Chapter 2,
'Constantine are you paying attention or what?' I look up from my doodles in my Russian work book. I say nothing. 'Well what are you doing?' The teacher asks again in Russian. 'Not paying attention.' I say in perfect Russian. 'If you are so bored why don't you teach?' He says annoyed. 'I think my Russian is too good for that and I will steal your spotlight if I would do it!' His mouth opens. 'Also I'm bored indeed! And I found out you are taking Mr. Holloway in the ass. I don't judge though.' My teacher becomes a tomato and he doesn't know what to say. I told you: my gift is awesome! 'Constantine, leave this class and never come back!' He says. I smile, grab my stuff, and walk away. 'Thanks' I say in English. When I leave the classroom everybody whispers and laughs and the teacher screams in Russian they have to shut up.
'I heard gossip!' Mallory closes the door of the ladies room. 'What did you hear?' I ask dryly while splashing water in my face. 'You told the Russian teacher about Mr. Holloway!' I giggle. Word goes fast around here. 'Yes I did...in Russian!' We laugh loudly. 'Seriously Constantine you better watch your back' she warns me. I smile and we walk towards the climbing training.
I watch how the teacher climbs the wall. I see the movements and I take a run towards it and start to climb. The teacher smiles as I pass him. I reach the top and help him up. 'Well done Constantine you can climb down now, and next time use the safety cables.' I smile shyly and climb down the ladder. Mallory congratulates me and giggles. Suddenly she changes her attitude. I look behind me; and of course Raymond is standing there. 'Really Mallory, he isn't interested in you please stop being his pet dog.' I say while rolling my eyes. 'Shut up Constantine, he likes me but he doesn't know it yet' Just before I can say anything the teacher calls Mallory that she has to climb the wall with Jeremiah. Raymond jumps next to me and changes back in his human form. 'Really? You had to be a show off?' I ask him. 'Of course, what else do I have to do with the beast inside me?' He shows his muscles and I sigh. 'Serious how old are you? 12?' He looks angry at me. 'Who jumps on that wall without safety cables? It's not I'm going to safe every time!' 'SAVING? I DON'T NEED SAVING!' We look angry at each other and I see his eyes changing in bright red. 'Yeah what are you going to do Raymond? Change in that beast and eat me?' I dare him. I know it's dangerous but I don't care. Stupid macho dude. 'You two! Knock it off!' We look at Mrs. Flemings, our fight teacher. Her eyes are yellow and look sharp just like an eagle. 'She started it!' He says. 'I don't care! Knock it off or fight in the cage!' I hear the others calling and whistle: Fight! Raymond grabs my thick black braid and drags me towards the cage without saying anything. I scream because my hair feels like being pulled out. 'Let me go bastard' He throws me in the cage and closes the door behind him. Trisha locks it with her gift and smiles nasty. 'I am totally rooting for you , honey!' She says while winking.
Suddenly Raymond kicks me in my belly and I collapse and try to breath. He howls like a wolf. When I stand up everybody starts to scream. Raymond's eyes change back in bright red. 'Okay you want to play it that way? Let's play!' I make a summersault and like a feather I stand above his shoulders. I let myself hang over his shoulders and use all my weight and power to let him fall down. He hits the floor but quickly recovers. He rolls away from me, jumps up, grabs me by my butt and neck and throws me against the cage wall. I stand up, kick his right leg 3 times, grab his arm and turn it behind his back. I kick him in his kneecaps so he falls over again and this time I hit him 2 times in his face. He screams and I see how much he is trying to keep the beast calm inside him. But I don't care anymore! Actually killing mode is on! I hit him again and again. 'Constantine!' I hear my name but I ignore it. Then, with a brutal force, I get slammed against the cage wall: Trisha. 'Enough!' the teachers yell. They both walk into the cage and check the wounds of Raymond. 'Class dismissed, Constantine wins, now everybody leave.' Trisha lets me go and I walk away.
After this fight Raymond didn't look at me anymore. Actually he ignores me now. But why do I care? 'Constantine?' I look around. 'Yeah I'm in the shadows. Listen, come to the training-room at 12 tonight.' 'But why?' I ask but of course Jeremiah was gone already.
It was 12.30 P.M. and I am still waiting. Out of boredom I climb the ropes and make acrobatic movements. Where is Jeremiah? After 15 minutes waiting I was done and walked towards the ventilation where I came from. Before I could climb in I was pulled back. I kicked the person behind me and fall on the ground. I look up and see Raymond with his hands on his nose. Is this his new trick? His revenge for beating him in one on one fights? 'Piss off Raymond!' His eyes turned red and I really wanted to leave this room without fighting. 'You both stop!' Jeremiah appeared behind me and helped me up. 'You guys are sometimes so childish!' We both blush. 'I'm glad you're here though.' He smiles at the both of us. Before I could complain against him my mouth shuts as does Raymond's…Leila. She has this special gift to shut their mouths. Like your lips get glued together. 'I wanted to talk about something with you guys, please sit.' Jeremiah says. But I refused, I wanted to have my right to speak again! Raymond grabs my shoulders and pushes me on the ground. THANKS MACHO DUDE! I look angry at him but listen eventually. 'I want to escape…with all of you…And I have a plan but I need to know if you guys are in or not…'
The next day I had interrogation training. They blindfolded me and my hands and feet were held together by ropes. 'Miss Darrow , I will ask you immediately, where is this facility?' I smile and keep my mouth shut. What does he know of a facility when I haven't said anything? I know he will hit me because in some cases people want to know things badly. I hear him taking a step closer and I duck on time. As fast as I can I throw the ropes of me and hit him in his balls. Yes I already made the ropes loose! I free my feet, grab the chair and hit him with it. He screams of agony when I break his legs. The sound of the cracking bones gives me an adrenaline kick! 'Constantine STOP!' someone yelled. But I didn't. I felt my anger rising and the only thing I could've think of was escaping. 'Constantine' the same voice called. I snapped the neck of the "officer" and ran towards the door. Two guards pointed their gun. My brain started to work and I kick one of them on his kneecaps so he falls down. I catch the falling gun and shoot the other in his head. 'We have a code red over here!' I hear the voice yelling. Every guard and doctor I see, I shoot. But before I could make my next kill someone shoots me with a small injection. I try to aim but everything went slower and everything felt heavier. I fall down and someone catches me.
I am paralyzed.