Syd is listening to his music in his Bluetooth headphone, while his eyes are glaring on the subway map above his head.
( Bingo! )
He thought. Because he has finally found something.
But first, The first thing he wants to do today is to meet Jody Johanson.
Because Syd has found some interesting information from her.
Looking into the door's mirror, Syd wipes his hair to make it looks properly but then!
He noticed someone is approaching him from behind, she's a woman.
He quickly turns his face back to check out.
and he found that it is Jody Johanson.
Those 2 looks at each other.
Jody also notices that Syd sees her now so she speaks.
" Your resident is around here? " She asked while moving herself next to him.
" yeah." Syd shortly reply.
" What are you listening to?"
" this?" Syd points to his headphones.
Jody nodded.
" A song."
" What song?"
" an old song, I'll say," Syd replies.
" Can I have a bit of it? "
"...ok... "
Syd hands her one of his headphones. As soon as Jody listened to it, her eyes widened.
" Is this 21st Century Schizoidman by King Crimson?? "
" Yes, that's right."
Syd went a little surprised.
" You know it too?" He asked.
" Of course, I also listen to them." She said.
" What's your favorite album so far?"
Syd asked.
" 'Lizard' " Jody said.
" Mine's 'Red' "
" I see, ....you have a good taste."
" So what drives you to me?" Syd asked her,
" You are not that type of socializing. So this means you want something from me? hm?"
Syd stares into her eyes.
" I have come to apologize. for underestimating you. I'm deeply sorry."
Jody said.
" Why did you do it?" he asked.
" I don't like when you make fun of me. I don't like when people mention my name if it's not necessary."
" You mean that time when I say you look scary?"
" Yes."
" Oh... I didn't mean to make fun. It's very rude to make fun of people. I'm just telling you the facts I observed."
" What do you mean?"
" I mean you look scary, I really mean it."
" I thought you are a cocky person at first. But it seems that you're not a really bad person.." Jody said,
" I now understand why you do that... so you thought I was dissing you?"
Syd asked.
" Yes."
" Because I've met so many of these types of people in the school. So I thought you were just another one.."
" Augh... I'm pretty sad you say that to me."
" It can't be helped. You look like a person of that type. Like a bully bastard characters in Tv shows."
Jody explained.
" You are not the first person saying that to me."
Syd turned his face and looked in the door's mirror.
" Maybe I should wear some glasses. What daya think?" Syd asked, " Would you think it will reduce my villain energy."
" Maybe. but I think it's too late now. I think you will be a talk of the town from today or what so ever."
" I still don't know why you were complaining even you got the good scores." Jody asked.
" Then tell me first, how did you hear me complain? It's impossible to hear me from the distance like that."
" Well, wouldn't they tell you? I thought you would ask some students about my Ability?"
" What is it then?" Syd asked.
" ... "
" Didn't anybody tell you?" Jody asked.
" I didn't ask them though, I went straight home that day. I don't like being around a place with many people for too long."
" My Ability is the ability to control the movement of the air."
Jody explained while life up her hands.
Syd sees that there's an air spinning around her fingers.
" You can control their density too?"
Syd asked.
" Yes and Because of this power, I can hear..."
Jody points to her ear
"... The vibration of the particle in the air better than others. So when you speak, even if you whispering, as long as it's not very far from me, I can hear it."
" So you are saying that Your ears can receive the wider range of the decibel than a normal person?"
Jody nodded.
" Now please answer me. I observed that you look you're having a pretty hard time on the test. It contrasts the results.---- "
Jody didn't even finish her sentence, Syd grins.
" Oh, you're meaning that time? It's true that I am having a hard time because I was in Literature. That's the weak point of me. I don't like that shit. I kinda randomly answer it."
" !? "
" That means....wait for a second... but that means If you failed at the literature, Then you have to get a full score at the other 4 subjects! "
Jody says in shock.
" Yeah, I guess... you can say that."
Syd scratches his head.
