Reaching into his drawer, Jerome grabbed a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and got dressed for the day. As he pulled the shirt over his head, he noticed Mitch fast asleep in the other bed. Hmmm… Jerome grinned evilly. He quickly grabbed a marker and began to create his masterpiece upon the sleeping Bajan's face. Once he finished, he hid the marker under his bed and continued to prepare for the day, all while snickering to himself. While brushing his teeth, he heard a rustling of sheets and assumed that Mitch was awake. Jerome rinsed his mouth and heard footsteps coming from outside the bathroom. As Bajan opened the door, Jerome stood, blocking Mitch from seeing the mirror.
"Hey, I call the bathroom next." Mitch grumbled.
"Who else would be here?" Jerome joked. Obviously he wasn't in the mood for jokes yet since he just groaned and stumbled away. Oh my God! I can't believe he didn't notice! Jerome laughed to himself, but he did so quietly so the other man couldn't hear him. He opened the cabinet-mirror (the mirror is the outside of a cabinet.) so the mirror side was facing the wall. Once Jerome walked out of the bathroom, he saw Bajan fully clothed. His hair was still a mess and his eyes were a little groggy.
"After you biggums." Jerome motioned towards the bathroom door trying not to laugh. Bajan walked inside and he counted down to himself. 3…2…1…
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Mitch yelled and Jerome burst into laughter. When he walked into the bathroom to see Bajan's reaction, he saw Mitch staring at his reflection. 'Mitch Time?' read across his forehead and each of his cheeks bore a drawn clock. When Jerome looked back to Bajan's face expecting to see a smile, he only saw rage. The now angry Mitch turned around and stomped towards Jerome.
"JEROME!" He yelled in fury. Jerome stumbled backwards in surprise and tripped. He hit the floor with a loud thump and shielded himself from what he thought was going to come next. God Jerome, look at what you've got yourself into this time. Jerome thought. Then, he heard laughter…laughter! Jerome looked back up at Mitch and saw that he was cracking up!
"Hahaha! Gotcha!" Bajan laughed and helped Jerome up. "Give me a minute to wash this off before we go to class." Mitch walked back into the bathroom to wash himself off and returned soon after with a clean face.
"Ok, lets goooooo!" Jerome shouted as both of them exited the room excitingly.
"Hey Mitch, how are your burns doing?" Jerome asked as they both walked towards Introductory S7 education.
"Better, they still hurt some but I'm fine." Bajan assured his friend. Once they reached the door to their classroom, Jerome opened the door for Mitch.
"Ladies first." He snickered.
"Yeah, whatever." Mitch giggled and they both quickly took their seats. Felix's seat was empty because he was the only one to receive his power so far.
"No fair, why does Felix get to have his power first? I want my gift too!" Mark complained. He was beginning to annoy everyone with his constant complaining about not having his powers yet.
"Just calm down Mark. Ms. Wattman says that your gift comes when you're ready." Cry explained to Mark, but it didn't quiet him down.
"But I am ready! I want my power now!" Mark groaned in agitation. That's when Ken cracked.
"Mark just shut up and be patient for once in your fucking life." Ken muttered. Everyone started at him in astonishment at what he just said. Even Ken looked slightly surprised at what came out of his mouth, as though he couldn't control it.
"Ken…" Sky said
"Sorry…" Ken muttered before Ms. Sullivan began the class. It was a pretty boring class nothing particularly interesting was learned. Strangely, Ken was tapping his desk almost the entire time and looking around nervously. What the hell is wrong with him? Mitch wondered. Once the class had ended, Bajan approached Ken.
"Hey dood, is everything ok? You seem really jumpy today."
"I'm fine…I just drank a little too much coffee this morning that's all." Ken rubbed his forehead. He seems really off today; maybe he's getting sick. Mitch shrugged and met Jerome outside the classroom.
"Hey dood. We have some time to kill before we go to lunch, you wanna hang out?" Jerome asked Mitch.
"Sure, sounds good." Bajan shrugged. They made their way to the center courtyard and sat down next to each other on a bench.
"We should work on our homework before we forget like last time." Mitch suggested. Jerome turned to him with a face full of disgust.
"Work? Aw man I donz wanna!" Jerome complained. Bajan gave him a come-on-dude look and Jerome sighed "Fine". Both of them took out materials before Jerome interjected.
