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Chapter 101 - Book Fight

Chapter 101 - Book Fight

"100", Nada said, looking at the card on the floor.

"stupid", Alexander uttered.

Nada didn't hear what he said, but she heard him mumble.

Alexander didn't waste any time. He ran out of the room. What else could he do? He lost a ball. He didn't want to lose time as well. Nada watched as he rushed out of the room. After he was gone, she looked back at the floor. Seeing the 100 card on the floor stung her. She could've had it. Or could she? Was she going to beat Alexander any other way?

"Nada, forget about it", Marcus told her. "You did good. You stopped him from getting points".

The students in class 1-E saw what Nada did, and they were impressed. They didn't see it as one hundred points lost to them. Only one hundred points lost to 1-A. On the other hand, Nada was happy she stopped Alexander from getting a hundred points, but she was upset that she could've gotten that ball if she had been faster.

She would've gotten a hundred points if she had reached the room before Alexander. She could've gotten a hundred points if she had waited for Alexader to leave the room. She should've gotten a hundred points if she had gotten the ball before it rolled off to Alexander.

Would've, could've, should've.

Nada couldn't dwell on it for too long. She had to go on. It was only one ball. There were many others to be found. Nada hastily walked out of the room with her head held high to search another room.

Meanwhile, Alexander took the stairs to the bottom floor. His thought process was that no one's safe zone would be on the bottom floor, so the majority of the rooms would be untouched. The thought process wasn't perfect because another person could've searched the bottom floor in the previous rounds, but it was a gamble that Alexander had to take. Nine other people were searching the building. Finding a floor no one else was on would be a challenge, and he didn't want to share a floor with Nada.

Alexander reached the bottom and made haste down the corridor. The first door he saw was on the left, and it was opened. The second door he saw was on the right, and it was opened. The next door he saw was not opened. Alexander looked further down and saw more closed doors. He might've found a goldmine.

Alexander opened the door and searched the room, not wasting a second. You're probably thinking it's amazing how unfazed Alexander is right now, even though he lost a hundred points. But let me tell you something. This guy isn't unfazed. Losing that ball unsettled him. He had it. He had a hundred points in the palm of his hand. Knowing he had a hundred points in his hands and then lost it irritated him. It wasn't only the fact he lost those points, but it was how he lost the points. Something about the whole situation irked him. It wasn't normal. The question that kept popping up in his head was.

Why would she do that?

No normal person would resort to that. Alexander was trying to see it from her perspective and replicate her thought process, but it didn't make sense to him. Only an idiot would do what she did. But despite it being idiotic, it was smart. Annoyingly smart. Alexander didn't like it. Normally, those reckless actions wouldn't work, but she didn't hesitate to act, and it worked. It was frustrating. Alexander didn't like it. Everyone would feel the same way he was, but not everyone would hide it like he was. His perfect, calm composure remained the same. However, inside, there was this annoyance he couldn't shake off. The annoyance he lost points. The annoyance Nada did that. The annoyance he couldn't figure out Nada's thought process. Annoyance.

Alexander didn't like it.

"Just keep looking. Just keep looking".

Maria was in the library mumbling to herself while using the same strategy she had used in the first round. She had already searched two aisles but found nothing. It didn't get to her, though. If anything, it motivated her.

Lorenzo was also in the library. He didn't know where Maria went so he was searching for her instead of map pieces. Finding a person should have been easier than finding a piece of paper, but it was still quite difficult to find her because the library was much busier than he expected. About fifteen people were in the library, and they were all searching. Lorenzo was also searching. It wasn't the thing he should be searching for, but he was searching.

Lorenzo walked into an aisle that had someone else in it. He didn't recognise him. Shock. The guy had black dreads with blonde tips, and he was a few inches taller than Lorenzo. It was Ash from 1-D, but Lorenzo didn't know him. Ash was taking out books to look behind them to look for map pieces. He looked like he didn't know what he was doing. He was just doing it to do something. Lorenzo continued to walk down the aisle after being disappointed that the person wasn't the person he was searching for. He was about to walk past Ash but,

BANG!!

