Did the last chapter disturb you all? Good.

This chapter continues right after the last chapter, because today is an eventful day for the Recess kids.

Side note, I know it said two chapters ago that TJ had his hat taken away and then the last chapter mentioned his hat falling off his head. Well you all remember that one episode when he and Gretchen had to do a project together? There's like a three second scene where we see in his closet that he had like, four more hats. So he basically took one of those. Okay?

Ah, if you think last chapter was epically dramatic, then wait until you read this one! I make like, two references in this chapter. Can you spot them?

Read on!

Walking down the halls back to class, TJ smiled to himself as the students in his path moved out of his way. Whether it was because of what he did to the little kindergartener, or if they were afraid he would to that them didn't matter him. All that mattered was that they finally learned not to try and do anything to him to try and get revenge. Pausing outside of the classroom he looked around for those who were whispering behind him, and once he spotted them they quickly shut their mouths. Once the silence was reestablished he continued his way into the classroom and sat at his desk.

While TJ continued his day satisfied with the student body knowing exactly what he was capable of, the students (or at least the one's he pasted on his way to class and the ones that were in his class) were dumbfounded. Why was he still allowed to be in school? He almost dropped someone off the roof! He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the school! But he was still there, sitting in class with his feet on the desk acting as if the whole event didn't take place at all.

Half of them thought he absolutely had to crazy to do what he did. It was one thing to play pranks on them; at least they were the same age and were able to fight back. But a kindergartener? A five year old? That was just cruel in every sense of the word! It was unanimous that he deserved to be punished, but they all knew that whatever they did to him, he would strike back twice as hard. So there wasn't really anything that they could do except hope that he would stop on his own.

The other half was trying to figure out a way to convince their parents to transfer them to another school solely to get away from him.

Sensing eye's looking at him, TJ turned to the rest of the class seeing that at least ten other students, including three of his ex-friends, looking at him. When they saw him looking back they quickly redirected their attention to the front of the class.

'Today,' he thought to himself as he faced the front of the class. 'Is a good day. A very good day.' Everyone had finally gotten the message that they didn't stand a chance against him. If only they had gotten that message sooner and he wouldn't have done what he did only an hour earlier. It wasn't as if he didn't try to warn them that he would strike back, but they just kept pushing it and it led to that. It was their own fault in his eyes. Yeah, he told principal Prickly that he supposed it was only half his fault, but that was just it get him off of his back. He truly believed it was everyone else's fault; they brought it on themselves for not heeding his warnings, and they had to learn. They just choose to learn the hard way. But he still didn't plan on dropping the little girl.

Content with the outcome he folded his arms and let out a light chuckle, gaining the attention of those around him. Too happy to care, he let them stare at him in confusion.

~*~SECOND RECESS~*~

Ignoring the mix of heated glares and terrified looks sent his way, TJ headed to the old abandoned playground for a safe, secluded area away from everyone else. The fear of kindergarteners hiding out their didn't faze him; if any of them were hiding out there, once they saw him they would head for the hills as fast as their little legs would allow. But no one was there to pose a threat. Sitting on the old and rusty roundabout, he pulled out the few things he was given by the older kids in the back alley.

~*~MEANWHILE~*~

"You want us to do WHAT?"

In a spot on the playground away from the others, especially TJ, King Gordy had ordered his former friends to come to him for something that he regard as important to 'playground security.' Due to the guards that were used to bring them to the spot, they didn't have much of a choice in the matter. So they went. As soon as they were there Gordy had told them what he wanted them to do and they were appalled to say the least.

"Watch him," King Gordy repeated. "See what he's up to, but stay out of sight. He'll do something crazy if he catches you!"

"What makes you think we want to spend our recess doing surveillance on him?" Spinelli angrily asked King Gordy. "It's recess and we want to play!"

"You're not going to be able to play with him around," Gordy said back. "You don't have to watch him the entire recess, just enough to get an idea of what he's planning so we can at least try and avoid it. It's not like I'm asking you to stop it."

"What's in it for us?" Vince asked him.

"Immunity from any and all punishments from me," He said. "The dodgeball wall, swirlies, all of that is off limits for you guys if you do this."

"Sounds like a good deal to me," Gus whispered.

"Okay," Spinelli said. "You have a deal."

"Good. I'm glad you see it my way. Now my guards saw him heading towards the old playground. You might find him there," Said Gordy. "You all are doing something great for the playground. We're all thankful."

