Wicked

"Sir Wicked, the ride is already waiting for you in front of the school gate," Sam reported to Avron. From hoe polite and formal he sounded, the only thing that was missing was a salute.

"Okay, but I have to finish this first." Avron was still sitting underneath the shade of the tree when he answered.

It was currently break time, however, no student ventures that part of school, the back the second school building. A row of uneven grassy fields with weeds and trees growing between the back of a building and an old wall. From the first look, it was obvious that the back of the school was not in use and left unattended. Yet, at the same time, everyone knows whose area was it for.

Sam looked at the two that bought breakfast for Avron and between them were two students, kneeled on the uneven ground, untied yet none of the two thought of escaping as they tremble and fear for what to come. Like the two that stood beside them, the two were a pretty girl and a boy.

"Who's the girl on my left?" Avron comfortably seated crossed-legged while resting his head by one hand.

"Sir Wicked," the boy that was standing beside the kneeled girl answered. When the two on the fround heard that, tears flowed from their eyes. Although they already knew who this man underneath the tree was, actually hearing it was like a stone breaking their baseless hope, the boy then continued, "Her name i-"

"I'm not asking for a name." Avron interrupted which the boy gulped and understood;

"She's the one that bullied me since elementary."

The girl he meant looked at him with shocked eyes but kept her words to her.

"And the man?" Avron looked at the girl on the right besides the kneeled man.

The girl seemed nervous as she also gulped and said, "He was my boyfriend that... cheated with that girl..." she pointed at the girl on the ground.

"Sarah!" the said ex-boyfriend shouted in rage, "You still don- Ack!" however he was interrupted when a rock hit his head and caused it to bleed, showing that the thrower did not spare mercy.

"Shut up, I didn't ask you to speak." of course it was Avron that threw the rock.

The ex-boyfriend was red in rage but kept himself from acting impolite. Almost no one didn't know who the Wicked was...

The high school student that kills and tortures people on a whim while getting out of it unscathed. The one that has every delinquent in school as his underling. He , the one whose humanity in doubt, shows no remorse and was a master in projecting fear to students.

That who the Wicked, Avron was.

Just the thought of being in the same school as him was nerve-wrecking. If only they can transfer to another school, but how can they tell their parents when even the rumors tell that the wicked hold every police's family hostage and can just enter their house and create a slaughter? They couldn't risk it. Being respectful to him and being out of his radar as much as possible was the only way out. However, the problem was his underlings...

"Is that why you two are together since you want this revenge?" Avron looked at his two underlings that had their heads drooped, either because of fear or guilt. The two nodded at this question.

"Ohh, are you two dating?"

The two looked at each other but doesn't have the mood to blush as they shook their heads.

"Oh... pity. I'm kinda fond of romance." Avron said to himself in the middle of the process but then looked at the two that kneeled. The girl was silently crying non-stop while on her side, the ex-boyfriend, her current boyfriend was trembling in rage.

"Okay, so here's the activity: Ummm... no, a test? Experiment? Oh, choices. Here are your choices:" Avron, uncaring, whimsically said as he looked at the two that kneeled and took out a knife from his pocket. He placed the blade on the ground.

The two had their eyes widened when they saw that, their faces darkened, and felt nauseated from fear.

Avron then showed three of his fingers and pointed at the first one as he explained:

"The first choice is to kill yourselves with this knife... You know, like a samurai..."

This causes a shriek, not only from the victims but the girl that brought her ex-boyfriend.

"The second is an experiment," Avron slightly widened his eyes as if he was educating the people there, "which is harder; human teeth or the pebbles I found on the riverside?"

'You mean they need to bite those stones until their teeth break?' Sam quivered, imagining it.

Although it was harsh, it was a still relief that there was a choice without anyone dying.

"The third is for you to swallow the pebble to see how it goes down the throat." he said as if it was an easy task, "Give them the pebbles. Let them choose." he said to the pair that was standing and they followed.

The two that kneeled looked at it, of course, they are going to choose between the second or third choices. So with reluctance, they grabbed it after giving a death glare to those standing two.

After staring at the stone in his hand, the ex-boyfriend was overridden with fear as he clenched his teeth and then shouted again, "Sir Wicked, I have no fault in this. This girl was not giving a care about me when we were together, she does nothing but evades me for months then I met Clea and fell in love to her caring side. But I didn't cheat since I broke up with this girl before Clea and I became together!" he then took the girl, Clea by her side.

