chapter 3

(Birds dancing around my head). "Ouch". Why are there birds dancing around my head and who the hell punched me. '' stay still, don't move'', it was the history teacher. she applied some ointment around my eye and gave me an ice pack .'' this is why I called you and told you to meet me at the principal's office, you are not the same Alex, you can't just say stuff like how you did, there are consequences, you don't hang around your friends anymore, your grades are horrible, after the incident with Xavier, you are becoming a shell of your former self''..."my eye really hurts, do you know who punched me?''. ''Alex, it was one of the new foreign exchange student, who came here last week. What are you planning to do ?" why is she helping me I thought she hates me. ''you do know that I don't hate you, I am just concerned about you, we all are", wait a minute, was I thinking aloud?. 

I told Miss Danvers that she has nothing to worry about and asked him for his name. '' his name is Zack, I am asking you again what are you planning to do? I don't think Bradley and Andrews will help you out and you know Adam isn't in the best of states at the moment ''. She thinks I can't handle myself?"  " ma'am I can do just fine alone, thank you for your concern and for what I am planning to do to him, I am thinking to give him a welcome party to our college and show him some birds". She tried to stop me but I wanted to know what I did to have the pleasure of getting hit by some new kid, I am about to show him who he just laid his hands-on, I  will call all my frien..... oh wait I just remembered we all kinda separated, I was actually hoping betty's birthday brought us together but never mind let's deal with one problem at a time.

I entered the canteen, I saw Aliza with her girls practising and Andrew and the gang were there discussing about the birthday party. I was searching for mister zack, apparently, he played state-level football and has medals in boxing. I found him with two other kids I have never seen before who looked a bit like him. As I walked closer he said '' Hey asshole, the swollen eye wasn't enough, you want a pair of broken ribs?, I can give you a dozen with pleasure'' I went running and punched him, guys, believe me, I felt like I had just started a series of wrong decisions. This punch was like pushing the first domino, the rest follows quickly and the last one had my face on it; which will eventually fall into the flames near it. 

I had screwed up, he was just too strong for me. He caught me and threw me like I was a rag doll. I wouldn't help but notice the scars on his body and in particular an odd tattoo on his hand, it was something similar but amidst the fight, I could not identify it. '' Stop it both of you, if you want to fight, you can go outside, not in my canteen. Alex, I never expected this from you, I know you since you were a child, boy you better get a grip onto yourself otherwise it won't end well," said Ruben, the man who owned the canteen 

He said something in his mother tongue, but all I heard was the whispers around. He told me to meet him at the football ground at four. I said '' see you there, let's see if those medals were really earned " I laughed and spit blood out of my mouth. I knew I made just made my second wrong decision and in my head, the last domino was about to fall into the flames soon. My body was hurt but for some reason, I could only feel hatred and Aliza's friend were gossiping about the whole thing, that further added fuel to this whole thing. I went to the ground ignoring everything miss Danvers said, everything my once friends were telling me at that moment, I was wanted revenge, I have no idea what had come over me, maybe it was ego, maybe a sense of dominance, maybe Xavier's death acting up, maybe I wanted to impress Aliza or maybe I had gone crazy for all you know, but inside my head, I was hoping someone comes and stops that last domino from falling.

(Meanwhile somewhere in South America)

"Sir we have fought heat signatures, but they aren't strong " (from another frequency) ''sir the hounds have found something'' (helicopter approaching)..."good work soldiers," said the chief with a wicked smile "you are ours now little girl". ''Hand me the microphone''.

(The commander on the microphone) '"you are surrounded by all sides, you better come out because we won't knock and enter. You have to pay for your father's mistake " "I am giving you 5 minutes or else I don't plan on only killing you but killing your sister and putting her the blood on your hands''