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September 24, A Confusing Thursday. Like any other day before it, I meet up with Grace in the elevator and head for the train station together with her arm in mine, she helps leads me there. We talk about the everyday things, checking up on how I'm doing at my new school, things like that. It always end with a small kiss and a push out the door. I take the downtown express down to Brooklyn and to the school; thus far it has been one crazy month. First period Math, Mr Weinstein starts picking on me about my homework and how it looks like it was done on the train, claiming that it is unacceptable once again. But he can no longer deduct points from it, as his suprevisor- Mr. Klien, head of the Mathematics department had a little talk to him about me. The other classes went well, though I have been growing a headache. Seeing that I was not feeling well, most of the teachers let me sleep it off. As promised, I show up for English on 9th period. Ms Jastrey continues to talk to me about joining the Shortfellows and the fencing team, to both I answer, "How can I, I'm blind...". Its obvious that she wont take 'no' for an answer. Like any other day since, Cathy shows up to help me with my work. This however has caused a strife with others, inculding the young one they call Denise. But as per Ms Jastrey's instructions, we are being left alone as she helps me with the English work that I have to do. Even when they have so-called secret meetings, we are allowed to be in the back of the room. For the past couple of weeks, it seems to me that I am not alone anymore. As crazy as it sounds, it seems like somebody has connected with my psychically, and have been helping me along with a few things. Since I first entered the school, it feels like somebody has been following me on that other diemension that Grandma stated to me as where 'people live without bodies.' My other concern is that other powers have been manfesting themselves since I first hit puberty. Grandma has explained that these abilities are god given and thus must be used for good. But for me they tend to express themselves at time. She walks into the room silently, walking to the back of the room where we were. Once besides Cathy, I put down my pen and look up at her as she looks down at me. She bends over slightly and takes my hand. "Jaunita(Gloria)/Fernando?", we say the other's name to each other. "You too know each other?", Cathy asked as she turn to see her friend. "We know of each other's presence.", we say together. "Wait... stop that, its getting spooky.", Cathy said. "So, you're the one.", we both say to each other. Cathy gets up and takes Jaunita(Gloria) by the hand, taking her outside of the room. "Jaunita(Gloria), whats wrong with you?", Cathy stares into her blank eyes. "We're finally connected...", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "What are you talking about?!!", Cathy asks. "He, I are finally connected as one.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Jaunita(Gloria)... don't be going all freaky on me...!", Cathy tells her as she takes her further into the hall, and decides to take her as far as possible to one of her hiding spots, the staircase under the auditorium. Once there, Jaunita(Gloria) winces for a moment, and rubs her temple, trying to shake off what just happened. "Cathy?", she than asks, "Where are we?" "We're under the auditorium, but never mind that. What happened in 1E17?", Cathy asks. "I don't know how to describe it...", Jaunita(Gloria) started to explain, "Look, remember when I told you that I can read people's thoughts, and you said I was crazy?" "I stil think that you are.", Cathy tells her. "But... seriously, Cathy. Its like me and Fernando are sharing some sort of connection. Once I touched him, took his hand, that connection finally completed. Its like we are standing in space, holding hands, looking into each other's eyes and our thoughts and feelings intermingle around us.", Jaunita(Gloria) explained. "Are you telling me that you two are connected like twins are?", Cathy asked. "Something like that- but more so, Cathy. Much more so.", Jaunita(Gloria) tries to explain. "Tell me the truth, you must have met him before.", Cathy says. "Until today, never... well almost never...", Jaunita(Gloria) stated. "What you mean, almost never?", Cathy asked. "Cathy, please... don't laugh at me for this.... Please.", Jaunita(Gloria) asked. "Just say it girl...", Cathy tells her. "I've been having dreams about him for almost a year now.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "What kind of dreams?", Cathy asked. "Regular, everyday dreams.