Chapter 2: Training
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Disclaimer: I don't own Bully, just the OCs that appear in this fic.
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The first class the next day was Math and they got a new math teacher that year, a beautiful Korean-American woman who actually tried to make the class fun. The sight of this new teacher made Jimmy glad that he got Mr. Hattrick fired. He had to wonder where the man went after Dr. Crabblesnitch got rid of him for accepting bribes from students. He hoped that the whole situation was a nice black mark on his record so that he wouldn't take his corrupting influences anywhere else.
Jimmy sat next to his new protégé, who sat there attentively, doing his homework in class as the teacher explained how to advanced algebra. He somehow managed to get it all done before the end.
After that class, the duo ate lunch together. "So, what are we going to do for target practice?" Connor asked as he ate into his sloppy Joe. He hated that he had come here again, but at the same time he didn't want to spend all of his money. Someday he would have to figure out a way to make more than the measly twenty dollars his parents sent him each week for an allowance.
"Well, we're going to hit some cans. There's this place where this old homeless guy used to live and I just thought I'd set up an area for target practice," Jimmy responded before noticing a chubby nerd heading toward them.
"Hey, Connor, how come you're not eating with us?" Fatty asked.
"I just thought I'd talk to Jim over here about our plans for target practice this afternoon," he said. "Don't worry, I'm still planning on showing you guys how to mod Omega Scrolls: Hammerfell later on."
"Oh, good. I just thought… Okay, cool. See you then, Amigo!" the nerd said before heading back to the table with the others of his clique.
"So, Hammerfell, huh?" Jimmy asked with a smile.
"Yeah, I actually modded quite a bit back at my old school. Me and my friends were working on creating an entire continent for the game. Ever play them?" Connor asked with a wide smile.
"Yeah, I was playing Omega Scrolls all summer. I just have it for the console though, so I can't actually mod it," Jimmy admitted. "So, how are things going with Fatty? He seems to smell better than usual."
"Good, I actually convinced him to shower this morning by telling him about the kinds of flesh-eating bacteria he could get by not having good hygiene," Connor whispered to Jimmy so that the nerds didn't hear, causing Jimmy to laugh before noticing someone sit down next to him.
"Hey, Jimmy!" Zoe exclaimed, sitting down at the table next to her boyfriend.
"Oh, hey, Zoe, how's it going?" the King of the School asked with a smile.
"Not much, just here to eat lunch with my boyfriend," she told him teasingly.
Connor took another bite of his sloppy Joe before suddenly spitting it out back onto the plate. "Ow!" He dug around in the beef much to both Jimmy and Zoe's disgust before pulling out a nail. "The heck? Now I'll have to get checked for tetanus."
"Yeah, that's why I don't eat in here," his new friend told him.
"I swear this place is suffering a ton of health-code violations," the newcomer said. "Now I'm going to have to get checked for tetanus. How on earth hasn't the lunch lady been fired yet?"
"Yeah, how on earth?" Zoe asked devilishly before turning to her boyfriend.
"What?" Jimmy asked the redhead with a twinge of confusion, not understanding what she was trying to get through to him.
"Yeah, I'm kind of confused, myself," Connor told the girl, sitting back a little. "What exactly are you getting at?"
Zoe explained with a smile. "Well, last year Jimmy got rid of two teachers, including that pervert Mr. Burton, so what's preventing him from getting rid of Edna?"
"Yeah, we could use this nail as evidence," the newcomer told her before thinking about it once more. "But they might think it's an isolated incident."
"I could try taking a picture of her hacking into her food, but there's a chance I might get caught by her," Jimmy pondered."
Connor thought about it for a second before grinning. "I've got an idea, though."
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Before they could implement Connor's idea, which he told Jimmy he would have to show him before they implemented it, they had to go to PE first. Since Mr. Burton was fired thanks to Jimmy's intervention after defeating Gary, the new PE teacher was a swarthy black man who was in fairly decent shape. He was also quite fun to be around.