A book whizzed past Lorenzo's face and barely missed Ash in front of him. Ash was facing the bookshelf, and the book flew from behind him. Lorenzo looked up in the direction from which the book came. He looked up to the second floor. Lorenzo saw a guy leaning over the ledge and staring down at him.

"The fuck you doing, man?" Ash asked, turning around and looking up at the guy.

"Ash, my man. How you doing?" the guy casually said, like he didn't try to assault him.

His hair was messy at the top with red highlights, but he had a nice fade on the sides. He was clean-shaven with a strong jawline and reddish-brown eyes. Similar to Lorenzo's eye colour but a little more red. His tone of voice was husky. Lorenzo wasn't sure if that was his regular voice or if it was because he was ill. He also had one long ruby-red earring on his left ear. Lorenzo had seen this guy before but didn't know which class he was in. He remembered seeing someone with red highlights in their hair and thought it was odd.

"Who the fuck are you? How do you know my name?" Ash asked, mean-mugging him.

"You're friends with Jason, no? I thought we would get along because I know your friend", he replied.

"Get along? You threw a book at me, man", Ash said with his arms up.

"I wanted to get your attention".

Ash looked at Lorenzo, confused. "You know this motherfucker?" he asked, pointing at the guy.

Lorenzo shook his head.

"Oh, oh. I know you", he said, noticing and pointing at Lorenzo. "You're Ryan's friend. Hmmm, what's your nameeee... I feel like I know it", he continued, dangling his arms over the ledge with a book in his left hand.

Lorenzo didn't say anything and just stared at him. He didn't want to tell him his name.

"Tut. Maaan. I can't remember it. Sorry, dude", he said, looking at Lorenzo and standing up normally. "I hope you accept my APOLOGY!"

He arrowed a book straight at Lorenzo.

THUD!

Lorenzo managed to dodge, leading to the book meeting the floor. He looked back up at the guy and furrowed his eyebrows.

"Ayo! What the fuck man! Stop throwing books!" Ash angrily told him.

"I'm sorry, man. I'm just so bored", he said, looking like he didn't care.

"Bored? Go help your class, dawg", Ask replied.

"I don't want to", the guy replied, leaning over the ledge again.

"Don't want to? What class are you in?" Ash asked, thinking he might be in 1-E.

"1-A".

"1-A?!" Ash said in shock.

Lorenzo's eyes widened, too. It came as a shock.

"If you're in 1-A, Why the fuck are you acting like this?" Ash asked.

Ash was doing all of the talking. One because he was talkative and two because Lorenzo wasn't talkative.

"He's in 1-A?" Lorenzo thought, staring at him, trying to picture 1-A. It didn't help because he didn't know anyone in 1-A.

"Whats that suppose to mean? Do you think everyone in 1-A is a try-hard?" he replied. "Haha. I'm not a nerd like them. Not everyone is a try-hard in our class. Isn't that right, Naomi?"

"Huuh?"

A girl with light brown skin and wild, long, curly hair came walking and looked over the ledge. She wore a mask that covered her mouth and nose. Her eyes still showed, and they were thin, narrow eyes. She was blasian.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing. I'm just telling these guys I'm bored", he replied.

Naomi looked down at Lorenzo and Ash.

"Ew. Who are they?" Naomi asked.

"Ew?" Ash questioned.

"Some nobodies", the guy answered.

"Nobodies?" Ash questioned. "You called me by name a few seconds ago".

"I did. But you're still a nobody".

"Tsk. Fuck you, dumbass", Ash said, turning around and going back to what he was doing, leaving the conversation.

Lorenzo kept his eyes on the guy. The guy whispered something to Naomi. Lorenzo couldn't figure out what he was telling her. After he finished, Naomi walked away. Shortly after, he also walked away from the ledge, out of Lorenzo's vision. Lorenzo didn't want to keep his eyes off that ledge in case he came back.

Ten seconds passed, and nothing happened. Lorenzo was uneasy but remembered that Maria was still in this library. With that in mind, he started walking down the aisle.

BANG!