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Sex dreams?", Cathy adds. "Those too.", Jaunita(Gloria) asnswered. "You never met him before?", Cathy asked. "Never, not until just now. I swear Cathy, I thought I was going crazy all this time. Now I know its him, and we're now throughly connected somehow...", Jaunita(Gloria) explained. "What are you trying to say?", Cathy asks. "I don't know what I'm trying to say...", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Then tell me one thing, can I trust him?", Cathy asks. "What kind of question is that?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "Well, if you're in his mind, reading his thoughts and knowing his emotions, then you should know him as he knows himself. Since you're my friend, you could tell me those things that he wont. So, can I trust him?", Cathy explains and then asks. "I would not know if that would even be right...", Jaunita(Gloria) tells her friend. "Look, anyway, tell me this much- is he really blind?", Cathy asks. "For the moment, he is.", Jaunita(Gloria) answers. "What do you mean- for the moment?", Cathy asks. "He's been told that he will regain his eyesight back, someday. But when that day comes is anybody's guess.", Jaunita(Gloria) explains. "Then.... Uhm... does he have a girlfriend?", Cathy asks. "Why are you asking me that?", Jaunita(Gloria) says out loud. "Because he told me that he broke up with his girlfriend this past summer, but he showed me this note that he could not read from her, and she wants him back from what I read.", Cathy stated. "Well, he has no interest in her, if that's what you wanted to know.", Jaunita(Gloria) said. "Does he has any interest at all?", Cathy says. "If you mean is he interested in girls, that he is. But, I don't know if I should you be telling you this...", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Just say it...", Cathy tells her. "There are several girls who are interested in him, and from what I gather, you're one of them.", Jaunita(Gloria) explains before being interupted. "Now wait a minute!", Cathy started to say out loud, "How can you tell that I'm interested in him when you're in his mind and not mine!??" "Its how he perceives it. And with you helping him out with his work, dragging him everywhere and kissing him in the back staircases, plus that little talk you had with him last week, its any wonder that he thinks that you like him.", Jaunita(Gloria) says, "Question is, do you?" "I only like him as a friend, that's it.", Cathy tells her. "Friends don't take friends to the back of staircases and make out with them...", Jaunita(Gloria) says before being interupted. "We Never Made Out In The Back Of Any Staircase!", Cathy almost yells out at Jaunita(Gloria). "Then what about the park?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "We Never made Out- Period!", Cathy continues on loudly. "Then explain why he would have such memories in him?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "I don't know- you know how boys exaggerate all the time...", Cathy says, turning away from her friend. "From what I can see, he is not exaggerating. Seriously, he's not, it would be hard to do so for him without visual clues, and those memories are from his other senses pieced together. Its your voice that he has recorded in his mind that has you saying certain things.", Jaunita(Gloria) tells her. Cathy blows air out in frustration, wondering what to ask or say next, then she goes back to the first question, "Can I trust him?" "Trust him, how?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "As more than a friend.", Cathy tells her. "As in a boyfriend? You already have Randal as your boyfriend.", Jaunita(Gloria) tells her. "Just tell me that I can trust him to that extent or not!", Cathy almost shouts at her. "If you have not figured that out, then there is something wrong with you.", Jaunita(Gloria) tells her back. "Jaunita(Gloria)! I only want some insight that you seem to have at the moment!", Cathy almost yells at her. "And you don't seem to understand, if you are sharing something that intimate with somebody, you don't share the personal details with others.", Jaunita(Gloria) stated to her. Cathy could only stare at her blankly for the moment. Noticing that they were taking too long, I sneak out the back with the excuse that I was going to the bathroom if anyone asked. At first I take to the NorthEast Staircase, past the direction of the boys bathroom and then up the stairs to the second floor. I then go across the second floor to its southern most stair case and take it to the basement, where it leaves me off by the Aeronautics Lab and not far from the staircase under the auditorium and stage. I quietly