"Alright, kids, I'm your new Physical Education teacher, Mr. Jennings! So, I'm going to teach you how to benefit yourselves physically. Don't worry; you won't be playing dodgeball or nothing!" He also had a lot of energy. "First of all, I'm going to tell you that showers are mandatory, especially for you smelly kids. I'd recommend showering every day in the first place, anyway, to prevent disease, but as some of you aren't doing that, you have to do that in my class. Second, we're going to work hard but you don't have to worry about running the mile or anything. The first thing we'll do is stretches!"
During the stretching routine, most of the kids in the class found out that they were far less flexible than they thought and some, particularly the overweight ones, couldn't even reach halfway between their knees and feet. Neither Connor nor Jimmy could reach their feet.
"Alright, now we're going to do some push-ups!"
They did multiple exercises before doing anything useful. The actual assignment for the day involved some weight-lifting for strength's sake before doing some wrestling. When it came to be Connor's turn, someone named Bo was his opponent. He was a black boy with a generic, close-cut haircut.
"Hey, man, you must be the guy I'm up against today, huh," the medium-sized jock said, cracking his knuckles.
Connor still felt trepidation at the thought of wrestling anyone.
"Okay, first thing's first, Connor, do you know any wrestling moves?" Coach Boudreaux asked.
"Nope, none," the newcomer replied.
"Bo, I would like you to go easy on him and just demonstrate a basic move on him," the coach told the large jock.
"Sure thing, man, that sounds like a good idea." Bo then turned to Connor before demonstrating a move on him. Connor then used the same move on Bo but could barely restrain the jock.
Then in an instant he found himself on the ground and immobilized.
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Just after class, Jimmy asked the other blond about his ideas for ridding the school of a terrible cook. "So, what was your plan to take down Edna?"
Connor grinned. "Come with me!" Jimmy got up and followed his protégé to his dorm room. "I actually used this to bust an old girlfriend who I heard was dating other guys. It turns out that the rumors were right and she was dating at least two others."
The King of the School raised an eyebrow, not liking where this was going. "Okay, so what is it?"
The protégé pulled a duffle bag from under his bed and then proceeded to take out what looked like a smart phone with large amounts of wire wrapped around it. "This is a modified camera phone put together from pieces I found at a junkyard," Connor explained. "I actually put it together for a class project. The catch is that we have to put it in the cafeteria at a time when the lunch lady isn't there to see us and in a place where she won't notice it."
"A spy cam. This is genius. What'll we do then? Send it to Dr. Crabblesnitch?" Jimmy asked.
"Yeah, we'll send it to him via e-mail, anonymously," the newcomer replied. "We'll have to set it up either late at night or early in the morning."
"Sounds like a good idea to me," the King of the School said. "I just hope that we don't get someone worse in Edna's place."
"Don't worry, she's about as bad as they come so chances are we won't. The cook at my old school was far better," Connor responded. "So, when do you want to do target practice?"
"Oh yeah!" Jimmy exclaimed before pulling out his smart phone. "We were supposed to meet Zoe by the old school bus ten minutes ago! She's gonna kill me!"
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The two boys made their way to the area behind the school bus with their slingshots and plenty of pebbles. There they found Zoe drawing a picture on a pad. She looked up as soon as she saw them coming.
"I'm so sorry I'm late," Jimmy told her.
"No problem. It's not like this is a date or anything," she told him with a smile.
"Yeah, I went to show him what I was going to use against Edna, so it's all my fault," Connor admitted.
"Oh, okay, that's alright. So, I hear you went up against someone in PE," she inquired.
"Yeah, this guy named Bo who was pretty dang tough to wrestle against.
She looked at him knowingly. "Oh, I heard about that guy. He's probably one of the best wrestlers in the entire school and he plays halfback on the football team so don't feel too bad that you lost."
"So, you guys ready?" Jimmy after setting up all the cans for hitting.
They practiced for over an hour. At the beginning, Zoe's aim was actually decent but Connor's was atrocious. Still, he did manage to improve a little bit.
By the time they were over, it was past five o'clock. "Okay, I'm done," the new student said, admitting defeat.
