Chapter: 3 An Embassy Collapsed, As Do Friendships.
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Hunter felt like he was being watched so, instinctively, he reached for the knife in his pocket as heard footsteps approaching. He turned around and it was only Naomi and Emily. He dropped the knife he had been edging out of his pocket back in.
"Hey, Hunter, come walk with us." said Emily while they giggled. Hunter rolled his eyes discretely and faked a cool smile. "Sure." he said smoothly as he walked with them.
Both girls wrapped their arms around one of his and walked him somewhere he really didn't feel comfortable.
The Mall!
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A few hours later, Ulrich was in the forest comforting Yumi. He smoothed her hair down as she cried into his shoulder. 'Why would someone want to disrupt
the Russian Embassy?' though Ulrich as he tried to sooth Yumi's crying. Ulrich hated seeing her cry. "Yumi, if I could have taken your fathers place, I would have." whispered Ulrich as it started raining.
Yumi stopped crying into Ulrich's shoulder and looked up at him. She hugged him tightly and both of them looked like a couple of drowned rats. "Come on Yumi, we'd better get back before we get expelled." said Ulrich as he helped her up.
Ulrich and Yumi walked into their writing class all soaked. Fortunately, they weren't the only ones. Hunter was dripping extremely and he looked even worse than Yumi and Ulrich.
"What happened to him?'' laughed Yumi. Emily and Naomi giggled through the story. "Well, we went to the mall and met some rude college boys. They kept hitting on us when we were with Hunter. He fought them and actually won, but, one of the boys managed to push him into the fountain!" They all started laughing.
"I hate you all." Hunter mumbled darkly as raindrops dropped from his white hair. Naomi smiled and grabbed a towel and started to dry him. Emily got up and went to her seat next to Theo when the teacher walked in.
"Okay class, you will use the rest of the period to write poems, I expect them to be ready by next week, and no copying from Shakespeare, Mr. Della Robbia!" Odd smiled goofily.
Hunter looked down at the paper and pen that Naomi had given him while she tried to dry his hair. 'A poem...what was that again?' Hunter thought trying to remember.
"Hey, Naomi, what's a poem?" he whispered. "A poem is when you write something that rymes(sp? duh lol.) and expresses yourself." Naomi whispered back, dangerously close to his face as she started to pat his cheek with the towel.
Hunter felt himself shiver but thought about what she said.
He wrote down his poem.
Hate...
A
simple word with a powerful meaning,
A meaning of detest, dilike,
mosity…
Such a word that is not meant to be used so much,
Yet
it is used by many…
How those words sound so bitter if said by
someone,
Yet feels so good when you say it to someone you
despise…
To say it once,
It feels so nice…
He felt Naomi brush his other cheek with the towel. His hair was still wet. 'Guess she hasn't noticed that yet...' Hunter thought. "Nice poem." Naomi whispered, again dangerously close.
"Thanks." he said as he felt another shiver. "Oh, poor baby, I almost forgot." whispered Naomi as she ran the towel through his wet hair.
Hunter exhaled deeply and watched Naomi put the towel down and write her own poem.
I
walked on the sidewalk,
Looking at the ground...
I then saw a
ball roll in front of me,
But then it rolled into the street...
I
soon saw a child run after it,
Not noticing what was to
come...
(Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzz!)
Crash...
My eyes grew wide,
I stood there
silent...
The vechile that made the sound stopped in front of
me.
The child's body was limp...
Blood painted the spot clear
red...
I then heard screaming,
(No!No!This can't happen!)
And
then fallen steps with tears...
The mother of this child wrapped
her arms around him,
And sobbed...
I just stood there and
watched the whole thing happen,
From beginning to end...
I
never helped,
Or at least I never tried to...
I should have
though,
I should have...
Hunter stared at the poem. 'Well, that was weird...' Hunter thought as the happy Naomi put the paper in her bag. She looked at him and smiled and he smiled back before looking at his paper again.
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As Hunter slung his bag over his shoulder at the end of class, he noticed Theo and William staring at him. He shrugged it off and walked towards the courtyard.
He sat beneath a tree again and Emily and Naomi sat beside him. "So, Hunter, did you have a girlfriend in Antarctica?" asked Naomi, a little nervous.
Hunter was thrown off by the question. "Girlfriend...that meant love right?...I guess not..." "Uh, no, I didn't." Hunter said. Naomi and Emily giggled again. "That's really getting annoying...'' Hunter thought.
Before any of the girls could say anything, William and Theo interrupted. "Hey, punk, that's my girl!" shouted Theo as he stood behind Hunter. Emily narrowed her eyes at him.
"I am not your girl, I can talk to Hunter if I want to." she retorted as Hunter got up. Theo pulled his arm back to hit Hunter but just as he flung his arm forward, Hunter ducked with inhuman or animal speed.
Hunter stood upright again and smirked at Theo. He lifted one arm and held up two fingers. Theo looked at Hunter's arm in confusion. Hunter moved his arm in a circle as Theo followed it.
