I woke with a startled face in front of me...wait that can't be right let me start over ok, I woke up with someone's startled face in front of me it was Julius he was covered in sweat and he seemed to be wearing the same gym shirt when we went to class...wait did he?
"Holy cow Julius please tell me you din't perform CPR on me" I panic sitting up from the bed, wish I din't do that because the moment I sat right up my entire body became rigid and I felt nauseous, I placed both my hands on my face and felt something on my forehead, then 5 tubes were connected to my chest plus a weird looking needle right next to my neck and a dextrose on my left wrist.
I touched the needle on my neck and winced when I touched it Julius stood up and forced me to lay down back to the bed "Don't move so much Richard and no I did not perform CPR I came running back here when the nurse said that your heart began beating again" okay that scared me to the pits of hell my heart stopped are you kidding me and the only response I could think of "uh...alright?"
Julius stood up abruptly with anger washing over his face I looked at him in shock "I've been waiting here for you to come back to life for a week Richard and you aren't even worried about your own health I mean how stupid can you get letting your familiar perform the sealing contract while in battle that could have killed you and every one else if I hadn't placed the protective circle on the center I knew that cat can't be trusted much worse it turned into its original form." he said in one breathe
"Um a kitten?"
"No!" he yelled banging the nightstand beside me "You could have been killed and expelled out there Richard, what would I do if I lost a friend during a stupid practice duel." he muttered and I just lay there looking at him sympathetically he cared for me too much.
Just then Carolina comes in the door with bandages around her forehead and a metal rod on her leg I gulped when I saw her she was ready to kill me after beating her like that in front of everybody in class. "Um hi there Carolina?" it came out more like a question than a statement.
"Don't get the wrong idea I only came here to deliver your slip, the principal wants to talk to you later after you recover you've been playing sleeping beauty for a week its time to get up" she through me the paper and saw the excuse slip from the principal, I gulped and stood up from the bed Carolina left after glaring at me for 2 minutes leaving Julius to scowl "I really hate that girl"
I removed the all the things attached to my body except the needle on my neck, it hurts when I touch it Julius took a look at it and shook his head "This one can't come off not unless the one who placed it in you removes it"
"Then lets call the doctor then chop chop pork chop"
"For your information my body is lean and the doctor was not that one who placed that on you" he muttered with hate "It was the stupid feline" I looked at him wondering why he hated Jack so much, maybe hes allergic?
"So the only one who could remove this is Jack?"
"You named the third most powerful familiar in the world Jack?" I heard a deep voice from the door, it was the doctor he was handsome alright, with a perfectly trimmed beard and skin so white like ivory and his body was well built for someone around his 30s.
"I'm doctor Johnson nice to meet you" Johnson...that name sure sounds familiar "I'd like to thank you for saving my daughter back there, Jenny Johnson ring any bells?" I made an "oh" sound and nodded, Julius snorted and sat on the sofa inside the room. I drank the water the doctor gave me and all the weird looking medicine he wanted me to bring along he did not bother to place back the needles on me except the one stuck on my neck.
"You better hurry up the principal is waiting outside the school, better change into something more comfortable your going for a long ride" I stared at the clothes already on the bed and shooed the nurse, Julius and the doctor who just laughed and closed the door behind them.
We went down the corridor on the west wing because there were girls waiting on the east some of them holding out there cameras, it seems I have made myself quite popular not my cup of tea but neh. "Who knew beating Carolina would be a big deal guess you made yourself known my friend and on your very first duel" I sighed and ran down the spiral stairs when I saw Carolina walking down the hall with a scowl on her face (not like her face changes expression always) twirling a knife "Hey wait up!" she ran after me Julius standing there looking stunned not really knowing what to do "I'll see ya later for lunch Richard" I gave him a thumbs up and ran towards the exit only to be tackled down from my freedom "Get of me you over sized piglet!" I yelled trying to kick Carolina off of me "For the love of ! Carolina get of me will you!" she had her arms snaked around my waist and she was putting her full weight on me "First of all only my parents are allowed to call me Carolina you call me Lina you got that?!" she snapped when I kept calling out to her name like that.
