Chapter 2: Oh, How I Hate You So
Lancer slowly opened his eyes. His body ached, his head worst of all. He wondered what had happened when he noticed his room was a mess. He felt the bandage on his forehead and scratched his brown hair. Suddenly he remembered, the cruise, the captain's orders, him hitting the wall and a weight on top of him.
He got up and walked to the deck of the, passing dozens of other students, at least half injured and most of those wearing casts or bandages, either getting breakfast or carrying supplies around the ship. It had been three days since the ship was mysteriously breached and crashed on the island. The day they supposedly hit a rock in the middle of the ocean that the radar hadn't picked up the ship's crew managed to crash them on a nearby island. Now they were trying to signal the other sips or coast guard. Everyone was pitching in to help. Another thing the crew were trying to do was figure where they figure out where they were. So far there was no luck. Lancer called out "Hey, guys. I'm here."
The reply came as a groan followed by "Lancer, is that you?" It was Bianca. The green-eyed blonde had a crush on Lancer, though Lancer never wanted to be with anyone. Besides, Jason was already crushing on her. The Native American with braided hair had always had an eye on her.
"Yes, it's me." Lancer replied. As he walked to get his breakfast he bumped into Kyle's group.
"Look who it is, the hulk reincarnated." He said. Jacob was standing in front of him, a bruise on his shoulder and eyes beginning to turn red. Lancer knew it was only a matter of time before a fight broke out. Amy suddenly spoke up.
"Wouldn't it be a shame if your friends saw your dark side?" jeered the red-head. This was just a tease. They were trying to get Jacob mad enough to attack them, but not yet. They needed to attract attention first and try to keep their voices down. Though that comment caught Lancer's interest. Not many see people Jacob's dark side.
"Remember your suspension? You beat me up for no reason!" Snarled Ben. The brown headed boy had light brown skin, a mohawk, and a scar over his right eye from their last fight two weeks ago.
"You harassed me into it!" roared Jacob. Everyone in the area looked at him as Dylan gave a light shove to trigger the rage. That caused a fight that didn't last more than a couple seconds. The group easily began to subdue him. Lancer wouldn't let one of his friends get beat up on and then get in trouble because he knew Kyle and his group would lie and say Jacob started it. He threw himself into the turmoil and pulled off Dylan. The black haired tan boy had a muscular body and gave Lancer a crippling punch to his stomach, but that just made him angry. The two had a punching match that would have made a Vietnam veteran wince. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Ely tackle Kyle as Kaira, with a cast on her left leg, stood over a weezing Amy on her knees and attempted to upper-cut Jessica, the black-haired Samoan proving to be a deadly opponent. No one intervened in fear of being mistaken for an enemy and getting caught in the middle of such a fight. Kyle managed to roll Ely over and tried to punch through his blocks, Lancer threw Dylan into a wall, Jessica dodged the punch and kicked Kaira's bad leg, making her scream in agony and kneel, and Jacob kicked Ben in his stomach but was tripped with another. Then he saw that Kaira was being double teamed by Amy and Jessica. That made him almost snap. He launched a barrage of punches and kicks at Ben and didn't stop until the guy was bleeding and groaning in pain on the floor. Then he turned his attention to Jessica and Amy. He charged them, tackled them down, and brutally held them by their throats. They struggled to breath as he slammed their heads together. The two crumpled to the floor. Then he looked at Dylan. The red-head was to focused on Lancer that it was too late when he noticed he was grabbed by the shoulders, spun around, and saw the knee that made his face match his hair. That's when Jacob turned his attention to the leader of the group, Kyle. He had broken Ely's defenses and was just finishing punching his face when Jason and Erica ran in. Jason choke slammed him and Erica stomped on his chest. Then Leo charged in, black hair red from a brief but fierce tussle with Ely, and kicked Jason and was about to attack Erica when Jason's own friends pounced him and Erica's boyfriend started laying crossovers on him. That's when Jacob recognized the new threat. He rammed Leo so hard his pale skin turned red. As Leo struggled to breath Jacob pounded his face repeatedly with his fists. Then he felt arms rap around him. Jacob struggled and kicked when his legs were grabbed as well.