Hunter then jumped up and did a spinning kick that sent Theo into William and both of them into the ground. Theo's nose was bleeding and William and Theo took off. Hunter noticed everyone was staring at him.
He just tugged on his silk vest and walked away.
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Ulrich walked Yumi home. "Yumi, I'm really sorry about what happened." said Ulrich for the fifth time. Yumi smiled at him. She had gotten over it a little bit with Ulrich's help.
"Hey, Ulrich, want to stay at my house for a bit, my mom's not going to be home for hours." Yumi asked, blushing. Ulrich blushed and said, "Sure." They walked through her door and soon the fun began.
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A man sat in a chair, tied and bound, under one bare light bulb. There was a table and another chair. The man slowly gained consciousness and looked around. He struggled to get out of the chair but failed.
He got his right arm loose, but he was bound by chains not rope. "I see you've awaken...Mr. Stern." said a cold voice. The owner to that voice approached the light.
It was Hunter. "What...do..you..want..with..me...?" asked the man in the chair. Hunter sat in the chair in front of the man and leaned forward. "I want to play a game." Hunter said after a while.
Hunter laid down a photo. It held a young boy, around the age of 14. The man's eyes widened. "Why...do...you...have...that...photo...?" he asked straining against the chains.
Hunter laid down five more photo's. One held a girl, around the age of 15. "Well, their all part of this game." Hunter said darkly. "You see, all of them, and you, have something in common. I guess you won't find out until you meet them, but, I'll tell you one thing, Stern, if you even think about escaping, you'll find it very impossible." Hunter then cut the chains in a swift moment, with his hand.
The man stiffened, but got up and tried to hit Hunter. Hunter ducked and swung at the man's head with a baseball bat. The man went back unconscious. Hunter picked up the man and slung him over his shoulder like he was a rag doll.
"Those who don't appreciate life, don't deserve it." Hunter spat out as they room went dark again.
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The next morning, Hunter woke up in his dorm. He smiled to himself as he walked towards the showers and bathed in cold water.
He put on his black pants and his silk shirt that revealed his chiseled chest. He rolled his neck from side to side and smiled. He walked into the cafeteria and met with Naomi and the Lyoko gang.
Ulrich's cell phone rang and he excused himself. He came back minutes later with an alarmed face. "Whats wrong, Stern?" said Hunter with a cruel smile.
"My dad's been kidnapped or something..." Ulrich said a little shocked. "Are you sure he didn't just walk out on you?" sneered Hunter. Ulrich's face contorted in rage as he slammed his fist into Hunter's mouth. "Damn! This boy's quick...' thought Hunter as he fell backward rather slowly.
He hit the ground and felt great pain in his back. "Dont you ever, EVER, say that about my dad!" yelled Ulrich as many people crowded around them. Hunter just stayed on his back and smiled a bloody smile. At that instant, Yumi and Aelita walked in to see the scene that had unfolded.
"Ulrich?" shreiked Yumi as she ran over to him. "This boy's fucking whipped..." thought Hunter as he stood up with the help of Naomi.
He spat out blood at Ulrich's feet. "Ulrich, why did you hit him?" asked Yumi. Ulrich told her everything that happened and what Hunter said.
Hunter stumbled a bit. Yumi looked at Hunter and did what most girls would have done.
She punched him in the nose, sending him back onto the floor.
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Hunter woke up still in the cafeteria. It was hours later and nobody bothered to move him to the infirmary. He lifted a hand and touched under his nose. He brought back half dried blood.
He studied the blood. Red as a rose, yet as flowing as water. Hunter, curious, tasted the fresh blood. Taste like, cold, solid metal. Hunter stood up and walked out of the school.
He went to a water fountain and washed away all the blood from his face. He watched as the crimson substance went down the drain in a spiral.
Hunter walked around the school for some time until the students filed into the courtyard. Naomi and Emily tended to him at once. "Oh, Hunter, are you okay? Are you hurt? Do---" Naomi shut up at the look on his face.
"Where is Stern." Hunter asked. Well, more of a command than a question. Naomi pointed to Ulrich and his friends emerging from the classroom.
Hunter brought his knife out. "Yo, Stern come here!" he yelled as he hid his knife. Ulrich walked over to him, anger very clear in his face. "What do you want?" Ulrich asked through clenched teeth.
With one swift movement, Hunter stabbed the knife into Ulrich's heart. "That." He said simply as Ulrich fell back and everyone started screaming. Hunter knelt down beside Ulrich as he coughed up blood.
Hunter's hand encased the blood drenched knife. Hunter then wrenched it out of Ulrich, causing him to scream in pain. Ulrich bled heavily. "ULRICH!" screamed Yumi as she ran over to them.
Hunter just wiped off the blood on his knife onto Ulrich's shirt and walked off into the dark forest.
"Ulrich, Ulrich, I'm right here." soothed Yumi as she knelt beside him. "Some one call an ambulance!" screamed one kid. "Call the cops, that boys a murderer!" yelled another.
Ulrich stared into Yumi's face before giving into the dark...
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AN: Well, that was a good chapter, at least I thought so, r/r or the boy gets it...