"Keith..." Clea murmured while she looked at her boyfriend, Keith with glittering eyes.

Keith gulped, thinking showing romance in front of the Wicked will work. Since Avron did say he was fond of romance.

Avron's eyes then rolled to Sarah which she stayed silent, saying no objections to what Keith had said.

"So you're not going to speak?" he squinted his eyes while Sarah wheezed in fear. Her head so low she can clearly see the ups and downs of her chest. It was the first time she felt suffocation from breathing too hard.

Keith and Clea's eyes widened seeing this. Hope began to flourish within them as they held each other tight.

Hearing silence from Sarah's side, the man that was supposedly bullied trembled and spoke in defense, "Fall in love with this whore?! You think someone's going to believe that?! You two are just flaunting your acting to torture me!" he shouted.

"Huh?" Clea couldn't believe what she heard and fought back, "What bullying? Ever since I rejected your confession in grade school you kept stalking me and I was just keeping my distance...!" she sat closer to Keith.

"...Tsk... then what about the rumors you spread about me, huh?" he whispered but Clea heard this.

"Huh?"

"Because of you, people are always talking behind my back!"

When KEith heard this, he rebuked, "Dude, don't blame others for your insecurity! What rumors?! I don't even know you even though Clea and I are together for months!" he wanted to stand up but kept himself kneeling on the ground.

"... liar..." the man that was "bullied" whispered as tears dropped from his eyes then stayed quiet after turning his head away. It was a pathetic sight.

Looking at the situation, it was obvious what was happening and Avron was watching as this unfolds. When silence pervaded the atmosphere, he finally spoke, "Waw~ you two are horrible..." he looked at Sarah and the pathetic man who accused Clea of bullying.

"So it was your fault that he left you then lied about being cheated on?"

"And you, you didn't even deny that you're stalking the girlfriend. That's just sad..." Avron slowly shook his head and took something from his pocket.

Sarah and the pathetic one quivered when they saw the situation seemingly turning around while the couple on their kneels were about to smile. They rejoiced in their hearts for turning the situation around. Escaping the Wicked unscathed never once happened and because of this, they became closer than ever before.

"Here" Avron then threw another pair of smooth pebbles to each of them, again.

The two caught it and felt their legs weakened.

"Hold that for a while. After they finished with the first rock, give that to them."

Yet, the couple's smiles quickly broke down.

"...Eh?" all of them reacted, even Sam was shocked.

"S-sir Wicked... we're innocent..." Keith whimpered, not knowing what to do after what Avron said.

"Yeah, and I don't give a fuck." Avron casually said, "Didn't I tell you to shut up earlier? Why would care about who's innocent and not? When did I care about justice?"

The two that stood in fear sighed in relief while the couple had their eyes lifeless as they thought;

'Of course... he's the Wicked...' they felt dumb for having hope.

"So what will you choose?" Avron stared at them with his usual half-closed eyes...

Moments later, school break finished and the third subject began. Avron walked alongside Sam as they exited the school gate.

'Ugh... that hair, that's surely the kid called the Wicked. What's he doing here?' Old Rogers simply lowered his head when the two passed by in front of him while he does nothing to stop them.

As they stepped out, Sam pointed at the big bike that awaited them. His face sour after witnessing the scene earlier. The scene where a girl relentlessly coughed blood after swallowing two stones because losing teeth would permanently scar her pretty face, and a boy whose forehead and especially his mouth bled non-stop after biting onto those pebbles because he came from a poor family and can't afford a surgery if the stone gets stuck in his stomach.

However, what caused Sam to feel the chills most was not the sight of that horrific scene nor the twisting faces of guilt by the two that wanted revenge;

But the uncaring eyes from the Wicked as he silently watched, not because of entertainment but just because.

"Hm?" Avron saw the big bike and hit Sam on the back of his head, "What is this?"

"Huh?" Sam began to sweat, "You said you wanted a ride on a bike, Sir Wicked..."

"...I meant an ordinary bicycle." Avron squinted his eyes as he sighed, "Why would I go to Uncle Ernanfo using that loud bike?"