"... If you are good at all subjects... then you could even pass me. "
" I see you are very serious about this ridiculous rank things, What's up with it? why did you care about that so much?"
" No, I don't care about the ranks. I'm surprised that there's someone who's as ...good as you."
" You mean you are glad that finally, you have to meet me, the same type of people like you? "
" Even our taste in music is the same. So... "
Jody looked into his eyes,
" Yeah. You can say that..."
"How about those students. They seem to be afraid of you. "
" They are," Jody said.
" Because they have witnessed the battle I had joined in the 1st year of school."
" Battle?"
" At our school, it has some ridiculous things call 'The Battle'. To put it simply, It's just legal fighting between students to see if they're stronger than each other or not."
" What a child's play..." Syd said.
" You're right. That's why I fade myself away from them. Because I don't like fighting..... not anymore. In order to live alone without being interrupted by those who think I'm too afraid to join, I join the battle and show them what will happen if they try to diss me."
Jody turns to Syd.
" What about you? do you have any special ability? I suppose you should because this school is full of ability users."
" Aha, trying to talk about this topic. I'll show you something. but first. Let me confess something to you."
The door of the Subway opened, they have finally arrived at the school's station.
Both Syd and Jody walks out of the Subway.
"Confess what?" Jody confused.
" From all of the above, Jody, I gonna confess to you that... I know that from the very beginning. About your Ability, and also... Jody... what really happens in the middle school back in Philadephia."
" !? "
Jody's eyes widened.
" So you see it..?" Jody says.
" And I bet you looked up mine too, right?" Syd said.
"...." Jody turns her face away because she couldn't argue back.
" I'm Sorry in the case you can't find any information but public-access."
He grins. then continues,
" Correct me if I'm wrong, but You are an ex-bully... you've been involved in many cases of fightings and stuff.
and you've been hospitalized in a... what do I call it?... a mysterious accident that you fell down the stairs heh? "
" Is tha... on the Internet too...?" Jody asks in an unpleasant voice.
" Hey, don't be mad. It's all on the internet. It's not a privacy assault. I can show you the website I've read though."
" No need." Jody sighs.
" It's true as you say. Back when I was a kid. I'm a very bad person... a worthless scum you could call that...I don't know what the internet says about me and either I don't care. but today is not the same. I've done with it and quit being a bully."
Jody said.
" It was a missed opportunity that we are on the opposite side of the globe that time," Syd said,
" Because if I were in the same as your school, I think that's where the fun begins."
" Why..?" Jody asked.
" Because I like to teach some manners to the bullies. Don't you think it'll be fun to make them people taste of their own medicine..? "
"....." Jody felt a threatening aura from Syd Barrett but she didn't say anything.
" However, I have some information with me which... to tell the truth, I have encroached your privacy."
" What is it..?"
" Remember the time you fell the stairs? Jody? you try to hide it from many people but you can't hide from me."
" ?!..."
Jody is shocked. Her sweat fell down her forehead.
" What do you mean?" She asked in anxious.
" You can't 'run' right, Jody? "
" !!!! "Jody's eyes widened.
" So that's why you've come to school this early. because if you 'Run' It will cause you a severe problem." He said.
" .... " Jody didn't reply but shocked.
" Based on your reaction, I assume that I am right. I know that when you have been hospitalized, You got a disease called osteogenesis imperfecta on both of your legs, yes? "
! ! ! ! ! ! !
As if the world had stopped spinning. A secret Jody has tried to cover up for long, but somehow... this person has known it.
Syd walked around Jody.
" osteogenesis imperfecta: As known as Mr.Glass disease if you've watched M.night Shyamalan movies or to say in common sense ... it also is known as brittle bone disease. It is a group of genetic disorders that mainly affect the bones. It results in bones that break easily. The severity may be mild to severe..."
" And this disease happens only at your legs. Am I correct?"
" How...? how did you find any of this?..."
" Don't worry. It's okay to be mad at me. because patient information is used to be in high security. However, I did not come up with this randomly."
