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The Third Wars
The First Shot

The First Shot

A new day has come, the sun is rising, the birds are chirping, and the street is fucking suffocating!

Neil's thoughts appear as he walks among the tens of thousands of people who have gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Site, The landscape is akin to a public park where there are a lot of trees and open-aired, in the middle, there are two square-shaped and fountain-like monuments. Today, he is going to take his students to the New York Museum for a visit, but since he doesn't have a car so he asked the School's Bus Driver to transport them.

But first, he must get to the school, which he must do by walking the entire distance. On his way there, he saw a line separated by fences to clear the way for the president to go through.

But that's not what Neil has to worry about right now because he's been late for ten minutes and the kids are surely upset and will go ahead of him.

Meanwhile, the kids are already gathered at the school's entrance, waiting for the teacher.

"Look, Chad!" Roy is calling Chad.

"WHAT?!"

"Is she the one?"

Roy is pointing at Selena, who is standing in the middle of a group of three girls. Next to her are Jenny and Sally, her best friends since she came here, they are talking about the things they will go to see at the museum, whether they're going to see dinosaurs or not.

"Haven't I told you? She's not my crush!" Chad angrily refused.

"Huh? I didn't say anything about crushes."

It was at this moment that he knew... he fucked up. He had unintentionally confirmed his feelings without anyone saying, causing him to become shy and look away. However, he continues to stare at her anyway.

Selena is wearing a white sweater with a blue mini skirt and black stockings on her legs, the sweater embracing tight revealing her curves. Her outfit and the gleaming brown hair made Chad think she was a descended angel. She appears to be quite seductive and gorgeous, and even other boys are drawn to her.

That's why when Selena is talking to Jenny and Sally, a group of three boys approaches them. When Chad realized this, he became enraged as those boys were the most terrible ones in the class.

They are Brent, Saiko, and Ben. They've always been a bully at school, using violence and power to make people follow their rules. Especially Brent, who is big and strong, and no one dares to challenge him since it is similar to a death sentence.

Well, except for one.

"What are you talking about, girls?" Brent is speaking with the girls.

"Oh, nothing." Jenny responds, "We just talked about science for a while."

"Science? That sounds boring. Why don't we find somewhere private when we get there to have some fun?"

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Brent puts his arm around Selena's shoulder, she says nothing but accepts it reluctantly. This makes Chad really really mad, he decides to come over and "have a conversation".

Roy already knows that this will happen, although Chad is weak in love, he's absolutely not a coward, he doesn't even try to stop Chad from doing anything foolish.

"Hey! What do you think you are doing?" Chad yells to Brent.

"Oh well well look who is this, the nerd!"

"Don't touch her!"

"Oh... Is she your girlfriend? Sorry, but can I borrow her for a while?" Brent pulls Selena closer to him, and she immediately frowns.

Chad was extremely angry, he approached and pushed Brent away from Selena, Brent almost fell but he was able to back up and immediately rushed towards Chad and pushed Chad to the ground.

"The fuck asshole?! Hold him up!" He told the other two to grab Chad and keep him in place.

"You scumbags, let me go!"

"You nerd! Haven't I told you not to meddle with me?"

Brent made a fist and punched Chad in the abdomen, causing him to spit painfully.

"You freak!"

He then continued to punch him in the stomach several times in a row until Selena ran over and stopped him by grabbing his sleeve and begging him to stop.

"Please stop! You are hurting him!"

Brent doesn't care about her, he pushes her away and says "Get out you bitch!" and went back to punching Chad. However, Chad has pushed the other two away when Brent was distracted by Selena and gave him a hard punch in the face.

"I told you not to touch her!"

"Motherfuck..!"

The fight was so intense that no one dared to breathe heavily and intervene, even Roy was afraid to jump in to stop his friend. They then rush towards each other, both making the fist hand and ready to fight to the death. But right before they are about to do it, someone stops them, a man who stands in the middle holds their hands, preventing them from injuring each other.

"Have I told you not to fight in my class?"

It's Neil, and he's arrived just in time to put an end to the menace.

"Hah? Why should I have to forgive this jerk?" Brent decided not to obey Neil's order and proceeded to punch Chad.

However, Neil locked his hand and cracked his knuckles, making Brent resist in pain, and forcing him to stop. After a while, he let Brent go and gave a warning to both of them.

"You are lucky this time!" Brent cursed Chad a few more times before he finally got on the bus.

Neil turned to Chad: "So what happened?"

"Brent was bothering Selena and I stopped him." With a scowl on his face, he replied.

"Is that so?" He looked at Selena for confirmation. She nodded her head.

"Okay I will talk about this later, but for now just get on the bus."

They could finally begin the trip after a while of waiting for Neil, but before Chad stepped on the bus, Selena pulled his shirt.

"Thanks..."

"Ahhh... It's nothing! That's what anyone would do if they were in that situation! Anyway, see you later!!" He immediately ran to find a seat to avoid her, hiding his shy expression.

However, when Chad and his class are enjoying the trip, something else is happening at the old World Trade Center site.

The President of the United States has finally arrived; he will be the first to visit, then the people. The whole place is in silence as the president is praying and remembering the unfortunate victims of the tragedy.

Others also pray with him, hoping that the souls of the unlucky ones could ascend to heaven.

Suddenly, everyone heard a loud whoosh in the air, it sounded like someone was slashing through the air with a really long sword. They thought that it could just be wind, however, something happened at the president's place.

One of his bodyguards collapsed to the ground and didn't seem to move.

"Hey, are you all right?" The president asks the bodyguard what is wrong with him, he looks worried about the current situation.

People are whispering to each other about what's happening. A second later, the bodyguard is lying on the ground and the president calls his men for help.

One man who was with him had medical experiences have came to take a look. When the medic holds the bodyguard in his hand, he notices something liquid coming out from the back of him.

"This... is blood!" He continues to check his heartbeat and breath.

Others are anxiously waiting for a conclusion, something has gone really wrong.

"He's... he's dead!!"