make it there in just a few seconds. The doorway to this staircase is usually locked or closed, but for some reason, it was openned. Turning into it, I saw that the girls were there but I remained to stay silent until I was noticed, which did not take too long as Cathy turned around to step out into the basement hallway in disbelief that her friend of many years would not disclose information that she wanted when in the past they had shared everything. Cathy almost squealed as she had to stop herself from walking into me, "FERNANDO!" "Yes, Cathy, its me. Whats taking you so long?", I asked. "OH Nothing...", Cathy tries to play it off. "Well, I'll be back in the classroom, but be honest with me Cathy, if you don't want to help me, then just simply say so.", I tell her before taking a step backwards away from the staircase. Cathy darts out from the hidden staircase and right in front of me as I was about to turn away from her to return from where I came. She extended her arms out around my waist, not as to give me a holding hug but to keep me from going any further. Jaunita(Gloria) slowly walks out and stands besides us. "Fernando, I have to be honest with you about something...", Cathy started to say. "No, don't tell me. You and her are a couple like Sandra and Evadney.", I interupt her. "NO! We're Not!", Cathy started to say. "She's in love with you...", Jaunita(Gloria) started to say. "JAUNITA(GLORIA)!", Cathy almost yelled out as she turns to her. "Are you?", I asked Cathy. Cathy remained silent as she turned back to me. "She is.", Jaunita(Gloria) tells me. "No, I want to hear it from her.", I say to Jaunita(Gloria). But Cathy refuses to say a word. As we waited a couple of seconds, I take a step back and started to walk to the exit from which I entered. Getting through the door and placing my hand on the handrail once I found it, I start taking my first steps to go up the stairs but Jaunita(Gloria) ran after me after being with Cathy for that moment and puts herself in front of me. She reaches out and takes my hands and we stand there staring at each other as we do we do in our mind space. Just silence between us as we let each other into our minds, going through our recent memories of the past year. Why it is happening, neither one of us can explain. Twins are bonded like this since the womb, and share everything right down to the genetic level, and nearly all of their experiences. We are furthest from being twins in every respect. "Why?", Jaunita(Gloria) finally says after several seconds of silence. "Why, what?", I asked. "Why you?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "I don't know what you're asking.", I answered. "Whats going on between us, why is it happening, why you and not somebody else?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "I don't know how to answer that. I don't even know what to do next.", I tried to explain to her. "Neither do I.", Jaunita(Gloria) replies. "How long have you been reading minds?", I then ask her. "Since I was about 9...", Jaunita(Gloria) started to say. "Same here, but I ignored it as best as I could.", I interupted her from finishing. "Me too.", Jaunita(Gloria) then added. After a bit of an awkward moment of silence between us, I tell her, "I have to go." "I know. I'm sorry.", Jaunita(Gloria) replies. "What for?", I asked. "Its in advance, for I am going to be in your way while we are near by.", she tries to explain. "No, don't be.", I tell her. "We just have to learn how to deal with this and see to what extent are we connected, how far it reaches." "What if we are connected after we go home?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "We will learn how to deal with it... somehow.", I tell her. "What if we end up in each other's dreams?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "I think we already are.", I tried to answer slowly. "As lovers?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "You know the answer to that already.", I said. "As lovers...", Jaunita(Gloria) stated. "...in a dream...", I started to finish for her. "...living a live together where no one knows where we are.", we say together. I let out a sigh afterwards, then she places her lips against mine slowly, giving me a long peck on them, unsure how to take leave it or take it further from there. At least it remained where it was, a kiss without going too intimate, but lasting longer than it should have. She then pulls away and steps to the side of the stair case, making room for me to go by. "Its getting late, and Ms Jastrey is getting worried about you being missing.", Jaunita(Gloria) says to me as she reaches to my face and starts wiping off the lipstick off my lips that