You'll Be Hacked

(Image from Szin's animatics. Watch her on YouTube.  Dudes, I'm sorry I haven't posted 3 chapters again. Busy week. Narration: Hera)

"Ah, hello there." A very familiar face said. It was the principal or George Middle School. Ms.Georgiana. I gently put my phone down. The sound still emanated from my phone. I picked it up and muted it.

"Hello, students and faculty of Liberty Middle and High school!" The cheery voice of the principal said. I cringed. It was coming from everyone else's phone. Jen had frantically tried to exit it. She had pressed the home button, but it wasn't working. I hit the power button, and it shut off. Alexis and Laf were watching.

"So, I'd like to add that I think very highly of your school, being that my school funded it, but you guys...so adorable! You know my school is better. And I have better news too. I just purchased a new house. Also....I hacked your phones myself." The principal said. She laughed maniacally. "Isn't it just wonderful?" She said. Then she danced away from the camera. I closed my eyes. Then opened them slowly, in a look of agony.

"Tell me when the idiotfest is over." I moaned. Alexis snorted. I closed my eyes again. And another of those things happened. It had been the third one, this week! I opened my eyes.

"Mulligan. Measure the minister." Someone snapped. I nodded my head and walked over. Then I took out my tape and started measuring this one snobby minister.

"Ah, the king said that he'd be sending another attack force...sometimes I wonder if he isn't mentally insane." The minister said. The other voice gasped.

"Shut up! Do you want to taken to prison for treasonous speaking of the king?" The other voice said. I finished my measurements and then walked away. I pretended to write them down on a piece of parchment. This being the third one, I was used to my body and mouth doing and saying things without me having control. So I usually just...watched.

"Mulligan! Hurry it up." The minister said. Wow, was he a nice guy. His wig wasn't even curly enough. I stalked over to them and looked at them.

"I'm done, minister. May I go to my rooms to work on this?" I said. The minister nodded and I went to my rooms. There I composed my letter to the sons of liberty, and sent it off. No one cared about this letter. It was just another in the millions of letters sent to America from English people telling their American friends and family to join the king. But to the sons of liberty and the General? Vital information.  I then started on the real work. Wow, the minister was thin! And then.....fwoosh. Back to normal. I opened my eyes.

"And I would hope that you'll join me soon!" Principal Georgiana said. Then the screen went black.

"So it's done?" I said. Laf nodded. Then she looked at me.

"Hera. Did you have another....moment?" Laf said. She came over when I nodded, and hugged me.

"My poor baby...what is happening?" She said. I coughed.

"Well, I keep...I don't know, somehow living through Hercules Mulligan's life? Like, I go in first person view and experience stuff?" I said. Laf nodded, Alexis gasped, and Jen inhaled sharply. "What? What'd I say?" I said. Everyone started talking, and then they stopped.

"Jen, you first." Laf said. Jen took a deep breath.

"I....also kinda did that. It was the winter's ball. I was talking to Alexander Hamilton. And...Met Peggy Schuyler." Jen said. She smiled. "That was fun. I mean, I was John Laurens."

"Holy crap, I was Alexander Hamilton, and talked to, well, met John Laurens. And then I had the whole Charles Lee rant with the General!" Alexis said. She clapped her hands on either side of her face.

"Oui, oui! I had a talk with the general about bringing Alexander back to fight in Yorktown!" Lafayette said. I sighed.

"So, does this mean that...we're either...having really good hallucinations, or, hear me out, we might be reincarnated forms of the respective people we saw through. I mean....the last names. It's a very big coincidence, or I'm right." I said. Lafayette gasped.

"Mon ami! You might be on to something." She said. Then I looked at my phone. I grabbed it and brought up the Hamilton cast list.