"Yeah, whatever. Just make sure you keep your end of the deal." With that the group walked away from the king and his guards and started to walk across the playground to their new destination. They had hoped to do anything but this for recess but fate had other things in mind for the five of them. Once they reached the bushes that marked the edge of their playground and the old one they began to crawl through the bushes to minimize the risk of being seen. When the old playground was in sight they approached as close as they could while staying in the bushes and not being seen. As soon as they settled down they could see TJ on the roundabout kicking the ground to make it spin. He was holding something in his hand and a thin line of smoke was coming from the tip. From their spot on the ground the five onlookers couldn't make out what it was, but whatever it was they thought that it had to be whatever was making him act strange.

He was giggling, more than when they were in class, and h almost fell of the roundabout more than once. Once he finally did fall he laughed at himself and got back on the spinning device. Seconds later he brought what was in his hand to his lips and took a very deep breath and it was then when the five spies in the bushes knew what was going on.

"I know you guys are out there," TJ yelled with a drug-induced slur. "I may be high but I'm not stupid. Come out of the bushes."

"What are you doing with that stuff, Teej?" Gus asked as they all came out of the bushes. Don't you remember when those people came to our class last year and told us about drugs?"

"Yeah I think so," He said pushing the roundabout to spin. "Drugs are bad, M'kay? Something like that. So what's your point, Griswold?"

"His point is you're not supposed to have it!" Spinelli snapped at him. Ignoring her, TJ stepped off the spinning wheel and inhaled another long drag after turning away from them. A few seconds later he turned back around to face them with a twisted smile on his face.

"Hey Mikey," He hissed with a giggle. "Do the truffle-shuffle!"

"….What?"

"DO THE TRUFFLE-SHUFFLE!" He couldn't finish his last sentence without falling to the ground laughing. "I've been wanting to say that for forever! But seriously, get out of here before I do something to the entire playground!" Grudgingly, the five of them began to walk back to the playground, leaving him alone. After he was by himself he laid on the ground, watching the clouds go by.

~*~AFTER SCHOOL~*~

Slamming the front door shut to his house, TJ tossed his backpack into the corner and walked into the living room. Once the high wore of he was more than aware of the smell that clung to his clothes, and because of that he knew that there was no way he could walk up to his room without being noticed, so he decided to face the punishment head on. He figured his parents would be in the kitchen once he arrived home and that was his new destination when school was let out. Reaching the living room, he could hear his parents talking and decided to listen.

"It says here in the brochure that the people at Diamond Ranch are certified at rehabilitating their students," Mr. Detweiler said. "It says they're experts at making kids behave."

"But its two states over," Said his mother. "I don't know if I feel comfortable sending him that far away, even if they can help him…."

"They have plenty of councilors available around the clock. And he would be more than able to keep up with his school work and do and ton of other things to keep him out of trouble. It's a certified academy and it seems a lot better than boot camp."

"I'm still not sure about this," Said Mrs. Detweiler. "I think we should wait until the next school year to sign him up."

"So they're planning on sending me away," TJ said, standing up from the couch. "That's fine, I hate it around here anyways…." Without giving his parents a chance to know that he came home, he left the house.

~*~LATER~*~

"The Diamond Ranch Academy, huh? Isn't that place two states over?" Principal Prickly said as he cleaned his gutters and TJ watched from below.

"I guess so," TJ said. "They said that they want to send me there next year."

"I don't blame them. That place is notorious for making kids behave," He said stepping off the ladder. "Then there's the substance abuse program; don't think I can't smell the marijuana on you. But I still don't think that's going to help any."

"But they don't understand that!" TJ said as the two of them went inside the house. "Doesn't matter anyway. After a week they'll send me home with a note saying that they give up."

"I actually agree with you with that." For the next few hours the two of them sat in the living room trying to find something on TV to watch. After the first five minutes they were trying to figure out exactly why there was nothing good on. It wasn't the weekend; there should be something on. Finally they found a very old episode of the Power Rangers showing and settled on that.

"Hey Principal Prickly, can I tell you something?" TJ asked once the commercials came on.

"What is it, Detweiler?"

"I think I might be the antichrist," He said. Seeing the confused expression on his principal's face he took that as a cue to continue. "I've been feeling like this for a while now. It would make a lot of sense wouldn't it? I think it might be me."

