The sun rose on Tuesday morning. Elias got out of bed & got dressed before going downstairs to eat breakfast. As he was eating he was thinking about the previous day & what went on.
"I still feel really weird about yesterday. I feel powerful over my actions but I feel guilty about the consequences of them. The confusion about this feeling is driving me crazy" thought Elias as he finished his breakfast & made sure that he had everything he needed for school that day. As he got on the bus he noticed that all 6 PAW Patrol pups were driving behind the bus as if they were following it to school. All of them were even dressed in their uniforms. Elias knew that they were on a mission but he didn't know what it was.
"It must have something to do with school. I wonder what the emergency is" thought Elias as he got on the bus & took his seat. As the bus pulled up to school Elias noticed that the pups had also stopped their vehicles & got out. As he walked inside to get his stuff for 1ST period he walked by Alex. Elias tripped himself up as he walked by.
"WOAH" yelled Elias as he fell over.
Alex turned around to see Elias on the floor. Before he could ask what was going on he saw Elias get to his feet staring at him in anger.
"You did that on purpose. I know you did" said Elias.
"What are you talking about? I haven't done anything" said Alex.
"DON'T LIE. I'M NOT STUPID YOU KNOW. DON'T ACT SO INNOCENT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID" yelled Elias.
"That's enough Elias" said Chase as he & the other pups walked over to where Alex & Elias were standing.
"What do you guys want?" asked Elias.
"We're here to stop you from bullying Alex. If you try anything we'll make sure to stop you before you can do what you plan to do" said Marshall.
"I'm not a bully. Why is everyone saying that? It's not my fault Alex is causing trouble for me. I swear everyone should just leave me alone" said Elias as he walked to class.
"Are you OK Alex?" asked Chase.
"Yes I'm alright. Elias fell over & accused me of doing it. I didn't even know he was there" said Alex.
"Don't worry. He won't be doing anything to you while we're here. You're safe with us" said Marshall.
"Thanks PAW Patrol. I better get to class. I'll see you guys later" said Alex as he went to class.
Nothing happened until recess when Elias walked by Alex & his friends. Elias tripped himself up again.
"WOAH" yelled Elias as he fell to the floor. Alex & his friends turned to see Elias on the floor in front of them.
"Seriously Alex that's the 2ND time today you've done this. Why are you messing with me?" asked Elias.
"He didn't do anything. You're tripping yourself over" said Julius.
"Don't cover for him. You're stooping to his level by doing so" said Elias.
"Leave them alone Elias" said Rocky as he & the other pups walked over.
"You need to stop bullying people or nobody will hang around with you" said Rubble.
"I can't believe you guys are so blind to what these guys are doing. It's their fault I fell not mine. You shouldn't blame the victim for something they can't control" said Elias as he walked off.
"Are you guys alright?" asked Rocky.
"Yes we are. I really don't understand why he's doing this" said Justina.
"I don't know either. This isn't like him at all. Hopefully we'll be able to figure out his reasons for this behaviour" said Rubble.
The next incident happened at lunch. As Elias was walking by Alex's table he tripped himself up once again & got food all over himself.
"WOAH" yelled Elias as he fell to the floor. Everyone in the cafeteria watched the scene unfold. Elias stood up with fiery rage in his eyes.
"WHAT THE HELL ALEX? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?" yelled Elias.
"He's innocent. You did that to yourself" said Precious' Owner.
"WHY WOULD I DO THIS TO MYSELF? I THINK I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. THIS IS ALL A PLOT TO GET REVENGE ON ME FOR WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY" yelled Elias.
"Elias stop playing the victim. You're doing this to yourself. Alex didn't even see you there. There's no way he could've done this" said Skye.
"She's right. I don't know why you're doing this Elias but it has to stop. This has gone too far" said Zuma.
"I don't have to listen to any of you. I can do what I want & you can't stop me" said Elias.
"We can" said Ryder as he & the other kids stood up & walked over to where Elias was standing.
"This behaviour is unacceptable. You know better than this Elias" said Ace.
"I can't believe that you're lashing out on innocent people for no reason. You've completely changed. It's like you're a completely different person" said Carlos.
"You're not being cool by doing this. You're just being a jerk" said Danny.
"Can't you see that you're pushing people away by acting like this? Nobody will want to be your friend if you keep doing this" said Katie.
"You should be ashamed of yourself. I don't know where this bad attitude came from but I'm fed up with the way you're treating other people. Your parents must be really upset with you" said Ryder.
"My parents don't know anything about this. Angel almost told them but I managed to cover it up" bragged Elias.
"Well they'll find out sooner or later. It makes me really sad to see you treating innocent people so badly. It makes me want to find a new owner" said Angel.
"I'm the best thing that ever happened to you Angel. Without me you wouldn't be alive anymore. You are such an ungrateful pup. I've been there for you for so long & now you want to leave? You're not going anywhere as long as I have a say in it. In fact I'm going to put you in a muzzle for a week for your disobedience" said Elias.
