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Come What May Part 5
By aragorn_8
Once they got inside the school, they started walking around, catching their breaths.
“Well that was fun.” Rick said. Jacob, Robyn, and Justin looked at him. “What?”
As they walked, they saw groups of people here and there, most of them crying, even some of the guys.
“I wonder what’s going on.” Robyn said. Then as they were walking, Joline walked passed them angrily. “Something tells me that she’s still pissed off at you about something.”
“I still don’t know what I did.” Jacob admitted. Then Megan ran up to them, tears in her eyes.
“Megan? What’s going on?” Robyn asked.
“It’s bad.” she said with tears in her eyes. “The School Board just voted. They had it over the announcements. We’re all changing schools. Friends well be split up, relationships well be broken, all because the School Board thinks it well be easier to get to school. We won’t even be able to choose what school we go to. We have to go to the school for our area. This is the last month most of these people well be together.”
“That’s awful.” Jacob exclaimed. “We can’t let them get away with it. We have to let them know how we feel.”
“How?” Megan asked. “What can we do? We’re only a bunch of kids.”
“We’re a bunch of voices. Angry voices. And we well be heard. I say we go on strike.” Jacob said.
One of the kids, form one of the groups in the hall, turned to him. “Strike? How can we do that? We’re not a union.”
*Start of THE WORLD WELL KNOW*
JACOB
The School Board,
They think we're nothin'
Are we nothin'?
STUDENTS:
No!
During this song, Jacob and his friends walk around the school and more and more students turn their attention towards him and more and more start singing as well.
JACOB:
The School Board,
They think they got us
Do they got us?
STUDENTS:No!
JACOB:
Even though we ain't got hats or badges
We're a union just by saying so,
And the world will know!
What's it gonna take to stop the changing?
Are we ready?
STUDENTS:
Yeah!
JACOB:
What's it gonna take to stop the Officials?
Can we do it?
STUDENTS:
Yeah!
JACOB:
We'll do what we gotta do
Until we break the will of mighty Bill and Joe
STUDENTS:
And the World will know!
And the Journal too!
Mister School Board,
Have we got news for you!
Now the world will hear!
What we got to say.
We’ll be making headlines
And we're makin' 'em today
And our ranks will grow!
WEASEL:
And we'll kick their rear!
STUDENTS:
And the world will know,
That we been here!
JACOB:When the Lunch bell starts ringin'
Will we hear it?
STUDENTS:
No!
JACOB:
What if the teacher’s come out swingin'
Will we hear it?
STUDENTS:
No!
When you got a hundred voices singin'
Who can hear a lousy whistle blow?
And the world will know,
That this ain't no game.
That we got a ton of rotten fruit and perfect aim.
So they gave their word
But it ain't worth beans.
Now they're gonna see
What "We don’t want to" really means
And the day has come
And the time is now
And the fear is gone
WEASEL:
And our name is mud!
STUDENTS:
And the strike is on.
WEASEL:
And I can't stand blood!
STUDENTS
And the world will...
JACOB:
The School Board may own the Schools, but they don't own us!
STUDENTS:
The School Board may own the Schools, but they don't own us!
JACOB:
The School Board may crack the whip but they won't whip us!
STUDENTS:
The School Board may crack the whip but they won't whip us!
And the world will know. And the world will learn.
And the world will wonder how we made the tables turn.
And the world will see,
That we had to choose,
That the things we do today will be tomorrow's news.
And the old will fall!
And the young stand tall!
And the time is now!
And the winds will blow!
And our ranks will grow and grow and grow and so,
The world will feel the fire
And finally know!
The bell rang to end Lunch and everyone started throwing their books at it the bells in the hall.
Outside, all is peaceful and quiet. Suddenly the door busted open and tons of students rushed out, cheering and chanting, “Strike, Strike, Strike!”
Inside, Jacob, Rick, Justin, Megan, and Robyn were running down the halls, the principal chasing after them. “Get back here, trouble makers!”
In the halls, everyone was throwing books around and ignoring the teachers. One hard cover text book flung and hit Rick in the back of the head, making him stumble, but still managed to stay with the others.
Just as they were about to leave the school, laughing and cheering, an anouncment came over the intercom. “This is your Principal speaking.” came an angry voice. “This well stop! Any student that is found with an un-excusable absent for the afternoon, but a present for the morning, well be suspended during Exam week! That means, if you leave, you well fail your exams and your grade!”
The kids that were left started moaning. “And you also have to clean up the mess in the halls that you made. Good afternoon.”
The kids that were left, which were about half of them, gave into defeat and started picking up the mess.
“No! We can’t loose!” Jacob yelled. He tried to run to the doors, but Robyn grabbed him.
“Not so fast!”
“Let me go!” with the help of Justin and Rick, she dragged him to the empty cafeteria and sat him down in a seat. Then they found poles with red rope going from one to the other and they took the red rope off and tied it around Jacob and the chair.
“Let me loose! I need to be out there!”
“Sorry.” Rick said.
“Yeah,” Robyn agreed. “I can’t have you getting suspended and not being in school with me and failing. We’ll go help clean up the halls, and then be back for you.” they turned and walked out.
“Guys! Help! Please!” but there was no one left.
About half an hour later, Robyn and Rick were back and they untied Jacob. He jumped up and made a run for it, but Rick grabbed him and Robyn placed a string around his neck.
“What’s this?” he asked. Robyn walked in front of him and showed him. The sting that was around his neck was attached to her hair brush.
“It’s so you don’t run away.”
“I’m stronger then you!” Jacob said. “I can run and this brush and string well jerk out of your hand!” he turned to run, but as he did, the string tightened around his neck and he started chocking.
“Just calm down!” Robyn ordered. Jacob did and the string got loose again. “It’s a choke chain!” she said with excitement. “Now you can’t run away.”
They left the Cafeteria, and walked down the hall, Jacob still on the leash. Soon, they saw Mr. Park and stopped to talk to him. “Hey, Mr. Park.” Rick said.
“Hey. Oh great a brush!” he took the brush from Robyn and started brushing his hair. He was about to pass it back to Robyn, when he saw a string on the end. “What’s this for?”
Jacob tried to shake his head, but before he could, Mr. Park tugged on the string and looked over and saw Jacob’s face starting to turn blue.
“Oops.” he said with a smile. “Sorry.” he let the string loose. Jacob gave him a dirty look as they walked away.
8/3/2002 12:32:52 PM
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