Now we get to see Seth and Austin getting an after-school brawl and it goes superviolent!

Chapter 7: Witnessing

It was after school and Seth and Austin were walking home and not long after they exited the campus, they were surrounded by those twelth grade punks that beat up Jojo and Horace came by and pushed them down. Seth got up and asked, "What do you want from us?"

"We came here to mess with you." Horace replied, menacingly.

"Why?"

"Because if you think you're gonna stick around in this school you're pretty much asking for a death sentence."

"For what?" asked Austin.

"For one thing-we hate emos. They're always miserable and they look, talk, dress and act so stupid like they don't care."

"What makes you think we're one of them?"

"Are you that stupid? It's obvious that you two look the part and we really do not tolerate dealing with them, because they're anti-in crowd."

"Look, we don't want any trouble. All we wanna do is just go home."

"If you can make it in one piece."

The boys picked them up and shoved them to the ground. Six of them body-slammed on Austin and punched him dead-on. Seth came in to save him, but Horace dragged him with his legs and gave him a heck of a beating. He slugged him in the face and kicked him in the stomach hard. A little blood came in his face and in his mouth as well and Horace clobbered him down and rolled around the floor, instantly grabbing his neck.

Seth tries to break free, but Horace kicks him down and bit his hand. Seth screamed in pain and Horace grabs his heck and squeezes it so he could completely black out. Seth was choking like crazy and slammed him down on the ground. The others surrounded Austin, beat him down with a stick and also with a metal iron, bashing him on the stomach and also in the arm. One even punches him in the face and slams his head with a baseball bat. Austin falls down on the ground and then, one picks him up and sprays pepper spray on his eyes. Austin screamed in total pain as he got spreayed.

All of sudden, Marcus sees the entire thing unfold and sees both Austin and Seth in pain, surrounded by bullies harming him further. It was very serious and he stops them immediately.

"Hey! Leave them alone!" Marcus screamed.

Horace looks up and asked, "Who's gonna make us?"

Marcus yanked Horace's shirt-collar and punched him straight in the mouth and throws him down and he lands on all the other bullies in the ground. All of a sudden, the entire scenario drew a small crowd and all of the students were shocked to see both Seth and Austin viciously attacked. Misty, Caitlyn, Jojo, Mike and Cody went in front and Jojo asked, "What happened?"

"Austin and Seth were beaten up by these guys." Marcus answered.

Suddenly, Caitlyn recognizes one of these boys and sees Horace lying down there. She walked up to him and asked, "Horace...you did this?"

"I did...for you." Horace answered.

Then, she sees something in one of the boys' pockets and is shocked to find pepper spray in one of them. She gasped and asked, "You used pepper spray on both of them?"

"I did it to Austin. And I choked on Seth."

She sees Seth lying there, the spray stinging his eyes a little and Caitlyn looks at Horace and asked, "What were you thinking?"

"I was thinking to get these emo punks out of this school and also to save our school and also our relationship. It's best for you, anyway."

"No. It's best for you. Horace Marion Campbell...we're through." Caitlyn said, angrily.

She throws the can down on the ground and went in to comfort both Seth and Austin. She looked at both of them and asked, "Are you guys okay?"

Austin looked banged up and said, "No..."

"What is going on here?"

Just then, the assistant principal comes in and Marcus said,. "I saw these guys beating up both Seth and Austin. They were literally beating the crap out of them."

Then, he looked at Austin and sees that his eyes were closed. He asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"He got pepper sprayed." Caitlyn answered.

"Pepper sprayed?"

Then, the assistant principal notices Horace carrying pepper spray in his pocket and that surprised him a lot. Then, he sees all of the other bullies carrying tire iron and a baseball bat to beat up both Seth and Austin with. He said, "Get up, all of you and head over to my office."

Horace gets up along with the others and follows him to the office. The crowd suddenly desperses away, leaving Jojo, Caitlyn, Misty, Marcus, Cody and Mike in the sidewalk with Austin and Seth. Cody sighed heavily and asked, "What do we do now?"

"Should we take them home?" asked Marcus.

"Looks like we should."