Angel growled loudly at Elias.
"HOW DARE YOU GROWL AT ME LIKE THAT. DON'T EXPECT ANY DINNER TONIGHT" yelled Elias.
"ENOUGH" yelled Ryder.
The entire cafeteria was silent. Not a sound could be heard.
"ALL OF US HAVE LOST OUR PATIENCE WITH YOU ELIAS. IF YOU DON'T STOP THEN NOBOBY WILL WANT YOU AROUND EVER AGAIN" yelled Ryder.
"WHATEVER LIKE I CARE WHAT ANYONE HERE THINKS" yelled Elias as he stormed out of the cafeteria. As he left he kicked over a garbage bin scattering litter across the floor. Elias locked himself in the bathrooms & slammed his fists against the door.
"Well now you've done it. Everyone hates you now. Nobody will ever be your friend again because you're such a loser" thought Elias as he stared at himself in the mirror. Elias spent the rest of lunch in the bathrooms thinking about how he was such a terrible person. The last class Elias had that day was Social Studies with Miss Spearwood.
"OK everyone for today's lesson I want each of you to think about who you are & how you believe other people see you. Then each of you will stand in front of the class & tell everyone what you think about yourself & how you think everyone here sees you" said Miss Spearwood.
"I already know exactly what I'm going to say" thought Elias with intense anger. Everyone was given 10 minutes to think about the question & what their answer would be. After the 10 minutes were up Miss Spearwood asked if anyone would like to go 1ST.
"Are there any volunteers to go 1ST?" asked Miss Spearwood.
"I'll go 1ST" said Elias as he stood up & walked over to the front of the class.
"OK so I've been asked to tell you all who I am & how I think you see me. I'll tell you exactly who I am: I'm Elias Vincent & I'm the most hated person In Adventure Bay. You know why that is? Because I'm a loser who treats innocent people like garbage. I don't have any friends & my parents don't want anything to do with me. I wouldn't be surprised if they told me that they didn't love me anymore & that they wanted to put me up for adoption. All the kids in town hate me but they pretend that they like me so that I won't feel worthless. I'm the worst person you've ever met in your entire lives. I know that all of you wish that I would just die. I agree. I deserve to die for the way I treat people. The question is how should I die? Should I get Ace to dismember me with her plane's propeller blade? Should I get Angel to tear me open & eat my internal organs? Should I get Carlos to lock me away in a temple filled with deadly traps & then have him trigger them to kill me slowly? Should I get Danny to run me down with his motorbike as part of a stunt gone wrong? Should I get Katie to have Cali scratch my eyes out & eat my brain or should I get Ryder to have the PAW Patrol torture me to death with various methods based on their line of work? I bet after they kill me that everyone in town would laugh & at my funeral they would dance & spit on my grave & not 1 person would miss me. I'm just lowlife scum who doesn't deserve to live anymore & that is who I am & how everyone else sees me" said Elias.
Everyone in the room was completely horrified at what Elias had just said. Jaws had dropped & everyone was looking at each other with confused but horrified expressions. Even Miss Spearwood was completely shocked. She had never heard something so horrifying come out of a child's mouth before.
"Elias none of that is true. Nobody hates you. People are just upset with you because of your behaviour" said Ryder.
"THAT'S A LIE. I KNOW EVERYONE HATES ME. I'LL EVEN PROVE IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW BY BEATING MYSELF UP" screamed Elias as he began to hit himself. He punched himself in the face, slapped himself, bit himself, threw himself on the floor & threw himself against the walls & other surfaces. His meltdown was so traumatising for Katie that she ran out of class in a panic. Once Elias had stopped his rampage a student from another class showed up with a note.
"This is for Elias Vincent" said the student.
"Oh great what is it now?" said Elias as he snatched the note from the student & read it.
"Well just my luck. I have to see the principal after school" said Elias as he sat at his desk & slumped forwards putting his head down between his arms. The rest of class was uneventful. At the end of the day Elias walked over to the principal's office to see what she wanted with him. As he approached the receptionist's desk she looked up & noticed him waiting.
"Oh Elias there you are. The principal is waiting for you in her office" said the receptionist.
Elias walked over to the principal's door & knocked. After being told to come in he entered her office. He was surprised to see his parents, Alex & Mr Porter, Alex's friends, Angel, Ace, Carlos, Danny, Katie, Ryder & the PAW Patrol all waiting for him as well.
"Please take a seat Elias" said the principal.
Elias sat down next to Alex.
"OK so I've been hearing that you haven't been treating your friends very well lately. Over the last 2 days there have been numerous reports of you lashing out at Alex, his friends & you friends. Why are you acting so aggressively?" asked the principal.
"No reason" said Elias.
