"No Trevor. No... Don't. You'll get in to trouble."

.....

Trevor was so determined to save the poor student from being thrashed that he couldn't hear Claire calling behind him.

Trevor got the students arm and pulled him back. He now stood in between the poor student abs Kevin.

" Heyy! You. Who do you think you are?" said Kevin furiously looking down at Trevor.

"So Kevin just because you are captain of the basket ball team you think you can pick on those smaller than you." Trevor stood his ground; making sure to hide any form of fear that had already developed deep down. Now that he had gotten involved, he had to take the kid's beating for him.

This is the day you lose a couple of teeth for being nosy Trevor!

" It's non of your business. Go back to your slut friend. "

Kevin was clearly displeased that he got interrupted. More so by this new boy that Claire had been hanging out with recently.

Trevor didn't know why but when Kevin called Claire a slut, this time he got so enraged that images of his head rolling down the ground resurfaced in his mind. In one swift movement, Trevor had landed a successful chop on Kevin's neck. In the next moment, the burly boy fell to ground; unconscious.

He felt a little satisfaction seeing the person he hated the most right now lying on the ground like he was dead.

Trevor had been told about his move by his dad and it was what he was relying on incase things went intense. He had never tried it before so he wasn't sure whether it would work. Surprisingly it did! Somewhere deep down, Trevor wished his hand had severed his head off his body. Infact, that was his wish when he subconsciously attacked.

Both Claire and the boy that was being bullied right now were shocked by the sudden turn of events. "Trevor....." Claire managed to whimper out his name silently. She was clearly afraid.

Seeing this, all the killing intent in Trevor vanished and a look of concern formed on his face.

"Don't worry, he's not dead, " he quickly tried to explain himself.

'Sadly I just don't have the strength to make him' he thought inwardly.

"Wow big brother, you are certainly strong. Wait until everyone in school hears about this!" the boy jumped in excitement.

Truth be told, this would be the beginning of Trevor's misery in school. He wasn't strong at all. His attack required his target to be caught off guard. But now, if Kevin really wanted to seek out revenge, he wouldn't be able to defend himself.

The thought of it made cold beads of sweat form on his forehead.

"Please don't tell anyone about this, " Trevor pleded with boy. All tevor wanted was to have a low key life in school. If word got out, Trevor would bring unnecessary attention to himself and he might as well get expelled because of it.

"Why big brother? Don't you wmat to become popular in school?" the boy asked; still excited about the incident and trying to rub his excitement onto Trevor.

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"No, I might get expelled. Besides, you will only cause Kevin to come for you," Trevor's words seemed to do the trick as the boy had lost his smile and was already scared.

"K-kevin" he stammered in fright. Slowly taking a peak at the unconscious Kevin.

"Yeah..." Trevor smiled, "So if I were you, I would keep this matter to myself. "

The two introduced themselves afterwards. Trevor went on to introduce him to Claire who was still in shock, to ease up the atmosphere. Now, the both of them had a new friend called Taylor. The three chatted for while. And Trevor got to know that he had already become popular as the slut's plaything from Taylor. Which explained the cold stares he was now getting from students in school. Taylor thought Trevor would mind so he quickly apologized but the latter was cool with it.

Eventually, Taylor bid the both of them a farewell and branched off to his home leaving duo alone.

"Hey I'm sorry I dragged you into my mess," Claire said with a saddened expression. Her head was held low like usual whenever she used that tone.

Trevor halted in his steps and looked at Claire, causing her to also halt in her steps.

Whenever Claire used that tone, something just flicked in Trevor causing him to also be sad.

"Don't worry about......" Before Trevor could complete his sentence, Claire broke down into to tears and started complaining about herself.

"I shouldn't have approached you knowing that my reputation in school was bad. I shouldn't have tried making friends with you. Now look, your reputation has also been ruined like mine. And I can't fix that, even if I tried. Now everyone thinks you're a slut's plaything......"

She couldn't say a full sentence as her words were being broken by her cries.

Trevor had tried interjecting all throughout her speech but he couldn't find the right time as Claire kept on speaking while crying.

So he did the only thing which he thought would keep her quite. Of course he didn't kiss her, cause that might ruin there friendship. Instead he drew her into a hug and stroke her hair gently.

"Stop crying, okay. I don't mind about all that. As long as I get to have you as a friend, those are the least of my worries. I can see that you have been truly hurt and I promise that I will fix it when I get the chance."

The two remained in that position until Trevor felt that Claire had stopped crying. He slowly let go of her and stood a distance away. He did not know whether his actions had ruined their friendship or not but he hoped everything was still fine between them.

"Are you sure.... About that?" Claire asked, still having the after-cry jerks. She wiped the remaining tears on her face.

"Yeah. Besides, you're the first friend I've made. Who would I go to now if I lost you?" Trevor joked, flashing Claire a comforting smile.

Suddenly, Claire bridged the distance between them and hugged Trevor tightly around his neck.

"Thank you for being a good friend," she said into his ear before walking away.

Trevor was frozen in place in place because of the hug that he didn't notice Claire had already walked quite a distance away.

"B-bye!" he tried saying, but Claire was already too far to hear him.

It had now dawned to Trevor that Claire was an emotional person that always hid behind a mask.

After Claire hugged Trevor and she berated herself for being an open book on front of a person she just met the before.

*

Upon reaching home, Trevor had dinner with his mom and then wished her a good night before heading to his room. He passed by his dad's study to wish him a good night too.

*

"It isn't yet time for him Robert why does it have to be now." said Harvard in the study.

"The others have already assembled Harvard. He falls far behind the others," an unfamiliar voice said.

Trevor was able to pick up this small conversation before he knocked.

"Come in!" said Harvard from the inside.

When Trevor entered enter the study, he was surprised to find only his dad.

" Dad, who were you talking to?" he asked.

" No one. Am the only one here as you can see , "replied Harvard.

" But I heard a different voice in the room. "

" Oh that, I was just playing a recording from some time back, " Harvard raised raised the casset player he was holding in his hands.

" Oh okay, I'm going to sleep now, Good night. "

" Okay son, good night to you too." Harvard smiled at Trevor.

However, when Trevor left, his smile turned into a frown as figure reappeared in his room. He wore a suit that hugged his muscular body. His hair was neatly combed to the side. The most prominent feature in him being the red glow in his eyes.

When Trevor got to his room, he did his homework for about thirty minutes and picked up his phone to look up the name Robert. A lot of results where shown to him but that didn't help him pinpoint who exactly was the Robert his dad was talking to in that recording.

There were millions of Roberts in the word.

Ah I know!

[Robert and Harvard Alphaman]

When he keyed in those words, a certain Robert Cruz was appearing in most results.

He even managed to find a picture of said Robert Cruz with both his parents and an archeology team.

The results showed that Robert was a wealthy tycoon and entrepreneur owning many businesses. His net worth was in billions!