A book whizzed past Lorenzo's face and hit Ash in the back of his head.

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"THE FUCK YOU DOING MAN!" Ash raged with his left hand holding the back of his head.

"Bleh", the guy stuck his tongue out at Ash.

"Fuck this guy".

Ash got the book he was holding and flung it at him.

THUD!

It hit the ledge.

"Hahahaha. Now we're talking".

BANG!

The next book the guy threw missed as Ash dodged it. The guy had an extreme height advantage. He could see over multiple aisles, so other people could also see him from their aisle.

Ash threw another book towards him, but this time, it was too high and flew over the guy's head.

"Ash, what you doing, man?" Oscar asked, walking into the aisle and seeing Ash throw a book.

"Dawg, this guy keeps throwing books at me", Ash replied, pointing at him.

"Heh. The more the merrier".

BANG!

The guy threw a book towards Ash's friends.

"What you doing, blud!?" Nathan asked, standing next to Oscar and barely dodging that last book.

"Oouuu, a British accent", the guy said, picking up on the accent. "You're not him though".

"Tch, this guy's pissing me off", Nathan said, not liking the look on his face. He didn't hear his last comment as he said it quietly, but Nathan could tell he insulted him.

Nathan picked a book from the shelf and forcefully threw it towards him. The throw had power but no accuracy. It was heading high, over the guy's head, until,

Catch!

An outstretched arm caught the book.

"why did you tell me to come here?"

A lanky guy about 6'3 was standing behind the guy. His straight black hair covered the majority of his face. You couldn't really see his facial features.

"Jack, look. I found some fun", he said, pointing down at the Ash and everyone else.

Jack peered over the ledge.

"what's so fun about four guys?" Jack asked. His tone of voice was always really low.

"You throw books at them. LIKE THIS!"

BANG!

The book arrowed at Oscar and was going straight for his body. Oscar managed to block the book with his hands.

"I'm not having this", Oscar said, shaking his head.

He went to the shelves, picked some books, and let them go without wasting any time. The books came one after the other. Both flying towards the guys.

"damn", Jack said unbothered, effortlessly moving his body to dodge the books. "i guess i have no choice".

Jack held the book in his hand up in the air and pelted it at Oscar. The shot was accurate and was straight at Oscar again. The book bounced off the hands Oscar put up to block. After the block, Oscar had to shake his hands as they stung from the book's impact.

"Woooo. Nice throw, Jack".

Jack lightly smiled, "this is fun. gimme another book", he said, holding out his hand.

"Shit, they're gonna throw more", Nathan said, seeing them have more books in their hands.

"Quick, get some books and throw it at them!" Ash replied.

BANG!

Before they could even get any books, books started raining down on them.

BANG! THUD! CRASH!

The sounds of books hitting the floor and shelves echoed around the whole library. The library was closed for other students because of the challenge, so only the first years were there. There was also no librarian or teachers to supervise the library, so nobody could stop this fight.

"We need to get to the second floor. I wanna fuck them up. Fuck throwing books", Ash said, keeping an eye on them as he dodged the books.

"Let's go then", Nathan said, sidestepping out of the aisle.

Lorenzo was still in the aisle, trying not to get caught in the crossfire. None of the books were going in his direction, though. It was like they forgot he was there. Lorenzo could've left if he wanted to, but he was caught in the moment and wanted to see how this ended.

"I should get out of here", Lorenzo thought, seeing the guys leave the aisle. He was invested, but not that invested to follow them to the second floor. "These guys can fight each other. I don't care".

Lorenzo sneakily tried to leave the aisle. The opposite direction to where the other three guys left from.

"Why is it so noisy over here?"

Lorenzo looked up and saw who asked the question. It was Maria. Looking down the aisle, she saw a mess of books on the floor. She then switched her vision to the ledge where three people stood in view. The two guys were focused on the guys trying to get onto the second floor, but Naomi was staring at Maria.

Lorenzo quietly watched. He didn't know what to do. Maria's attention wasn't even on him, so he couldn't say anything to her. More like he didn't know what to say to her.