The face of Charles appeared in front of his. "Calm down It's over!"
But Jacob didn't stop. He struggled and cried out in fury at being restrained. "Calm down, Jacob! We won!" yelled Lancer from the floor, holding on to Jacob's legs. "What's wrong with Jacob? I've Never seen him act like this before!" Lancer knew that Jacob could get rea. "Is this Jacob's dark side that Amy was talking about?" Lancer knew he could get furious, but he always walked off and came back in a somber mood.
Kaira approached him and in a soothing voice said "There's no need to fight. It's all over." She slowly reached a hand towards his face. Jacob stopped struggling and stared at it. She cupped his cheek and smiled.
That was when Kyle took the chance to strike. He lunged forward and Jacob's peripheral vision saved him as a fist flew pas this head. His adrenalin rush wasn't fully gone and came rushing back. His instincts and reflexes took over. But that's when he heard someone yell "Kaira!" He looked down and saw an unconscious Kaira laying on her back and bleeding from her forehead. She had been to close and got punched instead. Charles jabbed Kyle across the face and the two began a brutal sparing match. Jacob's anger suddenly clouded his thoughts. His vision was tinged red as his eyes matched the color of blood and his pupils slightly narrowed. The only thing in his head was the thought "Eliminate the threat, the threat is him, he hurt my pack."
"Your losing control, you don't have to do this." Another voice suddenly whispered in his head. Jacob grabbed his head in agitation and began to stumble around, his teeth clenched as everyone backed up to give him some space.
"You have to protect your pack! This pack is a threat and he is their alpha!" Ordered the first voice.
"But you can't let them see you like this! Others will cast you out!" Countered the second.
Meanwhile Charles was beating the crap out of Kyle. His father teaching him fighting techniques had given him a severe edge over his opponent. Then Kyle saw that Jacob was on his knees and clutching his head as if he had a major migraine. He smiled. His plan was working! He would get these fools in trouble now! They would pay for crushing his pride so many times! Then a crippling punch from Charles caught his attention. All he needed to do was hold on until a teacher arrived.
"You swore to yourself long ago you would do anything to protect your pack, it is time to live up to that oath!" This time the other side didn't respond. Then he saw Kyle smirking. That did it. He wanted this to happen.
"I gave in to what he wanted! I fell into his trap!" Jacob thought angrily.
"Then calm down!" Shouted the other voice that went quiet. Jacob couldn't take it. He was fought, played, and watched one of the most important people in his life get hurt.
He suddenly opened his eyes and with a fury that rivaled a mother bear's shouted "I JUST CAN'T CONTOL MYSELF!" Everyone looked at him, including Kyle who was then laid flat by a fearsome punch from Charles who also looked at Jacob afterward. Jacob stared a suddenly frightened Kyle in the eyes, screamed at the top of his lungs "I'LL END YOU!", and charged the taller and stronger boy.
Kyle easily outweighed, outmuscled, and outmatched Jacob in terms of size, strength, and experience, and even though he was slightly slower matched Jacob's stamina, even sometimes outlasted him. But Kyle had never faced Jacob's true fury. And this time Jacob moved faster than ever before and slammed into Kyle with enough force to half half of his ribs and knock the wind out of him. The tackle was enough to send Kyle to the floor with Jacob on top of him, pounding away at his face without mercy.
As Kyle felt the first punch his world shattered and he was dazed. "That punch shouldn't have hurt so much." he thought as he was beaten repeatedly, too weak to move.
Jacob didn't stop until he heard a loud and commanding voice yell "Enough of this!" That got everyone's attention. Jacob immediately pulled back, hands red with the blood of his enemies. It was Mr. Gerardo and four other teachers, Mr. Romason, Ms. Terek, Mrs. Diriney, and Mrs. Anchick, along with two muscular looking waiters, probably just in case they needed to pull the students apart. Luckily they didn't have to. The fighting was done, though the bloodshed heavy. The adults looked at the battlefield in horror.
"All of you, come with me now!" Mr. Romeson ordered. No one resisted as they followed him of the dining hall.
