Enigma

Julius Thoughts

As I sat there in my room, the bounty of questions that had savagely trampled my mind like a door mat had erupted in a sea of confusion. The colors of purple and gold so boldly flashed across the school halls deterred me not.

I wondered……

Do I belong here? Has my parents legacy gotten me this far, or have my own skills achieved this monumental accomplishment?

I wish I knew their feelings, I wish I knew their reactions; I wish……I wish they were still around to answer those questions……

My mind has created the ultimate weapon of mass destruction, and it has greatly pleased the head master. Yet ironically, that fear has never once taken a single step in my wandering thoughts, not even for a second.

No, only one thing remains on my mind, one question that not even my soul can truly answer or explain……

Why……why……why does that beautiful, pink haired girl haunt my thoughts, my dreams, my heart?

Why……why……why indeed……

A knock came to the door, the young boy known only as Julius turned to open it. The shadows gave birth to the black and red, beetle dressed girl, bowing before the strange boy. "Excellent timing as always Scarab" Julius said. Scarab smirked as she admired her black beetle nails, replying charmingly "Naturally, here's the information you wanted on Jinx". The name caused the boy's eyes to flash, the name already intoxicating him.

Julius sighed aloud "Jinx, what a charming name, it's almost haunting". The beetle girl Scarab simply frowned, disgusted with her friend's curiosity towards the grey skinned sorceress. The information Scarab had gathered was thorough to say the least. Photos, surveillance scans, audio clips, grades, combat statistics, even private background information. Julius examined the photos and files on his large bed; he read them over a large silver suitcase.

Scarab grinned "Is that what I think it is?", Julius shook his head "No, these are schematics for my weapon prototypes. The one you're referring to is hidden, I'll be delivering it to Brother Blood shortly. But right now I have a class to attend". The strange boy stood up from his bed and adjusted his dark lab coat like outfit, walking past Scarab towards the door. "What kind of class?" Scarab asked, Julius raised a photo of Jinx to Scarab's eyes.

Julius smirked "The important kind, research".

At class……

Several super villain students had gathered in a large mess hall, the chairs were packed from every angle and available spot. Sitting in the 3rd row was Julius, admiring the pink hair of his beloved obsession in the first row. Sure, Julius knew he could have easily obtained a front row seat, "But then how could I see if my heart has been blinded or simply confused?" he thought. Across from Jinx were her two faithful team mates, Gizmo and Mammoth.

An elderly, grey haired old man with thin blue glasses entered the class room. The man had a dark, ugly green sweater on, with dull tan pants and dark brown shoes. The old man carried a long black cane with a diamond top in his right hand. "Listen up now my duckies, class is now in session so bloody SHUT UP and pay attention. I'm your instructor, Mad Mod" the man said. Many students were familiar with his encounters involving the Titans.

Mad Mod continued "Your head master thinks you're nothing but a bunch of lazy wankers, so it's my job to scrub you lolly gagging lads into proper evil doers. There's nothing I hate worse then a unruly little snot, so let's try and keep our knickers clean and unruffled now shall we?". As the class went by, Julius found his cryptic purple eyes shimmering upon Jinx. He was well versed in Mod's curriculum, and it was clear that Jinx was not as fortunate.

The grey skinned girl struggled hard to write down Mod's lessons, jotting nervous scribbles of ink into her journal. Gizmo growled a bit as he noticed Julius staring at Jinx. "What are you looking at sludge snot?" Gizmo scowled. THWAP! Mad Mod angrily bashed his cane over Gizmo's head, the boy winced and rubbed his bare skin scalp. Mod frowned "No talking while teacher is talking, I may be old but I can still hear jolly good well".

Jinx giggled and Julius ears lit up at her whimsical sounding laughter, he stared at her and smiled. The girl weakly returned the grin and got back to her studies. The boy grabbed his dark hair and ruffled it with frustration, another series of mind games and questions consumed his thoughts. Julius mentally groaned "What the hell is going on here? Why did I smile at her like that? Her science grades are terrible and she's getting a D in this class.

Yet I'm staring and listening to her every movement like some sort of pervert. I've got to get a hold of myself" the boy silently said to himself. The loud clanging of the class bell shrieked to life. Students closed their books and started to head out, Julius purposely stayed behind until Jinx decided to leave. "I think I need my head examined" Julius said to himself. The boy stepped down the steps, purposely taking his time and walking slowly.

