Truthfully, Vince just forgot about the video. He did copy it and upload in his social media account as a reminder. Watching it from time to time gave him the boost to keep using his ability.
After learning about the side effect of using his ability, Vince focused on that. Knowing that the side effect of using his ability will stop others from looking at him as a target.
Dexter apologized in the hospital. Just as Vince woke up from the first time he fainted from using his ability. According to Dexter he hired a babysitter. That's part of why he didn't check on him often.
They set up a bonus setup for the project. The faster the project is completed, the bigger the bonus, the longer it takes, the smaller the bonus.
The company thought that they can rush it and complete it to take the biggest pay that they can. Dexter agreed and set up a babysitter for Vince. He also got in touch with one of the teachers to check up on Vince from time to time.
Unfortunately, it was Mr Calig that Dexter talked to. He didn't check up on Vince. His cousin, the woman Dexter paid to babysit Vince, took off with the money.
That's why Dexter apologized to Vince. If he didn't focus on the project (money), maybe he would have caught on early to what is happening and put a stop to it. Before Vince was sent to the hospital.
Vince listened and took it to heart. He realized that he became a target because he was weak and ignorant. Since the side effect of using his ability is modifying his body, he kept at it. He also trained.
At first, Vince felt guilty with what he is doing. Anger kept him going. When he found another reason to continue, he did. He justified his actions as training himself and improving himself. Someday they will stop looking at him as a target.
In a way, they stopped. Vince was cursing anyone that goes near his home that the people were too busy hurting to pay attention to him.
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School was supposed to be different. A new place and a new life. But Wendy and Alfred came along. That's also when Vince remembered the video he uploaded.
He would have erased the video but Alfred was too keen on appearing as the good guy. Always helping others, always taking the moral side of a debate or discussion in ethics class. If Wendy didn't say the thing about Alfred on the first day of school, Vince might have been convinced that Alfred is a good guy.
The bit about not forgiving Alfred wasn't a lie. But acting out on it was an act. Vince has had his revenge years ago. In fact, it was only Mrs Alrol that didn't experience Vince's ability. The others have walked near Vince's house once or twice. Maybe they are feeling remorse or something else. He doesn't know.
But if Vince easily forgives Alfred, that might make him look weak. And weak people are targets of the strong.
Speaking of targets, Vince just realized that he has yet to curse Mrs Alrol. He thought about it. About visiting just to curse her. In the end, he made a decision.
He doesn't need to forgive anyone. And he doesn't need to go out of his way to punish them either. What he needs is to work on his future. Next year, he will be eighteen and move out. He has an ability. Surely it can be used to benefit him somehow.
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Vince followed Sarah's advice and learned the basics properly. She made him run and run and run. Twice a week Vince comes to the gym to train with the other members. As for sparring, Vince is allowed to watch others spar.
Alfred joined soon after. The advisor of the Boxing club made Alfred pair up with Vince. They run around the school together during weekdays and on Saturday, run in the park with other boxing club members.
Others were training to enhance their body but Vince was training to control his body. He wouldn't get tired after two hours of running. During his runs, he focused on his form. He followed what Ms. Sarah taught him.
At the end of the semester, Vince took down the video. Though Alfred tried to hide it, he was happy that day.
The next semester was more normal. Without Alfred trying to just be there to help Vince out of anything and Wendy hyping things up, Vince experienced normal school days.
They didn't disappear. They just moved on to their own circle of friends. As for vincey, he was polite to everyone but kept his distance. He didn't even tell anyone his social media account.
Arkam. Anagram for karma. That's Vince's account name. Only those who knows of the vmtwin videos knows Vince's account. Since Vince created it after leaving the hospital and the only post there is the twin video.
Wendy once joked that the reason Vince never shared his social media account was to hide the video from his new classmates. Whatever reason Vince uploaded it, Wendy insists that it wasn't to ruin the reputation of Mrs Alrol or hurt the school.
"You are secretly a nice guy." This is something that Wendy would often say to Vince.
Alfred would often nod his head in agreement. Although Vince ignored Alfred most of the time, he was never mean. He just tried to stay away. The only time Vince expressed his displeasure to Alfred was during the discussion about money being the root of all evil.
Wendy soon stopped calling Vince nice. She changed it to "savage V" a week after the second semester started.
Vince was finally allowed to spar. The Boxing tournament would soon start and Ms. Sarah thought Vince was ready to participate but it couldn't hurt if he experiences some sparring before the tournament.
Vince would always play it a certain way when he spars. The first round he would just defend. He told the Boxing club advisor that he needs a lot of experience defending himself from punches. That's why his strategy in the first round of sparring is always defence.
Second round always goes for simultaneous exchange. Vince would defend and dodge most of the time but three to four times during the second round, he would allow a hit to connect as well as land his own punch.
The third round is where he got the "savage" title. Vince would weave and dodge every punch and hit a perfect counter from time to time.
Seconds before the bells rings to indicate the end of the round, Vince would send a finisher to knock out his sparring partner. This happens in every sparring match and pretty soon, no wants to spar with Vince anymore. This gave more credit to Wendy calling Vince "savage V".
One Saturday during practice, Vince saw Alfred leave the gym. When he checked, he saw Mrs Alrol and Alfred talking.
Vince hid behind the parked cars outside the gym. He spied on Alfred and his mom from behind the cars. He wasn't sure if it was really Mrs Alrol that was talking to Alfred. That's why he moved closer to check.
Hearing Alfred call her mom, Vince became sure. Immediately, he went back to the gym to take his wallet from his bag. Then he returned to his previous hiding place.
Vince was holding his wallet and about to use his ability when he heard someone behind him.
"What are you doing?"