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A Life not worth living

Chapter 2 – Hiding the truth

Max's Uncle POV

I woke up and found myself on the sitting room floor. I had no idea how I got there and I couldn't remember anything. I sat up and rubbed my aching head, wait a minute, where's that boy? I got up and stormed up the stairs to his room to find it empty. I was raging; the little shit had disappeared. Who does he think he is leaving like that? He lives under my roof and will obey my orders. I looked at a large bloodstain on the floor and a knife lying beside it. The incident, which happened last night, reappeared in my memory. Obviously I didn't send the message through to him hard enough if he isn't here.

I wanted him. I wanted him back and show him that I really did mean business. I had wanted to do that for ages, not stabbing him, that was a bonus, but to be able to touch him. I had been longing for years to touch that youthful body, now where is it? Guess I'll have to find that little shit. Good thing I know where that Tyson kid lives, that's probably where he's gone.

Normal POV

Max sat in Tyson's garden watching the others train. He wanted to train with them but Kai had said not to. He didn't want to be the little weakling at the side. Ray and Tyson were currently battling and the urge to launch Draciel was tempting.

"Yes! I win again! Hey, I thought you were the world champ?"

"Shut it! You're just having a few lucky breaks"

"Please let me battle guys"

"No, you're arm is badly bruised, you can barely lift it forget launching you blade" Max just gave off a heavy sigh at Tyson's reply. He was getting sick of watching and decided to go for a walk. He was walking through the streets deep in thought. He wondered whether telling them was a good idea, he didn't want them to get hurt. Somebody barged past him knocking his sore arm. He grabbed it to stop the pain and cursed the person who did it. Man, why was everyone so bent on causing him pain?

He came to the park and sat on a swing watching younger kids play happily. Why couldn't he have a carefree life like them? A little girl came up to him. "Are you ok?" She must have seen the sad look in his face.

He smiled at her; she was cute with big blue eyes. She only looked about four or five. "Yeah I'm fine"

"Ok!" She bounded off back to her friends and continued to create havoc. He watched as her mother picked her up and hugged her before walking away. A small tear escaped his eye at the thought of his own mother. Of all the planes in the world it had to be the one his parents' one that crashed. Why? Did God hate him that much to take away his family? Boy was he asking a lot of questions lately. He sighed and looked around. People were leaving the park to go for lunch, but Max had completely lost his appetite.

"What's up buddy?" Ray had appeared beside him.

"Nothing, just thinking"

"Wanna tell me what's really going on?"

"No" He really didn't want to tell him, not yet. His step dad may be listening even though he knew it was impossible because they were out in the open.

"Please I wanna help as do the rest of us"

"I appreciate you guys looking out for me but it's just too dangerous to let you know what's happening. I'll tell you when I think it's safe"

"Safe? What do you mean?" Max merely shook his head, not wanting to continue the conversation. "I'm not going to win here am I?" He smiled as the younger boy looked at him with that happy face he hadn't seen in a while. Max shook his head again and stared back into space again. He really wanted to tell Ray the truth but something inside prevented him from doing that.

"Max, before anything else happens, I want you to know that all of us will be there to help you. Just keep that in mind won't you?" Max nodded as Ray got up and walked away. At least he knew for sure that his friends would always be there to help him.

Ray was making his way back to the dojo when a drunken man barged past him. 'That was a bit rude' he thought. The man was mumbling to himself and he smelt real bad of alcohol. Ray turned away but then faced the man again when he heard the man mumble the name Max. He wondered if he was meaning his friend Max so he followed the guy in secret. The man continued to ignore the young teen following him and headed through the park gates.

The young male hid behind a tree and watched the smelly creature stumble along the path. Max was still seated on the swings and was oblivious to the scene before him. When the drunk noticed the young blond sitting alone he tried to make his way towards him in a straight line but was obviously finding it a challenge.

"Hey…hey, you" Max looked up at the source of the drunken voice. He nearly fell backwards as the man went to hit him. He jumped of the swing and took a few steps backwards. How had his Uncle found out where he was? Ray's eyes widened at the man's actions.

"You're coming home…now" Max felt brave about being out in the open so he decided to stand up to him.

"Make me" The man laughed and coughed at the same time. Max dogged another swing from him and took another few steps back. Even though his Uncle was half shot he wasn't slow as he proved by throwing another punch which found its target. Max fell back onto the ground and winced as his stomach was bruised. Ray saw this and wasted no time to help his friend. He pushed the middle-aged man onto the ground and quickly helped up Max. The younger male coughed and followed his friend out of the park.

They stopped a few streets away to catch their breath. "Who was that?"

"I have no idea, just a crazy drunken guy" lied Max.

"I heard him say your name and then followed him to the park when that happened. You sure you don't know him?"

"Yeah, maybe he heard someone say my name before" He wasn't about to say that, that man who tried to hurt him was his own Uncle. He held onto his painful stomach thinking that he was going to be sick. He was tired of always being hurt in the stomach.

"You ok, buddy?"

"Yeah, just feel a bit sick"

"Let's go back to the dojo" They slowly made their way back and arrived safely at Tyson's. Max sat straight down on a chair and closed his eyes, wishing the sickly feeling. Tyson and Kenny appeared from the back garden.

"Hey guys…Max you ok? You look a bit sick"

"Ask Ray, I can't be bothered explaining" They both looked at Ray who explained what had happened. They both had shocked expressions on their faces afterwards.

"You mean a random guy just came up and hit you?" asked Kenny.

"That's what happened. I'm gonna lie down, I'm feeling a bit ill" He got up and headed to the bedroom without another word. Tyson and Kenny left him and sat watching TV. Ray walked into the back garden where he found Kai sitting by himself.

"Where's Hilary?"

"Gone home" Ray sat beside him and re-thought what had happened. He looked at the young male beside him.

"What do you think really happened to Max?"

"Well, I think that was done intentionally. You can tell by the amount of scars on his body"

"Something happened just a while ago, to Max I mean" The older boy looked at Ray with interest. "A drunken man just randomly went up and started to hit Max while he was sitting on a swing in the park. Before, I heard him say Max's name and I followed him to find him trying to beat him up"

"Do you know the guy's name?"

"No, and Max say's he doesn't either but I know he's lying. The guy punched Max in the stomach and would have probably done more if I didn't stop it"

"A random guy, even if he's drunk, doesn't go up to a young boy like Max and start beating them up"

"There's something funny about that. Why won't Max tell us, he needs us to help him?"

"No…"

"What do you mean no? He's clearly upset and in pain"

"Yes, but, he feels it's not the right moment to tell us. He'll come out with the truth when he's ready" He got up and walked into the house leaving Ray alone.

"Let's hope it's before something terrible happens"

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Sorry it's short but, yip you guessed it, my head has emptied! I know you guys have things you want to appear in the story so if you DESPERATELY want a certain scene to appear then tell me. Please leave me nice reviews, thanks!