she wore. It wasn't actually lipstick per say, but a lip balm that she uses to protect the her lips and make them smooth, which has been put onto mine. "I know. See you later?", I say to her as she finishes. "Yeah, later.", she replies before I started to go up the stairs. I get off the first floor and make my way back to 1E17. Ms Jastrey was not happy to see me returning. "Young man, where have you been...", Ms Jastrey asked. "Using the bathroom...?", I replied to her. "No you were not, I sent out the Shortfellows after you.", she says to me loudly. "I was upstairs in the bathroom, because I know that down here, people play around too much and I needed little more privacy for what I had to do.", I tried to explain as convincingly as possible. "He has a point there...", Jose who sat next to her with Lennard started to say. "So which bathroom were you in?", Ms Jastrey asked, interupting him. "The one on the second floor on the south west side, by the stair case.", I tell her. "That one is pretty secluded... not many know that its there.", Jose continued to add his remarks. "What do you mean nobody knows that its there?", Ms Jastrey asks. "That's a very dark corner and there is a door on it, but you wont know that it's a boys bathroom unless you shine a flashlight to it and see the sign on the door.", Jose answered. "How do you know there's a bathroom there?" "Security took me there, so I remembered it.", I tell him as I took my seat in the back of the room. "I'll let this one slide, but I just don't know- you're hiding something young man.", Ms Jastrey says to me. "By the way, where is your friend?" "I don't know, she left earlier with some other girl I never saw before.", I answered her. "When you see her, remind her that if she is derelect in her duties one more time, I wont allow her to help you with your work.", Ms Jastrey stated to me. "Uhm... Ms Jastrey...", I started to say. Ms Jastrey looked at me as I tapped the side of me glasses, "The next time you meet up with her then.", she then corrects herself. "I will.", as I started to feel my notebook and along its openned pages before continuing on with my work. "How does he do it?", Lennard asks Ms Jastrey in a whisper. "I press hard on the paper so I can feel where I wrote.", I answer Lennard without looking up at him yet loud enough for him to hear it. "He definitely has good hearing.", Ms Jastrey tells him. "Hmmph! He should learn some manners too.", Lennard complains silently. "I will honorfully respect you when you have done the same for me, talking about someone behind their back, especially when they are in the same room as you, is not a very nice thing to do.", I said as I put my pen down and look towards him. "You know, he has a point there...", Jose started to say as Lennard got up and started to walk to where I sat. "Lennard, don't do anything stupid that you might regret later on.", Ms Jastrey says outloud. Lennard does not say a word as he grabs a chair that was nearby and places it in front of me, and straddles it backwards so that he could lay his crossed arms on the top of its backrest. "Now, where do you come off on making snide remarks about your elders?", Lennard says unto me. For a second I try to ignore him and go back to my work, but I put my pen down and look up at him. "You're not my elder, you're only a couple of years older than I am. You're also making it difficult ro maintain the level of respect that I am supposed to give you because you are not giving it back. So should I hold you to a such high esteem when you don't yourself.", I explained to him. "Why you little curr...", Lennard started to say. "Respect is given, Trust is earned- that's what I was taught. But you are making it difficult for me to maintain level of respect with the way you act.", I tell further. "Explain then how does he act?", Jose almost shouted from his side of the room. "Like a snob.", I say out loud. I then started to pack up my books. Ms Jastrey sees that I am getting ready to leave and thus asks, "Are you done with your work?" "I am sorry that I am not, Ms Jastrey. But I can not continue with such distractions like this.", I explained to her. "You know you're responsible for any work you may have missed.", Ms Jastrey started to say. "I cant promise you anything right now, I just want to be left alone.", I tell her as I stepped to the rear door. As I step onto the hallway, Cathy and Jaunita(Gloria) see me leaving as they walked past the center section, and started running to catch up with me. "Fernando, wait!", Cathy yells as she runs to close the distance, Jaunita(Gloria) just a couple of steps behind. I continued walking, giving me distance from the rear door of 