-Lowering adrenaline levels. Increasing Glutamine levels-

Erin feels calmness begin to seep in once more. And along with that calmness, and an incredible feeling of bliss and thought.

‘What is this feeling? I feel like everything is within my grasp…’

‘It’s the wonder chemical of the brain. Every single electric spark that flows within it will have a sudden boost in power. Your brain’s activity and performance is much better than usual, not to mention the fact that your brain is already better than before with your source energy at 10.’

Erin stares angrily at John. ‘This feeling is wonderful’.

The girl to the side looks worryingly at Erin. Erin’s usually quiet, but this is the first time she’s ever seen Erin make a face like that. What she doesn’t know is that the only reason Erin was quiet is he was afraid of making a fool of himself. Now, that restriction is finally gone.

Against her predictions, Erin lets out a hearty laugh.

“That’s crazy! I can’t believe you got that lucky John!”

“Fuck no one can beat my luck, honestly. I swear I will win all the bitch ass lotteries.” John gets even more excited.

“Bro, you know what is it that makes you lucky?”

“The fuck you mean? I’m blessed from the heavens. If I want something then I get it. AIGHT!?”

“Yeah, but haven’t you noticed that when you're not on drugs everything turns shitty? Maybe drugs are what make you lucky and stronger.” Erin takes out his box of IceBreaker mints and swallows one as he laughs again. This was a planned out move.

“Oh shit! Just yesterday when I ran out of pills I stumped my toe on the fucking couch!”

The table lets out laughter, as John seems to be getting stupider every time they see him. The girl looks suspiciously at Erin. She knows how Erin feels about John, and he would never take the initiative to talk with him. As she looks back, John opens a little box and takes out a green pill.

“John, haven’t you had enough? You’ve already taken four.” The girl holds on to his arm.

“Back off Mo! I’ll get some and share with you later, this one is mine.” John shakes her off and drops the pill in his mouth.

“YES! That hit good! MHHHM!” He shakes his head in pleasure. “But that was my last one, ay Tony my friend…”

“Not now John, I’m saving these for later. I promised the homies I would hook them up.”

The table seems to have been influenced by looking at John and they each go on to take out their own supply of drugs, even the girl wasn’t an exception.

“Stingy Bitches.” John’s hand trembles as he takes out a ‘pen’ and starts smoking instead, still looking unsatisfied.

Erin looks at them calmly. A drug addict is at most risk when looking at other people take drugs. The brain makes them feel extremely tempted to ‘reward’ themselves. All it takes is some words for these guys to get riled up. This is what drives human beings to live out their lives…

“I’m going to go get more clay.” Erin leaves towards the storage room at the corner of the class. Inside it’s dark and filled with boxes.

‘Why is the feeling wearing off? I’m starting to feel stupid in comparison to before.’

‘That’s because I’m lowering the speed of Glutamate production. It’s not good for the brain to run like that for too long; kind of like overclocking your computer. Once you’re in the soul, you feel like that every moment of the day.’

‘You’re creeping me out. I need to give them another push. All it takes is one moment for happiness to turn into chaos.’

Erin grabs a block of clay and heads back, dropping it down next to one of the guys around his table.

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There’s three common ways drugs can affect your mood. They can make you happy, angry, or stupid. If they make you stupid, than most of the things in your mind will flow to the back and give you the sensation of being ‘chilled out.’ In this guy’s case, he became stupid.

As Erin slowly starts cutting off a piece of clay, he looks at the guy who’s just dumbly staring at his clay project.

“Dam Tony, didn’t know you were a stud.” Erin pats his back to get his attention.

“Whatchu mean fo’?”

“Well Mo’ over there is either looking at your pants or your pills, either way that’s pretty badass.’

“Shit for real?” He turns over to look at Molene who is high, but still looking weirdly at Erin. However, Tony’s sense of direction is not at its best, and thinks she’s looking at him.

“Yeah, she’s actually been talking about you lately, maybe something can happen if you make a move.”

“I thot she was wit’ John boy over there?’ He turns to look at the edgy John with his legs constantly moving up and down.

“Na, they’re just good friends. You think such a thick girl would date a dumbass like that? She just wants to get her hands on his low-quality pills” Tony laughs at this.

“I’m just saying bro, if you use your cards right, who know’s what you’ll get.” At Erin’s mysterious wording, Tony is finally tempted. He stares at Molene greedily. Erin grabs his clay and quickly sits back on his spot, which makes Molene seem as if she looked away in shyness.

In truth, John and Molene have always been regarded as a couple by others. They’re usually always together, and if you look closely you can see their care for eachother. Thanks to her and the fact that Tony is also a crackhead, the overclocked Erin was able to cook up a good plan.

After a few seconds, Tony comes over and grabs Molene's shoulders.

