Many buses sat in front of Hell High, ready to take the students of Hell High to wherever we were going, which keep in mind, no one still knows.
"That's a lot of buses..." Anna commented.
"How many is that? Sixteen?" Dawn wondered.
"Something like that." John replied.
They were fairly large busses, the kind which had a large compartment underneath to handle luggage.
"So, how do we know which bus we're in?" I asked.
"You'll be in the first." A voice informed me. Looking over, it was resident Principal Madam Webb.
"You and the others be with me in the first bus." Madam Webb stated.
"What about the other students?" I wondered.
"They'll be in the other busses with the teachers." Madam Webb stated.
"Alright then..." I sweatdropped.
"All right! Everybody board your busses!" Madam Webb stated.
I handed my bag to the driver of the first bus. He grabbed it and placed it into the compartment with the others.
Madam Webb walked up the stairs into the bus. After her went the two Webb twins, with me shortly following. The rest of the group followed me up.
I sat down next to John at the front of the bus while Anna and Dawn sat down in the seats across the aisle, slightly pouting. Brutus sat in front of us, alone because of his scary stature. Poor Brutus. Behind us was Sapphire and Krystal. Across the aisle from them were Lilia and Angela. Actually, now that I look, all of them are pouting. The girls I mean.
"Why don't you sit with your girlfriend? Or fiancé?" John wondered.
"What's wrong with sitting with my best friend?" I innocently replied.
"Jack..." John warned.
"I don't want deal with harem stuff this whole bus ride..." I sighed.
"Must be tiring. But at the same time, I can't help but be jealous. When shall my time come?" John dramatically asked.
"There'll be someone someday." I replied.
"With you around that'd be a miracle." John sweatdropped.
"Haha..." I awkwardly laughed.
"Hey Brutus." John said, grabbing his attention.
Brutus turned around, looking at us. "Y-yes?" He asked.
"You into girls?" John wondered.
"W-what?" Brutus stuttered.
"Anyone you're interested in? Romantically?" John reworded his question.
"N-no." Brutus replied, shaking his head.
"Ever had a girlfriend?" John asked.
"I-I did one time..." Brutus muttered.
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Me and John went into a shocked silence.
"I-I've been bested?" John gasped, staring at his hands. "By both Jack and Brutus...?"
"You had a girlfriend?!" I shockingly exclaimed.
"What? Brutus had a girlfriend?" Krystal wondered, her head popping up from behind our seats.
"O-one time..." Brutus affirmed.
"Wow. What happened? Was she a two-timer?" Anna asked.
"N-no." Brutus denied. "W-we just had different plans for the future. We ended on g-good terms."
"You two were already planning for the future?" Sapphire asked.
You're digging your grave deeper Brutus.
Meanwhile, John's soul was currently leaving his body. Get back in there!
"Alright everybody!" Madam Webb suddenly shouted, stopping our intense questioning.
"We are now starting the trip. It will be a couple hours, so get nice and comfy!" Madam Webb stated.
"Now what?" I asked as the bus started to move, looking over to John who had the window seat and-
He's already asleep?!
He silently snored as his face was smushed against the glass, giving a gruesome sight to anyone unfortunate enough to see him from outside.
"I forgot you can literally sleep anywhere at anytime. Or did you just die?" I mumbled to myself.
I saw his chest rise and fall. It seems his soul did not escape it's prison.
"Jack." Anna said, easily grabbing my attention.
I looked over to her. "Yes?" I asked.
"I have the perfect thing." She grinned.
"What is it?" I wondered, curious.
She pulled something out of her pocket. It was a small box, but the art on it was all I needed to see to realize what it was. And suddenly the future didn't seem so bleak.
"Wait. But we don't have a table." I realized.
Anna grinned once more. "Not a problem."
She reached under her seat where she pulled out a tray table. How that was under there I will never know. She propped it up, placing it in the aisle.
"This blocks the aisle." I stated.