1E17 when Cathy and Jaunita(Gloria) cathes up with me. "Where are you going?", Cathy asks as she takes me by the arm. "I just want to be left alone.", I say to her. "What happened? Somebody bothering you or something?", Cathy asked. I refused to answer, but Jaunita(Gloria) does for me, "It was Lennard." "Why... What did he do to you?", Cathy asks. "Nothing.", I tell her, looking at Jaunita(Gloria) for her not to answer for me. "Look, wait for me by the exit while I get my books, OK?", Cathy asks. "I'll see about it.", I tell her. "Don't see, just do, OK?", Cathy says to me, "Jaunita(Gloria), make sure that he stays in place." We just look back at her momentarily as she walks into the front entrance of 1E17. As she walks to the rear of the room where we sat at and gathered her books and things, Jaunita(Gloria) and I walked to the North East Exit. As I pressed myself against the door, Jaunita(Gloria) pulls on my arm. "Cathy said to wait for her.", Jaunita(Gloria) said in an almost monotone voice. "I'll wait for her outside.", I tell her holding much of the anger I had inside. 'Wait for her here.', she tells me through our connection. 'Don't, not here.', I tell her as we communicated through our connection. 'Why not?', she asks. 'A fight here can end up in physical death.', I explained to her. 'And how do you know this?', Jaunita(Gloria) asked. 'Its something that I was taught, and seen in action.', I tell her. 'So, what are you trying to say?', Jaunita(Gloria) asked. 'Its not argue here. That's that I'm trying to say.', I tell her. 'I see.', Jaunita(Gloria) says. 'I don't think that you do, but that's besides the point.', I say to her. She remained silent as she tries to figure if that was sarcasm. "The both of you are going to have to leave- there is no loitering in this area.", the lone security guard by the sign in desk tells us as he gets up and tries to make himself look menacing. We both turn to face him. "We're waiting for somebody.", Jaunita(Gloria) tells him sternly. "Hey, I know you. You're that nice sweet girl that bothers no one, you better stay away from him, he's nothing but trouble-*", the guard started to say. "Sit Down And Shut Up.", I tell him sternly, having locked onto his brain frequency and pattern, shoving a series of commands into it. He does as he is told- shutting up his mouth and sitting down as I pointed at him. I then let him go, giving him a final mental warning of death if bothered with. "That was not nice, and you know that.", Jaunita(Gloria) says to me. "I have frankly gotten tired of this place and need to express my abilities a bit more around here.", I tell her. "That was an abuse of powers, and I am not going to have that happen around me.", Jaunita(Gloria) stated. "What they do is an abuse of power. I am just establishing my right to defend myself as necessary.", I continue to tell her. "Then it looks like I'm going to have to stop you then.", Jaunita(Gloria) tells me. "How.", I tell her looking through my dark glasses and making my eyes glow from behind the lenses. Not only can she see them glow from behind the dark glasses, she can also see in the connection that we shared that I appear to be more than just human as dark feathered wings unfold from behind me and strech out to their full span. Despite the amount of fear and fright that has set within her, she continues to stand up to me, within her connection she too unfold unfeathered wings but which were white. "You're one too, I see.", Jaunita(Gloria) stated. "One of what?", I asked her. "How can I say it?", Jaunita(Gloria) started to say, then she takes a deep breathe and continues, "You're an Earth Bound Angel." "I'm no angel.", I tell her. "No, you're worst than any angel can be- You're an archangel, and I feel sorry for this world because it seems that you're the worst of them all.", Jaunita(Gloria) stated. "How so?", I asked. "You're a vengeful archangel, and while you're down here, unless you find peace, this world is going to burn under your wake.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "What about this Jesus Christ returning again?", I ask her. "That will be after what you do to scorch the Earth.", she says. "Are you going to stop me?", I ask. "To save the lives of innocents, if I have to, yes.", she says. "How.", I almost demanded. "I don't know yet. But In us having this connection, it all makes sense...", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "What is we're not angels.", I tell her. "Almost everyone is.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "What if these powers, though god-given, are something else. Genetic Mutations, psychic augementation by some other means, magic, witchcraft, who knows. I'm not going to argue that it is there, but all these other things also exist, and most work if you believe in them.", I explained. "You don't believe that you're an angel?