"Hey, I have to use the can. I'll be right back." Jerome said as he walked away.
"Suuuuuuuure dood." Mitch rolled his eyes. He was just trying to get out of doing work. Bajan chuckled lightly to himself and put his classroom materials away. No need for these to be out anymore. When he looked up from zipping up his backpack, he noticed someone smiling and staring at him. He was a thin, muscular man that looked to be Asian. He was wearing a black and red shirt and cargo pants. He was surrounded by a bunch of his friends and they were all laughing while looking at Mitch. The fuck is their problem? Mitch wondered to himself. Right after he thought that, the man dispatched from his group and approached him.
"And you must be Mitch, the guy that got beaten up by that scrawny hippie a couple of days ago." The man grinned. Bajan looked up to face him, and noticed a long scar that ran across his right cheek, most likely due to a blade.
"The fuck do you want?" Mitch asked aggressively, he had been through enough the past week and didn't feel like going through more shit.
"Oh those sound like fighting words…coming from someone who doesn't even know how to fight." The man countered.
"Hey I fought just fine against Felix that day, I only was beaten because he's a fucking fire elemental!" Bajan stood up and yelled.
"Pssshhh…why don't you prove it?" The man grinned slightly. Mitch heard someone in the man's group of friends yell, "Yeah! Kick his ass Brice!" In an instant, Brice had dropped almost completely to the ground and spin kicked at Mitch's legs so that he fell to the ground. Bajan landed right on where his burn was and he yelled in pain. Strangely enough, Brice didn't attack him at all when he was down; instead he waited for him to stagger to his feet before striking again. When Mitch was finally on his feet Brice grabbed his arm, struck him down, and pinned him on the ground with his arm-twisted behind his back (like what Saph did to Rex). He could hear Brice cackling maniacally in his ear, and this drove him absolutely insane. Mitch could literally feel his blood boiling and his heart double in speed. His eyes opened wide as he felt a surge of power course through his very being. He twisted back around so that their roles were reversed with Brice pinned on the ground. In an instant, Brice's crew surrounded Bajan and pulled him off. He tried to squirm out of the men's grip, but their iron grips were too strong for him to escape. Brice stood back up and faced Mitch.
"How tough are you now? You can't even win a 1 on 1 fight." Brice sneered.
"If it was one on one, then why are your boys holding me back?" Mitch glared back at his attacker, who signaled to his comrades to release him. Now free, Bajan raised both of his fists and so did Brice. Brice swung first and, with a huge burst of speed, Mitch dodged the attack and punched him square in the face. The blow knocked him back and Mitch took this opportunity to grab both of Brice's shoulders and knee him in the gut twice. With almost superhuman speed, Bajan spin kicked Brice and knocked him to the ground. Sputtering and gasping, Mitch could hear Brice mutter, "Get him". He turned around to see five men approaching him, but before the first could even lay a finger on him a figure came to his rescue.
"Mitch!" Bajan recognized the voice as Jerome's. Before he knew it, Jerome had blocked the man from reaching Mitch and socked him on his right cheek…hard. The blow was so intense that a dull crack was heard and the man fell to the floor unconscious.
"So you've come to my rescue yet again I see." Mitch laughed.
"Yeah buddy!" Jerome smiled, but before they could say anything else they were surrounded yet again. Instinctively, both of them turned back-to-back and prepared for the oncoming attack. When the men lunged at them, they held their ground. They created a flurry of kicking, punching, and dodging that sent people flying. Jerome could take out someone in only a few hits, but lacked the speed to dodge effectively and was hit multiple times. On contrary, Mitch was lightning fast and could dodge any attack that was thrown at him, but it took much longer for him to defeat an enemy. Eventually, the two friends had defeated all of Brice's gang and they were the only ones left standing.
"How…did…we do that?" Mitch stuttered.
"Who cares? That was awesome! We were like pow pow and they were like no please! Yeah!" Jerome was literally bouncing with excitement. Mitch laughed and looked at his watch.
"Oh shit! We need to get to lunch or else we won't get anything to eat!" Bajan and Jerome made their way to the cafeteria not saying a single word about the previous event. Where did that burst of power come from? I don't remember drinking an energy drink this morning. Mitch thought to himself as they approached their lunch table.
"Woah, what happened to you guys?" Minx asked. To be honest they both did look quite disheveled.
