Chapter 15

The next morning I got up before Jesse. I left before him too. I wanted to meet up with the guys to tell them I was done with them. I was ready for whatever they wanted to do to me. I didn't even care if they killed me. However I didn't want them to put those pictures up of Jesse up in my absence. When I saw them in the hall I chickened out and hid in the bathroom. Later after gym class, I finally met with them behind the dumpster.

"Hey Jus...where you been all day?" Sean asked.

"Yeah...you haven't be avoiding us have you?" Tyson questioned after. "Cause if you were...you know what will happen to you."

"Tyson I..."

He took out my glove and waved it in my face.

"Just one more thing to do before you get this glove back..."

I felt my heart pounding. My eyes watched the glove swing back and forth. I couldn't take my eyes off it. My fingers twitched. I was then thrown into some sort of fit. The other guys pinned me down to the wall. I wanted that glove so bad that I forgot what I planned to tell them. My body was in agony. It craved the power.

"Hold him still boys..."

I felt their grip tighten. My entire body trembled. I could hardly stand. My brain began to whirl. The whirling made me feel sick. I closed my eyes and tried to stop my head from spinning. My stomach began to churn. I fisted my hands so tight my fingernails brought blood to my palms.

"You want something Justice?" Tyson asked with sinster grin.

I groaned and tried to break free from their grasp.

"2:50...front of the school...you help us put the pictures up...you get the glove back."

They laughed at me and threw me on the ground.

"2:50 Jus." Tyson repeated. They left me all alone. Like trash. I was nothing more to them than a toy. I've always been their toy. They never wanted me in the group. They never wanted me to honor their legacy. What legacy? Why should anyone follow them. The only one who ever did anything right was Jesse, and I played with him like he was a toy too. How was I to ever get him back?

My thoughts scrambled on in my head. I was unaware I was having a seizure. My mind felt elsewhere; until the first muscle contraction spiraled me into intense pain. I bit my tongue and blood began to leak from my mouth. I couldn't get my body to stop moving. I felt my legs jerk and kick without warning. The urge in my body to have the glove had finally caught up with me. I still had my suit on. I couldn't stand to part with it, even for a few minutes in the shower. Without the suit in one piece it crunched down on all of my organs. I felt as if I was being denied something I truly needed to live. I didn't know how much longer I could go without it.

Suddenly a hand touched my shoulder. It was Jesse. He threw his backpack down beside him and rolled me over on my side.

"Justice?!" He screamed. "What's happening, what's wrong?"

Tears came to my eyes. He still cared about me. He loved me more than he should have, and more than I could have shown him.

"Justice, hey!"

He shook me.

"It's me Jesse!"

I sat up, the seizure had passed. I rubbed the blood from my tongue off my lips.

"Why are you here?!" I shouted. "Why are you helping me?!"

"Cause you helped me...remember...last night...I finally felt like your brother again...I forgave you...I've always forgiven you."

"How can you say that?!"

"Because it's the truth Justice!"

"I...It's not finished...things still aren't right...I..I have to go."

I got up and ran as fast as I could from him.

"Justice!"

That afternoon I skipped soccer practice with the guys to hang up those awful pictures of Jesse. I thought of a way to get back at them. This was to be the last time I would follow their orders. Tonight in the woods, when I get my glove back I'm going to gain full access to my powers and give them a beating they will never forget. I had to play along for now. I had to pretend I was still on their side. We started at the main entrance just before school let out. To my surprise Harmione showed up.

"Justice, how could you..."

"Harmione..."

"He's your brother!"

"This isn't like you Justice..."

I explained to her that I knew Jesse was gay and it was supposed to be a joke. I knew she wouldn't like what I was about to tell her, but I had to get rid of her and fast.

"Justice...they cut your brother up."

"I know..."

"And you just stood by and watched?"

"I...I tried to get them to stop, really I did...but they said they'd do to me what they were doing to Jesse...and anyway they didn't cut him to bad...and..."

"Who took the picture? You did, didn't you?"

"I mean...he healed up...and the guys had a good laugh."

"You think those idiots are really your friends, you're just a fad to them, they threatened you, they hurt your brother in just about every way a person can be hurt, they're brainwashing you, and you call them your friends?! They don't care about you Justice, they don't care about anyone or anything except themselves!"

"You don't know them!"

"I don't have to know them Justice look at what they did to Jesse!"

"So, he deserved it!"

Out of nowhere she slapped me across the face. I knew that would do it. I had her good and mad now. She'd send me to her car, and take me home to mom and dad. It would be then I'd make my move to meet up with the guys and put my own plan into action. She shook her head in disbelief.

"He...he needs to get out of my shadow...grow up...and stop acting so weak all the time." I lied softly.

"And by doing all of this... that was the right way to tell him huh? Go. Get out of my sight...get in the car...where is Jesse, do you even know?"

"In the cafeteria near the snack bar...he stays there until the janitor closes everything up."

"Okay...get."

As she entered the school building, I saw my chance to make a move. I watched her discreetly use her powers to destroy the photographs. I'm glad she did so I wouldn't have too. School let out around 3:00. I met up with the guys around 3:30. The time had changed so it would be dark by five. I wanted to get my revenge and do it quick. Tyson, Sean, Adrien, and Bentley were all waiting for me. They were practicing their own powers.