With that, they all brought Austin and Seth home and as soon as they got there, their father came in the door already seeing both of his sons brutally beaten down. He quickly went up to them and asked, "What happened?"

Marcus came in and said, "Some of the bullies at school beat them up. One of them used pepper spray on Austin's eyes and one squeezed Seth's neck and it almost made him lose air."

"What?"

Seth groaned heavily and said, "It was really bad."

"Come inside the house."

Seconds later, his dad laid Austin down in the bathroom floor, got a washcloth, rinsed it and squeezed it on his eyes. The water eased the stinging and Austin suddenly opened his eyes with red all over. Austin panted heavily and sees his father standing there. He asked, "You okay, son?"

Austin groaned heavily and said, "I think so."

"How did this happen?"

"Me and Seth were walking home when these guys surrounded us and beat us up for no reason. This kid Horace thinks we're emo and they don't like it, because it's just the way we are and then...he grabbed my neck and strangled it and then, he sprayed my eyes with pepper spray. He did that while some others beat Austin down...with a baseball bat and a tire iron." Austin explained.

His father seemed shocked that this happened to them and gave him a huge hug and whispered, "I am so sorry this happened to you."

"Marcus saw the whole thing and stopped them."

"It's a good thing too."

Austin and his dad went downstairs and saw the others sitting there. He sat down and said, "Listen, I really appreciate you all coming in to take them home after being they were being messed up by those jerks."

"No problem, Mr. Zuckerman." Misty said.

"We just moved back here from WhatCity just recently and we were hoping that they wouldn't be bullied in high school. But it happened today, didn't it?"

"Yes, sir." Austin said.

He looked at Cody and Mike and said, "You boys became best friends with both of my sons."

"We still are." Mike said.

"Sorry to hear about the loss of Alex."

"It's cool. We got through it really well."

"You're Jojo McDodd, right?"

"Yes, sir." Jojo answered.

"My name's Corey Zuckerman. My sons has told me a few things about you and you seem like a nice person."

"I am. It's hard to deal with people like that, because they want to mess you up so badly, because you are what you are."

"Thank you all so much for taking them home."

"You're welcome."

"I'm gonna call the school and tell them about the situation."

"The assistant principal took them to the office already."

"That helps."

Just then, the phone rings and Corey answered it and said, "Hello?"

"Am I speaking to a Mr. Corey Zuckerman?"

"Yes, who's this?"

"This is Mr. Trent Grayson from Whoville High School. We've got a few students who have been beating up your sons and one of them used pepper spray on one Austin Zuckerman. That's considered a crime to bring dangerous weapons in this school and we take that very seriously here. We're calling all of their parents to tell them about the situation and we will make sure this does not happen again."

"Thank you so much. I am so sorry that this had to happen."

"Don't worry about it. Both Seth and Austin won't see them around for a long time and we will make sure no one bothers them anymore."

"Thank you."

"Have a good day, sir."

"You too."

He hung up the phone and Corey sighed heavily and then, turned to the others and Jojo said, "Well, thanks for your time. We'd better get going."

"Okay. Thank you all."

"You're welcome."

All of them left the house and Mike said, "Nice place, by the way."

"Thank you, Michael."

"Nice meeting you again."

"Likewise. Tell your folks I said 'hi'."

"Yes, sir."

"See you guys tomorrow." Cody said.

"Bye." Seth said.

As soon as they left, both Seth and Austin went in their rooms and try to forget about the entire situation, but they felt as if the bullying won't stop because they're new here. Corey sighed heavily and sits down on the couch, trying to wrap his mind around the fact that this really happened to his sons. He couldn't think about moving out again, because it'll be hard on both Seth and Austin. He's hoping that with friends like them, they'd feel more comfortable being a part of their inner circle.

Austin was laying down on his bed in his room and Corey came in the room and gave Austin a big hug. He whispered, "I'm sorry, son."

"Don't be. It's over."

Seth came in and saw Austin and his dad hugging and he decided to join in as well, so his dad turned around and saw Seth coming in and hugged him too.

"I love you boys. I'm just glad that you guys are okay."

"So are we." Austin said.

That was dramatic! Glad it worked out in the end! Stick around for more!