Light shines luminously through a window, illuminating a young man sleeping soundly. An alarm screeches from beside his bed, waking him up. With a groan he rises from his bed, his slender frame quickly jumping up to get a start on his day. Preparing himself for school, he brushes his dark brown hair from his face ,his hazel eyes and caramel skin showing him to be of mixed descent. “Eli hurry up or you'll be late” his sister yells at him." Groaning he quickens his pace, finishing everything up before leaving his room. "Thanks Angie, I'll see you after school” he tells his sister on his way out. Unfortunately, this would be the last time he would see her for a long time. 

“I wonder if it's bad I hope Bruno tries to bully someone today since I want a reason to get in his face” Eli thinks to himself. “I mean I don’t want those kids getting bullied but at the same time I really want to put him in his place.” Lost in thought Eli fails to notice a shadow on the road following him despite nothing casting it, gliding ominously a fair distance away. Eli continues to walk, eventually reaching a basketball court on the outskirts of his school, where three boys surround one smaller one. Noticing the largest of the three as Bruno, Elis mouth curls up into a grin. He walks up, not very stealthily, but the boys are all focused on the smallest, so his approach goes unnoticed. Walking closer he can hear the three hurling insults at the bullied kid, eliciting both anger and happiness from Eli. Anger at the fact such blatant bullying is occurring but happiness at the fact he has very good reason to step in and release some pent-up anger. Grabbing Bruno by the shoulder and turning him, he punches him hard in the face as the others go silent. Blood dripping from his lip, Bruno's face goes from pain to recognition and finally pure fury. With a roar of anger, he charges Eli, tackling him to the ground. Despite his struggles Eli is suppressed by the larger boys weight, having to surrender himself to the onslaught of blows that are being delivered. As the fists slow,he pushes Bruno off him, standing and backing off quickly. "What the fuck Eli you sucker punching little bitch” yells Bruno getting to his feet,panting heavily. “I told you the next time I saw you bullying someone I'd teach you a lesson” Eli says with a sneer “I'll show you how strike fear into someone” Sprinting towards him Eli ducks to his left, delivering a jab hard into Bruno's solar plexus knocking the wind out of him, then snaking one of his legs behind Bruno's rams his palm into his chest putting him on the floor. Once on the floor he kicks him several times in the ribs eliciting groans of pain, the sound of bones cracking with every kick. Stopping his kicking Eli drops down into a crouch, his eyes alight with mad delight, he whispers to the whimpering child. “Next time you ignore something I say it won't be this bad, it will be worse.” kicking him one more time before limping away with blood dripping from his hand, he goes around the corner of a building. Leaning against the wall he slides down, and then falls into the shadow itself, falling into a black abyss.

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