Nick checked her over slightly, before looking towards the principal.

"She needs medical attention." he said.

"I think something's wrong. Like... more than just what happened." he went on. Nick was just a student, yes, but his grades in science and biology and such were top-notch, and his grandfather was a doctor as well. He'd expressed interest in following those footsteps, so his (admittedly naïve at best) opinion still held more weight than your average student, or even adult.

"Coincidence." the teacher said.

"Wasn't strong at all." he fibbed.

"...sure." Rene responded.

"Where are you?" he asked.

Vicki told him where they were, and stressed that he needed to get there. NOW.

The phone call was ended, and Alice's attacker was suddenly looking a lot more stressed, but before anyone could really say anything worth much, Rene appeared in the hallway, just behind the principal.

He looked over and saw Alice, before kneeling down and checking her.

"...holy HELL!" he exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, but I am taking Alice to the hospital. NOW." he said, concern evident in his voice, before he grabbed Alice, but immediately let go and recoiled from the residual electrical mana within her.

Rene looked over towards them, before clearing his throat.

"Enough to make my touching her... painful." he said. "Granted, I don't handle electricity that well, so... don't use me as a barometer." he muttered.

"However, if it wasn't for the fact that Alice has fire mana in her, and fire and electricity are... close to each other on the mana wheel, so to speak, she would most likely be dead or dying right now." he concluded.

The teacher now looked visibly panicked, and tried to search for an escape desperately, but found there was none.

He then looked at the principal, and narrowed his eyes suddenly.

"And if I refuse?" he asked.

He paled when Hollie was mentioned. Noticeably.

"Okay! Okay!" he exclaimed.

"I'll do it!" he told them.

With a prompt from the principal, Vicki released her hold, and the teacher was shoved towards Alice. He placed a hand on her stomach... and that's when Rene noticed a slight smirk.

No sooner had he started to pulse more electricity into Alice, did Rene dart forth and clamp his mouth down onto the man's wrist. The man howled in pain and withdrew his hand, blood soaking the sleeve of his shirt.

"Do that again and I'll go for your throat." Rene hissed.

At this point, panic took him over as he felt himself freezing over.

He quickly placed his hand on Alice, and the electricity was sucked out of her. VERY quickly, at that.

"I did it! I did it!" he exclaimed.

"All right, Alice." Rene said, placing a hand on Alice as soon as the man withdrew his.

"He's not lying." he told her.

"It's gone from her now."

Rene immediately grabbed Alice and was gone with her.

After he did so, Mrs. Hall thought for a moment.

"You talk to your father about this." he said. "I shall personally make sure no more trouble comes from this one." she added, glaring at the teacher.

"And me?" Nick asked.

"You go to my office." Mrs. Hall responded.

"You're a witness in a lot of this. So, sadly, you'll need to be inconvenienced and make a statement."

Vincent was silent on the other end for a moment. He could sense the severity in his daughter's tone. He could tell this wasn't going to be a happy call.

"...I see." he said.

"Well, first things first." he said further.

"Are you all right?" he asked. "Is Alice all right?" he asked further.

"Was anyone hurt?" he inquired.

He then stopped, to allow her to answer. He needed to find out the initial gravity of the situation.

"...I'm on my way now." Vincent said.

"Where are you?" he asked.

She gave him her location, and, much like Rene, he was there within seconds. And he did NOT look impressed. The first thing he noticed, was that the air around them seemed to have some... spark to it.

And he then narrowed his eyes a little.

"...electricity in the air..." he said. "And... a feeling of... Fyrane mana..." he continued. "Vague, subtle, and fading fast... but still there." he said further, the only reason he was so good at detecting it, was his hunt for Rowena to help her in the past.

"What happened here?" he asked Vicki.

Vincent was gnashing his teeth now. She'd never seen him THIS angry before. Not once.

"...good girl." he said calmly, suddenly.

"Going down that path is NEVER the right solution." he told her.

"...it's a good thing you and that boy noticed Alice when you did, else this could have gone a LOT worse." he continued.

"Come on." he then said.

"We're going to the principal's office." he said further.

"This needs to be sorted out."

Vincent watched this happen, and his expression immediately shifted to that of concern for her. He walked over and knelt down so that he was at her eye-level, and placed a wrist against her forehead.

"...mm." he mumbled. "Mmhmm..." he muttered further.

"Seems like you're suffering from minor mana exhaustion." he commented. "...well, minor to moderate." he then clarified.

"You should be all right." he assured her.

"Do you feel ready to pass out, or just have a drastic loss of strength?" he asked.