"Okay what do you want Lina?" I said her named in a mocking way earning a punch in the gut from her. "I want you on my team during survival exams in the next 3 weeks." I looked at her weirdly, I'm new here so I don't really know what she was talking about "After your meeting with the principal I want you to meet me tonight on the observatory to the west around 10 pm alright? don'r want those prefects catching you and giving you kitchen duty" she said like she just experienced it not to long ago.
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"What if I don't come along with you?" I deadpanned, her nose flared and was ready to punch me again when someone cleared their throat we looked up and principal Emory was there standing with a smile with his hand behind him. "um....we were just doing one of those friendly wrestling matches sir" "Since when did wrestling become friendly?" I muttered earning a pinch from Lina.
"May I borrow Richard for now miss Carolina?" she nodded and got of me running of towards the direction of the archery field I stood up in front of Principal Emory looking down at the floor like something was interesting down there. "Come now Richard we are going to visit your new team head quarters" as he walked away with me following right behind him I can't help but wonder what he was talking about even though Lina had explained it to me a bit but I still can't get it a bit since she was talking like a lunatic.
"This school runs like a battle field Richard so it is only natural that there will be different and dangerous groups around here, and each student must join one or apply to one if they want to survive every year towards college"
"So what group am I in sir?" I went straight to the point "Well if you don't mind me asking"
"Well each group has its own rules even if you did pass with a certain class I can't guarantee that you can enter this one" hes eyes darted towards the school's garage it was huge like a stadium with all the models you could think of I saw a Cherry and a Lamborghini with three different models parked beside it some of the students were cleaning there motors and waving at some girls passing by wearing too short skirts. On the left there was a snack bar with a woman in a dress wearing a weird looking kabuki mask serving them double cheeseburgers and some cola's, we went to the battered looking beetle parked at the back near the repair shop a guy around 18 was repairing it from below so Principal Emory had to kick his side to get his attention...I din't know students could work in this area.
"Come on Frederick you how it annoys me when you kick me during working hours" the guy said, now that I got a good look at him he was wearing only his sweat pants and goggles on his head and a mask mask to shield himself form the flying bolts on the car.
"Well if you din't pay so much attention on that beat up old car I wouldn't have to do it then" Emory muttered and sat on one of the chairs "um....sir isn't kicking students like illegal here?" I asked not really sure how to put it but he just laughs along with that Fredrick guy "See I told you I still look young even after a hundred years.
I blinked with my jaw slacked looking at the guy who was 4 inches taller than me "Your that old???!!" he snorted and waved me off "I don't look it but I am 408 years old and still growing" he smiled but I just stared at him "So your immortal?" she shook hes head and went to get himself a soda can "Nah I just age slower than you humans" wait what?
"So your not human then?"man din't he make it obvious already stupid me
"No I am human just not aging normally, my mother fed me something weird when I was only 8 years old and ever since then I can't seem to age normally, Solarium was it called I can't remember anymore" he shrugged and tossed me a juice box and I drank it without the straw.
"so whats your business with me young man?" he asked looking at me I cowered from his hundred year old eyes, he looked young but his eyes were old and filled with so much power and also wisdom?
"We need a ride to the A rank HQ Fredrick think you can lend me a car or so?" Emory stood cracking his knuckles Fredrick thought for a minute "No..the last car you took is being used by some of the students for a field trip the mines can't really lend you the beetle yet so...." he looked around and walked towards a car covered my a huge blue blanket." Old daisy" he patted the Lamborghini on the head, well it was a Lamborghini but the hood was off and it looked dangerous to drive, and it was missing a door on the shut gun sit only the drivers sit had a door but no seat belt for both sides.
The paint job was alright I guess the spiked left from the broken hood was pointy so I avoided that part when I got on, I clicked on the radio and it was working perfectly, the wind shields were creaking a bit but otherwise not broken. Emory climbed beside me on the front and got the key from the ash tray.
"Ready to go?" he asked starting up the engine
"Wait you mean this thing actually still runs?"
"Of course Fredrick here has been some minor modifications on the car but not completely" he shrugged like it was a normal everyday routine to drive a dysfunctional metal car. "You can't possibly drive this out there with the mortal police around!" I tried to object but Fredrick was blocking all possible exits for me to run out to.
"Who said about driving" he clicked something and the car revealed its metal gold wings, I gulped and sank down the chair. "I think I'm gonna die earlier than I thought"