Learning from the Worst

Lena sat in the interrogation room for what felt like the hundredth time. She didn't know what was taking them so long. Just put her in a cell already.  One of the newer cops walked in, and sat in the chair at the other end of the metal table Lena was hand-cuffed to,"Lenaora-" "Lena." Lena corrected her. "Lena, normally you'd be put in a correctional facility across town for what you've done this time, but one of our partners thinks you'd be an excellent fit for a learning home. What do you think?" Lena stared at them stunned, just like that no jail time? There had to be some catch, "What's the catch?" "No catch. You and a few other selected delinquents will be sent over there to learn to be better, know that your choices were wrong, and change your life around so this won't ruin your future." "Would we take a test at the end of our stay to see if we changed?" "Something like that." The cop smiled, and walked out leaving Lena alone. Soon enough Lena and three other delinquents were in a police van, heading toward there new 'learning home'.  Lena took in the three other kids, one girl and two boys. None of them seemed to be to horrible like a murder or arsonist.  The girl was sitting by herself looking out the window, as the cars sped past us glancing on the way. She had honey blonde hair that was cut unevenly at her shoulders, and round green eyes. On her cheeks she had freckles clumped together, and one large one that Lena couldn't help but almost stare at. Just like the rest of us she wore a white shirt, blue sweat pants, and ugly brown slides. The two boys were sitting next to each other playing rock, paper, scissors. The one closest to the window, had a tattoo one his arm. Lena was to far away to see what it was, but it looked like some pattern. He had a head of curly brown hair, and a sneaky grin. His grass green eyes were wide, and filled with energy. The other boy didn't seem to be as wild. His sky blue eyes were focused on the other dudes hand, and unlike the other dude who's hair was wild his red hair was straight, and calmer. He had red freckles covering his pale face. The van screeched to a halt after what seemed like a thousand years, allowing the four to be let off. The house they stood in front of was way different than they imagined. For one there were no metal detectors, guards, cell bars that were visible, and the place looked completely normal and abandoned. The house was large enough that it could pass off as a mansion. Two large pillars in front of the house were covered in weeds, the door was dark and rustic. Lena didn't see any doorbell or really any modern stuff from the front of the house. Lena was really hoping there would some computers or phones inside, anything really worth money. One of the cops that came with us walked up, and knocked on the door. The two loud bangs of her knuckle hitting the door echoed through the area around us.  Lena and the others waited.  Five minutes passed, and nobody had answered. When Lena was about to head back to the van, the cop pulled out an old fashioned key. She jiggled it in the key hole for a few seconds before the large door swung open. Revealing a large open room, with oddly shaped couches that didn't match one bit. One was all black with a large back. Another couch was made like the other one, but smaller and all brown. The last two were the smallest yet the oddest. One was a chair you'd use at the beach, and the other was like a futuristic chair. It was a few feet off the ground, and glowing blue. "Tandy! Pepper! Rhett! Siren!" The cop yelled. Four kids ran into the room. They looked at Lena and the others before screaming, and running  into the other room. "Come on guys get back in here. Didn't you get my message?" One of the kids popped out from behind the wall. He muscular and handsome. The only thing that stopped Siren from drooling all over him was his eyes. They were all black with a purple circle outlining them. "We may or may not have broken the phone." He said sheepishly.  "I ask you guys to do one god damn thing and you screw that up." "Technically you never said 'please don't go break the phone during one of Pepper's spells.'" A girl from behind the wall came out.  Lena stifled a scream. The girl that had walked out was not normal or had a very good costume. Her skin was so pale it was almost white. She had black hair that was hung from her shoulder in a braid, and a pointy ear like an elf. When she talked you could see that two of her teeth were pointed, and her eyes were blood red.  The cop obviously saw the fours scared and shocked faces when they saw her. "Oh right, this is Tandy. Tandy is one of the earths oldest vampires." Lena and the others all stood in silence until the boy with the tattoo started cracking up. "You actually expect us to believe that?" Tandy glared at the boy hissed at him showing off her very real fangs. "I mean uh.... of course you're a vampire." He corrected himself. "Pepper, Siren come on out, you should meet your new guests." The cop coaxed them out. "Guests? But last time you said 'this was terrible idea, and you guys aren't going be able to do it again.'" Tandy quoted the cop. "Well I changed my mind." The cop crossed her arms, "And there were no more spots left at the correctional facility." "Well if you were going to put us back in business, we have some catches." One of the girls, Pepper or Siren turned to her.  This girl like the others didn't seem normal. She had straight brown hair that rested on her shoulders. Her eyes were bright purple, and glowing words around them. The words looked like gibberish to Lena, and weren't from any language she knew. On her chin was a large scar, and on her hair was trying hide another one on her forehead.  "Tandy wants a few months worth of blood, Siren wants a goldfish, Rhett wants a few crystals, and you want another f*******n spell book. Did I get all of it?" The cop asked her before she even had a chance to say her conditions. "Uh, no. We want a box full of Slug Muffins." "Of course you do." The cop sighed. "Whatever, do we have a deal?" "Yep." Tandy smiled. "Wait what's going on?" Lena asked confused. "You are going to learn to be good." The cop answered. "Tandy, Siren, Pepper, and Rhett will be teaching you." "Yeah, but they don't look......." The other girl trailed off not knowing how to put it. "Normal?" The cop asked. "That's because they aren't. Tandy is a vampire, Pepper is witch, Siren is a mermaid, and Rhett is an alien."