Author's Note: All right I'm back with another chapter, thanks for staying with us. Hope you guys like what I have in store for upcoming chapters on Edgemore. I hope to get more of the X High School readers on here, I can tell the high school story is still a hot commodity. Enjoy this chapter. Also what do you think of the new login setup on fanfiction? Love it? Hate it? Wouldnt mind hearing what other readers think about this recent change
Welcome to Edgemore
Chapter 2
Later that night the festivities were already underway with the party music pumpin' several students were dancing with beer glasses in hand while others were skateboarding on ramps as Gar and Tara pulled up to the school driving past the party they made their way to the apartments to make sure no one will smash their pumpkins because you know they will. Once the gourds were safe in their rooms they ran back across campus to where the party was taking place. On stage was a guy singing to the crowd.
I see your dirty face
Hide behind your collar
What is done in vain
Truth is hard to swallow
So you pray to God
To justify the way you live a lie, live a lie, live a lie
And you take your time
And you do your crime
Well you made your bed
I'm in mine
Because when I arrive
I- I bring the fire
Make you come alive
I can take you higher
What is this, forgot?
I must remind you now
Let it rock
Let it rock
Let it rock
A guy was riding a bike on the ramp doing bar spins at the top while a skater sailed past him touching the ramp with his hands his body suspended in the air and dropped back in. while another one did a crossover. Down on the ground one guy was doing a backflip in the midst of the other dancers and landed it. Another one tried it and wasn't as lucky landing on his head while his drunk friends laughed. As Gar and Tara made their way across the lawn sorting through all the inebriated college students they finally made it to the rest of the gang in the middle of it all.
"Hey!" Tara yelled.
"Hey!" Rich and the guys yelled back.
"Did you get the pumpkins?" Kori asked.
"Yep, their safe and sound back at the apartments." Gar said pointing back over his shoulder.
"Good, there's no telling what these guys might do with them." Kori said.
"I have a few ideas." Slade told em.
"So what have you guys been doing?" Tara asked.
"Nothing just getting drunk and enjoying ourselves." Rich said.
"So anything interesting happen while we're gone?" asked Gar.
"You mean aside from the occasional drunk guy busting his ass? No not really. There was a guy doing a dare on the bike ramp a while back that ended badly." Said Rich.
"Let's just say the ramp got a new coat of paint." Said Vic.
Gar and Tara looked back and see a puddle of blood being cleaned up with a rag.
"Face plant?" Gar asked.
"You have no idea." Mentioned Vic.
"The guy split his nose open when he went over the handlebars down the ramp. He's sitting right over there with the rag." Slade pointed.
Just then a group of guys approached Richard, one of whom placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you Rich Grayson?" he asked.
"Yeah I am." He said.
"I'm Casey Kent I heard you came in second at this year's Supercross." He replied.
"Yeah." He replied
"We were wondering if you'd be interested in joining our fraternity. Walk with me." He said leading him away from his friends.
Rich looked over his shoulder at his friends as they worked to distance him from the group. As they continued walking he noticed that under his button up shirt Casey had a black and red Superman shield tattooed to his chest.
"Uh, what's your fraternity about?" he asked.
"We are simply called The Brotherhood of Excellence. Where we invite some of the best athletes and engage in the usual frat stuff." He told him.
"So are you interested?" asked another member.
"This is my Right Hand Man, Ron Eli." Casey said.
"Everyone calls me Power Boy." He said.
Ron had short black hair with brown highlighted bangs and wore a leather jacket with a white shirt and jeans. On the other side several friends had Gizmo in a helmet and harness with a handle on his back.
"So how does this work again?" he asked.
"Easy, this guy over here is going to toss you as far as he can and if your lucky you should land on that air mattress over there. You ready?" a guy asked.
"No wait! I changed my..."
"Let him fly!" the dude yelled as the second guy tossed Gizmo into the air.
"Ahhh!" the midget flew and landed on the air matress about 12 feet away and bounced a bit before landing.
"Is that a record?" the first guy yelled.
"Let's see." another dude said measuring where Gizmo landed.
"12ft. 1. The record's 12' 7"." he said. The guys groaned upon hearing this.
"All right who wants to throw him this time?" the first guy asked.
"What?!" Gizmo said as another guy picked him up.
"So then what other kind of sports are you into?" he asked.
"I played baseball in high school." Rich said.
"What position?" Case asked.
"I was the starting pitcher for the varsity team." he told him.
"Awesome. So uh, how would you like to join our fraternity?" Casey asked holding his hand out.
Richard looked at his hand and thought, he wasn't really sure if he wanted to join or not.
"Uh, can I sleep on it?" he asked.
"Only going to offer this one time, that's the standard procedure with all B.O.E. members." Casey said.
The Freshman thought it over for a minute, seriously contemplating the offer.
"Going once... going twice..." Casey said.
"I guess I could try it out." he said.
"Is that a yes?" he asked.
"Yeah." he replied shaking his hand.
"Awesome. Meet us out in the crypt in an hour and we'll get you initiation." he said.
"Great..." Rich said. Casey slapped his shoulder in approval.
"See you in an hour." he said before walking off, the other brothers followed soon afterward.
Richard sighed not knowing what he'd gotten himself into, or even if he wanted a part of it and made his way back to his friends.
"What was that all about?" Slade asked.
"Some fraternity wanted me to join." he said.
"And what did you tell em?" asked Vic.
"I said yes." he said.
"What? Are you sure?" he asked.
"He was only going to offer it one time, I had to take it." he said.
"No, you didn't." Vic said with his arms crossed.
