He shoved her into an empty room as he spoke.

"What? What have I done?" Alice asked, her voice curious, concerned, and she wasn't going to lie... she was scared.

"I ... I don't think I've done anything..."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Alice stepped back from him as he said what he did, as he implied that he was going to do something serious.

".... and what are you going to do?" She asked. She didn't know what he was going to do, but she did have some idea of possibilities.

And Alice was quite certain that her very life was in danger now.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Alice wasn't stupid. She realised what it was that he was doing, and as a result, she was quick to pull her phone out of her pocket, knowing that she had to do something to get out of this mess. The first thing she thought of, was to contact someone, anyone.

So she hit speed-dial on her dad, hoping that it would at least get through. Even if it died immediately after the call was connected, it'd be enough to cause the concern.

However, that call didn't even get a chance to connect, as she felt his electricity hit her, and fry her phone. She let out a cry of pain, and surprise as she felt the shock, as everything tensed up from it. Sure, it wasn't a super high degree, but it was enough.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

As the electricity finally faded enough to allow her movement agan, she dropped to her hands and knees, barely able to breathe.

As he spoke, she clenched her hands into fists on the cold tile floor.

"No... Just... just NO." She screamed as there was a pulse of mana from her.

"I refuse to let you kill me!" She added as there was another pulse, this time with a numbing heat.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Alice was barely able to breathe, nevermind anything else for the moment. That shock she'd taken had definitely been more than she could take. At the same time though, she felt... different. Something felt unusual regarding her, and she felt something bubbling within her, something she hadn't expected, couldnt' expect. The normally very calm teen was losing her patience, and starting to feel extremely desperate.

"I... don't... CARE." She half screamed, tears to her voice.

"I have don't NOTHING and you're attacking me! You can rot in fucking HELL" She screamed as the rune started to properly spread out from her, covering the floor, crawling up the walls, across everything.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

"You're the monster." Alice fought to get out.

"Because you attacked me. You pushed me to this point." She added, mere moments before the run was canceled out. His soul slammed back into place, for a few seconds, until he was frozen in place again. Not disconnecting though.

"You asshole." Vicki stated from the doorway. Her rune was nowhere near as strong, but that was because of how it felt.

It wasn't tainted.

Hers was pure alligned.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

"That one wasn't a curse." Vicki stated simply as she stepped up to the teacher.

"Did you not notice? That rune was different." She continued.

"However, if you really want to have a tainted rune, I'm quite certain that Alice would happily acquiesce to that request." She added, glancing over to her sister, who was still down and out.

"I'm not as weak as my sister." She then said. "So come at me." She definitely wasn't hurting for confidence.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Vicki just sighed.

"All right then." She stated.

"Alice, are you all right?" She asked her sister, not paying attention to the electricity. Alice, meanwhile, didn't answer, just let out a cry of pain as her rune dropped again. Vicki just sighed, before stomping her foot on the floor, causing her own rune to overwhelm her sisters again. It was a lighter one again, as it had been before.

"all right, you have a choice. We can keep this up all day, or you can just leave us alone." She said simply.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Vicki's rune was still there, but she just took a breath.

".... I'm not cancelling this." She stated plainly.

"I worry for my sisters safety with this ..... person able to move freely. " She added.

"Understandable. Also, this rune is... different." The prinicipal stated as she took a look.

"It'll only catch who I want, so you're welcome to walk over it." Vicki commented.

"I have access to pure mana, and it changes the rune if I decide to." She added before looking back to the one that had attacked.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

"How strong of a shock did you hit Alice with?" Vicki asked after a few seconds.

"Because I'm sure that'll play a factor into the damage to you after this." There was definite venom in her voice, but it wasn't hard to beleive, or understand. The principal also knew her, she wouldn't actually do anything other than hold him in place so that whatever was going to be done, could be. Vicki was a good kid like that.

Alice, meanwhile, was silent. She just doubled over, hold her head, and in obvious pain.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