The timing, the caution, Julius was actually waiting for that slim window of opportunity that was rapidly approaching. Julius was waiting for the chance to talk to Jinx. The time approached where Julius and Jinx's paths would cross. Nervous laughter escaped Julius as he said "Pretty tough class huh?", Jinx looked to him with a bit of tension and weakly nodded to him. Julius persisted "Pretty amusing stuff back there, with Gizmo and Mod and".

Jinx projected another false smile "Uh yeah, good stuff, see ya". Julius hanged his head down but not in shame, in deep, deep curiosity. This was a boy who would not lie down and let defeat rule his life. Julius was a thinker, a scientist, a genius, and even as we speak, he was calculating his next strategic move. Meanwhile, Jinx was following Gizmo and Mammoth towards a hallway. The trio then stopped and gave their individual reports.

Silently they talked……

"What took you so long, we a got job to do" Gizmo whined, Jinx sighed "It was nothing, really, just some weird student, no big deal". The three were all getting very worried about their mission. They had been searching through countless students, and so far have come up with nothing. Mammoth groaned "Man head master is gonna barbecue us into mystery meat". Jinx nodded "This isn't helping us, we've got to find this spy or it's our butts".

Gizmo crossed his green suited arms "So far all the students in the science labs check out, with one gunk eater aside, there all pretty clean". The brainy brat was referring to his classroom rival, Pinball. A young gravity and mechanics whiz that has been bullying him around for a while. Jinx added "Spell studies and all dark charm sessions check out too, no suspicious activity". Mammoth shrugged "Were bad guys, were all pretty suspicious".

The sorceress refused to give up, again she continued "That's no excuse. Head master is psychic so he's not the kind to get bad leads, there's a spy among us and we've got to find him or her". For a few minutes the 3 students pondered, trying to think of who the most likely subject would be. Gizmo smirked "Hey, what about that snot munching suck up, Stone?". Jinx was taken back by that, her grey cheeks revealing very nervous blushes.

"Him? W-w-w-what's so suspicious about him, he doesn't seem that strange" Jinx said. Mammoth scratched his furry chin "That guy is pretty strong, sure showed us up at combat practice". Gizmo's neck veins bulged, shouting angrily "EXACTLY, that's practically full blown proof. That rock headed chump was probably trying to make us look bad on purpose. Why else would he act mushy to Blood? Because he's pretending to be a newb".

Jinx frowned "I think you're brains gone all mushy, I think Stone's kind of a cool guy. Everyone's talking about him. And if he really was a spy, he wouldn't have bothered making such a big splash in front of the head master". The muscle bound Mammoth nodded "She's right, what kind of spy draws a crowd on his first day?". But the little mechanical midget was clearly not going to be persuaded into listening, Jinx and Mammoth sighed.

Gizmo snapped back "A stupid one, that's what, but if you crud heads trust him so much why don't you initiate him or something". The pink haired girl smirked and eagerly nodded to that little idea. As the trio continued to talk and scheme, another student was also doing a little bit of scheming. A voice could be heard coming from a doorway near by, the three listened to the voice. Jinx pressed her ear to the wall and said "Listen, it's him, it's Stone".

"They're working on some kind of class project. No details yet, but sounds heavy"

Another voice could faintly be heard, emanating from a communicator like device.

"Believe me, I don't plan on sticking around"

"Well what do you know? It's the head master's scrum-buffing pet" Gizmo said. Jinx and Mammoth followed right behind him and confronted Stone. While the trio interrogated the stone skinned student, Julius walked past the hallway just as the trio had begun to question Stone. A silver suitcase was in the boy's left hand. Julius had been summoned by Brother Blood himself. The head master's door electronically opened for Julius, and then closed.

Blood smirked "I hope your enjoying your accommodations young Julius, I wouldn't want someone of your family's reputation in a common dorm room". Julius said that they were fine, and that he was eager to show Blood what he had been carrying in that silver case. "This kind of work comes naturally to my family sir" Julius said, "Please let me see it" Blood said. The boy lifted the suitcase and opened it up to Blood's stunned, widening eyes.

Brother Blood grinned"Marvelous, absolutely marvelous. Our class project has finally arrived".

To be continued……