Chapter 54: Electric Shock

"Hey Cowboy!"
Max turned to face the voice, painfully. The fire at the back of his
neck still flared up every time he moved. When he saw the owner of the
voice the corner of his mouth turned up. "Hey Lil', how's it goin'?"
He asked.
She touched a long fingernail to his nose. "Not bad, but you never
called me when you got home from the hospital. I'm a bit
disappointed." Her lower lip pouched out and she looked up at him with
big eyes.
"Sorry kiddo but the Prof. grounded me when he found out I got suspended
and there is no sneaking behind his back," Max said.
Lilly sighed. "So someone can tame the bronco," she said.
"He cheats."
"Uh-huh."
Max continued his journey toward the double doors of the school; he did
not want to stay one more minute in the prison. Lilly followed him.
"Max, I have to tell you, you look terrible."
"Gee thanks," Max said. "That's normally the effect getting hit by a
car has on a person." He raised his voice as they passed Duncan and his
minions. Duncan's blond eyebrows met in a V and his mouth flattened
into a thin line.
"So Trask, do you make it a habit of jumping in front of people's cars
and destroying them?"
Pain burned his jaw as Max clenched his teeth. He's not worth it, he's
not worth it, he's not worth it. Max repeated over and over in his
brain. He shoved his left hand in his pocket to stop himself from doing
something he might regret. The electricity tingled at the ends of his
fingers pleading with him to let it loose, but he continued walking.
"What, you don't got anything to say Trask? No wise crack comments?
Huh? Come on you wimp!"
Max turned to face Duncan. For a moment he just stared at him. The
tingling built up stronger and stronger in his hands until he thought he
might electrocute everyone in the room. But he just pushed Duncan up
against a locker and held him there. "Be careful Duncan, you don't have
your car to hide behind right now."
Duncan grinned but Max saw his pupils get smaller, he saw the fear. If
his father taught him anything he taught him how to read fear in other
people's faces. Duncan was about to wet himself.
Max chuckled, then grabbed Duncan's neck. "The next time you do
something like that, to me or anyone else, you'll have about a million
kilowatts of electricity sent through some vital organs in your body,"
he said patting Duncan's face. "Don't think that's a threat, it's a
promise."
He turned and walked away.
Lilly smiled at Duncan and hooked her thumbs in his belt loops. "Merry
Christmas."