Mark Your Terror

**Mark Your Terror** is the tenth episode of the Adelaine Jones Saga and the seventy-first episode overall in Milo's One-shot Series book.

## Plot

In September 2020, a new school year had started as Adelaine Jones and her friends have became sophomores, with Gabriella and Jackson now also dating. On the afternoon of September 9th, Adelaine was heading towards the theatre room after she was informed by her French teacher that Mr. Hindinberg wanted to see her. Just then, a scream came from the theatre room, and when Adelaine stepped in there, she was horrified to find Mr. Hindinberg murdered, hanging on threads as his blood poured from his arms. After contacting Principal Gwardieza in a panic, Adelaine burst into tears as Principal Gwardieza was horrified by what she was seeing.

After the police arrived at the scene, Detective Ramis and Detective Hayes, accompanied by Chief Parker came to ask, and later comfort a distraught Adelaine, before Gloria took her back to the police station. While in the police car, she phoned her boyfriend Hugh, who was also shocked by Mr. Hindinberg's murder. Despite trying to hold his tears back, he finally broke before saying goodbye to Adelaine after Gloria and Adelaine arrived at the police station. After she arrived, Adelaine quickly ran to find her godfather Gabriel, crying as she told him what had happened. Gabriel gave her some comforting advices before her father David Jones came in, understandably panicking over his daughter's safety. Jones later admitted that he had also dealt with losing someone important, though told her that he will talk about it later at home.

After arriving at home, Jones put on a comedy show, and while a commercial break was going on, Jones finally told Adelaine about his loss, also from a murder - his ex-girlfriend Zoe Kusama, who was murdered 20 years prior. Jones also admitted that Alessia knew most of the story, but he kept the fact that he still thought about Zoe often a secret. After she gave Jones a hug, Adelaine then went up to see her mother Alessia, who didn't know about Mr. Hindinberg's murder. Initially trying to hold back her tears, Adelaine broke as she went before Alessia embraced her as she told her what had happened. After comforting her, Adelaine sat down to enjoy a cup of tea with her mother. She went to sleep after she completed her night routine, bidding goodnight to her parents.

The next day, Adelaine woke up and prepared her outfit before going to school, embracing a tearful Hugh as soon as the two met. The school itself was unsurprisingly gloomy and depressed after the murder, and while Sammy and Lexi went into the auditorium to prepare for the vigil, Adelaine and Hugh were opening their lockers when all of a sudden, a person suddenly began choking Adelaine, pinning her against the locker. After struggling to get out of their grasp, Hugh punched the person and told Adelaine to run before he was knocked unconscious after they pushed Hugh face-first into the locker. Adelaine tried to run, but failed to outpace the attacker, who then knocked her unconscious using a fire extinguisher as they dropped her down the staircase, breaking her leg in the process.

Some time later, the two woke up at the GPD Headquarters as the nurse went on maternity leave, though when Adelaine attempted to move, she screamed in pain as she didn't realize that her leg was broken. Amir came in and asked if the two were okay after he heard the screaming, before Martine told the two that she will be taking care of them. Then, Amir told the two that he will get their parents, with both unsurprisingly being very much worried about the two, and both of them also quickly receiving parental love from their parents. It was later revealed that the attacker was the same person who murdered Mr. Hindinberg. His funeral happened a few days later, attended by the whole school. After the funeral was held, Gabriel told Adelaine that Mr. Hindinberg wanted her to be the lead director and lead actor for the next musical. She cried tears of happiness as her friends congratulated her.

A few days later, it was revealed that James Aarons, the Theatre Department's President was the murderer, with the department feeling betrayed by the revelation. The school then chose to promote Adelaine as the Theatre Department's President, and before she entered the auditorium, Adelaine looked to the blue sky to remind herself that Mr. Hindinberg is watching them from the sky. The episode ends as she walks into the auditorium and began to read the script.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Adelaine Jones
* Hugh Anderson
* Mr. Maximilian Hindinberg (death)

### Supporting Characters

* James Aarons
* David Jones
* Alessia Jones
* Gabriel Herrera

### Minor Characters

* Principal Michelle Gwardieza
* Julian Ramis
* Gloria Hayes
* Eduardo Ramirez
* Chief Diana Parker
* Diana Jones
* Lexi Turner
* Sammy Turner
* Martine Meunier
* Amir Devani-Everett
* Sofia Herrera

### Cameos

* Audrey Willington
* Gabriella Herrera
* Jackson Brills
* Sean Dupont
* William Evans
* Jasper Everett-Devani
* Camilla Anderson
* Enrico Anderson
* Frances Payne
* Zoe Kusama (mentioned)
* Jacqueline Proust (mentioned)
* Jemma Hill (mentioned)
* Unnamed French teacher

## Continuity

* **Homecoming Disaster**: The homecoming night was mentioned at the start of the episode. Gabriella was also shown to have already been dating Jackson by then, just four months after her transfer.

## Trivia

* Along with Prince's Vow, this episode is one of the darkest episodes in the Adelaine Jones Saga, due to it involving the death of someone close to Adelaine, along with multiple crying scenes and an attack on the two's lives.