"Oh my God! There was a fight and…" Jerome continued to excitingly retell the story in detail. After he had finished, Saph spoke up.
"So how did you guys beat all of them? I assume that you haven't taken any formal fighting classes," she asked.
"I don't know we just sort of did it. I felt this kind of rush of power and it just sort of happened." Mitch explained vaguely.
"You know that it is possible that you two just got your powers. I mean, there wouldn't be any other way to explain it." Jake piped up and Bajan and Jerome looked at each other in amazement.
"Well, what power would it be? Fighting? That's not much of a power, you can just take classes for that." Mark muttered, bummed that two more people have received their powers and he hasn't.
"Well, they wouldn't need to take classes. It's all instincts." Pewds brought up the point.
"During the fight, I could take down a guy in only a couple hits." Jerome explained.
"And I could dodge almost everything they threw at me, but it was really hard to knock one down." Mitch clarified.
"Well, Jerome could have fighting and strength and you could have fighting and speed." Marzia said.
"Sweet!" Both Bajan and Jerome exclaimed at once.
"I'll tell Ms. Wattman so she can get you guys a tutor." Saph continued to eat he lunch.
"Tutor?" Cry asked.
"Oh yeah. Most miscellaneous people have tutors that have similar or identical gifts because there aren't enough people with the same power to have a full class like elementals do. Since you guys have fighting gifts, you'll probably be tutored by a guy named Brice since he's the most skilled fighter here and he has no students yet." Saph explained.
"BRICE?! That's the guy who attacked us! How will he tutor us?!" Jerome protested.
"Well he is an amazing fighter and the most legit choice for a tutor here." Jake interrupted. Mitch and Jerome sighed before digging into their lunches.
"So what've you been up to lately Saph? You've been talking with Ms. Wattman more than usual." Jake turned to Saph and she looked away.
"Nothing don't worry about it." She muttered and Mark turned to her.
"Saph…what's going on? You can tell us." Mark stared into her eyes and she gave in.
"Ok fine I'll tell you but not now. There are too many people around here I'll fill you guys in in Felix's room." Saph took a bite of her sandwich. The YouTubers finished their lunches and hurried over to Felix's room where they usually play videogames together. Once Cry closed the door behind everyone, all eyes turned to Saph.
"Well, what the hell is going on?" Ken asked. Saph had her eyes closed and sighed, as if to collect her thoughts before she explained.
"The only hint of civilization near here is a small village a couple of miles east. Lately, there have been accounts of…kidnapping from the village." Saph explained slowly and carefully. Everyone's eyes were wide with astonishment.
"Kidnapping? Why a small village in the middle of nowhere?" Sky asked.
"We don't know, all we do know is that all the victims are children ranging from the ages of 10 to 15. Strangely, there isn't any evidence of a struggle or that they were taken at all. Their rooms where kept completely intact and its as if they vanished without a trace. Since we're in the middle of nowhere, we have to assume that the kidnappers are here, at this school." Saph finally finished. Everyone in the room had looks of horror and surprise written all over their faces.
"So you think the kidnapper is one of our classmates?! How is this possible?" Deadlox placed his hand on his forehead. Pewds had a very uneasy feeling deep in his stomach. Could the Order…no! That's not possible! He had attended the last few meetings and everyone there was very kind. Plus, if something was going on he would have been told since he seemed to be of interest of Sebastian. Felix shook the thought away.
"Me and Ms. Wattman have been trying to find out who it's been, but every time we get close we hit a dead end." Saph sighed frustratingly. "I'm gonna go…" she began to walk towards the door.
"Wait!" Mark reached and grabbed her wrist before she could leave. Since she has been working with Ms. Wattman lately, they've been seeing less and less of each other. Frankly, he missed her. She turned back to him with a look of sorrow in her deep emerald eyes.
"Sorry Mark I have to go." She pulled away from his grasp and left. Mark knew that it sounded so cliché, but it felt as if she took a part of him with her. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see Yami standing beside him.
"Sorry Ma'k. It's gonna be ok." Yami weakly smiled at him before Mark pulled away and left. The rest of the Youtubers left. None of them were in the mood to play videogames.
Thanks for reading! I'm sorry that I haven't been uploading lately. I've been super busy lately with schoolwork and to be honest this chapter wasn't my favorite. But I'll try and work more on the story, and I'm also beginning another story now so if you want to you can go check it out! Love you guys! Bye!