Tribrid in beacon hills (Slow-Updates)

Chapter 9

-no one pov

Hope and Dr. Saltsman are in his office researching the urn.

Hope: How long do you think it'll be before the next monster shows up?

Dr. Saltsman: It's hard to say. I've never actually seen an artifact glow before. Where did you hide the urn, by the way?

Hope: I'm not sure I should tell you.

Dr. Saltsman: Excuse me?

Hope: Isn't it safer if only one of us knows where it is?

Dr. Saltsman: Then that one of us should be the adult.

Hope: Funny, because I thought it should be the one of us with high-level superpowers. What do we tell everyone else? We should probably warn them before a cyclops crashes exam week.

Dr. Saltsman: It's usually best to start with some form of the truth.

Hope: What about those times the truth is the one thing you can't say?

Dr. Saltsman: Are you sure you want to keep all of this from Landon?

I mean, I understand you wanting to protect him, but...

Hope: He's been wondering about his mother his whole life. He finally meets her and then she dies. If I can keep him from knowing what that feels like, then it's worth it. Look, it's my secret to keep, Dr. Saltzman. Please.

Dr. Saltsman: Okay.

Hope: Thank you.

Dr. Saltsman: The trick is to give everyone the right amount of information without giving away too much. We've been through this before with the knife, so it shouldn't come as too much of a shock. This is our chance to do things differently, more responsibly.

(School Assembly)

Dr. Saltsman: Yesterday, I came into possession of another Malivore artifact. It was my hope to find a method of containment before it signaled another monster, but given the emergency meeting I've just called, I'm sure you can guess how well that went

*Students murmuring

Landon: Do you see Hope anywhere?

He asks Rafael but he says no

Dr. Saltsman: But rest assured we are taking every precaution. Sheriff Donovan has been kind enough to open the doors of the Lockwood Mansion to us, so Mr. Williams and Ms. Tig are now in the process of evacuating our students from the lower grades.

Kaleb: Why don't we just evacuate the damn artifact?

Dr. Saltsman: We are much more well-equipped than the world at large to handle the arrival of a monster. Once we know what we're dealing with and the problem is contained, then we can reassess what to do with the artifact. If any of you would like to evacuate, please talk to Dorian or Emma. However, exam week will continue as scheduled, wherever you are. I know. I'm sorry. I can't exactly call the state accreditation board and tell them that we're cancelling the exams because of monsters. We'll get through this, I promise. Try and get some rest, okay? Good night.

Everyone starts to head back to their dorms

(Mg and Kaleb)

Mg: You evacuating?

Kaleb: Hell no, man. I got four exams in the morning. Need my beauty rest.

(Landon and Rafael)

Landon: Hope's M.I.A.

Rafael: Yeah, she's probably suiting up in her battle armor. Girl's basically Wonder Woman.

Landon: Either that or she's realized she's made a mistake bringing me back here 'cause where I go, danger follows.