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks. "I believe what I want to believe. I have a soul, there is a god, but there are these other things that science can not explain. At least not yet.", I answered. "We'll see what happens...", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Are you going to stop me from doing what I think is right?", I ask. "Only if you force my hand in doing so.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "What if I have to kill somebody?", I ask her almost sternly. "I'll take whatever it takes to stop you.", she says. "What if to kill that person means to save another, or worse- vengence because they had killed another; somebody you or I care about?", I asked. "I'm not into 'What if' games, so stop it.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Just answer the question- what if I have to kill in order to save somebody else or because they had killed somebody that you or I care about?", I tell her. "Then I'll have to stop you one way or another.", she answers. "Even if to stop me, you have to do things that you may not otherwise not do with others?", I ask. "Stop pressing the point.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Where do you draw the line, Jaunita(Gloria)?", I ask. "Where do you?", she asks me. "I don't, and if there is a line, I'll cross it if I must. Until then, I will dance on that line.", I explain to her. "I will do what ever it takes to stop you from killing another, no matter what it is I have to do to stop you from doing it.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "Just hope that it don't ever get to that point.", I tell her. "It wont.", Jaunita(Gloria) says. "You have my memories for the past year. Just going back to the summer, there are 3 little girls I will do whatever it takes to protect them. Understand that in protecting them, I will cross the line.", I tell her. "You wont.", she saids again like a broken record. "Then think about last July's memories.", I tell her before letting her go, and stepping out the door. Within seconds I was crossing Dekalb Avenue, and running into the Ft Green Parks South Elliot Entrance. "You let him go!", I can hear Cathy yell at Jaunita(Gloria) as I ducked behind the entrance way of the park and hiding there. Before Jaunita(Gloria) could say a word, I concentrate hard in scrambling my thoughts to hide them amoung the psychic static of the rest of the world. "He was too fast for me to stop him.", Jaunita(Gloria) answers as they stop by the corner. She continues to look at the Park's entrance as if she was picking up my signal even though I doing my best to hide it. Her thoughts are to go check the entrance way where I was hiding at. I think hard and switch memroies around into cognative thought, throwing an image of me making my way to the DeKalb Avenue Train station, and she take the bait. "He's making his way to the train station.", Jaunita(Gloria) then says before she starts running down DeKalb Avenue, with Cathy not far behind. I keep to that thought for another couple of minutes allowing them to go further away. I then relax for a second, turning around to take my bearings with a brief glimpse through the dark glasses to see where I was at. Not far in the distance, I find the tree that I first sat under on the first day of school. Trying to make sense of where I was at, and the way the path leads, I take steps to the path and follow in its left until I get to the top of the hill that tha path allows, and then go onto the grass to the tree. Unfortunately, others were there besides the tree. Others who are part of Ms Jastrey's Shortfellow group: John, Raul, Kevin, and Denise. They sat around the base of the tree, talking of the various subjects of the day that were bothering them, in short- me. For the past week, I have been allowed to stay in the room when most were not allowed not too, thus giving them idea that Ms Jastrey has begun to play favorites and that they were not part of that group. If they only knew 1/2 the story, they would leave me alone. "Look who's coming this way...", Kevin says to the others as he sees me take a sharp turn from the path to the grassy slope to the top of the hill where the tree was at, feeling the ground with my cane along the way. "I'll take care of him if he tries anything stupid.", John says as he got up to make his stance. Raul followed in getting after John, "Remember the last time, he took you out with one punch." "Its not going to happen again.", John tells him. "Why don't