Chapter 10
Slade laughed cruelly as he finished reading Friday's morning newspaper. It seems that Miss Amber Rhodes had accepted Wolverine's offer for a special date. He felt a sense of pride that pride and dignity just because it caused his ex probably grief or anger. He put down the newspaper as he went to get his morning coffee. A cup of coffee was going to make his daybreak pure perfection. Slade rolled his eyes as he saw his younger brother frantically running downstairs. What's with him, he wondered as Jagger fell.
"Did you hear the news?" asked a distraught Jagger, "She really went on a date with him. It's sickening." Jagger truly passionately hated Slade's only male friend in possibly the world. Jagger usually detested who were sickly obsessed with anything that he found trivial which explained why he secretly despised his brother, but he never had the ability to leave his older sibling.
Slade smiled deviously as he poured the brown liquid into his mug. "Of course I know," he said casually in response, "I mean I did set them up. Oh, I didn't tell you that." He grabbed a banana and sat at the table to eat his breakfast. He looked at his frustrates younger sibling who was drink his brown coffee without mixing cream or sugar into it.
"You son of a bitch," Jagger muttered trying to contain rage. "Why would you do that? It isn't going to change anything or how you feel…" He jumped back in fear as Slade arose like a demon from the pits of hell. Sometimes, the middle child often forgot that Slade had a terrible temper.
"What do you mean how I feel?" Slade demanded through his shouting. "Why the hell would I feel anything for her besides hate?" He bit off part of the banana in his mouth and chewed it as if the fruit was as tough as piece of overcooked steak and then took a swig of his coffee.
Jagger thought he isn't going to do much besides fuss at me. I'm his lawyer, and with all these lawsuits he needs me. He murmured hoping that Slade would hear him, "There's a fine line between love and hate." He put on his poker face as Slade's face turned ghastly white.
"What…why would you ever say something that?" Slade barked, "It's Amber dammit! Why would I ever love anyone that dumped me? She's a bitch." He watched his brother smirk in a self-proclaimed victory. Slade said to himself that's just impossible. I wish people would realize that already.
"Because you are still attached to her, you spend all your time attempting to piss her off. You want her to speak her mind against you because you miss that. I know you, Slade. You are just trying to forget her. You never will because even though she dumped you, you know it was your fault and that she didn't want to. You chose Wolverine for her, to perhaps make her run back into your arms. You do love her maybe as much or more as I used to," Jagger said stoically as Slade threw the banana peel into the white plastic garbage bin. The second to oldest brother noticed his brother scowling.
Slade turned around his white wife-beater clinging to his broad muscular body. "I think you're mad. Trust me; it's nothing like that at all. We're rivals, and I will do anything to bring her down," he snarled making Jagger shudder. What does he know about me? This is plain ridiculous thought the owner of Princeton corp. This was beginning to be a horrid day.
"No," replied Jagger, "You just don't realize it yet. I'm sure bringing her down means bringing her…" He felt a sharp pain crush overwhelm his pale face. He rubbed his cheek from where Slade had just slapped him. Typical Slade, always resorting to violence he mentally scoffed.
Slade looked at watch. He looked up and smirked "And you fail to realize that you dated her as well. So why did she dump you? Were you just her rebound boy?" He stalked away as his brother frowned. As he went to go upstairs to get changed he heard Jagger say words almost inaudible.
"What did you say?" barked Slade cruelly. Jagger ran over to meet his brother's gaze unwilling to back down from the challenge. What is he thinking? Please, tell me he hasn't started doing drugs or something stupid Slade thought although he misjudged his brother's character greatly.
Jagger raised his voice and snapped, "I may have been a rebound boy, but I wouldn't have if you didn't screw up what you had with her. How was that my fault? You just failed and lost all chance of hope. One day, you'll break down and because you screwed up, she'll laugh as you fall." He brushed past Slade to get into his standard dress of a black suit and tie.
Slade followed his brother then sharply turned to his room. When he opened his closet and pulled out a dark grey suit, a white collared shirt, and dark grey tie with no sheen. He had to admit, everything had changed since Amber had left. He closed his eyes as he trying to forget that night.
Flashback
"Slade, I told you, I am not going to help you," Amber growled standing up from her computer chair. "You're wasting time and your money. How is getting rid of Duel Academy going to assist you in world domination?" She turned her back on him. Her sister Alexis loved Duel Academy and was very happy even though she was a freshman at the academy. How could she allow anyone to take that away from her?
"Why not," Slade asked trying to convince his girlfriend to assist him, "You even said you didn't want the world belong to the most powerful duelists, that it wasn't fair to the people who didn't play a child's card game." That was something that Slade knew she couldn't protest. Eventually, she would join him in his quest.
Amber stated fatly, "Easy, I have two siblings that go to that school. At least duelist running the world would be better than having a moronic monarch controlling the world." He felt somewhat betrayed by his girlfriend who was supposed to support him in all his plans.
"So," Slade snapped, "Chazz goes there as well. He got beat by a stupid kid in a red jacket. I could use that island to build a place to build weapons." His mind wandered to all the possibilities that awaited him if he possibly succeeded.
Amber stood up tears rolling from her eyes. Slade looked shocked and wondered what was wrong with her. "Is controlling the world all you care about?" she screeched. "Is making weapons going to do anyone any good?" Her current boyfriend stood up as he put up his defenses.
"Oh so some students dueling are better than building something countries can use!" he said sarcastically unaware of how irate Amber was becoming.
"Those kinds of weapons kill people in mass numbers, and yes those kids are going to outlive us! They should be able to do what the want to do!" she retorted fiercely. Slade rolled his eyes. How could she not understand what he was trying to create?
"You will help me," he said grabbing her wrist and pulling her towards him, "So Ally has a chance." He saw fire grow within her eyes. He felt her wrist escape his grasp. He looked at her.
"No, I won't. You're a control freak who doesn't give a crap about anyone but yourself. You don't even care about Chazz's happiness. Well, Ally does have a chance, but you don't. You used to be cool, but you've changed for the worst. It's painful for me to witness this," she began shaking her head, "I don't want this. I can't watch this. I want you gone."
"Are you breaking up with me?" Slade asked shocked. Three years ago, she had willingly accepted to be his girlfriend. He always knew that she had a strong sense of loyalty.
"It's over Slade. While you are like this, I don't want anything to do with you." Amber's voice echoed through the room.
End of Flashback
Slade started shaking in anger or agony. Ever since then, he had been alone. Even the model his public relations manager made him go with didn't do any good. She was annoying and so was the whole charity event. It was too late for regrets, but it wasn't too late to get even. The whole Wolverine deal suddenly wasn't a good enough plan. He suddenly was at a loss for plans. He shook his head trying to rid his thoughts of her. He had to get to work. He needed to keep a firm hold of his company to keep himself sane.
Mew Kazurinu: Well, so now you know, that Slade's attempt to close duel academy the first season was how they broke up. I hoped you liked the chapter. I'm sorry it took so long to update. Well, keep a lookout for chapter 11.