoulder. "I mean, the voices, they're telling me to stay here, but I don't know." Sophia lets out a defeated sigh as she takes a hand through her hair.

Nadia sits next to Sophia on the bed. "If you don't want to go, then we don't have to." Nadia said with a smile. "But, I just want to be a good friend and support Finn." Sophia stated. "Wait, what about the cheerleaders? Aren't you supposed to be with them?" Nadia questioned. "Well, Susan told Marie about our encounter earlier and Mandy convinced her that I should sit this game out." Sophia stated. "Well, it's great that they're looking out for you." Nadia said with a smile. Sophia nodded in agreement.

There was a moment of silence in their conversation as Sophia made her final decision. "You know what?" Sophia said as she stood up with new found confidence. "Let's go support our friend." She said with a smirk. "Are you sure?" Nadia asked with a nervous giggle. "Of course!" Sophia said as she grabbed Nadia by the hand, practically dragging her out of her dorm room.

They make their way to the football field and see Drake heading down off of the stands. The football game is already in full swing. "Well, look who showed up, how are you lovely ladies doing on this fine evening?"  Drake says as he dramatically bows in front of them. "Cut the crap, you dimwit."  Sophia said playfully as she giggled.

"There's nothing wrong with showing a little hospitality!" Drake stated as he puts an arm around Sophia and they start to walk the opposite direction of the stands. "Hey, where do you two think you're going? I did not come here to be a third wheel." Nadia says with a giggle as she crosses her arms. "Don't worry, we're just going to concession stand! We promise we won't cause too much trouble." Sophia says with a wink as they continue to walk. Nadia sighs and rolls her eyes as she walks to the stands.

"Hey Nadia, over here!" Nadia looks over to see Donna waving at her from the top of the stands. She jogs over to where Donna is seated and plops down next to her. "Let me guess. Sophia and her boy toy left you alone?" Donna inquired with a grin. "Unfortunately, you guessed right." Nadia commented. "They said they're just going to be concession stand." Nadia shrugged as she absent-mindedly watched the cheerleaders do their routine, as they loudly chant "Let's go, Knights!" Donna sees her and lets out a giggle.

"Marie told me about the little "fight" you guys had." She stated. Nadia let out an annoyed sigh. "It was really just her being overly insecure about where her relationship stands with- ". "Your future boyfriend?" Donna interrupts Nadia's explanation as she starts to giggle.

"Oh God, not you too." Nadia sighs as she pinches the bridge of her nose. "Come on, literally anyone that's in Finn's circle knows that he's basically fawning over you." She dramatically states. "We're just friends, Donna." Nadia murmured as she tried to hide her obvious blush. "If you say so."  Donna gets out just as Sophia and Drake sit down next to them.

"Guess what we brought!" Sophia sings as they pass food to Nadia and Donna. "Hotdogs!" Drake says with an equal amount of excitement. "Awe, thanks, Sophie." Donna gushes. "Yeah, thanks a bunch, Soph." Nadia says. "And what about me?!" Drake gasped. "What about you?" Donna joked as Nadia giggled."I paid for those hotdogs!" Drake squeaked. "Thanks, Drake." Nadia and Donna replied simultaneously as they began to laugh.

The four of them watch as the football game continues. They all cheer for Finn and Mike as Donna spots them from their numbers. Finn is #82 and Mike is #33. The Andel Falls Knights are in the lead by 12 points by the time the cheerleaders head for the center of the field for half-time. Marie and the cheerleaders all put on their best smiles for the crowd as they began their routine while the band plays.

"Oh wow, look at that, Marie's actually smiling." Drake says as he stares in awe at the extremely miracle happening right before his eyes. "It's most definitely a facade."  Donna admitted as she crossed her arms. Just as the routine starts and the band is playing their hearts out, Sophia scoots close to Nadia and grabs her arm tightly. "What's going on?" Nadia asks in concern. "The voices.... they're back....and they're stronger." Sophia whispers as softly as she can, holding her head as she hisses in pain and almost falls to her knees, but Nadia immediately catches her. Drake jumps to action catching Sophia at the same time as Nadia.

"Oh my god, Sophie, are you okay?!" Donna  anxiously asks as she helped Nadia stand Sophia up, while a number of people started to look and mumble incoherent things. "I got her, I got her!" Nadia said to Drake and Donna. They let go of Sophia, as she fell into Nadia's arms.

"Sophie?" Nadia called out to grab her attention. "Sophia! Look at me!" Nadia shakes her, getting Sophia to look at her. "I know it hurts, but what are they saying?" Nadia asked her, trying to stay as calm as she possibly can, as she watches her hands tremble on Sophia's shoulders. Sophia doesn't respond as she shuts her eyes extremely tight, trying to bear with the excruciating pain coming from her head.

"What are they saying Sophie?!" Nadia shouts at her. RUN. Sophia demanded as a voice that wasn't hers erupted from her, echoing throughout the field. Her eyes opened, revealing a bright white light that spilled from them.

The ground starts to shake violently, and Nadia and the others struggle to balance themselves. The field starts to crack as the cheerleaders run and scream trying to exit. "Nadia, the scoreboard!" Drake shrieks as he points to it. The scoreboard is nearly about to fall on top of Susan, who is just standing there in pure terror. "You guys take Sophia and get out of here!" She screamed to Drake and Donna.

Nadia gives Sophia to Drake and rushes down from the stands sprints towards Susan as the scoreboard continues to fall. "SUSAN!" Nadia cries out as she dives to push Susan out of the way, and leaps out of the way of the scoreboard just time, hitting the ground with a huge crash. She turns to Susan, who does nothing but thank Nadia for saving her. "Susan, you have to get out of here! I'll tell Mike that you went to the dorms! Now GO!" Nadia shouts. Susan immediately gets up and sprints back to the dorms.

The football team sprints out of the locker room to see what going on. Nadia sees Finn's jersey number and calls out to him. "Finn!" She cries out as she gets up from the ground. "Nadia!"  Finn screams as he starts to run towards her.

But, a mysterious blast of dark matter sends him speedily flying back into the bleachers, causing him to hit his head, leaving him unconscious as he hits the ground. "FINN!"  Nadia screeches as she sprints over to him, but the same blast launches her through the air and her body hits the wall next to the football team's entrance. Her whole body aches, as she tries to get up, but she weakly collapses to ground. She can hear the sound of people coming up from behind her, as she lays there, unable to move.

"I'll get her, you get the boy".

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