"So....does this mean that everyone we know who has some sort of similar name to a hamilton character is...reincarnated from that person? Like...Ms.Washington? Samuela? Principal Georgiana? And oh my god, the Schuyler brothers?" I said. Holy crap, I was making revelations by the minute. "But then....does this mean....oh no. We're gonna....we're gonna be... I'm gonna...I'm....HERCULES MULLIGAN!" I shouted. Lafayette cheered. Alexis gasped. Jen's eyes widened.

"This would explain....a lot." Jen said. "Oh my god, I'm the gay turtle boi. This would explain why I like turtles. And am....gay...and AHHH!" She said. She looked at Alexis. "You, you....you'll leave me." She said. ALexis looked confused then it dawned upon her.

"Oh...then I just don't accept anything like that. I'll avoid the Schuyler brothers. And...well crap, whoever is Maria Reynolds. And Oh.....god. I have to... I have to avoid Ariana." Alexis said. Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda, we could be the Hamilton people, but we could avoid bad decisions.

"Wait, unless its all destiny, and its the whole, you avoid it and its ten times worse and still happens thing." I said. Then, A knock came from the door. I walked over to it.

"Hera, did you? Jen? Laf?" Alexis said. I shook my head. I opened the door. Ariana, I believe, was on the other side. She smiled grimly.

"So, did anyone else get that impromptu message?" Ariana said. She showed us her phone with the picture of the principal on it. We all nodded. Alexis grinned.

"Come on in, Ariana, we have...some news for you." Alexis said. She brought Ariana over to the couch. Laf brought some chips over.

"Sooo....errr. Do we tell her?" Alexis said. I shook my head.

"Just avoid. Please." Jen said. She was curled up on the couch, apparently burritoed. Alexis curled up next to Jen. Ariana raised her eyebrows.

"What are you not telling me?" She said. We all shook our heads.

"Something about the message, but it's not important anymore, sorry for making you think we had valuable information!" I said. I put my face in my hands. "I'm gonna just....deal with the phones. They probably have some dumb virus on them, knowing the principal..."

"OK." Laf said. She handed me her phone. Ariana sighed and unlocked her phone then gave me her phone. Alexis and Jen slid their phones over. I smiled.

"I'm glad that you actually cooperated. I expected more reluctance." I said. They shrugged. Jen smiled.

"Why would we resist?" She said. I smirked.

"I dunno, paranoia." I said, as I went into Ariana's phone and checked it. "No viruses, but jeez-creezy, why do you have a chat with...Angelo Schuyler?" I said. Ariana blushed.

"Ahem, uhm, homework help..." she said. I whistled.

"Not according to this." I said. "128ve980. Cover up the first half. Dang, Burr!" 

"That...that was uhm, foolish. I was stressed and told him I needed a joke. He uh, thought that was hilarious." Ariana said. She took her phone back. I dove into Jen's phone. Fine. I checked her photos. Pictures of turtles, turtles, turtles, Alexis, turtles, turtles, Alexis and Jen kissing, turtles. Wow.

"OK, Jen, here's your phone. Alexis, I'm checking through yours." I said. I opened it up, and no virus. And a bunch of documents with many scribbled things on there. I handed it back to Alexis. "Safe." I unlocked Laf's phone. She had...wow. Ok, I didn't know that, but she had a PLSFundMyCause. To immigrants. Huh. Ok, no virus. "Done." I said. I took out my own phone, unlocked it and...well...virus. "Frick." I said. The rest of them turned to me.

"Virus?" Jen said. I nodded. Laf typed on her phone madly, brought up a virus extinguisher and then bought it. Then she transferred it to my phone.

"It should be gone within the next two hours." She said. I nodded. Then Alexis and Jen went out to the kitchen, where they raided the snacks. I looked at Laf.

"While I wait for two hours, how about a movie?" I said. She nodded. Ariana snorted.

"You silly lovebirds. Fine." She said. Ariana went over the massive display of movies and slid one into the DVD player. We all sat down and ate chips and stuff while watching the movie. I slowly fell asleep...And well, Laf fell asleep first. Eventually, to my knowledge, Ariana was the only one awake for the entire movie. Ah well.

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