"I didnt know what else to do." he said.
"So where's the initiation at?" Slade asked.
"Said something about a crypt, but I haven't been on campus enough to know where it is." he said.
"This could spell trouble, we'll tag along at a distance." said Vic.
"Thanks guys, but I think I can handle myself." he said getting up.
"Rich you know they're going to beat the living crap out of you right?" he asked.
"More than likely but I should be able to take them, I mean their just students. They dont have superpowers like some of us." Rich said.
"I wouldnt be so sure about that." muttered Vic.
"We'll all come with you." Tara said.
Rich shook his head at the prospect thinking it was a little unnecessary. But then again what did he know? A while later Rich arrived at the secret meeting place on the back lot of the college next to the woods was a small cemetery that existed long before the college was built and found a small mausoleum on the edge of the woods. As Vic and the others hid in the shadows among the trees Rich made his way up to the stony entrance. The Moto-X champ tapped on the steel door. A small rectangular panel slid back as someone looked through the peep hole at him.
"You Rich?" he asked.
"Yeah." he answered. The slot closed and the door soon opened.
"Come on in." Ron said as he walked in. His friends continued watching him not wanting to blow thier cover.
Inside a group of guys sat around a small square room that had at least one above ground tomb behind them as several people sat along the base of it.
"Welcome Rich, to the Brotherhood of Excellence." a dark haired man said smoking a cigarette.
The smell of marijuana clung to the air. It was an unmistakable smell, like pungent incense. As several six packs lay around the Brotherhood's feet.
"You want a brewski or a joint?" Ron asked offering up a cig.
"No thanks." he said.
"Fine more of us then." he said as he went back to smoking his doobie.
"Now your probably wondering why we brought you here. We'll this is our meeting place, our secret headquarters if you will. If we're not up in the Frat House we're down here in the crypt, pretty easy to find now that you know where it is." Ron said.
"So what's this all about?" Rich asked.
"The Brotherhood is the leading fraternity here on campus. We are the best and the brightest Edgemore has to offer. We're the ones lined up with the multi-million dollar contracts from several sports agencies most of us being extreme athletes like most of the students here at school. The only difference is...we're the ones with futures. We're the ones that's going on to the X Games, Gravity Games, 250s, Supercross. The sky's the limit for us and we only draft the very best. Being picked by us is a privilege. One we don't share with very many people even here on campus. So nothing about our organization leaves this room, got that?" Ron asked.
"Yeah." he said.
"The Brotherhood also endorses scholarships so you have certain rights and benefits within the organization, which is just one other thing to consider when joining us. So we don't just come down here and get stoned all the time." he said.
"Yeah!" several guys laughed.
"We also discuss business and have official meetings down here." he said.
"All right so when does the initiation start?" he asked. Several of the guys looked up at Rich.
"Right now." Ron said punching him in the face.
Several of the guys join in landing several blows as the fight explodes into the cemetery. Vic and Gar spring up while the others try to keep thier cover.
"No not yet!" Slade said.
"This is the challenge Rich, in order to be part of this group you have to beat all of us. Either that or we just wail on you till we've had our fill." Ron said as the others continued to pummel him.
The fight spilled over in the cemetery among the tombstones as Rich was brought to the ground by the group, and couldnt do anything to defend himself. Unfurling his arms Rich managed to get one punch in and knocked Ron on his ass while the others continued to beat him. Drove his foot into the chest of another member and started to pull them off one at a time. But they were still too many for him to fight as they beat his face, kicked his sides and did everything else they could to take the fight out of him. A few seconds later the fight was over as Ron blew his whistle, the guys got in thier last punches and got off of him, some even stepped on him as they withdrew from the battle leaving Rich bloodied and bruised on the cemetery lawn till Ron came forward and crouched down beside him.
"We'll let you mull it over tonight, if you still want to join us we're the biggest dorm on campus. You cant miss us." he said before patting Rich's cheek mockingly.
"X's back to the dorm." Ron said signaling them off. The group left him shortly there afterward.
Only when they were out of sight did Kori and the others come out of hiding.
"Rich are you all right?" she asked.
"How many fingers am I holding up bro?" Slade said.
"Seven?" he asked. It was three.
"Close enough." said Vic.
"All right let's get him back to the apartment." Slade said as the guys helped him up.
A while later Rich laid on the couch holding an ice pack over his cranium.
"Why didnt you just say no?" Kori asked.
"They probably would have beat his ass anyway if he did." said Vic.
"Well the good news is the worst is over...I think." said Rich.
"I wouldnt be so sure man. They want you to keep coming back for more, so you can prove yourself to them. That's probably how they get all their members." said Vic turning and looking at his friend on the couch.
"And your going to do just that, aren't you?" he asked.
"What makes you say that?" asked Rich.
"Boy you personify the word stubborn. I might as well take a marker and write 'retard' across your forehead tonight." Vic said in annoyance.
"You do and I'll have to punch that cueball head of yours for wrecking my bed this morning." he joked.
"All right guys, that's enough. We'll figure out what to about the Brotherhood later." said Slade.
Back at the Brotherhood's frat house the members of the pack sat around the living room debating.
"So do you think he'll join?" asked Ron.
"They all do Ron. Nobody has ever turned down membership in the brotherhood." Casey said with hands folded.
Author's Note: All right so what did you think of that? I know I didnt really plan on him getting hurt like that. But it helps with the drama right? We'll see how and when this will be resolved later. Let me know what you think. And for a special bonus, what do you think the Edgemore Coyotes' mascot should be named? Just something I'm trying to figure out for an upcoming chapter.
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