Losing Control / 17

Squall's POV

My head hurt like hell by the time I opened my eyes, and to make things worse, I realized that I was in an unfamiliar place. I did, however, remember Jake's face, before I passed out.

I knew Jake hated me. He made sure my life was a living hell, but I didn't quite realize that he hated me THIS much; enough to kidnap me apparently. I didn't see what the point was though. It wasn't as if I had parents who would pay him a whole wad of cash for my release. He really, truly, is an idiot.

I tried to stand up, but failed miserably, thanks to the damn roped binding my legs and wrists. It was too dim for me to figure out where I was, but my guess was that it was a storage room I was stuck in. My life is just so damn peachy.

"Oh, and the sleeping princess has finally awoken from her deep slumber."

Without even a glance, I knew the owner of the voice.

Jake.

"Scared yet?"

I turned my head a little and saw Jake watching me with a jeering look. I simply glared at him in response.

"Squally-boy. You never learn, do you?"

He chuckled lowly as he pulled something out of his pocket. Truth be told, I was a bit afraid of what he was planning to do with me. He had stabbed me once already, so I didn't see what would keep him from doing something worse.

"You see this?"

He asked, still in his jeering voice, as he flickered a butterfly knife in his hand. He pushed the blade against my left cheek, but not hard enough to draw any blood. I could feel the cold metal surface against my skin, and I was shaking inside, but I refused to show him any sign of fear. I knew he could use it against me.

"Yes, it's a knife."

I decided I might as well act witty if I was going to be hurt later.

"Good, Squall. And do you know what it can do?"

I swallowed visibly and averted my attention to elsewhere. I stared at the empty can before me, trying to ignore the blade trailing down my face.

"Jake, no scarring...yet."

Now, that caught my attention. At first, I thought I was hearing things, but as soon as I saw a pair of legs appear before me, I knew she was actually there.

Rinoa Heartily.

This was getting ridiculous. Not only did my relationship with Seifer get crushed, I was kidnapped by the notorious bully, and to top it off, Rinoa had a part in this also.

"Well, well, Squally. Funny how things turn out, isn't it. Too bad your Seifer isn't here to save you. Oh wait, I forgot, you two aren't even talking to each other anymore."

"Shut up."

"What did you just say??"

She asked in a shrilly voice, her eyes flaring up in humiliation.

"I said, SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

I didn't give a flipping shit if I was going to be killed later. Right now, all I wanted to do was to beat both Rinoa and Jake into unidentifiable pulps.

Expectedly, a swift kick was delivered to my stomach as soon as I was done with my dialogue. Compared to how much my heart was aching, it didn't even hurt a bit.

"Hmph, Squally, you're jealous that I can have Mr. Almasy and you can't."

"Too bad you'll never have him."

"How dare you! Ha, don't worry, I WILL get him. You just wait and watch."

"You can't –"

Before I could finish my sentence, there was a loud banging noise. It seemed like someone wanted to get inside the storage room, or wherever I was at. A bunch of Jake's little crew opened the door, revealing a tall figure.

I squinted to get a better look, and saw the one person I wanted to see at the moment.

"...Seifer..."

"SQUALL! WHERE IS HE?"

He shouted loud enough for the entire neighborhood to hear. Rinoa and Jake walked over to him, both with triumphant smiles on the faces. Jake snapped his fingers, and soon enough, a group of high school students were surrounding Seifer.

Seifer's POV

I could not believe that I was in this situation right now. Everything was like a bad soap opera. Here I am, surrounded by a bunch of high schoolers, every single one of them with a death wish. It took all my will power not to beat the living shit out if them. Did they honestly think that they could intimidate me, let alone land a punch?

"You must be Jake"

I asked to the guy standing next to Rinoa. Rinoa. I will deal with her later.

"The one and only."

All I wanted to do at the moment was to wipe that damn smirk from his face. He sure got on my nerves. I didn't see how anyone could stand watching his face for more than a second.

"Where the fuck is Squall?"

"What a potty mouth. And a teacher too!"

Now, he was really getting on my nerves.

"Don't fuck with me. I'm going to ask you only once more. Where is Squall?"

Jake frowned for a brief moment before returning to his smirk.

"Right here with us. But before that, we have a to meet."

"I don't do meet conditions, I just do whatever I want to do...and right now, I suggest to just let go of Squall, right now, right here. Pull any shit, and I will make sure that you don't see another living day."

"The more you aggravate us, the worse it is for our Squally here."

"Apparently, words don't work. How about I break your neck instead to get my message across?"

I knew I wasn't being very teacher-like, but did I give a damn? No, not really.

Before I could land a decent punch right into the bastard's face, the damn princess decided to speak up. I really did not need to hear her voice right now.

"Mr. Almasy, trust me. You don't want to do anything stupid."

"No, trust me, YOU don't want to do anything stupid."

Rinoa's eyes flared up as she gave me a dirty look. We had a short glaring contest before Rinoa flung her hair back and stared at her nails.

"Well, if you're not going to listen to me...Jake?"

I followed Jake's movement as he walked over to a figure huddled by the wall. Why did I miss this? I just knew it was Squall huddled over there. Before I could run over there, I heard the sounds of guns cocking.

The hell?

Before anything registered into my mind, a bullet whizzed pass my right ear and pierced the wall before me. All I could do was stay completely still, frozen with shock.

Was that a BULLET that just passed by?

I turned around slowly, and to my expectation, four students were pointing guns at me. Damn, and I thought there was better gun control.

"...Sei....fer?"

I whirled around at the familiar voice and saw Squall's stormy eyes staring into mine. Everything seemed to stop as we stared into each other's eyes silently.

"...Squall..."

"Aww, how cute. Sorry to ruin your little reunion, but we really need to get going soon."

I almost forgot Jake was standing right behind Squall.

"Let go of Squall."

Before Jake could say a word, Rinoa stepped up.

"Mr. Almasy. Here's the deal. You go out with me, or Squally boy here gets it."

All that registered into mind was her words and the gun pushed against Squall's back.

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Ahh...school starts soon...and I really do NOT wanna go... -- hmph...