"What is anybody going to get up for? The only bathroom is the one in the back and no one wasn't to use that since it'll stink up the whole bus." Anna stated. "And with a stop about every two hours everyone will be able to hold it in."
"Hmm. Fair point." I nodded.
She placed the cards onto the table. It was the fabled card game of legends. Won.
"No way! Is that won?!" Gasped Krystal from the window behind.
"Oh! I love Won!" Lilia gasped.
"I like Won." Shrugged Sapphire. "I'm up for it."
"I-I would also like to play Won." Brutus requested.
"Huh? Did someone say Won?" John asked, jerking awake.
The power of Won even woke John up.
"Won sounds fun." Smiled Dawn.
"Won?" Angela asked. "What's that?"
...
It felt as if the world had frozen solid. Everybody was silent in incredible stupor. She had no clue what Won was. This is an offense.
...
"You don't know what Won is?!" Anna gasped.
"I was kind of trapped for a thousand years." Angela replied, sweatdropping.
Oh, that's right...
"We must teach her the magnificence of Won." Krystal stated.
"Absolutely." Lilia nodded.
"Seriously? What is it?" Angela repeated.
"It's a card game. When it is your turn you have to place down a card onto the pile in the middle, but it must either have the same color or number." Anna explained.
"But there are also special cards. Some cards make the next player lose a turn, make the rotation of players flip or make the next player gain more cards. When you run out of cards, you win. But you must say 'Won' if you have one card before someone else, or else you'll have to grab more." Anna continued.
"There's also crazy cards. With these it doesn't matter what color or number the top of the card is. You can play it at all times, and then change the color for the next player." Anna finished.
"Wow..." Gasped Angela. "Can I try?"
"Of course." Anna nodded. "We may be rivals, but we must settle this like ladies. In Won."
Since when did you being rivals have anything to do with this?
"We doing stacks?" John wondered, asking the question all of us had on our minds.
It's dangerous. But fun.
We all glanced at each other.
"Let's do it." I decided. "But you all should be careful. There's a reason why I was known as the 'King of Won' at Midground High."
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"Won." I stated.
"Crap! He has one left! Someone do something!" Anna frantically exclaimed.
"I can use my +2." Stated Krystal, placing down her card.
"That just hits me!" Screeched Sapphire.
"It's over, isn't it..." Sighed John.
"Brutus! You're our last chance!" Lilia cried. Everyone else had played their cards. After Brutus, it would be my turn.
"I-I can do this..." Brutus said.
He placed down a Crazy Card. "I-I'll change it to..."
He looked at me, trying to decipher the poker face I held. I didn't let up, not letting a single shred of emotion show on my face. I'm a master of the mystical art of the poker face.
"Blue." Brutus decided.
"It's been a good game." I smiled.
I placed down my card. A Crazy Card. They had no chance.
"No! Not again!" Cried Anna. "That's 17 out of the 22 games we've played that you have won!"
"I live in the heart of the cards." I grinned. "You should have known better than to challenge the King of Won."
"No wonder you're the King of Won..." Dawn sweatdropped. "You're an absolute monster..."
"We had a Won tournament at Midground once. Probably the most exciting thing that ever happened there. Jack destroyed everyone and easily earned his title." John stated. "He's a tyrant."
"How bad was it?" Sapphire asked.
"He managed to +32 the former King of Won." John revealed.
"My god..." Krystal, Angela, Sapphire, Brutus, and Lily all gaped. The only reason Anna and John didn't was because they had witnessed this insanity themselves.
The bus slowed down to a stop. Is it another restroom stop? Didn't we just do that a half-hour ago?
The bus driver exited the bus for a couple moments, before coming back in and whispering something into Madam Webb's ear.
"Well...that's not good." She muttered.
"What happened?" I asked her.
"Well...we're lost." Madam Webb stated.
"What?" I gaped. "What about the other buses?"
"Who knows? We're lost." Madam Webb restated.
Excuse me?! How the hell did we get lost?!