Chapter 3 - Classroom Massacre and Aftermath


Brandon's fifteenth birthday had come. Back in Brightburn, Fauxhawk and Royce were sharing the same class at Brightburn High. Anyway, they were in their home room that day.

"Well, today's the day, Royce," Fauxhawk addressed. "Breyer would have been fifteen if it hadn't been for his suicidal mother."

"I know, Fauxhawk," Royce agreed. "But at least we can respect the kid we once bullied on this birthday of his, and apologize at his grave after school."

The second bell rang, and the entire class took their seats. As they did, Brandon hovered by the window.

Royce suddenly felt a chill when the home room teacher took roll.

"I feel some sort of presence here," he thought in fear. "A presence that I haven't felt since…"

He noticed the window, and Brandon. The alien's eyes glowed an angry red.

"Wait," he realized, shuddering. "Breyer?"

Brandon's eyes were still glowing.

"It… It can't be!" Royce shouted, getting up. "He's supposed to be dead!"

The other students and the teacher took notice.

"Whoa, what the hell?!" the teacher said, shocked.

The glow in Brandon's eyes formed into lasers that shot through the classroom window, glass shattering everywhere. Fauxhawk and Royce flew backward toward the room, screaming.

White suddenly filled the room, followed by the sounds of blood splattering.


Royce got up after a moment, hash marks on his arms. The room was completely dark.

"What just happened?" he said, as Fauxhawk also woke up.

They noticed the classroom windows were all broken. Blood was on the shattered edges. More blood was shown splattered all over the walls.

"Oh, dear God," Fauxhawk shuddered. "Our whole class is dead."

The two survivors were horrified to see the lifeless bodies of their teacher and fellow students.

"This is a nightmare," Royce shuddered to Fauxhawk in total horror.

"Hello, Royce, Fauxhawk," the voice of Brandon got their attention. "I've come home."

The two slowly turned their heads to him, still horrified.

"Breyer?" Fauxhawk addressed, still shuddering. "Did… you… do all this?"

"Don't fret, you two," he replied, tossing the decapitated head of one of their classmates to them. "You'll soon join the rest of your class."

Fauxhawk and Royce backed into a corner, cowering and hugging each other.

Brandon's eyes glowed red again. The red glow got so bright this time that it filled the room.

Fauxhawk and Royce screamed bloody murder as the glow shone on them. Their bodies flew backward again before they were engulfed into an orb of light along with the dead bodies of their teacher and class mates. The orb then exploded, leaving nothing behind. Brandon had just killed Fauxhawk and Royce, as revenge for bullying him.

He then heard the sound of a teenage girl shuddering outside the classroom. He turned to see that it was Caitlyn. She had what appeared to be a metal glove over where her right hand used to be.

"Brandon?" she addressed. "Is it… is it really you?"

"Hello, Caitlyn," he greeted. "Aren't you going to wish me a happy birthday?"

Caitlyn did nothing but run off. She didn't get far, however, as Zarbon and Dodoria blocked her path.

"What's the matter, young lady?" Dodoria asked, crossing his arms.

"Aren't you going to say hello to Sub Viceroy Brightburn?" Zarbon added.

Caitlyn backed away from them.

"Who the hell are you two?" she asked.

"Why, they're Frieza's bodyguards, Zarbon and Dodoria," Brandon answered, coming out of the classroom. "They are members of a planetary trade organization known as the Frieza Force. And as the Force's sub viceroy, I go by 'Brightburn' now, after the Earth town I was raised in. And as of this moment, as my birthday gift, the world is not only mine to take, but also Frieza's to conquer."

"Who…" Caitlyn gulped. "Who's Frieza?"

"That would be me," the Emperor in question replied, descending on his hover chair before her. "And as of this moment, Earth girl, you and the rest of your surviving townspeople and schoolmates are my slaves."

Caitlyn cowered in front of the reptilian humanoid alien.


Author's Note: Some of this chapter has combined elements from the first episode of the Deadman Wonderland anime and an episode of Dragon Ball Z, where it is revealed that right before Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta, he also wiped out King Vegeta and his footmen.