"What?" Naomi asked Maria.

"Are you throwing books down here?" Maria asked, getting straight to the point.

"Maybe", Naomi said, bored, rolling her eyes and shrugging. Naomi didn't throw a single book. All she did was call Jack over because the guy told her to and watch the chaos that happened after.

The two kept staring at each other. Neither of them paid attention to Lorenzo. It was like he was invisible.

"Maria Rodriguez", Naomi mumbled. "The girl everyone likes. The academy princess".

Naomi grinned under her mask.

"Maria. You should read this book!"

Naomi forcefully threw a book towards Maria's face.

"Ma-"

Maria sandwiched the book between both hands. She caught it. It was lucky. Really lucky. She even turned her head and looked away at the book when it was flying towards her. Maria did that on instinct. Maria fully opened her eyes and looked at the book in her hands. It was a psychology book. The book wasn't thick. It was the size of an A5 sheet of paper and looked to have about 300 pages or less. If it hit her, it was going to hurt. It didn't matter if it was thick or not. It had a hardcover.

Her heart was racing. She didn't even know how she caught that. She looked back up at Naomi with an angry look. She tried to say something, but nothing came out of her mouth.

Another person who couldn't talk was Lorenzo. When the book was going to hit Maria, he could only let out the first two letters of her name. He couldn't even finish saying her name. Right now, he was staring at Maria, unsure of what to say. She still wasn't looking at him. Maria kept staring down Naomi.

"Ma-"

"Maria!"

A voice called out Maria's name before Lorenzo finished saying her name. A male voice.

Maria turned around to see who called her. Lorenzo couldn't see as he was in the aisle and Maria was near the end.

"We need to go", the voice continued.

Maria turned to look at Naomi again. Naomi didn't say anything. All she did was slowly wave like they were friends. Maria didn't reciprocate the wave. She swivelled on her feet and hurriedly walked away.

Lorenzo watched as she walked away. He had a chance to talk to her and didn't take it. He failed to say her name twice. She didn't even acknowledge him. He was the only person in the aisle. The aisle where all the commotion was, and she didn't notice he was in the aisle.

Why?

The only explanation in his head was that she was too invested in the challenge, and the noises around distracted her. Ryan told him Maria liked him. If she did, she would've noticed him. Or would she? Lorenzo was used to being invisible and not being acknowledged by people. It has happened ever since he could remember. He was glad he acquired that skill. He was happy people didn't acknowledge him. He was glad to be invisible because he didn't like people. When there was a big group of people and Lorenzo was in the middle of it, he was more than happy to be invisible and fade into the background. No one would question where he went or know someone was missing. They wouldn't even know he was a part of the group, and he liked it that way. But this one time, he wasn't trying to be invisible. He still wasn't acknowledged. There wasn't even a group of people to hide behind or be left alone by. It was just him. And he still wasn't acknowledged. He was the only person in the aisle, but he was still invisible. That's when he realised.

He hated himself.

After saying he was going to change, he knew how flawed he was, but he was still determined to change, and he was little by little. But this situation made him realise Lorenzo was invisible. The guys didn't throw books at him, and Maria didn't notice him. So many things happened, and he wasn't involved even though he was in the middle of it. He felt meaningless. The thoughts of being left alone and not being remembered by people flooded his memory. At the time, he loved it, but looking at it now. It was extremely sad. It was depressing. No one gives a shit about him. He hated it.

Lorenzo was invisible.

Lorenzo didn't want to be Lorenzo anymore.

Lorenzo looked to his right. No one was there. He looked to his left. No one was there. He looked up to see if Naomi was still there. She was there.

Naomi looked at him for a few seconds. She was waiting for him to say something, but she got nothing from him.

"Ew".

Ryan was walking out of a room. He had two plastic balls. He thought he would've found more, but he had no luck. There was still time until the round ended, so he hoped to find another before time was up. Having three balls by the end of the round was good enough.

Ryan came out of the room and turned his head to the right. His body immediately stopped. His eyes saw something he wished he didn't have to see in this challenge. Malakai with a paintball gun.

"Shit".

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