"Well there has to be. Alex came home from school yesterday really upset. When I asked him why he was upset he told me about the way you treated him. He told me about how you tripped him up in the hall, tripped him in the playground & threw a tray of food on him. I was surprised. I never would've thought that anyone could be so mean to someone else. This morning he was afraid to go to school out of fear that you would keep bullying him so I called Ryder & the PAW Patrol to watch over what happened when the 2 of you were near each other. Now I've been hearing that you did the same stuff to yourself today & tried to make it look like Alex had done it to get back at you for what happened yesterday. I'm really disappointed in you Elias" said Mr Porter.
"It's not just Alex. He also yelled at Angel during 1ST period yesterday & today during lunch. There was also an incident in last class today where he was asked to tell everyone who he was & how he felt everyone saw him & he made some pretty disturbing comments about himself & even mentioned how his friends should kill him in various ways. It was so disturbing that when he started to beat himself up in front of everyone Katie ran out of class having become so distressed at his behaviour. I'm not sure why this has gone on as long as it has but I know there must be something that is causing Elias to act up" said the principal.
"I'm telling you I don't have a reason" said Elias.
"Elias Vincent you better start explaining yourself right now. We didn't get pulled out of work just for you to waste people's time refusing to admit to your behaviour" said Ella.
"Oh right the job that you got a promotion for that almost caused us to leave Adventure Bay" said Elias.
"Were you planning on moving away?" asked the principal.
"Initially we were. Initially in order for us to take the promotion we had to move to LA. Elias became upset when he learned about this & he ran away from home with Angel to avoid this happening. We found him hiding in the spare log cabin in the snowy mountains. Just as we had found him we were called by our boss & he told us that we no longer had to move to take the promotion" said Ethan.
"Yeah & ever since you took that promotion you've basically ignored me. You never have any time at home for me anymore & you've basically just forgotten about me. It's like I'm not a part of your lives anymore & that I'm just a waste of space. I've never felt so isolated before. For the last several weeks I feel like I've become more & more isolated from you guys & I feel like I'm no longer a part of this family" said Elias.
"You spend most of your time with your friends anyways. Ever since we moved here you've spent more time with the other kids in town than you have with us" said Ella.
"That's probably because you guys are at work most of the time & when I do have time to spend with you guys you're always too busy. Besides that my friends all have much better lives than me anyways. Ace is a celebrity stunt pilot who's known by many people in this country & probably around the world, Carlos lives in a jungle which is filled with ancient temples that are hiding artefacts that are probably worth millions of dollars which could make him rich, Danny is an amateur daredevil who always performs stunts that leave everyone amazed, Katie has her own pet parlour & is probably the most financially successful small business owner in town that isn't an adult & Ryder is the leader of the PAW Patrol. I don't have anything exciting about my life. Compared to them I'm nothing. I'm just a boring, uninteresting, unremarkable former city kid who has nothing exciting about life" said Elias.
"Elias being a stunt pilot isn't all fun & games. I'm putting my life at risk to do what people know me for" said Ace.
"The temples in the jungle I live in have almost nothing worth that much value. I doubt I'd ever find anything of value in those temples" said Carlos.
"Being a daredevil is really dangerous. I've almost gotten myself killed quite a few times performing my stunts" said Danny.
"Having my own business isn't really that exciting. I don't get to do much in that job" said Katie.
"Being the leader of a team is really difficult. I have a lot of responsibilities on my shoulders to make sure that everything goes well" said Ryder.
"I know what you guys are trying to do. You're trying to guilt trip me & make me feel bad about myself. I've had enough of this. I'm going home" said Elias as he got up & stormed out of the principal's office. He had to walk home as the bus had already left. He spent at least an hour watching TV in the lounge before his parents got home.
"We're very upset with you Elias. We raised you to be better than this. The fact that you lied about it as well is quite shocking coming from you. You've been very naughty" said Ella.
"I don't know why you think your behaviour is OK. You've caused a lot of trouble for us & we're not happy about it at all. You need to stop blaming our job promotion for your bad behaviour" said Ethan.
"I DON'T CARE. YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE ANYWAYS. YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ME AT ALL" yelled Elias.
"Don't say that Elias. Of course we still love you. I don't know why you would think that" said Ella.
"STOP LYING TO ME. I'M SO SICK OF YOU GUYS TRYING TO LIE TO ME ALL THE TIME. I WISH YOU WOULD JUST LEAVE ME ALONE" yelled Elias as he ran upstairs to his room.
"Should we just let him be?" asked Ethan.
"I think that's probably a good idea. He's too aggressive right now. We should give him some time to cool off" said Ella.
Elias slammed his bedroom door shut. He screamed loudly before he started to pound his fists against the door & his bed. He threw his belongings around the room while screaming in anger. After 10 minutes he lay down on his bed & burst into tears.
"I've been such a jerk to everyone. I can't believe that I didn't see it before. I have to make things right. Tomorrow I'll make amends with everyone I've hurt" thought Elias.
Elias spent the rest of the day in his room. He didn't bother eating dinner even when his parents called him. He just went straight to bed. As he started to fall asleep he thought about how he had been acting over the last 2 days & how he hoped that he could make things right.