Chapter: 3 Bullies.
Italics: Jake's nightmare.
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Jake walked out of the library, with Naomi on his arm, with a big smile. He walked over to Ulrich and Naomi ran off to find Emily. Ulrich had a big smile on his face too.
They sat down on the same bench and the smiles never left their faces. Odd and Jeremy walked towards them. "Hmm, unless I'm mistaken, those stupid grins on your faces mean you two just got kissed, am I right?" said Odd. Jake and Ulrich just numbly nodded.
Jeremy and Odd laughed. They heard some shouting and looked towards the source. Theo and William were crowded around Aelita. "Wow, that hair must really be fake!" said Theo as he and William laughed. Aelita was on the verge of tears. "I know, it looks so stupid!" said William.
"Well, I think it's cool!" said Jake from behind Theo. Aelita looked at him and so did her bullies. "Oh, that right, Stern? Well, what do you think of this?" shouted Theo as he
attempted to punch Jake. Jake dodged it rather fast. Theo just brought up his fists in a fighting pose. He struck his fist at Jake again. Jake dodged it again with inhuman speeds.
William attempted to tackled Jake from behind as he ran at him, but Jake just jumped up and did a backflip while William collided with Theo. Theo pushed William aside and started trying to hit Jake again.
Theo flew his right fist at Jake and Jake blocked it with his. Theo attempted to hit Jake with his left fist, but Jake just grabbed it and wrenched it. Theo screamed in pain. Jake then brought his right fist back and hit Theo in the face.
Theo fell back and sat up holding his nose. "Jesus, Jake, you really are a freak!" said William as he helped Theo up and ran with him. Jake narrowed his eyes and then turned to Aelita. "You okay?" he asked. Aelita just nodded.
Jake felt like he was being watched so he looked around. Every student was watching him now. Jeremy, Odd, and Ulrich had their mouths open. Jake just grabbed Aelita's hand and walked her over to Jeremy. Everyone went back to what they were doing.
"Don't listen to what Theo and William said Aelita." said Jeremy as he walked her to her dorm. Odd and Ulrich continued to gape at Jake. "Dude...you just fought William and Theo...your...your...AWESOME!" yelled Odd. Jake smiled.
"Jake, how'd you like to be on our soccer team, Julien hurt his knee so we need a new player." said Ulrich. "Okay." replied Jake as they walked to their dorms.
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"No way? He did? That's awesome! Too bad Naomi's snagged him first!" This was what every girl was saying the next morning.
As Yumi walked to school, Emily greeted her. "Yumi, you should have hung around after school, it was awesome!" Yumi looked at her confused. "Why, what happened?" the Japanese girl asked.
"After you left, Theo and William were picking on Aelita, and Jake fought them both!" Emily gossiped. "Did he get hurt?" asked Yumi, worriedly. "Hurt? Theo's lucky he didn't kill him!" said Emily as she rushed to Sissi.
Still confused, Yumi made it over to her friends. "What happened yesterday?" asked Yumi. Out of nowhere, Millie and Tamiya came up to her. "Here, we got it on tape!" said Millie as she held the camera up to Yumi.
It played the whole fight, from the bullying to Theo's ass whooping. "Wow..." said Yumi after it finished and the two reporters went on their way.
"Jake, you were really fast." said Odd for maybe the millionth time. "Maybe you could help us win the upcoming match." said Ulrich. Jake nodded.
"Okay, it's time for art class." said Jeremy as they headed over to their class. Jake stopped and put his hands to his head and shouted out in pain. He didn't even remember falling to his knees.
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Jake was in the Hermitage and he sat at the dinner table at breakfast. Franz Hopper and little Aelita sat on the other side of him. Jake was about 14 like he was now. Aelita must have been only 10.
"Jake, you need to suppress your anger." said his father, Franz. Jake held a spoon in his tightly clutched fist, as it began to shake. "WHAT GOOD HAS THAT DONE BEFORE!" Jake thundered while breaking the silver spoon in half.
Aelita, scared by this outburst, started crying a little noisily. "Jake! You've made your sister cry!" scolded Franz. Jake seemed to calm down. He jumped up from his chair and wrapped his arms around Aelita. "I'm sorry, shhhh, don't cry." he said into her ear softly. Aelita seemed to stop crying as she hugged Jake back.
She let go and Jake returned to his seat. "If your mother were here--" Franz started but got interupted by Jake. "SHE'S NOT HERE, DAD, BECAUSE SHE'S DEAD, AND YOUR THE REASON SHE DIED!" yelled Jake as he set off to school after slamming the door.
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Jake's eyes snapped open and he shot up, still sitting. He was on a cold hard bed in the nurses office. His shirt was gone and his face and chest were covered with sweat.
He wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand. His breath was shaky and rigid. The nurse came in. "Oh, good to see your up, Jake." said Yolanda.
"Was happend?" Jake asked. (What happened, duh, lol.) "Your friends said you just passed out. Though, why, I don't know." The nurse explained.
Jake's breath seemed to become less tense. "Do you feel good enough to go to lunch?" asked Yolanda. Jake checked his silver watch. He'd been out for four hours.
"Ja, Danke." he said while getting up. (Yes, thank you.) Jake put his shirt back on and walked toward the cafeteria. He entered it and sat down beside Ulrich.
"Are you okay, Jake?" asked Yumi, concern in her eyes. "Hängt davon ab, wodurch Sie o.k. meinen." Jake said. Yumi looked confused. "What did he say?" she asked Ulrich. "He said, depends on what you mean by okay. Jake you don't have to pretend here." Ulrich said.
"Was meinen Sie, geben vor?" said Jake confused. Jeremy sighed. "Uh oh." Jeremy said simply. "Jake, what's my name?" asked Odd. Jake looked at him and said in perfect German, complete with the accent, "Sonderbar." (Odd.) Yumi looked intently at Jake. "Jake, are you okay?" she asked.
Jake shrugged. Then without much warning, Jeremy's laptop started beeping. "Uh oh, the super scan's detected a tower, Xana's awake again!" exclaimed Jeremy.
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AN: I know, I know, a little short, not much of a cliffy either. R/R!