"Don't worry, man, your aim'll get better," Jimmy reassured him.
"So, how's my aim?" Zoe asked her boyfriend with a smile.
"Pretty good, actually," the King of the School told her, getting a kiss as a reward. "So, what do you guys want to do now?"
Connor just shrugged. "I was going to grab dinner and then I'm going to meet with my nerdy friends, that's all."
Jimmy wasn't going to do any of that. "Okay, suit yourself. Just beware, they're not always as great as they seem. It took me quite a while to get their respect. In fact, I had to chase them all the way to their observatory and beat their high score in a video game before I had it. Trust me; you need to be careful around them."
His protégé nodded. "Gotcha. I'll try not to let them take advantage of me or anything. See you around!"
Jimmy and Zoe watched as Connor ran off. "So, what do you want to do?"
"You want to go have some pizza or something?" he asked, smiling at his girlfriend.
"I have some homework to do but maybe we can eat dinner while we do it. Okay?" she suggested, and Jimmy was fine with that.
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During the rest of the evening, Connor showed the nerds how to mod the Omega Scrolls and even showed them where to find some good mods online. The night went by smoothly until he got back to the dorms. When he and Fatty reached their dorm room, they found Bo waiting for them just outside.
"Hey, how's it going, you guys?" the black jock inquired with a grin.
"Oh, hey, what brings you here?" Connor inquired with a smile, somewhat on guard against Bo.
"Well, I thought I'd give you an offer since you're new here and everything," he said. "I would like to give you some personal training in the weight room if you wouldn't mind."
"Personal training? Are you qualified?" the blond asked.
"No, but I know plenty of tricks and my dream is to become a personal trainer so that's why in a couple of years I'm going to go to college to get a kinesiology degree," Bo responded with a smile. "Don't worry, you don't have to accept."
"Sounds like a good idea to me. When do you want to start?" Connor inquired.
"How about tomorrow morning at eight. You can bring your friend along if you'd like," the black jock offered.
"Alright, sounds like a good idea. You mind coming, Frank?"
"Sure not at all," Fatty responded.
"Alright, I'll see you then," Bo said before leaving.
"Frank?" Fatty asked, confused that Connor would call him that.
"Hey, I just thought it would be more respectful than calling you Fatty, that's all," Connor told his friend.
"So, the mod you made, where is it?" Fatty asked out of curiosity.
"We'll, it's on my laptop which I don't have at the moment. Man, I really should have backed it up or something."
"That's not good," Fatty grumbled, a bit disappointed. "Is it at your parent's house? You could have them send it to you if you want."
Connor shook his head. "Actually, it's not there either. A shame too, since it would be really useful right now." He glanced at the clock seeing that it was a little bit after ten. "Well, I guess I better hit the rack. It was fun hanging out with you guys tonight."
"Yeah, no problem. Well, hopefully you won't have any more problems with Bob from now on," the nerd said.
"Yeah, really…" Connor lost himself in thought about his old girlfriend and how he wished he had her with him right now.
But she was nearly thirty miles away, stuck dealing with a school that was now worse than Bullworth. He thought about his other friends as well and wondered how they were doing. He wished he could call them but he realized that the caller ID would probably identify him as being at Bullworth.
Unless…
He pulled his duffle bag out from under the bed and took out a refurbished iPod Touch that he found in a junkyard along with the phone that he rewired. This one he had to get repaired professionally but it was still cheaper than buying one new, especially with his budget.
He was going to get ahold of the one friend that was an exile like he was using Skype. The friend was at another boarding school, this one many miles away in Maine.
Checking it, he could see that his friend was online, so he called him.
"Hello?" his friend greeted from the other line, surprised that someone was calling him this late at night.
"Hey, Horatio, what's up?" Connor asked with a smile.
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A/N: Well, there's that little episode.
Also, Horatio's not an OC either, but rather a crossover character. With what, you'll have to wait and see. Crossover elements are going to sneak into the story, but I don't plan on having them take it over.
It's going to be complicated. Everything I write is complicated.