Chapter 7 - New Reality

The hall was silent, not a sound, not one of the students were breathing in fear of being next. As soon as the king grabbed Jason by the throat using whatever ability he just displayed. I immediately begged Monolith to tell Alice to keep her head down and keep her eyes shut as i held her hands tighter. It seems my messages got across because i felt her put her forehead in between my shoulder blades. I felt her jump when the his body imploded the sound of snapping bone that where tearing flesh echoed through the hall. Surprisingly not a drop of blood touched the floor. I watched the whole thing with wide eyes not blinking, while steeling my heart, I'm going to have to get used to this in 3 years the war will start. But I can't let Alice see this just yet, her current state right now is not good and I'm worried her mind will break from the events of today. 

However when i saw King Ares eat the clear crystal i felt goosebumps spreading through my whole body and broke out in a cold sweat. I bit my tongue so hard to keep myself from shaking that i drew blood and my mouth filled with the taste of iron. A instinctive primal fear filled my gut, twisting like someone ringing out a hand towel. Keeping my mouth shut through will power, while silently choking on the vomit and blood. I swallowed back down the bile that made its way up my throat along with the blood that was coming from my tongue, causing me to feel even weaker, my ears ringing, my head spinning, on the verge of losing consciousness. My grip on Alices hands started to weaken. 

It was when i felt Alices hands gripping mine so tightly that her nails drew blood from my hands. The pain allowed me to gain some of my lost sanity and i fought to stay conscious. 

'I absolutely cannot leave Alice alone right now, fuck, fuck, FUCKIN, FUCKING STOP! Not in this situation not ever!'

I gripped Alices hands tight and she squeezed back. I slowly started to settle my breath, after not being able to. Trying to settle my mind i closed my eyes but that was a mistake on my part. Every time i closed my eyes all i saw was his body shrinking to the size of a tennis ball, the sounds it made echoing through out my mind, my heart stopped. I immediately opened my eyes back up focusing on the ceiling, taking deep breaths, trying to settle my racing heart.

' I-I-I just s-saw some the s-same age as me...j-just gone.. in 5 seconds. Like a magician with a white rabbit but t-that rabbit has a brighter future that-that one ever had' 

"huuuuu" i exhaled deeply collecting my thoughts.

Alices pov 

As soon as i saw my student Jason walking up i immediately knew nothing good was about to happen. I happen to look into my students lifes so i know how i can be of help to them since every student has their own problems and situations. Little things can trigger them and they will act out and its a teachers job to help guide them in life. The boy comes from a broken family. His dad was a drunk and beat his wife to death right in front of him when he was 5 years old. His dad was sentenced to life in prison for first degree manslaughter along with child abuse charges and many others. He had no family to take him in and all he got from his parents was $500,000 in debt from his fathers drinking and gambling habits. He was immediately sent to an orphanage where he spent his time between there and temporary homes that he never stayed at long. 

When he spoke of the Kings daughters and wife i immediately felt this wasn't going to end well. I can only hope they will spare him, after all he's just a kid and they make mistakes. I felt an overwhelming sense of self deprecation since i couldn't help him enough to know that, that's not how you talk to someone of higher status. 

While in the middle of watching what was going on and in the midst of my thoughts i heard the monoliths message

*ding* 

~Lulu wants you to keep your head down and keep your eyes shut. he's absolutely begging me or else i wouldn't give a shit hehe~

I trust Lucius so i immediately put my forehead on his wide back and closed my eyes. His hands tighten around mine, It felt warm, comfortable and i felt a sense of belonging being this close to him.

'But i can't, just can't be in a relationship with one of my students. But he was supposed to be graduating and would no longer be my student... we aren't even on earth right now anyway. Who knows how many years will have passed by the time we get back home, UGH i don't know right now everything that happened today has been a blur and i need some time to sort my hea-'

"You know its really a shame that we're already brought down to 24 heros on the first day." 

*Crunch*

*Pop*

*Crunch*

*Gurgle*

The sounds where unexpected, it all happened so fast. My thoughts completely froze as soon as i heard those noises, even though i had my head buried in Lucius back and eyes closed, i could vividly see what had happened from the noises, he was dead. I felt Lucius hands tighten around mine, his heart beat sped up, i could hear liquids moving through his throat and it only made me feel colder.

'Did he just watched what happened? Is he going to be okay after this?'

Like arctic ice water had just been dumped on my head. I broke out into a shiver and cold sweat. When i felt Lucius hands weaken their hold on mine.

'ABSOLUTELY NOT, NOT HIM EVER!" i screamed internally not understanding what was going on with him i went into full panic mode. I tightened my grip on his hands, my nails dug into his skin and i felt warm liquids run down my hand. Pushing my head into his back i repeated 'Please let the two of us survive' like a mantra in my head.

I hear his heart beat begin to clam and i light out a sign internally. My prayers where answered. His hands squeezed mine back.

Then i hear his heart stop, my breath caught in my throat. 

His heart them started beat as though he had just finished a marathon, so fast that i thought it was going to explode. I felt him take a deep breaths and the beats started to calm and slow back down.