I woke with a start, the dream I was having still fresh in my mind. I looked at the clock and received a shock it was already 8 in the morning. “Lex it’s time to get up” my mother yelled at the bottom of the stairs. “I’m up” I yelled back and got up to take my usual morning shower, I got down the stairs and had to dodge a kick my little sister threw at me. I dodged to the left and sent my own kick sweeping her off her feet.

 “Hey no fair, Lex” She said to me with my knee to her throat “that was a cheap shot.” I smiled down at her “a cheap shot, you attacked me outta nowhere first thing in the morning.” I got off her and went in the kitchen.

 This morning we are having eggs and bacon. I grab a piece of bacon and headed out the door “make sure you got everything with you.”  She called to me. “I have everything, see you later” I said while I was still on the porch.

My name is Lex Haultin and I am 16 yrs. Old, I have silver hair that I got from my father and I have sky blue eyes that seem to change shade constantly.

            “Hey what’s up Lex how are you doing?” my friend Jason asked me when I walk out of the gate leading to my house. Jason has been my friend since first grade and we have been tight since then. “Oh, George is looking for you; he said he wants to settle some things with you before school starts.” Jason cautioned me on the way to school.

I sighed, this has been going on since he took my sister captive and tried to have his way with her a couple years ago. After my sister got away safely I have been teaching her how to defend herself against anything like that again. Now she can hold herself against anyone but me. “Does he have a fetish for pain or something?” I asked him. Jason shrugged his shoulders and told me what George said.

            When I got to the area where George told me to meet him I was surprised to see more people with him than usual, “I thought you wouldn’t show up” George said with a sneer. George was six foot and built like a tank, he had a glare that can chill people to the point they break out in sweats.

 “I see you got desperate in taking me down.” I said back at him. George ran the local gang in my neighborhood and everyone was scared of him because he was famous for losing his cool faster than anyone. When I looked around I could see his goons in the background sitting on the steps and car hoods with their muscles bulging under muscle shirts and some of them were shirtless. I counted twenty of them in all, and I felt relieved because I can take care of these guys before school starts. Instead of switching to a stance I switched to street fighting, the first guy was unlucky enough to be close enough to attack me which is exactly what he did.

I threw a strong right hook to his jaw and he was sent spinning a couple feet then all hell broke loose. Two of the guys came at me with knives and I dodged the first knife and barely dodged the second knife which cut the sleeve of my shirt. “Aw man this was custom made” I said and kicked him in the stomach; he was out before he hit the ground.

I got hit in the back of the head with a two by four and almost fell but I was pissed, after that everything went black. When I came too, George was whimpering on the ground and I smelt blood I looked down at my hands and were surprised to see my hands covered in blood. At first; I thought it was my blood but I didn’t feel any pain then I looked around and saw something that was a huge surprise bodies that were beaten to a bloody pulp I honestly thought some were dead but then I looked closely and I saw that they were just knocked out.

I reached my hand towards George and he went in a kind of panicked frenzy and started screaming. “PLEASE DON’T KILL ME PLEASE I WONT DO ANYTHING TO YOU AGAIN.” George screamed and took off running.  

             Well you might be thinking that I was so sorry that I did those things but honestly I didn’t feel anything. I just left them there for the ambulance to come pick up and I went to school.

When I got there Jason was surrounded by his fan club, I know most people will be jealous of Jason but trust me the last thing you want is a bunch of people chasing you everywhere you go. “Man I wish I had a fan club.” One of the guys said who was staring at Jason. I smiled and left for class, when I reached the door I was stopped by Jessie who was the class president of my class.

 “Hey prez what’s up how was your morning?” I asked her.

“You’re late Lex.” She said angrily,

“I know I had to take care of a few things before I got here.” I replied. She just huffed and turned her back on me and walked to her seat. What can I say about Jessie, one thing is she is one of the most popular people in the school, she has tons of fan clubs and   she has her own personal troop which follows her around all the time. They take care of her suitors when she is not looking and they give her money.

The funny thing is they tried attacking me once, it didn’t work out as planned but I give them stars for balls, here’s how it went down. They started hearing rumors about me stalking Jessie because I am always around her.

So one night I was walking home and this huge dude came out of the side alleyway and stopped me. “So you are the one who is stalking Jessie.” He growled at me. “I am sorry you must have me confused with someone else.” I replied not entirely interested in this guy.