we find out what he wants?", Denise says. "Not without a proper line of defense first.", Raul says, "Kevin, you take the front." "Hell no, I've seen what he did to John that day, and the three of us were not able to hold him off then either.", Kevin says to Raul, "I'll be just fine right here- sitting by the tree. If you want to fight him, by all means, at least put up a good show." I had to make a sharp right to head into a less steeper grade, and away from the tree. But I eventually made it my way to the top of the hill, but by the tree behind the Shortfellow tree. I give the bark a feel with my palm and quick glimpse over the rim of my glasses, I spot the Shortfellow tree not far away and walk to it. "Here he comes.", Raul says. "And here I go.", John says as he started to step towards me. But Denise gets up and give him a push back towards Raul and runs towards me. Hearing her feet thrashing through the grass heading towards my direction, I stop and wait. She stops within a foot from me, and I try to step away from her. "You're Fernando, right?", Denise asks. "And you're the one who smashed me into a wall several days ago.", I tell her, "I ought to make you pay for that." Denise's attitude turns from jovial curiosity to utmost fear, as she turns around and runs away from me screaming back to the guys, yelling that I'm after her. John comes after me for the attack like a charging bull, and I play him as such- matador versus bull, and spin to avoid his attack while giving one of my own, knocking him out before he even realizes what had happened. Raul was just a few feet charging behind John when he saw what happened, and stops several feet in front of me. "One down, care to play hero?", I tell him as he stood in front of me. He stares back without answering, thus I give one of my own. "I just took out your friend here with little more that a thought as he charged at me. Now there you stand, just a few feet out of my reach, so you must be thinking to yourself- who is this guy? How is he able to take John out so fast and yet from all looks- he has dark glasses and a cane, and everyone you met that knows him says he's blind. He's also carrying a heavy book bag with him, so that's two strikes against him. But he still took out your friend better than you would if you were in perfect condiction and without hinderence. Something does not add up right here. Well, let me tell you this- I am a lot more than just the sum of the parts you see. Now if you take that throwing start out and use if against me, it will be the last thing you will ever do. For this distance is not enough to stop me from pouncing on your ass and killing you. Understand what I'm trying to tell you?" Raul just stands there in silenced awe, staring back at me with his fingers in his throwing star pocket, ready to pull out a couple and throw them at me. "Raul, Don't.", Kevin tells him from behind as I take a step towards him. Then I take another step and another, until I was within arm's reach of him and it did not matter whether or not he took out his throwing stars or not. "Try anything and I'll take your head off.", I tell him as I stopped momentarily beside him. Then I continued to walk to the tree, where I felt the base of it with my cane. It took a while for me to find an empty spot by the tree since they had their jackets and bookbags at the base of the tree. Raul and Kevin went to take care of John. "You Can Not Sit There!", Denise said out loud. "Oh really?", I asked mockingly as I sat down anyway. "Tell me why not?" "This Is Our Tree!", Denise said loudly. "Uhm... Lets see, this is a hill on the grounds of a public park, with a tree growing right on top of it. As far as I can tell, there are no 'Private Property' signs anywhere. So, how is this your tree?", I mocked at her. "IT JUST IS...*ERK!", Denise said loudly as she tried to charge at me, only to find the end of my cane up at her throat. "Listen here Miss, who ever you are, Don't ever touch me.", I tell her in a very cold tone. "As for this being your tree, or of my rights to sit under it- I would advise you to go speak with Lenard or Jose about since it is they that said that I can sit here whenever I needed too. Until then- it's a public tree, on a public hill in a public park." Denise slowly backed away from me, keeping her distance at a respectable length. Kevin went to her side and then gathered they belongings. Raul helped John back to his feet. "Come on girl, gets get back to 1E17, and have a talk with Lenard and Jose.", Kevin tells her as he finally grabs her arm and pulls her away. The four of them walk away from the scene and back to the school. For me, I rest a bit before going home. |