‘And then I’ll take your pink one!” spoke the tiny girl. Maddox shot her a look and before she could respond Mikkish spoke again, saying that nobody would get his pink wand. ‘That explains why you don’t have a girlfriend.’ She casually said. She really didn’t feel like humouring the pair while she was semi-listening to what Richard was saying. Unlike Bara, who did count the buildings at his request, Maddox liked to keep her mouth shut and sit through it all until she got some real answers. 

Stepping into the elevator she felt the queasy feeling when the elevator went down. The faint change in altitude messing with her stomach and sense of balance until the elevator came to a halt. When the doors opened, Maddox refrained from stepping out for a moment, nearly gasping at the sight before her. They were here. Maniacles headquarters. She never really wondered where they were located. Maniacles always seemed like a huge company with lots of buildings and many Headquarters, but seeing the actual headquarters left her just standing there and staring in front of her. Quickly she cleared her throat and recovered herself, looking slightly out of place. Maddox followed the rest of the gang out onto the street, where Mikkish and Evan already had their guns out. Maddox didn’t fully take Richard’s word on the no-pest-situation, but she wasn’t [i]this[/i] paranoid, although she did put one hand on her holster where her gun was located. Sadly it wasn’t anything fancy – those were illegal after all and she couldn’t board the helicopter unless she got rid of her laser-weapons -, but she had a gun nonetheless. It was something... Something small, but something.

“What?” asked a slightly-annoyed Maddox when Mikkish abruptly stopped in front of her, almost making her crash into him. “Wait. What did you see?” she continued when she noticed his expression before briefly analysing the situation. He couldn’t have seen one of the pests, he would have pulled out his gun. Would’ve probably pulled his gun out if he saw anything of danger. Of course she didn’t know him but given his actions it wasn’t too big of a leap to think that. No, this had to be something different, and she really wanted to know what it was. More than she’d like to admit. She quickly looked at the street which was nearly empty except for a few persons walking there. She looked back at the group which was almost 50 feet ahead and Maddox quickly caught up to them. Her little chit-chat with Mikkish would have to wait until later. For now she just focussed on looking around her and focussing on the street.

It was quiet out in the streets. On a normal day one would hear all sorts of things. Screams, mostly. Also gunfire. Here it was quiet, eerily quiet. It made her feel slightly unnerving. She had gotten used to the sounds of the city. It even comforted her in a weird twisted way. When they finally arrived at their destination, it was already getting dark and Maddox felt relieved when they got where they needed to be. At least she’d be out of the quiet streets. 
‘This is it. Magus Academy.’ Richard sounded like a news broadcaster or a tour-guide. ‘’And here we are ladies and gentleman, Magus Academy! On your left you will see the old tree of wisdom, and on your right you will see the ancient fountains of youth!” Maddox slightly chuckled at her own thoughts. Mainly because it really wouldn’t surprise her if Richard said that, especially with all this magic-talk the last few hours. What did surprise her was the fact that all the girls would share one room. It was big apparently, but it didn’t make her feel any better. It really didn’t make her feel any better when Richard said no one would get keys until tomorrow. 
‘What bullshit is this?!’ she angrily whispered to Mikkish who was standing next to the fountain. ‘No keys until tomorrow? [i]They[/i] knew we were coming, seems like a pretty bad scheduling system if they don’t account for expected guests…’