Syd said.
" We better head out of here first."
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In the restaurant, 5 blocks from the School.
Syd and Jody are having a seat.
Syd looks pretty chill, In contradicts, Jody looks very serious as hell.
Syd understands her feeling well.
So the best choice for him is to better explain.
" Alright, now I'm gonna explain."
Syd sips a glass of water.
" To begin with. Your disease... is making your life harder. One of the many reasons that made you isolated from the community is that you are afraid that people will know about this secret of yours."
Syd put a hamburger in his mouth.
He talks while chewing.
" Before you're getting angrier, I wanna ask you something... What if i say that i can cure your disease?"
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Jody's eyes widened.
" What ...? What did you just say?!..."
Syd moved his face closer to her.
" I'm saying that I'm offering you a way to cure this deadly disease of yours."
He said.
" ..No.. you must be fooling with me... It is impossible."
Jody still not believe Syd, Even though she's still shocking.
" Hm. Welp, I'd expected you to say that for a person who's been.. what do I say, PTSD with this for 2 entire years... I believe that Action must speak louder than words. I'll show you"
Syd then moved the table away so there's an empty space between him and Jody.
" Your feet. Please put it on my lap." Syd said.
" Pardon...?"
" Your feet. My lap. *tap* *tap* "
" Syd... You embarrass me..."
" This is still morning. there's no one here. Or would you like to throw away a chance to cure your disease?"
Been shooting by that Question, Jody has no choice but to follow his order.
She lifted her feet up and put it on Syd's lap.
" May I ?" Syd asked.
Jody nodded.
Syd then proceeds to pull down one of Jody's stocking. Revealing her white leg skin.
Although there's nobody around ,Jody felt very embarrassed.
" Could you grab that stainless fork and pass it for me?"
" What he has to do with it?"
" Just do it," Syd ordered.
" Fine..."
Jody passed a fork to him.
Suddenly something happens.
She noticed Red auras were radiating out of Syd Barrett's hand.
One of his hands is touching Jody's leg, another is holding a fork.
Suddenly the auras went out.
Syd put the fork down and put his hand away from her leg.
" Now, what shouldn't a patient with brittle bone do?" He asked.
Sweat is flooding all around Jody's face just before she wipes it out. She's pretty confused right now.
" W..What...?"
" Do 'what'? huh, I never heard of that."
" What have you done?!... Syd Barrett! I'm asking you! What have you done!?"
She asked in a panic.
Syd grins.
" See for your self."
As he finished his sentence, Syd immediately punches his fist down on Jody's leg.
That made Jody screams. This can be a physical assault.
" SYD!?!?!... WHAT THE HELL---... !!!?? "
" What the...? ... wait... where's the cracking sound?? wait for a second..."
tap tap tap
Jody touches her legs.
" I don't feel any pain... I don't even feel that my bones are cracking...Even though he punches at me... but I don't feel any damage..."
She repeated.
" Because I just 'Swap' your bones with that Stainless fork you gave me, check it out."
Lifting her face up, Jody saw Syd holding up a fork she had given him.
And something shocks happen.
With just only a thumb. As Syd Barrett squeezed the fork with his thumb,It easily breaks down apart like it wasn't stainless.
" !?!?!??!?!?!?! "
" Now you understand? " Syd asked.
Jody suddenly stood up. She then starts to run out of the shop.
" I..Impossible... I can't believe it...Now I can run without my legs breaking...!.."
She stops and jumps up and down, or more precisely, Heavily using her legs.
And there's no cracking.
She then runs back to the restaurant and grabs Syd's shoulder and pulls him closer.
" SYD!... HOW??... HOW DID YOU?? IS THAT YOUR ABILITY?!..."
Jody is losing herself right now and very excited. She absolutely forgets that the waitresses are looking at them as She's shouting.
" Shh... be quiet. they are watching at us tho."
" I DON'T CARE! PLEASE TELL ME! SYD! "
" sigh... so it's really true that all the girls are crazy..." He said.