"Detweiler you are not the antichrist," Said Prickly. "You're doing bad things, but you're not that bad."

"It's just that I have this fascination with fire. Look," he paused, taking out the lighter in his pocket and flicking it on. "I could stare at this all day and not get bored. It's so small and weak now but all it needs to do is jump and it'll be the most powerful thing in the world, and even then people still depend on it. It kills people without mercy but they still worship it without question. I love it. Doesn't that sound like something the antichrist might say? Then there's this birthmark I found on my head…."

"You're reading way too much into this," Principal Prickly told him, grabbing the phone. "What kind of pizza do you like?"

"Pepperoni please."

~*~THE NEXT DAY~*~

Since coming up with pranks was suddenly out of his ability (Whether it was temporary or not was up for debate) TJ spent his time in class looking at what captivated him the most: the little flame coming out the lighter. While the teacher wrote on the board with his back turned he flicked the lighter on and off. The smoke that came from the flame caught the attention of those around him. Looking over they watched in horror as he fearlessly played with the fire between his fingers. He stared right back at them with a glare that said 'mind your own fucking business.'

When the bell rang for recess he headed out to the same place he spent his time yesterday: the old abandoned playground. But before he crossed the line between the current playground and the old he paused waiting for a sign of his former friends to come and bother him. He took a long and stress filled drag of his last gift from the older kids he heard footsteps approaching him.

"I swear to God if you guys don't leave me alone I'm going to light the school on fire so you won't be alive to bother me anymore," He said out loud.

"You wouldn't really do that would you?" MIkey asked him. Without giving him and answer, TJ walked through the bushes in an effort to get away from them. Luckily for him they didn't seem to be following him. Laying down the ground he made it a goal to ignore any subsequent bells signaling the time to return to class.

~*~IN CLASS~*~

Instead of paying attention to the lecture being presented in front of them, the students in the sixth grade class was focused on something else. Sure, the lecture was important and the teach even said that everything being said would be on the test Friday, they didn't deny that at all.

But there was an overpowering smell of smoke quickly filling the class.

Soon the teacher noticed and opened the window, thinking that it was nothing and the smell would go away. That idea was put to rest when smoke started to come through the bottom of the door and the loud sound of the smoke alarm rang. All the students rang to the door but when it was opened the massive amount of smoke make it impossible to see past the door frame, so they rushed to the windows which was being used as an exit from the other classes as well.

The teachers made them gather outside of the fence circling the school to do a head count of all the students as the fire trucks began to arrive. Soon the firemen were aiming their fire engulfed school. The sound of a few ambulances approaching filled the air for the students that were hurt from the blaze.

"What the hell happened here?" Turning from the scene unfolding in front of them, the students watched TJ as he came out of the bushes the lead to the old playground. "That's a really big fire…." He said with a smile, watching the school fire being extinguished. "Like really big. Too bad I missed everything." Grabbing the wire fence he climbed and carefully made his way over the barbed wire at the top and hopped over the edge. "Guess this means school's out, huh?" Despite the looks sent his way he walked down the street unfazed.

Burton's Disney Princess: I'm so sorry you have school for two more weeks! I would be going crazy if I was you, but that's mostly because I can't stand my roommate. I'm glad you like the pranks I came up with; I thought they were pretty lame but you reassured me that they aren't! :)

RandallXSpinelli: I read Where the Skeletons Lie (which is a really good story by the way. It made me mad though how they didn't tell the truth from the beginning and how like almost everyone blamed TJ even though he wanted to tell. I was ENRAGED!), but that's not the one I'm talking about or the one where Butch is cutting himself (I'm so glad that one finally got updated). The one I was speaking of is called The Magazines and it's in the M section. It's disturbing, but IT'S SO GOOD LIKE REALLY. I highly recommend it for everyone. Typing this response actually reminded me of the story that inspired me to write Fit for a King.

Donna Nnov: I went through a phrase of looking up mental disorders! :D it was just so interesting! Yes, in the real world he would be put in a strait jacket and tossed in a white room :) But it's not real life so I have free reign of what happens. So I have a question for you since you're the closet thing I have to a mental expert. From the way I'm depicting him, do you think TJ is a psychopath? Your answer may just change the outcome of the story! :D

Jasmine Ann Snape: He called him his sons name for a reason but he hasn't quite realized why yet. And there is a really big reason why.

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