Erin feels inwardly excited that his plan worked. ‘I feel like I’m abusing my abilities, I’m so overpowered! But John brought this on himself the second he messed with my belongings.’

It’s too bad really… because life never works perfectly like that.

“Ay Mo’ want some of this?” Tony opens a little can filled with pills and takes one himself. As he gets closer to her, he completely takes off the lid and shows her all the pills inside. From the second Tony laid his hands on Molene, John was already looking insanely at Tony.

“Actually I think I’m-” Before Molene could even push away the arm around her, John angrily sticks his hand in the can. It comes out with most of the pills, and he stuffs them in his mouth.

‘Shit! To think he’d commit suicide before even fighting. I wasn’t trying to kill him!’ Erin panics inside, and this time there’s no brain chemicals to calm him down.

“What the fuck are you doing Joh-” Tony is thrown flying from a fist. John doesn’t stop there and jumps on top of Tony.

“GAHHHHHHHH!” He screams right in front of Tony’s face. John’s face looks ferocious and every hair in his body seems to be standing up. His fists start smashing down on Tony's head like a savage beast. The floor was dyed red as blood sprayed everywhere. Within seconds, blood came pouring out of Tony’s deformed head. Even a child could tell that he's dead. This all happened before anyone could even react, and the teacher was just about to turn his head over, when John let out another roar.

“GAHHHHHHHHH!” In a rage, he pounds his chest like an animal.

“J-John! What’s going on? What are you doing?” Molene tearfully tries to get closer to John with her hands out.

-Norepinephrine and Adrenaline levels increased, Reflex and Focus Levels increased to the max-

Time seems to slow down…

A bloodshot eye turns to look at Molene. Erin doesn’t even say anything and directly pushes Molene away. In an instant a fist comes falling down and lands on the table behind Molene. The corner of the four-inch thick wooden table is smashed to bits. By now everyone starts to run out of the building, including the cowardly teacher with his phone.

“GAHHHHHHH!” John turns to look at Erin who pushed away Molene. Erin lost his balance earlier and fell to the floor as he saved Molene. Another fist dives towards Erin.

‘Get out of there now! This guy’s strength isn’t humanly possible! I can feel source energy off of him!’

-BRAMM-

Erin dodges by a hairs breath, and the stone floor underneath him is left with cracks. He hurriedly gets up and starts running away from Molene who's facing the exit door.

‘Shit! How could she faint here!’ Erin runs around another table, and John directly jumps on top of it as he starts chasing John with bloody hands.

‘JUMP LEFT NOW!’

Erin doesn’t hesitate and immediately jumps to the side. The spot where he was at was smashed by John after he jumped off the table. He makes a run for the ceramics tools.

“GRAAAAHHHHH!” John gets up and starts chasing after him. Erin reaches out and grabs the box of pointy tools for carving clay then jumps away again. The cart that held the toolboxes was smashed apart and some of the tools Erin was carrying scattered on the floor. John reaches out for Erin.

-SHIKK-

A ceramics tool is stabbed into John’s arm, but that doesn’t stop him and he grabs on to Erin's jacket. As if he knew beforehand, Erin takes off his jacket in an instant. John used too much force to pull the jacket and falls backward.

“GWAHHHHHH!!!” Erin jumps on top of the screaming beast and stabs him in the neck. Time seems to stop again and Erin looks at Johns unsightly face. Past the bloody beast-like eyes, Erin sees a trace of sadness and confusion.

‘GET BACK!’

-Pwah-

Erin is thrown backward and slides on the smooth floor. John stands up with blood gushing from his mouth. He looks toward Erin panting in and out.

One step forward... Two steps forward...

Right at this moment the door opens and men in police armor and taser guns come running in. A surge of electricity hits John in the back. John keeps walking forward as if nothing happens and like a cheetah, he leaps at Erin. More tasers start to hit John, and Erin puts his hands in front of his head. Punches start landing on Erin’s body. Each one breaking a bone. 

-Dopamine levels increased-

One of the taser's hits Erin, and instead of weakening him, he feels a sudden surge of power. He jerks his broken arms up and with great strength, manages to push away the monster on top of him. This makes John even angrier and more ferocious.

As Erin tries to slide backwards, John pulls him back and latches onto him with his legs, continuing to punch him. Finally a gunshot echoes and blood flows down John’s chest. He lands one more punch at Erin’s side, then falls on top of him. Erin is covered with blood, and is trembling fiercely. 

-Dopamine and Serotonin levels increased to the maximum-

There’s hardly any part in his body that hasn’t been damaged. Erin’s arms are still instinctively covering his head and they finally drop down after accomplishing their job. As he looses consciousness, he spots an unfamiliar red eagle badge on one of the policemen's uniform.