Justin's P.O.V
Lisa and I were walking back home. We got to the junkyard area, our loneliest part of our whole journey back home when I noticed three guys that were following us.
They had been walking behind us from school and I thought they were going to stop sooner or later but they didn't, they still kept following us.
I stopped and turned back and I saw the three of them, one was in the middle and looked like their leader he had brown hair and looked really tough and muscular and the others were just by his left and right sides.
"Justin Cole... the new kid." He said in a kind of dramatic way and then he cracked his knuckles. He looked really tough and built up. Okay... who was this guy and what did he want from me?
He was advancing towards us and Lisa looked at me. As if she heard the question I asked in my mind, she answered in whispers "This is Brandon Cage, the baddest boy in The Empire and his two sidekicks Josh and Shawn."
'Was he another of John Coyde's assassins???' I thought and sighed 'Seriously?' I was really tired of this JC shit!
The only thing was that JC was probably so pissed off, he had started sending my dumb ass school mates to eliminate me and not the typical assassins cos I knew these three douche bags. I had seen them twice or thrice, flirting with girls in my class.
They were most probably grade 11 or 12 boys because the Brandon guy, their leader was a few inches taller than me.
"What does he want from me???" I asked Lisa in hushed tones.
"Well... my girlfriend, Priscilla likes you... Don't ever go close to her" He said in a deep, dark voice. Oh... so he had a different grievance. Lol! 🤣
"So, how does that bother me, I don't even know the girl you're talking about..." I replied in an 'I don't care' tone.
"Oh, it would bother you once I dip that handsome face of yours into some mud!." He said as he was still advancing towards us. "I'm just going to put you in your place." He added wickedly... I think he wanted to beat me up.
"Look, dude, you don't want to do this!" I said in a confident manner, raising my hands, surrendering. Lisa and I were walking backwards.
"Why? It's something I always love to do. Show new kids their place in 'The Empire.'" He said and smirked."
Lisa took a karate position.
"Lisa, leave this to me... I got this!" I said to her and I stopped walking back
"You sure about that?" She asked concernedly.
"Yeah, we'll talk this out" I said to Lisa as he got a metre close to me and then she calmed down. Was she really about to fight him? Well, now I see how serious she was about protecting me from assholes like Brandon.
He looked down at me and he probably expected me to be frightened but I wasn't.
"Do you really want to do this?" I asked. His face bore a surprised look. He probably expected me to shiver and tremble like most of his victims must have done when he was about to beat them up but I didn't. Reason being that; I knew that I had superpowers. And even if they failed me, which I know they wouldn't... I have Lisa!
"Sure!" He said as he threw a punch at my face.
I quickly caught his fist while everything was moving slowly and then, I punched his abdomen real hard. He staggered back then his two sidekicks, what were their names again? Em... Shawn and Josh attacked me.
I'm not exaggerating but the way I fought them was stunning. I wish I could make it a movie so all of you would see.
When I was done with them, I left them on the floor.
"Lets get out of here," I said to Lisa. She was also looking surprised and probably asking herself why she didn't record what just happened on her phone and post it on YouTube.
We turned back and began walking back home.
"Watch out!" Lisa yelled as I dodged quickly. Brandon tried to whack me with a metal bat! What?! He tried to regain his composure. And then him and his 'sidekicks' approached me with metal rods, they looked really vicious. The must have gotten them from the junkyard we just walked by.
Brandon tried to hit me again on my head but I dodged again. I tried very hard to hit them without getting hit back and I did it. Get this; I hit all of their weapons out of their grips and they became weaponless then I beat all of them to stupor. They didn't even have the energy to stand up.
The Brandon guy lay on the ground, face up. I pounced on the him and began punching his face till he started bleeding from his nose.
My vision started getting blurry. I hoped my pupils weren't turning red... again. 'No, not killer mode!' I thought to myself. I wasn't ready to kill anybody... at least not a misled teenager.
He looked into my eyes with a lot of fear and my fist was in the air, ready to punch him one last time so he'd just go blank. But when I saw the pathetic look in his eyes, I decided to pity him. He looked like he was sorry.
After some seconds, my sight got better and I stood up from on top of his body. He looked like he was going to die the next second. Ha!
I didn't sustain even one injury but their bodies were designed with bruises. I think this shit will be in the bad boy's memory for a long long time. And he'll learn not to bully new students and 'show them their place in The Empire,' like, who does that???
Lisa looked at me with pride. "So, you can fight that much? Girls are going to love you... Smart, handsome and skilled in martial arts." She said as we headed home for the third time today and I just smiled.
I just silently hoped that that Brandon guy wouldn't try to hit me with a bat again because I think I'll just kill him if he did. But where would he get the strength from?
"So where did you learn that from?" she asked as he kicked the butt of one of the guys and he groaned. The one with the blonde hair and ash eyes.
"By the way, that was Josh Richard, Anastasia's ex-boyfriend... the one that cheated on her." She told me. I felt good that I beat the guy that broke Anastasia's heart.
"My dad." I replied calmly. My dad never taught me to be violent... he always preached peace and love but I learnt it anyway. I think it was inbuilt.
"Well, he's a very good teacher" She said. I really wished in my heart that dad and mom could come back to life cos I really needed someone to set me back on the right track.