 “You know what I am talking about you keep on following her around and never leaving her alone.” He said. “Um ok you seem to be confused about something I don’t follow her around at all and I don’t bug her so I am just going to get home now it was a pleasure talking with you.” I said with a smile and started walking around him.

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Of course he had to be an idiot as well because he went up and attacked me and punched me in the back of the head. I turned around pissed as hell and hit him very hard in the stomach. He keeled over and coughed and wheezed and then I kicked him in the side of the head and knocked him out. Well after that no one started missing with me and her fan club learned to stay away from me.

 There are some who still come after me and they all wind up as the last one, knocked out. Jason came in and sat in his seat just before the teacher arrived, “alright class please have a seat and take out your pencils.” Our homeroom teacher said. What can I say about Ms. Connelly, she is drop dead gorgeous for a start and she is young to boot, about 22 is my guess. She has a ton of secret admirers which includes a lot of male teachers and even the vice principle himself.

When I walk down the hall I always see her approached by one of the teachers asking her out to a drink. She turns them down all the time. When school was over I started walking home when Claire came up and handed me a love letter. “Can you hand this to Jason please?” she asked with a smile. I took the letter and walked off towards Jason’s relaxation spot. “Hey Jason you got a letter from Claire.” I said and handed it over to him.

 Jason read it and sighed “Hey man do you think you can tell her I said no that I am not interested in any relationships right know.” He asked me. “Sure dude I will tell her the next time I see her.” I said.

When I was on my way home I saw something shining in the alleyway and I went and picked it up. It looked like a sort of yin yang medallion that you see on martial art dojos. I thought it looked pretty cool but I wasn’t going to take it. “Hello did any one lose a necklace.” I called out but no one answered.

 ‘Well that’s weird’ I thought and put the necklace in my pocket.

When I got home I had to dodge a trap my sister set up. “Mom I’m home.” I called.

 “Alright dear how was school.” My mom asked.

“It was good.” I said and went up to my room.

I laid on my bed and just relaxed looking up at the night sky. I took out the necklace and turned it in my hand. “Were did you come from and how did you get in that alleyway?” I muttered.

I put the necklace on my nightstand and went to bed. I awoke in the middle of the night and instinctively looked at the necklace and it was shining.

What the he.. There was a bright shining light and the next time I opened my eyes I was in a pile of rubble. When I sat up all I saw was a group of people standing in a circle around me. Most of them had an army uniform on and it wasn’t any you have ever seen before.

The top was all black with streaks of gold and green, the pants had a utility belt with Tasers and gun holsters.

There were other people to but they just looked like citizens, “this is the cause of the disturbance its nothing but a child.” one of the army dudes said. “it doesn’t matter he goes in with the rest.” Said another adorned in medals with a scar across his face starting from the left eye all the way down to the right side of his chin. “ yes sir.” Said the dude who spoke first, He grabbed me roughly and pulled me up by my arm.

My hands were chained and I was thrown in the back of a truck with thick steel bars. It was a very rough ride going through rubble and debris. When we got to the destination I literally thought it was a military base, it had turrets and guard towers.

I was thrown in a cell with 5 other people. “looks like they bagged another one.” A man said. I looked at him and was shocked at what I saw. It was Jason but he seemed older like in his mid to late thirties. “So new blood what is your name.” Jason asked.

I looked at him like he was crazy because I couldn’t understand why he asked a stupid question like that. “ hello kid what is your name.” Jason repeated. “what do you mean what my name is you already know.” I said back to him.

 “Ha ha ha like I know someone as young as you.” Jason said. “what do you mean as young as me.” I replied back. “ don’t worry about it Jason he is just stupid.” Said a grown women who I saw was none other than Jessie.

I looked at the my reflection and was surprised to see a child no older than 10 staring back at me. “what the hell!?” I shouted, “Hey keep it down in there you stupid brat!” a guard yelled from outside of the cell. “What the hell happened to me.” I said again.” Little boy what are you talking about” another woman asked.

I looked at the source of the voice and was surprised to see Claire talking. “Hey brat shut up before I knock you out” a dude said he looked like Tim the kid who is always hanging around George. “Now than what should I do” I said to myself completely ignoring the guy.