You gaze around the Detention room, a place you've never set foot inside in all your time at Herc High. You do, however, recognise few familiar faces..
In one side of the room sit Jimmy and Joe, two brothers so close in age and likeness they could almost be twins. There is one huge difference between the boys, though. While Jimmy is a major gamer and computer geek, Joe is a strapping local sports star and athlete. Still, the brothers look fairly similar. Jimmy may have a leaner build and spend most of his time online or reading comic books / Joe may have a healthier tan and be the fastest cross country runner in school, but the brothers almost always have the same mischevious smirk on their handsome faces. Unlike a lot of famous 'twins', there's no good twin and bad twin in this scenario. Jimmy and Joe are both trouble makers, and both guys you wouldn't like to be around at normal size, much less like this. They're always planning malevolent pranks on their classmates and students they don't like, so it's really no suprise they're here.
Sitting in another corner of the room is Johnny. Despite having a sweet disposition and sculpted, even model-like good looks, Johhny is often teased for coming from a poor family. You've always felt bad for the guy, but all the teasing turned him into an introvert long ago, so you've never had the opportunity to befriend him yourself. He mostly just sits somewhere out of the way with his tattered sneakers resting up and his hoodie covering most of his face, listening to his iPod during free periods. Julian could be the nicest guy in this room, humbled by all the bullying he's taken, or he could be filled with angst and resentment.. You won't know unless you approach him.
Not far from Johnny is Brent, one student who you KNOW isn't humbled by the hardships in his life. Brent is the only guy at Herc High you know of who's served time in juvi. He comes from a family not only poor but broken and dangerous. He has greasy black hair, wears an old leather jacket and a permanent sneer on his mean face which is rarely shaven. Even under normal circumstances, all he has to do is scowl at some-one like you in the school corridors and you'd go running away with your tail between your legs.
Then there's Juan, sitting towards the front of the class, reading a book. Despite being boyish, sometimes over-confident jock with plenty of muscle and popularity, Juan has always seemed a little more intelligent than the other meat-heads at this school. You're curious to know how he ended up in detention.
As you're trying to decide between the jocks, the bullies, the hostile nerds or the unpredictable dark horses, something happens which abruptly makes your decision a lot easier. You feel a series of earth tremors, happening right beneath your feet, and turn around to see..
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